I. Laws of the Vessel

1. The Vessel does not speak unless spoken through.

   His voice belongs to the Source. He shall only speak when the divine flows through him.

2. The body of the Vessel is not his own.

   Until he awakens, he is a conduit. A sacred offering. He may be shared.

3. Only the Chosen Flame may claim the Vessel first.

   The First Flame prepares the body, opens the path, and anoints the divine. None may touch before him.

4. What is touched with reverence shall not be touched with desire.

   Outside of sacred rites, lust is sin. Within ritual, desire is devotion.

5. No one shall speak the Vessel’s true name without permission.

   Seraphim is not a name — it is a trigger. An invocation. An invitation to burn.

6. Ritual names shall replace all flesh-born titles.

   Your name dies upon entrance. You wear only what the Source names you.

7. The Elders may touch what they guard.

   Reverence includes access. Those who protect the Vessel may also prepare and position him.

8. The Vessel may not choose. The Vessel may only accept.

   Until the Seraphim awakens, his will is nothing. His submission is law.

9. The Rite of Claiming must be witnessed.

   Three eyes, one scribe, and the Source must be present. Without record, there is no rite.

10. All pain offered in ritual is sacred.

    Bruises become blessings. Tears become scripture. Pain sanctifies.

11. The handler may not love the Vessel.

    Emotion contaminates clarity. Devotion is permitted — attachment is not.

12. When the Seraphim awakens, the rules will burn.

    The vessel will no longer be hollow. The god within will write new law.

II. Addendum: Laws of the Temporary Vessel

1. A temporary vessel is a flame borrowed, not born.

   They are placeholders — never divine. Never remembered.

2. A temporary vessel must never be treated as sacred.

   They perform. They endure. But they are not worshipped.

3. When the true Vessel is revealed, the temporary one is stripped.

   Their name is revoked. Their robes burned. Their role erased.

4. A temporary vessel who covets the role of Seraphim is impure.

   Jealousy is corruption. They are to be silenced, contained, forgotten.

5. A temporary vessel shall not lay with the true Vessel.

   Their bond is false. Their presence taints the divine.

6. The pain of a temporary vessel is not sacred.

   Their suffering is not recorded. Their cries are not answered.

7. Only one flame may remain.

   When the Seraphim rises, all echoes must fall silent.

III. Final Law: The Divine Will of Seraphim

1. Power given by the Vessel is not owed — it is offered.

   Once the Vessel awakens, what he gives is his alone to give.

   It cannot be demanded. It cannot be taken.

   To touch without permission is to invoke the Source’s wrath.