The Beast

Artemis
Aug 21, 2025
2 min read

A shadow made flesh. Known by many names whispered in countless languages across cultures, continents, and centuries. Not because The Beast is omnipotent — but because he is us: the bloodied edge of the collective unconscious, the accretion of every hidden violence, jealous impulse, unspoken fury, and hungry grief we’ve refused to confront. He appears as a towering, semi-humanoid figure wreathed in shifting shadows — his form never fully clear, as if flickering between dimensions. Horns curl back from his skull whilst twin portals of darkness serve as eyes like mirrors that reflect the darkest thoughts as if to ask “how is this me?”

Oracle Message

Unlike Lucifer, Asmodeus, or even Leviathan — beings we might still find seductive or even relatable — The Beast is not someone we want to understand. He is pure projection: our most feral fantasies and rageful urges banished to the dark and left to rot. He is not evil for the sake of evil — he is what happens when we are wounded and silent.

And here’s the truth: your worst thoughts are not sins. They are signals. The Beast doesn’t ask you to act — he asks you to witness. To honor the rage that comes from betrayal. To name the jealousy born from abandonment. To reclaim your right to feel deeply, and let it move through you like storm through soil. Make art. Write the darkness. Burn the page. Watch a horror film that leaves you shaken but clean. Your shadows deserve a container — not a prison.