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Saturday, April 6th, 2019
Chapter Two: Symbol
The control and management of symbology was paramount.
This is why the priesthood was elevated over the military.
The symbols of rebellion are dualistic; good and evil,
love and hate, light and dark, hot and cold, they are binary configurations
with a zero-sum resolution.
According to the symbolic narrative an individual is
either one thing or another, though in reality every person was mixed, having
qualities of each.
The motivating force behind the rebellion is the quest
for justice, the triumph of law, the elimination of despotism and the
eradication of tyranny, this was the power behind the wave, propelling it
toward its end.
The wave itself is a revolutionary image, churning and
curling from trough to crest, sweeping everything in its path away and
cleansing the shore where it crashes, leaving nothing behind except clear
smooth sand.
There could be no compromise from the point at which the
battle ensues, victory must be absolute.
Any pretense to compromise prior to the actual engagement
must only ever be a ruse, a tactic of negotiation, a series of steps made for
the sake of taking advantage of the field of combat when the battle comes to a
head.
A rebellion needs both a hero and a villain, it requires
both an object of hope and an object of wrath.
These are the sacred vessels through which the energy of
the revolution must be channeled.
One vessel contains a healing salve, a balm to ease our
pain, the other is poison, represents chaos, disorder and the reign of
monsters.
One vessels is raised as a fetish for veneration, the
other is cast down swept away and sent to the fire.
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