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I called out to him, And he answered in a voice like snapping twigs. "I am Lilith," said I "I am Caine," said he, And I pitted him, Yet I hated him, Fore he bore the scent of Adam, The touch of Eve And the haunted eyes of the One Above.

- The Book of the Owl; The Coming of Caine. P.76-77 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade

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O knight with seraphim's wings, Dressed black like the sky you gave me, Heart like the star for which you are named, Eyes like the sunset waves, Call to me through darkness, Shed your blood to feed my thirst and take mine, As offerings to your hunger.

- The Book of the Owl; Lilith and Lucifer. P.73 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade

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As I vomited the brood of the One Above Into the swirling abyss Where they became the myriad creatures of the sea.

- The Book of the Owl; The Ocean and All Its Creatures. P.72 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade

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I found myself in the wastelands, where my eyes grew wide, and my mind reached out, and my flesh became water, and my bones became stone, and my feet quickened their pace, and my shadow grew faint and hid from the sun, until the coming of the cool night, when my pains would fall away, leaving me wiser for their lessons. Excruciation had made me free.

- The Book of the Owl; The Days Before. P.71 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade

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My pain made me a mountain. It burned me into ashes and from the ashes I arose. Ahi hay Lilitu.

- The Book of the Owl; The Days Before. P.70 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade

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I raised a garden out of emptiness and fruit from barren soil. In my mantle of the night I swept across it and watered it with blood. Ahi hay Lilitu.

- The Book of the Owl; The First Peace. P.69 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade

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To Lilith, he [Jehovah] said, "Thou has tasted the Wine of Immortality, so though shalt never die, but endure evermore, until the closing of the eyes of the Ancient One, even as do I, and though shalt perish at that time. And because thou hast spurned my love, thou shalt love none other, though thou might strive to do so. And they womb shall overflow with children, but they shall love thee not, nor be a part of thee. And thine eyes shall see at night, but be blinded by the day. And thy skin shalt crack in the sun of they false love Lucifer, and heal under the moon only. Thou has become a Shining One, but they light shall shine only by night."

- The Genesis Fragment; The Wraith of the Lord of the Garden, and his Sevenfold Curses. P.49 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade

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Eve had come as Lilith twined round the Tree of Knowledge. The third woman did come and sit beneath that Tree. And Lilith did see that Eve was a lesser thing and took pity upon her. In pity, she said unto Eve, "Take the fruit and eat of it, so that thine eyes might be opened." And Eve did as she was told and took that fruit and ate of it. Lo, Eve's eyes were opened as if blinded by a burst of fire, and she was cast down as if by a blow, and she wept for the things she understood. And Lilith coiled about Eve to comfort her, and Eve held the Serpent like a lover, and they did know each other in the shadow of the of the Tree of Knowledge.

- The Genesis Fragment; The Creation of Eve, and the Fall. P.49 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade

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And so Lilith came into Eden. Casting her garment of Night over the trees, she then transformed herself into a Great Serpent with sharp scales to match the colour of the growing things about her; and with great wings that wrapped about her long coiling body, so that she might hide herself from Jehovah. The Serpent was cunning and quiet and moved unseen through the deep grasses of Eden.

- The Genesis Fragment; The Creation of Eve, and the Fall. P.49 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade

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And Jehovah put a deep slumber upon Adam and removed on rib, he made Eve. And Adam was pleased, and he did name her "Ishah" or "Eve", and he knew Eve, and she lay beneath him, for she was a lesser thing, not made of the True Earth like Lilith before her, nor of the back of Adam, but from his bone.

- The Genesis Fragment; The Creation of Eve, and the Fall. P.49 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade

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Then Lilith did darken, and her rage rose like sand in a strong wind, and it scoured the place where the Trees would not grow, where the seeds lay fallow in the earth, and she cursed Jehovah for his pride. Then she cursed herself for her pain, and for the love she bore for he who betrayed her. And her first garden was swept away in her wrath, until it stood no more.

- The Genesis Fragment; The First Garden of Lilith. P.47 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade

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Lilith chose a rich and fertile land, with three rivers making up its borders. And she did drape her garment of Night over this land. From her garment, she plucked a handful of tiny stars, and she did scatter the stars across the land. And those star-seeds did bear wondrous plants and fruit trees and all manner of growing things but these growing things were not those of Jehovah's Eden, for they would only grow beneath the shelter of Night, and beneath the light of Lilith's moon. And Lilith walked often in her Garden, and she did feed the growing things of her own life's blood, and they flourished and grew heavy with fruit.

- The Genesis Fragment; The First Garden of Lilith. P.47 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade

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And Lilith did take up the garment, and her face became like the deep blue of midnight; and her hair became silver like the stars; and her eyes shone with the soft light of the moon.

- The Genesis Fragment; Jehovah Charges Lucifer with the Guarding of Eden. P.46 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade

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But before Lilith went in, the Lightbringer offered her a gift. Lucifer said, "As I am Lord of Light, I have dominion over those spheres which illuminate the sky. And so I do give thee this garment of Night, dearest sister, upon which are sewn the moon and stars and all that appears in the night sky. Wear it and rule the Night as I now rule the day."

- The Genesis Fragment; Jehovah Charges Lucifer with the Guarding of Eden. P.46 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade

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And Lilith said upto him, "Who art thou, that guardest the Garden of the Firstborn?" "I am the Light and Darkness," Lucifer replied. "Thou art beautiful in my sight." said Lilith, and she spoke truly; For he is a polished staff, a stout tree shaped into contours pleasing to the eye, and his skin is the burnished gold and his eyes the color of the moon. His breath is the breeze of a lotus, and his touch is like unto a whisper.

- The Genesis Fragment; Jehovah Charges Lucifer with the Guarding of Eden. P.45 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade

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And it came to pass that Jehovah learned of Lilith's sojourn to the Shining Ones and he was fearful that she would return to Eden and destroy his creation. So Jehovah charged Lucifer to stand guard upon Eden, lest Lilith return.

- The Genesis Fragment; Jehovah Charges Lucifer with the Guarding of Eden. P.44 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade

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Lilith did wander for seven times seven years, and thence she did encounter the Gardens of Bes, and the vineyards of Dionysus, and the fields of Baal, and all the wonders they concealed. Those wonders did her hosts make known to her, for they were amazed to see one so graceful and beautiful as she who rose from the Endless Sea.

- The Genesis Fragment; Gardens of the Elohim. P.44 Revelations of the Dark Mother, Vampire the Masquerade