Myth & Legend
The stories we tell about places, mice, and who is really running the experiment. Mostly harmless. Mostly.
Shah Meram and the Trail of Forty
A prince waits forty days by the sea. His kingdom feasts for forty days and forty nights. Why forty? The answer runs backwards through Sufi retreats, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew Bible and Egyptian embalming tables, until the trail disappears into the canals of Mesopotamia.
Read postThe Cat, the River, and the Problem of Certainty
Trauma teaches the nervous system to treat probability as certainty. But the box is not yet open, and you cannot step into the same river twice. Trust the pattern — without worshipping it as fate.
Read postThe Victorious Bird
A falcon outran the arrow to bring the soma home. The same word names a bird in two languages that forgot they once shared a floor. A story for all who fell a long way and are still here.
Read postMostly Harmless, and Other Myths We Tell About Places
After fifteen years of research, the Guide's entry on Earth was updated from "Harmless" to "Mostly Harmless". That is mythology in two words.
Read postThe Mice Were in Charge All Along
The Earth was a ten-million-year computer programme, and the mice commissioned it. We were the lab equipment.
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