THE EMPEROR

A VISION OF THE FUTURE

A REFLECTION OF THE PAST

 

brought the emprie out of the chaos of the french revolution.

Need a more environmenal angle...larger part of cosmic landscape...part of nature.

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Since the dawn of human history, civilization has been governed by authoritarian rule.

Society was controlled by emperors, kings and pharaohs.

People believed that their leaders ruled by divine right, that their leaders were the bridge between God and mankind.

As today's democracies fail to put in place needed reform, violence and chaos loom in the near future.

Out of this chaos will emerge a person we call the Emperor

The Emperor will put in place the laws needed for man to live on Earth, but this will be a brutal, ferocious process of getting back to nature.


PICTURES OF THE EMPEROR

THE EMPEROR IS A PART OF THE LARGER
COSMIC LANDSCAPE. A PIECE OF NATURE.

HE IS BUT A SMALL FIGURE AT THE BOTTOM
OF THIS CHINESE, TANG DYNASTY SCROLL


UNDER ALEXANDER THE GREAT

A "COSMOPOLIS" WAS CREATED — THE WORLD STATE

HE PRESIDED OVER AN EMPIRE THAT STRETCHED FROM GREECE TO INDIA

HE PAVED THE WAY TO THE HELLENISTIC ERA


IN INDIA THE FIRST GREAT EMPIRE WAS THE MAURYAN DYNASTY

UNDER THE EMPEROR CHANDRAGUPTA

HIS TUTOR, KAUTILYA, WROTE THE FIRST BOOK ON STATESCRAFT

WHICH SAID THE EXPANSION OF THE STATE IS THE ULTIMATE GOOD


IN MONGOLIA TODAY

STANDS A VISION OF GLORY

A MONUMENT TO GHENGIS KHAN

THE GREATEST CONQUEROR IN WORLD HISTORY


THE ROMAN EMPEROR AUGUSTUS CAESAR

SWEPT AWAY A DYING REPUBLIC

AND PUT IN PLACE A THRIVING EMPIRE

HE WAS HAILED BY THE PEOPLE AS A LIVING GOD


NAPOLEON BONAPARTE BUILT AN EMPIRE OUT OF THE CHAOS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST MILITARY COMMANDERS IN HISTORY

OF HIS SUCCESS, HE HAS SAID:

 

"I FEEL MYSELF DRIVEN TOWARD AN END THAT I DO NOT KNOW.

AS SOON AS I HAVE REACHED IT, AS SOON AS I SHALL BECOME UNNECESSARY,

AN ATOM WILL SUFFICE TO SHATTER ME.

UNTIL THEN, ALL THE FORCES OF MANKIND CAN DO NOTHING TO STOP ME."


 

AS THE WORLD CRISIS UNFORLDS

WE ASK, WHO WILL BE THE NEXT EMPEROR ?

WHO WILL STEP OUT OF THE SHADOWS AND ONTO THE STAGE OF WORLD HISTORY?

THIS PERSON WILL BE A BRUTAL LEADER, WHO WILL CLEAN UP THE MESS CAUSED BY TODAY'S LEADERS

THEY WILL BE NATURE'S HAND OF JUSTICE ON EARTH, AN AGENT OF FATE.

THEY WILL PUT IN PLACE A SYSTEM FOUNDED ON ETERNAL VALUES.