Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28162607-20171227220155/@comment-34274090-20180109090732

Honestly, I look at all of the stories of OUAT as Esoteric. PERFECT example:

http://www.stillnessinthestorm.com/2014/11/decoding-fiction-science-of-meaning-as.html

When I saw Merlin's Origin, I knew that they were not attempting to give some sort of in-universe account of his journey (not like we think of it, conventionally), but rather the story of Alchemy.

What's interesting to me is that all Magic in the OUAT universe originated from the Holy Grail, the most Sacred Cup IRL. Why on Earth would they throw that in there if they beleived in Polytheism? And it's not like a passing object, it's the only Item that can control the Dark One/Dark Magic(k). In a sense, Light Magic(k) was Born from Will (Merlin's Holy Quest), and Dark Magic(k) is born from Light Magic(k). Which if that makes sense, then look at the relationship of: Light Magick is born from Will (a Man's Will), and Dark Magic(k) is born from Light Magic(k), which becomes Female (the Mother). So: you have Merlin (Man) as Light Magic(k), revealing Dark Magic(k) in Niumbe (Female): the interplay of the Dualisms: Father being overthrown by his Children, Son's taking their father's place, Male and Female, True Love's Kiss (male/female) breaking all Magic(k)..

I think to really appreciate the subtext of OUAT means to understand some Esoericism, which is really interesting to me