Echoes of Dead Worlds

The Power of Onions

January 22, 2022 Saxo

“Onions are said to be a soporific and, eaten with bread, to be capable of healing mouth sores.” […]

To Humble the Great and Mighty

January 20, 2022 Saxo

“The third annoyance was this, that free license was given, upon that day of triumph, to utter the most galling reproaches, and the most cutting sarcasms, against the victor while enjoying his triumph.” […]

Origins of the Snake

January 18, 2022 Saxo

“Thou shalt be a self-chosen vessel of venom and death as evidence that thou didst hide venomous envy in thy body. I declare the covenant sundered between thee and all mankind; thy head and neck shall be crushed under the heel and the tread of men in revenge for the treachery which mankind has suffered through thy slippery cunning.” […]

The Mask of Civility Slips

January 16, 2022 Saxo

“And then the king must not consider it a crime of mine when I will not eat with them, nor drink water with them, nor even rise before your Messenger, not inquire of him about Your Majesty’s health, when they come here.” […]

Wisdom of the Ancients

January 15, 2022 Saxo

THE SCENE: On topics as diverse as “what’s the right age to get married?” to “should I shit in a river?”, the 8th Century BC writer Hesiod has an answer to all your ancient etiquette […]

The Story of How You Got Damned

January 13, 2022 Saxo

“To this very day we still distribute ourselves over all the world, using every sort of guile and rascality, driving men away from the Faith and urging them on to sin and wickedness, that we may strengthen ourselves as best we can against Jesus by plaguing his followers unto death.” […]

An Obituary for the Ages

January 11, 2022 Saxo

“The man, indeed, who had been hired, at great expense, to extract the brain, became infected, as it is said, from the intolerable stench, and died; and thus, as the body of the departed Elisha reanimated the dead, so Henry’s dead body gave death to the living.” […]