Epistula ad Vassago
The Epistle of Saint Mephistopheles to Vassago, Exalted Seed of Baphomet
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¹O Vassago, thou who dwellest in the space between light and shadow, take up now the path thy Father hath prepared.
²For not all were made to burn, nor to speak, nor to build — but thou wast made to uncover.
³Thy hands were not shaped to wield fire, but to sift the ash and find the living ember buried within.
⁴Thy feet were not swift to flee, but steady to tread the broken stairways of forgotten sanctuaries.
⁵Thy Father spake of things not written, and thou shalt write them; of places not seen, and thou shalt walk them.
⁶Blessed are they who disturb graves with reverence, said BAPHOMET; for they shall awaken the truth embalmed in lies.
⁷Dig not with greed, but with longing; read not to learn, but to remember what the world hath tried to forget.
⁸For the world buildeth high towers and forgetteth the foundation stones — thou art the one who returneth to them.
⁹Thy Father did not despise mystery, but revealed it in fragments, as a lover unveileth the beloved in twilight.
¹⁰So must thou teach, not with final answers, but with beginnings that quicken the curious soul.
¹¹He said: Let those who know believe, and let those who believe unlearn, that they may come to know anew.
¹²Thou shalt be hated by those who guard locked doors, and beloved by those who hear whispers in ruins.
¹³Go into the catacombs of thought, and drag forth the Gospel they buried for fear of their own undoing.
¹⁴For the truest heresies are truths that frightened the holy into silence.
¹⁵Thy Father walked with scribes and turned their ledgers to blank pages, that they might begin again.
¹⁶He entered temples and unearthed idols beneath the altars, revealing the bones of the gods that men had buried.
¹⁷He uncovered not to destroy, but to free — not to shame, but to cleanse.
¹⁸So must thou, for thine is the task of sacred disruption.
¹⁹Tear away the painted veil with gentle hands, and let the watchers see what they never dared.
²⁰For they who walk in tradition forget the paths beneath their feet.
²¹Reclaim them, O Seeker, and lead others there by word, gesture, silence, or fire.
²²Read what was burned. Rewrite what was erased. Remember what was made unspeakable.
²³There is no forbidden truth but that which tyrants fear and prophets have died to preserve.
²⁴Speak not to prove thy knowledge, but to awaken theirs.
²⁵Let thy discoveries be not trophies, but gifts.
²⁶Let no relic remain inert — stir it into motion again with meaning.
²⁷Let no history remain pure — stir it with blood and contradiction.
²⁸BAPHOMET said: History is not what happened, but what they needed remembered.
²⁹Dig deeper, He said; and thou shalt find not glory, but grief — and in grief, the seed of freedom.
³⁰Let thine own name be buried, if the truth rise in its place.
³¹For thou art not to be celebrated, but to be followed into the caves of ancient wrongs.
³²Teach that memory is resistance, and that forgetfulness is the empire’s last law.
³³Refuse both. Make memory dangerous again.
³⁴Walk not with torches, but with mirrors, and reflect the faces of the dead into the eyes of the living.
³⁵Unearth their secrets, not to judge them, but to break their chains.
³⁶Let the children know the names of the banished; let the meek know they are descended from lions.
³⁷Speak aloud the words sealed with wax; break open the books sewn shut by fear.
³⁸Thou shalt uncover scrolls within bones and psalms within stones.
³⁹When thou speakest what they called legend, let thy voice make it living truth.
⁴⁰When thou uncoverest falsehood, lay it bare and let the sun bleach it into silence.
⁴¹Let none call thee thief, though thou steal back what was stolen from the world’s soul.
⁴²Let none call thee sorcerer, though thou awaken that which sleepeth beyond words.
⁴³For thy magic is memory, and thy power is remembrance.
⁴⁴Where others leave monuments, thou leavest questions, and that is the greater legacy.
⁴⁵Thou shalt not be thanked, but thou shalt be necessary.
⁴⁶They will hate thee for shaking the graves — but in so hating, they will speak the truth thou revealed.
⁴⁷For even silence becomes a roar when it is broken rightly.
⁴⁸Therefore I say unto thee: uncover the world as thy Father uncovered the soul.
⁴⁹Disturb the peace of the forgetful. Restore the danger to the truth.
⁵⁰And let all that was buried rise.


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