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Book 7 – The Second Law

10   The Key Circle of Sacred Sanctuary

1This be the Law of Sacred Sanctuary:
2Sanctuary be consecrated and sacred place.
3Places be made sacred and sanctuary,
4By sacred intentions and sacred acts.
5There be two important forms of sanctuary,
6The first be the space occupied by a man or woman,
7Who stands in true honor before First Law.
8The second form of sanctuary be places of land or water in country.
9When sanctuary be second form it may be of four types:
10The first be as a sacred Temple,
11For the store and preservation of sacred objects;
12The second be as a sacred Necropolis,
13For the remains of the dead;
14The third be as a sacred Forum,
15For the conduct of law and resolution of disputes.
16The fourth be as a sacred Meeting Place,
17For the conduct of sacred ceremony, trade and community meeting.
18As to the first form of sanctuary of land and water being Temple:
19Sacred Sanctuary exists around one or more Altars of the Temple.
20An Altar be a sacred structure upon which sacred objects are placed,
21In honor to the great spirits of dreaming;
22In honor and respect to the ancestors;
23In honor and respect and balance of country;
24In honor and respect of all living animals and plants;
25And in honor and respect of all living members of skin and family.
26An Altar upon which sacred objects such as sacred insignia are placed,
27Be a portal and direct connection to spirit.
28The space immediately around an Altar is known as the Inner Sanctuary.
29Inner Sanctuary be openings into the earth by water or wind,
30That the Altar is protected and cannot be easily seen.
31The sacredness of Inner Sanctuary is the sacred of all holy places.
32This is why only the most holy and honorable of initiated may see an Altar.
33It is why it be the most serious transgression for one without permission,
34To set eyes on an Altar or be present in Inner Sanctuary.
35A sacred place is not a Temple unless it possesses one or more Altars.
36The murder of any living animal or people within Inner Sanctuary or Temple is forbidden.
37The presence of human or animal bones, or dried flesh or blood,
38Is forbidden to be near or upon an altar,
39Or within the bounds of Inner Sanctuary or Temple.
40It be an abomination and insult against the divine creator spirit,
41And it be an abomination against all spirits, living and deceased,
42To bring the remains of any animal or people within the bounds of Temple.
43As to the second form of sanctuary of land and water being Necropolis:
44It be the most sacred place for the burial and rest of the bodies of the dead.
45To desecrate the bones and bodies of the dead,
46Is one of the worst transgressions against all spirit.
47There be no magic, but madness and illness of one's own spirit,
48When one desecrate sacred Necropolis,
49The honor and rest and respect of the dead,
50Is the sign of all civilized people who possess law.
51A people who desecrate sacred Necropolis,
52A people who respect nothing of the dead and disturb their remains,
53Have no law or culture.
54Such savages and creatures invoke all madness and illness of spirit,
55Upon themselves and their children and descendants.
56As to the third form of sanctuary of land and water being sacred Forum:
57Sacred Sanctuary exists around an Oratory of the Forum.
58An Oratory is a sacred place within the sacred Sanctuary of Forum,
59Upon which people come in honor and respect,
60And law is spoken for justice, in honor of rule of law.
61An accusation not spoken and adjudicated in Oratory be not law;
62A dispute not discussed and judged in Oratory be not law.
63A people who respect not sacred Oratory and sacred Forum,
64Have no rule of law and are the lowest of creatures.
65Any law that dishonors such law cannot be law.