Thanks, Dale.  Since I've spent a lot of time in various social circles that strongly subscribe to this general category I'm calling the Dark Aesthetic (Industrial, Gothic, Satanic/Left Hand Path/Occult, Horror, Martial Arts, ''current attitudes on 'manliness' in general'' etc. - I can't say that without a smile) I've been exposed to more ...

Howdy Paul -   Thanks for the input, it is always a treat to hear your input, especially with the broad area of various studies you have pursued outside of though often related to Seth's theories.  I think you are absolutely on the mark about typology and stage models.  I did not mean to imply in any way that either Light or Dark was in any way a ...

I thought about this a bit, and I thought it should be equally important to note that to people who subscribe to the aesthetic of purified positivity (which I've been calling the ''White Lighters''), violence, harshness, and negativity (which are often of much interest to those I'm calling the Dark Aesthetes) are equally unpleasant, and their ...