Yapa

iconThe Second Age Of Flesh

Book 7 – The Second Law

7   The Key Circle of Sacred Objects

1This be the Law of Sacred Objects:
2Sacred is Spirit in Form worthy of recognition,
3Worthy of ceremony through custom.
4All Form is Sacred. All Form is worthy of recognition.
5And worthy of ceremony through custom.
6All Form is Sacred. All Form is worthy of recognition.
7Sacred Objects be Sacred Form that are separate to the flesh of a man or woman.
8There be three types of Sacred Objects:
9The first be sacred objects that exist for only a time and place;
10The second be sacred objects that must die when the flesh of a man or woman also dies;
11The third be sacred objects that live beyond the flesh of a man or woman.
12Those sacred objects that exist for only a time and place be part of certain ceremony,
13Or part of meeting or forum of law,
14And must die after the end of the meeting or ceremony.
15To permit a sacred object that may exist for a time,
16To exist beyond that time is an injury.
17The second type of sacred object are those that must die,
18When the flesh of a man or woman also dies.
19The sacred seals of office of a man or woman,
20Should die when the man or woman dies;
21The bark of official messages, law and agreement,
22Should die when the man or woman dies.
23The third type of sacred object,
24Are those that live beyond the death of the flesh of a man or woman:
25This be such sacred objects as sacred insignia;
26This also be such sacred objects as attached to sacred office.
27Sacred objects may be public, restricted or secret.
28Public sacred objects are those permitted to be seen by community;
29Restricted sacred objects are those permitted only to be seen,
30By men or woman of certain initiation;
31Secret sacred objects are the most restricted of all objects,
32And may only be seen by those of the highest initiation.
33A people who respect nothing of sacred objects,
34Have no culture or law.
35A People who defile sacred objects,
36Curse their own civilization and are without honor.
37A man or woman who deliberately damages sacred objects,
38Can never themselves occupy a sacred office;
39Can never possess valid authority;
40And can never be a custodian of sacred objects.
41A people who permit such perversion of law,
42Abandon any respect of law or justice.
43Any law that dishonors such law cannot be law.