In light of the unequaled importance of the axiom to human knowledge and therefore human life, the slurring and destruction of this concept is a tragedy of monumental significance. It declares that there can be no non-identity. A contradiction is an assertion of non-identity. A basic example of a contradiction may be expressed as A is not A. If one wishes to understand the mind of the mystic and the corruption of mysticism, it is significant to note that this is also a basic elucidation of a lie. Such a bold face lie seldom stands naked, but it is the vulgar fraud which steals beneath the glorified loose mouthed innuendoes of mysticism.
Existence is the totality of everything.
Everything that is, must be a part of this all-inclusive totality. Even an hallucination exists as such. In order to reveal a fallacy or hallucination as such, it often must be examined in a broader context. The law of identity does not grant us omniscience, but it does tell us something that is true of everything. If we fail to acknowledge it, then we know nothing.