The druid Finn’s daily invocation:

“Ave, Imperator, moriturus te saluto.”

 

The druid Finn’s daily invocation, “Ave, Imperator, moriturus te saluto,” is not a religious ritual but a procedural calibration. Addressing “Imperator” as Nature (thus “Hail, Nature!”), understood as the current iteration of the Universal Procedure (UP), the salutation acknowledges absolute jurisdiction without personification, mercy, or appeal. By naming himself moriturus, Finn affirms structural finitude rather than indulging in morbidity, clearing cultural illusions of exceptionality and immortality that distort action.

The invocation functions as a daily diagnostic reset, countering artificial narratives that promise protection or entitlement, and restoring alignment with unavoidable constraints. In doing so, it affirms sovereignty through accuracy: seeing the arena, accepting the rules, and acting cleanly and perfectly within them. The result is not worship or resignation, but operational competence grounded in realism. That is not religion. That is procedural sobriety.

 

“Ave, Imperator, moriturus te saluto.” Adv.

 

 

 

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