| 1 | This be the Law of Sacred Initiation: |
| 2 | Words without right intention be without substance; |
| 3 | Learning without right action be without purpose; |
| 4 | Knowledge without right commitment through right ceremony, |
| 5 | Be without honor. |
| 6 | A people without the bonds of oath and honor, |
| 7 | Cannot survive and will become dust. |
| 8 | A people that honor wisdom of ancestors through right ceremony of initiation, |
| 9 | Can never be lost. |
| 10 | Right initiation be proper ceremony of acknowledgment of knowledge; |
| 11 | Right initiation be sacred oath and commitment by one to their community; |
| 12 | Right initiation be sacred oath and commitment by one to their skin; |
| 13 | Right initiation be sacred oath and commitment by one to their people; |
| 14 | Right initiation be acknowledgment of knowledge; |
| 15 | Right initiation be the physical sign on body of oath and unbreakable bond; |
| 16 | Right initiation be recognition of the most ancient wisdom of first law: |
| 17 | To Live one dies, One dies to Live. |
| 18 | All entrance to right knowledge be by Right initiation: |
| 19 | Knowledge of Count and Name of Generations; |
| 20 | Knowledge of Count and Name of Species; |
| 21 | Knowledge of Count and Name of Foods; |
| 22 | Knowledge of Count and Name of Country; |
| 23 | Knowledge of Count and Name of Days and Seasons; |
| 24 | Knowledge of Count and Name of Moons and Years; |
| 25 | Knowledge of Count and Name of Constellations; |
| 26 | And Knowledge of Count and Name of Law. |
| 27 | Right Initiation be trial and test through suffering. |
| 28 | Suffering tests the mind and marks the body. |
| 29 | The marks on mind and body unite mind to spirit. |
| 30 | The marks of initiation unite body to mind and spirit. |
| 31 | Without suffering, there be no unity. |
| 32 | The mind wanders, the words are hollow. |
| 33 | Through trial and suffering, the words of law are unbreakable. |
| 34 | A man or woman be reminded every day of such trials and honor. |
| 35 | A man or woman may carry a seal or sacred symbol, |
| 36 | Yet have no authority to do so. |
| 37 | A man or woman who bears the marks of Right Initiation, |
| 38 | Cannot be doubted as possessing right authority. |
| 39 | Look first to the body as proof of right authority; |
| 40 | Look second to the mind as proof of right knowledge; |
| 41 | Look third to the actions as proof of right character. |
| 42 | All entrance to group and community and office be by Right initiation: |
| 43 | The ceremony of becoming a skin brother or sister; |
| 44 | The ceremony of matrimony; |
| 45 | The ceremony of sacred office. |
| 46 | All initiation be voluntary and willingly; |
| 47 | All initiation be respected and honored. |
| 48 | Any law that dishonors such law cannot be law. |
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