Shards of information imparted onto members of all sapient species, electronic devices and supernatural media; by an unknown force/entity.
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Transcript of the ravings of a deranged apocalyptic preacher, who claimed to have received “visions of the Time Before” from “a higher power”.
Visions of the Time Before (Credits: Kenomitian)
I saw the fallen world of Kenoma: a silent relic from the Time Before and a victim of the End Times. I saw its cities of iron, glass and thinking machines; where putrid horrors and hellish abominations preyed on the innocent; and the works of astrologers melded with the labors of the common people. Two-legged beasts walked amongst the citizenry, whilst scientific laws bent with every hex and every irrational theory; and poison rained from the sky as monsters lurked from beyond fences and borders, twisted as they were touched by otherworldly forces.
Cities of iron, glass and thinking machines (Credits: Kenomitian)
I saw Yesh, a universe hatched from an eagle’s egg, define itself through observation, novelty and conflict. A Wheel of Ages rolled through it, with the history of everything inscribed on its surface: chronicling the events of forgotten eras. As it reached its ninth spoke, the Gnostic Era, its image became a blurry torrent of shadows and text.
A Wheel of Ages (Credits: Kenomitian)
I saw in Yesh a star system, encased in a sphere of celestial waters floating in primordial darkness. I beheld Kenoma inside of it, as one of the planets orbiting the vermilion sun Yaldabaoth, whilst being orbited in turn by Agathós: the diurnal satellites of Hestōs, Ennoia and Thelesis; and Díkaios: the nocturnal satellites of Aletheia, Ektismena and Hysterema. The asteroid belt of Horos surrounded them all.
Planet Kenoma (Credits: Kenomitian)
The Red Star Yaldabaoth and its orbiting bodies (Credits: Kenomitian)
I saw the planet’s surface ripple from the moment of its formation, in a vertiginous time-lapse. The Supercontinent of Sige occupied its Eastern Hemisphere, like an earthen tree growing from Pole to Pole, divided in nine regions by the volcanic Athanor Mountains. The Superocean of Bythos occupied its Western Hemi-sphere, encircled by two rings of dead zones known as Tit ha-Yaven (the outer ring) and Bor Shaon (the inner ring), which divided it into the Disc of Lailah and the Nautilus of Shamir. Glimmering like a blan-ket of gossamer stars, the interconnected computer networks of Beulah covered the entire system as a digital spider-web.
I saw three ethereal realities enveloping the world like parallel existences. Tikun: the collective name for the twenty-five realms of the conceptual; manifested figurative, fleeting, abstract, psychical, holy and perennial ideas as observable beings and landscapes. Tohu: the seven afterlives where the souls of the Dead were judged and dissolved in preparation for Gilgul: the reincarnation process; engulfed its “visitors” like a bottomless dark sea. Lastly, the unknowable Godhead loomed in the reverse side of the world, connected only by the flimsiest of cosmic threads.
Three Ethereal Realities enveloping the World (Credits: Kenomitian)
