A Counterspell Against Ignorance

(This spell should be spoken or chanted over a blazing fire. A real one would e nice; a fire in the heart would, however, suffice.)

I will not live in ignorance; I have a right to knowledge.

I will not live in fear, even in fearful times.

I will not let my hatred make me foolish. I will not let foolishness decide my angers.

I will not be part of a mob, even a mob that I think is right. I am an individual; mobs are for ants*.

I am a fighter. Physical, mental, or moral, whichever I can do, whatever I can do, I will fight.

I will not submit to anything or anyone without good reason. I don’t need to fear submission; but I can despise the things to which I’m asked to submit.

I call on no power but my own, and I know it to be enough.

By my heart, I will keep going until I can’t go further. And then I will try my damnedest to go further.

By my soul, I will not let myself be permanently discouraged, no matter what stupidity or malice I experience.

By my eyes, vision clear or cloudy, I will look for what I think is true and workable, not what I think will please the crowd.

The crowd is insane.
The crowd is insane.
The crowd is insane.

I exist. I can be canceled from exterior places, but never from myself.

I exist. I go on. They hate that I do.

And that’s part of why I do.

I swear no oath and make no promise.

I will simply not be bound by chains of mindlessness or willful harm; they are brothers, and they hate Humanity.

I will be free.
I am free.
I am always free.

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“It’s a little-known fact, but Unicorns are something like 20% paint, and their horns are stolen exclusively from endangered species.”
― Jeff Mach, There and Never, Ever Back Again

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* credit to Heinlein:

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

-Robert A. Heinlein

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