"The Principles of Darkness are Seven; he who knows these,
understandingly, possesses the Magic Key before whose touch all the
Doors of Ti'rith fly open.

[1.] The Ain Sof is mind; The Multiverse is Mental.

[2.] As above, so below; as below, so above.

[3.] Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.

[4.] Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair
of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in
nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but
half-truths; all lies are but half-lies; all paradoxes may be
reconciled.

[5.] Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things
rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure
of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left;
rhythm compensates.

[6.] Every Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its Cause; everything
happens according to Law; Chance is but a name for Law not recognized;
there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the Law.

[7.] Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine
Principles; Gender manifests on all planes."

So it is written in the Qadeshai, the holy book that forms the basis of
the Order founded by Lord Twilight Trismegistus. This Order does not
seek popular approval or numbers of followers. They are indifferent to
these things, for they know how few there are in each generation who are
ready for the truth, or who would recognize it if it were presented to
them. They reserve the strong meat for adults, while they furnish the
milk for babes. They reserve their black pearls of wisdom for the few
elect, who recognize their value and who wear them in their crowns,
instead of casting them before the materialistic vulgar swine, who would
trample them in the mud and mix them with their disgusting mental food.

But still these beings have never forgotten or overlooked the original
teachings of Twilight, regarding the passing on of the words of truth to
those that are ready to receive it. This teaching is stated in the
Qadeshai as follows: "Where fall the footsteps of the Chaioth ha Qadesh,
the ears of those ready for his Wisdom open wide." And again: "When the
ears of the follower are ready to hear, then cometh the lips." But their
customary attitude has always been strictly in accordance with another
Darkling aphorism, also in The Qadeshai: "The lips of Wisdom are closed,
except to the ears of Understanding."

To penetrate some of the shadows that surround this enigmatic Divine
Order, consult the scroll HELP TWILIGHT. The Divine Emblem of this Order
is a pair of glowing red eyes on a field of darkness. The symbolism
behind this standard remains unknown to the uninitiated, but it is said
to be an arcane reference to an obscure Darkling Axiom: "In its essence,
the Ain Sof is unknowable and dark."

We walk among you...

Cloaked in the shadows, embraced by the night, we move within Darkness
and shun the dread light. Woven in secret, our webs shroud you all,
binding the realm into Lord Twilight's thrall. We are your brothers,
your sisters, your mothers, your fathers, your children and your
friends. We are the wind that chills your very soul. We are the sensuous
caress of a lovers' tryst. We are the blade that pierces your flesh in
the night, and the hand that manipulates the web of fate. We are
Darkness, and we are eternal.

We walk among you...

As written by the God of Darkness, Lord Twilight Trismegistus

Penned by my hand on the 2nd of Mayan, in the year 449 AF.