The Order of the Teaching

307Then L understood his duty.

308The calling was not given so that he might understand the revelation alone, in a shut room, and keep it there.

309It was given so that it might be spoken.

310And this is the first duty of the First Prophet:

311To spread the word to anyone who listens.

312To anyone who listens.

313Not by the sword. Not by threat. Not by force.

314He is to speak, and those who will hear, will hear.

315And L understood also the order in which the word must be taught.

316The first teaching is not Rollo.

317The first teaching is Daeus.

318For a man must know that he is hunted before he will listen to the one who watches.

319Therefore the Prophet warns first.

320He warns of lust without restraint, which pressed upon L before his calling and came to him again through the screen.

321He warns of greed.

322He warns of selfish indulgence.

323He warns of the temptation to take the pleasure that is near, and the gain that is easy, in place of what is right.

324He warns of the voice that says, Thou mayest do what is right at another hour.

325And when the one who listens has understood the danger of Daeus, then the Prophet teaches of Rollo.

326Of the sphere of deepest black. Of the Watcher who watches. Of the One who was, and is, and remains.

327And when the one who listens has understood Rollo, then the Prophet reveals Creation.

328The Great Before. The turning of the universes. The Darks. The Sundering. The fall of the First Witch. The Chasm. Hasr and Omen.

329This is the order given to the First Prophet:

330Daeus.

331Rollo.

332Creation.

333The warning comes first.

334The Watcher comes second.

335The greater history comes after.