An excerpt from a 17th century prophecy of the coming millenium:
“And the gods will give the humans magick — they will wield lightning, they will traverse the skies, they will commune with the Moon and stars, across the globe will they transmit mail in less than second, communicating through an invisible telegraph that spans the entirety of the planet. The future soon to come exists beyond your wildest dreams — truly, I tell you again, the gods will give humans magick and power that will make them seem, to you, like your gods —
“and yet, despite this magick given by the gods themselves, there will never have been an era more disenchanted.
“Despite wielding the power of lightning in their fingertips, there will be dullness of the eyes.
“Despite a world that’s fully and completely interconnected, every mind able to reach another instantaneously through focused will alone, never will there have been a time more divided.
“Despite a world that’s never known greater access to knowledge, the entirety of human reason held in their palm as the fruit of knowledge itself, as our old tale tells, the biting of this forbidden fruit will mean a great fall. No, despite this seeming enlightenment, a period of ignorance reigns supreme, misinformation a viral contagion preying on the impurity contained within some hearts.
“But know, child, that even if they hang on by a thread — and they undoubtedly will — they always pull themselves up and out of the trenches, if only by the grace of God. No matter the dark night, the Sun doth always rise, and this is no exception.
“Yea, fair traveler, though humanity will near self-destruction more than you can count, universal law dictates that goodness will always reign supreme, will always have the upper hand, and even if goodness falls, it’s merely the illusion of a turned Earth temporarily facing away from the Sun, casting itself into shadow by choice, soon to turn once again and Sunbathe in goodness itself. Goodness is the Sunrise you can always count on.”
THE CLOSET MYSTIC 