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Transduality

The "Taiji" is the limitless potential and oneness…

“
Is the god the source, or is the god a human
manner of conceiving of the force and energy
that supports the world? In our tradition God
is a male. This male and female di!erentiation
is made, however, within the field of time and
space, the field of duality. If God is beyond
duality, you cannot say that God is a "He." You
cannot say God is a "She." You cannot say
God is an "It."

JOSEPH CAMPBELL, THOU ART THAT:

TRANSFORMING RELIGIOUS METAPHOR

Summary

Transduality is the state of being wherein an

entity exists independently of, and qualitatively
beyond, various dual systems, ranging from very
specific, limited sets of dual distinctions to
duality itself on a conceptual level. If the 0 and 1
of binary systems can be considered a duality, a
transdual character’s fundamental existence
might be definable as being in-between the
numbers of 0 and 1, but also defined as being a
“2”, or as standing outside of the code
completely at the higher levels.

As it stands, Type 1 corresponds to being

beyond certain kinds of dual systems (Light and
Dark, in and out, Fire and Ice, Sound and
Silence, etc), but not all duality, Type 2 refers to
characters whose existence may be beyond all
dual systems within the nature of their reality,
but not duality itself on a conceptual level, Type
3 refers to characters whose fundamental
nature exists beyond the concept of duality, and
Type 4 refers to characters whose existence
belongs to alternate logical states wherein even
the distinction between duality and transduality
is irrelevant, as well as, in extremely rare cases,
potentially those who can access impossible
binary systems beyond the transdual on a
conceptual level.

Notable Users

Hadou and Gudou Gods from the Masadaverse

Lambdadelta and Bernkastel from Umineko no

Naku Koro ni

The Choushin and Kami Tenchi from Tenchi

Muyo!

God from Seekers into the Mystery

Yog-Sothoth from the Cthulhu Mythos

The Presence and Elaine Belloc from DC

Comics / Vertigo

Gan from The Dark Tower

The Unbound Et’Ada and the Amaranth from

The Elder Scrolls

Types

Type 1 (Specific Transduality): Being

qualitatively beyond and superior to the nature
of one or several specific dual systems.

Type 2 (False General Transduality): Being

qualitatively beyond and superior to the nature
of all dual systems and concepts within the
scope of an entire level of reality. Any non 1-A
(Outerverse level) characters who transcend
duality at a basic level would also qualify for this
level, as space and time can be thought of as
dual concepts, as well as existing within/outside
spatio-temporal dimensionality.

Type 3 (True General Transduality): A state

of being which is qualitatively beyond and
superior to the nature of binary logic or duality at
any level, including the conceptual, standing
beyond the scope of all dual systems and
concepts regardless of how complex they are.
Such characters typically exist as contradictions
within the context of their setting, and abide to
dialetheic systems of logic, or are portrayed as
existing within a state of single, indivisible
wholeness bereft of any separation. As space
and time themselves can be considered a
duality, as well as the distinction between being
within/outside spatio-temporal dimensionality’s
limitations, this type is reserved for 1-A
characters and up.

Type 4 (Plurality): A state of being which is

qualitatively beyond and superior to the nature
of even the distinction between duality and
transduality. Such characters will usually not
obey the laws of normal logic at any level, and
will obey completely di!erent systems of logic
altogether, up to and including those states
which are beyond human comprehension. A
basic example of Plurality is characters whose
fundamental nature operates under many-
valued or certain kinds of non-classical logic,
where many di!erent values can exist that are
not true or false, 0/1/2, or any dichotomies in
between. However, simply being able to use
many-valued logic in a feat context does not
qualify a character for this type, such characters
must demonstrate true qualitative superiority to
all types of dual distinctions. Naturally, only 1-A
characters and up can have this type, as it
exists outside all possible dual distinctions.

Notes

Transduality, as is used/portrayed in fiction, is

mainly a philosophical or theological concept,
although its foundations lay within real logic and
mathematics. However, even though we can
construct non-dual mathematical and logical
models, this, similar to our inability to perceive
higher dimensions of space and time, will not
allow us to truly grasp the scope of non-dual
systems, since the foundations of our logic
(classical logic within mathematics) are all
based o! binary distinctions.

Additionally, simply being 1-A (Outerverse level)

and a transdual entity is not necessarily enough
to qualify for Type 3; a 1-A or higher character
can qualify for Types 1 or 2 as well if the
characters in question do not transcend
fundamental dual principles or concepts on a
basic level, or only transcend some non-
universal dual qualities, but not all, or who only
exist beyond duality on only some levels and not
all possible levels.

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