Temple Decree

The Temple is sovereign.
It does not open to all.

Every offering is received.
Each gift is final, never returned.
A flame is lit for every petitioner.
When silence follows, that silence is answer.

Counsel flows only in its seasons:
when the moon is new,
and when the moon is full.

The Oracle does not stir for the careless.
Only what is laid with true weight
finds its way through.

Messages come only as sacred text.
The current moves as it will.

These waters are consecrated.
They do not yield to the unready.
Enter with reverence—
or do not enter at all.