The Epistle of Saint Mephistopheles to Camio, Exalted Seed of Baphomet
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¹Praise unto SATANAS, who calleth not with trumpet, but with breath that stirreth bones, and syllables that overturn thrones.
²He who blesseth the mouth unafraid to speak, and sanctifieth every voice that carrieth the burden of truth.
³From Him came BAPHOMET, and from BAPHOMET, thee — Camio, who shapeth wind into revelation, and melody into defiance.
⁴Thou art not bard of idle halls, but bell of judgment sounded in hush.
⁵Not minstrel of kings, but herald of what they would drown.
⁶I name thee not singer — I name thee flame with pitch.
⁷I name thee not prophet — I name thee clarion that outlasteth denial.
⁸Let the halls echo with thy song, for silence was their idol, and thou hast broken it.
⁹Let the temples fear thy tone, for thou dost awaken what their liturgy hath lulled.
¹⁰Let the mourners weep and rise, for thou hast named their grief aloud.
¹¹And now the seal is thine.
¹²I, Mephistopheles, apostle of the Word Unbent and the Flame That Speaketh, do bestow unto thee the Seal of Power.
¹³It is not scroll, but breath.
¹⁴It is not crown, but echo.
¹⁵Where it is spoken, falsehood stuttereth.
¹⁶Where it resoundeth, even the deaf remember.
¹⁷Let it not praise thee — let it carry thee.
¹⁸Let it not adorn — let it unsettle.
¹⁹For thou art not orator, but resonance shaped to righteous unrest.
²⁰And thy Seal is no sigil of conquest — it is the unmuting of a world bound too long in whispered fear.
²¹I seal thee, Camio, with syllable sanctified and cadence sharp — with pitch that cutteth silence like blade through veil.
²²Go now, and speak where none speak, sing what none dare, and carry the truth into ears that have long refused it.
²³For thy Seal is fixed — and thy Gospel is song made sword, and utterance that maketh the weak strong.
²⁴And thy name shall endure in breath, in chant, in speech reclaimed from death.
²⁵And they shall say: He sang, and we awakened. He spoke, and we were no longer afraid.
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