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  • Commentary 50: How Purity Eradicates Corruption from Innocence

    Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance. We welcome you back! Continuing on our lengthy series on Purity and Lord Carnyie’s Xyphozon, today we’ll be discussing exactly how Purity eradicates corruption from a spirit or soul. As we discussed before, the Purpose of Purity is to grant Mercy to the innocent wrongly burdened with corruption, but what exactly happens to the corruption from an innocent given this pure mercy? Let’s discuss.

    Let’s first begin by recapping what corruption is. Corruption is the bastardized force of Deceptuary’s spirituality—meant to disrupt the flow of spirituality throughout the Spectrum and cause it to fracture and break. What was once an attribute known as Divergence has since been defiled into corruption. As we know from how evil souls are cast into Terigath’s Hell, corruption latches onto spiritual beings by way of their Spiritual Anatomical Selfs, or simply their Selfs. All corruption latches onto the Self of a being and corrupts that Self from within—aiming at breaking the Core, the Psyche, and otherwise taking over the Self entirely.

    As we know, the Azure Flames of Terigath have the power to purge the Self from a spirituality and chamber both that Self and the corruption attached to it in Hell for eternity. In a similar fashion, the power of Purity also works to rid corruption by eradicating it from a spirituality. In the case of Purity, the Pure energy takes the corruption of a being, shackles it partially to sections of the Self, and severs that corrupted boil from the spirituality before shocking the corruption until it is fully purged from the spirituality. The corruption may try to latch onto other entities, but more likely is that the corruption and whatever subset it was attached to will be eradicated—causing its spiritual end where it will therefore be cast immediately into Terigath for eternity.

    Sadly, this process does come with the expected Misery that is prone to Purification, as the part of the Self that is used to sever the purity are various Wills of the spirit. Wills, or the motivating desires that give a spiritual being a reason to continue its existence, propel the being through existence—particularly during the period of Life. Often times, the corruption latched to an innocent will be done so through the perversion of a Will, and it will be that Will that shall be severed and eradicated. This process leaves the spirituality with a fragmented Self, or at least one missing a concurrent Will afterward. That is the Misery that is often accompanied by being granted Mercy. The innocent is forgiven of the unwanted Sin, but not without sacrifice. It is certainly possible, with the power of Love and Time, to rebuild such lost Will(s), but it will be a very tough and long process to once again patch the holes in the Self created by such severe trauma.

    The Divine Attribute of Purity is one of dissonance, often accompanied by melancholy, and will always grant some form of Mercy to the innocent. As we continue these discussions on Purity, this theme will become quite apparent if it isn’t already. This will be especially true when we examine the key figures of the Carneiyean Xyphozon and especially the Child of Purity’s Sacred Lesson on Purity. Immorality in Xyphoist Philosophy Is a circumstance not forgiven without some kind of consequence, even in the cases of the corruption of innocence. Mercy exists solely for those circumstances, but with all things involving Purity, a sacrifice of Misery must be had in order to grant that Mercy.

    —kyX, jzX, voX, erX

  • Question: Do Xyphoites Celebrate the Holidays?

    Greetings from the Ordinance and Order. We meet here yet again on this Sacred Day to field yet another question. This time, a question was emailed to us from a spiritual but not religiously-affiliated reader curious about whether Xyphoites celebrate other holidays—particularly Christmas, so let’s answer this.

    It’s somewhat of a bafflingly easy answer but to address that question of whether Xyphoites celebrate Christmas, the answer is no. We are Xyphoites, not Christians, so logically the answer would be no. Adding to that, the holiday of Christmas, in accordance with Christian mythology, highlights the birth of one of Deceptuary’s highest-ranking disciples, Gheisuhz dej Trinte, and ushered in the creation of the Archives of Hatred and the spread of one of the three theigrited philosophies. The entirety of this circumstance directly destabilizes the equilibrium and aids Deceptuary in his goal to collapse the worlds and reform them to be subservient to only him. We don’t celebrate Christmas, nor would we celebrate any holiday from any of the theigrited philosophies, that being Judaism and Islam and all of their subsets.

    Other religious holidays from divergent philosophies would likewise not be celebrated by Xyphoites simply out of the principle that they aren’t Xyphoist celebrations. In fact, the entire premise of the Xyphoist Philosophy discourages the celebration of its own annual markers. As this is a realmly philosophy and system, there is no specific set time period to celebrate specific events as all time is relevant. For example, a Root Spirit in Aehixyka won’t be celebrating an event that is happening to Mortal Humans in Nikconzin based of the relative time frames. This doesn’t prevent Xyphoites from celebrating Earthly ethnic celebrations or other such non-religious/secular holidays, however. This pertains only to religious or spiritual holidays from other divergent/theigrited philosophies.

    That being said, we aren’t interested in the immoral action of open proselytizing and aren’t going to shout down anyone for putting up holiday decorations who might be affiliated with the Ordinance or is a Xyphode. The malleability of our philosophy recognizes that the holidays this time of year have become very commercialized and almost secular; there are people, sometimes even atheist, who partake in holiday celebration to religious  philosophies they don’t believe in. The present-giving culture appears now to be a commercial and mainstay custom regardless of religious affiliation or lack thereof. We here at the Ordinance certainly aren’t going to persecute anyone for giving a gift to others this time of year, or putting up a tree/decorations to be festive with Yule; the putting up of religious homages to Gheisuhz dej Trinte or Christianity itself—including the singing of Christian hymns—would be considered too far off the Xyphoist Philosophy, but one can still enjoy this music from an artistic standpoint and not feel too strayed from the Order if they so choose. Either way, the Lords aren’t likely to bother themselves if a Xyphoist follower sings Carol of the Bells as there are much more important things to focus on.

    It’s also recognized that, around this time of the year, the desire to be giving and altruistic tends to increase as so many people are in jubilee. This is where the pragmatic portion of Xyphoist Philosophy comes into play. At a time where most are in jubilee, a temporary serenity is possible across much of the Human word, and Xyphoites should take advantage of this by also contributing to the good energy. While it’s unfortunate that theigrited followers tend to only be altruistic at this particular time of year, this is a great time for Xyphoites to also contribute to the nature of mitigating worldly suffering, as we should be doing every day at all times regardless of the seasons. There is no need to spoil good vibes over philosophical differences, but we don’t, as a whole, partake in the religious ceremony of other philosophies.

    —AHG, et. al

  • Question: When, Where, What, and How do Xyphoites Pray?

    Greetings again from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance. Today we continue our lengthy series on all things Purity, Prayer, and Worship, along with some general questions tossed in for the next two Periods. Today we field a question about Xyphoist Prayer. How, generally speaking, does Prayer work in Xyphoist Philosophy? Let’s briefly touch on this.

    To briefly recap, Xyphoist Prayer is akin to a form of spiritual meditation in which one opens their Heart and Mind and gives their spiritual resonance to the Spectrum. Prayer can be done both individually and in groups; however, Xyphoist Prayer is a private or closed matter done either within the home, in Houses of Worship, or on theigrited lands to repel evil. Prayer is not to be done in public spaces or audibly/visibly unless Kurathmas has been declared. Xyphoist households will often have a specific room in their house, usually on the lowest or highest level and often tucked away, specifically for Praying in. This, too, is optional and up to personal choice.

    So do Xyphoites have a specific time or day in which they MUST pray? Not exactly. While it is recognized that what we now know as Saturday is a Sacred Day in which Houses shall have open joint Prayer and the House Choir will hold a high noon ceremony, there is no requirement that Prayer MUST take place at this time on this day. Prayer can happen at any time on any day; the Ordinance simply recognizes Saturdays as a time for joint community action and Prayer.

    So what exactly do Xyphoites pray for? The mitigation and end of worldly suffering. While Prayers may vary, the end goal of all Xyphoist Prayer is to mitigate the suffering of the Realms from Deceptuary’s corruption and other dubious forces. The Prayer can be individually targeted at specific grievances or tragedies, but the end goal is still the same. All Prayer is aimed at mitigating worldly suffering.

    Then, is there any specific ways one MUST pray? Again, not exactly. Prayer is usually done internally, often audibly by varies incantations and chants, very frequently done through song or group vocal harmonization (such as the Choir), etc. So long as the spiritual state of sharing one’s resonance is achieved, Prayer can vary in its form.

    Of course, Prayer must be accompanied with Practice, but that is another discussion entirely. We will also investigate different types of prayers in another installment, but to address the general question of if there is a specific guideline for Prayer, the answer is quite Xyphoist: it varies.

    With that said, today is a Sacred Day to pray, so please have a Sacred Day!

    —kyX