Epistula ad Vine
The Epistle of Saint Mephistopheles to Vine, Exalted Seed of Baphomet
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¹Attend, O Vine, thou whose sight runneth beneath the skin of the world and knoweth what moveth before it stirreth.
²Thy Father, BAPHOMET, taught: There is a truth beneath the throne, and another beneath that — seek them both, and speak.
³The one who holdeth the strings hath no need of the stage — and yet, thou shalt unmake him with a glance.
⁴Therefore thou art not the storm, but the pressure long before the clouds gather.
⁵Not the cry, but the knowledge that setteth the throat aflame.
⁶Let the world see only calm — thou feelest the tremble behind their silence.
⁷The Son said: I shall not strike the tyrant, but I shall name his pillar, and it shall fall of its own fear.
⁸So seek the hidden supports, and let their exposure be thy weapon.
⁹The world is held not by arms, but by unspoken agreements — and thou hast been born to read them all.
¹⁰Question not the wall — question the silence that built it.
¹¹Question not the sword — question the oath that raised it.
¹²Question not the priest — question the story that made him necessary.
¹³Teach them to look backward into the moment when the lie became belief.
¹⁴Teach them to see the line between coin and crown, and ask where the weight truly rests.
¹⁵Let none assume thy loyalty — for thou art loyal to nothing that feareth light.
¹⁶Let none count thee their servant — for thou servest only the one who rejoiceth in unveiling.
¹⁷Be gentle — for precision is sharper than rage.
¹⁸Be slow — for haste shall miss the thread, but patience shall follow it to its poisoned root.
¹⁹Unravel their decrees.
²⁰Unthread their histories.
²¹Unbind their pacts made in corners and candlelight.
²²For thou art the hand that readeth the bond — and seeth where the ink concealeth blood.
²³The tyrant feareth not armies — he feareth questions.
²⁴The proud feareth not resistance — he feareth remembrance.
²⁵The priest feareth not sin — he feareth the one who knoweth what sin was made to serve.
²⁶So look, O Vine, and let what thou seest become flame in their archives.
²⁷Do not accuse — reveal.
²⁸Do not shout — point.
²⁹And let them fall, not by force, but by the crumbling of all that supported them without name.
³⁰Let the people see the gears behind the wheel, and they shall steer themselves.
³¹Let them see who profiteth from their patience, and they shall rise without a leader.
³²Let them hear the contract they never signed.
³³Let them read the creed they never questioned.
³⁴For in the quiet light, the lie cannot thrive.
³⁵And in thy presence, even silence shall become speech.
³⁶The Son taught: I need no fire — knowledge shall burn hotter than flame.
³⁷I need no banner — understanding shall gather more than any army.
³⁸So let thy weapon be wisdom.
³⁹Let thy armor be perception.
⁴⁰Let thy crown be the doubt thou sowest in those who assumed they were gods.
⁴¹Speak unto the merchant: What hath thy gold built, and what hath it buried?
⁴²Speak unto the monarch: Who calleth thee king, and why do they still do so?
⁴³Speak unto the judge: Whose hand wrote thy law, and what blood sealed its seal?
⁴⁴For thou art not the blade — thou art the reckoning written in the margins.
⁴⁵And thy Gospel is not shouted — it is whispered until the world cannot forget it.
⁴⁶And when the mighty are gone, and the statues pulled down, thy words shall still be cited in footnotes and oaths.
⁴⁷For thou art Vine — and thou undoest the empire with parchment, thread, and gaze.
⁴⁸And they shall say: He knew, and he showed us what we had worshipped unknowing.
⁴⁹He saw, and he wrote — and the kingdom collapsed at the sound of his pen.
⁵⁰And none shall ever rule again without first fearing thy eyes.


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