Death of Alexander the Great – 323 BC
He wept for no more worlds—and then the world wept for him.In Babylon, the lions roared. In Greece, the altars dimmed.The sun itself seemed hesitant to rise.He did not pass—he […]
clinging to the wreckage of civilization
“To ride the tiger means to seize the forces of collapse and chaos without being devoured by them—to grip the beast not in fear, but in mastery.
He who rides must not seek to kill the tiger, but to remain atop it, poised, still sovereign, as the world beneath him disintegrates.
For if he dismounts, the tiger will turn and tear him apart.”
He wept for no more worlds—and then the world wept for him.In Babylon, the lions roared. In Greece, the altars dimmed.The sun itself seemed hesitant to rise.He did not pass—he […]