Sithism

sanjay12 wrote: Ijust wanted to know a bit more about sithism :L biggg mistake

It's no problem. Jon, a recognized Grandmaster here, has http://templeofthesithorder.com/ .

There's no Jedi vs Sith conflict. It's not a Jedi = Good / Sith = Evil thing either.

A Jedi is not blinded by the light or helpless in the dark.

V-Tog:

I actually did not mean to hit "thank you" (no offense, but I don't want anyone to get the wrong impression) on your post, but I can't remove it. Anyways- FA and Order of the Sith have always been receptive to helping people learn about the Dark path if they are Jedi. You can go far with it.

Noel Vock was the head of the Dark Aspect about 5-6 years ago and he had made a comment about the usefulness of the DA to the Light Aspect (Jedi): "I am dark, because I am not yet light".

Upon further conversation with this awesome man, I learned that he believed one needed to fully get to know themselves (which is a heavy focus of the DA) before they could ever be depended upon to take up the Light's "mission". This is one of the major reasons that there are people in the "higher echelons" (not determined by your rank, mind you, because some don't have the rank they deserve and some have a rank way above what they deserve) of the Jedi Path and Sith Path get along so well and work with one another to improve the community as a whole in some way, shape, or form.

Alethea Thompson wrote: V-Tog:

I actually did not mean to hit "thank you" (no offense, but I don't want anyone to get the wrong impression) on your post, but I can't remove it.

:ohmy: How dare you?!?!

:laugh:

Just kidding...it's no problem, I'm sure I've done that before...

Alethea Thompson wrote: Anyways- FA and Order of the Sith have always been receptive to helping people learn about the Dark path if they are Jedi. You can go far with it.

My mistake. Although I'm not sure that all Dark/Sith communities are so receptive, unfortunately.

Angelus:

Then you need to take care exactly what you say. As Andy has pointed out, you do speak on behalf of ToTJO now that you have the "knight" rank. If you are not sure about the policies, then don't comment on them before asking for clarification from those higher than you.

Let's put it this way, everything I said in the Army is a direct reflection of the Army to outside personnel. If someone talked with me about the legalities of the UCMJ (I was an MP) then anything I said was "law", despite the fact that legally I couldn't tell you anything beyond pulling out a UCMJ and reading something back to you as it was written. The only people that could legally do that stuff was JAG (most people don't know this). Did (as this was my job for 8 1/2 years) I speak for the entire MP Corps? Reasonably, no- but because the Army entrusted me to be one, then by the understanding I had with the Army, yes.

Because you are now a full fledged member of the ToTJO team, entrusted to train the next group, you do (in fact) speak for ToTJO. You have no excuses at this point. It's the responsibility of your rank.

Sithism and jedism and not much different
one acquires balance and reasoning
Whereas the other harnesses power to create balance
They both what the same things, they acquire it in different ways
Sithism is a great thing to study, i to am beginning to study this, i will let you know of my findings, perhaps we can study sithism with each other and support each others findings etc
Good luck on your research

Allow me to correct the record here: Sith are about the individual, not about balance. Jedi are about the community, which requires balance.

V-Tog:

I won't even lie, the only two Sith Boards that matter are FA and Order of the Sith to the Sith Community. Most everyone else are fakes. Now I did find one that looks promising (oddly enough, I found him investigating a guy that was put on probation because he was following an out-dated form of Sithism without direction from the guy that originally taught it [the teachings are such a thin-line that it is easy to mistake them and head the wrong direction]). It's called Order of the Sith Lords. The founder at least seems legit. But I don't really know enough about the group to make a full assessment.

Alethea Thompson wrote: V-Tog:

I won't even lie, the only two Sith Boards that matter are FA and Order of the Sith to the Sith Community. Most everyone else are fakes. Now I did find one that looks promising (oddly enough, I found him investigating a guy that was put on probation because he was following an out-dated form of Sithism without direction from the guy that originally taught it [the teachings are such a thin-line that it is easy to mistake them and head the wrong direction]). It's called Order of the Sith Lords. The founder at least seems legit. But I don't really know enough about the group to make a full assessment.

Links?

Alethea Thompson wrote: I won't even lie, the only two Sith Boards that matter are FA and Order of the Sith to the Sith Community.

I'm not sure if its what you meant but to me that read; "only those two boards matter to the members of those two boards" :laugh:

Which I'm sure you can appreciate sounds a bit weird. It sounds like you have a set definition of what constitutes the Sith Community, and everyone outside of it must be in a different community... huh? I think its quite Sith to actually not exist within a community and operate quite insular, because of its individual focus and culture.

So to the OP; I'd agree with earlier answers, PM some Sith followers and ask specifics, or visit some Sith sites, or of course feel free to ask specific questions here to see what thoughts people might have.

http://www.hostingphpbb.com/forum/index.php?mforum=sithdomain

http://www.forceacademy.co.uk/forum2

Adder- yes, as a matter of fact there is a very strict understanding of the Sith Path. They, unlike the Jedi, DO NOT accept anyone that walks in the door. Only a select few get to actually refer to themselves as Sith, all others are looked at as role-players or wannabes. The Sith Community has come to accept only two orders as teaching what it really means to be a Sith, the rest are considered faux. If you're lineage doesn't come from Darth Moor (the first head of the Dark Aspect dating back to 1998) you simply are not a Sith.


And this is the one that I've not gotten a good look at, but after talking with Villious, he seems to be on the right track:

http://vilious.webs.com/

I should note, that giving everyone a chance to at least take on the path of the Jedi isn't a bad thing, it just means that we tend to see a lot more role-players stick around for long periods of time moreso than the Sith do.