And thereafter I returned and swore the Oath of the Abyss, having only the choice
between madness, suicide, and that oath. But the Oath in no wise ameliorated that
terror, and I continued in the madness and horror of the abyss for a season. But
of this no more. But having passed the ordeal of 40 days I took the oath of a
Magister Templi, even the Oath of Antichrist before Frater 132, the Unknown
God.