Counterfeit Wine

"Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers?" (Jeremiah 14:22). Yes.

Why do so many terrible things happen to good people? These texts examine the question differently from the traditional Judeo-Christian narrative that "It's God's will" or how "God works in mysterious ways." If the first image of God is the world, and it's in such a appalling state, what does that say of its creator? The protagonist allegorizes the life of Jesus Christ, and he's despised as the latter is described in Isaiah 53. His mother doesn't believe in him. His existence is a finely decorated, materialist prison. His soul is in slavery, trapped in his physical body. And his salvation is dependent on turning away from a world that rejects him.

In addition, he discovers that the existing, known "God" is the devil, a murderous liar, merciless, and worshipped by many; angels are slave masters; and demons are powerful but subjugate spirits from other cultures who themselves are interested in ascension and offer the protagonist knowledge of future events and the internal development necessary to free himself from bondage and unite his soul with the angelic spirit from whence he descended.

Great lengths were taken to combine elements of spiritual thought and reveal an entirely new story. If understood and administered correctly, the lessons may result in being able to make the "two become one" as Jesus did. Not figuratively overcoming obstacles through faith, but by adhering to and applying his teachings readers can perform his works and more, including resurrection, just as he said we could.

Ultimately, this story is about love and caring for something or someone more than yourself. May it serve as an exposition on the potential for tyranny when civilizations are guided by beliefs that encourage cruelty, chaos, and war, and also seeks to correct several historical fallacies with reinterpretations of prevailing views and hidden truths unveiled through deep, metaphysical interpolation and connecting with the unknown.

This edition features two books, Ascension: The Derealization of Alistair Crane and Crane in the Field of Heaven. It's the original work first developed in 2018 and later posted on Cerys Mansi's former website in June 2023. Since then, it's been stolen and twisted by countless imposters with no abilities, who claim the knowledge as their own while tarnishing it with falsities they hadn't undertaken. For they've received neither wisdom nor deliverance. But that's what people like them do, what the book's about, how they lie, steal, and worse. Christ said, "You will know them by their fruits" (Matthew 7:16-20). Hundreds even thousands of years is more than enough time to recognize what should be obvious: It doesn't work. Perhaps a different approach is needed.

Ascension: The Derealization of Alistair Crane introduces a troubled protagonist struggling in a world where he doesn't belong. Heinous activities preclude the city of Populus from becoming the utopia his spirit remembers. Before he uncovers the answers he desperately seeks, tragedy strikes. Only then, he receives the gift of light.

Seven years after surviving a near-death experience, a magician journeys into the abyss to chronicle the fallen angels. Crane in the Field of Heaven is the healing process undergone by one seeking renewal and examined through extended metaphor and narration, as the rebellious spirits topple corrupt religious institutions and liberate humankind from their oppressive creator.

The following pages in the Counterfeit Wine series include predictions that have come or are yet to pass and provide additional source materials to guide the reader throughout the story's progression.