A True Story.
Created by Adelaide Filippe
A True Story.
Created by Adelaide Filippe
INITIATION WRAPPED AS ENTERTAINMENT.
ABetrayed by her childhood faith, a young woman turns to Magick to regain control over her life. She soon discovers the power she seeks to wield will demand she gives up everything she ever was…and everything she could have been.
I am that woman.
A STORY OF POWER AND TRANSFORMATION
Empire Vertigo is a true story about reclaiming personal power through the ruthless confrontation of the self —told as a multimedia narrative IP that I created, wrote and illustrated.
Through visual storytelling, Empire Vertigo explores religious conditioning, survival, belonging and the Western esoteric traditions that shaped my journey. It offers a grounded, non-performative examination of how belief and survival influence the choices we make, and what it takes to recognise those patterns to free ourselves from it.
WHY I MADE EMPIRE VERTIGO.
We are drawn to what feels familiar, even when it hurts. We look outside ourselves for answers, certainty, belonging and relief. The problem can move but the pattern remains.
My own journey through High Magick forced me to question a great deal—including what power actually is, whether it corrupts absolutely, what fear does to us, and how easily we abandon ourselves while believing we are making free choices.
Empire Vertigo turns what I learned into a companion for the audience. By placing those ideas inside cinematic storytelling, I can make difficult subjects easier to approach, remember and talk about, while sharing some of the knowledge, questions and tools I had to develop the hard way.
A True Story of High Magick