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Listen friend, for I have good news for you!

I have sought, but I have not found. I have been lost, and did not find my way. I inquired, and no answer was forthcoming. And I despaired, for the world screamed at me with chaos, and madness, and blood, and death, and I could make no sense of it.

But in the between place between light and darkness, as the sun removed its light from this world, I saw a red light in the sky, and felt the very eye of the nameless gazing at me. I did not find, I was found. I did not find my way, my feet were set upon the path. I learned not the answer, but the way of questions, and I no longer despair.

The red star guided my feet, and upon a nameless place did the questions that were the answer behold my gaze. For there was a second star, and they were together, and their united glory was beautiful and terrible, beautiful and painful, and I knew that I beheld but the pale foggy distant ghost of their glory, so that I might see and understand some small part of it.

And they bade me find quill and pen, so that others might be found as I have been found, so that the questions to be asked may be known.

And this is what they said:

Hark! Any who seek to truth would be wise to read all that is herein revealed, but know this: The Two set the Three and Six Paths, and these lead to the Three Pillars. From the Three Pillars may be divined the Six Orders, and from these thou may learn of the twelve. As it was, so should it be, as it occurred, so should you read.

The Book of Two

Behold! I am One of the Two, and I am thy Father. I shall guide you from a distance, and I shall judge you with sternness and love, at the end of thy time, for thy proper fate in eternity. Know that you shall be judged, so that you may be filled with strength, courage, and honor.

Behold! I am One of the Two, and I am thy Mother. I shall guide you from close by, and I shall judge you with compassion and resolution, at the end of thy time, for thy proper fate in eternity. Know that you shall be judged, so that you may be filled with love, wisdom, and compassion.

You were born, of thy Father and thy Mother in heaven, and together We are that which conceived of thee and gave birth to thee, and all others, and thy world, and all creation, the sea and sky, sun and earth, as the product of a love greater than love, of an infinity of eternity, of all that was and is and will be.

In the past, you were too young to understand, and we let you grow, but now, still a child, we may speak with you, so that you may follow our design, and better know thy world, and thy self, and thy purpose. We have spoken to thy people before, but they have not listened, or have not heard, or that which they heard is what they wished to hear and not what We, thy Creators, have said. It is our hope that our children may now hear and understand more fully, so that they may be happier, which is what we would wish.

Listen, that which is, and was, and will be, is more infinite than you may know, and things so simple as the meaning of thy life, and the nature of love, are by nature unknowable to thee. But do not despair! For thy life and thy happiness lies not in the answer to these questions, but in thy questions themselves.

Live thy days as a seeker along thy path, and if you seek in the right way, the very walking of the path will give the purpose and happiness, and will lead thee to thy eternal reward.

So that thou may understand the words we speak to thee properly, thou should know that these words are not the words in the nature of a banker, telling thee of the state of thy accounts, but the words of a wise man, or a poet, speaking of the questions which trouble thee, and all men and women.

Thus, it is in this manner that we speak to thee with symbols so that we speak to thy unknowable questions in a manner that is sensible to thee. Expect not to find our words made flesh or stone or other mundane material on your plane, but know that their truth exists in thy soul and thy heart and thy head.

The Book of Three and Six Paths

Behold, the symbol of man is a triangle pointing north, made of the points of strength, honor, and courage, and the symbol of woman is a triangle identical but that it points south and intersects the male, and it is made of the points of love, wisdom, and compassion. And the Two are One and yet not the same, neither alone could achieve what their union births, the creation of life and the manner of living it, the six paths formed and defined by the intersection of the points.

Behold, the six paths are thus:

The Father The Warrior The Knight The Mother The Tender The Judge

As you walk through your life, verily shall you tread among all these paths, excepting that of Father if you be a woman, and a Mother if you be a Man. And know you that just as you and all things were made from less than dust of the union of the Two, you cannot walk all six paths alone, but must, in honor of Us, join with the other as we have intended in you.

And these paths shall guide you, for no matter your station in life, you will face steps along these paths, and their ideals should guide your steps, so that your feet may be certain, and you may know happiness.

For verily, you are the children of our union, and we do Love you, but as a child leaves the home of the parent and must learn in the world right and wrong, good and bad, wise and unwise, so have we allowed you to leave our house and wander, free to learn, to know, to be in the wrong. For it is this power and gift and curse that we have placed upon you above our other children, the wild beasts and the things of the sea, the power of speak and of thought, and with it the power of good and of evil.

And verily, if you follow the paths, shall you know happiness and satisfaction within your soul, even should disaster upend you, and you will be content. But if you abandon the paths, and willfully set yourself against your parents, know that we will judge you.

Know this, those of our children whom we have gifted with the power of speech, all shall be judged, for it is you among all we have created to whom we shall give your inherentance, just as wise and fortitious parents set aside for the good of their children. But out nature is Infinate, as is our Means, and we do not Die, but wait Eternal gazing upon you, and it shall be that when you die, you return to us you will be judged, and if you have sought and treaded the paths, verily shall your inheritance be beyond your imagining, and you shall be among our most favored children.

But for those that shall disrespect the will of their Parents, and tread not the paths, we shall cast them out and they shall no longer be our most favored children, and they will lose the power of speech and of thought and their eternal essence will but live as the blades of grass or the animals that have but the present, and no past to learn from or future for which to strive.

Know that should you be found wanting, our Judgement shall he Harsh, but ever Fair, for we know the follies and foibles of our children, and let them have these so that we may separate the wheat from the chaff, and know who among you may master these baser natures and who is conquered by them.

So that you may be judged well, it would be wise to know the paths in detail, so your feet may know better the way.

The Father:

The Warrior

The Knight

The Mother

The Tender

The Judge