What is Dis? 

It takes its meaning from Dis Pater - “rich father.” 

Cicero would associate it with dives - riches and abundance. It is also associated with Hades, hence the oft used interpretation of Hell or Lucifer.

In architectural terms, it can be interpreted as a walled, iron city with towers, ramparts, gates and guards.

Dante in his Inferno brings it to life as a warning in the Ninth Circle of Hell to prepare for what is ahead:

“Behold Dis, and behold the place

Where thou with fortitude must arm thyself.”

- Dante’s Inferno, XXXIV, lines 20-21.

If we are indeed in the Ninth and final circle of Hell, then these lines from Canto XXXIV serve as a warning to ready ourselves for what is to come in our own times. To arm ourselves with fortitude to withstand the force that is to be unleashed upon us as we enter a brave new world of digital dystopianism. 

The western world is living through a time of turning. Some refer to it as the Fourth. It can also be regarded as belonging to the Ancient Greek synopsis of Anacyclosis. But perhaps this time is different. 

Have we reached the final point? 

Are we staring into the Abyss?

Walled cities, gates, guards and rich fathers - is this where the modern western world is heading? It sounds terribly familiar. 

Certainly our western world is caught in the grip of traitorous leaders and sycophantic followers, all of who appear to be pursuing a course of tyranny over the people through legislating a multitude of draconian new laws that confine ordinary people to a life of silence. 

Dare to dissent from the approved narrative and you will be punished!