'Iblis' refers to a figure in a narrative; there is an Islamic and Christian variant. In the former, it occurs in the Koran and in the latter, the Book of the Rolls. In both, there are three Rifts: In the First, the divine orders the host to give fealty or fidelity to humanity, but Iblis refuses. In the Second, Iblis is cursed and exiled by divinity for refusing submergence under humanity. In the Third, Iblis vows to struggle against the expansion of mankind over and across worlds.
The word, Iblis, refers to a figure in the above narrative, in turn a symbol of the dark side of divinity, the self, and of nature, in particular, faith or belief, fidelity, and barriers or borders between peoples, times, and places.
Prior to its textual use, the word Iblis may have originated as an epithet, with the meaning of to "remain in grief"; to be in "despair" of divine mercy in being lifted from the curse and exile that defines the incipience of the figure.
The word, Iblis, refers to a figure in the above narrative, in turn a symbol of the dark side of divinity, the self, and of nature, in particular, faith or belief, fidelity, and barriers or borders between peoples, times, and places.
Prior to its textual use, the word Iblis may have originated as an epithet, with the meaning of to "remain in grief"; to be in "despair" of divine mercy in being lifted from the curse and exile that defines the incipience of the figure.
In anything deemed "Iblisic" we see some variant of the following:
1. There is an element of separation in a case or from another caste.
2. There is a facet of exile or death, imposed by oneself or another.
3. There is peril to a time, a place, or a group as a facet of an apocalypse that is unfolding in the external world or merely privately, in an internal world.
