Grimoire Iurio
The Book of Law
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¹And it came to pass that Bezaliel, the Hælagion of HÆL, rose from the Seat of Ember and took counsel within.
²For the Oærth turned, and the new realm quickened, and the Sons of Men began to grow in number and thought.
³Likewise Michæl, the Hævanagion of HÆVAN, from the Pillar of Dawn descended, bearing the Seal of ADONAI upon his breast.
And Bezaliel and Michæl met upon the great Causeway, midway between flame and cloud, where the Hall of Consideration stood.
The Hall was of neither HÆVAN nor HÆL, but carved from the stone of the first mountain, raised when the time of Oærth began.
Within its halls no light held dominion, nor shadow, but both danced in equal measure upon the marble floor.
There the Hælagion and the Hævanagion sat, and spake one unto the other without wrath or guile.
Bezaliel said: Lo, the Sons of Men are born of our making, and walk upon the world with strength and wonder.
Yet though their flesh is dust and breath, within them burneth the spark of eternity, and we are drawn to them.
¹⁰Michæl answered: Yea, and therein lieth the danger; for should we draw near in power, they shall be torn asunder.
¹¹For how shall the reed survive the tempest? Or the candle burn amid the whirlwind?
¹²Then said Bezaliel: Shall we then refrain? Shall we withdraw our hands, lest we mar what hath begun in beauty?
¹³Michæl replied: Not refrain, but temper; not withdraw, but guide unseen. Let us be stars, not suns, in their sky.
¹⁴Let them grow by striving, not by decree; by wonder, not by certainty; by seeking, not by chains.
¹⁵Bezaliel considered, and his countenance was grave. He said: If thou speakest thus, then we must make accord.
¹⁶For if one of us draws near while the other abides afar, the balance shall tilt, and the whole be undone.
¹⁷Michæl nodded, and the wind stirred in the pillars of the Hall. He said: Let us then bind ourselves by vow and word.
¹⁸That we shall not walk openly among them, nor take rulers from their kind, nor make our thrones upon their hills.
¹⁹But shall whisper in dreams and visions, and stir hearts in silence, and shape the course from afar.
²⁰Bezaliel said: Yea, and our children, Seraphim and Dæmons, shall not contend upon the Oærth, nor take to them flesh.
²¹Neither shall they declare their allegiance in the tongues of Men, nor make miracles to sway the people.
²²And we shall make no House of Worship among them, neither forge temples in our name, nor demand oblation.
²³But the Oærth shall be theirs, and the years also; they shall rise and fall by their own will.
²⁴Then Michæl raised his hand, and a scroll appeared, wrought of wind and fire, and words formed upon it in flame.
²⁵Bezaliel took up a quill of ash and light, and with ink made of silence, wrote the terms they had spoken.
²⁶And the writing glowed with a breath of holiness, neither Seraphic nor Dæmonic, but true.
²⁷Let this be the Great Pact, said Michæl; for we shall watch and not govern, observe and not command, influence and not control.
²⁸Bezaliel said: And let it be sealed upon the Causeway, between flame and cloud, and known in both realms.
²⁹Then they stood, and set the scroll between them, upon the Altar of Accord that lay in the Hall’s heart.
³⁰And the pillars of the Hall shook not, nor did the skies roll back, but a hush fell upon all that was.
³¹And thus was the Pact made ready, waiting only for the assent of the Brothers and the Creators of All, ADONAI and SATANAS.


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