Camel City Guy

"I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing, but if we are to give everything its due, twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too." -Fyodor Dostoyevsky

And what is the wasteland? It is a land where everybody is living an inauthentic life, doing as other people do, doing as you're told, with no courage for your own life. That is the wasteland.

Joseph Campbell

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Cairan ignored the bar’s other patrons. He sat alone drinking a wine from Iber, ignoring the smells of sweat and beer. Games of stones and dice were being bet on around him, but on the table in f...


Snows bore down hard and the wind picked up its howl. Cloak tight around him, Cairan trudged along following the quickly disappearing tracks. When they at last vanished, Cairan realized only then...


[I am posting this here though it is not a Kiljar story. Same universe some two generations later.] Hail the Queen Serin stood tall, one foot upon the war chest she had been adding to for the pas...


[This is not the last Kiljar story, but it is the end of his chronology on this earth. Even now, snippets that fill in the gaps come to me. But this is what all good things must do.] Kiljar is no...


The crown was too small for his head. He would have to have a larger, more glorious one made. Until then, he wore a wreath of laurels around his skull to signify is kingship. Upon the ground lay ...


The latest Kiljar short story has arrived. Sword meets sorcery as Kiljar battles a necromancer in “What Doesn’t Die”! http://my.w.tt/UiNb/dJAklf7DTu


Part 2 of Kiljar: Descendant of Atlantis- Raid on Marune is now finished and available to read on Wattpad. It contains violence, insanity, and all the other questionable things you have come to e...


May 16, 2016

Duneism FAQ in Duneism

Right now, no one has asked, but these are a few questions I foresee being asked. I will update as necessary. Q1. Is this a serious religion? A1. Yes, depending on the view of the person practici...


“God created Arrakis to train the faithful.” -“The Wisdom of Maud’Dib” by The Princess Irulan. Arrakis is a harsh desert world. Water has more value than gold. If you don’t die in a Coriolis stor...


As with many stories, Dune is a tale that can be used to impart many lessons, morals, and virtues. The following list is by no means extensive (yet), but contains what I feel are some of the virt...


Always strive for humanity. Another one that is not a direct quote, but a theme. Several meanings are encompassed in this statement. “Do not become stagnant.” “Do not digress as a person.” “Do no...


Thou shalt care for the planet on which you live. This one is not in quotes because it is not based on a direct statement from the Dune series. Nevertheless, themes of ecological balance and cons...


“Thou shalt not disfigure the soul.” (From the Orange Catholic Bible) The Bene Gesserits test to see if a person is truly human. By their beliefs, too many are metaphorical animals trapped in hum...


“Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of the human mind.” (From the Orange Catholic Bible.) “Once men turned their thinking over to machines in hope that this would set them free. But th...


I got to thinking about all the modern religions based on popular culture. There is Matrixism (from The Matrix franchise), Jediism (from the Star Wars franchise), Dudeism (from The Big Labowski),...


The sun was setting. The glow was matched by the glow of a village in flames. A man on horseback barked orders to soldiers in blood red armor. Fire danced off ringlets of gold and silver from the...


[As some users seem to find issues with links to wattpad not working (namely me) I reprint this here. It is a copyright protected material. Contains over-the-top violence, sexual innuendo, demons...


Kiljar stood next to Lugh. The man next to the god. Both towered over the others around them. But what chance did twenty men and a god have against another god with an army of demons? Lugh could ...


“Kiljar: Descendent of Atlantis- Anger Born” is out now and finished. All three parts are available on Wattpad. The link below will take you to part 1. For those of you that read Bow and Sword on...


Part one of Kiljar’s origin story is now up at the link below. Parts 2 and 3 are being worked on and will be up soon. http://w.tt/1FnyRfG


Life Lessons from Cats: As translated by frequent cat intern, CCG 1) Sleep often. This is best practiced in someone’s lap or a spot of warm sunshine. If neither is available, make any available s...


A parable of contridiction: I walk outside and the sun is too bright to see. I put on dark shades and now I can see well.


February 28, 2015

Parable in Wisdom of CCG

There is one light. There are many mirrors. Enough to light the world.


Eleven years had passed since he had been abandoned by his village, his tribe, his friends, and even his gods. They had denied him his test of manhood, though he passed anyway later on his own me...


ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS! All the civilizations you read about here count time differently. Some use solar calenders, others lunar. Some measure the years by the reigns of rulers. For convenienc...