Magic is only useful against those with an affinity to magic. - Melinda M. Snodgrass

There is no kindness at courts, only greed and lies and pain.

We are penetrating the mysteries of the cosmos, and the secrets of life at its smaller levels."
And it is wrong. You must grasp the purity of the whole, not tear from the Goddess the secrets of her heart."
"Spinoza says that the more we understand individual objects, the more we understand God. I think that is a very profound statement. Why does your goddess fear what my God does not?
"The mechanistic path has led mankind to terror and suffering."
"No, ignorance and hatred and intolerance have led mankind to terror and suffering. And not all of our discoveries lead to death.

If you do not act, the world dies, and you with it. Surely survival is worth a little effort? Unless you are so eager to retire to that dismal heaven of your Christian god?