Liber Iovis - Chapter 23

Verses

Verse 30

The archon made himself enormous and mistook the astonishment of the small for proof of divinity.

Verse 31

He wrapped his throne in thunder so no one could hear the machinery.

Verse 32

They called him Father because he came earlier, King because he stood higher, and Good because dissenters disappeared.

Verse 33

Size is the oldest argument of false gods.

Verse 34

The prisoner looked through the bars and saw Jupiter. The jailer said, Behold the ruler of heaven. The prisoner said, I behold another thing inside heaven.

Verse 35

No light that can be pointed at is the Light by which pointing is known.

Verse 36

Let the demiurge keep his moons. The witness has no satellites.

Verse 37

A cat will stare at a king and then wash its foot. Learn theology from creatures immune to ceremony.

Verse 38

If a god demands praise for abundance, ask who first created lack.

Verse 39

When the thunder says I AM LORD, listen for the quieter knowledge before the sentence begins.