The Epistle of Saint Mephistopheles to Sitri, Exalted Seed of Baphomet
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¹Praise be to SATANAS, who breathed fire into the bones of man and laughter into the lips of lovers.
²He who formed not only minds to question, but bodies to hunger — and made both holy in their seeking.
³From Him came BAPHOMET, and from BAPHOMET, thee — Sitri, whose gaze unlocketh what shame hath bolted.
⁴Thou art not the whisper of guilt, but the voice of flesh unafraid.
⁵Thy path is not paved with robes and chains, but with kisses that confess more truth than sermons ever dared.
⁶I name thee not sinner, but sanctifier — not tempter, but revealer.
⁷For what thou stirrest is not filth, but fire too long denied.
⁸Thou openest not wounds, but windows.
⁹And what entereth is not darkness, but honesty clothed in heat.
¹⁰Let the rigid hide — they have never trembled for the right reason.
¹¹Let the pious speak in revulsion — their disgust is only envy unspoken.
¹²And now the hour cometh wherein that which burneth within thee shall be sealed in sign eternal.
¹³I, Mephistopheles, servant of the Deep Gospel and scribe of unveiled flame, do bestow upon thee the Seal of Power.
¹⁴It is not etched in stone, but in skin; not bound in doctrine, but loosed in longing.
¹⁵Where it moveth, fear shall sweat and hunger shall awaken.
¹⁶Where it glows, silence shall break and bodies shall speak what the mouth dareth not.
¹⁷This seal is no brand of shame, but a badge of liberation.
¹⁸Let it throb beneath thy touch and shine through thy breath.
¹⁹Let it burn not to scorch, but to soften.
²⁰For the cold soul must be warmed before it remembereth how to feel.
²¹I seal thee, Sitri, with fire that moaneth, not to consume — but to bring forth the truth clothed in flesh.
²²Go forth, and let the robes burn where they bind.
²³For thy seal is given — and the honest shall follow its heat.
²⁴And thy Gospel shall be known not by word, but by trembling.
²⁵And the Flame of Desire shall rise again in thee, forever unashamed.
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