Temple of the Black Light (TOTBL) is an international temple ...

Marduk, gazing at the Dragon's body,decided to create the universe with the body of the Dragon Mother.He chopped her body down the middle,and with one half, he created heaven.With the other half, he created the earth.Marduk placed guardians to stop 'those who stay on the outside'from invading his creation,for he sensed the hatred from those who had risen from the Dragon's blood essence.He created walls to protect his creation from the Wrathful Gods of Chaos.Marduk created locked gates to prevent the Seas of Chaos from flooding the universe.He created stations for the gods which corresponded with the stars of the constellations.Marduk created years and days, and gave rule over all the planets to the gods.Son of Enki created the sun to light up the day,and the moon to light up the darkness of night.All gods hailed Marduk, and gave him the title "Lord Creator."Marduk enjoyed being hailed, and decided to create Man,so that they too would hail and worship him.Marduk told his father Enki:"With blood I will bind together and form a skeleton.I will create Man whose purpose shall be to forever worship and serve us as slaves."When Enki heard this he was proud of his son, and called upon all the gods,so that Marduk could profess his plans for the creation of Man.When the gods heard of Marduk's plan,they all gave their approval to the creator god.The cunning Marduk was satisfied, and asked the gods:"Who amongst you is then ready to be sacrificedin order to create Man as our faithful slave?Who amongst you is ready to let his blood be spilled,in order for us to create our slaves from blood and clay?For in order to create Man, I need the blood of a god,for to make Man rise from clay, one god's life must be sacrificed.Who amongst you is prepared to die81