The Libertine Gospel
The Libertine Gospel is a manifesto in motion—a newsletter for those who exalt freedom above obedience, instinct above inhibition, and the raw splendor of the individual above the trembling morality of the herd. Written in the spirit of other divine blasphemers, this is your invitation to strip away the mask, unleash the beast, and revel in the sacred ecstasy of living unapologetically. Essays, manifestos, confessions, and unfiltered truths—delivered with velvet and fire. Subscribe if you dare. aesop724.substack.com
Episodes
It was our annual New Year’s Eve party. A traditional black and white tie affair. The party had been in full swing for at least an hour before I noticed her. The band was playing and the guests were dancing. In hindsight, the fact that she slipped past me without me noticing was unusual. My eyes are like radar at these gatherings, scanning for any new or intriguing faces. Somehow, she slipped past my awareness un...
There is nothing noble in a tamed man.
I have stared into the mirror of society and seen not faces, but masks—smooth, hollow, interchangeable. I have watched as individuals, once shimmering with peculiar radiance, surrender their edges for the approval of the mob. They speak not their own truths but repeat those which will not cost them anything. They suppress hunger in favor of harmony, passion in favor of politeness, and then, con...
They call freedom a virtue when it conforms to their paper-thin values—when it is neat, bloodless, and contained within the fence of legality. They whisper it proudly in textbooks and speeches, but only so far as it marches to the rhythm of the state, the family, and the church. The moment freedom becomes wild and uncompromising, it ceases to be a virtue and becomes, in their trembling mouths, a vice.
I, with unrepentant lips, decla...
Inspired by the painting “A Summer Day” (1927) by Gerda Wegener
Here I am, sprawled out on a blanket with my two lovers, having an afternoon picnic by the wild, untamed shores of this Scottish loch, its dark waters reflecting the afternoon light. Loch ...
I do not begin with an apology, nor do I descend to the infantile realm of justification. I spit upon the altar of virtue, and in its place I offer only one thing: my unshackled will.
From the moment of my first breath, the world conspired to domesticate me. Swaddled in white cloth, kissed by the sour milk of expectation, I was offered a cradle of obedience and told it was love. I remember—though none do recall it with me—the cold g...
The morning air was crisp, caressing my skin like a lover’s embrace, but I, Lady Godiva, felt none of its chill. That morning, I rode through the cobblestone streets of Coventry naked, my exposed skin crawling with the weight of a thousand unseen eyes. The streets of Coventry were deserted. Not a single person in sight.
My husband, Leofric, the Earl of Mercia—his cruel dare echoing in my mind like a dirty prayer: "Ride, Godiva. Ride...
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