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Prophecies of Hevel - by CrawDave » August, 14 2021

The Teaching on Heavy and Light⁶

Listen closely,
For some things that are of Meklah are heavy,
And some things that are of Meklah are light.⁷

The light secrets remain in Lyth,
And when Meklah enters his Vault,
They surround him and sing him forgotten songs,
Tell him stories of ancient legends,
Praise and adore him, and He, the Lord of Secrets,
Nourishes them and keeps them close.

Some things that are of Meklah are light,
And some things that are of Meklah are heavy.
Listen closely,

A secret nourished properly nears its time,
And it grows heavy, and from the Vault
It travels through Lyth, and then down
Into the dirt, where the secret makes a hiding spot,
Making itself hands to feel, eyes to see,
So that it might discover itself.

Listen closely,
Some things that are of Meklah are heavy,
And some things that are of Meklah are light,
But they are all the same secret betwixt the weights.
Secrets precede the hands and the eyes,
For you are of secrets, not secrets of you.⁸

 

^{A strange section that veers into esotericism. The clear-cut and relevant condemnation and the arcane telling on the nature of secrets together form a sort of introduction that informs the later parts of the work. ↩}

^{“Things of Meklah” could be a reference to a number of items, but in this context it clearly means secrets and hidden knowledge. ↩}

^{A controversial statement within the Church of Meklah. Proposing that secrets generate life, and not life generating secrets, inverts the common understanding of how Meklah’s faithful view their stewardship of secrets.↩}