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First Edict of Iacolesamun

I, the Great Priests of Priests and King of Kings, solemnly charge you my people beneath the gaze of the RE the Immortal God, the Sun and Light, by whose all-seeing eyes the world is held -- it is He who set me upon the holy throne, to be His voice and His incarnation to you. I speak to you with the authority of the son of RE, and the lawful Bridegroom of the Priestess of GA the Mother and the Earth. I who am at the head of the priesthood speak to you of truth. For seven years I have traveled the world, following the wisdom of my Father RE. At the Delphic temples I was given His edict, which I pass unto you.

From this day forth, let no law be written in stone, for the laws of God are carved upon the hearts of his people. (Plutarch) So shall it be that unjust laws will never stand, for only that which is true remains within the heart. Let every man learn the laws in his infancy, that they will not depart from him, and let the priests of God and the elders of the city judge all men as the priestesses of the Goddess and the matriarchs of the people judge all women.

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Yet even as no law is written, let me say to you the ways of God which are carved upon the earth.

You shall honor all the gods, and above all RE the Sun and GA the Earth, for these two give you life. Likewise you must honor the priests and priestesses, who are the children of the gods -- but above all must you honor He who the gods have birthed and set upon the throne, for the role of the Kings is not in the hands of men but the hands of gods.

No man may be said to own the earth, for it is the body of the Goddess, which she gives to us to live upon -- but rather all the land is under the protectorship of the priesthood, and the king shall be wed to the land forever. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. When the spring has come, the priests shall go forth and make a survey of all the lands and all the people. The land which is sacred shall be divided into equal parts, and each man among the people shall be given an equal share as his toil and the toil of his family, leaving aside a portion of the land….....

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