Currently we are led to believe that ‘they’ are trying to herd us into confined areas and ‘smart cities’. Designed to keep us controlled within a controlled environment, taxing us per breath and movement in the not-so-distant future. Being an obsessive and stalky parent type jailor, but with a vampirish overtone, constantly wanting you to volunteer and comply of your own accord. Handing yourself and your bloodline over for sacrifice. Leading to there then being separate worlds within the world, which to a point we already have. Certain countries not entirely open to the whole world, countries that had previously been shut off or restricted as we are told. And there is even speculation if you follow the crater earth / bigger earth theory, that there is more land than we have been told about, so could be countless other ‘countries’ or lands. Operating alongside us to a certain degree, but just as unaware as we are. And if you think out a bit further, it could easily be speculated that if we are in a contained environment as with the firmament idea or as a globe in a larger universe, then we are just a world within a world anyway.

And as an extra layer, we are often said to have our own world’s going on in our heads as well, again being a world within a world, but a separated and detached one from outside. So far, your thoughts and ideas and processes in mind are hidden from external view, and still seem to be quite the mystery, yet we function adequately. Perhaps we are also disconnected from something else too, something external to us and where we are. I sometimes give thought to what Oppenheimer said about being the destroyer of worlds, as many have, wondering what was truly meant by it. And what world was destroyed if any, ours? Another world? Or perhaps it was a connection to something that was broken, leading us down a dark path. Although, it is entirely possible we were always on that dark path and have been prone to what we call the ‘human condition’ for the longest time.

There is another idea though, I guess I touched upon in The Bit In Between and Cities in the Sky. Of the idea that there are different levels, or realms perhaps above and below us, that we are between worlds of sorts. Maybe that’s why we have stories of purgatory, feeling as though we are trapped between the living and dead somewhat, and maybe we are. The ‘dead’ underneath us, and a different level of ‘alive’ above, perhaps. The Underworld and Heaven becoming the mythological fantasy versions of them, but maybe they started as other stories of wonderous cities in the sky, and terrifying caverns down below. Each with their own lifeforms and histories, just as we have in ours. Yet somewhere along the line, they became intermingled, possibly a catastrophe engulfed or affected all three and the ‘borders’ became somewhat blurred for a time, or things that were never meant to be seen became visible. Giving rise to new theories, ideas and speculations, just as we have these days. Or of course, it could just be that we as humans are merely at the mercy of our imaginations and our ability for deception, both towards other people and ourselves, makes it easy for our minds to find their way to mischief. But you never know, it may be within madness and mischief we find the answer, so I believe I shall keep looking…

(c) K Wicks