LIBRARY OF RICKANDRIA: OUR GREATEST FEARS MANIFEST DUE TO OUR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.
UPDATED BY VCG ON 9/5/2026 @ 08:46 EST
Question what you are told.
Examine what you believe.
Follow the evidence.
And never confuse certainty with truth.
Welcome to the Library of Rickandria.
This is an independent archive dedicated to the study of:
- Scripture
- history
- alternative narratives
- media
- culture
- technology
- music
- fiction
and the strange questions that live between them.
Some subjects explored here are conventional.
Others are controversial.
Some may challenge what you have been taught.
Some may challenge what you presently believe.
None should be accepted merely because they appear in this Library.
The purpose is not to tell you what to think.
The purpose is to give you something worth thinking about.
Where Scripture speaks, Scripture will be distinguished from interpretation.
Where history is disputed, evidence will be separated from speculation.
Where extraordinary claims are made, sources should be followed.
Where certainty is impossible, uncertainty should be admitted.
Because truth does not become stronger when we exaggerate it.
And error does not become truth simply because enough people repeat it.
“Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”— 1 Thessalonians 5:21, KJV
WHERE THE LIBRARY CAME FROM
BEFORE THERE WAS A LIBRARY, THERE WAS A FIRE.
If you are wondering why this place exists—why:
- Scripture
- history
- deception
- the occult
- alternative narratives
- media
- forgotten knowledge
- music
- fiction
and seemingly unrelated questions all meet beneath one roof—the answer begins with my own story.
I did not arrive here because I had everything figured out.
I arrived here because I was deceived.
There was a time when I:
- rejected the Bible
- rejected the gospel
- rejected Jesus Christ
I was drawn toward:
- Satanism
- Luciferian ideas
- occult writings
- alternative gospels
- hidden knowledge
- self-mastery
and philosophies that told me freedom meant becoming my own authority.
I thought I was awakening.
I thought I was becoming intellectually free.
I thought Christianity was a prison and forbidden knowledge was the key.
Instead, as I describe in my testimony, curiosity became doctrine, doctrine became identity, and identity became bondage.
I came to see that the “light” I had followed had increasingly reflected my own pride back at me.
I did not merely drift away from Christianity.
I fought it.
I mocked Scripture.
I attacked the gospel.
I attempted to reinterpret Jesus into something compatible with the worldview I wanted.
I wanted many roads to truth because I did not want to bow before One.
And beneath the intellectual arguments was something much simpler:
I wanted God on my terms.
But the god I constructed could not save me.
THEN SOMETHING BROKE.
Not in a church service.
Not because somebody defeated me in a debate.
Not because every question I had suddenly received an answer.
I broke.
I surrendered.
The Scriptures I had once mocked began confronting me differently.
The arguments that once made me feel powerful could no longer quiet my conscience.
In the language of my testimony, what began as a small
“crack in the darkness”
became repentance and a return to the Jesus I had spent years resisting.
I came back to the Bible.
Not because somebody told me questions were forbidden.
Quite the opposite.
I began discovering that I had often rejected a caricature of Christianity built from:
- hypocrisy
- religious abuse
- bad teaching
and my own misconceptions rather than carefully examining the Christ presented in Scripture itself.
And that changed the way I approached questions forever.
I had learned firsthand that a person can be:
intelligent,
curious,
well read,
confident,
surrounded by books,
convinced he has escaped deception—
and still be wrong.
That realization became one of the foundations of everything you see here.
THE PEN CHANGED SIDES.
Writing had always been one of my tools.
Once, I used it to defend ideas I now reject.
I wrote against Scripture.
I used words to argue for rebellion.
But after my conversion, writing became part of how I processed what had happened and how I tried to help others examine the things that had once deceived me.
My testimony describes that transition as:
“The Sword and the Scribe”
—the point where the pen became tied to:
- testimony
- research
- warning
and the desire to point people back toward Scripture.
And eventually—
the Library of Rickandria emerged from that journey.
The testimony itself describes the Library as growing out of deliverance, a place meant to collect recovered:
- truths
- questions
- research
- Scripture
and material that might help another person navigating confusion.
That is why this Library contains both faith and questions.
It is why I am willing to examine strange ideas.
It is why the occult can be studied here without being worshipped.
Why alternative history can be investigated without automatically being believed.
Why mainstream narratives can be questioned without assuming every alternative narrative is true.
Why Scripture must be distinguished from our interpretations of Scripture.
Why sources matter.
Why context matters.
Why humility matters.
And why one principle keeps appearing throughout this entire Library:
“Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”— 1 Thessalonians 5:21, KJV
THIS IS WHERE I CAME FROM.
The Library of Rickandria was not created by someone who believes he has never been deceived.
It was created by someone whose testimony is, in large part, about discovering how deeply a person can be deceived while believing he has finally awakened.
That history affects the way I investigate everything now.
When somebody says:
“They are hiding the truth from you.”
I listen.
But I also ask:
How do you know?
When somebody says:
“This is forbidden knowledge.”
I ask:
Is it true knowledge?
When an institution makes a claim—
I want the evidence.
When an alternative researcher makes a claim—
I want the evidence.
When somebody quotes Scripture—
I want to open the Bible.
And when I become convinced that I have finally figured everything out—
my own past reminds me to be careful.
Because escaping one deception does not make a person immune to the next one.
FROM THE FIRE
My full testimony is called:
FROM THE FIRE: A VALIANT CONQUERING GUARDIAN’S TESTIMONY OF DELIVERANCE
It tells the larger story:
the descent into rebellion,
the attraction of hidden knowledge,
the rejection of Christianity,
the spiritual interpretation I eventually placed upon those experiences,
the breaking of pride,
the return to Scripture,
my profession of faith in Jesus Christ,
the transformation of my writing,
and the road that ultimately led here—
to the Library of Rickandria.
You do not need to know my entire story before exploring this Library.
But if you want to understand why I built it, that is where I would begin.
[READ MY FULL TESTIMONY — FROM THE FIRE]
Because before I started asking people to examine what they believe—
I had to examine what I believed myself.
And before there was a Library—
there was the fire.
ENTER THE LIBRARY
The Library has grown far beyond a single subject.
Choose a doorway.
SCRIPTURE & CHRISTIANITY
The foundation beneath everything else.
- Bible studies
- theological examinations
- scriptural comparisons
- prophecy
- doctrine
- Christian history
- difficult passages
- competing interpretations
and questions concerning:
- Jesus Christ
- salvation
- judgment
- spiritual deception
and the unseen realm.
The standard here is simple:
What does the biblical text actually say?
Not merely what tradition says.
Not what a theory requires it to say.
Not what we wish it said.
Scripture first.
Interpretation second.
VCG PROJECTS
The main research laboratory of the Library of Rickandria.
This is where the deeper rabbit holes live.
Explore investigations into:
Satan's Little Season.
The Simulation Hypothesis.
Gnosticism.
The End Times.
The Occult.
Alternative history.
4chan narratives.
Miles Williams Mathis.
My Lunch Break.
The Christian Network.
Donald Trump.
Suno and the changing music industry.
And whatever investigation comes next.
These sections do not begin with the assumption that the theory is true.
They begin with the question:
What happens when we actually examine it?
PAPER PROJECTS BY VCG
THE DOCUMENT IS THE BEGINNING.
THE EVIDENCE DECIDES WHAT SURVIVES.
Internet PDFs.
Academia.edu papers.
Research documents.
Historical scans.
Scientific studies.
Government reports.
Media narratives.
Forgotten essays.
And claims buried inside documents most people will never finish reading.
Here we do more than summarize them.
We follow citations.
Locate primary sources.
Separate evidence from inference.
Examine methodology.
Compare competing explanations.
And ask the question that matters:
What does the evidence actually support?
NARRATIVE BREAKDOWNS
EVERY STORY HAS AN ARCHITECTURE.
The internet is filled with narratives.
Official narratives.
Alternative narratives.
Political narratives.
Historical narratives.
Anonymous narratives.
Religious narratives.
Media narratives.
Some contain truth.
Some contain error.
Most contain a mixture of:
- fact
- interpretation
- assumption
- framing
- omission
- persuasion
Narrative Breakdowns take those stories apart.
What was actually claimed?
What can be verified?
What was added later?
What remains unresolved?
Because a compelling story is not evidence merely because it is compelling.
And a rejected story is not false merely because it is unpopular.
[EXPLORE NARRATIVE BREAKDOWNS]
MUSAIC COLLECTIVE
ONE KINGDOM. MANY SOUNDS.
The music division of the Library of Rickandria.
Country.
Hip-hop.
Metal.
Worship.
Electronic.
Orchestral.
Lo-fi.
Pop.
Soul.
And everything between.
MUSAIC Collective approaches genre as a language rather than an identity—using different sounds while maintaining one Christian foundation.
Truth. Authority. Redemption.
Different expressions.
One allegiance.
FICTIONAL WORK BY VCG
THE WORLDS MAY BE FICTIONAL.
THE CHOICES ARE NOT.
Some questions are investigated with documents.
Others are explored through stories.
VCG Fiction moves through:
- biblical dark fantasy
- cosmic mystery
- modern psychological drama
- rebellion
- fear
- death
- mercy
- repentance
- redemption
Current works include:
The First Gate & the Fourth Rider – Library of Rickandria
The Bend at Three Houses – Library of Rickandria
Where stories draw from Scripture, the distinction remains important:
Read Scripture as Scripture.
Read fiction as fiction.
The imagined worlds are not revelation.
They are places in which real questions are allowed to become:
- characters
- conflicts
- consequences
[ENTER VCG FICTION - COMING SOON, MAYBE]
MOVIES I WATCHED RECENTLY
SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED A MOVIE.
Not every section of the Library needs a three-hundred-page PDF.
This is the viewing journal.
Independent films.
Horror.
Science fiction.
Comedy.
Thrillers.
Documentaries.
Old movies.
New movies.
And whatever happened to look interesting enough to press Play.
Watch the trailers.
Ignore the internet's opinion for a moment.
Form your own.
Then ask:
Did anything survive the credits?
[ENTER THE SCREENING ROOM - COMING SOON, IF I DON'T GET BORED OF IT]
THE METHOD OF THE LIBRARY
The subjects change.
The standard should not.
HEAR THE CLAIM.
FIND THE SOURCE.
READ THE CONTEXT.
EXAMINE THE EVIDENCE.
CONSIDER THE STRONGEST COUNTERARGUMENT.
DISTINGUISH FACT FROM INTERPRETATION.
ADMIT WHAT REMAINS UNKNOWN.
And where Scripture is involved:
COMPARE SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE.
There is no requirement that every investigation end with an extraordinary conclusion.
Sometimes the conventional explanation survives.
Sometimes it does not.
Sometimes an alternative theory identifies a genuine problem but provides the wrong answer.
Sometimes both sides know less than they claim.
And sometimes the correct conclusion is simply:
WE DO NOT KNOW YET.
That is not failure.
That is intellectual honesty.
LATEST FROM THE LIBRARY
The Library is always growing.
New investigations.
New Paper Projects.
New Bible studies.
New music.
New fiction.
New narrative breakdowns.
New questions.
[VIEW ALL RECENT WORK - COMING SOON, IF I GET AROUND TO IT]
START SOMEWHERE
You do not need to understand the entire Library before you begin.
You do not need to agree with every theory.
You do not need to know the terminology.
You do not need to have already made up your mind.
You only need one question worth following.
Maybe you came here because of Scripture.
Maybe history.
Maybe prophecy.
Maybe a strange PDF.
Maybe a movie.
Maybe music.
Maybe a building that did not seem to fit the story you were given.
Maybe an anonymous post.
Maybe a theological question you have carried for years.
Maybe you are not even sure what you are looking for yet.
That is fine.
Start somewhere.
Read one page.
Follow one citation.
Open one passage.
Watch one trailer.
Examine one claim.
Listen to one song.
Ask one better question than the one you arrived with.
Then see where it leads.
YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING HERE
The Library of Rickandria is not a creed.
It is not a test of loyalty.
It is not a place where curiosity requires agreement.
Some investigations explore possibilities.
Some challenge conventional explanations.
Some challenge alternative explanations.
Some end with strong conclusions.
Others end with:
WE DO NOT KNOW.
That is allowed.
The goal is not to leave every room convinced.
The goal is to leave every room thinking more carefully than when you entered it.
FOLLOW WHAT INTERESTS YOU
If you want Scripture—
enter Scripture & Christianity.
If you want the deeper rabbit holes—
enter VCG Projects.
If you want documents, PDFs, academic papers, and media analysis—
enter Paper Projects by VCG.
If you want competing stories dissected—
enter Narrative Breakdowns.
If you want music—
enter MUSAIC Collective.
If you want imagined worlds—
enter Fictional Work by VCG.
If you just want something interesting to watch—
enter Movies I Watched Recently.
There is no correct order.
The Library is meant to be explored.
DO NOT RUSH TO A CONCLUSION
Curiosity can become another form of impatience.
We find something unusual and immediately want to know:
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Sometimes the better question is:
WHAT DO I ACTUALLY KNOW SO FAR?
There is a difference between:
a fact,
an interpretation,
a possibility,
a pattern,
a coincidence,
an allegation,
and a conclusion.
Learning to recognize those differences is part of the journey.
So take your time.
Read the context.
Find the source.
Compare competing explanations.
Change your mind when necessary.
There is no prize for arriving at certainty first.
BRING YOUR BIBLE
Where Scripture is involved, open it.
Do not rely only on someone else's quotation.
Read the chapter.
Read what comes before.
Read what comes after.
Compare Scripture with Scripture.
And distinguish carefully between:
what the text says
and
what someone believes the text means.
Those two things may overlap.
They are not always identical.
BRING YOUR SKEPTICISM
But bring it in both directions.
Question the official story.
Question the alternative story.
Question the viral post.
Question the expert.
Question the anonymous insider.
Question the headline.
Question the documentary.
Question the person telling you everyone else is deceived.
And occasionally—
question yourself.
A worldview becomes dangerous when it can explain every possible piece of evidence without ever being vulnerable to correction.
Truth does not need that kind of protection.
FOLLOW THE SOURCE
If a claim matters, trace it.
If someone quotes a paper—
find the paper.
If the paper cites another paper—
follow it.
If an article quotes a document—
find the document.
If a video shows an old photograph—
look for the original.
If somebody quotes Scripture—
open Scripture.
Every step closer to the source removes one layer of interpretation between you and the evidence.
Sometimes the trail strengthens the claim.
Sometimes it destroys it.
Both outcomes are useful.
LEAVE ROOM FOR WONDER
Discernment does not require becoming cynical.
There are still astonishing things in the world.
Old civilizations.
Beautiful architecture.
Strange history.
Extraordinary scientific discoveries.
Great stories.
Great music.
Deep questions.
Scripture that continues revealing connections after years of reading.
The point of questioning everything is not to flatten the world into suspicion.
It is to see more clearly.
Wonder and discernment belong together.
LEAVE ROOM FOR HUMILITY
You will be wrong sometimes.
So will I.
So will scholars.
Journalists.
Historians.
Pastors.
Scientists.
Researchers.
Governments.
Alternative investigators.
Everybody.
The question is not whether we can construct a worldview in which we are never wrong.
The question is whether we can recognize error when evidence exposes it.
Humility keeps investigation alive.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FINISH THE LIBRARY
You probably cannot.
It is growing.
One question creates another.
One source opens three more.
One study leads backward into history and forward into something completely unexpected.
That is part of what the Library is becoming.
Not a finished encyclopedia.
A living archive.
A place where ideas are added, challenged, expanded, corrected, connected, and sometimes abandoned.
So do not worry about reaching the end.
There may not be one.
JUST BEGIN
Choose something that catches your attention.
Click it.
Read slowly.
Keep what is useful.
Question what is weak.
Follow what is sourced.
Set aside what cannot be established.
Return later.
Explore another wing.
And remember:
You are not here merely to collect strange information.
Knowledge matters because what we believe affects how we see the world—
and how we live inside it.
“The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.”— Proverbs 18:15, KJV
So, begin with the question in front of you.
You do not need the whole map yet.
You only need somewhere to start.
START SOMEWHERE
READ SOMETHING.
QUESTION SOMETHING.
FOLLOW SOMETHING.
LEARN SOMETHING.
LIBRARY OF RICKANDRIA: OUR GREATEST FEARS MANIFEST DUE TO OUR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.