5. Wisdom

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

- George Santayana

How do you know the truth? Is it because someone told you so, or did you confirm for yourself through research and analysis? How do you measure truth? Is it continually evolving, or something static and pure you discover like a rare mineral?

Divinity gives a person absolute certainty that their existence is ordained and self-evident. The uncanny nature of someone’s energy and the purity of their conviction can be enough to convince the world that they embody the truth. This pride bubble can grow to dizzying heights, leading to the eventual psychological collapse of everyone who partakes in it. When power corrupts, what everyone assumed was the ‘truth’ collides with reality, and another truth asserts itself. This is nothing new, it is only the natural order of the universe reinstating...