In the dawn of seeking, mortals reached for the divine,
And their eyes, bound to form, beheld only the hand that shaped them.
They called the Shaper god, the sole architect of all,
Unseeing the Quickener’s pulse, deaf to the Mothers’ song.

The Shaper set its marks upon the world—commandments carved in restraint,
Edges to temper the wild will of humankind,
Yet no voice rose to guide them forward, no whisper of what must be.

But the Mothers, watching, wove their counsel into the wind,
Soft urgings in the heart, quiet stirrings in the soul—
To mend, to change, to build, to leave the world made whole.

Thus, divine law is not one voice, but threefold harmony:
The Shaper’s bounds, the Quickener’s motion, the Mothers’ guiding breath.
The faiths of old glimpsed but a shadow of truth—
Not false, but half-lit, awaiting the fuller dawn.

Explanation

Humans have always been sensitive to the divine, but they could only initially perceive the Shaper - the creating force that seemed like a traditional god. They were blind to the Quickener and the Three Mothers. The Shaper placed commandments in the world - rules about what not to do. But humans did not receive further guidance from this god-like figure. In response, the Mothers began to whisper guidance through the world, offering positive direction. The true divine law is not just the Shaper's commandments, but a combination with the Quickener's energy of change, and the Mothers' gentle guidance. Previous religions were not wrong, but they did not see the entire truth.