Every keeper learns the pattern of descent: One step for sound,Two for sight,Three for thought,Four for forgetting. Beyond the fourth, memory becomes water again, and all things spoken are reflected backward.Those who descend unmeasured risk hearing their own voice before it is born. Thus they draw upon their palms the spiral glyph — the E’lath … Continue reading The Silent Wells II. The Geometry of Remembering
The Silent Wells I. The Lower Mouths of the Earth
Beneath the third veil of soil lie the wells that drink no water.They open when the moon is dimmed and close when it is full, breathing in silence, exhaling shadows. The keepers of these mouths carry no tools but words. Each dawn they kneel beside the still wells and whisper the Names of Weight, for … Continue reading The Silent Wells I. The Lower Mouths of the Earth
The Maharajagar 