Greg's thinking on illumination has definitely developed since the days of Cults of Terror (which is almost 30 years old). "Nysalorian Illumination" as understood by the God Learners (through the stories from First Age Seshnela) or by the Third Age Orlanthi is an inadequate window to understand Nysalor or Arkat.
That being said, I think Peter is right. Both Nysalor and Arkat had a disturbing and unsettling understanding of the cosmos. Conflicting, opposed, and yet somehow fundamentally similar in key regards.
Jeff
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