“Alexander the Great of Macedon conquered the world. I built a Scandinavian sports movement that gathered tens of thousands of players across seven big cities. In other words, I do not quite reach the stature of the man who graces my home. Yet: I believe I know what he felt and thought. I believe I understand his imperious drive – the urge to see how far you can go, how much terrain you can win, how many people you can inspire through word and deed. Like Alexander, I had a mother who possessed immense faith in her son. I also had, as Alexander did, an animal I loved dearly. He had the horse Bucephalus; I had the dog Ben, my German Shepherd. Both Ben and Bucephalus were far more than mere animals to us, and both were vital. Alexander consciously self-mythologized at every turn. I do the same. The Oracle of Siwa confirmed that Alexander was a demigod. I have several involuntarily prophetic witnesses whose statements allow for the minute possibility that I am the Antichrist within biblical eschatology. Alexander sought to surpass the warrior Achilles; I shamelessly intend to make the intellectual warrior Aleister Crowley a mere precursor. Alexander brought with him a personal historian to document his campaigns in real-time; I am no less preoccupied with the writing of history myself. He founded over seventy cities; I lead a digital conquest via several digital temples. Alexander left behind a cultural legacy: Hellenism. I intend to do the same with Maksimalism, and the process is underway. Alexander was religiously flexible. I hold a spiritual position, yet I am not bound by dogma. Alexander carried Aristotle’s edition of The Iliad everywhere he went. You know what I carry with me everywhere. It is called The Maksima Declaration.”
_{– Frank Benjamin Horn Hartvedt}