I’ve been avoiding introducing this topic for a while because it can be a difficult subject to discuss.
As indicated, The Conveniences are positive statements about how to help people.
The Renegade Conveniences are statements that are not particularly helpful, but are still primarily benign. They may encourage some greed or may try to profit from the dreamscape, but they are not intentionally harmful.
The next category within the dream realm is that of The Inconveniences.
The people who have written The Inconveniences intend harm. They are deliberately trying to lead others into pain, confusion, and misery.
I’ll introduce an Inconvenience now and then, perhaps weekly, but perhaps not. As I said, The Inconveniences, their temptations, and their instructions can be quite difficult and painful to contemplate.
But, as an academic researcher, it is, of course, exceedingly important for me to address them directly and not to pretend that they don’t exist.
This particular Inconvenience was created sometime between 1850 and 1910. Convenience scholars have attempted to narrow the timeline, but have so far been unable to do so.
We do know that this particular Inconvenience writer based her recommendations on the Seven Deadly Sins.
Please note that each page of the various versions of The Inconveniences typically contains the image of an upside-down heart.
This page has this image at the top, on the left and right. To repeat, The Inconveniences are meant to injure the human heart, and this repeated image of the upside-down heart further emphasizes that point.
The Inconveniences are the greatest immediate antagonist to the goodness and helpfulness of The Conveniences.
Covetousness Inconvenience
The crop of covetousness in my garden is a stockier, thicker, ranker growth than kindness.
It is decidedly “bitey,” and it is a WONDER
Make human beings desire others’ lives, companions, etc.
This is the plant.
If it is cut frequently, the roots being left in the water of Misery,
a continuous crop will result.