The Mother of Power, dark Lilith,
is the greatest of them,
but there are others,
and more yet to come.
Drink not of their blood, for they will
ensnare you.
Keep wary of them, they are crafty.
They know Adam's knowledge, and
Eve's wisdom,
they are the bringers of fire,
the tillers of soil,
the husbanders of animals,
the bringers of writing,
they are the Sun-children,
the Rising Stars.
They will seek to involve you in their
journey.
Resist! Resist! their path disregards
hunger, blood, and body.
Trust not the ones with bright eyes
twoards the dawn:
Remember always, it is the Dawning that
brings your death.
Mark you there is a place beyond spirit, beyond life which is Darkness, Shadow, and there Shadows dwell. An island, a fortress, a land of the Dead I have travelled there through a pathway of doom and I have witnessed the dread king of the Stygian City as he sat at court. I have seen the faceless hooded ones traversing the River Styx. They swarm about us like flies on a putrefying corpse, and like us, feed on fear, ecstacy, and anger. Dead they are, but undead, and they are closer to us than we will ever know. The Blood of my Brother cries out to me as I sleep as the Sun crosses the sky, I hear my brother, second- born Abel, screaming. Mark well the spirits of those who have died. Know their strength is not your own. Listen to their words: they carry wisdom. Listen not to their songs: that way is oblivion. Do not seek to bind them, but free them if you can. Such is the commandment of Caine, who himself has been imprisoned and freed.
Thou shalt not slay thy Sire and drink his heart's blood. Thou shalt hold the eldest among you as Lord, even as I am your Father, the eldest is closest to me. Thou shalt honor each other's House. Thou shalt honor each other's Domain. Thou shalt not reveal yourselves as Gods to the Childre of Seth. Honor another's Progeny. Honor always your Sire. Tou shalt teach your Progeny the ways of the Kindred. Thou shalt not Embrace Love. Thou shalt not feed of the Moon-Beasts, the Wild Ones. the diseased, the insane or the drunken. Thou shalt protect always those you serve. To your Brothers and Sisters always give hospitality. To your Sire's Brothers and Sisters, always give the best part of your house, to your Progeny's Brothers and Sisters give a roof from the Sun and the blood of a sheep, no more. Never forget your Sire's Sire, Caine the Wanderer.
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