Song of the Stone Dreamer
The Song of the Stone Dreamer, also known as the Stone Dream, is the founding text of the Church of the Awakened, and the first book of its scriptural canon. It contains the words spoken to pilgrims of the Human Remnant in the ruins of Triarch in 5124 AT (7 CR), by a mysterious figure known as the Stone Dreamer. Though incomplete, due to scribes being unprepared for the slumbering dreamer to wake and begin to speak, the Song and its themes form the backbone of church theology and theosophy. The Stone Dream represents endurance, resilience, and the foundation of faith. This song speaks of the creation and enduring strength of the earth and the stability it provides to all living things.
In addition to its evocative poetry, lyrical expressions of faith, and descriptions of nature and creation, the Stone Dream also contains several technical cultural cornerstones. Its second book contains complex instructions for the building of stone circle solar calendars, while its fifth lays out early techniques for cutting stone. The seventh and last book, sung in the final hours of the Stone Dreamer's life, makes a lengthy philosophical justification for absolute monarchy, sustaining a lengthy metaphor between king and cornerstone.
The rock beneath bears the weight of the world, yet never does it bow.
In silence, it stands, unyielding and true, though the storms rage and howl.
In the heart of the mountain lies wisdom untold, for those who seek to know:
He who builds upon the stone shall not falter, though the winds of change may blow.
The earth is deep, its secrets well-kept, by roots that bind and bones that rest.
Those who dig with reverence find, the treasures of the ages blessed.
But he who strikes with reckless hand, shall find the stone a stern demand.
The mountain speaks not in the tongue of men, but in the stillness of the land.
[SSD 1:37]
The king, like stone, must bear the weight of his people, fierce and long;
To hold them firm as walls rise, in patience deep and purpose strong.
As builders set the final stone, with care upon its rightful place,
The world may lean, but shall not fall, upheld by strength and sacred grace.
For every stone laid true and straight, endures beyond the mason’s hand;
So too does king, when seated firm, secure the weal of all his land.
He is the rock, the silent strength, from which the mighty walls ascend;
He is the crown and cornerstone, the start, the strength, the sovereign end.
[SSD 7:42]
Selections
The rock beneath bears the weight of the world, yet never does it bow.
In silence, it stands, unyielding and true, though the storms rage and howl.
In the heart of the mountain lies wisdom untold, for those who seek to know:
He who builds upon the stone shall not falter, though the winds of change may blow.
The earth is deep, its secrets well-kept, by roots that bind and bones that rest.
Those who dig with reverence find, the treasures of the ages blessed.
But he who strikes with reckless hand, shall find the stone a stern demand.
The mountain speaks not in the tongue of men, but in the stillness of the land.
[SSD 1:37]
The king, like stone, must bear the weight of his people, fierce and long;
To hold them firm as walls rise, in patience deep and purpose strong.
As builders set the final stone, with care upon its rightful place,
The world may lean, but shall not fall, upheld by strength and sacred grace.
For every stone laid true and straight, endures beyond the mason’s hand;
So too does king, when seated firm, secure the weal of all his land.
He is the rock, the silent strength, from which the mighty walls ascend;
He is the crown and cornerstone, the start, the strength, the sovereign end.
[SSD 7:42]
Date of First Recording
7 C.R. (5124 A.T.)
