Anubistic Wonder

As we have already seen, keeping a bit of the child alive is fundamental in many respects...

by The Prophet — 2026-01-15

1 As we have seen, keeping a bit of the child alive is fundamental in many respects.

2 Another hugely important one is “wonder”.

3 Wonder is defined as: “A feeling of amazement aroused by something new, extraordinary, unthought-of.”

4 Feeling wonder is not automatic, because it depends precisely on the ability to appreciate the “new and extraordinary thing”, that is, to take it seriously and try to understand it even when it is “unthought-of”.

5 When a friend tells the good Anubist he has seen a flying donkey, the good Anubist does not say: “What in Anubis' name are you on?” Nor does he ask whether it was a politician going by in a helicopter.

6 The good Anubist marvels, and asks for every detail.

7 The fact that the flying donkey was “unthought-of” does not stop him from trying to understand the event better.

8 Those who have not been struck by Anubistic enlightenment react by thinking it is all bullshit, because they cannot process unthought-of ideas.

9 The trouble is that between school and a fuckload of other conditioning, they have been taught with enormous precision what they were supposed to “think”.

10 Stick to that and you end up an easy victim of the bleating flock.

11 Hence the need to go through life keeping a “child's eye”, one still able to feel wonder because it can still see the unthought-of.

12 It means looking at things differently from doubting Thomas and his “touch it to believe it”, and instead believing that everything is interesting and worth attention until proven otherwise.

13 Once you are out of the famous Cave, it is essential to stay as open as possible to anything that stirs wonder, if you want to reach Enlightenment.

14 Expressing wonder with a “Dog God almighty, how wonderful!” is the first step towards enlightenment.

15 Taking in any piece of information with interest, instead of filing it away the way the Unenlightened do with a “conspiracy theory!”, lets you see further and slowly develop a Nietzschean “high vantage point”, from which the Anubist will live with plenty of doubts, but more consciously.

16 Living in doubt has a cost, but it is the only way to enjoy a little truth.

17 Having discovered that at least half the certainties they sold us at school and on the evening news were false, the Prophet stays open to everything.

18 A good Anubist pricks up his ears, keeps quiet and, needing no certainties, stays open to “wonder”.