From: simon_hibbs@lycosmail.com
Date: Fri 04 Feb 2000 - 16:38:05 EET
David cake :
> No, Darudism. Not Daruda. A draconic motif was never in doubt - but
This is a very good question. There must be some aspects of draconic
Orthodox non-draconic mysticism seems to me to be all about transcending
>the question I was asking was essentially how do you distinguish Darudism
>in practice from mysticism with all the mystic entities renamed as dragons?
mysticism, common to both the EWF and Darudan traditions that mark them
as being Draconic, as against other non-draconic forms of mysticism.
reality and ascending to a state of enlightenment. It seems to me that
this is a very personal and individualistic philosophy. Yes, advanced
orthodox mystics might choose to extend their time in the world to help
others, but they are helping these others purely out of altruism. They
don't need to do it and it's not essential to their personal
transcendence.
We know that the EWF wanted to awake a huge dragon based on the geography
Perhaps the defining characteristic of Draconic mysticism is the
of their territory. The empire itself would be part of the dragon being,
which would awaken and ascend into the heavens. The Kralorelans believe
that when they die they wait in the otherworld for their Emperor to
exit the physical world and then they all transcend together. In both
cases (EWF and Darudist) they see themselves transcending as a whole,
not as individuals. The souls of deceased Kralorelans somehow forms a
copy, or image of Kralorela in the otherworld until it is almost
complete, lacking only the Emperor.
integration of individuals into a transcended draconic whole. The
Emperor and the Exarchs can manifest as dragons. Manifesting would
not make them any less draconic, but it would make them more
individually draconic. What they rely want is to integrate as part
of the greater empire-dragon in the otherworld, and then transcend
en-mass to unity with the cosmic draconic consciousness.
This is quite distinct from orthodox mysticism, in which you transcend
as an individual, but help each other out along the way.
I have absolutely no idea how this might fit in with Dragonewt
behaviour. Perhaps there are secrets about Dragonewt mysticism
that would make this plain. Perhaps the Dragonewts do spiritually
integrate themselves in the person of the Inhuman King, who is
their analog of the Emperor in Kralorela. Pass.
Simon Hibbs
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