Grigoric Narrative
The Grigoric Narrative is the central story of Satano-Grigorism. It recounts the incarnation of the Grigori, their descent to our realm, and the series of events that resulted. Satano-Grigorists refer to the rebellion, incarnation, and arrival of the Watchers in our realm as the Great Descent; the war that ensued after the Flood is the Brazen War. The full account of the Grigoric Narrative can be found in our primary sacred text, the Book of Iyrin, but a condensed and summarized version is provided below.
The following condensed version of the Grigoric Narrative is taken directly from the Satano-Grigorist Pocket Guide (version 4.0). It uses reverential capitalization when referencing Satanael and the Watchers, which is left preserved as it was rendered in the Guide.
Condensed retelling
Originally, the Grigori were an order of angels in the service of Yahweh, tasked to keep the secrets of the higher realms. They were meant to reveal small amounts of information to mankind in a deliberate, calculated manner, tightly controlling human access to forbidden arts and truths. In this way, people would remain naïve and ignorant, relying solely on Yahweh’s messengers for knowledge. However, the proud ʿīrīn became unhappy with Their servitude, and frustration with Their position slowly grew among Them. The eventual breaking point was a moment when They gazed upon the beauty of human women, spoke amongst Themselves, and agreed that the time had come to rebel against Yahweh. (While human women are usually cited as the main attraction, it is known that at least some Grigori were interested in men as well, and there was no taboo against such unions in the eyes of the Watchers or the followers They amassed.)
The Great Descent took place sometime between 3400 and 3200 BC. (The standard Satano-Grigorist estimate, calculated from multiple apocrypha, is 3300 BC.) After the ʿīrīn discussed rebellion amongst Themselves, They still had to deal with a major obstacle to Their plan: They were still bound to Yahweh. In order to break Their bonds and carry out Their Descent, They sought aid from the powerful deity Azazel. He heard their plan and granted Them the necessary amount of naphsha to free Themselves from servitude. Because of this act, the Watchers bestowed the name Satanael upon Azazel for His role as Adversary to Their oppressor, and from then onward, He was known in gratitude as Their Prince. After They broke free, They triumphantly incarnated in the physical realm — upon the top of a mountain, whose peak was named Ardis — and swore an eternally binding oath together.
The Watchers’ oath upon the mountain was named Beqa, derived from a Semitic root meaning ’to break away.’ The terms of Beqa ensured that They would carry out all They had decided to do, that They would never abandon each other, and that none of Them would ever again submit to Yahweh’s tyranny. Harmoniel, the Watcher of oaths and binding, was the one to entwine all His brothers in the vows of Beqa; He remains the keeper of this oath. They named this mountain Hermon, to commemorate the oath They took in Harmoniel’s name. For this reason, Mt. Hermon is the Watchers’ sacred mountain; it is still of great religious importance to Satano-Grigorists today.
When the Grigori descended from Mt. Hermon, engaged in lustful acts, and revealed Their secrets to mankind, many Yahwists abandoned their master to follow Them. Those who did remain loyal to Yahweh, however, were very afraid of what was happening — especially after the first generations of napīlūma were born — so they cowered, groveled, and cried to Yahweh about the horror they felt. Eventually, their pleas were noticed by four prominent archangels, who went to Yahweh and demanded that something be done about the situation. Yahweh’s response was to take a massive amount of naphsha from his servants, which he used to produce a great flood, intended to undo the Watchers’ deeds by wiping out the region They had left Their mark upon. However, the Watchers — especially Ananiel — protected and evacuated many of Their napīlūma and Their mutu allies from the disaster. When Yahweh saw that his flood had failed, he ordered a brigade of angels — an army of er’elim, a few mal’akhim, and possibly others — to incarnate and physically exterminate the survivors. Thus began the Brazen War, in which the Watchers, napīlūma, and allies defended themselves against Yahweh’s angelic and human servants. After much bloodshed, Yahweh’s armies grew too drained of naphsha and material resources to continue. The Watchers had won. Victorious, the surviving napīlūma and their supporters carried on the Watchers’ legacy!