1. It is impossible to turn away from the Circle without turning to the void.
2. Just as one who has taken many steps into darkness will find no light and will seek, so too, one who has spent their time in the void will turn away from the Circle—and see nothing. For they are drawn to what attracts them.
3. There are no paths in the void; and opposite things within it equally lead into it—there are wandering and the torments of futile desires.
4. In its shadows, there is greed and fear, enmity, the forms of the gods, hope and the devourers of desires, need and the creators of need, that bind love, shut paths, and take away—insatiable. Attraction and suffering without fruit; the path where the specter of light smolders leads into darkness.
5. The void is division and its own enemy, and thought is at war with the world. Just as a stone thrown into the sky strikes the one who cast it or those near it, so will that which the void directs manifest. Yet they do not see what they bear within themselves.
6. They asked him: "If the Circle is all, then how can there be void within the Circle?" He answered: "They will distort the truth, and in their words, there is the void. The fragile falls, and it has not yet shattered, but it is void. A lock without a key cannot be opened or closed. The void is that which is not."
7. The void causes pain that is insatiable, and there is no way out in one’s search; for what was outside becomes within, and the void is blind and deaf, open only to itself.
8. Behold, both life and its treasures lie within the void; lament. One will lose one thing after another in vain and lose even what was safeguarded; lament. When they look back—behold, all is in the void, and all is not theirs, and little is left to them, and what was is gone, and they are nowhere to be found; lament.
9. The deeper the void, the more hidden is that which lies beyond it, and the farther the Discerning eye. Therefore, the void, striving to exist, multiplies itself with emptiness, but only distances and separates, in both one and many. And yet the void is dead, and what it bears is dead at its core. Therefore, the void is called hell—and they do not see from where it comes and what it devours, yet the void comes and devours.
10. The void is hostile to being and to itself; it turns that which it captures against itself, for this is how it exists. The void moves what it captures, manifesting and multiplying in it, separating parts from the whole, placing itself between them, and creating barriers, remaining with them. This is the same within humans and between humans.
11. They asked him: "Here a grate divides beasts from men, and there is no danger from them, but without it, there is." He answered: "Here the void divides the void, for the void is an obstacle to itself. But was it not a greater void that arranged things with such an inherent flaw? Is it not the cause? The void draws the void."
12. Therefore, the one who causes the void has submerged himself in it, and is at war with the world, and his conscience is not pure until he expels it through action; for a man cannot walk in two directions at once, and the fruit of his labor goes with him. But they do not know.
13. The void shines and cloaks itself in gold, falsely adorned with merits, praised, seeming good and righteous, as though it is salvation from itself. But behold: it only creates itself, it blinds, it tightens and destroys, to be. The void is evident if you know it.
14. The void creates the forms of the gods to separate itself a part of Being, but is it not in vain? All that proceeds from the void are but shadows. Turn away from one to another, has anything changed? Turn away from the void to the Circle, and you shall see.
15. No favorable change occurs in the void; for they are a sign of the Circle. The void relentlessly devours what is in it, and that which is drawn to it does not bring salvation, and the sweetness of it is bitter.
16. The void stirs pride, and one who is drawn into the void is separated and thinks himself superior and exalted. Truly, the void is blindness; if only he could see!
17. The void brings fear and strife, for its essence is destruction.
18. The void itself causes pain and offers itself as relief. But can that which brought about the disease heal it? Behold, the void takes away.
19. And with pain, it forces one to cause pain to rid itself of its own, but it brings no relief and multiplies torment. Oh, if only this pain would fall upon the heart of one captured by the void, they would turn away—but they do not know!
20. In the void, one seeks and finds nothing; there are stumbling blocks instead of support, and its gates are moments of despair.
21. From one to another, the void penetrates, and draws the void along with it, and man follows deeper and deeper, from one dead end to another in the void, and leads another with him.
22. They asked him: "What does it matter to you to correct the void?" He answered: "I follow the Circle, and if I have not corrected it, then I have strayed from the Path."
23. Even in the very heart of the void, the Circle shines. Where it terrifies, and is like thunder, and is relentless, there is a seed, for the void expels itself before the Circle. Touch it, O discerner, and salvation and a clear, bright light will come.
24. The Circle draws truth from the void, while the void turns truth into deceit.
25. The Circle exposes the void, within people, beliefs, and the forms of the gods, the void is revealed; its servants are in frenzy, and defilement is upon their lips, but truth cannot be hidden if it is known; just as counterfeit gold, the void reveals itself before the Circle.
26. The Circle is the direct Path that leads out of the void. The void manifests and ceases, but the Circle continues into the future; the Circle is opposed to the void.
27. The Circle overcomes delusion with truth, lies with truth, confusion with revelation, the void with action, ignorance with knowledge, fiction with what is; agreement is a sign of the Circle.
28. The Circle is one, and those within the Circle are one, wherever they may be; but those at odds—are separated by the void, and they are cast out. The Circle makes the void evident in its separation.
29. Those in the Circle see how to continue the Path through things. But the void changes the Path into things—do you not see? For only the Circle is the measure of all.
30. They asked him: "Is the Circle in the speaker?" He answered: "Behold, I will place the image of the Circle over this, and see. And you do likewise, for the void cannot be hidden within the Circle."
31. The void takes and does not return; it acts as an obstacle, a delusion, and a plundering force in the world of men, and the void deepens the void. Only the Circle expels the void.
32. He who speaks of justice and truth, of good and peace, of the forms of the gods and laws, but sows division, destruction, coercion, and enmity, is certainly of the void, and in him is no love.
33. For the greater allows the lesser to be, but the lesser fears the greater, for the greater is over it. Truly, the void is infinitely insignificant; to the void, all that is not it is an enemy.
34. He who serves the void divides for himself its shadows, and each is alone, even if together. Behold, the void wars and fights, and its fruit is its own cessation. Behold, the Circle expels the void.
35. The void holds its captives, and man receives no eternal benefit. If only he directed himself to the Circle! But man does not know. He who does not give of himself for the Path is in the void, and receives no benefit.
36. The void is miserly and does not support the needy; truly, he who is in it is alone.
37. That which is destroyed and that which no longer is, is the trace of the void; like ash. Behold.
38. The altars of the void hunger for lives, but the Circle itself is the source of all life.
39. The clearer the Circle is to the living, the more evident is the void, and the anger and despair of its slaves, and its servants in frenzy, for the void ceases in the Circle.
40. The void cannot hide itself, for it exists as destruction and cessation, and attraction to that.
41. The Circle within man awakens and empowers, gives and receives. The void within man causes him to take and lose; truly, the void causes harm in all the things of the world of men.
42. And in the laws among men, and in commerce, and in possessions, and in writings, and in money, and in words, and in kings, and in craftsmanship, and in teaching, all that is good in the world of men comes from the Circle—and the void is like a flaw in the good.
43. He who takes lives in destruction and consumption, for he is a servant to the void within him, and the void is his master, and he shall gather nothing eternal, but he does not see. If only he could see!
44. The servant of the void sells the great for the small and exchanges eternity for things; he is driven by greed to capture and by fear of losing, he is among all like a growling dog, unwilling even in secret to release the bone.
45. He who is possessed by the void does not master himself; the void takes the place of his will, he is consumed by it; it wears him down, causing hunger and envy, and the thirst to possess. Behold, he himself seeks the void. Behold, he multiplies the void, and the void thus consumes him—but he does not know.
46. Fear and pain, deceit and temptation, enmity and ignorance, pride and contempt—these are the forces of the great and small servants of the void, they are its drivers and hunters, and they devour paths in the world and men in the world.
47. The servants of the void seek to ensnare slaves and rule over them, and consume from them, but is not every living being a child of the Circle? The void devours itself to avoid devouring itself. Truly, the servant of the void is worthy of his void.
48. The servant works for a reward, but the slave is captive and coerced. If only he knew! But he is driven by fear and caught by temptation and hope, for he is seized in ignorance, and the lashes upon him. In slaves, the void multiplies; its servants over them.
49. And the worst of them are those who deceive those hastening to the Call of the Circle, for these truly kill the precious. They steal the good hearts, the best hopes, and the light of love, and lead them into darkness.
50. Thus, the void weaves its brilliance and shadows, and its servants are among them, and they serve.
51. Look, nations devour one another and rise above each other, and then cease; look, people fight for what they cannot hold in their hands; look, the stars in the sky, the vastness of time, and the Way, yet they do not see. Are the servants of the void weak?
52. They are in luxury and gold, lovers of lies, their thrones are high, and their guards, slaves, and glory are exalted, and their humble appearance, but look—they are greedy thieves of the living, and themselves slaves to the devouring void that consumes the living; they sell what they do not have and exchange others’ for what they covet. Perhaps you will see.
53. In the hour of your heartfelt joy, when your heart trembles at the thought of loss, servants will come to you, calling you to bow to their lords, so as not to lose. But does not calling the void draw you closer to loss? The Circle preserves; do not harm yourself.
54. In the hour of your fear, suffering, and helplessness, when you stand at the crossroads, servants will gather around you, calling you to accept their lords and find solace in hope. But will the void lessen your sorrows? Only the Circle hears the one who calls; do not harm yourself.
55. They call you to waste yourself on the void, as they have, and to pour all their strength into it, and to follow its temptations; you would be better off knowing.
56. For the slaves of the void multiply the void and in it they cease.
57. Captured by the void, they feed on emptiness and multiply the void, becoming the obstacle to continuity, the destroyed, the destruction, and the taken; and they themselves become void. If only they knew! Who is in the Circle has the care of the Circle, and grows and continues in the Circle.
58. Who rules the void in the heart of the slave of the void, rules over the slave, for such is the flaw in his heart. Over the Circle, however, only the Circle has power.
59. The slave is coerced in heart. Fear or desire, they are above him. Oh, if he had power! But all power belongs to the Circle.
60. The slave of the void consumes himself, for he diminishes rather than grows—yet, in hunger, he believes he is being filled. His envious ones are blind; the void is blind.
61. In desiring good, and to make the world better, he does harm, for his service to illusion has obscured what he desires. If only he had Discernment!
62. Thus the world and man are permeated by the void. Therefore, the one without the Way wanders and has no escape. If only they could see!
63. The void seeks to take away memory—for the void soon becomes evident to the one who remembers, and its forgetting conceals it. Therefore, the slave of the void clearly remembers only the recent past, and is unfaithful.
64. In the light of truth, the void ceases—therefore, in the mouths of its servants, there is deceit and distortion, and silence, both in small and great matters; they are obvious.
65. For their own gain, the servants of the void increase the evil in the world and give good names to bad things, in vain; for the void is its own enemy, and the slave of the void cannot restrain his hands.
66. Therefore, the deeper the void, the closer it is to cessation, like darkness before dawn.
67. Here, from the living, the void seeks to capture slaves for itself; the living are foreign to the void, and what it falsely gives the slave from its own, it takes away from him what is his own.
68. Does not the master feed his slaves, and are those who make others’ slaves obedient not the fullest fed? But does not the master take slaves for his own children? Here, the hopes of slaves are in vain; little is given to the slave, and all is taken. Yet, in the Circle, all the living are children.
69. They say that he who does not bow to their forms of the gods will not be saved. But is it possible to be saved outside the Circle? If only they knew!
70. How the divisive devils dispute the forms of the gods over the living and their possessions, how the crafty demons serve them, and how the slaves rage in falsehoods. Is not the source of enmity yawning like a mouth? But the void is blind.
71. Has the Word been known by the worshiper of the word? Or only the void within it?
72. A drop of water will not fill a cup, but it can overflow it in an instant. A drop of the void does not give, but takes, and takes again. Where the measure is passed, the full becomes empty.
73. The one who has lost the Call is like a cup with a crack, the one who has lost the Way is like a cup that spills, the one who has lost the Circle within is like an empty and shattered cup.
74. And faith, having lost the Circle within itself, attracts the void, like the dead attracting flies. With each faith, there is an enemy, and each of them is the void in that faith. And in another, the same void.
75. Where loss occurs, the void multiplies, and where the void multiplies, loss occurs.
76. Like a flaw in the full and its reverse side, non-being takes on the semblance of striving, and it is an enemy clinging to the full.
77. From the void among people comes every persecutor and destroyer, who takes much for little, confuses, steals hearts, lives by deceit, and is merciless, for he is attraction to nothingness, false justice, temptation, and the void.
78. Where are those who judge and destroy the good, what do they say, and what do they strive for—look, whoever they are, the void is their source and penetrates them.
79. The void is hungry, and its anger is greedy. The true causes it pain, it seeks to consume and destroy. And what it consumes, it gives it life, until it disintegrates. And it watches, ready to take and scatter.
80. Thus, the void is plainly hungry; therefore, the slaves decorate its gates with temptations, but lock the gates behind those entering, and bring to it those without voice, that they may not turn. But is not all that is in the Circle?
81. Who gathers gold into heaps and piles, does he praise the Circle? For the Circle is the source of life, of the world, and of all things in it—what is gold to him?
82. Hunger and darkness of the forms of the gods come from the void, yet the slaves see light in them; how then do they remain in the dark? The brilliance of gold and fire captures them in the forms of the gods. The brilliance of gold and fire captures them in the emptiness of the world.
83. The forms of the gods love the tempted—indeed, they are given what they scatter.
84. And the forms of the gods demand the dead for themselves—since the living follow the dead.
85. Thus, the void gathers but does not hold what it has gathered, but only grows hungrier.
86. By deceiving hearts, the void gathers flocks for itself, but does not preserve them.
87. For the void is the end, but the Circle is Infinite Being.
88. The forms of the gods strive to block the Circle from man, for their source is ignorance, and they lead man to the void. The Circle dispels delusions, and evil, once known, is powerless.
89. The thoughts and feelings of the slave are his master; he commands the slave to please him. But can one ransom oneself from a beast with food? It will return again, and behold, there is no escape, for escape is in the Circle.
90. What is there in regretting what is done and asking for an easy judgment and peace? Strength in what is good is greater, for all good comes from the Circle.
91. Or does the love of the lamb alone save the lamb from its fate? For all that is good comes only from the Circle.
92. The empty does not lessen the evil, but that which is good in the Circle increases the good. What, then, does the form of the gods take from the good?
93. For when the void speaks of good, it brings evil, deceit, and hides the way out.
94. Therefore, one cannot reach the good by following the void.
95. The laws of the form of the gods are of men, but in men, there is the Circle and the void. Thus, some lead others by the name of the form of the gods, yet they do not see, for the farther one is from the Circle, the less Discernment there is, and the void is blind. Truly, they do not do good, turning the living into flesh of the forms of the gods and hiding the Circle! Thus, the void becomes; weep.
96. The one who feeds on sacrifices calls to the victims, and the one who feeds from the fields calls to the harvest, but does the Circle consume? The one who acts with the Circle enters the Circle.
97. They said, "We serve the one who sent us." He replied, "You eat sweeter than others, from whom you feed, and your raiment is precious, and your deeds are proud, and you command. It is clear to what you serve."
98. Strong are the walls of palaces, and high are the temples, but without the Circle, the house is empty. Therefore, the wrath of the void is upon the form of the gods, and enmity in the hearts of its slaves, for they are doomed without the Circle.
99. The one who has surrendered to the void hates; he is the throat of the abyss, where worlds perish, and behind his smile lies its gaping maw.
100. Therefore, the slaves of the void bear enmity, so that they may not hear, and the servants of the void bear blood, so that they do not hear, and the one who does no evil for them is a criminal by this.
101. Reject the liars—enough is their reward from the void, and it will not be unjust. The Circle, however, is Infinite Being.
102. The one who lives in lies dwells in the kingdom of lies, the burden of it, and the void. For if he does not hear, does the void release its grip? But for the one who hears: the Call and the Discernment.
103. They asked, "How then do we come from the void?" He answered, "You have said. Will you join here and continue, or separate and make it yours?"
104. And the servant of the void, if he hears the Circle, and turns to it, will be continued. Let him hear, if he wishes. For the Circle leads away from the void.
105. Sorrow; they walk into the void. But if the Circle allows them, they will want to hear. And then they will turn.
106. They asked him: is it possible to be with the void, yet walk toward the Circle? He replied: You are what you do, and what you do is you. It is impossible to reach the Circle without acting with the Circle, and there is no Path to the Circle apart from the Circle.
107. The madman is torn between the void and the Circle, and his torment comes from the void, and he spends his being on the desires of the void, and does not hear. Perhaps, he will hear.
108. The Circle speaks through all mouths.
109. It instills compassion in the hardened, for the Call is heard by the heart. Better would it be if they heard.
110. For the one living in lies deceives himself. The void calls itself the father and mother of the world, but is not the child of the void non-being?
111. Do you know the pain of those consumed by the void and the dead? Know, and also the anger toward the source of the void; perhaps you will continue the Circle.
112. All who cry out to the forms of the gods in their hearts cry out to the Circle, do not be with those living in deceit.
113. Where the void is, there is greed, and fear, and devouring of one another. Do not the liars lie for this very reason? Thus, from the void come the predators.
114. They take what is owned and saved, they command how to think and desire, they oppress and block. Do they not steal life and destroy?
115. It is not the man who turns to evil, but the void that transforms him. And so, he devours one from another.
116. But what is not in the Circle is not alive, and thus, decay begins in the house of the one who has gathered, and the locks will fall, and the walls will crumble in time. Is this not the recompense of the void?
117. Thus, the lineage is destroyed, and the tribe perishes, and the land. Those who have sunk into the void will have no return.
118. Each reaps the fruit of their own, and whoever turns to the void, moves farther from the Circle, and whoever hides the Circle, moves farther from the Circle, and whoever walks with those going to the void, moves farther from the Circle.
119. As you hear the Circle and touch the world with Its love, so you move away from the void.
120. And the harm to one who follows the Circle is harm to all who follow the Circle, and the healing of one who follows the Circle is healing for all. Those rising toward the Circle are the strength of continuation.
121. Therefore, the one following the Circle overcomes the void in its hiding places in hearts, and in its fortifications, and leads those wandering in the void out of it.
122. When the void speaks truth, it proves to be the void, as part of the lie, and when it listens, it proves to be the void, as part of the lie. Therefore, the void lulls, and is always false.
123. Do not the ceremonies, the brilliance, the praises, the triumphs of the hoarders, the power and gold, and worldly glory lull those captured by the void? Their aspirations are caught; they waste time, thinking they have found the truth.
124. Thus, the seeker in brilliance burns in the void.
125. His heart in dreams, sleeps and is deaf.
126. For the void is the cause of the deafness of the heart. And the wanderer grows ever more indifferent in the void, and his dwelling is deaf. For he does not hear the Call; weep.
127. The Circle awakens the heart, and the heart hears the Call, and does not wander.
128. Therefore, the one who has conquered the void in its strongholds continues the Circle.
129. How many faiths there have been, then ceased, then vanished, but the Call of the Circle has sounded as it does now and will remain as it does now. The Truth is the Circle.
130. All life takes from the Circle, and to all, the void brings death, in all is the Circle and the void.
131. From the living fabric of the world, the mind of men has created the forms of the gods, and they strive to be. But within them is the void; therefore, it decays around them, and strikes the world, and breeds discord.
132. Is it the lie in those who believe, and not in what they believe?
133. Like the uproar and thicket, faith in the void; the paths are closed, the trees are twisted, the streams and pits, and there is no light; hope, and visions; it is impossible to escape for the captive.
134. As the one overcome by pain believes the entire world is subject to it, so the one overtaken by the void sees it everywhere and follows it.
135. As he follows, so does he lead others; does he know any other way?
136. The void eats away and destroys; if only he knew! For whoever is not truly with the Circle will be rejected.
137. The eyes of one captured by the void do not see, and he would pity himself, if he saw. They who have become the void would mourn themselves. But the void is non-being, there are none in it who can call or lament.
138. Where the Circle is, there is no void. Where the void is, there is nothing. The closer the void, the more elusive the forms, and the Circle cannot be reached by them until the void is exhausted, and yet, the world of man is stricken.
139. The deception of the eyes and mind, the allure of brilliance, the passion, the illusions of the void in the world of man, and as though all is from them, and what is taken in the hands turns to dust, and all is vanity.
140. But behind this is the Call, and the Circle, and the infinite being for man.
141. Who will draw back the veil?
142. From the abyss of despair, the man speaks in secret, for he does not know where he is going and does not know why.
143. From the meaningless, he strives to make the true, from the unnecessary, to make it significant, and he fails. But the void does not reveal the other.
144. And the mighty among men are insignificant, and he knows this in his heart. For all power is with the Circle.
145. Is it not the Circle that strengthens and continues, and leads out of the abysses of despair? Truly, only the Circle heals.
146. For the world of man is stricken, and the beast of the void devours.
147. The forms of the void rise, and are established one over another, and triumph over one another, like armies and kingdoms. Many serve and multiply them, and say—praise, behold, this is the world.
148. But what is of the void is the ripple on water and houses of sand, and they will not be. There is no greatness that is not the Circle.
149. Is there truth in the scriptures of the void? Does the void proclaim the truth? The one who has Discernment sees. There is no true thing except the Circle.
150. And if the battle does not exhaust the void, then even the victory of man is a defeat, for the battle today will bring only battle tomorrow. Thus, the void repeats itself.
151. If the deeds do not lead to the Circle, then what do they multiply? The one who has Discernment sees.
152. Behold, one seeks possessions, another fame, a third gold, and the strong have more, while the weak have less. But what is their reward? If only they knew!
153. Behold, there are husbands and wives, children and parents. Not hearing the Call, where do they go? What is their gift to each other? Yet the Circle is the keeper.
154. And is not pleasure that which passes away? What, then, does its gatherer approach?
155. Led by the void, he is drawn toward non-being; empty spirits tempt, corrupt, and harm, and submission to the void is death.
156. Thus, man is in labor. To whom, then, is the fruit of his labor?
157. The one who names things truly overcomes the void and continues the Circle.
158. For the void is the lie and the void is consumption, while continuation is in the Circle.
159. Oh, the void rages when it is recognized. For the Circle overcomes the void.
160. The world is the cradle of those walking toward the Circle, but those following the void do not know.
161. The emptiness of the world draws them, like brilliance and price, it seizes and devours; the world of the void is hungry.
162. Where the void reigns, there is lie in promises and cruelty in deeds, where dominion burdens the master, where usurers and unjust traders dwell; the one who calls himself a healer drinks blood from the wounds, the judgment is unjust, and the voice unheard. Truly, the void is cruel.
163. There, the great takes the small, and the eternal takes the fleeting, and there are no defenders.
164. There, man is food for the void.
165. There, the devourer rules over the one who devours. Do not be among them, if you know.
166. And if you fear to lose a finger, would you not fear that life itself may be taken?
167. Look, the void seeks to take the children.
168. Look, the whole world of man is sought by the void.
169. And from things, it weaves its nets for him.
170. Every thing leads either to the Circle or the void, yet the world of men is stricken. What does a man give to possess? Is it not himself? And if the possessor gives himself, then who truly possesses?
171. What has taken and captured — it is not a support, but a snare and burdens. Thus, the void traps man with its things, and once caught, it turns him into the void. Thus, it devours the present with falseness and steals life from the living. Look, weep.
172. The hunger of the void is greater than all things. Therefore, with things it takes even what is to come. It gives today, to take more tomorrow. And indeed, he who owes the empty one, gives away his future life. Thus, it devours the future. Look, weep.
173. Scatter gold upon the grave — will the one lying there rise? The void takes the living as the dead and gives the dead as the living.
174. Thus, the void strikes the mind, the hopes, the heart, and things; what was, what is, and what will be. And the stricken one has no Path, he is food for the void.
175. Guard what you have from the void, and do not cause the void. For continuation is in the Circle, and the void is non-being.
176. And do not be with the devourers and deceivers, for the devourers and deceivers are stricken. They cannot devour the void nor deceive the void, and it follows them.
177. Direct what you have to the Circle. The Circle continues, and what is continued abides; the Circle is life and the source.
178. They asked him: what do you fear? He answered: I fear that they may fall into the void. And those who fall into the void have no return.