Grimoire Exegesio
The Book of Exegesis
◀ Chapter 12 · Chapter 13

¹Then ADONAI and SATANAS descended unto Oærth, bearing with Them the scrolls wherein the people were described in fulness.
²They came unto the place prepared of old, a plain broad and wide, between the mountain and the river.
³There They knelt in the dust, and with Their own hands began to draw forth the shape of Humanity.
⁴ADONAI took up clay, and SATANAS took up ash, and They mingled both, and formed flesh of the union.
⁵From water They fashioned blood; from wind, the breath; from fire, the spirit; and from stone, the bones thereof.
⁶And They spake over the form, saying, Let there be motion and thought, desire and memory, will and wonder.
⁷Then did the dust stir, and the first of the Humans opened his eyes and beheld the world.
⁸He stood upright as was determined, and walked in the garden wherein he was placed, naming what he saw.
⁹And the Brothers made others after him, male and female, child and elder, in likeness of one another.
¹⁰They placed among them difference of tongue and likeness of heart, that they might strive and know one another.
¹¹They clothed them with modesty and might, with innocence and wit, with frailty and power.
¹²To each was given voice, to speak and to sing; and to each was given silence, to ponder and to listen.
¹³The Brothers placed in them hunger, that they might seek; and thirst, that they might long; and pain, that they might grow.
¹⁴They set in them joy, that they might praise; and fear, that they might flee; and love, that they might build.
¹⁵Then They placed them in the four corners of the Oærth: by mountain and forest, river and desert, sea and plain.
¹⁶They were taught the ways of fire, and of shelter, and of the naming of time.
¹⁷ADONAI whispered unto them songs of peace and the shaping of justice.
¹⁸SATANAS whispered unto them songs of power and the seeking of freedom.
¹⁹And both were received with gladness, and none among the people knew division between the gifts.
²⁰The Humans built homes and kindled fire, and lifted up their voices in thanksgiving and in laughter.
²¹They danced and mourned, and gave one to another, and grew in wisdom and strength.
²²The beasts knew them and were not afraid; the trees bent over them and gave fruit; the earth brought forth abundantly.
²³And ADONAI looked upon them and was pleased, for they were thoughtful and kind.
²⁴And SATANAS looked upon them and was pleased, for they were bold and many-willed.
²⁵The council beheld them and spake together, saying, Surely, this is a marvel and a joy to the worlds.
²⁶Then did the Brothers lift Their eyes unto one another and smile, for this was the end of the beginning.
²⁷And They declared the work complete, and set a veil over the Oærth, that it might grow according to its own nature.
²⁸And Oærth turned, and the sun rose, and the moon followed, and the days of Humanity began in earnest.
²⁹Thus ended the shaping of the world and its people, and the book of beginnings was sealed with praise.


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