The first glimpse is of the Staff held in balance. Here the Architect sits upon his cosmic throne, double-headed, double-sighted, holding two Serpent Staffs, one in each hand. These are not ornaments. They are the Left Hand Staff and the Right Hand Staff, symbols of opposing currents: the path of liberation, and the path of structure; the path of the witch.

The Architect is the divine giver and unites them in a single vision. His double gaze teaches that to create truly, one must command both forces and know when to yield to each. The spiral of each staff mirrors the spiral of the Architect’s own vision: creation through polarity, not avoidance. Here the Staff is taught to serve both paths as one, the first great lesson.

The next glimpse is of initiation through ordeal. The seeker, now bearing the Architect’s gifted Staff, must ascend. Here a lone figure climbs a ladder of Left Hand and Right Hand Staffs, alternating, demanding. Each rung bears the mark of prior mastery or sacrifice.

The figure’s body is scarred, the spiral Staff held aloft as flame and guide. The climb is not simply upward; it is a movement between poles, an embodied lesson in the dance of paths.

Here the Staff teaches: to walk the double path, one must climb it first, not in theory, but in flesh and will. Mastery cannot be inherited. It must be earned through the spiral of ascent and descent.stery cannot be inherited. It must be earned through the spiral of ascent and descent.

The next glimpse is of the Staff offered through liminal fire. Having climbed the ladder, the seeker now finds the Hand of Glory, flame-crowned, severed, enchanted, with the Serpent Staff upright, tip ablaze going through it. This is no clean relic; it is a charged tool of boundary-crossing and necromantic art. 

Though the Staff was gifted by the Architect, it must now be claimed again, this time in the realm of spell and shadow, where polarity fuses into one current. The Hand of Glory itself is a synthesis of shadow and power, Pagan charm and Christian fear. 

The spiral burns anew: to grasp this Staff is to accept the weight of both paths and carry the responsibility it demands. Power will not protect the seeker from trial. It will mark them.

The final glimpse is of the Staff wielded in full consciousness. Here stands El Brujo (Saint Cyprian), the Magician between Pagan and Christian streams, master of the Left and Right Hand Paths alike. In his hand, the Serpent Staff is no longer a symbol or test, it is an extension of his will, equally suited for ritual, for invocation, for spell and sacrament. 

Here the Staff has become what it was always meant to be: an instrument of fluid mastery, its spiral remembering the Architect’s gift, the seeker’s climb, the Witch’s flame, and the Brujo’s art. 

Mastery is not purity. It is the lived union of all paths, the courage to climb between them, the wisdom to wield both as one.