A narrative

[Adrian]

“... nor do I presume to think that we are alone in this darkness, in the universe so unexplored. Such arrogance has brought down and crumbled civilizations long before humans learned to live on two, not on all fours, and will steadily continue to do so in the, what seems to be, cold and malicious future. There are things slithering on the very ocean floor; there are beings that proclaim their rightful place in the cosmic cycle with their absence from it. Things that could not have ended up on Earth by any other means than interstellar travel, things that hitchhiked on asteroids and meteors, eaters of empty space, drinkers of aether!
I refuse to acknowledge Dee and his infernal angels! I refute Crowley and his Aiwass! I deny their magick, I mock their methods of dabbling among crystals and tarot’ cards while scientific method is left idle: was it not the keen sight that the telescope purified, that discovered the Earth was not flat? Was it any angel or demon that explained Newton the laws of gravity? No! It was Einstein, who created potent formulas to bend the Shape, it was Planck who triumphed over Agrippa with its banishing constants; and Mendelbrot’s fractals still pave the way to future dimensions, where Abramelin only dared to turn his back on.
Are we barbarians to turn our backs on advancements that shine light into the infinite gulfs of space? Are we as ancient Greeks too scared to sail too far from the lighthouse and not to navigate only by the light of the Morning Star? Should we be so terrified, mentally petrified that to abandon all knowledge delved from the countless generations that came before us and who lost their minds in the process of gaining the truth beyond the veil of ignorance?
Whatever source may assist us on finding the path through the fears of the unknown, however terrible, threatening or defiling – I proclaim it as an ally of Man! Whoever gives us aid – I welcome it! Have we not exited the caves of superstitions and built a sound, organized society where reason rules above fears that filled our senses when we still had to huddle around fire that we learnt to tame to hide from the wolves outside our settlements?
It is in the stars, that our future legacy is written! Aeons and aeons have shaped the planet we are given the privilege to exist on, during which science has existed in one form or another. Therefore to study the planets and the constellations we must, for what happened millions of years ago may happen again, except this time human races occupies the surroundings, not some primordial shapelings that are now used for mere fuel and consumed by fires to produce heat…”



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It is a narrative from my oncoming fic, held by an astronomer to the protagonist. Is it too... vague or overblown? Opinions please

[cussedness]

I like it Adrian.

There's a poetic intensity and a rhythm to the prose.

[Adrian]

Thank you for your opinion