I wanted to ask...are all black lodge spirits "evil" or? I just wanted to ask because the Tremonds...the young boy and the older woman...why did they give Laura the portrait to have Dale warn her about what was going to happen with the ring? And, the Giant...why did he seemingly help Dale...

I find the Little Man's and Phillip Gerard's actions in the film VERY hard to reconcile with Mike's explanation of events in the show. (There's another thread discussing it but the borders between discussions are very porous on dugpa, sort of like the membrane between two worlds in Twin Peaks ;) )....

The following gibberish is a collection of thoughts on the complicated, mystical realm of the Black Lodge (further abbreviated as BL). I am particularly interested in the intentions, motivations, hierarchical positions, and possible future developments in regards to the BL spirits imagined by Lynch....