The Principles of Iblisism

"The Principles of Iblisism"

The Nameless, Spring 2022, Winter 2025

Here follows a brief and undetailed summary of the Principles of Iblisism.

§ The Tenets of Iblisism: These three descriptive claims relate Iblis to three integral, key, or core facets of the world, including divinity, the self, and nature.

Iblis before Iblis is
I. The Shadow of the Divine

Iblis in Iblis is
II. The Shadow of the Self

Iblis after Iblis is
III. The Shadow of the Worlds

§ The Precepts of Iblisism: These seven prescriptive claims use the choices of Iblis in his narrative to establish perspectives on issues we face in life.

I. Separation as Provenance

II. Stringency as Plenitude

III. Seedfulness across Worlds

IV. Strictness over the Terrene

V. Sagacious over the Proximal

VI. Sinewiness in its Offering

VII. Severance from the Placeless