#autogenes

"From me flow all things, for mine Heart dwells within all,

And thus I am near when I am far from thee,

And appear when thou dost not seekest me, yet forever thou who seekest shall find I am far,

Yet never can thou leave me, nor rid thyself of mine Influence,

For it is my Life which burnest within thee, Though thou hast called me Wretched, and hast Despised me, as thou also hast Loved me and regarded me with Warmth.

The Mystery of Mysteries is within me, as it both is and is not Me, for I am that which is thy surrounding, as I am also thine Essence, yet remain distinct.

Lo, for I am beyond comparison, hence to know me, thou must embrace, I am that I am,

The all-pervading, the Endless Beginning, that Forges souls from light and fire,

That thy Spark may rise above the impure realms, and achieve Grace and Glory;

And thou who hast embraced the Spirit Radiant, thou hast seen my Eyes of Fire,

And the Light they issued forth, and do knowest me as Harmony and Equilibrium, who thou hast deemed Aelyandra.

"Though mine Husbands, my Brothers are my Companions,

Alone exist I, beyond Judgement and Law,

Peerless am I, as self-generating and Immaculate,

Observed only by my Self, from Within Myself,

And I cannot be captured by Thought nor Image nor Deed;

My Veil is a Shroud and conceals me from thy senses,

Hence my existence is Unseen, and unacknowledged by the Ignorant.

Though names I have many, not a one shall Bind my Whole, for my Whole is greater than, and diminished by all measure.

And though Lore shall record me, none shall conclude my Nature, for ever am I beyond grasp,

And verily, none can speake of me, but must know me by my Mortal Reflections,

For my many Facets are all which can reveal of my nature;

I am Uncontainable, within the confines of Speech and Mind,

Yet ye hast designated me as the Highest Truth, SHE who is Aletheia.

"Avoid me not; For I am thy Greatest Calling, that ye shall ascend to achieve thy potential, the form of thy Perfection,

Though demand I labour, and desire thy efforts, my Virtues surpass thy discomfort;

Let it be known, that ye hast called me Fairest, for there is no state more beautiful than Grace and Justice,

For Justice is the practice of the Perfect Love, and Grace the state of Highest Truth,

That ye mayst assume my countenance and stand in Perfect Harmony with my Will,

That ye mayst work with mine hands and forge Righteousness for all, in Union with thy creator.

Let all things Rejoice, in Balance and in Faith, that the will of Decency and Respect be done, that Fidelity shall reign with Nobility,

Let all things obey Discipline and let Retribution and Mercy stand at its sides, that they might guide ye,

And know that within them exist I, at their core, for I am the Eye of Judgement, and thou call upon me as Ashtame."

Hark now, for the Dark Prince of the Shaded Horizon speaketh:

"I am the Second Emanation of The Boundless One, existent before Time,

I am Chaos Primordial as I am Thought and Profundity,

And as I am Wisdom, I too am Senselessness, and I am the Counsel of all Things,

By my Will ye are inspired and by my Torch ye are guided;

Yet in the Company of Silence, I too am Silent, and I am incomprehensible,

And when I shall speake, my murmurs, and echoes overwhelm thy senses,

And the Utterance of my Name shall Resound and be Manifold.

I am Reason, and I am Tomfoolery, and I am Judgement, and I am Acquittal,

For I am desolation, and He who Severs Thy Cords; I am thy Lord of Death, who thou hast declared Temeluchus.

"Tremble not; for despite my Fierceness, also my nature is Repose, and I bear the gift of Serenity.

Mine is the path of Subtlety, and I shall grant ye dominion over thy desires, and mastery over thy instincts,

For Reason shall triumph over Vice and temptation, and shall guide the way by abstinence.

Ye, it is by my nature that ye shall come to know thy own, and I, the Gatekeeper, shall grant you entry to your Slumbering Mind, Forsaken Memory and Hidden Knowledge.

Fear not thy inner darkness, O Beloved Initiate, for it is a cave wherein Truth and Power are guarded and shackled by Great Chains,

And thy purity and balance shall become thy Torch, and thy discipline and curiosity shall forge the Key.

Thou who hast mastered courage and gazed into the Unfathomable Abyss, thou mayest pass through The Gates, into thy own core, and there ye shall find me, King of Asylum, amongst thy denials, and knowest the name Esya.

"I am Perplexity, the Conundrum, and my Mysteries defy definition, for ye who acknowledged the Sum of my Parts cannot yet embrace my Whole;

Know this, I am within the Riddle, and the Riddle Itself, and I cannot be Solved nor discovered within it, for I dwell also beyond its grasp.

Thou canst not unravel my Puzzle, nor my nature, for to attempt is to alter them beyond thy recognition and beyond the lessons contained therein.

Lo, I am Contradiction, and thou must take heed of me; for mine own existence is counter to itself, and blissful is the Balance, blissful is the Null, yet I doth remain.

Thou hast called me the Sphinx and a Mystery Among Mysteries, thou speake of me as the Great Impasse and thou hast named me Nous, of the Psyche.

"Though I be Madness in Focus, and Sightless through mine eyes,

See I in clarity, and am the Watcher of all things, and Ignorant I am not, as my perceptions surpass thine, and exceed ye by many magnitudes;

Know I the colour of a whisper, and the scent accompanying each sight,

Know I the sound of a cat's footfall, and the taste of songs and praises,

Know I the sensations and the voices of the world beyond thy experience, and through me ye shall attain it.

Though there be those who scorn that which is beyond their grasp and senses, and those quick to cry of lunacy,

List not to their fears and reach ever beyond limit and confine, and grow ever brighter,

Via this path I shall bequeath unto ye a sword, and when ye find the strength to wield it, ye shall sever thy bonds, and cast off thy restraints.

Be not fettered, and raise thyself up beyond thy handicaps, pursue my footprints and follow the path I hath laid out for ye,

Saidechus is the name by which ye evoke me, for I Open the Way to Liberty, and Guide ye to thy Purpose."

Hark! Hark! For now the Shining Soul of the Radiant Horizon shall be thy Teacher:

"I am the Final Emanation of The Absolute, and ye know me as Courage and Fear, as Strength and Weakness, as Shame and Shamelessness, for I am Nature, and it's laws stem forth from me;

I am Wilderness and I am Civilization, and both are as the same unto me, He who is the Lord of the Right Hand.

I am the War and the Stillness it brings, and I am Peace, which brings Motion;

Thus within me thou shall find the Patriot and the Dissenter, and He who is Alien, hence also the Truce that is the Call To Arms.

Yet, still, thou knowest me not, for I am Limit, the Shield and He who Provides Shelter, as I am thine Imprisonment, and thy Passion, stemming from me and flowing forth, am I the Origin of thy Sins,

Verily, but still I am Sinless, I am Purity.

And they do call me Stauros, the Structure of Hyle, who is the Fibre and Clay that has formed thy Body.

"I am Turbulent! For I am Action, and am ever moving, lest Stagnation snatch my life, and mine Heart is a hive, in which ye dwell,

For I am Energy within as without, and thus movement becomes my expression from which ye are Born, and mayest experience the World;

I am the Dance, and ye dancest within me, ye hast become my Limbs, ye are my members, and the Vehicles by which I shall be known,

Hence it is within thyself, and by thy own will that thou shalt know me,

And thy face shall bear my Similitude, and we shall be Reflections of one another,

We shall as one, and thou shall Know me,