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April 07, 2005
the Return of Magic
by Andrew A. Anissi
What if we were once something great? What if we were divine? What if everything we think we know about the advancement of the human race and civilization is backwards? What if evolution is happening in reverse, and we are slowly becoming animals? What if all of our technology and possessions make us feel as though we are advancing when in reality our characters and who we really are is fading away and disappearing? What if our hopes and dreams become replaced by an endless quest for capital, to be used for the sole purpose of feeding our base, animal gluttony, and indulging nothing but what our lowest, physical attributes tell us to pursue? What if there was once something more, that we were once something more, and that something was taken away from us? What if, as Nietzsche believed, the pursuit of comfort has long ago replaced the pursuit of reaching towards towards our potentials and rising above ourselves?
Is it true that we were born as wretched, disgusting sinners, and that our lives must be devoted to apologizing, or is it true that we were born with the potential to be something great? Is it true that we should be sorrowful and embarassed for daring to think of ourselves as something great, or should we actually try to become something better than ourselves and to reach for our maximum potential? Is good art that makes us temporarily feel something special the only thing left to remind us of what we once were and what we could be?
I will not live for the sole purpose of self-indulgence, of submission to cynicism and fear of those who have fallen to despair and plan on taking the rest with them. I will awaken the Vril, and bring magic back into the world. There is no other purpose to my existence that means anything, but to rise above myself and become Nietzsche's superman.
Posted by andrewanissi at April 7, 2005 08:25 PM