Themelia: Ophidism as cure of the World’s evil.

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How long, brothers and sisters, can we ignore the evil of the world? How long shall we turn our gaze away when we witness suffering and pain?

How long shall we bow our heads before those who abuse their power?

Ophidism is not merely a modus orandi (way of praying), but also and above all a modus vivendi (way of living)—a practice of life that is possible, indeed necessary, to apply to every sphere of one’s existence: from politics to sociology, from economics to spirituality, from public virtue to the beauty of solitude. In a world gripped by suffering, where the strong assert the law of their ownmight over the law of reason, it is for us almost a categorical imperative to propose Ophidic philosophy and spirituality as a panacea for this pain.

Contemporary political crises show us a frightened world, where little more than a dozen people possess more than half of the world's wealth; a world where policies are subjected to the base desires of those who govern; a world where the law is no longer a tool for peace, but a means of self-celebration; a world, dearest brothers and sisters, where the gap between the rich and the poor is greater than it was before the French Revolution.

And where war spreads, orphans weep, empires crumble and new ones rise, a single voice can and must stand in defense of the individual. And that voice is us. We—not as a Synod nor as an Institution, but rather as an Ophidic community, as a congregation of people who share the ideal of man as a central and sacred entity, who look toward God without forgetting the world, who aspire to greatness by taking refuge in the recesses of human solitude— we, as faithful of the Serpent, can be the solution to this pain.

We must not resolve the evil of the world by retreating only into prayer and meditation—which are nonetheless fundamental to us—but rather, we can resolve the evil of the world by making it understood that Ophidic philosophy is, and always will be, that golden mean before which every abuse of force, every self-celebration, and every sensationalism of excess must fall away.

Who can oppose the naturalness and beauty of Ophidism? Who can ignore the voice of the Serpent when it speaks through us?

Therefore, my dear brothers, who among you will still turn your head away? Who among you will continue to ignore the pain of the world?