WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.640 Imagine a world that looks remarkably similar 00:00:02.640 --> 00:00:06.280 to our own. You've got sprawling complex cities, 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:09.820 powerful kings ruling over these massive territories, 00:00:10.099 --> 00:00:12.699 towering monuments reaching into the sky. Even 00:00:12.699 --> 00:00:15.000 prophets preaching in the public squares. Exactly. 00:00:15.179 --> 00:00:19.480 But here's the catch. This world exists 2 ,000 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:22.460 years before the very first human being. even 00:00:22.460 --> 00:00:24.699 takes a breath. It is such a wild concept to 00:00:24.699 --> 00:00:26.300 try and wrap your head around. It really is. 00:00:26.500 --> 00:00:28.620 And the citizens walking those ancient streets, 00:00:28.739 --> 00:00:31.260 they aren't made of flesh, blood, or bone. They 00:00:31.260 --> 00:00:34.079 are sentient beings forged entirely from smokeless 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:36.979 fire. Right. Welcome to the world before humanity. 00:00:37.530 --> 00:00:40.109 That is the mission of our deep dive today. We 00:00:40.109 --> 00:00:42.530 are pulling from a massive stack of sources to 00:00:42.530 --> 00:00:45.409 explore the world of Aljan, the mysterious ancient 00:00:45.409 --> 00:00:47.829 ancestors of the Djinn. And this touches on so 00:00:47.829 --> 00:00:49.950 many different areas. Yeah. We are looking at 00:00:49.950 --> 00:00:53.130 linguistic histories, the Tassir, Epic, pre -Adamite 00:00:53.130 --> 00:00:56.090 mythology, and even medieval Ashrite philosophy. 00:00:56.710 --> 00:00:59.030 We're going to sift through all of it to uncover 00:00:59.030 --> 00:01:02.490 who these beings were, what triggered the apocalyptic 00:01:02.490 --> 00:01:04.790 collapse of their civilization, and what they 00:01:04.790 --> 00:01:07.140 ultimately represent to us today. We'll even 00:01:07.140 --> 00:01:09.620 get into some mind -bending rumors involving 00:01:09.620 --> 00:01:12.129 the pyramids of Giza. Approaching the material 00:01:12.129 --> 00:01:14.670 with that wide lens is essential, I think, because 00:01:14.670 --> 00:01:16.969 when you delve into the specific cross section 00:01:16.969 --> 00:01:20.150 of Islamic folklore and theology, you quickly 00:01:20.150 --> 00:01:22.569 realize this is far more than just a collection 00:01:22.569 --> 00:01:25.170 of campfire tales meant to keep travelers out 00:01:25.170 --> 00:01:27.069 of the dark. Right. It's not just monster stories. 00:01:27.250 --> 00:01:29.810 Not at all. The narrative of the John is really 00:01:29.810 --> 00:01:33.370 a profound cosmological blueprint. It is an exploration 00:01:33.370 --> 00:01:36.030 of how ancient cultures understood the mechanics 00:01:36.030 --> 00:01:39.510 of creation, the inevitably cyclical nature of 00:01:39.510 --> 00:01:42.230 corruption. and these invisible forces that constantly 00:01:42.230 --> 00:01:44.849 shape the material world around us. Okay, let's 00:01:44.849 --> 00:01:46.250 unpack this, starting right at the foundation, 00:01:46.530 --> 00:01:49.609 which is the language itself. The word John originates 00:01:49.609 --> 00:01:52.709 from the Semitic root J -N -N. The primary, most 00:01:52.709 --> 00:01:55.689 fundamental meaning of that root is to hide or 00:01:55.689 --> 00:01:59.049 to conceal. But woven right into the DNA of the 00:01:59.049 --> 00:02:02.310 word is a secondary, highly specific meaning. 00:02:02.829 --> 00:02:06.170 An agile snake. Yeah, that duality is incredible. 00:02:06.510 --> 00:02:08.509 Right away, the linguistics establish this tension. 00:02:08.650 --> 00:02:11.409 You have a concept of total invisibility paired 00:02:11.409 --> 00:02:13.949 with the sudden kinetic slithering danger of 00:02:13.949 --> 00:02:16.689 a serpent. It paints a picture of something that 00:02:16.689 --> 00:02:19.270 is hidden, not because it is passive, but because 00:02:19.270 --> 00:02:21.189 it is waiting. And the grammatical application 00:02:21.189 --> 00:02:23.590 of the term adds a whole other layer of depth 00:02:23.590 --> 00:02:26.610 to that. Well, John operates as a neuter singular 00:02:26.610 --> 00:02:29.250 for the broader collective concept of djinn. 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:31.419 If a classical text refers to an individual, 00:02:31.740 --> 00:02:35.060 it uses genie for the masculine or genia for 00:02:35.060 --> 00:02:38.020 the feminine. But John is the overarching foundational 00:02:38.020 --> 00:02:41.860 designator. And the scholar Amira Elzain pointed 00:02:41.860 --> 00:02:44.080 out this brilliant nuance in how the term is 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:46.780 deployed in classical literature. She noted that 00:02:46.780 --> 00:02:48.599 John is frequently used when an author needs 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:51.039 a single encompassing umbrella term for both 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:53.419 angels and gin. Wow. So it covers both sides 00:02:53.419 --> 00:02:56.280 of the unseen. Exactly. It functions as the ultimate 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:58.800 linguistic container for all the hidden intelligent 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:01.620 forces operating behind the veil of the material 00:03:01.620 --> 00:03:04.639 universe. That linguistic umbrella brings us 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:07.680 to a rather tragic piece of lore regarding their 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:10.819 current state. While Aujan is widely recognized 00:03:10.819 --> 00:03:14.340 as the majestic, fiery ancestor of the jinn species, 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:17.979 certain traditions paint a much darker picture 00:03:17.979 --> 00:03:20.370 of their present reality. Yeah, the folklore 00:03:20.370 --> 00:03:23.870 takes a very grim turn here. It does. In various 00:03:23.870 --> 00:03:26.250 strands of folklore, the Jian we might encounter 00:03:26.250 --> 00:03:28.870 today are not viewed as powerful ancestors at 00:03:28.870 --> 00:03:31.650 all. Instead, they are considered a devolved, 00:03:31.729 --> 00:03:34.129 weakened, and heavily punished class of Jian. 00:03:34.490 --> 00:03:36.590 The theological weight of that devolution is 00:03:36.590 --> 00:03:39.090 massive. I mean, it implies a fall from a state 00:03:39.090 --> 00:03:41.110 of grace that fundamentally altered their physical 00:03:41.110 --> 00:03:43.389 and spiritual nature. And the sources offer this 00:03:43.389 --> 00:03:46.009 really striking analogy for it. The degradation 00:03:46.009 --> 00:03:48.590 of the John is directly compared to the legend 00:03:48.590 --> 00:03:51.210 of the Dead Sea Apes. Oh, right. That is a very 00:03:51.210 --> 00:03:55.310 specific, intense comparison. Very intense. In 00:03:55.310 --> 00:03:58.689 that specific lore, A community of humans who 00:03:58.689 --> 00:04:01.949 brazenly transgressed divine law weren't just 00:04:01.949 --> 00:04:04.509 punished. They were ontologically downgraded. 00:04:04.509 --> 00:04:07.110 They were transformed into apes, stripped of 00:04:07.110 --> 00:04:09.930 their higher rational faculties and spiritual 00:04:09.930 --> 00:04:12.150 rank. Stripped of their humanity, essentially. 00:04:12.430 --> 00:04:14.990 Exactly. And the texts suggest a similar fate 00:04:14.990 --> 00:04:18.069 befell the Jain. The slithering hidden entities 00:04:18.069 --> 00:04:21.689 of the present day are the cursed, degraded remnants 00:04:21.689 --> 00:04:24.149 of a civilization that used to command immense, 00:04:24.269 --> 00:04:26.939 world -shaping power. What's fascinating here 00:04:26.939 --> 00:04:30.259 is how the idea of hiding that core root meaning 00:04:30.259 --> 00:04:33.339 of JNN we talked about connects directly to creatures 00:04:33.339 --> 00:04:35.360 that literally had to be driven out of sight 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:37.300 by force. Yeah, they didn't just choose to hide. 00:04:37.459 --> 00:04:40.759 No, not at all. The Lisan Arab, compiled by Ibn 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:43.420 Manzur, provides a definitive historical narrative 00:04:43.420 --> 00:04:45.720 for this. It details how the creatures known 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:48.339 as the John originally lived completely openly 00:04:48.339 --> 00:04:50.220 on the earth. They were walking around in plain 00:04:50.220 --> 00:04:52.800 sight. They were the apex inhabitants. However, 00:04:52.980 --> 00:04:55.240 they fell into intense corruption, caused rampant... 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:57.920 mischief and shed blood on a massive scale. In 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:00.240 response, divine armies of angels were deployed 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:02.759 to the Earth to physically drive them away. Just 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:06.699 a total planetary sweep. Exactly. They were forcibly 00:05:06.699 --> 00:05:09.079 evicted into the most remote, hidden corners 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:12.439 of the world, and the angels temporarily took 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:14.699 over the administration of the Earth. So they 00:05:14.699 --> 00:05:16.779 were basically the previous tenants of the planet, 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:19.060 and they were forcefully evicted for completely 00:05:19.060 --> 00:05:21.399 trashing the environment and society they were 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:24.829 given. That eviction reshaped their entire identity. 00:05:25.129 --> 00:05:27.670 They became the Hidden Ones not simply because 00:05:27.670 --> 00:05:29.750 they were made of an invisible substance, but 00:05:29.750 --> 00:05:33.850 by a rigid divine decree. Their concealment is 00:05:33.850 --> 00:05:37.050 a perpetual exile. Which perfectly sets up the 00:05:37.050 --> 00:05:39.730 elemental mechanics of their creation. When we 00:05:39.730 --> 00:05:42.069 look at Sahih Muslim, we get this incredibly 00:05:42.069 --> 00:05:44.470 elegant elemental trinity that structures the 00:05:44.470 --> 00:05:47.050 entire cosmos. It is a beautiful framework. The 00:05:47.050 --> 00:05:49.310 text lays out that humans were created from clay 00:05:49.310 --> 00:05:52.120 or mud. something dense, heavy into the earth. 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:55.680 Angels were forged from light, and Aljan was 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:57.899 created from a mixture of fire. So you have earth, 00:05:57.959 --> 00:06:00.399 light, and the volatile consuming energy of mixed 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:02.779 fire. Yeah, and that elemental breakdown fuels 00:06:02.779 --> 00:06:05.220 one of the most persistent debates within chronic 00:06:05.220 --> 00:06:08.660 exegesis. Oh, absolutely. The scholars are completely 00:06:08.660 --> 00:06:11.600 united on the Quranic verses from Surah 15 and 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:15.779 Surah 55. Those explicitly state the Jan is created 00:06:15.779 --> 00:06:18.699 from fire and serves as the ancestor of the jinn. 00:06:18.699 --> 00:06:21.379 The point of friction, however, centers entirely 00:06:21.379 --> 00:06:24.300 on the lineage of Iblis. Right. The question 00:06:24.300 --> 00:06:26.819 is whether Iblis, the ultimate rebel, is the 00:06:26.819 --> 00:06:29.959 exact same entity as Aljan, the father of the 00:06:29.959 --> 00:06:32.620 jinn. It is a massive intellectual dispute in 00:06:32.620 --> 00:06:35.430 the Tafsir. Hassan al -Basri argued forcefully 00:06:35.430 --> 00:06:38.470 that Iblis and al -Jan are identical. In his 00:06:38.470 --> 00:06:40.709 view, the father of the jinn and the ultimate 00:06:40.709 --> 00:06:42.769 tempter are one and the same. But that's not 00:06:42.769 --> 00:06:44.910 the majority opinion, is it? No, it's not. The 00:06:44.910 --> 00:06:47.490 majority consensus draws a very distinct theological 00:06:47.490 --> 00:06:50.610 line between them. They maintain that Iblis is 00:06:50.610 --> 00:06:53.129 strictly the father of the shayatin, the actively 00:06:53.129 --> 00:06:55.750 malevolent devils, while Jan is the father of 00:06:55.750 --> 00:06:57.930 the jinn as a broader species. Which is a huge 00:06:57.930 --> 00:07:00.180 distinction to make. It is crucial because it 00:07:00.180 --> 00:07:03.040 allows the jinn to possess free will, moral ambiguity, 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:05.779 and varying religious alignments exactly like 00:07:05.779 --> 00:07:07.959 humans, rather than just being this monolith 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:10.980 of pure evil. That nuance makes the unseen world 00:07:10.980 --> 00:07:13.959 infinitely more complex. But I want to pull us 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:16.680 back to the JNN root meaning of the agile snake, 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:20.399 because the Quran utilizes this specific etymology 00:07:20.399 --> 00:07:23.459 in a breathtaking way. Yes, the story of Moses. 00:07:23.660 --> 00:07:26.339 Right. In Surah 27, we have the account of Moses 00:07:26.339 --> 00:07:29.420 throwing down his wooden staff, which miraculously 00:07:29.420 --> 00:07:33.240 transforms into a living serpent. The Arabic 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:35.480 word chosen in that specific verse to describe 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:38.180 the slithering, highly kinetic serpent is John. 00:07:38.420 --> 00:07:41.600 It is such a brilliant textual echo. The linguistic 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:44.879 choice bridges the physical, material snake with 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:47.120 the unseen chaotic energy of the fire beings. 00:07:47.660 --> 00:07:50.000 It implies the staff didn't just turn into a 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:53.110 garden variety reptile. It was temporarily imbued 00:07:53.110 --> 00:07:55.389 with the terrifying volatile essence of the unseen 00:07:55.389 --> 00:07:58.379 world. It underscores the suddenness. the raw 00:07:58.379 --> 00:08:00.980 power, and the inherent danger associated with 00:08:00.980 --> 00:08:03.839 these entities. They are framed as a highly active, 00:08:03.980 --> 00:08:06.379 potent force. A force you need protection from. 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:09.079 Exactly. We see this urgency reflected in the 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:11.459 Al -Tirmidhi Hadith collections, which document 00:08:11.459 --> 00:08:13.579 the Prophet Muhammad actively and constantly 00:08:13.579 --> 00:08:16.879 seeking refuge in God from Aljan. This wasn't 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:19.639 some abstract theological exercise for him. It 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:22.100 was an active spiritual defense protocol. Yes, 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:24.660 and he maintained this practice until the specific 00:08:24.660 --> 00:08:26.959 protective verses of Surah Al -Nas and Surah 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:29.420 Al -Fala. were revealed once that divine armor 00:08:29.420 --> 00:08:32.159 was provided he utilized it illustrating that 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:34.940 the fiery forces of the unseen required literal 00:08:34.940 --> 00:08:37.899 divine intervention to ward off here's where 00:08:37.899 --> 00:08:40.399 it gets really interesting though everything 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:42.960 we have discussed up to this point the mixed 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:45.919 fire the hidden snakes the divine evictions is 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:48.980 merely the aftermath it is just the ruins it 00:08:48.980 --> 00:08:51.360 is the radioactive fallout of an apocalyptic 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:54.360 world -spanning conflict if we wind the clock 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:57.379 back 2 ,000 years before the creation of Adam, 00:08:57.500 --> 00:09:00.340 we enter the Persian Islamic legends detailing 00:09:00.340 --> 00:09:02.980 the pre -Adamite era. This is the intersection 00:09:02.980 --> 00:09:05.600 where formal theology really bleeds into grand, 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:08.940 sweeping mythology. The Persian texts describe 00:09:08.940 --> 00:09:11.220 a global, technologically and socially advanced 00:09:11.220 --> 00:09:14.259 civilization ruled by a king named Yan ibn Yan, 00:09:14.500 --> 00:09:17.139 meaning son of Yan. And this wasn't a chaotic 00:09:17.139 --> 00:09:19.399 horde of monsters. No, they had structure. They 00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:22.519 had structured societies, strict laws, and the 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:25.440 heavy burden of free will. Because they possessed 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:28.299 that free will, they were sent their own prophets 00:09:28.299 --> 00:09:31.519 to guide them, warn them, and attempt to keep 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:34.159 their society from fracturing. But the narrative 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:37.179 of Yon -Iv -Nyon is fundamentally a tragedy warning 00:09:37.179 --> 00:09:40.360 about the cyclical nature of history. Despite 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:43.220 the prophets and the guidance, the John multiplied. 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:47.220 built their sprawling empire and ultimately succumbed 00:09:47.220 --> 00:09:49.379 to their own arrogance. The power went to their 00:09:49.379 --> 00:09:52.179 heads. The corruption became absolute. They began 00:09:52.179 --> 00:09:55.299 shedding blood on an unimaginable scale, offending 00:09:55.299 --> 00:09:57.879 the heavens so deeply that it left a permanent 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:00.639 psychological scar on the angelic host. You can 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:02.539 actually see the echoes of that trauma later 00:10:02.539 --> 00:10:05.039 on in the text, right? Oh, clearly. When God 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:07.559 announces the creation of Adam as a new steward 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:09.720 for the earth, the angels immediately protest. 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:12.039 They question why God would place another being 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:17.259 on earth who will spread corruption They had 00:10:17.259 --> 00:10:20.000 literal PTSD from witnessing the apocalyptic 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.299 self -destruction of the John. They really did. 00:10:22.500 --> 00:10:25.019 So the corruption reaches a breaking point, and 00:10:25.019 --> 00:10:27.259 God dispatches an army of angels to violently 00:10:27.259 --> 00:10:30.419 chastise Jan Ibn Jan and his civilization. And 00:10:30.419 --> 00:10:32.519 the commander of this angelic strike force is 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:35.019 Azazel. And for anyone familiar with the deeper 00:10:35.019 --> 00:10:38.000 lore, Azazel is the entity who will eventually 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:41.340 fall from grace and become known as Iblis. The 00:10:41.340 --> 00:10:43.779 irony embedded in that detail is just profound. 00:10:44.139 --> 00:10:46.639 The being destined to become the great tempter 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:48.980 and enemy of humanity was originally utilized 00:10:48.980 --> 00:10:51.320 as the divine instrument of wrath to cleanse 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:54.379 the earth of the pre -Adamite corruption. Azazel 00:10:54.379 --> 00:10:56.620 looked at the sins of the John with absolute 00:10:56.620 --> 00:10:59.659 self -righteous disgust, not realizing that very 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:02.419 pride would soon curdle into the arrogance that 00:11:02.419 --> 00:11:05.240 would cause his own eternal exile. A young Ivanian 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:08.740 refuses to submit to Azazel's forces. This ignites 00:11:08.740 --> 00:11:16.809 a literal globe -spanning war. Total devastation. 00:11:20.809 --> 00:11:30.289 We even have accounts from Abu Bakr al -Shibli 00:11:30.289 --> 00:11:33.309 detailing brutal skirmishes between the pre -Adamite 00:11:33.309 --> 00:11:37.590 jinn and angelic jinn. It was a total cataclysmic 00:11:37.590 --> 00:11:40.370 reset of the planet. And out of that reset, we 00:11:40.370 --> 00:11:42.789 get some incredible folklore about what they 00:11:42.789 --> 00:11:45.710 left behind. What stands out to you? I want you 00:11:45.710 --> 00:11:48.230 listening right now to pause and picture the 00:11:48.230 --> 00:11:50.909 sheer scale of the pyramids of Giza. They are 00:11:50.909 --> 00:11:53.899 impossibly huge. For the medieval Arab scholars 00:11:53.899 --> 00:11:56.600 and travelers traversing the deserts, staring 00:11:56.600 --> 00:12:00.000 up at those massive stones, the sheer scale of 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:03.500 the architecture defied human capability. When 00:12:03.500 --> 00:12:05.779 an ancient culture encounters ruins so grand 00:12:05.779 --> 00:12:07.720 they shatter the boundaries of known engineering, 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:10.980 the human mind naturally attempts to fill the 00:12:10.980 --> 00:12:12.940 void. Which brings us to one of the most incredible 00:12:12.940 --> 00:12:15.240 details in the source material. A significant 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:18.399 body of medieval Arabic folklore attributes the 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:20.480 construction of the pyramids of Giza not to human 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:23.110 pharaohs, but direct... to the civilization of 00:12:23.110 --> 00:12:25.190 Yan ibn Yan. They looked at the Great Pyramid 00:12:25.190 --> 00:12:27.409 and concluded it was a pre -Adamite monument. 00:12:27.710 --> 00:12:30.190 A surviving architectural relic built by the 00:12:30.190 --> 00:12:33.009 beings of smokeless fire before the angels drove 00:12:33.009 --> 00:12:35.409 them into the sea. It demonstrates an incredible 00:12:35.409 --> 00:12:38.750 humility regarding human limitations, while simultaneously 00:12:38.750 --> 00:12:41.889 showcasing a boundless cosmological imagination. 00:12:42.590 --> 00:12:45.309 It is a way of acknowledging that the Earth possesses 00:12:45.309 --> 00:12:48.230 a deep, violent history that predates humanity. 00:12:49.050 --> 00:12:51.870 attributing the impossible architecture to the 00:12:51.870 --> 00:12:54.230 supernatural forces that previously held the 00:12:54.230 --> 00:12:57.429 lease on the planet. But as grand and cinematic 00:12:57.429 --> 00:13:00.149 as this world -spanning mythological war is, 00:13:00.389 --> 00:13:04.190 our texts take a massive unexpected turn. We 00:13:04.190 --> 00:13:06.649 pivot from these external historical battles 00:13:06.649 --> 00:13:09.490 of light and fire and move entirely inward. We 00:13:09.490 --> 00:13:11.929 transition from myth to mind. Exactly. I want 00:13:11.929 --> 00:13:14.490 to bring in the teachings of the medieval Asharite 00:13:14.490 --> 00:13:17.600 mystic Ibn Arabi. In the realm of Islamic theology 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:20.240 and philosophy, Ibn Arabi is a towering intellectual 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:23.500 force. He's primarily known for his complex philosophy 00:13:23.500 --> 00:13:26.340 regarding the unity of existence. He analyzed 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:28.360 all of these ancient accounts, the smokeless 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:30.840 fire, the rebellion, the war with the angels, 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:33.580 the exile to the far islands, and he internalized 00:13:33.580 --> 00:13:35.539 the entire epic. It is a radical philosophical 00:13:35.539 --> 00:13:38.200 shift. Ibn Arabi completely dismantles the idea 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:40.740 that the father of the jinn is an external monster 00:13:40.740 --> 00:13:43.779 lurking on a remote, uncharted island. Let's 00:13:43.779 --> 00:13:46.009 break down exactly how he structures this. Ibn 00:13:46.009 --> 00:13:47.669 Arabi looks at the human condition and defines 00:13:47.669 --> 00:13:51.029 it. The human exterior, the physical body, the 00:13:51.029 --> 00:13:53.990 eyes that process light, the skin, the bones, 00:13:54.070 --> 00:13:57.350 was forged from dense earth. It possesses a heavy, 00:13:57.389 --> 00:14:00.190 dry solidity. You can feel its weight and its 00:14:00.190 --> 00:14:03.350 limitations. But the interior of the human being, 00:14:03.470 --> 00:14:06.389 the primal, invisible animal soul that exists 00:14:06.389 --> 00:14:09.610 entirely outside the perception of our five senses. 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:12.419 According to Ibn Arabi, that unseen interior 00:14:12.419 --> 00:14:15.460 is the John. Yes. He posits that God did not 00:14:15.460 --> 00:14:17.559 create a John as a cryptozoological creature 00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:20.519 hiding in the wilderness, but as the inner animalistic 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:23.759 drive hardwired into the chest of every single 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:26.460 human being. He transforms the ancient cosmology 00:14:26.460 --> 00:14:29.519 into a map of human psychology. The John becomes 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:31.639 the origin point for our animal powers, our deepest 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:34.440 appetites, and our most primal, unfiltered instincts. 00:14:34.860 --> 00:14:36.720 It's all happening inside us. And Ibn Arabi takes 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:39.480 the analysis a step further. He identifies the 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:41.820 strongest, most noble, yet immensely dangerous 00:14:41.820 --> 00:14:44.460 power within this animal soul. That power is 00:14:44.460 --> 00:14:47.059 illusion. It is the human capacity to imagine, 00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:50.100 to be profoundly deceived by our own desires, 00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:53.200 and to perceive a reality that simply does not 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:57.379 exist. This immense power of illusion is materialized 00:14:57.379 --> 00:15:00.139 in the theological figure of Satan, or Iblis. 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:03.019 Because the texts establish that Iblis is a descendant 00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:05.659 of the John. Exactly. Ibn Arabi highlights that 00:15:05.659 --> 00:15:08.379 Iblis was created out of Marij, which specifically 00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:11.659 translates to a subtle, pure, smokeless flame. 00:15:12.190 --> 00:15:14.409 Therefore, the ultimate adversary isn't some 00:15:14.409 --> 00:15:17.370 external entity with horns. It is the subtle, 00:15:17.470 --> 00:15:20.509 fiery illusion constantly being generated by 00:15:20.509 --> 00:15:23.049 your own internal animal soul. If we connect 00:15:23.049 --> 00:15:25.029 this to the bigger picture, it fundamentally 00:15:25.029 --> 00:15:27.730 changes how we interact with the entire pre -Adamite 00:15:27.730 --> 00:15:30.269 legend. How so? Well, the ancient narrative of 00:15:30.269 --> 00:15:32.330 the angels violently driving the John away from 00:15:32.330 --> 00:15:34.029 the civilized earth into the remote wilderness 00:15:34.029 --> 00:15:36.590 becomes an intricate metaphor. It represents 00:15:36.590 --> 00:15:38.929 the human intellect and divine guidance constantly 00:15:38.929 --> 00:15:41.529 working to suppress and exile our own pride. 00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:44.019 primal animalistic urges. We are fighting our 00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:46.779 own internal war. We are required to perpetually 00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:49.620 banish our internal genre to the margins of our 00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:52.759 consciousness so that the atom, the civilized, 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:55.559 rational, and spiritually elevated human, can 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:57.960 maintain control of the territory. So what does 00:15:57.960 --> 00:16:00.360 this all mean for the listener? It means the 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:02.860 chaotic fire beings that supposedly waged war 00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:05.460 against the heavens, shed blood, and corrupted 00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:09.009 the pre -atomite earth are actually A mirror. 00:16:09.169 --> 00:16:11.370 A reflection of ourselves. The texts warning 00:16:11.370 --> 00:16:13.570 about the arrogance and destruction of Jean Avignon 00:16:13.570 --> 00:16:16.169 are warning you about the chaotic, fiery potential 00:16:16.169 --> 00:16:18.269 currently sitting right inside your own mind. 00:16:18.429 --> 00:16:21.389 It brings our entire deep dive full circle today. 00:16:21.649 --> 00:16:24.210 It really does. We started by examining a Semitic 00:16:24.210 --> 00:16:27.549 root word meaning a hidden, agile snake. We expanded 00:16:27.549 --> 00:16:30.470 that concept into a sprawling 2 ,000 year civilization 00:16:30.470 --> 00:16:33.509 of fire that supposedly engineered the pyramids 00:16:33.509 --> 00:16:35.730 and battled angels. And finally, through the 00:16:35.730 --> 00:16:38.690 profound lens of Ibn Arabi, we realize that the 00:16:38.690 --> 00:16:41.570 apocalyptic kingdom of Ibn Yan isn't a lost chapter 00:16:41.570 --> 00:16:44.269 of ancient history. It is the primal animal soul 00:16:44.269 --> 00:16:46.990 operating inside us every single day. We've spent 00:16:46.990 --> 00:16:49.110 a lot of time discussing Ibn Arabi's concept 00:16:49.110 --> 00:16:52.509 of the internal fire of illusion. But consider 00:16:52.509 --> 00:16:55.289 how that ancient philosophical framework maps 00:16:55.289 --> 00:16:58.370 onto our immediate reality today. Oh, that's 00:16:58.370 --> 00:17:00.559 an interesting angle. We live in an era entirely 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:04.000 dominated by screens, algorithms, virtual realities, 00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:06.680 and deep fakes. We are constantly interacting 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:09.259 with a world that isn't physically there. Right, 00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:11.769 a world of pure illusion. If the legacy of the 00:17:11.769 --> 00:17:14.410 John represents the supreme power of illusion, 00:17:14.750 --> 00:17:18.029 deception, and the subtle flame of Marie, then 00:17:18.029 --> 00:17:20.670 perhaps the far islands where the gene were banished 00:17:20.670 --> 00:17:22.910 aren't in our subconscious at all. Where are 00:17:22.910 --> 00:17:25.289 they? Perhaps the servers running our digital 00:17:25.289 --> 00:17:27.670 lives, generating infinite illusions that consume 00:17:27.670 --> 00:17:29.769 our attention and manipulate our desires, are 00:17:29.769 --> 00:17:32.349 the new far islands. We might just be witnessing 00:17:32.349 --> 00:17:34.829 the John building a brand new digital empire 00:17:34.829 --> 00:17:37.750 of smokeless fire right in front of our eyes. 00:17:37.990 --> 00:17:40.819 That is an incredibly unsettling. brilliant thought 00:17:40.819 --> 00:17:43.200 to leave on. Thank you so much for joining us 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:45.259 on this deep dive into the pre -Adamite world. 00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:48.079 Keep interrogating the ancient texts, keep searching 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:50.000 for the hidden histories beneath the folklore, 00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:52.559 and maybe keep a very close eye on the subtle 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:55.119 illusions demanding your attention today. We 00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:57.000 will catch you on the next deep dive.