Month: June 2021
Eat! – Drink! – Be Merry!
The trek from the monastery to the village was a long one. The sun had risen immediately overhead, it’s heat bearing down on the two travelers. The pair was composed of the elder monk Aaron and novice Micah. Not far up ahead was a lone tree. “There is a small spring at the base of that tree. We will stop for a rest,” the old man announced. (more…)
Angels of Mons: An Allegory of the Human Condition
The legend of the Angel of Mons was a story written in The Evening News by Arthur Machen on September 29th, 1914 about an incident during the Battle of Mons in 1914, the first battle in which the British were engaged – and victorious at one point in driving back the Germans but, being vastly outnumbered, were forced into retreat the following day. The battle was fought in and around the town of Mons, across the Canal du Centre on the edge of town. Though the British had superior weaponry, their numbers were too few and the Germans were eventually able to cross the canal on one remaining bridge and outflank the British, which forced them to retreat. (more…)
Do Not Ignore the Future
The popular TV show The Xfiles carried with it the subtitle “Fight the Future.” I’m not going to extrapolate on what the show meant by that, but at face value I take it to mean that the future is “bad” if we don’t fight for it. While in the physical sense one should always stand for what is right and pure – and be willing and able to fight for it if necessary – but in another sense there is no fighting the future of mankind. What we are headed for, what has already begun, is going to happen, like it or not, fight it or not. Humanity’s fate is sealed, however we write our own destiny, both as individuals and as a race. I’ve already written on the difference between those two terms, so I’ll leave it to you to investigate further. So what is the fateful future of humanity? Here’s a quick view. (more…)