Grimoire Fugus
The Book of Fugue
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¹So was the heart of ADONAI stirred, and He conceived a thing to bring His people again unto Himself.
²And ADONAI called from His throne one of the eldest Seraphim, whose wings had touched the fires of the beginning.
³His voice was as quiet water, yet it bore the weight of eternity, and His eyes beheld both mercy and wrath.
⁴Go thou, said ADONAI; in the dark of the night, where no watcher seeth and no trumpet soundeth.
⁵Pass over the houses of My people, the children of the covenant, and let thy breath be as the east wind.
⁶Stir not the beasts nor the children, neither touch thou the fruit nor the vine, but speak unto the soul alone.
⁷Let not thy feet leave mark upon the Oærth, nor thy wings stir the dust of the threshold.
⁸Say not thy name, nor speak aloud, but let thy presence be as the shadow that knoweth not its cause.
⁹Enter their dreams and their rest, and turn their thoughts as the potter turneth clay upon the wheel.
¹⁰Let them question, and not know why; let them tremble, and not name the fear that draweth near.
¹¹For I have need of their stirring, and of their unease I shall bring forth remembrance.
¹²Be thou neither cruel nor kind, but a sword sealed in silence, that pierceth without wound.
¹³And the Seraph bowed low, veiling his face in flame, and departed from the courts of HÆVAN.
¹⁴He descended not with lightning nor fire, but with hush, as the mist upon the morning fields.
¹⁵None in Egypt saw his coming, neither did any hear his flight, for he moved between the moments.
¹⁶The Nile was still, and the moon held its breath, as the messenger of ADONAI passed unseen.
¹⁷Into the dwellings of the Levites he went, even into the chambers of the sleeping and the wise.
¹⁸He laid no hand upon them, nor did his shadow darken their doors; yet his presence entered every house.
¹⁹In the stillness he whispered unto the soul, and the soul received him though it knew not the voice.
²⁰Dreams were turned to burden, and rest became as a garment filled with thorns.
²¹They awoke and were troubled, and spake not their trouble, for they understood it not.
²²By day their work was slowed, and their joy did lessen, though they knew no cause.
²³At night they tossed upon their beds, and the moonlight brought neither comfort nor song.
²⁴Mothers forgot the words of their lullabies, and fathers did not laugh as aforetime.
²⁵The old men sat in silence, and the young sought pleasures that satisfied not.
²⁶The voice of the heart was veiled, and the path of wisdom grew dim.
²⁷One said to another: Hast thou felt a change? and the other said, Yea, but I know not the cause.
²⁸Some looked toward the land of their fathers and remembered it, though they had not longed for it in years.
²⁹Others spake of dreams wherein the sun turned and did not rise again, and they wept not knowing why.
³⁰The Egyptians perceived it not, for the outward face of the Levites was yet calm.
³¹But SATANAS beheld from HÆL, and said nothing, though the fire in His depths stirred faintly.
³²The Seraph returned by the way he came, and the wind closed behind him, leaving no trace.
³³He stood once more before ADONAI, saying: It is done as Thou hast commanded.
³⁴And ADONAI looked upon the Oærth and saw the turning of hearts, and was pleased.
³⁵Let it ripen, He said; as the fig in its season, for soon they shall seek My face.
³⁶But the stars trembled in their watches, and the balance between the realms did quiver unseen.
³⁷The Seraphim spake not, neither did the Dæmons, for the silence was thick upon the deep.
³⁸In HÆL, SATANAS rose from His seat and walked the seven circles, saying no word to His ministers.
³⁹He beheld the Causeway that joined the realms, and its arches grew cold with unseen frost.
⁴⁰So the bond is touched, He said at length; though no sword is yet drawn, nor fire loosed.
⁴¹The hand that stirreth the heart shall yet shape the world, if it be not stayed.
⁴²And He turned again to His throne, but His gaze did not lift from the realm between.
⁴³So ended the stillness of peace, though none yet named it ended, nor knew from whence the change had come.


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