tahna’shoreshik
Sermon Six
ou have discovered the sixth Sermon of Vivec, which was hidden in the words that came next to the Hortator.
²There is an eon within itself that when unraveled becomes the first sentence of the world.
³Mephala and Azura are the twin gates of tradition and Boethiah is the secret flame.
⁴The Sun shall be eaten by lions, which cannot be found yet in Veloth.
⁵Six are the vests and garments worn by the suppositions of men.
⁶Proceed only with the simplest terms, for all others are enemies and will confuse you.
⁷Six are the formulas to heaven by violence, one that you have learned by studying these words.
⁸The Father is a machine and the mouth of a machine. His only mystery is an invitation to elaborate further.
⁹The Mother is active and clawed like a nix-hound, yet she is the holiest of those that reclaim their days.
¹⁰The Son is myself, Vehk, and I am unto three, six, nine, and the rest that come after, glorious and sympathetic, without borders, utmost in the perfections of this world and the others, sword and symbol, pale like gold.
¹¹There is a fourth kind of philosophy that uses nothing but disbelief.
¹²For by the sword I mean the sensible.
For by the word I mean the dead.
¹³I am Vehk, your protector and the protector of Red Mountain until the end of days, which are numbered 3’3’3’3.
¹⁴Below me is the savage, which we needed to remove ourselves from the Altmer.
¹⁵Above me is a challenge, which bathes itself in fire and the essence of a god.
¹⁶Through me you are desired, unlike the prophets that have borne your name before.
¹⁷Six are the walking ways, from enigma to enemy to teacher.
¹⁸Boethiah and Azura are the principles of the universal plot, which is begetting, which is creation, and Mephala makes of it an art form.
¹⁹For by the sword I mean the first night.
For by the word I mean the dead.
²⁰There will be a splendor in your name when it is said to be true.
²¹Six are the guardians of Veloth, three before and they are born again, and they will test you until you have the proper tendencies of the hero.
²²There is a world that is sleeping and you must guard against it.
²³For by the sword I mean the dual nature.
For by the word I mean animal life.
²⁴For by the sword I mean preceded by a sigh.
For by the word I mean preceded by a wolf.
²⁵The ending of the words is ASV.