Master of the Black Pen
23 Oct. 2024, rev. 2025
The following is a summary of the three views of motives.
Iblis refuses homage to Adam because divinity alone is worthy of it. It is insolence, blasphemy, or polytheism to regard anything but divinity this way.
Iblis refuses to bow to Adam due to their origins. In Hasidic or Christian apocrypha, Iblis has temporal seniority, is fire and spirit, or fire of fire. In Islamic theology, the lineage of Iblis arose from fire and the lineage of Adam arose from clay.
On this view, Iblis is the primordial linealist, nativist, jingoist, or primevalist.
The following is a summary of the three views of motives.
The Three Faces of Iblis
I.
The Obdurate Face of Iblis
The motive is doctrine, creed, or dogma.
Iblis refuses homage or fealty to Adam because humanity is made from a mixture of altered black mud and divine spirit. When he sees humanity, Iblis insists to God that Adam is a terracotta statue to whom homage would be idolatry.
In this view, Iblis is the primordial fomenter, ultraist, sectarian, or usurper.
II.
The Illuminative Face of Iblis
The motive is fidelity, fealty, or loyalty.
The motive is fidelity, fealty, or loyalty.
Iblis refuses homage to Adam because divinity alone is worthy of it. It is insolence, blasphemy, or polytheism to regard anything but divinity this way.
In this view, Iblis is the primordial steward, warden, disciple, or seneschal.
Iblis is urged on by natural and religious icons in loyalty to his sovereign.
Iblis is urged on by natural and religious icons in loyalty to his sovereign.
III.
The Maligned Face of Iblis
The motive is lineage, descent, or origins.
Iblis refuses to bow to Adam due to their origins. In Hasidic or Christian apocrypha, Iblis has temporal seniority, is fire and spirit, or fire of fire. In Islamic theology, the lineage of Iblis arose from fire and the lineage of Adam arose from clay.
On this view, Iblis is the primordial linealist, nativist, jingoist, or primevalist.
