The Taste of Void
The Paradox Chronicles - Vol. 6
Expand the mind, expand the soul.
Free the mind, free the will.
The Taste of Void explores a vast array of abstract and mystical concepts including negative/reverse visualization, time, the purpose of sacrifice, the divinity within grief, the power of passivity, manifestation from void, cosmic equilibrium, true will, utilizing intention, and love under will. Furthermore, this novel examines the complexities of evil parsed through subjectivity as well as metempsychosis through annihilation of ego. Ego death is an essential tool for spiritual growth. Just as the tree must die each winter to bloom anew, so too must the psyche mirror cycles of death and rebirth. Rejuvenation through transformation opens the tap of creative energy, expounded upon in the lessons on the Quadriga Sexualis. Falling somewhere between the genres of visionary fiction and paranormal erotic horror, The Taste of Void continues the debauched occult apologue of the broken gods while elucidating on the previous musings exemplified in this series.
On the front cover: The Grand Rider Omega, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The picture features a four headed horse ridden by a four headed, four armed god with wings. Eldridge and Nathaniel operate a bow, whilst Jithinia holds a sword and Danielle holds a scale. They ride through the heavens.
paperback ISBN: 978-0-359-93894-0
ebook ISBN: 9781387501847
EXPLICIT CONTENT (SEX, VIOLENCE, DRUGS, PROFANITY) When Iblis-Shaitan, the omni-malevolent god of evil, learns of the impending apocalypse, he teams up with Omega's other enemies to alter the fate of the world to his own design. As Eldridge, Nathaniel, Jithinia, and Danielle face off against these powerful adversaries, they learn hidden truths about themselves and their destinies, all the while harnessing their own willpower. Meanwhile, Jerushi realizes her own potential, while Phoenix-Astothan has his hands full keeping everyone safe. As pandemonium threatens to tear Omega apart, can their love hold them together, or will they choke upon the taste of void?
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Regarding third sex/third person singular gender-neutral pronouns
When Kinder combine into one god, despite having two souls, he/she becomes one entity. Using they, them, etc. as a third sex/third person singular gender neutral pronoun thus becomes misleading, implying to the reader that the one god with two souls is still two entities. Furthermore, using he/she, his/her, etc. is cumbersome. Many authors have made up pronouns to deal with this. I tried them out, and they all sounded jarring and distracting when read aloud. Some transgenders/gender neutral people have adopted: they, them, their, theirs, themselves; as third person singular gender neutral, and it sounds okay when read aloud.
Thus, what I have chosen to do is to give these words an alternate spelling when they are singular, for clarification purposes. Thus, in my books, the third sex/ third person singular gender neutral pronouns are: thay (s/he, he/she), thym (him/her), thayr (his/her), thayrs (his/hers), thymself (himself/herself).
These words can be thought of as Shatterish third-sex pronouns used as loan words for this book. This includes all types of third sex humanoids: androgynous, hermaphroditic, transgender, asexual, sexless, etc.
This works great with everything but the verbs "is" and "are". APA style suggests writing "they are" and not "they is"* so I will follow this and write thay are, because it sounds better, even if the grammar is wrong. This is how grammar exceptions are born.
*See: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/grammar/singular-they