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It is fact that the Earth spins, and that this spinning divides the world into day and night. It is also fact that each night comes when the angel of the sun can bear looking at the world no longer, and that day comes when she again uncovers her face. This is not a paradox, however: it is a difference in viewpoint. The world of Nobilis can be looked at as the prosaic Earth, where our planet is a spinning sphere, or as the mythic world, where the Earth is flat and magic makes the rivers flow. These views are internally consistent except in the presence of dual-natured beings like the Nobilis. The Excrucians and Imperators choose consciously between these views; mundane humans almost always choose subconsciously.

Although the Dementia Animus protects society from the truths of Imperators and war, the Earth of Nobilis is not precisely the same as ours. There are magics that humans can use on prosaic Earth, unrelated to Noble miracles. The philosophies of Heaven and Hell have shaped and catalyzed crises that humanity remembers as strongly as it remembers the death of John Kennedy and the fall of Rome. The guiding hand of Lord Entropy and the Four is evident in many of the conditions that pertain today.

1. Magic Is Real
2. Evil Is Real
3. Justice Has Failed
4. There Are New Wonders
5. There are More Wars; There is More Faith
6. Miracles Live In Every Flower

See Also

• The Nature of History
• Mythic World