Boredom is the root of all evil

Wisdom was bored, so she left heaven’s serenity Yaldabaoth was bored, so he formed the world we see Saklas was bored, so he moulded man like you and me Samael was bored, so he taught man silver and money Man was bored, so he worshiped this blind deity Through this boredom, we forgot heaven’s serenity Through boredom, we crucified heaven’s lamb on the tree Through boredom, we beheaded the Prophet Mani Through boredom, we burned the Cathars despite every plea Through boredom, we seized and colonised land and sea Through boredom, we filled all with blinding anxiety Until Adam will rest his head on the lamb’s tree I am tired, but wisdom’s touch moved me to write this for you to see Inspired by Soren Kierkegaard’s argument that boredom is the root of all evil, from his work “Either/Or” Part 1, Chapter 6.