The Delphic Temple Part II - The Oracle's Response

from Return of the Sophist by Polemicist

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lyrics

As I waited for my answer:
The Pythia lunged out of her seat
Pointed her figure toward the sky
Inhaled the fragrant pneuma
And Became enraptured in ecstasy

The vapors thickly engulfed her
As she whispered her question
And closed her eyes
The Priests wrote down this vision
In their book of lies
All the while they stood in awe
As she collected herself
And began to recite:

“What do you know of Wisdom, Warrior?
Do you think it can be bought?
Even our pagan gods know not all the answers…
What can man know in their shadow?

I stood deep in thought
Drew inward, as my words could not express
Wisdom, as she saw it to be
Her cryptic lines infect my mind
In Hexameter verses, her wisdom disperses

As she came down
I knew who she meant
The Priests wrote down his name
On the tablet
I knew the name, I knew of his infamy
Foundations enormous weighed upon me
But also a victory!

“There is one that pesters like a gadfly
There is one that attacks all dogmatic beliefs
There is one more that claims to lack Wisdom
Wisest is He
Or She”

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from Return of the Sophist, released June 25, 2021

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