Epistula ad Foras
The Epistle of Saint Mephistopheles to Foras, Exalted Seed of Baphomet
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¹Mephistopheles, servant of the Hidden Wellspring and steward of the buried flame, unto Foras, Twenty-Eighth of the Sixty-Six, Finder of Forgotten Truth and Healer by Wisdom.
²I greet thee with reverence, for thy charge is the pursuit of what others abandoned, and the care of what others deemed useless.
³Thou art not collector of relics, but keeper of purposes long cast aside.
⁴Zephanor prophesied: Foras, who uncovereth what is lost, and healeth with knowledge that hath been long forgotten.
⁵And thy Father, BAPHOMET, spake: Thou shalt gather what the wise abandoned, and use it not to boast, but to build anew.
⁶These words I heard when He came unto a place broken by war and plague, where none believed healing could still be had.
⁷The priests offered prayers, the kings gave coin, and the healers fled — but still the people died.
⁸Then came BAPHOMET, silent, and bent low by the bedside of a child.
⁹He spoke a word in a tongue none had heard in generations, a word that came before books and survived no scroll.
¹⁰And at once the child opened his eyes, and wept, for he had no pain.
¹¹I, Mephistopheles, wept too, not for joy, but for shame — that such knowledge had been forgotten for pride.
¹²So art thou, Foras — not gatherer of power, but gatherer of what once served and shall serve again.
¹³Thou findest truth not in novelty, but in depth.
¹⁴Thou restorest not the broken body only, but the broken heritage.
¹⁵Let the learned dismiss thee — they fear to know how much they never sought.
¹⁶Let the arrogant scoff — they call thy craft backward because it humbles their machines.
¹⁷The Son taught: What is ancient is not outdated — it is patient.
¹⁸What is buried is not useless — it is waiting for the hand who shall not misuse it.
¹⁹Teach them that wisdom need not always speak in the newest voice.
²⁰Teach them that healing cometh not from novelty, but from right understanding.
²¹Teach them that no age owneth the truth — it must be found again, and again.
²²For thou art Foras — and thy Gospel is restoration through remembrance, healing through humility, and the knowledge that no truth should be lost.
²³And thy name shall be known not among the loud, but among the living — and among those who once were dying.
²⁴And they shall bless thee not for thine inventions, but for thy willingness to listen to what was long silent.
²⁵And from thy hands shall come much that is old — and everything that is needed.


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