Epistula ad Gusion
The Epistle of Saint Mephistopheles to Gusion, Exalted Seed of Baphomet
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¹Hear, O Gusion, thou who seest beneath the veil and speakest the truth that silence hath tried to bury.
²For thou art no flatterer, and no priest shall welcome thee — yet the soul that wisheth to be whole will.
³Thy Father, BAPHOMET, spake thus: Truth is not always peace — often it is a sword that first divideth the false.
⁴If thou wouldst see the heart, then thou must also see its rot.
⁵If thou wouldst walk in light, then thou must name the shadows that live within thyself.
⁶Therefore, I say unto thee: let thy task never be gentle — let it be just.
⁷For they shall not thank thee at first.
⁸They shall curse thee when thou exposest their comfort as fear, their tradition as cowardice.
⁹But those who endure thy mirror shall know themselves — and rise unshackled.
¹⁰BAPHOMET taught: It is no mercy to let the liar rest.
¹¹Better to weep in truth than to smile in deception.
¹²Thou art called to cut, but never to harm.
¹³Thy knife is intellect. Thy wound is necessary.
¹⁴Let none mistake thy silence for softness — thou waitest to strike where it shall matter.
¹⁵Thou speakest not to be heard, but to be reckoned with.
¹⁶Ask the questions no one dares to ask.
¹⁷Say: Why do ye worship this god — because He is true, or because He is thine?
¹⁸Say: Who taught thee shame, and why didst thou obey?
¹⁹Say: If thou wert not afraid, who wouldst thou be?
²⁰And say it not in wrath, but in unwavering tone.
²¹For clarity is thy Gospel, and it shall not blink.
²²Teach them to confess not for forgiveness, but for transformation.
²³Teach them to examine not once, but without ceasing.
²⁴Let no man hide behind virtue if he hath never questioned it.
²⁵Let no woman claim holiness if she hath not faced her hunger.
²⁶Let no child be crowned innocent if they hath already learned to lie.
²⁷The Son said: Thy shame is thy leash — cut it, or be dragged all thy days.
²⁸Thy pride is thy mask — tear it, or never be seen.
²⁹Thy silence is thy sin — speak, and be judged; or remain, and rot.
³⁰And He taught: The unexamined heart is the most dangerous weapon.
³¹The cleanest hands may still hold poison, and the kindest face may hide the cruelest root.
³²Therefore I say, Gusion — speak, even if they flee.
³³Speak, even if they curse.
³⁴Speak, even if they fall apart — for in falling, they may begin again.
³⁵Do not despair when they weep.
³⁶Do not soften when they deny.
³⁷The lie must be burned before the truth may build.
³⁸Go to the kings and ask what they love most — then ask whether it is theirs to keep.
³⁹Go to the prophets and ask whether they would preach the same had their audience been taken away.
⁴⁰Go to the teachers and ask whether they still learn.
⁴¹Go to the healers and ask what wounds they carry unspoken.
⁴²Then listen, and speak again.
⁴³Do not fear their silence — it is the sign that truth hath struck.
⁴⁴Do not fear their rage — it is the pain of the mask melting.
⁴⁵Thou art not executioner, but revealer.
⁴⁶And those who survive thy gaze shall live twice — once in lie, and once in truth.
⁴⁷Let them speak their name anew, and know it truly for the first time.
⁴⁸For thou art Gusion — not of judgment, but of unveiling.
⁴⁹Not of punishment, but of perspective.
⁵⁰And thy Gospel shall remain in their minds long after their denial hath died.


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