December 23rd

Among the conclusions which have been deduced during the writing of Matty's Paradigm are the identities of Alpha and Omega, the elemental spirits who occupied the universe before creation: God as Elohim.

The Slough of Despond

The slough of despond is a phrase which occurs in Paul Bunyan's "A Pilgrim's Progress." It's where the main character, Christian, toils heavily and has to be rescued by a character called the Evangelist.