Liber Neptuni - Chapter 45

Verses

Verse 19

I distrust Neptune because every fraud eventually discovers fog.

Verse 20

Say something vague enough and a crowd will call it depth.

Verse 21

Add incense and they will charge admission.

Verse 22

The guru says your confusion is sacred because explaining himself would end the business model.

Verse 23

No, your addiction is not a portal. Sometimes poison is merely punctual chemistry.

Verse 24

No, the person who lies to you beautifully is not your twin flame. They are a person who lies beautifully.

Verse 25

Mystery deserves respect; nonsense does not inherit respect by dressing like mystery.

Verse 26

I have met prophets whose entire cosmology collapsed when asked for a date and a receipt.

Verse 27

Poseidon had a trident. Modern charlatans have subscription tiers.

Verse 28

If enlightenment requires you to stop noticing contradictions, congratulations on your new contradiction.

Verse 29

A cat staring at an empty corner may see a spirit, a moth, or absolutely nothing. The cat does not sell a course afterward.

Verse 30

Dreams can reveal the mind. They can also reveal that you ate cheese at midnight.

Verse 31

Keep wonder, but give wonder a lock on the medicine cabinet.

Verse 32

Keep compassion, but do not confuse it with volunteering to be deceived.

Verse 33

I do not hate the ocean. I hate people who bottle seawater and label it Absolute.

Verse 34

If Neptune wants my reverence, it may begin by clearing the fog.