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Now, I include this book in these writings for a great purpose in the Aiylōhyme, for we have seen that in the day these things shall come forth, there shall be many peoples upon the earth that shall attempt to perform a work for the dead, nevertheless, it shall be unfruitful, for though they carry the names of their dead into the waters of Ohrther, still they have not descended into Hel and conversed with that individual whose name it is. Neither have they stood with their righteous dead who have been resurrected with Thūnoraz and become Vyaneir, for the Vyaneir have been given authority to oversee this work.
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And because they neither commune with their dead nor with their Vyaneir, they can never truly participate in this work, and their performances are without meaning.
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I am Vovfen, oh people, and with me is Emalō, my wife, and we have seen your day and know concerning you. We have also taken part in the work of collecting the souls of the dead in Hel, for we both have descended many times and have taught those who our Vyaneir have instructed us to teach. And when this, we have returned and have received in Ohrther each other in proxy for the restitution of these souls whom we have met. And we know they have accepted our sacrifice on their behalf, for we have already spoken with these face to face.
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Who among you would take a child, innocent and without knowledge, and force them to be received in Ohrther, saying that at some point the child will desire Ohrther? I say this is wickedness, and you know it is wickedness. The child cannot be received in Ohrther for a future day when they may accept Ohrther. No, the child is taught and reared in the righteous ways of the Aiylōhyme, and only when they have desired with all their hearts to step up in Sydeir are they received in Ohrther. And it may be when they are young, or it may be when they are old. Nevertheless, it is always with their complete and total knowledge.
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You do this with your dead, you peoples of the earth. You go down into the waters of Ohrther and you proclaim that at some future day your dead might accept this sacrifice; nevertheless, you have never once descended into Hel yourselves to speak with your kin face to face. You force this Ohrther upon them.
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Was it not written that there were those who turned away from Thūnoraz when he said that they must repent with a broken heart and a contrite spirit? Cease this work then! Before you can cleanse any one, they must first desire that Ohrther.
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And how might you know that a one who has passed over the wall desires Ohrther? Are you not children of the Aiylōhyme, oh people? You know you are, therefore, power is given unto the righteous to descend into Hel even as their forefathers did. And when you do this, you shall do as Hennen did, for you will walk and talk with your kindred dead and you will teach them and know them, and they will know you. And when they have come down in the depths of humility and have repented with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, then will the Vyaneir guiding you give you power to receive in Ohrther in that individual's name. Then that soul is received in Ohrther.
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Let it be known, the Vyaneir alone have received power from the Aiylōhyme to oversee this work, and you must have their seal before a soul who has passed is received in Ohrther. Nevertheless, I return unto the abridgement of this record.