The Doctrine of Unity is the mystical wisdom revealed to the Ahl-i-Batin by the Khwaja al-Akbar on the Night of Fana.
Overview[]
The Doctrine is based around the Batini understanding of Unity as the essential one-ness of all the Tellurian. By stripping away superficial differences, humans can achieve Unity with one another; by submission to Allah, humans can achieve Unity with God; by contemplating apparent contradictions, humans can achieve Ascension, perfect Unity with the Tapestry itself.[1]
The ultimate implication of the Doctrine of Unity is that Ascension and Armageddon are also a Unity: true universal enlightenment comes hand in hand with apocalyptic destruction. This is a key element of the "Judgment" scenario in Ascension, the "pseudo-canonical" end of the Mage metaplot. [2]