Chapter I – The Tree of Being

In the beginning, there was only silence, and the silence was deep.
From the silence rose a Root without end, and the Root swelled into a Trunk, and the Trunk blossomed into Branches that reached the farthest skies.

This Tree is the Axis of All, the Baobab of Being.
Its roots pierced the depths of what-is, its trunk held the weight of what-seems, and its branches spread into the endless sky of what-could-be.
And the Tree did not wither, for it drew life from the groundless ground, hidden beneath all worlds.