Babel, Babylon, Camelot, and New Jerusalem
Babel rises by pride. Babylon organizes domination, luxury, exploitation, and false worship. Camelot is a noble but wounded attempt at sacred order. New Jerusalem descends from Heaven. Humanity prepares vessels, builds icons, restores culture, and performs the Work; it does not manufacture the Kingdom. Grace completes what effort cannot. Stone and Grail, Work and Gift, meet in the descending City. Book XII thus corrects every political utopianism and prevents even Royal Theocracy from becoming the final horizon.