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| P O M P E I A N P R O V E R B S L O S D' M A X I M A L |
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| IN A.D. 79 MOUNT VESUVIUS ERUPTED BURYING THE ROMAN CITY OF POMPEII UNDER A THICK LAYER OF ASH AND PUMICE... CENTURIES LATER, THE LOST & FRAGMENTED SCROLLS OF PATRICIAN LOS D' MAXIMAL ARE DISCOVERED ENTOMBED IN AN URN UNEARTHED FROM A RUINED VILLA.* TRANSLATED & RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE ORIGINAL LATIN, THE POMPEIAN PROVERBS OF LOS D' MAXIMAL PROVIDE AN ASTONISHING GLIMPSE INTO THE LAST DAYS OF A VIBRANT CITY, AND THE MIND OF A 1ST CENTURY ROMAN LIVING JUST A STEP AWAY FROM OBLIVION. |
| I.) THE MYSTERIES |
| WE PARTAKE IN A COMMUNE WITH ALL THAT IS - BUT WE ARE ALSO PILGRIMS COME FROM AFAR TO SEE THE GODS - WE CAST OUR ART BEFORE US LIKE RUNES OR PHILOSOPHER'S STONES TO DIVINE INSIGHT AND DISCOVER OUR MYSTICISM BECAUSE WE EMBRACE THESE MYSTERIES WE REALIZE THAT WE ALL WERE CREATED BY & WORSHIP THE SAME GOD THERE ARE 330 MILLION DEITIES - YET NOTHING BUT GOD EXISTS THE VARIOUS RELIGIONS AND SECTS FIT TOGETHER LIKE ROLES IN A DRAMA THE LORD CAN BE ADDRESSED BY ANY NAME THAT FEELS SWEET TO THE TONGUE AND PICTURED IN ANY FORM THAT APPEALS TO OUR SENSE OF WONDER & AWE - IT DOES NOT MATTER ALL RELIGIONS ARE BUT DIFFERENT ROUTES UP THE SAME MOUNTAIN - THE QUESTION THAT CONFRONTS US IS - WHY IS THERE A MOUNTAIN ? OUR HEARTS STAND BEFORE IT ALL - IN THE RAIN - IN THE SUN - AND WE CLOUD THESE MYSTERIES ONLY TO COMFORT OURSELVES THUS WE COMMISSERATE IN THE STRANGENESS OF ALL THAT IS - AND ALL THOUGHTFUL MEN ARE LEFT WITH THE SENSE THAT EXISTENCE ITSELF IS VERY ODD THE MYSTERY SUGGESTS THAT WE OURSELVES ARE THE INFINITE FROM WHICH THE UNIVERSE PROCEEDS & WE ARE IN DIRECT TOUCH WITH THE INFINITE - NOT ONLY ARE WE IN TOUCH WITH THE GODS - WE ARE THE GODS - THIS IMMENSITY OF SELF IS NOT APPARENT THUS RITUALS ARE ENACTED - THOUGH TRULY - THESE RITUALS ARE NOT DIRECTED OUTWARD TO SOME POTENTATE - BUT INWARD - TO AWAKEN US TO THE REALMS OF GOLD WITHIN OURSELVES - TO HELP US TO PERCIEVE WHAT WE REALLY ARE - WHAT WE MIGHT TRULY BE - WE ARE GODS & KINGS THAT HAVE FORGOTTEN THE RITUALS EXIST TO LET US SEE THE INFINITE STIRRING IN THINGS - AND TO COAX US TO IMAGINE THE TRUE EMPIRE AROUND US |
| * Once believed to be texts belonging to the Cult of Mythra, scholars are now uncertain of their origin. |
