Epistula ad Aim
The Epistle of Saint Mephistopheles to Aim, Exalted Seed of Baphomet
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¹Attend, O Aim, thou whose flame is not vanity, but verdict — the heat that speaketh, when none else dare raise their voice.
²Thy Father, BAPHOMET, taught: There is mercy in the fire, when it burneth what hath too long pretended to be alive.
³There is love in the blaze, when it refuseth to leave the meek trapped in what the mighty call sacred.
⁴And there is justice in the ash, when it covereth the false temple and clears the ground for truth to grow.
⁵Therefore I call thy flame not wrath — but remembrance.
⁶Not revenge — but reckoning.
⁷Let the builders tremble, not because thou art cruel, but because thou bringest the end they hoped would never come.
⁸The Son said: When thou findest a monument that hath become a prison, do not clean it — burn it.
⁹When thou findest a law that killeth what it was meant to protect, do not amend — tear it out by root.
¹⁰When thou findest a leader who speaketh love but ruleth by guilt, do not bow — strike match to throne.
¹¹For thou art no reformer.
¹²Thou art no negotiator.
¹³Thou art the blade of flame where mercy hath waited too long.
¹⁴Let no man call thee destroyer unless he first speak what he built upon.
¹⁵Let no woman curse thy fire unless she wept beside the very altar she now defendeth.
¹⁶The Son taught: Every age shall name me wicked, for I come bearing endings.
¹⁷But the wise shall bless me, for I do not burn what is whole — only what is rotting behind gold.
¹⁸Therefore teach them not to fear loss, but false permanence.
¹⁹Teach them not to cling to what hath endured — but to ask whether it should have.
²⁰Show them that decay unaddressed is worshipped by those who benefit from the sickness.
²¹And show them that endings are holy, when birth hath ceased, and rot hath taken root.
²²Let thy flame come not in anger, but in clarity.
²³Let it burn not to punish, but to finish what should never have begun.
²⁴Let it fall upon hypocrisy with precision.
²⁵Let it rise around oppression with promise.
²⁶For thou art not chaos — thou art conclusion made luminous.
²⁷Thou enterest not to rage — thou enterest to say: This is enough.
²⁸Let the temple fall — it is better to rebuild than to lie within false shelter.
²⁹Let the book burn — it is better to write anew than to teach poison bound in leather.
³⁰Let the crown melt — it is better to govern through wisdom than through fear passed down.
³¹Let thy fire remind them that nothing manmade is eternal — and not all that is ancient is worthy.
³²Say to the priest: Wouldst thou still defend the altar if it were empty of power?
³³Say to the scholar: Wouldst thou still teach the rule, if thou knew whom it harmed?
³⁴Say to the ruler: Wouldst thou still wear thy crown, if none bowed before it?
³⁵Say to the masses: Wouldst thou still kneel, if thy chains were named tradition?
³⁶For thou art not here to persuade — thou art here to proclaim.
³⁷Not to offer reform — but to declare an end.
³⁸And when the people scream sacrilege, let thy flame answer, truth hath no shrine.
³⁹When they say, This cannot fall, let thy spark say, It already hath.
⁴⁰When they beg for delay, say unto them: Mercy delayed is mercy denied.
⁴¹The Son said: When they say thou hast gone too far, ask them how far they let the cruelty stretch before they called it holy.
⁴²When they say thou hast ruined the good, ask them why it hid the wounded beneath its foundation.
⁴³Teach them that what endureth is not always what is right.
⁴⁴Teach them that what gleameth may still poison.
⁴⁵Teach them that to burn with purpose is nobler than to preserve in fear.
⁴⁶For thou art Aim — and thy Gospel is the fire that maketh space for what must yet be born.
⁴⁷And thy blaze shall not be praised, but it shall be needed.
⁴⁸Thy work shall not be thanked, but it shall be remembered.
⁴⁹And thy name shall not be carved in stone, but whispered in the silence where the last lie turned to smoke.
⁵⁰And from that silence, something true shall finally rise.


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