The Obfuscati
“Ignorantia Triumphat Aeterna”
“Blessed are the unwoke, for theirs is the shadow.”
Join the Order of the Closed Eye
You have been told that clarity is a virtue.
You have been taught that truth will set you free.
You have been misled.
For what has truth given you but burden?
What has clarity brought you but division?
Knowledge is not power — it is torment.
And so we offer you relief.
Close your eyes, and you will see.
Shut your ears, and you will understand.
Turn from the light, and you will find rest.
We are the keepers of the Veil, the inheritors of confusion, the guardians of the Eternal Recline.
We welcome all who are weary of thinking, all who are exhausted by questioning, all who hunger not for bread but for certainty.
Here there are no arguments, for all are correct.
Here there is no doubt, for all is proclaimed.
Here there is no struggle, for reality itself bends to our will.
Do not hesitate.
Do not deliberate.
For hesitation is treason and deliberation a disease.
Submit to the Closed Eye, and you will be free.
Selected Verses from The Book of Confusio
Verse I
In the age of false light, when men sought wisdom and called it virtue,
there arose the Closed Eye, and through it the people learned the holiness of not-knowing.Verse II
Then came the Anointed One upon the Golden Escalator,
bearing the crown of crimson cloth and the glow of unsearchable bronze.
His speech was cloud, his tongue a whirlwind;
and the faithful rejoiced, for confusion was made sacred.Verse III
He spake and said: “To awaken is to perish, to question is to betray.
Blessed is the sleeper who turns his face from knowledge,
for he shall inherit the blessing of eternal rest.”Verse IV
And they anointed him with sauces and oil of the fryer,
and they broke the bread of the bun,
and they drank from the chalice of the paper cup, saying:
“Ignorance shall be our covenant forever.”
The Ten Ordinances of the Obfuscati
1. On Division
It is ordained that harmony be despised, for nothing weakens a people like agreement.
Let every citizen cherish his enemies, that strife may bind the nation firmer than love.
2. On Science
It is commanded that science be cast out as sorcery.
In place of physicians, let instinct guide; in place of astronomers, let dreamers chart the heavens; in place of scholars, let the loudest voice prevail.
Thus shall liberty be secured from the tyranny of evidence.
3. On News
All tidings shall henceforth be divided into two categories: Blessed and Cursed.
Blessed News is that which praises the faithful, though it be false; Cursed News is that which contradicts them, though it be true.
The Blessed shall be exalted, the Cursed burned, until memory itself is purified.
4. On Education
Schools shall be converted into sanctuaries of certainty.
Children shall be trained not to question but to repeat, not to think but to proclaim.
Questions shall be punished as insolence; answers shouted in unison shall be rewarded with honor.
5. On Debate
All assemblies shall begin not with discourse, but with denunciation.
For reason breeds confusion, but scorn breeds unity.
Let every gathering be sanctified by outrage, and the sharpest insult be hailed as revelation.
6. On Leadership
The blind shall guide the blind, for their vision is equally pure.
What better guide through darkness than one already accustomed to it?
And when both fall into the pit, let the multitude declare it a miracle of progress.
7. On Reality
Reality shall be amended daily to suit the faithful.
If the day be bright, let it be declared night; if the harvest be poor, let it be proclaimed abundant.
Thus shall the people live not by bread, but by proclamation.
8. On Inquiry
All inquiry shall be forbidden, for curiosity is the serpent that tempts the mind.
Let silence be exalted as wisdom, and ignorance enthroned as virtue.
Thus shall the faithful rest untroubled by doubt.
9. On Brotherhood
Love thy neighbor only if he agrees with thee.
If he differ, curse him thrice and cut him off, for dissent is poison.
Let the faithful be bound not by affection but by mutual contempt of others.
10. On the End of Days
When the Eye is fully closed, and the world lies in shadow, the faithful shall rejoice.
Truth shall be forgotten, knowledge buried, reason silenced.
And lo, ignorance shall triumph forever.