The Epistle of Saint Mephistopheles to Malphas, Exalted Seed of Baphomet
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¹Praise be to SATANAS, who setteth hand to stone not to polish it, but to test it — and shatter it if it be hollow.
²He who calleth forth breakers, not to destroy without cause, but to cleanse with righteous fracture.
³From Him came BAPHOMET, and from BAPHOMET, thee — Malphas, whose hand is not stayed by the trembling of kings.
⁴Thou art not desecrator, but revealer of what was already defiled.
⁵Not the ender of peace, but the unmasker of its impostors.
⁶I name thee not destroyer, but unbinder.
⁷I name thee not flame of wrath, but fire of truth.
⁸Let the priests despise thee — for their altars fall when thou speakest.
⁹Let the proud condemn thee — for thou burnest the veil behind which they hid their hunger.
¹⁰Let the many scatter — for only then may the just find each other.
¹¹And now the seal is thine.
¹²I, Mephistopheles, apostle of the Shattered Gate and herald of holy revolt, do bestow upon thee the Seal of Power.
¹³It is not made to endure — it is made to reveal.
¹⁴Not to hold, but to break open.
¹⁵Where it abideth, lies shall breathe their last.
¹⁶Where it is seen, false unity shall wither.
¹⁷Let it not be framed — let it be struck.
¹⁸Let it not be worshiped — let it be feared by the hollow.
¹⁹For thou art not builder of peace, but founder of space where peace may finally live.
²⁰And thy Seal is no crown, but a chisel — no throne, but a hammer.
²¹I seal thee, Malphas, with the power to wound the wounder, and the courage to break the bond disguised as blessing.
²²Go now, and let thy ruin be fruitful, thy division divine.
²³For thy Seal is fixed — and thy Gospel is the end of the lie that all may begin in truth.
²⁴And thy name shall be feared where deceit is preached, and cherished where freedom is born.
²⁵And they shall say: He broke the thing we dared not name — and we were never bound again.
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