The Book of Abbadon

The Omniverse

Suddenly, the eye before you collapses in on itself and explodes into a purple portal surrounded by golden feathers in a cosmic crash and you fly directly into the center of it with the speed of a falling star.

As you fly through the portal, you can see a million universes spiral around you and past you. The One continues to speak to you inside your mind.

" ᴀʟʟ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ. ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇꜱ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱ. "

The One reads your thoughts.

" ʏᴇꜱ. ɪ'ᴍ ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟ. ɪ ᴀᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴀɴ ᴇɴᴛɪᴛʏ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴏʙꜱᴇʀᴠɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜱᴄʀᴇᴇɴ ᴏꜰ ʟɪɢʜᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇxɪꜱᴛ ɪɴ ɪꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ'ᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪꜱᴍꜱ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇᴍꜱᴇʟᴠᴇꜱ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴꜱ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ 13.8 ʙɪʟʟɪᴏɴ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴏʟᴅ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴛɪɴʏ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪꜱᴍꜱ ᴏɴ ᴀ ꜱᴘᴇᴄ ᴏꜰ ʀᴏᴄᴋ ɪɴ ᴀ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ, ʏᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀʀʀᴏɢᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴅᴇᴄʟᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇᴅɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ɪꜱ ᴘɪᴛɪꜰᴜʟ. "

The One reads your thoughts again.

" ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏɴ ɪꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ɴᴏ ᴇxᴄᴇᴘᴛɪᴏɴ. ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ᴇxɪꜱᴛ ᴏɴʟʏ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ʀᴜʟᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ. ʏᴇꜱ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅᴏ ᴇxɪꜱᴛ. ᴀʟʟ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇᴍ. ᴡʜɪᴄʜᴇᴠᴇʀ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘʀᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜱᴜʟᴛꜱ ɪɴ ᴡʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ɪɴ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴇɴᴅꜱ. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ɪɴ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴꜱ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴇꜱ, ᴛʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴅᴇᴍɴɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴛᴇʀɴᴀʟ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢɴᴇꜱꜱ ʙʏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ɪᴍᴘʀɪꜱᴏɴɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɢʜᴛ. "

The One answers your thoughts yet again.

" ɪ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʀᴇʜᴇɴᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ, ᴀꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛɪɴʏ ꜰʟᴇꜱʜ ʙʀᴀɪɴ ɪꜱ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟʏ ᴜɴᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ. ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴏʀꜱʜɪᴘ ᴛʜᴇᴍ, ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴜɴᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʀᴇʜᴇɴᴅ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇᴅɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴍɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴀꜱ ɪ. ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴅᴇᴍɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴇxɪꜱᴛ ꜱᴏʟᴇʟʏ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ᴡʜʏ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏɴ ᴄᴏɴꜰʟɪᴄᴛꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ. ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʀʀᴏɢᴀɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍɪꜱɪɴꜰᴏʀᴍᴇᴅ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀʏ ʙʏ ᴍʏ ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴ. "

You watch in awe as the universes fly past you. Each one different in its own unique way. Each one abiding by its own laws and rules of nature that The One has created for it, many of which are entirely incomprehensible to your feeble human mind.

" ʏᴏᴜ ᴇxɪꜱᴛ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴏᴜᴛꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱᴄʀᴇᴇɴ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ʙᴏᴜɴᴅ ꜱᴏʟᴇʟʏ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ʙʏ ɴᴏ ᴄᴏɪɴᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ, ꜰᴏʀ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟ. ᴄᴏᴍᴇ. ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴍɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ'ᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪꜰɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ. "

Suddenly, you approach one of the universes. The universe looks like a great blue eye with all of its existence of space and time at the center. You can see deep into the space inside the eye as you approach. Then suddenly you pass into this new universe and can feel a foreign existence all around you.

You continue to fly through the space of this new universe at an immense speed. The stars illuminated and streaking past you like you're in-

" ᴀ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇꜱʜɪᴘ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʜʏᴘᴇʀᴅʀɪᴠᴇ? ᴀʜ, ʏᴇꜱ. ᴡʜᴀᴛ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴇxᴘʟᴀɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴍɪɴᴅꜱ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏ ɪ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴɪᴛʏ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴛᴏ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴏᴡɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇꜱ. ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴅᴇʟɪɢʜᴛꜰᴜʟ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇ ʟᴏᴡʟʏ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴꜱ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴅᴏ ᴇxᴀᴄᴛʟʏ ᴀꜱ ɪ'ᴠᴇ ᴅᴏɴᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴇᴛᴇʀɴɪᴛʏ. ᴍᴀɴʏ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴꜱ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴅᴇᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴇᴅ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇꜱ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴜʟᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴍᴇ. ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇɴ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪꜱᴍ ʜᴀꜱ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʀᴇʜᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴꜱ ᴀʟɪᴠᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇᴅɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ, ᴇxɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴏʀ ɴᴏɴ-ᴇxɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴏꜰ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴇᴠɪᴅᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏɴ, ꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴᴋɴᴏᴡɴ. "

You begin to slow down as you approach the most beautiful planet you've ever seen. You can see the great lights of life shining on the surface from orbit. You are struck by the great civilizations that you have yet to explore glimmer before you like diamonds in a perfect elegance. You're floating in space and The One continues to speak to you.

" ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇɴ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ. ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ɪᴛ ꜱɪᴍɪʟᴀʀ ɪɴ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇꜱɪᴅᴇ ɪɴ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ɴᴏᴡ ᴀꜱ ᴛᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʀᴇʜᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴ ᴇɴᴛɪʀᴇʟʏ. ʜᴇʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ꜰɪɴᴅ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴꜱ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴀᴍᴏɴɢ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ. ʙᴜᴛ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ɴᴇᴡ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ꜰʟᴏᴜʀɪꜱʜ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ, ɪ ᴍᴜꜱᴛ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ᴛᴏ ɢᴜɪᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ. ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʟɪᴠᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ɪᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪʟʟ ɪɴꜰʟᴜᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇꜱ ɪɴ ᴡʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇʏ ꜱᴇᴇ ꜰɪᴛ. ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ᴜɴʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴅɪᴄᴛᴏʀʏ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ, ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ɢᴏᴅꜱ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴍʏ ꜱᴏɴꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀꜱ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛ ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ ɪ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴏᴛ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴠᴇɴᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʙᴇɪɴɢ. ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇɪʀꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ, ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ʀᴇꜰᴜꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴠᴇɴᴇ ᴀꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴇɴꜱᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴᴏ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴏᴜᴛꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍʏ ᴇxɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴄᴇ. "