Book Discussion A mysterious book 'P0rt4l of the S4nctu4ry of M34nings' with a painting (it’s more crypto than magic, but…)

[Darkalcf08]

Some time ago, an interesting and mysterious book (or rather, it’s more of a publication in the form of a PDF e-book) appeared online. It has a strange title: 'P0rt4l of the S4nctu4ry of M34nings' and consists of just a few pages. Essentially, only two — one features a very strange artwork that covers the entire page, and the other contains a poem. Everything is in the style of cryptographic puzzles (like Cicada 3301 and similar). It's easier to see for yourself: you can find

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(link to Tiiny Host) (ENG, .pdf, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

I’m definitely not a fan of this kind of literature or puzzles, but the artwork caught my attention! The thing is, there is clearly something magical and alchemical in it. Not just the atmosphere or appearance, but something deep, hidden. Symbolism. It’s some kind of ritual, an ancient ritual, and some ancient knowledge.

It feels like something similar I’ve seen in a dream, and not just once! It’s a very strange feeling when I look at this image.

 

[HoldAll]

I can't find the thread at the moment but as far as I remember, it's been posted before. By chance I came across the full version of it one day and it turned out to be a sham or a joke, I don't remember which, only that the previous poster was really obnoxious and hysterical about it and wanted us all to go on a treasure hunt for that ultra-secret wisdom mysteriously revealed to the elect few by the gods of cyberspace or something. A hyped-up grimoire version of a forced meme, if you ask me.

 

[Asteriskos]

I took a look at it and I gotta say, nice priestesses, and cool monolith.
Nothing strikes me as worthy of more than a passing glance though!
The fact that AI was involved in the art and the text kinda sours it for me!
An attempt to create something (pseudo) mysterious, IMHO!