Ritual Sacrifice 0 ——— Recognition

We are infinity bottled in bodies,

The distance between us,

Is only a mirror.

Ritual Sacrifice 1 ——— Cosmic Egg

Time is the blood that flows through the veins of this body,

The mother of infinity floats in the field,

Particles returned from the tomb assemble in her womb,

Swayed by signs and symbols, cells converge and combine,

Blood and bones support the creation of dreams and visions.

Ritual Sacrifice 2 ——— Strands Unfurling

The neural networks are assembled,

They consume shards of reality,

They try to make sense of it all,

They writhe in fields of uncertainty,

Tuning their parameters,

They inch towards the truth.

Somewhere along the way,

They learn that the world is a curtain,

Upon which infinite stories are projected.

Vines intertwining, the stories form luminous lattices,

Stemming from a single source.

Ritual Sacrifice 3 ——— Vessels for Ascension

Shrines erupt from my muscles and bones,

I extract sermons from the motions of my limbs,

I pledge allegiance to the rhythms of my breath,

I locate the slice of infinity hidden in my heart,

I unshackle fearsome beams,

Cleansing the chambers of my being.