BOOK OF AH’SHONG, SON OF JEHOVIH.
GOD OF THE SECOND CYCLE AFTER MAN’S CREATION.
CHAPTER I.
1. When God and his Lords of heaven and earth had lost their heavenly dominion, theswift messengers, that constantly ply through the atmospherean and etherean worlds, borethe report to Jehovih's kingdom in etherea.
2. The earth had passed the ji'ayan eddies at Shrapah, in the etherean roadway Hi-abalk'yiv,and was heading for the eastern fields of Anakaron, having entered the dan'haianarches of Vehetaivi, where lay the great kingdoms of the Orian Chief, Hieu Wee, with hismillions of Gods and Goddesses and high-raised ethereans.
3. Before Hieu Wee, came the swift messengers, fresh from the heavens of the earth, withtheir pitiful tales of woe that had befallen the inhabitants thereof.
4. Hieu Wee said: I behold the red star, the earth, O Jehovih! I have heard the tale ofhorror. What shall be done, O Father?
5. Then spake Jehovih, saying: Call thy tributary Chief, Ah'shong. Let him hear the willof Jehovih!
6. Then sent Hieu Wee for Ah'shong, who had dominion over the fields of Anakaron inetherea, through which lay the roadway where the earth was to travel for three thousandyears.
7. And when Ah'shong came before the Holy Council of Hieu Wee's million Gods andGoddesses, the All Light fell upon the throne like a sun; and the voice of the Creatorspake in the midst of the light, saying:
8. Hieu Wee, My son! and Hieu Wee answered: Here am I, Thy servant, O Jehovih!
9. Jehovih said: Behold the red star, the earth; she entereth the fields of Anakaron. She isdripping wet and cold in the ji'ayan eddies. Her God and Lords are powerless in the spellof darkness. Send thou thy son, Ah'shong, to deliver the earth and her heavens. Forbehold, I will bring them to his door.
10. Then spake Ah'shong, saying: Thy will be done, O Jehovih. Though I have been longhonored in etherea, with many etherean worlds to command, I have not as yet redeemedone corporeal world and her heavens from a time of darkness.
11. Jehovih said: Go then, My Son, to the laboring earth and deliver her; but first appointthou a successor for Anakaron.
12. Then spake Hieu Wee, who was older than the red star, who had seen many corporealworlds created; had seen them run their course, and then disappear as such. He said toAh'shong:
13. Send thou to Wan, and to Hivigat, in etherea, and get the history of the earth and herheaven; and obtain thou also an account of her harvests of Brides and Bridegrooms toJehovih. And thou shalt call from my realms as many million etherean angels as thy labormay require, and with them proceed to the earth, and thou shalt have a line of swiftmessengers established betwixt this place and thine, and, by the power of Jehovih, I willanswer thy prayers in whatsoever thou shalt need.
14. Then Ah'shong went back to Anakaron, his etherean kingdom, and before his HolyCouncil made known Jehovih's will and his. And Ah'shong called for sixty millionvolunteers, to go with him on his mission; and they came presently: Some from Yohan;some from T'seing; some from Araith; some from Gon Loo, and from variousother places in Anakaron; came in millions; came as many as Ah'shong called for.
15. So Ah'shong raised up a successor to Jehovih's throne in Anakaron, and hewas installed and crowned according to the discipline of the etherean heavens.
16. And Ah'shong sent swift messengers into the former roadway of the earth to obtain itshistory; its harvests of Brides and Bridegrooms.
17. Then gazed Ah'shong toward the red star; and his sixty million volunteers alsogazed, and watched her as she coursed along in the arches of Vehetaivi.
18. Thus Ah'shong, well skilled in the course and behavior of worlds, gathered togetherhis millions of angels, trained in arduous enterprise and furtherance of Jehovih's will. Quickly they framed and equipped an Orian port-au-gon, and illuminated it with firelightsand bolts. And these sons and daughters of Jehovih embarked and sped forth. Ahalf a million miles, even on the outskirts of Anakaron, and they stood close above theearth, almost so near that the sweeping moon would touch the down-hanging curtains ofetherean fire. And here they halted, that both mortals and angels belonging to the earthmight behold and fear; for such Jehovih made man, by unusual sights, to become weakand trembling, to change him to new purposes.
19. Jehovih's voice spake to Ah'shong, saying: For three days and nights stand thou in thefirmament that man on earth and in atmospherea may behold the power and majesty ofMy chosen in heaven.
20. Ah'shong said: On the fourth day, O Jehovih, I will cross Chinvat; on the fifth,descend toward the earth. Bring me, O Father, Thy messengers from the lower heaven. Iwill converse with them.
21. Jehovih sent the angels of the earth and lower heaven up to Ah'shong; disheartenedthey came, to know Jehovih's will.
22. Ah'shong said unto them: The Father's hosts are come from their high estate andglorious ease, to redeem these fallen heavens, and man on the earth. It is our labor tocome in love to the helpless, and teach them how to sing in Jehovih's praise. Then theswift messengers answered:
23. In the All Person's boundless love, find thou recompense for thy holy words, mosthonored God. Down in darkness, long and earnestly, have the Lords of earth laboredconjointly with heaven's God, whose kingdom fell. Alas, our God, who ministered overthe lower heaven, is crushed and humiliated. The enemies of high heaven, exultingin their spoil of Jehovih's kingdom and His name, mock us, saying: Where now isJehovih? Whence cometh the Higher Light? O ye Faithists in an All Person boundless!
24. But now thy high-shining sun, thy ship of etherean fire, maketh the sonsand daughters of the earth and her heaven look, and fear, and tremble. Andwhen thy Light appeared we made all haste in hope of succor. Our souls are morethan filled with thankfulness; and in Jehovih's name, we will back and employ amillion trumpeters to proclaim around the earth and heaven: JEHOVIH IS COME!
25. After due salutation the swift messengers departed; and Ah'shong made all things inreadiness for his descent when the proper time should arrive.
Plate 2. ETHEREANS VISITING THE EARTH.
A, Atmospherea; B, Ethereans; E, Earth;C, Distance: 20,000 miles.
CHAPTER II.
1. Jehovih spake to Ah'shong, saying: On the evening of the third day shalt thou move thyetherean ship toward the earth. And when thou arrivest within an arrafon1 thou shalt haltfor another three days, that thy magnificence may awe the men and angels of earth withthe power and glory of My emancipated sons and daughters.
2. Ah'shong proceeded as commanded, and when he came within an arrafon, halted forthree days, and the magnificence of the scene overcame the stubbornness of men of earthand angels in atmospherea. Again Jehovih said:
3. Proceed again, My son, and when thou art within half the breadth of the earth, haltonce more and make in the place thereof a plateau, and it shall be the place of thy abidingfor the time of dawn, which shall be seven years and sixty days.
4. And from this time forth My etherean hosts shall not remain in atmospherea more thaneight years in any one cycle. This, then, that I give to thee shall be like every dawn of dan,some of one year, some of two or three or four or more (years), as the time requireth.
5. And thou shalt dwell in thy kingdom seven years and sixty days, and the time shall becalled the first dawn of dan, and the next succeeding shall be called the second dawn ofdan, and so on, as long as the earth bringeth forth.
6. And the time from one dawn of dan to another shall be called one dan'ha; and fourdan'ha shall be called one square, because this is the sum of one density, which is twelvethousand of the earth's years. And twelve squares shall be called one cube, which is thefirst dividend of the third space, in which there is no variation in the vortex of the earth. And four cubes shall be called one sum, because the magnitude thereof embraceth oneequal of the Great Serpent.2
7. Ah'shong proceeded again, and moved within four thousand miles of the earth, and thevoice of Jehovih commanded Ah'shong to halt in the place, and found a new kingdom,using all things requisite to that end. Jehovih said:
8. Thy place shall be a distance away from the earth, that thy dominion be not disturbedby the confusion of the fallen angels thereof. So also, to as many as thou shalt redeemaway from the earth and from mortal contact, the distance of thy kingdom will preventthem returning.
9. Ah'shong perceived, and he proclaimed what Jehovih had spoken to him. And the hostscast out fastenings to the plateau, that the kingdom together with the etherean sea of firemight rotate with the earth and its atmosphere. Jehovih said:
10. Make strong the foundation of thy place, and erect ten thousand pillars of fire aroundabout; and in every direction provide roadways and mansions; but in the midst thou shaltbuild the house of council, wherein shall sit thy host of dominion during dawn.
11. Ah'shong built the place as commanded by Jehovih, and when it was finished,Jehovih said: Thou shalt call the place Yeshuah. And it was so called, because it was aplace of salvation. Again Jehovih said:
12. Choose now thy council, My Son, and also thy sub-officers, and when thou hastcompleted the list, leave in Yeshuah the sub-officers and proceed thou, and thy council ofone million men and women with thee, down to the earth and heaven thereof, and castthine eyes upon the inhabitants, for they are in distress. And when thou comest to theplace of My Lords and My God, deliver thou them and bring them to Yeshuah, for theyneed rest. And as many of the I'hins in heaven as are capable, bring thou also away withthee, and give them into the care of thy people.
13. Ah'shong did as commanded, first selecting his council and his officers, and then heand his hosts proceeded to the earth as had been commanded.
1 An arrafon is about 20,000 miles.
2 Philosophers have long known that some certain measure of ethereal space must be equal to the density of the planets for a balance of power. See tablets of cosmological prophecies at the latter part of Book of Ben.CHAPTER III.
1. Up to this time the ancient names of the division of the lands of the earth had beenmaintained, and God and his Lords being driven from the place of Hored, which had goneinto dissolution, dwelt part of the time in Waga and part in Jud and Vohu.
2. And God and the Lords had established three kingdoms, one in Waga, one in Jud, andone in Vohu; and within these kingdoms of heaven there were two hundred millions ofredeemed angels capable of the second resurrection, and one hundred millions of es'yansand unlearned apprentices. Chief of the three heavens was Waga, and thither had God andhis Lords congregated with their chief officers, as soon as the sign of the descending seaof Jehovih's kingdom appeared in the firmament above.
3. To God, Jehovih spake, saying: Make ready thy places, O My son, and thy Lords withthee. Behold, I come in a world of fire, and My faithful workers shall find rest andhappiness.
4. Ah'shong will redeem thy sons and daughters; yea, he will girdle the earth about withnew, etherean light and great power.
5. Call together thy people, O God, and bid them rejoice and make merry, for the time ofdeliverance is at hand.
6. Then God communicated to the Lords, and they again to others, the words of Jehovih;and at sight of the sign in heaven, the faithful began to rejoice and to gather together intheir respective places. But of the unbelieving angels dwelling on earth, and with mortals,and in other abodes, of whom there were hundreds of millions, this is what happened:
7. They were overcome by the sight of the ship of fire in heaven above, and in fear fled inall directions. And by their great numbers, in the presence of mortals, caused mortals alsoto fear and flee in search of some secure place. And many of these spirits of darknesscame beseechingly to be admitted into the kingdoms of the Lords, whither they had beeninvited for hundreds of years, but would not come.
8. But God and the Lords encompassed their places about with walls of light and wouldnot receive the unbelieving. God said: Till such time as Ah'shong shall arrive, let order bemaintained within my kingdoms. So it came to pass that for six days and nights the fearthat prevailed on earth and in heaven was such as had never been before since the earthwas.
9. And God and the Lords brought their es'enaurs out, and they sang and danced beforeJehovih. And on the approach of Ah'shong's hosts, with his musicians and heralds, andthe great multitude, arrayed in shining raiment, even God and the Lords were overcomeby the splendor and magnificence.
10. They sat down on the improvised throne, and the etherean marshals approached anddivided, first into single columns, then double, then quadruple, and so on till the fiftythousand marshals had enclosed all sides, save the east, where was an open space throughwhich Ah'shong came, attended by his chief counselors, of which there were fivethousand. After these came the council of one million, inter-broken here and there withgroups of thousands of es'enaurs, who were chanting hymns of praise to Jehovih and hiskingdoms.
11. The lower heaven above the continent of Waga and parts of Jud and Vohu wasilluminated by the hosts of Ah'shong, the like of which had never been in atmosphereabefore. Nor was there any more work being done on earth or in heaven, because of thefear and great stirring up.
12. But now Ah'shong approached before the throne of God and the Lords, saluting withthe sign of the second degree of Jehovih, saying: In Jehovih's name and by His Power,Wisdom and Love, am I come to give you joy.
13. God said: In Jehovih's name, all hail! Ah'shong, chief of Anakaron, all hail! And Godwent forward to the foot of the throne and received Ah'shong, whereupon the Lords cameforward saluting also. The es'enaurs ceased singing, and Ah'song proceeded to the throneand sat thereon, and God took off his own crown and gave it to Ah'shong, and also gavehim the triangle, which was called the heirloom of the heavenly kingdoms of earth,bestowed by command of Jehovih.
14. The All Light was abundant around about Ah'shong, and the voice of Jehovih spakeout of the midst thereof, saying: Inasmuch as these things are done in My nameprayerfully, and in faith, so do I dwell with you all. My Son shall wear thy crown, O God.
15. Behold, I am come in might and swiftness, for it is the spring time of the earth. MySon, Seffas, is afoot on the earth; he hath stirred up the earth-born. But I will establishanew My light in these heavens.
16. Have I not said: I brought the seed of everlasting life to the earth? I gave God and hisLords to teach mortals and spirits of My glories in the upper heavens. And I commandedthat they that come up out of the earth should be My God and My Lords in these realms.
17. Ye were installed by My hand, and have done a good work. Think not that I cursebecause Hored and Moeb are fallen! Knew I not beforehand that these things would be? Behold, I have provided all My works so that man should be forever making new things. Had Hored stood, there had been no heaven to rebuild on earth in this day. How, then,could My newborn Gods learn? Think not that I come to teach with Mine own labor; Iprovide My people that they shall teach one another.
18. What is so conceited as man? And yet I bring him into life the dumbest of animals. Man prideth himself in his power and wisdom. I send the drought, the rains and winds,the weakest of My members, and they show man he is nothing. So also do My Godsand Lords of the lower heaven become conceited of their power and wisdom; but a turnof a word, and their heavens fall. Thousands of millions of souls turn from order andhigh estate into confusion and anarchy. Thus do I confound men and angels, and intheir seeming misery lay the foundation for an everlasting good. The voice ceased.
19. Ah'shong said: In the name of Jehovih, I announce my presence over earth and thelower heaven.
20. The marshals said: ALL HAIL! AH’SHONG, GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH! Proclaim him inJehovih's name.
21. Hardly had these words gone forth when the voice of the entire hosts joined inproclaiming: ALL HAIL! O GOD! SON OF JEHOVIH!
22. Ah'shong, now God, said: Thy crown shall be my crown, for under this shall Jehovih'spower triumph; otherwise people would say: Behold there is no virtue in Jehovih'scrowns. So, he placed it on his head and rose up and saluted the retired God and Lords,saying to them:
23. I have a place for ye; and it is called Yeshuah. Retire thither with my proper officers,and partake of rest and the freedom of the place until I come also. But the retired God andLords said: We pray thee, put us to labor. Whereupon God (Ah'shong) said:
24. Jehovih's sons must not be humiliated; how, then, can ye labor under me? Were yenot Jehovih's God and Lords.
25. They perceived, and, after due salutations, were provided with an escort of fivehundred thousand men and women; and they departed on their way to Yeshuah.
26. God (Ah'shong) said: Let M'ghi come before me, and Bing-fo and Nest. They shall bemy Lords of dawn in Jehovih's name.
27. The three came and stood before the throne. God said: I announce the presence ofJehovih's Lords of the earth. The marshals said: ALL HAIL! O M'GHIand BING-FOand NEST,JEHOVIH’S LORDS OF EARTH!
28. These were also proclaimed by the voice of the assembled hosts. God said: InJehovih's name, go your ways, O Lords of earth.
29. Whereupon the Lords crowned themselves and at once departed, saluting reverently.
30. God said: Bring the atmospherean marshals before me. They were brought andstationed in front of the throne. God said: Glory be to Thee, O Jehovih! I have lookedupon Thy sons and daughters who have withstood a great darkness, but retained faithin Thee. In Thy name, and by virtue of Thy power, do I deliver them. Let him whois chief, answer me: How many angels are prepared for the second resurrection?
31. Sawni, chief marshal, said: Two hundred millions. God said: Retire thou and thycompanions, and gather together Jehovih's harvest of souls, and I will send them toYeshuah.
32. The atmosphereans were then duly arranged as commanded, and God called ahundred swift messengers and one thousand etherean marshals, and they providedabattos; and the hosts, prepared for the second resurrection, departed for Yeshuah, ascommanded.
33. God said: I have now remaining my etherean hosts and the atmosphereans indarkness. Of the latter, let them remain as they are for three days, for I will travelaround the world, and my etherean hosts with me, observing mortals and spirits intheir places and habits, that I may the better judge them and provide accordingly.
34. So God and his etherean angels provided an abattos, and they embarked and startedon their journey, traveling imperceptibly to mortals.
