Essential Divinity

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"I AM THAT I AM" is a phrase that is often associated with the World of Darkness setting, particularly its cosmology and the concept of the Triat. In the World of Darkness setting, the Triat is a concept that is composed of three principles which make up the reality of the world: creation, equilibrium, and destruction. Essential Divinity is the name given to That Which Cannot Be Named – the I AM THAT I AM at the core of sacred mysteries. An indefinable essence that pervades Creation, it transcends names and identities. As ineffable things go, this one scores the top of the list. Godheads is what you get when you assign Divinity a face, personality, and name. Sometimes that Divinity incarnates itself in an avatar: an identity that humans can relate to (Krishna, Mary, Old Man, and so forth). Other times, it remains a transcendent yet still relatable force… a Holy Spirit, if you will, understood by certain people in certain terms.