Of Mysteries, Twelve

Within realms of the unknown, superstition stalks. Primitives see god in a rainbow, but they also suspect a deadly serpent beneath every unturned stone. Ignorance and fear sometimes unite to inspire us or spare us, but more often this demonic duality serves to light the torches of enraged mobs. Indeed, history tells stories of witches burned alive amid great celebrations. We know these things happened. We also know witchcraft is a figment. Fearlessly now, step away from the staid, known world that shelters you. Venture into lands of conundrum and enigma to ponder matters of mind. Of a midnight carnival hosting dark celebrations; of lasting drought within the well of souls; of lost places and all the banished who wander there; of fantastic escapes in madness and of moral frailty before inhuman error; of esoteric authority that engenders supernatural potential; of witches, real and imagined, and of all our kind vanished into the never-seen; such twisted threads weave life's strange tapestry. Of answers, here find many startling propositions, and of mysteries, twelve.