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cypriathus · 5 months

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Main protagonist of Beyond The Fogbound Unknowing

Zelutjoskhriva Mnelothuszria Etraklodinus Kirsevothazund is a 147-year-old intimidating and efficient Nephilim beast-slayer that silently roams the land. He’s often referred to as The Roaming Consumption because he eats the organs of his freshly deceased targets and drinks their blood. He has a very careful eye, ensuring that his movements aren’t being followed or some other event that will greatly hinder him and his mission. He’s aware of his surroundings and the potential risks associated with his job, helping him to make worthwhile decisions and uphold survival. Zelutjoskhriva is a taciturn man, only speaking to others either through asking questions, remarks, warnings, or simply responding to their inquiries. His impenetrable silence usually makes him a good listener, and is often viewed as a trustworthy and reliable member of Venator’s Wardrobe because of that. However, that’s only when he’s not in deep contemplation or distracted with other more important matters. Despite that, his excellent listening skills can help him to thoroughly understand a situation or a person’s circumstances. With this, he can utilise his emotional intelligence and wisdom to make connections and/or resolve a problem through conversation. He has a decent photographic memory, which is very helpful during investigations on sudden Æylphitus attacks.

He shows a strong desire to keep his community, friends, coworkers, family (his daughter to be more specific), and those who he views as vulnerable safe from injury or damage. He has very high respect for women and the matriarchy, and believes that chauvinism is a plague on both sexes. Zelutjoskhriva is very compliant with the orders and certain requests he’s given and expected to perform. He has astonishing resource management skills, helping him to be prepared and well-organised before performing his duties. He can be somewhat snarky towards those he can care less about, making him come off as a rudely critical person. He’s stoic and down-to-earth, being able to endure hardship without showing a hint of how he feels and having a firm grip on reality. However, his palpable stoicism can make him feel uncomfortably ruthless and unbending. During his darkest hours, he feels like nothing but a mere shadow in the presence of others. He questions why he was born and if he should continue moving on with his life. He secretly feels useless and left behind by his peers and coworkers, yearning to be properly recognised beyond first impressions. He tends to feel guilt-ridden and hopeless, becoming less motivated to move on. He can also get fairly irritable and intolerable with other people, which often leads to aggressive threats and angry outbursts. He doesn’t have the greatest self-esteem, which often leads him to being extremely critical of himself and downplaying his positive qualities.

He is one of the shorter known Nephilim to ever grace the multiverse, appearing to be approximately 7’ 8” (233.68 cm). Zelutjoskhriva has a milky white complexion, rough skin, and noticeably muscular, mesomorphic build, possessing a powerful frame and broad shoulders. He has a large, distinguishable birthmark that’s a lovely shade of purple tanzanite. It partially covers the right side of his face and a small portion of his upper neck. He has a medium-sized, pointed tongue and angelic saliva glands that can burn naturally sinful things. Like all Nephilim, he has feathery patches of wisteria, fountain blue, yellow-orange, and red-violet adorning his form, which can be seen on his back, chest, crotch, and outer thighs. His coarse hands possess razor-sharp claws and he has bone-crushing, carnivorous teeth. His left eye is a pink lavender with a poppy red iris with a saffron dot in the middle, while his right eye is cloudy shadow green. Zelutjoskhriva has long, curly hair that reaches slightly over the middle of his back and is a greying Indian khaki to petite orchid, but it’s often braided or up in a ponytail. His secret bodily weakness or physical Achilles’ heel is the radius bone, which is part of the skeletal system.

He’s often seen wearing his iconic wide-brimmed traveller’s hat, one that is the hue of black onyx. His long, glossy black cloak has a high, pointed collar as well as the metallic green and violet sheen of a Eurasian magpie. He usually covers his entire being (except his head) with this darkened cloak, which helps him to conceal any weapons and keep a low profile. In order to hide his partial blindness and most of his birthmark, he wears a theatrical mask of polished brass, one that has an eerily blank, neutral expression. Whenever he pulls back his cloak, it’s revealed that he wears a fancy waistcoat of wisteria blooms with a golden lapel chain. His waistcoat is worn over an alabaster dress shirt and a silky, striped necktie of powder blue, royal yellow, and mantis green. Zelutjoskhriva also wears a lavish pair of formal cinereous trousers with vertical, platinum grey stripes. He possesses a nazar amulet that a friend gave him, two bandoliers that form an X-shape, and a handgun holster, which is attached to his belt. He also wears a kyanite thumb ring on his left hand, a rose quartz solitaire on his right index finger, and an ametrine signet on his left middle finger.

He’s commonly seen carrying a large cross of rosewood with a shoulder strap and two nailed corpses on each side, one is feminine and the other is masculine. These humanoid corpses are cut in half and have a clear, marbled stone in the middle of their chests, which are white (female) and black (male) respectively. These stones hold the spiritual psyche of Thuszemona and Uyrszamen, two Gorclatenius who act as his servants. He carries a few items on his person, which consists of a golden pocket watch, a pack of minty cigars, a glaive, and two firearms. His first weapon of choice is a cursed, two-handed glaive that has a curved, single-edged tapering blade and a 7 ft (213.36 cm) handle. His second is a selective fire, muzzle-loaded submachine long gun with a sling, appearing to be a unique hybrid between a long rifle, flintlock musket, and the PPSh-41, but it has a sling. This particular weapon is half his height and is used to deal heavy damage on his enemies from a distance. The last weapon he wields is a semi-automatic pistol equipped with a silencer and it’s partially modelled after the Desert Eagle. The submachine long gun is called the Dicentra Sulphur WJ6Z4-239057, while the pistol is named the Bleach-Skinned Camelopardalis. Lastly, he has a satchel that he uses to hold onto small souvenirs, a couple of novels, 3 or 4 coals, and a fire-resistant white glove.

Zelutjoskhriva is capable of manipulating his own organic mass, but can only use it to either partially or fully heal his injuries. He can generate force fields that help to prevent incoming attacks, but chooses to use it and the aforementioned ability 2-4 times every second day. This is because it drains a decent chunk of his life energy and he has difficulties controlling his absorption ability. On that note, he can consume the memories, emotions, and life energy of other living creatures. However, as already mentioned, he has trouble utilising absorption because it can overwhelm his senses and leave him paralysed for half a week in some coma-like, epileptic state. His biological senses are significantly more heightened than the average human. His stamina helps him to perform certain physically taxing activities and actions for days on end without worrying about immediate exhaustion. Due to his extraordinary strength, he can lift and even move hundreds of billions of pounds and strike with the force of a hydrogen bomb. He possesses intuition, pattern-solving, information storage and retrieval, logical and philosophical structuring, wisdom, and comprehension that’s beyond the human ability to understand. Zelutjoskhriva is also capable of speaking, writing, and understanding any language he has never heard before. Interestingly enough, his blind eye can detect the auras of other people, sensing their emotions and moral alignment on a visual level. He possesses biokinesis and sancti-pyrokinesis, and he can purify people by touching their lips with hot coal. He uses Thuszemona and Uyrszamen to obtain oracles that are etched into the fabric of the multiverse. He uses their chest stones to perform cleromancy, which is a form of divination by casting lots.

FAMILY:

Unnamed seraph father

Unnamed human mother

Velduzhonta Shilaborczunte Dolcatrephius Eysifhalondur (twin brother)

Oyrtegunda D’Clathervoxius-Piestrocuna (ex-lover)

Gordaplebithus Lutebjorga D’Clathervoxius-Piestrocuna (daughter)

ALIASES/NICKNAMES:

Z. (self-proclaimed and by most people)

Zelutjo (by most people)

Mnelothius (by a few people)

Etradinus (by a few people)

The Roaming Consumption

Master Zelutjoskhriva (by Thuszemona and Uyrszamen)

Liberator of Our Antediluvian Imprisonment (by Thuszemona and Uyrszamen)

Disgusting rapist (by Bertaholdius)

Maiden-defiler (by Bertaholdius)

Loathsome Beast (by Oyrtegunda)

Papa (by Gordaplebithus)

Sir Mnelothuszria (by Ghodeluva)

Meine Zuckerschnute (“my sugar mouth” in German) (by Rapinozhel)

Padhaku (“studious” in Hindi) (by Muneholaski)

Kirsevotha (by Thanecrodius)

Zelutjochen (by Eckaghurd)

Chalciope (“bronze-face” in Greek) (by Beljzraphontius)

Zelutjo-san (by Kinashuro, Shuktandoje, and Ibrakudoje)

Zelutjo-kun (by Tamnojushi)

The Man Cloaked In A False Silhouette (by Oynamezuri)

The Oxen Mystery (by Eynuthoka)

Cicada of Quietude (by Tilahopenus)

Rough Thistle Skin (by Eyrishokugal)

Ástvinur (“love friend” in Norse) (by Svanotrude)

Mneszalutjo (by Kehaszomund)

Etraklobus (by Kehaszomund)

Herr Etraklodinus (“mister” in German) (by Dulfatroschen)

Taliavio (“tallow brain” in Finnish) (by Frejavuld)

Our most trusted man (by the D’Sturgheno-Aktnopergius family)

Mister Kirsevothazund (by Ozehamindus)

Kirsevoba (by Borgahulde)

Gluttonous prick (by Grimaweldus)

The Foul Man Who Opposes His Brethren

Enigmatic Stampede

Betrayer of Seraphic Kindred

FUN FACTS/EXTRA INFORMATION:

He’s heterosexual

His birthday is May 18th (Taurus)

As an Æylphitus, the different parts of his name have special meanings: Zelutjoskhriva means “distress at a solar eclipse or darkness by midday”, Mnelothuszria means “heaven’s face”, Etraklodinus means “easterly surger”, and Kirsevothazund means “having meager”.

He likes open country, the taste of aged wine, the smell of a new book (bibliosmia), twilight, long forgotten castles, mountainous regions, sage lemon and balm rose-hip tea, amulets that ward off the evil eye, animal trails, and the sounds of cicadas during a hot summer.

He secretly likes autumn the most due to its romantic vibes as well as the crisp and refreshing air.

He dislikes male catkins, blazing hot deserts, vandalism, trespassing, hibiscus and Earl Grey tea, espresso, crunchy leaves, random obnoxious sounds at night, comedy and bad erotica novels, and the smell of burning gasoline.

The reason why he doesn't like espresso is that he tried to drink it out of curiosity, but the taste was too much for his liking. Then the caffeine kicked in and he didn't like the side effects of drinking it, which made him stay awake for an entire day and his anxiety was through the roof. Anyways, he doesn't dare to even take another sip of a cup of coffee after that horrible experience.

He hates obnoxious noises that come from loud and annoying people the most

He doesn’t like extremely hot weather because it makes his skin itchy, especially on his birthmark. So, he likes to stay inside for the most part if it's too hot outside.

His hobbies consist of darts, sudoku, reading novels, writing musical lyrics, and playing the harpsichord. He also likes to collect ties, candles, sheet music, and vintage wine.

He specifically likes to collect wine-scented candles

His favourite animals are the bald-faced hornet, sixgill hagfish, golden jackal, and king vulture.

His favourite flowers are the tulip, wisteria blossoms, Hydrangea aspera, and Jury’s Yellow camellia.

His favourite comfort foods are creamy chicken pesto pasta, coconut curry salmon, vegan shepherd’s pie, strawberry crunch poke cake, and triple-chocolate trifle.

He doesn’t have a favourite colour

His biggest pet peeves are people who are trying to talk to him while he’s reading, sharing unwanted personal details with strangers, not washing hands after using the restroom, arrogance in general, loudly slurping drinks, and stomach-churning smells.

He tried to write his own book once, but he scrapped it because it started to get on his nerves and it was difficult to think of something that’s creatively interesting.

He has a mug with words written on it that says "I'm so fucking tired."

He doesn’t like to talk about his personal life

He secretly needs the approval of other people

Zelutjoskhriva is a very delicate eater and doesn’t like to eat in front of people.

He usually gulps down his drink

He whistles a lot

It’s quite difficult to make him laugh

He flicks people in the forehead when he gets annoyed

Zelutjoskhriva’s guilty pleasure is taking bubble baths with scented candles and drinking multiple shots of whisky on every second weekend.

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kdmiller55 · 11 days

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Guilty As Charged

31 They struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint. 32 The people pounced on the spoil and took sheep and oxen and calves and slaughtered them on the ground. And the people ate them with the blood. 33 Then they told Saul, “Behold, the people are sinning against the Lord by eating with the blood.” And he said, “You have dealt treacherously; roll a…

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#1 Samuel 14 #battle #cast lots #disobedience #God #guilt #Israel #Jonathan #judgment #Michmash #Old Testament #Philistines #Samuel #Saul #sin #Urim and Thummim #victory

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cherry-blossomtea · 1 month

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As for Andoain he has the fucking fantasy urim and thummim or some shit and also he’s the Law’s specialest little boy hope this helps

#he’s also my specialest little boy I love him #arknights

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asanee44 · 2 months

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Is Divination Demonic???

Every time I hear a Christian or other non-ATR adherent say that divination is demonic, I get frustrated. This is primarily because this sentiment is often directed toward non-Christian forms of divination. Even more, I am confused by their lack of knowledge of the Bible.

Partly, I get it because I was once there myself. I was taught that engaging in divination practices such as astrology, tarot reading, palmistry, crystal ball gazing, and other forms of seeking supernatural knowledge or guidance outside of ‘the God of the Bible’ is evil and of the devil.

However, even then, I was perplexed by the notion that divination is considered evil. That’s because it is performed on several occasions throughout the Bible and even in the Apocrypha. This practice was also ordained by God, and the gift of divination was specifically given to the Levitical priesthood.

Though there were instances where divination was condemned in the Bible. Particularly, this occurred when it was performed by individuals who didn’t follow the Hebrew God. However, various forms of divination were very much so alive and active among the Hebrews. Even in instances where it was condemned, seers, prophets, etc., were deemed to be accurate and skilled in their craft.

In other instances, the ‘God of the Bible’ clearly outlined when, where, who, and how divination should be performed. See below for specific examples:

The Urim and Thummim (Exodus 28:30, Numbers 27:21): The Urim and Thummim were sacred objects kept in the breastplate of the high priest of Israel. They were used to seek divine guidance or answers to questions. Exactly how they functioned is not clear, but they were similar to divination practices performed in ATR.

The Casting of Lots: In several instances in the Old Testament, lots were cast as a means of seeking God's guidance or making decisions. For example, lots were cast to determine the allocation of land (Joshua 18:6-10) and to select leaders (1 Samuel 14:41-42, Acts 1:26). ATR priests and priestesses still cast lots in various forms.

Ephod and Divination by the Priesthood (1 Samuel 23:6-12, 1 Samuel 30:7-8): In the times of the Old Testament, the high priest or another priest sometimes used the ephod, a special garment, for seeking divine guidance. Through the ephod, they could inquire of the Lord and receive answers. This notion is very similar to masquerades used in ancestor veneration practices throughout the continent.

Daniel Interprets Dreams (Daniel 2, 4): Daniel, a prophet in the Old Testament, interpreted dreams and visions. Dream interpretation is still very much an active part of African culture.

The Casting of Gideon's Fleece (Judges 6:36-40): Gideon, a judge of Israel, asked God for a sign to confirm His will regarding the upcoming battle against the Midianites. He requested that God make a wool fleece wet with dew while keeping the ground dry and then the reverse. God granted both requests and through this, Gideon gained confidence in God's guidance.

The Magi and the Star of Bethlehem (Matthew 2:1-12): The Magi from the East observed a star that they interpreted as a sign of the birth of a king in Judea. They traveled to Jerusalem to inquire about this event and seek the newborn king. Their methods involved interpreting celestial signs, which is basically astrology.

There are many more examples of divinatory practices throughout the Bible and the Apocrypha. These were ultimately forms of spiritual communication that had been employed for centuries by our ancestors.

While there is such a thing as spiritual communication with evil forces, similar to Christian beliefs, ATR does not condone or endorse these methods. Such techniques are clearly deemed to be demonic and destructive according to African spiritual beliefs. It is definitely possible to consort with wicked forces for evil purposes.

So, to answer the question, divination can be demonic. However, it should not automatically be deemed as such when performed outside of a Christian context. Our ancestors have been engaging in such practices for centuries. And these practices have brought them solace, comfort, and guidance in their time of need.

Divination is not inherently evil when performed outside of mainstream religious belief systems. Nor is it inherently good when performed within such systems. Seeking Divine knowledge is an age-old practice that has been performed by many individuals since time immemorial.

It is ultimately wicked or evil when done with the intent of connecting with vile spirits for sinister purposes. Likewise, it can be harmful when performed by someone without proper knowledge of what it is or the apparatuses they are using to do it. However, it is beneficial and useful when done to connect with good and benevolent energies to achieve balance, harmony, and wholeness.

#divination #Ifa divination #tarot #astrology #numerology #voodoo

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officialyourdailyinspiration · 1 year

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The List of the Exiles Who Returned (Part 2)

36 These are the priests:

the descendants of Jedaiah through the family of Jeshua 973

37 the descendants of Immer 1052

38 the descendants of Pashhur 1247

39 the descendants of Harim 1017

40 These are the people from the tribe of Levi:

the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel through the family of Hodaviah 74

41 These are the singers:

the descendants of Asaph 128

42 These are the descendants of the Temple gatekeepers:

the descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai 139

43 These are the descendants of the special Temple servants:

Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,

44 Keros, Siaha, Padon,

45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,

46 Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,

47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,

48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,

49 Uzza, Paseah, Besai,

50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephussim,

51 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,

52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,

53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah,

54 Neziah, and Hatipha.

55 These are the descendants of Solomon’s servants:

Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,

56 Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel,

57 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth Hazzebaim, and Ami,

58 the Temple servants and descendants of Solomon’s servants 392

59 Some people came to Jerusalem from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer. But these people could not prove that their families were from the family of Israel:

60 the descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda 652

61 From the family of priests there were descendants of

Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai. (If a man married a daughter of Barzillai from Gilead, he was counted as a descendant of Barzillai.)

62 These people searched for their family histories, but they could not find them. Their names were not included in the list of priests. They could not prove that their ancestors were priests, so they could not serve as priests. 63 The governor ordered them not to eat any of the holy food until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim to ask God what to do.

64-65 All together, there were 42,360 people in the group who came back. This is not counting their 7337 men and women slaves. They also had 200 men and women singers with them. 66-67 They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 435 camels, and 6720 donkeys.

68 When the group arrived at the place in Jerusalem where the Lord’s Temple had been, the family leaders gave their gifts for building this house of God again. They wanted to build it in this same place. 69 They gave as much as they were able. These are the things they gave for building the Temple: 1100 pounds of gold, about 4 tons of silver, and 100 coats that priests wear.

70 So the priests, Levites, and some of the other people moved to Jerusalem and the area around it. This group included the Temple singers, gatekeepers, and the Temple servants. The other Israelites settled in their own hometowns. — Ezra 2:36-70 | Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) The Holy Bible; Easy-to-Read Version Copyright © 2006 by Bible League International. Cross References: Exodus 25:2; Exodus 28:30; Numbers 1:18; Numbers 16:39-40; 2 Samuel 17:27; 1 Kings 9:21; 2 kings 7:10; 1 Chronicles 9:2; 1 Chronicles 9:12; 1 Chronicles 24:7-8; 1 Chronicles 24:14; 1 Chronicles 26:20; Ezra 3:9; Nehemiah 7:45; Nehemiah 7:47,48 and 49; Nehemiah 7:53-54; Nehemiah 7:55-56; Nehemiah 7:59; Nehemiah 7:68-69; Luke 12:45

#list #returning exiles #Babylon #Jerusalem #Judah #offerings by the Exiles #Ezra 2:36-70 #Book of Ezra #Old Testament #ERV #Easy-to-Read Version #Holy Bible #Bible League International

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summerof336bc · 1 year

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just got my own urim & thummim 💪

#entries #shout our to my english teacher

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jamesshawgames · 2 years

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So, I had the idea that, now that the trilogy is ending, I could write a retrospective on each game, reflecting on he intent behind them and on what elements did and didn't work. I'm putting Part 1, on the first Relics game, under the cut. I'll prob do one for 2 and 3 as well, with about a week between them!

Relics Series Retrospective Part 1: Relics of the Lost Age The idea for Relics of the Lost Age came to me, like most of my best ideas, in the pub, some time in 2018. I was talking to my old friend Pete about how, when we were children, we had both really enjoyed old-fashioned colonial-era adventure stories, things like Around the World in 80 Days, King Solomon’s Mines and, above all, Indiana Jones. But also about how it became much harder to like these stories as we got older and more aware – specifically, as the colonialism that underpins these stories became more and more obvious (do those artifacts really belong in a museum, Dr. Jones?). I spend a lot of time in my real job thinking about colonialism, history and archaeology, about how they intersect and have shaped the modern world, and it’s very difficult to be committed to the idea of decolonization while also being a fan of something like Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom! I started to wonder, over the course of that conversation, if it might actually be possible to save that kind of story in the modern world, to keep all the things that childhood me had loved about Indiana Jones (the adventure, the thrills, the sense of wonder about travel and the world, the romance, the humour) while also getting rid of the stuff that wasn’t so desirable (the covert and not-so-covert colonialism, the racist and patronizing depictions of non-European cultures, the white savior shit). Perhaps even to go further than that – to write an archaeological adventure which actually questioned and challenged the role of both archaeology and adventure stories in advancing colonialist narratives. That’s when Relics was born.

It took a while for me to realize that Choicescript might be a good vehicle for such a story, but once I did, it all started to come together quite quickly. I wanted pretty much every chapter, every major moment of the story if possible, to relate to the central theme of colonialism and its legacy, and I think I did make that happen. I also wanted it to be fun (after all, Indiana Jones is fun, and if I just let it turn into some kind of heavy political meditation on empire, there probably wouldn’t be much joy in it). In order to keep readers interested, I decided that each chapter should feel distinct, and be very different both in terms of setting and in terms of genre. The idea of making this a globe-trotting adventure helped too, both in terms of keeping the chapters varied and in terms of exploring the theme of colonialism. What I really want readers to get is a sense of is how connected colonialism is to pretty much everything, how so many of the issues of the modern world go back to that period. So I wanted chapters set in Africa (the starting-point of the colonial slave trade) and America (one of the final destination of that trade); in Europe (to think about how empire affected the colonizing nations, as well as the colonized) and Asia (to acknowledge that, though Europeans might have “perfected” colonialism in all its shittiness, they’re not the only ones to have ever practiced it). I want readers to see that everything – from the roots of Nazi ideology to the source of modern global wealth inequalities to the febrile racial politics of the modern-day US and Europe – can be traced back to that period in time.

Chapter 1 was designed to be a very classic Indiana Jones story, to set the scene and establish the book’s primary influences. It ticks all the boxes: Middle Eastern setting, Nazis as the bad guys, biblical treasure, lots of light-hearted action scenes. I also like the fact that the treasure being hunted, Urim and Thummim, connects back to a period of ancient imperialism (the Roman occupation of Judaea) – a nice reminder of just how old this shit actually is and how far back it goes.

Chapter 2 was supposed to be a “humans vs. nature” story with a bit of a Moby-Dick vibe, highly tense, as well as an exploration of Chinese imperialism.

Chapter 3, controversial though it was, is super-important to the project. One of the ways that old adventure stories sold colonialism was by establishing “home” (usually the US or Europe) as a safe, civilized space, and overseas territories (usually in Asia and Africa) as savage and dangerous and wild places. I wanted to flip this on its head by heaving a chapter set in the US, and showing how savage and unsafe it was at that time. The phrase that kept going through my head as I wrote this chapter was “American savagery”. We all want to cheer when we see Indiana Jones punching a Nazi, but it's easy to forget that large swathes of Jones’s own home country were, at the same time as he was punching Nazis, implementing laws that were flat-out fascist and that in fact inspired Hitler. Nobody who reads Chapter 3 can persist in the illusion that the United States was “safe” and “civilized” in the 1930s. Also, it was nice to have a chapter with someone other than the Nazis as the main bad guys – I’ve always been a sucker for secondary villains! Generically, it’s a Southern Gothic mystery with elements of the supernatural, which makes it very distinct from the other chapters.

Chapter 4 was meant to be closely connected to Chapter 3 (hence it featuring the same RO, and having related Relics). It shows you what was happening at the other end of the Atlantic slave trade. It contains a whole-plot reference to Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, and is meant to evoke older types of colonialist literature, 19th Century adventure stories of the type that influenced Indiana Jones. Both of these chapters were pretty grim and dark – I expected that readers would need a bit of levity after the end of Chapter 4. Which is lucky, because…

Chapter 5 was a chance to explore what colonialism did to the colonizing nations (as well as an excuse for me to get a few digs in at the British Museum!) It’s a nice break from the dark tone, as it’s pretty light-hearted, and it introduced the series tradition of having one “comedy” chapter per book. It also introduced Maxie Gianturco, maybe my favorite villain: he has a real Heath-Ledger-as-the-Joker vibe, which makes him quite different from any of the other bad guys. Generically, it’s a knockabout crime caper.

Chapter 6 was a mash-up of espionage fiction and Hong Kong cinema. There’s not too much else to say about it. I think it basically works.

What Worked: The Congo Siege. Everybody seems to love this part. It was a real feat of coding for me back then, but I think it all came together and is a real highlight of the book.

Chapters 2 and 5. I think these are the most successful overall in terms of what they set out to achieve. Chapter 2 is tense, Zhu’s introduction is very memorable, and even players who hate Stevo (and I did write him to be irritating) tell me that they ended up caring a lot about his survival. Chapter 5 is actually funny, is well-paced, has a great villain, good action scenes and a memorable cameo from the Amazonian too. The one part that doesn’t really work that well is the sealing of the Esme/Abdul relationship. The fact that the chapter takes place all in one night probably means that you don’t really have enough time with them to make this fully convincing. But the tight timeline adds to the chapter in other ways, so it’s probably worth it ultimately.

María. Probably the standout character, certainly the one who gets the most comments. People seemed to react very strongly toward her, either positively or negatively. As a writer, I love it when one of my characters does that to people!

What I’m Unsure About: “Too Much Politics!” It’s a fairly common complaint in the reviews. I’m unsure. To some extent, there are people out there who’ll make this complaint about literally any game / book that has anything to say, and I’d rather be a little too heavy-handed than take the coward’s way out of just saying nothing. The whole thing did start off as a politically-minded project after all. But there are some moments when I could probably have dialled it back a little. I think I do a better job in the later two games of being politically engaged without it being so intrusive on the narrative.

What Didn’t Work The ethnicity lock. I actively regret this now. I did this because I wanted the depiction of the Jim Crow South in Chapter 3 to be true to the actual conditions of the time, and the conditions of the time meant that a person’s ethnicity could determine really major things, like what job they could do. I felt like I needed the MC to be at least “white-passing” so that they could have a job at Tulane, which was, at the time, a white college. Having the grandfather ethnicities helps a little in terms of representation, but in retrospect I think that it might have been possible for me to find ways to accommodate non-white-passing MCs through, for example, varying the MC’s workplace according to player choice. (It might have been fun to be able to be a colleague of Cleo at Xavier, the Black college, for instance). At the time, when I was starting out in ChoiceScript, it felt like that would probably involve too much variation and just be unmanageable. Now, however, I’m a bit more experienced with the language and I’m pretty sure that it would have been possible, if difficult, to manage that variability. But hey, I have all kinds of ideas for future projects in ChoiceScript, and none of them require an ethnicity lock, so at least I know I’ll never need to do that shit again in the future!

The flashback structure. I wanted a framing narrative, and I thought that it would be cool to start in medias res. But those scenes of getting tortured by Paulus ended up becoming quite repetitive, and I think the unusual structure put some readers off. I’m all in favor of formal experimentation, but perhaps not with ChoiceScript: readers of Hosted Games seem to like having a beginning, a middle and an end in that order! I’ll probably lay off the experimentation in the future.

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The Chariot. Art by Julia Rich, from Zeke's Arcana.

Not everyone can do it. Ride The Chariot like that. It takes a strong will. Urim knew how to keep the beasts in line. And so she rode hard night and day. Knowing that she rode for Thummim.

The Chariot is a card of conquest and applying the force of your will to the physical world. Don't let yourself be pulled in different directions. Bring others in line to get where you need to go.

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The Breastpiece of Judgment

15 “You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, in skilled work. In the style of the ephod you shall make it—of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen shall you make it. 16 It shall be square and doubled, a span its length and a span its breadth. 17 You shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row; 18 and the second row…

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zerogate · 2 years

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Special “scrying” stones were the best known emblems of the seer’s work. These stones, which accompanied Smith through much of his formally religious career, illuminate the connections between treasure and the dead, between Smith’s early quest and his later religious activity.

The stones included both visually distinctive rocks and Native artifacts inaccurately denominated gorgets. Seer stones could discover the location of other stones or treasures, especially when enclosed in the hollow of a hat pressed over the seer’s face. These seer stones, critical to Smith’s project, are often passed over as minor folk magic emblems, mineralized versions of the divining rods occasionally pressed to similar tasks. Stones may have been a consolation prize for some—the clank of a spade leading to something other than treasure. Importantly, though, seer stones and their treasure were integrated into and then removed from the earth. Though seers occasionally discovered stones in dry riverbeds, Smith generally disinterred his, maintaining that ��men can pick stones out of this Earth & see knowledge of futurity.”

Joseph Smith possessed several seer stones, probably a brown stone, a white stone, a green geode, and—probably later—at least one gorget. The brown and white stones were most important and had been buried deep within the earth. The first, apparently the brown stone, guided him to the more potent white stone, which he disinterred while digging a well, possibly combined with, or a front for, a treasure dig. According to Brigham Young’s reminiscence, Smith found the stone “in an Iron kettle 15 feet under ground,” a depth amplified in a later retelling to thirty feet.

Just as treasures were interred, so were the obdurate fragments of earth that provided access to them. From early on Smith situated these special stones within Bible narratives. The Urim and Thummim—oracular jewels in the Israelite priestly breastplate—were the sacred archetype for seer stones. In William Phelps’s phrase, the “Urim and Thummim” were “the spy-glass of a seer.” Phelps exulted that “The Urim and Thummim, Seer stones, Teraphim, and Images, whatever name is given to them; are found in the United States of America.”

Such stones sat beside Moroni’s gold plates in their stone sepulchre in Cumorah. (Early Mormon descriptions favor two stones set in a large figure-of-eight frame like a pair of “spectacles.”) Armed with these stone relics of America’s sacred past, Smith undertook the translation of the gold plates. Throughout his career Smith made clear that seer stones were central to the process of revelation itself. Rereading Revelation 2:17 in 1843, Smith saw the apostle John receiving his great Apocalypse through such stones, just as Smith’s scriptures had come. He preached that such stones were the birthright of the righteous, as “every man who lived on earth [is] entitled to a seer stone, and should have one.”

-- Samuel Morris Brown, In Heaven as It Is on Earth: Joseph Smith and the Early Mormon Conquest of Death

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That Was Not Their Relationship

Concept Date: 4/30/24 12:46 PM CDT THE INVINCIBLE PROJECT: The Briargate CIA (i.e.- The Automated Community Manager) How To Apply The Oppression (i.e.- Crop Circle Talisman) To Make Any Objective Invincible (i.e.- always use The Urim Thummim to make every decision) 1- Someone is going on. The Point Of This Tale (i.e.- what Today’s Concept is now destroying) 2- She’s thinking everything’s…

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Deuteronomy

Chapter 33

1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. 5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together. 6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. 7 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies. 8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; 9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. 12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. 13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, 16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. 17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. 18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. 19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. 20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel. 22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. 23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south. 24 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. 26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

Deuteronomy 33

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zaphffayrkunialofphinsfable · 2 days

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At the tone, 3 hours, 21 minutes, coordinated universal time

—Prepared in innocence to meet our king of glory

And so we have this

You have it in your secret windows

And you're understanding to understand it and to bring it forth

It takes minute detail

It takes a holy life

It takes motions, it takes dedication

It takes dedication, it takes a death

And only God can allow it

And you couldn't do it if you're not the seed of God

And so the path through the great corridors

These are corridors unto his perfection

That is which the prophet and the Urim and Thummim has penetrated

That through this great sea of blackness

That I penetrated through these corridors

And I went through that last segment

Where I went through these dark serpentines

I passed through that corridor

Where they sat, where they are

And when you penetrate to the most high God

You will believe you are mad

You will believe you've gone insane

But I tell you if you follow the secret window

And you die to the ego nature

You will penetrate this darkness

Oh yes, there's many a man or woman that's been put in the insane asylum when this has happened to them

And they're sitting there today, people think they're insane

But they saw something that's real

And they see it when they're on drugs

The only thing is they see it, not through the light of God, and the way I show you

I show you to see it through the light of God, and the understanding of God

Because when you see the face of God, you will die, and there will be nothing left of you

Except the God-man, the God-woman

The heavenly man, the heavenly woman, the heavenly child

There'll be prayer on your lips day and night

There'll be a song of jubilee waiting for your king

There will be nothing you will look—be looking for in this world, excepting for your god

This is all a dream

A dream in death

And so I went through that with you

I encountered Hell and the great serpentines of the highest order

And I went through that when I showed you chart #3

The question is asked in Urim and Thummim—Thummim concerning the pit

This horrible pit of miry clay, Urim and Thummim, you can ask me a question

If it's asked, from the right being or the right soul, out of Urim and Thummim

I can give you unspoken words that's never been spoken

It's not even in your Bible

Yet, it does clarify what is spoken in the Bible...

#soundtracks for:#the blind lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven #static

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List of Returned Exiles (Part 2)

41 the sons of Pashhur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven;

42 the sons of Harim, one thousand and seventeen.

43 The Levites:

the sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the sons of Hodaviah, seventy-four.

44 The singers:

the sons of Asaph, one hundred and forty-eight.

45 The gatekeepers:

the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, one hundred and thirty-eight.

46 The temple servants:

the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,

47 the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padon,

48 the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai,

49 the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar,

50 the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda,

51 the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah,

52 the sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephusim,

53 the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur,

54 the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha,

55 the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah,

56 the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha.

57 The sons of Solomon’s servants:

the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida,

58 the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel,

59 the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil,

the sons of Pokereth-Hazzebaim, the sons of Amon.

60 All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants were three hundred and ninety-two.

61 These were they who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not show their fathers’ houses nor their lineage—whether they were of Israel:

62 The sons of

Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two.

63 Of the priests:

the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who married one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name.

64 These sought for their fathers’ registration in the genealogical registry, but it was not found. Therefore, they were considered as unclean and removed from the priesthood. 65 The magistrate said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things until there was an appointed priest with Urim and Thummim.

66 The whole congregation together was forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, 67 besides their male and female servants, which numbered seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five male and female singers. 68 Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six; their mules, two hundred and forty-five; 69 their camels, four hundred and thirty-five; the donkeys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

70 Some of the chiefs of the fathers’ households gave to the work. The magistrate gave to the treasury one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priests’ garments. 71 Others of the chiefs of the fathers’ households gave to the treasury for the work twenty thousand gold drachmas and two thousand two hundred silver minas. 72 What the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand gold drachmas, two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priests’ garments.

73 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities.

Ezra Reads the Law

When the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. — Nehemiah 7:41-73 | Modern English Version (MEV) The Holy Bible, Modern English Version. Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association. Published and distributed by Charisma House. Cross References: Exodus 28:30; Leviticus 8:8; Deuteronomy 33:8; 2 Kings 7:10; 1 Chronicles 4:8; 1 Chronicles 9:2; 1 Chronicles 9:12; 1 Chronicles 29:7; Ezra 2:42,43 and 44; Ezra 2:46-47; Ezra 2:51-52; Ezra 2:53-54; Ezra 2:57; Ezra 2:59; Ezra 2:66-67; Ezra 3:1; Nehemiah 3:26; Nehemiah 11:3; Luke 12:45

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Ether Chapter 3. Part 4. "The Hidden."

The Paramormons who come to your house will tell you there are two stones, called "the shoulders", the Urim and the Thummim. They may even have replicas. Be sure to put them right straight up their assholes. Mormon guys just love it when you play with their rocks.

In the Hebrew Bible, the Urim (Hebrew: אוּרִים‎ ʾŪrīm, "lights") and the Thummim (Hebrew: תֻּמִּים‎ Tummīm, "perfection" or "truth") are elements of the hoshen, the breastplate worn by the High Priest attached to the ephod.

The Prophet does not specifically state he is referring to the Urim and Thummim in the following passages but it is probable. He speaks one more time about the fact the Book of Mormon is encrypted using Hebrew and Gematria and insisted persons interested in seeing God figure its meaning out on their own. Otherwise the words read in "reformed Egyptian" or plain old English and do not make sense:

21 And it came to pass that the Lord said unto the brother of Jared: Behold, thou shalt not suffer these things which ye have seen and heard to go forth unto the world, until the time cometh that I shall glorify my name in the flesh; wherefore, ye shall treasure up the things which ye have seen and heard, and show it to no man.

22 And behold, when ye shall come unto me, ye shall write them and shall seal them up, that no one can interpret them; for ye shall write them in a language that they cannot be read.

23 And behold, these two stones will I give unto thee, and ye shall seal them up also with the things which ye shall write.

24 For behold, the language which ye shall write I have confounded; wherefore I will cause in my own due time that these stones shall magnify to the eyes of men these things which ye shall write.

25 And when the Lord had said these words, he showed unto the brother of Jared all the inhabitants of the earth which had been, and also all that would be; and he withheld them not from his sight, even unto the ends of the earth.

26 For he had said unto him in times before, that if he would believe in him that he could show unto him all things—it should be shown unto him; therefore the Lord could not withhold anything from him, for he knew that the Lord could show him all things.

27 And the Lord said unto him: Write these things and seal them up; and I will show them in mine own due time unto the children of men.

28 And it came to pass that the Lord commanded him that he should seal up the two stones which he had received, and show them not, until the Lord should show them unto the children of men.

None of this makes clear perfect sense without Gematria, provided one understands Kabbalah. Kabbalah is the way one understand the secret knowledge of Judaism. Why is it hidden? Because of what is called tzedakah, "righteousness" which is hidden within man unless he works within himself to get rid of his animal demoniac self. This will not happen unless one commits to finding the truth "underneath the words":

v. 21: Do not suffer these things to go forth into the world. The Value in Gematria is 9960, טטואֶפֶס, tattoo, "underneath the lines."

v. 22: Write them and seal them up. This refers to "a tight fitting lid" previously mentioned in the Book Ether. Once one finds the Self that is hidden in the religion one must refrain from being polluted by ritually impure habits once again. Once one stops smoking for example, one does not reach for the nightstand in the morning and grab a ciggie one more time. One has to remove the causes of the bad habit and retain one's ritually pure way of life.

The Value in Gematria is 8988, חטחח‎ , hathah, "the time was..." When the time is right, one stops the ritually impure habit and moves on, abiding within the pure Self.

v. 23: And behold, these two stones will I give unto thee, and ye shall seal them up also with the things which ye shall write.

The Value in Gematria is 9173, טאז‎ג‎ ‎tazg, "grasp the handle and pour."

Truth and perfection are there for the taking. One does not make a toast to death and destruction but to life, to the lives of all, but as the Prophet says in particular to the young who depend on the life skills of their elders:

v. 24: "I will in my own time." The Value in Gematria is 13874, יגחזד‎‎ ‎yighazd, "to the party of the young."

v. 25: "He shared what had been and what will be." The Value in Gematria is 11787, יאזחז‎‎, "will move, will mobilize."

A movement is the result of a convincing argument to change the mind of an entire society. Chabad, the Jewish approach to religious arguments is also a movement that encourages the spread of the ideals of Judaism which are the six wings of the Star of David: life, peace, justice, mercy, scholarship, and sincerity of intention.

v. 26: "If you believe He will show you all things." The Value in Gematria is 10675, י‎ו‎זה, "this is it."

What is it?

IT refers to the end result of Chabad, Chochmah, Binah and Da'at, "Inquiry, arrangement, and understanding. "

Binah, "arrangement" is critical because without the ability to arrange a critical mass of evidence of God's reign, there can be no understanding of Him. One cannot just read scripture or attend a lecture, pose questions and then home. There must be data points:

v. 27: And the Lord said unto him: Write these things and seal them up; and I will show them in mine own due time unto the children of men. The Value in Gematria is 7446, זדדו‎ ‎‎, zeddo, "they hunted, they caught, and captured."

v. 28: And it came to pass that the Lord commanded him that he should seal up the two stones which he had received, and show them not, until the Lord should show them unto the children of men.The Value in Gematria is 9975, טטז‎ה‎, tetza, "get out, go out."

Freedom from delusion is the greatest freedom of them all. All free societies are obligated to teach their constituents how to be free in every way, starting with exemplary models of integrity, law enforcement, efficacy, kindness, not having sex with minors, not building terror tunnels, etc.

When God told the Israelites it was time for the Exodus, to go out he did not mean go out rape the neighbors or corrupt the government, he had something else in mind: a promised land. One we make for ourselves and also participate in with other free and free thinking people. Moses never saw such a thing happen, and neither have we which is why the Prophet says it is still hidden.

It will remain hidden until we ask, just as Moses asked of God:

"Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Is this why you sent me? Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued your people at all.”

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand he will let them go; because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”

We have not gone yet; meaning we have not driven the evil out. Until we drive the diabolics out of this country and their roots out of the human race through the study of the Torah, "this is it: slavery in Egypt."

At the time the Book of Mormon was written, slavery was a reality in practice as well in the laws and thoughts of the persons engaging in the slave trade. This means the Torah and God's face and man's mind and heart were also all hidden from each other. The perception that a change in the laws and more accurate practice of faith that would result in freedom for the black man might be a type of oppression of the rights of the white man held this back far longer than it should.

We experience this today. Lawyers and plaintiffs that oppose full enforcement of human rights claim they are victims of tyranny and oppression and this is false.

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