Wednesday, February 2, 2011

The Book Of Alchemy

Inspired by the posts on religion in fiction that Porky made recently, I'm going to share something I came up with a while ago, though it's not finished.

This is the official religion for Canzibar, the City of Bells on Morilar.

Book of Alchemy, 1-1: In the beginning, there was only The Brewer. Then He said "It pleases me not to have nothing around me; I wish for pleasant things such as are in my mind."

And so He created the Stars, and the Moons, and the Sun. And he placed that which made the Stars, and the light of the Sun, and the Moon into His alembic, and purified them. And so were made men, and the other races. And He placed them upon the land. But The Brewer was not pleased with His creation; and He said "This earth is barren; nothing grows upon it, the people starve, and are forced to eat each other for their food." And so He placed plants upon the earth, and the tools of Alchemy, and those races which he had placed here created with them the beasts. [Porky: "And to encourage those races which he had placed here to purify themselves, the land was made finite; and the infinite lopped off; and the vastness of the space around was as a protection against the stink."]

Book of Alchemy, 21-10: And He took the Pumpkin, and the Watermelon, and placed them in His calcinator, and burned them to ash, and said "You shall not consort with these fell fruit, nor any of their kin, lest the weight of your guilt strike you down."

Feel free to add more - there's lots of stuff that's not done yet, and I welcome input.

3 comments:

  1. I can't match that! But you're inspiring me now.

    Or maybe...

    "And to encourage those races which he had placed here to purify themselves, the land was made finite; and the infinite lopped off; and the vastness of the space around was as a protection against the stink."

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  2. Nice Oblivion references to the Pumpkin and the Watermelon, there.

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