[ WP ] An alien species with the ability to read minds encounters humans , the alien species is blind and has never encountered a species that had eyes before and is shocked when it sees through the eyes of the human .

Long ago, the apes ascended from the canopy... They began to stand... They began to move across the land, exploring new terrain... Wherever they moved, they found new sources of food, and new forms of energy. Eventually, this constant search for nourishment would lead to a discovery which would introduce the ape to God, and God to the apes... 
 All we can say at this point, is that we're dealing with a vast intelligence of completely unknown origin... They have been here much longer than humankind. They have taken hold of the planet in such a way that their influence can not be extinguished... They can not be understood in such a way that we may reason with them... They arrived naked, as spores, many millenia ago. They took grip deep in the soil, laying down vast, complex networks of mycelium. These spores may have been planted here long ago, but there is no way to know. 
 When the apes first took the fungal flesh from the ground, it appeared to be right for eating. They examined the mushroom closely and after a moment of thought, they began to eat. After some time had passed the group began to feel the ground shake, they felt a strange uncontrollable energy take hold of them as they slipped into a new world of sensation and being. In this state, they had unknowingly become the hosts of an alien species. The alien had been invited into the nervous system of the ape, allowing it to observe the world through the apes senses. The alien was overwhelmed, as it was the first moment it had perceived the light of any star through any kind of optical facility. It was so enthralled with the beauty of light that it resolved to stay with the ape, to live along with it in a symbiosis. 
 The alien took its home in the brain, accounting for the increase in brain size we see in the fossil record. The alien constructed the centers of our brain which allow us to have linguistic facility, the ability to construct meaning. The ability to construct awareness. The mushroom was the original source of knowledge, of self-awareness, of consciousness, and most importantly, language. The alien mind however, is bifurcated. One half representing the good, and the other, evil manifest. As the alien took hold, this bifurcation expanded to manifest in the population... Those who know that language is the key to all meaning hold this very key in their hand. Whoever may possess this key has full access to the wellspring of all knowledge, they are in direct contact with logos. cosmic truth. 
 Our ancestors call up to us through time, they show us our true nature, our calling as children of the world. Throughout time, in every society, in every time and place since the initial emergence of consciousness, there have existed story tellers who deliver potent lessons which resonate forth through time. Conversely, no less in a similar vein, there have long existed those with cunning rhetorical wit and charm who abuse their endowment. These are the men and women who carve lies into the minds of the masses with their tongues... These individuals do not work alone, they represent the law. They represent fortune, they channel the voice which echoes the very mantra of all stratified society; secrecy... secrecy... secrecy... 
 The story teller, the shaman, and the poet are always chanting together; light, light, light, shine up from within... restore us to our last sane moment... return us to paradise... There is an ongoing battle for the spirit of humankind. This, however, is not a battle in which anyone may ever claim final victory, for this battle is not fought through the execution of deadly strategy, no... This is a poetic war... a war which will rage onward as long as there are humans alive on planet earth...
