The modern city dweller has a romantic view of nature. To him, it’s a warm bath, a nurturing womb, Mother Earth. He takes pride in his “progressive” rejection of traditional religion, yet in reality, he has regressed—rebuilding a neo-pagan eco-cult 2.0.
One problem: the cult is lopsided. Mother Nature kept all her gentle traits, while the cruel ones were cast aside. The new priests went so far as to declare all of humanity “a cancer on the planet.”
No surprise—primitive gods are the most bloodthirsty of all.
Ancient pagans were wiser than modern ones. Their gods were ambivalent, both kind and cruel. That made them a more accurate symbol of the brutal reality where man had to survive.
Sipping an aromatic latte in a cozy café, scrolling through TikTok on the latest iPhone, the city dweller doesn’t realize how fragile his world is. Generations built the infrastructure that shields him from the wild, like castle walls.
And infrastructure isn’t just energy, roads, or Wi-Fi. It’s culture, too.
Chaos surrounds us—outside and within. Arrogantly declaring 'God is dead,' people flung open the gates to the hordes lurking in their subconscious. The hordes stormed in and took their minds hostage.
The only way out is to grow up and see life for what it is. Nature—of the earth, society, or the individual—can just as easily burn everything to ash as create a greater world.
In the human realm, everything casts a shadow—best not to forget it.
Yours sincerely,
-Alexander
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