I am a creature of habit, and it is novelty, above all, that this universe seeks to produce. The Fullmetal Alchemist movie has a mature stroke of genius, where in an alternate universe a beloved character from the series is actually a Nazi. He is a great father, beloved friend, a wonderful man, but he… Continue reading Several Days’ Disparate Inspirations
Author: Alexander
“Mafia”
It would be amusing to see conventionally-minded people, these New York Times kind of people, explain what is ethically wrong with the mafia. What is wrong with what they are doing? They are acting in the service of their own interests, regardless of who gets killed along the way. Is this not the credo of… Continue reading “Mafia”
“Time”
Time is the elusive nature of the world, the thing that makes it possible for something to both be and not be. The tree bears fruit, and it is dead. The ground is covered in snow, and it is covered in shimmering grass. Both can be true, but time decides which is true at the… Continue reading “Time”
“Law”
Our prisons are filled with people who committed no violent crime. Drugs. Addiction. We punish the indulgence of these patterns. We jail everyone. A prison state, a police state. But where is prosecution for those who kill thousands under the angelic wing of the state? God is immune from crime. God can commit no crime.… Continue reading “Law”
“Reality”
Why do we fear reality? Because reality, for the vast majority of people on this planet, is suffering. There is no armada of good, no army of heroes dedicated to righting the world or making it safe from fire and death. Good, where it does exist, is often punished and marginalized. This is a world… Continue reading “Reality”
27 Intuitions
By Alex Blum I. We are the conquerors of nature, the masters of materiality And yet we will be destroyed by our own mastery Climate change is this very reckoning, endemic to our nature The very fuel we burn to survive will seal our own destruction The means of industry ensure its own demise, it… Continue reading 27 Intuitions
Christ Returns to Heaven
By Alex Blum Fires stains the soul, the demon-soaked world Haunt rises from the bodies, amassed at the throne of God He smiles, the lows of demonology alight in His mind The guilty throne abides by power alone, no ethic to find Fire and fury are the tools of the devil, pure annihilation is the… Continue reading Christ Returns to Heaven
Sophia’s Prelude
By Alex Blum Bloodstained Sophia was poised before the silver moon, to blame for the world of matter. Pregnant she stood, beside the world that was cast in her shadow, a universe filled with demons, and in its deepest abyss, in the expanse of deepest darkness, farthest from the light, there was a world that… Continue reading Sophia’s Prelude
Theophany
By Alex Blum The snowy courtyard stood before the church, at the edge of a cliff. A steel black fence lined the perimeter, and each pike ended in a fearsome tip. White smoke billowed from the church, past its bell tower, into the misty sky. A man stood in the snow, dressed all in white.… Continue reading Theophany
Ahriman and Lucifer
By Alex Blum If the universe is in fact infinite, then every point within it could be considered the center. Accordingly, the Earth, and the human species, could literally qualify as the center of an infinite universe. However, so could any empty patch of space, or any pile of dust on any forsaken star. This… Continue reading Ahriman and Lucifer