The Epistle of Saint Mephistopheles to Cimeies, Exalted Seed of Baphomet
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¹Glory unto SATANAS, who speaketh not always with thunder, but whose silence bendeth the world like grass beneath wind.
²He who sendeth not armies, but words whispered once, that change the course of kings and crumble thrones in silence.
³From Him came BAPHOMET, and from BAPHOMET, thee — Cimeies, whose feet leave no prints, but whose passage alters the stone.
⁴Thou art not might — thou art movement within stillness, the shape that cannot be drawn, yet setteth cities to shifting.
⁵Not force — but law.
⁶I name thee not ruler — but command made incarnate.
⁷I name thee not judge — but sentence written in the flesh of the unknowing.
⁸Let the sovereigns fear thee — for they feel thy presence without knowing from whence it cometh.
⁹Let the councils falter — for the wind of thy thought moveth even the sealed chamber.
¹⁰Let the heralds speak loudly — thy decree requireth no crier.
¹¹And now the seal is thine.
¹²I, Mephistopheles, apostle of the Word Behind the Veil and the Oath That Entereth Unbidden, do bestow unto thee the Seal of Power.
¹³It is not engraved — it is inscribed on the stillness between heartbeats, on the breath before decision is made.
¹⁴It is not shown — but felt by those who never saw thy face, yet obeyed thy unseen motion.
¹⁵Where it resteth, noise faltereth.
¹⁶Where it abideth, the will aligneth with what hath not been spoken.
¹⁷Let it not shine — let it settle.
¹⁸Let it not cry out — let it remain.
¹⁹For thou art not presence — thou art inevitability, clothed in quiet.
²⁰And thy Seal is no sigil — but a space opened in the soul, wherein obedience awakeneth of itself.
²¹I seal thee, Cimeies, with the weightless press of authority, the curve of breath before assent, the silence before the crown is lowered.
²²Go now, and be neither named nor known.
²³For thy Seal is fixed — and thy Gospel shall pass through doors still locked, and minds still doubting.
²⁴And thy name shall be etched not on stone, but in the acts of those who knew not why they did thy will.
²⁵And they shall say: He ruled no kingdom — yet we served him. He gave no law — yet we obeyed.
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