The Root of Evil

Words--more so… the written word. The Ages of Man had quite the heyday with the advent of the written word.  They used them everywhere and for everything. To convey the spoken language with pen and pad was a powerful tool for every race, culture, governance, and religion. It’s hard to say if they understood the deviance and deception that unfolded from their over-indulgence--their lack of restraint of what should have been a gift to their Ages. Poetry, storytelling, simple historical documentation, information exchange, and above all else... the conveyance of love should have been the “end-all” for the written word. To have beauty and detail printed upon paper for the betterment of the species was a gift. But humanity wanted more--they delved into that which had no reverence for the power of the written word--religion and law.

The downfall of the Ages of Man was championed by the written word. Their spiritless religions focused more on the “words” rather than the actual spirit. They had a religion where the word was thought to be sacred--above reproach. And their laws grew so complex and multidimensional that they had legions of interpreters to determine their meanings.  The power of the written word had led them to their own destruction. A society that allowed such nonsense to corrupt then destroy the world at large was destined to face obliteration. There were some who knew the difference. But the voices of the few who understood and believed in the Spirit of Life were silenced. The power of the many outweighed the voice of the few. And those corrupted by the many words they served led the Ages of Man down a path which had no other outcome but doom.