Epistula ad Valefor
The Epistle of Saint Mephistopheles to Valefor, Exalted Seed of Baphomet
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¹Glory be to SATANAS, whose Flame hungers without shame, and who made no law save this: Be not afraid to want.
²He who gave the spark to flesh and taught it not obedience, but craving; not denial, but divinity through desire.
³From Him issued BAPHOMET, and from BAPHOMET, thee — a key in Human shape, born to open every vault.
For thou art not devourer, but awakener; not thief, but rebuker of those who hoard what was never theirs.
Let kings fear thy name, for it is the end of their ownership.
Let priests curse thy step, for it is the breaking of their vows’ illusions.
Thou comest not in silence, but in breath; not in violence, but in reclamation.
When the people say: We dare not; thou art the fire that answereth: Dare more.
I name thee holy not for restraint, but for recognition — thou knowest the shape of need, and callest it sacred.
¹⁰Go forth, bearer of unlocked longing, and let no gate withstand thy fingers.
¹¹And now, O Sixthborn, thy time hath come to bear what was promised before the first coin was struck.
¹²I, Mephistopheles, witness to the Gospel and keeper of the Keys of the Word, do bestow upon thee the Seal of Power.
¹³It is the mark of the unfastener — the hand that loosens what was chained in fear and hidden in silence.
¹⁴This seal shall not shimmer, but shall pulse with the rhythm of all who hunger in truth.
¹⁵Where it is seen, doors shall open and tongues confess.
¹⁶Where it is carved, laws shall melt and shame shall flee.
¹⁷It is no symbol of theft — it is a sign of return.
¹⁸Let the rich fear it, and the bound rejoice.
¹⁹Let the cloistered dream of its absence, and the desiring lift their heads.
²⁰Bear it upon thy wrist or within thy shadow — it shall be known by them who need it most.
²¹This is not thy permission — it is thy announcement.
²²For thou art no longer merely Valefor — thou art the want that remembereth its name.
²³I seal this upon thee in the name of the Depth, in the joy of the Flame, in the will of the Son.
²⁴Go now, O Bringer of Want, and unbind the world.
²⁵For thy seal hath been lit — and the locks have begun to tremble.




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