In our static and denatured world, novelty is the only escape

The last great catastrophe and alchemical purification was approximately 13,000 years ago; it is often referred to as the deluge The event, as part of the greater Yuga cycle (identified by Indian sages thousands of years ago), brought us out of the Kali Yuga and into Treta Yuga. Such catastrophes are part of a larger transformation; one that students of spiritual alchemy understand and most others have no knowledge of.

These periodic catastrophes serve the greater good by removing corruption and allowing those of pure intention to again inherit the world. Alchemists often use the analogy of a metal-worker using fire to melt and purify metals, thus removing the impure elements and leaving only pure metals behind.

As a Taoist, I believe that novelty is the essential nectar of our existence. Without the continual emergence of novelty the world would become static and dead. It is inevitable, that from the ashes of this lost and desolate world, a new and more novel world will eventually emerge.

It is the nature of living things to grow and change with their surroundings; to play an active role in fomenting their destiny. It is the nature of dead things to remain unchanged despite the ever-fluctuating world around them; to stand by passively without contributing anything novel for the benefit of the collective.

I firmly believe that we are forever in a battle between the forces of novelty and the forces of stasis. In each moment we are given the opportunity to remain static or to use our creative intellect to manifest new and more interesting things. Furthermore I think that it is evident that, if we fail to keep our focus on cultivating and expressing novelty, that nature has a way of leaving us behind.

In a state of static and unchanging darkness, we are no longer worth the energy that we consume; for the overall entropic good of the system, such things must be discarded so that greater forms of novelty will be able to emerge in its place.