Yeah, so, I think these ratings are inflated and probably not intentionally because this was just how it used to be, but let's get a few things out of the way.
- Dimensions
"As above, so below" is a common aphorism in Hermetic Philosophy to explain a "Correspondence Law" between two places, your usual microcosm-macrocosm relationship. It should really not be used to explain anything more than higher realities reflect things on lower ones
proportionally. However, I'm not here to debate how sound Hermetic philosophy is.
Specifically, The Grant Chronicles, yes it is used for world-building so I do think it's an okayish source, but you have to read the article you yourself used.
Let's introduce a new frame of reference. First we need to setup a defined three-dimensional box, with defined distances, molecular compression, a reference value of heat equilibrium stabilizing particle movement within to explain the fifth dimension. The natural time progression will be used, which is forward progression for the interaction of matter and energy within the box is the fourth dimension. The fifth dimension involves vibrational frequency. This frequency or vibrational rate is super imposed on matter and energy at the sub atomic level. This would be called its resonant frequency.
Firstly, the "vibrations" all take place in the fifth dimension, in order to represent the possibility of infinite states of matter corresponding to particular
densities:
In our world and existence, this would be akin to only knowing the aspects of solid matter without knowing the other forms of matter liquid, gas or plasma. The fifth dimension has many different levels. Counter to some who theorize on 11 dimensions and
string theory recently changed to 9, can they make up there mind. In the universe there are infinite amount of levels that matter and energy can exist in a natural state. What mankind does not know is that matter and energy, and that which supports the essence of life, exists many different vibrational frequencies.
Each vibrational level is independent from each other, but occupy the same space.
In fact that linked string theory article is also important:
When more of the special subatomic particles are present within a defined space, matter vibrates at a faster rate (less space relates to a higher density and quicker resonant frequency). When a certain rate is reached the matter transmutes to the next parallel universe or density. It is no different than an influx of heat subatomic particles transmuting solid water or ice to a liquid.
So, these "vibrations" correspond to different densities, which in turn correspond to different universes. You still have a burden to prove qualitative superiority within these universes, because they're directly said to occupy the same space. Which I'll get to in a moment.
2. The misuse of the Spirit world with the physical world
Continuing on from the Hermetic quote it's important to know what
qualities are being corresponded to. The scan itself makes it semi-clear:
Space and Consciousness as qualia-oriented.
"Is there a bigger being walking with all the stars within?" is an indicator of the
Macrocosm, not any particular Dimension of space.
Furthermore, Jacoby experienced the Black Lodge which is of a
fundamentally different nature to the physical world as per the Pure air statement. The qualities of erroneous cognition must be identical to assume higher layers of space are psuedo-platonic transcendences. Which as far as I know has no evidence in verse.
And, Major Briggs's experience of that "temporal omniscience" dimension is not the black lodge, so this is kind of unnecessary, you can't trivialize the condition of the physical and spiritual world, across both domains as if they are the same because the physical dimensions are not dealing with erroneous cognition.
Likewise, the qualities of the vibrations are not exemplified to be because of erroneous cognition so you cannot say that this is a fundamental aspect that grounds their relations.
This is anti-buddhist siddhanta particularly because the "I" is not reduced to Pañcaskandha's, in fact the deeper I is a real entity, so no Twin Peaks does not follow Buddhist metaphysics. Also this case is again related to the Spiritual World i.e the Black Lodge.
There is instances of relation which can assume this principle, for example Audrey in the Return waking up to be a completely different person after waking up from her dream, or Carrie being an alternate Laura identity. But this points towards all humans having a fundamental identity relating to some archetypal form
in the lodges. Not that they trivialize worlds as dreams.
The Zone, or the dimension Major briggs was sent to is explicitly nonphysical so it can't be apart of the physical world. Furthermore, his assassination (done by the Woodsmen probably) implies a relation to NONEXISTENT or some alternative dimension similar to that which Mr. C is shown to be able to do casually in the Return.
3. The Lodges
Most of this is fine, except the part that jumps to High 1-A for previous reason and...this:
While the nature of the lodge entities is expressed as multiplicity, their true nature is singular and energetic. All things dissolve into oneness with the field of energy the Lodges and God as archetypal source are a part of. The Lodges become the source of all, where all aspects of thinking, categories, normal/paranormal(be it spiritual, religious, angelic, demonic, scientific, ghostly...) and experiences arise from. In turn, this would imply that the Lodges become the source for all categories of Being and Nonbeing.
All the distinctions of God and his shadow self mean nothing within the Lodges.
This misrepresents what the Lodges are related to, i.e Fire, Electricity, Pure air. We know (likely know anyway) that the Fireman and Mother are this uncanny source all archetypal forms are derived from. The Fireman's tearoom had a complete lack of electricity and Judy is total darkness on par with that. Furthermore there is a lack of labels and categorization, how could that refer to the lodges which are categorized as "Pure Air". It also directly references Mother "of all others".
Everything else is outside my interest right now, anyways, I'd let an admin review the proposal for 0 because I don't particularly disagree.
