The Ascent of Hesk
Hidden / Visionary · a journey through the layers of the Rime
The Ascent of Hesk is a visionary apocalypse expanding on the prophet Hesk, recounting his guided journey upward through the layers of the Rime — from the meltwater margins of the The Slush, through the cold heavens of the Frostwalkers, to the threshold of the White Horizon and a glimpse of the Stillness itself. At each layer a Frostwalker explains its order and its keeping.
Status and Use
Counted among the hidden books — esoteric, used by mystics and cosmological speculators, “for the spiritually mature under guidance.” It is a chief source for popular pictures of the seven cold heavens and the orders of angels, though the church cautions that its cosmology is poetry, not defined doctrine. Read alongside the Apocalypse of Hagal.