Sith Philosophy

Strength and the Force
There is a question floating around the site of the direct relevance between strength and fitness and the Force. This is an interesting question but to address it, I will have to go into a little bit of theory.

In theory, there are what are called the Three Treasures that sustain life. The Chinese refer to the treasures as Sanbao, The Alchemists called it Tria Prima, The Buddhist called them Tiratana. You may have heard of these before as Jing, Chi, & Shen. For ease of use im going to stick with these as the nomenclature for this post.

In theory, Jing is the essence of you. Jing is the densest part of the physical body. It is from Jing that the body is created. According to theory, one is born with a fixed amount of Jing, received from the mother and father during conception (Jing could likened to midichlorians). Jing can, over ones lifetime, be increased through breathing, focus, proper eating, exercise and etc. Through out life however, Jing is consumed continuously. Passion, stress, illness, sexuality, even substance abuse all consume Jing. This is why after being stressed, studying hard, or partying it up we become tired; and are more susceptible to illness. When one runs out of Jing, life ends.

From the understanding of Jing, ancient masters determined that practices of stilling the mind, (which conserve Jing), were a necessary tool by which longevity can be achieved. Another tool was exercise, which causes circulation to occur. During circulation, more Qi flows through the channels (meridians), and is thus used by the body to fuel it; and so Jing is not diminished, only Qi is.

So lets move on to Qi. Qi, according to theory is the active principle of life, it is the Living Force. Qi has existed in almost every culture known to man, in one way or another. As this is the Force Academy I should not have to explain it. Its interaction with Jing however i WILL describe.

Once Jing has accumulated in the embryo, and the growth process begins, the mother begins sending Qi down to the child through her breathing. As the child is born, and takes their first breath, they draw Qi into themselves. Qi circulates through out the body through a series of channels, called meridians. As long as Qi is flowing, the body uses it fuel the muscle movements, and process of living. However, when Qi becomes depleted, due to any of the above mentioned issues, the body is forced to power itself on whatever energy it can find. what is left? Nothing but Jing.

So how does exercise help? well exercise requires the mind stop and focus on form, duration, or timing. Exercise also help with blood flow. According to theory blood flows on the back of Qi. As it is directed into muscle, for movement, so blood is drawn along with it. During muscular contractions Qi is drawn into the muscle, and stored to be used later. If you lack Qi in the muscles, then the muscles will feed only on calories or carbs you have stored, and as soon as they have eaten that, they will begin to eat Jing. So consistent exercises allows more Qi flow into the muscles, and thus a refreshment of Qi in the Second Heart/Dan Tien/One point, thus overall strengthening your connection to the Force.

Another theory that comes from Energy healing, is that as energy flows through the body, injury, thought, or trauma can cause stagnation to occur. Pockets of negative energy can lead to undesirable pain like Chronic Fatigue syndrome, or Fibromialgia. The blocks can be broken by a trained healer, through the application of their own Qi, extended into your body; or they can be cleared by the frequent contractions of muscle and movement used during exercise. So exercise make circulation, and thus the connection to the Living Force, stronger by clearing out blockage.

Shen is unfortunately one of those wonderful constructs of Chinese nomenclature that has something like 16 different meanings, in the context of this break down of Force Energies, shen represents the Universal Force.

As conception occurs and jing is accumulated a like attracts like scenario occurs. The fabric of existence, the universal Force, stretches a piece of itself down and connects to the Jing of the Child. This section of Universal Force energy, provides the conscious self, the identification of I. As the Body matures and grows around this link,(The Second Heart) the Universal Force is contained within the body, but only the very most tip, like an inverse iceberg.



It is this Shen, or Universal Force, that people commonly call a soul. Sadly saying you  have  soul, would be incorrect; instead you should say you  are  a soul. Or in this case you are the Universal Force. It is the Shen energy, that links all life together, and gives birth to the "Psychic" phenomenon we are used to hearing about.

When it comes to strength and Shen, there is only a little correlation between keeping the body healthy, and so not polluting the Universal Force that enters into you. Strength however, is not really effecting your connection to Shen.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">The Midichlorians (Jing), The Living Force (chi), and the Universal Force (Shen) form the same Three Treasures as has been described for ages, and are the province of any known Force use. There is not a single technique that can not be broken down into the constituent influences of these Three Treasures.

Sith Family
On the Perception of Family

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">It has been brought to my attention that students of the Dark Arts are left adrift in regards to a few topics. This article is designed to fill one of those gaps in understanding.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">Back during the First Dynasty, there was an article written by Lord Tyranis about the subject of Family and the Dark Arts, but it seems that the document has been lost to time. I am not trying to reproduce that work exactly, but I am allowing the student a look into the teachings that were proffered as the Sith way of family.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">To begin we must first define the Family. For that we will turn to Hegel’s  “Philosophy of Right“<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">. Hegel postulates that for a Family to exist it must first transverse 3 phases:

1) Marriage 2) Family Property and Capital 3)The Education of the Children and Dissolution of the Family

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">As Sith we can apply these phases conceptually, so we will use it as a basis for this lecture. Obviously Hegel’s definition will not be complete from the perspective of the Sith so we will expand upon it.

1) Marriage:

Marriage is in essence an ethical tie. Formerly, especially in most systems of natural law, attention was paid only to the physical side of marriage or to its natural character. Consequently, it was treated only as a sex relationship, and this completely barred the way to its other characteristics. This is crude enough, but it is no less so to think of it as only a civil contract, and even Kant does this. On this view, the parties are bound by a contract of mutual caprice, and marriage is thus degraded to the level of a contract for reciprocal use. A third view of marriage is that which bases it on love alone, but this must be rejected like the other two, since love is only a feeling and so is exposed in every respect to contingency, a guise which ethical life may not assume. Marriage, therefore, is to be more precisely characterized as ethic-legal love, and this eliminates from marriage the transient, fickle, and purely subjective aspects of love.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">Ah what a wonderful definition of Marriage. Complete with multiple views to debate till the end of time. But alas this may be a definition, but it does not show us how we as Sith are supposed to be viewing our marriage, is it a contract? Is it Purely Sexual?

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">Let us look then to Nietzsche, an old friend of the Sith, and see what his point of view holds for us. Sadly we have no direct definition from Him, only pragmatic views on who you should or should not marry and how to make that marriage work. As Sith we are encourage to be pragmatic. Our Morality is self created and so by no means are we bound to a single approach by which to view our marriage.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">Nay instead we are drawn into a question of what is best for us? How does it serve our goals and dreams. Well our pal Nietzsche seems to be doing to same thing, so lets evaluate the A few tenants he thought were essential to a healthy marriage (though I admit there are others that I don’t feel apply to the Sith).

1)<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">  “Do you believe you are going to Enjoy talking to this women when you are of old age? Everything else is transitory, but most of the time you are together will be devoted to conversation”

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">As we have already established, by nature a Sith is self serving. So when looking at your lover, or possible lover to be, it is in the best interest of the Sith to insure he is compatible intellectually with his spouse. As it was taught to me, if you are not currently intellectually compatible use soft manipulation to attempt to interest your partner to expand their knowledge. For Nietzsche this was of utmost importance, and I can speak from first hand experience, if a Sith is not stimulated, if he or she does not see his other half as an equal, the relationship will deteriorate in time.

2)<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">  “you should Propagate yourself not only forward but upward”

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">Though it appears this concept of elitism is lost in today’s Sith, it was an integral part of the Old Order. We were the elite, the few, the gifted, and it was to us a solemn duty to insure that we not only continued on this evolution as a higher form of life (on a spiritual level), but also from a physical one. The above passage is usually interpreted as a condoning of a Dawkins like Eugenics.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">For Nietzsche, obsessed with creating the new race of man, the evolution of man (free from the limitations of social repression and physical limitation), was of the utmost importance. To him a wife/husband should be selected that will benefit your genetic line not hinder it. As Sith we understand that we have transcended the normal limitations of morality and physicality, so it is a natural extension for we, like Nietzsche, to wish this superiority onto our offspring. This of course is only hindered by a mate of less than adequate stock.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">Some of us however were already married before having adopted Sith Philosophy and we were at an impasse as to how to proceed. This is obviously not as hard of a concept to interpret to an already established marriage. Instead of looking at the weakness that might be inherent in the wife/husband think instead on how you can help them to grow, to evolve, to become that next evolution, and through you and your spouse you will see your children grow to become superior as the next generation of Sith.

3)<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">  “For as long as I Love you I shall render to you the actions of love; if I cease to love you, you will continue to receive the same actions from me, though from other motives.”

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">This aspect from our brother Nietzsche is the one most frowned upon by non Sith readers, but is in itself one of the most practical. First off the idea behind this maxim is never promise unending love. You may feel overwhelmed with the depth of your passion at the moment, you may be unable to conceive of a time in which that passion will cool, but for the majority of people it will without a doubt happen. Everlasting love eternal is a fairy tail for most of us, a holy grail we can drive ourselves crazy attempting to achieve. This idea feeds into our shadow and creates layers of resentment and discontent we may not even realize is there because it places an unreasonable expectation on us.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">To avoid feeding the Shadow Nietzsche is recommending not making the promise at all, instead promise the truth of the matter. You will love them, you will stay with them for the betterment of both parties, but you may NOT still love them in the end. A better way of saying that last part might be you may no longer be IN LOVE with them, but that doesn’t mean you stop loving all together.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">The second part of the maxim is also an instruction to the Evolved Man. Just because that passion cools it is no excuse to lessen yourself by treating your spouse with disrespect or contempt. You loved him or her once so you had to see their innate value, keep this view in your head and find that balance within cooled passion.

4)<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">  “we love each other let us see to it that we stay in love or shall our promises be a mistake”

<span style="color:FFFFFF);font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">An interesting note here that Nietzsche makes is his belief that couples rush into marriage unprepared for the rigors of what is to come. In some passages Nietzsche recommends short term marriages where the first is to someone older (so they can guide you through the pitfalls) and the second to someone younger (so you can guide them) ending with none whatsoever in the end as marriage is a distraction to him. Yet in the event of a promises made and a marriage embarked on the Higher man should make it work.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">Nietzsche’s teaching may be pragmatic, which as Sith we normally attempt to adhere too, but they are also in many ways, unrealistic. Man is constantly in search of companionship and the closest of which he can achieve is marriage and children. To treat a marriage as Nietzsche suggest shows a weakness of control and character, two things a Sith will never allow of themselves.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">However he does offer us a great clue as to a true Sith approach and that is through extension of will. By setting expectation low in a relationship and promising nothing but the truth the Sith through force of will can stick to foundations and not breed a failure into his subconscious. Any strife, any challenge now becomes an opportunity to better yourself, to evolve, and to strengthen your will. Without a will of Iron the Sith has no hope in controlling the energies he seeks, so in a very applicable way, “making it work” is an excellent extension of the training of one will. Surprisingly the relationship will evolve into a lifelong friendship of mutual growth instead of exercise in repression and resentment.

6)<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;"> I have found no single quote to illustrate this next concept but it can be summed up in “natural assistant, namely concubine.”

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">This is the other most frowned upon aspect of Nietzsche view of marriage, but one I cant help but understand from a purely conceptual point of view. See, Nietzsche acknowledge that his Abetment (Higher Man) would naturally gravitate to an equal, a Super Women , and that a women of such caliber would have a huge level of responsibility. She would wear the mask of Businesswomen, Mother, Wife, Teacher, Spiritualist, etc. and that with limited time in the day she may have to prioritize and thus neglect on a certain level the needs of her husband.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">This can obviously go both ways, as the Ubermench would probably neglect his wife for the same reason. To avoid the destruction of a healthy and strong relationship based on truth and strength of the family unit he advocated the use of a helper for the neglected, someone to fill the gab of need that is lacking in interaction between husband and wife. This did not need to be physical only, this could be emotional or spiritual, but most of the time he was speaking directly in regards to sex.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">From a Sith perspective this concept is completely accepted in the family unit. As Sith we look to the betterment of ourselves, and why should we destroy a healthy marriage when a small attachment on the side can provide the release necessary to continue to grow.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">My partner told me a story that applies to this teaching.....

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">"i once met a couple while walking down a quaint old upscale neighborhood. they were in their 80's or so and looked like they were newlyweds, cooing and giggling and holding hands. i asked how long they had been together, and the old man replied '50 years.' i was quite shocked so i asked how he accomplished such long lasting happiness, for this was my goal. he pulled me to the side out of ear shot of his adoring wife and whispered 'i cheat,' and smiled over his shoulder, which made his wife blush and giggle..... i then asked for a picture so that i would have something to remind me that there is true love and happiness out there. he draped his arm around her tiny shoulders and as i took the picture he planted a small kiss on her cheek.... i have never seen a woman's eyes light up so brightly in such old age. <span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">as they walked away i was having issues with weather i wanted to be repulsed or admiring. my whole concept of 'cheating' changed.. if for 50 years you cheat on your woman, yet never treat her any different nor let her know and can keep that marriage so strong, you must truly be a master"

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">As Sith we understand the value of this philosophy and embrace is to the level in which we are comfortable. As remember we define good and evil for ourselves free from any morality but our own.

7)<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">  “what doesn’t kill me makes me stronger”

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">Nietzsche’s most well know aphorism also applies to the marriage. From Nietzsche stagnation occurs when one is not sufficiently challenged. True knowledge, skill and understand is fought for, and marriages form a never ending field of battle in which the higher man may evolve.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">To a Sith we make all life our battlefield, all human interaction can be shuffled into a contest of supremacy. In marriage delegating chores, choosing the movie for the night, anything where you and your spouse must come to a consensus is an opportunity for growth. Do not misunderstand, like war not only one side wins, there will times when your spouse will win out. It is these scenarios where Nietzsche’s maxim is most applicable. To lose, lose gracefully, and understand how it was you were outmaneuvered by your spouse should never cause the Sith aggravation, bitterness or malice, instead the Higher Man, the Sith embraces his loss and uses it to evolve, insuring he will not be outmaneuvered again.

8)“if you want a friend you must also be willing to wage war for him: and to wage war you must be capable of being an enemy”

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">The last of Nietzsche maxims I am choosing to use to illustrate Sith perspective on marriage is perhaps the most interesting. See for Nietzsche one of the most valuable commodities man can have is friends. Friends cause one to strive to be better, friends can offer alternatives to problems that you couldn’t see, friends can provide the support necessary to evolve, through ego friends can provide the impetus to be more than you are as you seek to impress them. So how then can you attempt a marriage without that of a friendship.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">The Sith understand this philosophy and so seek to insure their continued growth through the friendship, everlasting (perhaps) with their significant other. But like Nietzsche we understand that sometimes being that friend to our lover requires fighting their will. As they help you grow so must you help them grow or you find yourself elevated beyond them and no longer compatible. It is with great venom and hate serving in this position can render unto the would be Sith, but we accept it, turning it into an exercise of advancement.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">There is another interpretation of this Maxim which some hold true and as Sith we choose to acknowledge, and that is the fight itself. Man by nature is envious of what others have and have achieved. Man will seek to take from you what is yours be it property or person, and so a Sith embraces the knowledge that others covet what is his and prepares himself inside and out to insure the protection of that “property”. This is both spiritual as well as physical. How could you stop a home invasion? Are you prepared for such a scenario? What if you and your wife go out to dinner and get mugged and the mugger chooses to take more then your wallet? Are you prepared to stop that?

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">Relationship are built to a certain degree on trust, and one thing your spouse probably trusts is your ability to stand for him or her in times of danger. Are you ready to make your stand? So this maxim can be interpreted as a warning or a challenge to you to be ready to fight.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;text-decoration:underline;">From the Shadow

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">So now lets leave the Sith understanding ,of Nietzsche’ point of view, and instead delve into the world of the Shadow Side of the Self. The Sith being intimately familiar with their Dark Side must also view Marriage through it.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">It is assumed in this lecture that the reader is familiar with the Dark side within himself, termed the shadow for the duration of this section. As Sith we embrace our shadow we use it to teach us and we grow in strength because of our acceptance. As one works through harmonizing themselves with the Darkness within them they are faced with problems of understanding if they do not have the scenario necessary to test their own perceptions. This is where Marriage to a Sith becomes a extended exercise in knowing the Self.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">Every child has certain needs they must have fulfilled, the need for affection, the need for acceptance, the need for freedom and more. And it is during these early years of our life that many of the elements of darkness are placed into our shadow that latter will define our actions and deeds, and more concerning direct the energies we are attempting to master.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">As adults a lack of attention in childhood becomes a need for adoration in a relationship, a lack of acceptance becomes a need to be listened to, a lack of freedom to develop becomes a shadow fueled reason to be unfaithful. These things were always in our shadow and yet were not able to be recognized without our significant other. And so to a Sith Marriage becomes a constant source of training to harmonize with the Dark side, without that marriage the Sith would find it necessary to create an emotional bond with another strong enough to activate those dark impulses within them. Most human fear finding that love they sought (that in itself is a fear cause by an event in childhood) and so will grasp sometimes to tightly to allow the marriage to breath. This continues on as a parent but we will discuss that when we get there.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">So as this was supposed to be a  SHORT<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;"> lecture about the Sith view of family I’m going to leave this section off here for now, allowing you the reader to ponder what you have read and see where it will take you. I will continue on in Part 2 with Family property and Capital.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">Also I had intended to include a section on Laws of Power 5, 22, 38, 43, and 46 and how they apply to marriage but as this has already exceeded what was supposed to be an introductory lecture on the topic i have already exceeded my original desire. If you so desire you can look up the laws and figure it out on your own.

The Dark Path
Through out time man has sought an end to the meaningless trials of life. With the dawning of the age of awareness man set out on a quest to define his path and the order in which he plays a part of the universal spectrum. During this quest man has produced many approaches in which to further himself and his understanding of the universe. Out of these approaches have dawned infinite variables of the original path’s that they stemmed from. No mater were we turn in life now we find ourselves standing in front of yet another week approach to the furthermost of life and the cultivation of knowledge.

With the creation of society, and the cultivation of a body working as one, many a man found ways to place himself in power and further his own personal needs and wants shadowing his intentions behind facades of what we now know as modern religion. Within all of this shadow and all of this facade man has come upon two main constants that are normally addressed by the individual religion. The first being that there is something, we don’t know what, but some mystical energy that makes up this creation we name life. Man with all of its science and all of its logic can not produce viable reason for why it exists and what it is.

Throughout the century it has taken on many names. There have been as many names for it as there has been civilizations. With the dawning of a new era, our era, we take after our ancestors and give it a new most suitable to us. We have chosen to name it off of a movie that shows the infinite possibilities one can use this energy for, we name it The Force.

The second constant is that of man’s nature and of the nature of the universe as it truly is not as how others would like it to be. Both human nature and the universe have what psychologists call “The Shadow”. In man the Shadow is the carnal desire to further the self. It is the approach to life that speaks to you when your mind is quiet and you have been harmed. This division of the human psyche reacts to the outside world worrying more about the importance of the Self, then of others who have caused this reaction in you.

Man fears this side of human nature as it is as the universe is, Powerful. Case studies in the areas of Psychology, Parapsychology, Business, Law, and many others have shown that when man excepts this side of him, and embraces it, true power is granted. Now those in power would not want you to be strong, for then they would have to worry about your abilities to take from them what they have taken from you. The ability to chose for you, and how you react. Society has created a solution to this and named it Religion. The creation of this religion forms a cast you as man must now fill, and if you do not your are treated unjustly.

Many of the weak of mind and soul turn to this “religion” because it offer suitable approaches to life. It offer’s shelter from those pains we must all face. Religion gives man a crutch to aid him through life. The man becomes dependent on this “Religion” and is thus easily controlled.

Now there are those who stand against this injustice, those who chose to live as the Force intended. We who embrace the Darker half of our psyche. Thus the Dark Knight come to be. We train our mind and body to the natural rhythms of the Universal life force and cultivate the warnings and powers it gives us. We do not cower from it and hope our problems will go away if we think happy thoughts long enough. We do not run to some mystical being and ask him to take care of our problems for us. We stand tall, we stick true, we approach life with sword in hand and take care of our problems ourselves using the tools the force has granted us.

As time goes by alternate approaches and paths become clear and defined, and they join the legacy that is the Dark Side. One thing remains prominent in all of the dark aspects and that is our unity. We are all bound together by our disgust for those sheep that walk this planet tainting it with their stupidity. We find unity in the dream of the higher evolution of man who can embrace the darkness within them and bring himself to power. Even though our approach to study of the Dark Powers differ, we work together in respective companionship to further the Power and Presence of The Dark Side here on this planet, and within the hearts and minds of those who know no better.

The Dark Path is not one of haste, and it is not one of weakness. As we are the minority in this day and age so we must stick true and have the courage to follow our convictions. We do this through the guidance of our elders. Each dark adept embraces a Master/Apprentice relationship that brings him to true power, and to true enlightenment. This is a great honor but one not won easily. The Dark Adept seeks knighthood for years sometimes before obtaining a Master to guide him. Your conviction, your spirit, your heart, and your talent will bring a Master to you, but you must have the Prudence, Patience, and Perseverance to live the dream.

Legacy of the Sith
<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">What are the Sith? How are they Different from any other Dark Side group? What is the Legacy they wish to Leave behind? Good questions, in the following article, I will take you through what can be called, the legacy of the Sith.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">The Way of the Sith, besides its acceptance of Dark Side as a empowering energy, is a legacy of Supremacy. The Sith are more then petty, self centered adolescents looking to aggrandize themselves through narcissistic actions. The Sith are a legacy, an evolution. We are the ones who will come next, when man looses its notions of enforced morality. When man frees himself of the shackles of a system of “virtuous action”, that was created by a caste of slaves to keep themselves alive.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">To understand the Sith, we will look to our Brother, the philosopher Nietzsche. Nietzsche proposed in his 1883 book,  Thus spoke Zarathustra<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">, that the Ubermensch was the true meaninjg of the earth, that those who promise otherworldly hopes in order to draw man kind away from the earth, are to be admonished and ignored. Nietzsche proposes, through his character Zarathustra, that the turn away from the earth, (here understood as reality) is prompted by a dissatisfaction with life. It is dissatisfaction that causes one to create another world in which those who made one unhappy in this life, are forever tormented. The Ubermensch is not driven to look to other worlds for his happiness, neigh, the Ubermensch lives this life as it is, not as he would  imagine<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;"> it to be.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">The Ubermensch needs not a God to create a system of morals, nor one to punish others for having broken them. The Ubermensch is the creator of his own system of values. The God fearing populous we describe as sheep, would be faced with a form of Nihilism if they lacked an otherworldly punishment; The Ubermensch knows he needs not these trappings of mediocrity, So the Ubermensch now becomes a goal of humanity, An evolution by which mankind can evolve.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">As we evolved from a lesser form of man, so will the Ubermensch evolve from us. This evolution can not take place however, without the desire to seek change, to seek evolution. All human life, no matter whether it is Sheep or Wolf, will give meaning to the advancement of the next generation. It is the current state of Ubermensch that will allot for an even greater generation to exist in the future.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">The Ubermensch, or the goal of it, is what we aspire to be as Sith. We are the higher form of man, we are what man will become. We owe our brother Nietzsche a debt of gratitude for opening our eyes. We can repay that debt through the accumulation of power, and the evolution of ourselves beyond our current place. But how then are we to evolve into a true Sith?

"When this first step has been taken and the gifted user has cut the thread between himself and others, can the gifted commence to study themselves as the greatest potential for understanding they have at that time. They must now start to remove all the clamps chaining their body and must rediscover what they truly and personally believe. Some views will be kept, for the view they were taught and the view they believe are identical. Yet many people will discover that what they are truly inclined to believe differs greatly from what society expects them to see, to believe and to feel." Darth Moor from The Dark Knight

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">Our Brother Rudiger Safranski offers us further guidance on the path of the Sith. According to Safranski, the Ubermensch represents a higher biological form of man, that will be achieved through artificial selection. At the same time, it is also an ideal for anyone who is creative and strong enough to master the whole spectrum of human potential, for good and evil. Safranski tells us that the combination of ruthless warrior pride, and the artistic brilliance, that defined the Italian renaissance, was what we should embody in ourselves.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">A true Sith is mindful however, as the potential of misuse of this philosophy, is insidious. The Nazi’s frequently used our brother Nietzsche’s words to justify the dominance of a “master race”. Now as Sith, we ARE the Master race, however not by virtue of a single race; We are pragmatic in our views of superior humans. The Nazis took us to a place of only white being superior, this is not so, nor was it ever the intent of Nietzsche <span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">for it to be assumed so. Instead the Sith can look at genetics itself. Through genetics we can take the good from all races, and combine them into a superior man. Through moral supremacy, or more importantly it's lack there of, we create the better man philosophically. Through our embrace of the force as it is, not as we would have it, we become superior to those who self delude.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">It is our purpose, our legacy, to be what others are not, or can not be. For as Sith, we face each day with knowledge and understanding. We ask ourselves a question Nietzsche himself asked his students.

“I teach you the Ubermensch. Man is something that shall be overcome. What then have you done to overcome him?"

<span style="color:FFFFFF);font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">I can imagine Darth Plagius asking this to a young Sidious, or Darth Bane asking it to a young Zannah. So how about you, what have YOU done to overcome your self? Today, what have you done to make yourself better, stronger, faster, more powerful? What about yesterday? What about tomorrow?

<span style="color:FFFFFF);font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">For the Sith every day is an opportunity to conquer the self, to extend beyond the current man you are, and to become what you are meant to be.

“All beings so far have created something beyond themselves; and do you want to be the ebb of this great flood and even go back to the beasts rather then overcome man? What is the Ape to Man? A laughingstock or a painful embarrassment. And man shall be just that for the Ubermensch; a laughing stock or painful embarrassment."

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">This only partially answers, what is the method by which we become Sith, For that we look further, to other brothers.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">Now we turn to our Brother Darwin, who put forth the medium by which we can become Sith. Social Darwinism is generally understood as the struggle for existence, the survival of the fittest, Nietzsche’s  “whatever doesn’t kill us makes us stronger”<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">. applied social Darwinism is, a Competition between yourself and other Sith, through political infighting, and cunning performance; through the embrace of suffering as a lesson. Social Darwinism will force the body to evolve, the mind to grow. Your genes therefor become more viable, and worthy of continuing the line of the Sith. It is this self same social Darwinism that inspired the creation of the Rule of Two, One to embody power the other to crave it.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">Obviously we don’t expect you to kill your master, but each successive generation of apprentice should strive to outperform, study further, and accumulate more power than his master. As the line continues, the greatest we now can conceive will be a laughable joke to the future. Our memory will be one of glory, and we will live on as gods, who walked the path first. This is your legacy, as your masters had sought to dominate theirs, and have expanded on their knowledge, you will do the same to them. this is the will of the Dark Side, as the legacy of the Sith will remain strong.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">Now you have heard me speak of genetics in this lecture, but only briefly have I covered it. Of what I speak, comes from the cousin of our brother Darwin, a system by which the Sith will grow, and become stronger. Our brother Francis Galton exposed the theory, and named it eugenics. Galton found through research, that man can inherit intelligence. He graced us with the understanding of nature vs. nurture, in fact he is the one who coined the term. He taught us of Psychometrics, the science of measuring mental faculties, and even showed us wisdom is his research on the non effectiveness of prayer.

<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">As you can see, there are many avenues by which a Sith may evolve. You may look to your brothers for further understanding, or you may blasé that understanding yourselves. Remember, every day you must grow, become stronger,and become more then what you are today. Only then may you begin to call yourself Sith

The Massassi Warrior
<span style="color:FFFFFF;font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16.796875px;">​ There is a great deal of mystery and misconception on what it means to walk the path of the Warrioir, the path of the Massassi  Once long ago, in the days of the First Dynasty, i was tasked to create a a sub specialty to the ways of the Dark Knight taught by the Sith at the Force Academy. I was tasked to expound the warrioir ways, to take the Internal Energy work that forms the basis of many martial arts traditions, and extend it into being. Originaly we chose a name that was little known of. We called this First generation of Sith Warrioir the Jensari. Because the Name came from the I Jedi book, people automatically lept to the conclusion that they knew what the Jensari were. This couldnt have been farther from the truth. At Force Academy we took names from the books, yes, but we did not base our orders on them. They are just names, nothing more, nothing less.

It was later, after many years seporated from teh Jensari online, that a few of the old Masters returned to find what had become of the teachings and ways they had written of, and guided others in. We did not return to find budding groups of Jensari and Sith, no instead we found decay and weakness masquerading as strength and power. In the successive years since we left the online comunity to further develop the way offline, the online comunity had misrepresented and misunderstood the teachings of old. The Jensari teachings had been expanded on and changed to resemble a whole new creature that shared nothing with its name sake, other then the name itself. Faced with this truth, the Sith had but one recourse, shed the name that clouds the reason and understanding of the masses, and adopted a new one.

Searching through out the Star Wars universe, for nomenclature inspiration, we came upon the soldiers and warrioirs of the Ancient sith, powerful warriorirs whos use of the darkside was more instinctive then trained. Masters of melee weapons the warrioirs embraced the dark as an extension of them selves, and used the darkside to fuel their mvoements and skills. The warrioirs, called Massassi, are the perfect prepresentation of the Image we hoped to foster amongst the warrioir elite of teh Sith. And so we embraced this namesake, and went on to alter and expand on philosophies we had only briefly discussed before.

The Massassi way finds much of its history and foundation in the Martial Arts and Warrior Ways of Feudal Japan and Ancient China. While studying the Warrior ways of the  Massassi   you will find many similarities and conjunctions that you can look up in books like The book of the 5 Rings, Hagekure, The Art of War, and Budoshoshinshu. While these books form the basis for the  Massassi  way, they by no means form the entirety of it. One of our main traits is that we are the Masters of Adaptability; this being a constant life-long process. It can not be fully explained, but can be fundamentally understood and worked into the daily routine. We the  Massassi  strive to Adapt instantly to every situation, smoothly and flawlessly, we take this understanding from the combat arts but we apply it to every situation. Since we are the Military force of the Dark Side, we are also steeped in tradition and traits.

To Illustrate this idea i shall here give you an example:

Lets take the example A Massassi warriors understanding of Ukemi. In the Japanese Martial Arts, Ukemi is the art of falling. What does falling have to do with anything? Well first you have to understand that Ukemi is an art in and of itself. When recieving a technique, the Uke (person falling) learns to recieve energy from the Tori (person throwing) with his whole body. Before Uke can reach Tori uke must enter ion boldly and decicivley, comiting his own energy to an attempt to strike. It is his Intention to enter.

If we take this understanding to a party, where there are many guests, you know almost non of them, or maybe just a few, to converse you enter in boldly, with intent to engage the other person in conversation. If uke just Initiates the conversation and calls it done he has failed in his job, however if Uke responds to the technique (conversation) well, he can recieve the energy (interest of the talker), reciving his energy and turning the single trade of words into a conversation.

In the Dojo, uke must never simply "fall down" for no reason. he must place only as much resistance is neccesary on tori, forcing tori to interact with his energy to make the technique work.

Returning to our party, if Uke is dead in his response, or replies with a hollow answer, he has not "given force" to his tori, and thus the conversation ends. If however the Uke is to continue the conversation he applys a small amount of force, this force is taken by Tori and used to continue the technqiue.

I can go on and on with this, but the example is only meant to illustrate a point. Everything a Massasi learns, from falling, to attacking, to stealth, can alll be, should all be used by the Massasi not only in fights, but as philosophies by which to embrace any situation, even a simple conversation. What makes the biggest difference between the Massassi Warrior, and the other Dark Archetypes, is this view of the world. The  Massassi  are not trained to view the world like this; they have the feelings and way born into them. Most  Massassi  have felt like this for their whole life, but haven't been aware of why. For a  Massassi  every day, every minute, every job, is a fight, an enemy that must be conquered. And it is the lessons learned in the Arts that guide their methods of Interation. Massasi embrace the Predator mind fram when walking through out life, and the generals srategems when planning for the future. Even the most simple things, like going to school, are a battle, fought a thousand miles away.

Below is a little scene of a school from the  Massassi  point of view.

"He sits back, waiting patiently for his turn to come. The teacher stands erect at the front of the classroom, asking for the answer to this math question. The Force flows through him, charging him, urging him to win, to obtain victory. He remembers the way of the Massassi, he hears his Master say in his mind, "we do not fail." Instantly his hand is raised, waiting for the chance to beat the other students with his knowledge. He must conquer this assignment... then the teacher calls his name and peace settles on him. He has won."

This is a simple, almost child like, example of the Massassi Warrior's way of dealing with life; everything being a challenge he must overcome. Nothing and No-one can stand in his way of victory, for he will out think, out manuver, and out fight any challenger, even if the challenge os only within himself.

A simple truth of the  Massassi knight, is that without real training in the arts, without real understanding of the principles of a technique, that understanding can not be carried into conversation, it can not be carried into relationships, so a  Massassi must first and foremost be a real warrioir. Not someone who just reads about fighters, but one who actually fights, actually trains. Only with understanding of technique, can understanding of the  Massassi Knight occur.

Aspects of the Mind
Below are the divisions of the mind that we will be addressing in your training first:

Steady Mind

Steady Mind is the ability to keep your mind calm and planted during a fight. It is the ability to calmly and rationally evaluate the situation at hand, no matter what the occurrences are around you. This being the first tool of study in martial arts and combat, we will also address it first here.

Mind's Shadow

The Mind's Shadow is the alternate persona of the mind. It is the part of the mind that is normally said should not be touched. It is the dark urges and feelings you have and hold dear, yet never express. This is a part of the Mind that must be impressed.

The Wall

The Wall is probably the hardest thing to get around in your Dark Side training. It is the collective ideas and beliefs you hold. It is thoughts like "I can't feel the force because it doesn't exist. I can't do this because of that." That is the wall, and that is what the warrior must master. That is where all the limitations are destroyed, where you truly can accomplish anything if you put your mind to it.

Suggestion

Suggestion is the last of the basic areas of the mind. Suggestion is both interior and exterior. Suggestion is one of the Key ways to break through the wall in the mind. Suggestion is also important to the Jensari Warrior for purposes such as control of the opponent's mind, the leading of it, and the evaluation of it. All these are products and uses of Suggestion.

The Massassi Sword
The Sword of the Jensari refers to our strength, our weapon. To a Jensari our weapon is that of Hate, and Anger, and Rage; all the emotions shunned by society as 'BAD'. We do not see them as such, but there is an exception to the way we use our hate. We do not try and control it or bend it to our will. We embrace it, become one with it, feel it, love it, are always in a state of it. When you look around you, what do you see? What I see is fury, destruction, rage. All these things are classified as dark or bad, yet our planet, our universe, is that dark, that bad. Have you ever stepped outside at night and looked at the stars? So peaceful they seem, don't they? Yet what you are staring at is fury, the calm endurance of destruction.



This is were you will find the Jensari. This is the place we call home.

Through constant study and use of your hate, you will get to a point in which the hate is peaceful, the anger is tranquil. This is the state we strive for: to live at a constant state of readiness and embrace the hate. We trust in the Force as do the others. Yet we impose our hate into the Force, creating a ripple that produces the effect we want. It is of our opinion that Hate is the strongest, most dominant emotion. We use it to win. We forge ourselves into a conduit of hate-manipulated force. With the sharpness of our minds, the strength of our convictions, and the fluidity of our movements, we obtain victory.

This forging of our spirits into that of the Sword of the Jensari is done through practice, practice of the Martial Arts, of combat, of war. We dedicate our lives and selves to the betterment of our bodies and the goals of The Dark Side. With discipline being a key to the Jensari's strength, practice becomes almost an obsession. The Jensari are Masters of Adaptability so we study no one specific martial art. We switch, we change, we find the weaknesses in one and expel them to make room for the strength of another. No two Jensari will fight alike; the only similarity is the use of our hate to unite the techniques and will of the Jensari, the the flow of the Force.

When the I speak of adaptability and fluidity most come to the idea of being like water. It has the ability to flow around even the hardest surface and patiently eat away its opponent until there is nothing left to eat. Amusing, the power of the water. It is constantly adapted by Light Side and a majority of martial arts as an instrument of defence. The truth is the water is as offensive and destructive as any dark side simile. But we the Jensari do not worry about the water. We do use it yes, we use whatever works at the time. Our fluidity comes from a much more powerful fluid.

Visualization is another key to the use of the force, as you well know, so while I explain this visualize it. Feel the power it calls upon inside of you, where the shadow of the soul lurks. Peace, flow, calmness, patience and fluidity emanate off the red-glowing fluid dripping down the side of the mountain. The lava is boiling yet calm, full of fury yet completely calm. Feel the peace in the middle of the hate and fury. This is the key to the forging of the Sword of the Jensari.

The Massassi and the Animal
The Animal is a serious thing to the Jensari. We cultivate the Animal of our spirit and seek wisdom from it in matters of Combat and Life. It is the Jensari belief that all mankind has an Animal present in them, the spirit of an animal that cultivates life and aids in the contact to the force. When a Jensari turns to the force for an answer, it is the spirit animal who brings the message to us. The beginning process of learning the Jensari Way, after the Basic training of the dark side, is to discover your spirit animal. This process is one of Birth and the development of the attitude and spirit you will posses and portray from that point forward. The Jensari are known to wear pendants, clothes, symbols, body art, or any way they can come to, that represents the animal of their spirit. That spirit does guide the Jensari to victory in every encounter; be it school, or be it war. The first thing a Jensari student must do is find this animal. There are many ways to find the animal, the most popular being a Souljourn. A Souljourn is a meditation that can take anywhere from a couple of hours to a couple of days. It is wise to set aside a weekend to embark on your first souljourn. The process is that of a basic meditation. Find a place with no one around, a peaceful and comfortable place, one that eases tension in you. Sit, stand, move, dance, do whatever type of meditation you favor the most. Delve deep inside yourself to the Darkness that resides in you. Push deeper and deeper until you are lost in yourself, completely engulfed in your own soul. Clear your mind. Keep it as blank as possible and ask a question to your subconscious... Ask " animal that lives inside, make yourself known, so that I may be guided by your wisdom." Now just sit and wait...keeping your mind clear and free of cluttering thoughts. Eventually your animal will show itself. The Animal will show itself in different manners; maybe a visual picture in your mind of the animal as it is in nature, or possibly just the "feeling" of that animal. You don't know how, you just know what it is. Another way it shows itself is verbal. You hear the noise the animal makes. These are all ways to recognize your animal once it is shown to you. But don't misunderstand, there are many other ways to understand what it is saying. Most people, without knowing, have already been in a small contact with their animal; maybe a fetish for cats, or wolves, or bats, snakes, turtles, whatever. Normally your spirit animal has been a represented figure in your life for as long as you have possessed life. You were just not aware of it. Your next step, once you recognize what your animal is, is research. Go to the library, buy books, watch documentaries, do whatever you can to learn more of your animal and the way it works in life. You will probably notice similarities there, things you have always done and not understood why. Now you do, it was your animal guiding you. Once you have learned what it is that your animal does in the wilds, and how it acts in general, it will be time to see how it applies. If the animal has tendency to attack its prey, like it was on a time limit to finish, then apply that to your dealing with people,or combat. This is a very big part of the Jensari Way, so this should be the process first run through when you embark upon your mission to glory and power as one of the Jensari Warriors.

Massasi 5 Elelements theory
The  Massassi 5  element trianing is the basis for all training of the force, but more then just that, it is also used in conversation and human interation. This long existent training method has proven most effective, but cna you see how this works in buisness? in mariage? in other aspects of life?

The 5 elements are defined as such: Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood. Below I will define and give examples for each one.


 * 1) MOKETONJUTSU (wood) represents rising, growing, swelling energy that could be employed to overcome the enemy's tendencies to rely on gathering, condensing, and stabilizing tactics. An example of this in combat would be"'I gather the force ,charging myself, and unleashing more and more fury into the fray, while my opponent sits back centering himself and stabilizing himself to accept the attack. "


 * 1) KATONJUTSU (fire) represents expansive, evasive, free energy that could be utilized to overcome the enemy's tendencies to rely on hard, edged ,unbreakable tactics. An example of this in combat would be "As my opponent attacks with hard, directed projection of force and technique, I flow with the force using my energy to dissipate the enemy's attempt at a piercing attack; enveloping all they have to offer with complete consumption of their technique and countering with ferocity. "


 * 1) DOTONJUTSU (earth) represents gathering ,condensing, and stabilizing energy that could be employed to overcome the enemy's tendencies to rely on melting, dissolving and sinking tactics. An example of this in combat would be " as my enemy fluidly moves around me trying to gain the upper hand, I project my will into the force and use it to stay my ground and forcibly hold to my position."


 * 1) KINTONJUTSU (metal) represents hard, edged, unbreakable energy that could be utilized to overcome the enemy's tendencies to rely on rising, growing, swelling tactics. An example of this in combat would be "as my enemy focuses force into his technique and builds upon his energy to launch a decisive attack againt me, I launch an immediate and decisive attack against him, using the force to guide my attack true ,and relentlessly pummel my opponent into the ground."


 * 1) SUITONJUTSU (water) represents melting, dissolving, and sinking energy that could be utilized to overcome the enemy's tendencies to rely on expansive, evasive, free tactics. An example of this in combat is "as my opponent flows unpredictably, flowing on impulse to attack me with techniques that are spur of the moment and unexact, I fluidly move in close to him, and take my opponent down with fluid motion and blending of motion."

These form the basis for all interaction of the  Massassi. As we are masters of adaptibility, we train vigorously to be able to flow from one element to another, gaining victory as we do. Each Force technique, each aproach to conflict, is a representative motion of one of the elements. The  Massassi Knight  first learns understanding and embrace of the individual application of each element. Then once the knight has a good build-up of a few techniques per element, you start the adaptibiltiy training. That aspect of study is a combining of two or more elements to creat an approach not easily detectible, so that the enemy cannot use your same system to defeat you.. Below I will give an example of a technique for each element. From here, i would like to see you develop your own techniques and aproaches and apply the 5 elements training to them. Guidance will always be available, and technique is traded freely amoung the Jensari.


 * 1) WOOD = concentrate on your hate, feel it grow, charge the body, fill your body as if no force could get out of you. Repeat process until you feel as if you will burst if you don't let it out. Then upon commiting to any attack or direction, unleash all the hate and rage you have built up, exploding with effectiveness.


 * 1) FIRE = calm your mind, center yourself in your hate, feel the force flow freely through you, unobstructed, feel your movement generate ripples in the force around. Expand your awarenes out to create a sphere of free-flowing force. When your attacker commits, blend with the motion of his attack and smoothly ,flawlessly, move past and evade him. This is a technique that promotes force-assisted motion of the body.


 * 1) EARTH = feel your force build up in you, feed off of your hate and rage, project the force down, visualizing it flowing through you and into the ground; so as not to fall, trip, or stutter in your movements. This is a force technique that is force-assisted balance and stability.


 * 1) METAL = concentrate, let the force flow, and read the opponent. See the aura around the opponent and wilfully insist the movement is slowed. See the opening, keep the opening in mind, build up force inside you, calling on your hate to center yourself and your mind. Flow the force out through your hand, or weapon, project the force now out towards the opening you see, letting all the fury ,destruction, and hate you have into that opening. This is a force technique applied for increasing of accuracy and direct projection.


 * 1) WATER = center, feel the force flow, guiding your actions and movements. As an attacker comes in, you meet the force they give and bend its direction. Use the force to fluidly increase speed, stamina, power, perception, and movement. Water is the hardest to use, for the reason that you are directing the force to numerous points in the body, all with different agendas.

Let us step away from Force technique and instead see the 5 elements in discussion....


 * Wood = Your in a debate with a friend. He is having trouble describing his point, so he attemtpts to take a step back and breath, finding his calm center and composing his thought. Instinctly you spring to the front of the conversation, you berate him over and over with questions, as he begins to answer one, you pose another and another, you keep the conversations fast moving from one point to another untill he cracks, loosing controll out of frustration.


 * Fire = Your boss is in a rage, he is having a bad day, profits are down. he needs a target to vent on. He locks on you. question after question he launches at you, rapidly you respond, never alowing yourself to lose controll but systematically dismantling his points of contention. never alowing points to land on you personally you answer all his questions till he has non left to spew. his energy is spent, with a clipped final words he leaves.
 * Earth = You partner and you are in a a disagreement about how best to teach the children. You take the position of earth, drawing all the poijnts of argument to youself. tearing through each one of their aruguments with fact and reson. not budging an inch you turn you points into challenges of your partners position. like a lanslide your points layer over and over and over untill little is left of the opposition.
 * Metal = Your at a party and a local socialite attempts to make you look a fool by taking a wood aproach, swelling you with questions, attempting to make yopu look the fool. instead of answering the questions, you ignore them, instead you twist every statement he makes, every action and manuerism into a blistering evaluation of himself. as his barage of questions begin to stutter and fail you continue to attack, drawing knowledge and wareness from his facial expression you continue to cut deeply into his psyche, you dredge up anything that will hurt and lay it out for others to see. with each cut he talk less till eventually, he is put in his place and is forced to leave you alone.
 * Water = You are at a bar, when a man walks in drunks and beligerant, he begins to talk agressively to anyone he sees. he has set his sites on a man near you. you do not wish him to turn his ire on you so you head him off at the pass. with a loud belly laugh you belt out in a slightly exagerated slur "i like whisky too!". before even launching into the attack eh had planned on others he is now focused on you, you call out "come and have a shot with me" he coes over to sit and has a drink, and while he takes his shot you ask simply "so how is your noight going". instead of fighting he is now talking and you have no concern for a potential argument with the man.

These were just a quick example, of the use of the elements in conversation. As you go throughout the forms of martial arts, you will find technique who principles you can expand into any of the elements. take soem time and think of the technique you already know, and apply them to one of the catagories of elements.

Remember, just because we are combat-oriented adepts doesn't mean this philosophy, technique, and stategy cannot be employed even in the simplest of debates. The  Massassi  see the world as combat, challenge, and competition every day. So every action in life should have these principles applied.

On the Gift
The first dynasty teaching of the Gift is an often disputed or misunderstood concept, so for clarities sake I am going to explain it a bit more thoroughly then it has been previously laid out. If you have read my previous writing on Strength and the Force you will remember the concept of Jing.

''“In theory, Jing is the essence of you. Jing is the densest part of the physical body. It is from Jing that the body is created. According to theory, one is born with a fixed amount of Jing, received from the mother and father during conception (Jing could likened to midichlorians). Jing can, over ones lifetime, be increased throu'gh breathing, focus, proper eating, exercise and etc. Through out life however, Jing is consumed continuou'sly. Passion, stress, illness, sexuality, even substance abuse all consume Jing. This is why after being stressed, studying hard, or partying it up we become tired; and are more susceptible to illness. When one runs out of Jing, life ends. “''

The primary point is this quote, in regards to the gift is that one is born with a fixed amount of Jing. When discussing the concept of the Gift, one must understanding that it is a layered concept, not a concept in isolation. The first understanding of the Gift is found in how much Jing one has at birth. Let us give ones Jing an Arbitrary number, lets say you have 10 Jing. If the average man has ten at birth and spends time accumulating more Jing (the process of becoming one with the force) he may achieve 20. Now by that same token, a “Gifted” may be born with 20 Jing, so he spends the same amount of time as the first man, and through his studies achieves a 30 or 40. Now you see these two men will have drastically different levels of connection to the Force.

The Gifted will be able to party harder, have more Jing to connect with chi and thus stronger living force techniques, and much much more. So we say he is “Gifted” with the Force. That is not to say, however that he will become a Force user. Those high with Jing have the ability to focus and concentrate more, activate more of their potential for creativity and thought, and so those “gifted” with high Jing may find themselves in many different paths. Mozart was high in Jing, hence he was a gifted pianist. Einstein was high in Jing, hence he was a “gifted” scientist. Gifted in its first sense means nothing but the potential to go beyond what others of a similar inclination may be able to achieve.

''It was foreseen that simple melodies of the Great Song could be heard despite the limitations of mortality by those chosen among man. And thus two gifts were bestowed upon mankind: One to hear the song in the echo of the mind and one to experience the echo in the second heart. The first came to be known as magicians and wizards, for they grew in power through their logical understanding of the patterns within the melodies of the Great Song and their ability to restructure the sequence of individual notes. The second came to be known as witches, for they grew in power through their emotional understanding of the soul of the melodies within the Great Song and their ability to sway the sentient motion within the melodic tunes.''

And here is the next layer of understanding in the Gift. For those who are high of Jing, and whose “gift” is one of nature in the Force, they are to consider themselves the Chosen. This was an old reference for “gifted” as it seemed to bread less animosity and resentment among the mundane. These two gifts of the Force could almost, though not completely be represented as a ying and yang. These gifts can be witnessed in every culture on the planet that has, or ever will develop a system of energy work.

As Lord Moor describes, one is of the Mage, Wizards, Hermeticist, Magician, or Cabalist. These the ones by home the force is understood so soundly that its very laws are clear, and its manipulation is a simple matter of following those laws. We find these in the rituals and ceremonies of all cultures. The other is the more natural Force user, here referred to as a witch (in moors lecture). They rarely follow the ritual and structure of the magic laws, but instinctively and unknowingly come to the same conclusions as their brothers. Now in this i do not means Wicca or Neopagan. Those are more faiths then magic. Though much of what they do may relate, it is not what we here refer to witches. The Sith we first meet in the Star Wars ethos, would be witches. Force users, and energy practitioners, they understand the flow of energy within them, in the second heart or Dan Tien. They feel their Chi, their Ki, their Mana and Prana, and it is through constant use and practice that they come to understand the great gifts of the Force.

So it is these three aspects, not surprisingly they correlate to the three spheres, that together we refer to when we reference the Gift. For you to understand at any point which reference we are making, you would have to look to the content before and after. For we use the gift as a whole, as an understanding.

There is but one other type of Force user that we will reference. Though it is rarely referenced anymore. This final user is one who has what is commonly referred to as “The calling”. If you are reading this document, or at any Jedi web site, then you have experienced the calling. All Force users in one way or another have the calling. The calling is in essence a Gift for the Force, only a much lesser one.

The calling would be if one had very little Jing, but still the “Gift” for the Force. They know it, they want it, they feel it, and in time they can accumulate more Jing through breathing and practice, and they will feel the force, they will experience it. But at best it will be a pale and weak imitation of what their gifted brethren can do. There is no Shame to be one with the calling, it is just another way. Most with the calling have the gift of the Magician, as the slightest push on the notes of the great song can create amazing results. Some with the calling even resort to alchemical in an attempt to make their body contain more Jing.

These paths all criss cross, and many are levels and variants of each other, and only through training, and experience can anyone truly know where they are. Though it is said some of the Powerful Gifted can sense the presence of the gift in others. And Many the master before has read the difference in journaled experience between gifted, calling, and types of gift.

The Dinner Party
Deep in the Forest, Miles from any society, any sense of modern living i am walking, the trees are dense and barely any light reaches through them. Im no so much following a path as weaving back and forth between bushes, moving forward, always forward, i know there is a grove somewhere up ahead, i even know what im supposed to see and do in that grove once i get there. This is an old exercises, i have done it many times before, but still i walk.

The trees begin to thin, rays of light pierce their canopy and begin to illuminate the growth beneath them. There is sound, i can hear it but i cant place it. Clinking? Like silver spoons of fine porcelain. There is ringing, like crystal chimes floating their song within the loneliness of the forest. I Still walk. This is a bit different then before, this is guiding me instead of me guiding it.

There is a part ahead in the trees, and i know that through it lies the glade, and the events that will unfold in this session. I walk through that gentle part in the all consuming forest and stop. The light is reflective from the center of the glad and shines into my eyes. For a moment i am blinded but i can still see shapes. I see movement, like shadows of people, well dressed. I see objects like the table set up in the middle of the glade. It is a large table, grand, like the dining table of some ancient mansion by which huge dinner parties must have been held countless times over the sentries.

There are many people at this table, all around the same height and build, all dressed impeccably but their face....their faces i cant really see. The aroma of fine food and expensive wine drift across my senses on the subtle wind that seem to be swirling within the glade. This is different, there is no one tied to a tree, no versions of me to stab, instead there seems to be a party. I walk closer to the table. As i near the table i am not surprised to see that the members at the table are me, tons of them. Some are dressed in green, some in black, some in Grey, some in white. All are dressed in versions of a suit.

A version of me is standing with a hand behind his back, the other resting at his side. His posture is perfect, chin raised, spine strait. His suit is pressed and the smell of designer cologne is subtle yet invigorating. There is a coldness to him but his predominant feeling is that of pride. I am intrigued, so i straighten my own posture and approach confidently.

“hello brother, I am pride and i will be your host for dinner”

So this is my pride huh, interesting, i cant wait to see the dozens of others at the table and see what they have to say. Interesting though that they are dining instead of being tied up. I don't have my knife, i cant do the stabbing, this is the weirdest visualization i have ever had. Ahh, the table has knives, and many things i can use as weapons, i can go on a bloody rampage of destruction, like the climactic fight scene in a Hollywood movie. All i need is to get closer to the table.

A hand is on my shoulder and a throaty laugh, closer to a growl, comes from over my right shoulder. As i turn, im struck with another amusement. Here, now, im facing a version of my self with scruff all over his face, his...or my, eyes are glowing a luminescence golden color, with black pinpricks for pupils. He is in a suit as well but its a casual suit, a 1920's style “summer suit”. I wonder at my associations of clothes and behavior for a moment.

“hello my brother,” he growls out “i am rage, your animal within, and i agree!" he smiles, revealing long canines like that of a wolf. " the table is waiting for your presence”

we share and look and we both know that he knows what im planning, once i get to the table. Interesting though, that i feel neither of these emotions towards my shade selves. Actually i am perfectly devoid of emotion. Im utterly calm, and merely walking through this dream scape in a type intuitive curiosity more so then any psychic steering.

I draw my seat up at the table and look around. There are so many of me at this table, one that looks like a Hollywood vampire version of me, i know him to be my greed my desire to consume everything. I see a version of my who isn't looking at me as the others are, but is is looking off into the forest, an expression of longing. I know him as envy.

A watch on my wrist beeps. My subconscious telling me its time. I slide my hand forward for the first instrument and freeze. The table is quiet, all sound has stop, and im looking at all the aspects of myself. They are all smiling at me and glance to the blade in my hand. I followed the glance down expecting to see myself holding it in any of the various versions of fighting grip i know. Instead im holding a fine crystal glass. Filled 1/3 with a delicious looking ambrosia.

Pride raises the glass high and the many versions of myself raise it as well.

“to my family” says pride. And “here here!!” is echoed by all. I notice i am drinking deep and the nectar is divine. It goes down like life itself, i feel the growth of my power within my very life. I am intoxicated. I recognize this feeling and I know this ambrosia is the Force.

One by one the family raises from their seats walking towards me, one by one my brothers hug me and and they melt into me. When there is only one i notice it is pride. Pride pauses for a moment

''“its an interesting thing isn't it brother. No need to kill what you accept freely. Do you know which one you are now?”''

im puzzled by this question, but in a flash i know what version i am. I am the nothingness inside the self, the whole in the heart of man, i am the void and the darkness made manifest. I step forward and embrace pride, and feel myself melting into him, my perspective shifts i am now pride. I take a few steps and see a puddle in the glade and stop to admire myself. My reflection shifts over and over and over, so fast i can barely make out which version of me im seeing cross my face.

I can feel my face shifting, feel the muscles reshaping into various expressions related to my perception of my self. I notice next to the puddle a mask. It was my face,, seemingly made out of porcelain,. Frozen in an unassuming smile. As i walk out of the glade and begin walking on the path through the forest again i am holding this mask in my left hand. The path is coming to an end, i know this, and there is a brights light at the end. In my heart i know this is my consciousness. In the light i see cities, and towns, and villages, and hundreds of images i can recall from my life and travels. Before i step into that light i place the porcelain mask on my face.

the last thing i see before my vision fades to black, like all my meditations start out at, is my face......and my eyes....the face i know it the mask and the eyes.....the eyes are the red and gold eyes of a sith.

Traditions = The Order of the 8 and Society
These are Myths and Legends of the Original Order as realted by various members.