CHAPTER VII.
1. Jehovih spake in the firmament, saying: Bring the newborn into the forests of Uk'looand the ji'ay'an roads to the arc of Noe, in the etherean heaven of Hautuon; and when thouhast founded them on a world of their own, leave thou Gods and Goddesses with them tosort them and provide according to their necessities, for all things shall be provided untothem that they may attain to knowledge and individuality.
2. And when thou hast placed them, hasten thou with My Son, Neph, back to the earth,where I have labor with the ships of the I'hins. And they were thus delivered.
3. So I departed as soon as possible, taking leave of Fiatisi, thanking her for her assistancein this great deliverance; and I took with me Neph, Son of Jehovih, and otherthirty thousand Gods and Goddesses, besides ten million ethereans who had hadthousands of years' experience in heaven and on various corporeal worlds; andwe came back to the earth, even to the ocean where the land had gone down.
4. And when I came to the ships in which the I'hins were escaped, finding the Gods whohad them in charge, even as I had previously commanded, Thy voice, O Jehovih, came tome, saying: Bend thou the currents of the winds of heaven, O My Son; and shape theships that they shall fall into groups; and thou shalt divide the groups, making four groupsin all. And thou shalt drive the groups of ships before the winds of heaven, and bringthem into the four different lands of the earth, according to its previous history andadaptation.
5. For in all countries shall My chosen begin the laying down of the foundation of Myeverlasting kingdom, and they shall never more be destroyed by the people of darkness,neither of earth or heaven.
6. So I divided my hosts according to the labor Thy commandments put upon me, makingfour divisions of them. And I said unto Neph: Direct them, O God, to such countries asJehovih hath shown thee, for thou knowest all the earth; for, remember, thou art still Godof earth.
7. I said: By Thy light, Jehovih, I desire two ships to go to the north land, which was notsunken, for they shall be a testimony in time to come. Let Thy Gods, therefore, shift thewinds and drive two ships aside from the rest, and in that same time my messengers willgo and lead the way to the north land, whither Thy Gods shall shape the winds of heaven.
8. Now, those in charge of the wind currents divided the ships and drove two of them offto the north land. And the Gods and angels turned the currents about and drove the fourgroups of ships in four different ways, according to the directions of God, Son of Jehovih;and the messengers of God led the way, showing the Gods and angels of the wind, thecountries designated by Jehovih.
9. So it came to pass that in one hundred and fifty days' time all the ships of the Faithistswere in the ports, and the people went ashore, in the different countries whither they hadbeen taken. Again Thy voice, O Jehovih, came to me, saying: Behold, My people are fewin the world, and lest they take the ships and sail about, and so get divided and lost, thoushalt send thy hosts down to the sea at night to sink the ships.
10. When I told God (Neph) what Thou hadst said, God said unto me: My angels shallinspire the I'hins to take all things out of the ships, and this night shall thy hosts fulfill thecommandment of Jehovih. And so it came to pass; the I'hins took all their goods out ofthe ships, not knowing they were inspired; and in the night I sent angels down, and theysank the ships.
11. And in the morning the I'hins beheld their ships had disappeared, and they said withone voice: Of a truth, I know I was inspired, for I would not rest till all the goods weretaken out of the ships. Let us, therefore, build an altar unto the Lord, and sing and dance,because he is with us. And when God (Neph) saw that their souls were propitious forgood works and miracles, he stationed his ashars (guardian angels) around about thealtars, and sent other ashars into the country, and they gathered fruit which was growingwild, and brought it to the I'hins, casting it on the altars of the Lord, even whilst thepeople danced.
12. Thus did I fulfill the work Thou commandedst of me, O Jehovih, whereupon Isurrendered my commission to Thy Son, Neph, God of heaven and earth.
CHAPTER VIII.
1. Neph, God of earth, said: Behold, O Aph, Son of Jehovih, by the power andmagnificence of thy work am I bewildered in thy presence. Who can come so near theAlmighty? Who but Jehovih hath attained beyond the power of thy soul? Who hathwisdom like unto thee, save the Great Creator? Thou hast stretched a line beyond themoon, and by thy spoken word crushed in the side of the great earth, as if it were nothing. Thou hast said: Arise! and a world moved at thy command! Yea, thou hast the love andesteem of millions of Gods and Goddesses.
2. And thou camest against the winds of the earth, saying: Turn ye hither or turn yethither, and lo, the winds moved before thy words as an obedient child to its father'svoice. Thou callest down the fire of heaven; it cometh at thy bidding; and thou sayst: OJehovih, put thy hand under the heavens of the earth, and straightway a light and floorwide as the earth fly into the place of thy desire.
3. Now, behold thou hast said: O Jehovih, I surrender my commission; I have finishedthat which Thou commandest me to do. Wherefore, O Aph, my soul hath great sorrow. But because thou hast labored a hundred days and cleaned up the whole earth andher heavens, as one might sweep the floor of a house, I am bowed down in gratitude.
4. Then Aph, Son of Jehovih, said: O Jehovih, what have I done that Thy Son's love hathcome to me? So far as I have become one with Thee, O Thou Everlasting Creator, soThou showest me plainer and plainer that I am nothing. And yet Thy Son heapest praiseupon me, seeing I am but as a figure moved by Thy hand. Shall a man lose sight of theAlmighty!
5. Nevertheless, O Jehovih, who so weak in love as I, Thy servant? Because Thou hastquickened me in wisdom and power, so hast Thou made my love as a place that can neverbe supplied to the fill. How shall I find strength to leave this, Thy Son, on the far-offearth? Will I not glory in his love and great esteem; and yet know I not that I will repinebecause I have him not with me?
6. Hear me, O Jehovih, for I will measure Thy Son with swiftness. Scarce forty thousandyears raised up to etherea, and yet Thou madest him God of heaven and earth. For threethousand years struggled he in the battle against evil and darkness; and the broad heavensin the etherean world looked on in sympathy and love and hope, because of his tenacityand wisdom and power.
7. It was as one man fighting against a house on fire, and the place filled with helplessbabes. And yet Thy God ceased not, nor once rested and said: It is useless; but foreverrenewed the battle in new ways and stratagems. As a light showeth better in the dark, sodid Thy Son Neph, O Jehovih, move the souls of even Gods and Goddesses in Thyexalted heavens.
8. Then came Thy voice, O Father, saying: Go thou, O Aph, My Son, and deliver theearth. And, behold, the congregating of Gods and Goddesses! So eager to fly to theassistance of Thy honored Son!
9. And God (Neph) said: One favor, O Aph, Son of Jehovih, I ask of thee; which isthat thou shalt tarry three days and honor the throne of God. For I will have itfounded and ready; and my Lords shall have the honor of speaking to thee face to face.
10. Aph, Son of Jehovih, said: By Thy permission, O Jehovih, I will tarry three days andthree nights with Thy Son, God of heaven and earth, and I will honor his throne and speakface to face with his Lords, that I may win their love.
11. In three days' time the kingdom of God was founded, and situated in atmospherea,near and over the land of Jaffeth (Chine'ya), but the plateaux extended with two wings, soas to embrace Shem and Ham (India and Egypt); and thither went the Gods, with theirLords and attendants.
12. Now, there were with God (Neph) two million spirits (earth-born) in the secondresurrection, who had volunteered to serve another two hundred years for the founding ofthe new kingdom of heaven, and they were well learned in official capacity, knowing howto found plateaux, with factories, mansions, hospitals, nurseries, and all such places as arerequired in heaven for the newborn, so that God only had to say: Do ye thus, or so; and itwas done, and without error.
13. And now, from the hosts of Aph, Son of Jehovih, there came before God half amillion etherean volunteers who desired to remain two hundred years with God and hishosts.
14. God said to them: Behold, the earth hath passed Tryista, and it is no longer lawfulfor any but earth-born to hold the places of sub-Gods and sub-Lords and marshals;and since ye are from different stars raised, and from different etherean circuits,what shall I do that ye may be honored, and also profitable to yourselves in development?
15. Gaitivaya, chief spokesman for them, said: We desire to be laborers only. For what istwo hundred years to us? We pray thee, appoint us not to the I'hins, for they are alreadyadvanced, but appoint us to the natives in the divisions of the earth, especially to thosewho speak but little, and who burrow in the ground. Neither do we desire a place in thyheaven, but we will abide with mortals, and in the first resurrection of those who are bornin darkness.
16. God said: Thou shalt remain, and thy people with thee. For since thou hastvolunteered to leave thy high estate and come and dwell for one dan on the lowest of allplaces, laboring for the blind and dumb, thou shalt be recompensed with the love ofmillions in time to come.
17. Then God departed, and Aph, Son of Jehovih, went with him, and they came into themidst of the kingdom of God, whereat they halted, and God said: Here will I build mythrone; and inasmuch as Sethantes, in the olden time, called his place Hored, so will I callmy place Hored also, and on the earth it shall be called the Mountain of God, for it shallbe my home.
18. So God stretched forth his hand to Jehovih, saying: Throne of Thy throne, O Father! And there came down from the heavens above a great light, and it settled around aboutin the midst of the place of God and Aph, Jehovih's Son; and presently the light gatheredup of the atmospherean substance and made it shining and condensed, whereuponthe attendants who do such matters brought and laid the throne of God, and thereafterfenced it around with pillars of fire, after the manner of Hored of the ancient days.
19. And God ascended and sat on the throne, and Aph also sat on the right hand of God,and the four Lords of the earth on the left hand; but the fifth Lord, Eolait, stood down atthe foot. And he said: Behold, the division of the earth that was mine is sunk beneath thesea; how, then, shall I sit on the throne of God?
20. God said: Since thy labor hath been taken from thee, thou art as a parable on thenewly dead; who have lost the earth, but have no place in heaven. Since the es'yanserveth a time through the proxy of others, so shalt thou in that which I will bestowupon thee. Know, then, thou shalt sit on my right hand, for thou shalt be my assistantand Vice-God during the time of my sojourn; and, after that, whatsoever thou wilt.
21. Eolait said: Thou hast honored me, O God! Jehovih's will be done! So God rose up,raising his hand, and said: O Thou All Light, crown Thou Thy Son Vice-God of Hored,for Thine Own Glory, forever!
22. And as the light of etherea descended into God's right hand, he shaped it into a crownand placed it on Eolait's head, with the usual ceremony of such rank in heaven. AndEolait came and sat on the right hand of God. And in that same time, Aph, Son ofJehovih, rose up, whereupon God and the Lords, and all people whatsoever, sat down, forthe place was as if Jehovih had appeared in person. Aph said:
23. As a father is made to comprehend his own early life by looking on his infant son, sohast Thou, O Jehovih, forever raised up before my eyes the images of times andconditions long past. In these, Thy Lords, Thou hast called me back to the time and placewhen first Thou and Thy Son crowned me a Lord and a Vice-God over one of thedivisions of my native star.
24. And my soul rose up to Thee in fear and prayer; for I understood how unmindful menand angels are of the labor of Gods and Lords, and prone to rate themselves as Chiefs ofall created things. But Thy Voice, O Jehovih, came to me, saying: Complain not, My Son,against the self-conceit of men and angels, nor of their criticisms of My Gods and Lords;for to such boasters do I provide trials, which they perceive not till they are encompassedtherewith. Suffer them, therefore, within thy dominions to grow in their own glory, for Ihave sufficient labor for them, either on earth or in heaven.
25. And I perceived Thy wisdom, and I applied it through my angels; and when mypeople rose to the first resurrection, and the second resurrection, behold, I knew where toplace them that they might prove themselves all in all. And Thy light came upon me inmy place, saying: As thou hast profited in the first lesson, so shalt thou comprehend thesecond, and even up to the etherean heavens.
26. Nevertheless, O Father, Thou sufferedest all things to harass me and perplex my soul;and I was filled with fear and reverence because of the great responsibility Thougavest unto my keeping. So great were my tribulations and trials that I called out toThee in Thy holy place to remember all other Gods and Lords in Thy whole universe.
27. And Thou saidst: Hear the words of Thy Creator, thou, My God, My Son: For Icreated man to enter heaven as helpless as he entered earth life, and dependent on thoseabove him, that he might comprehend the unity between high and low, strong and weak,light and darkness; and I placed him in My mills, wherein he should learn that, even asothers grind for him, so should he grind for those beneath him.
28. For of what profit under the sun is it for My Lords to come down from their libertyand glory in My etherean firmament and become Lords over the grovellers in the flesh, orover the es'yans in darkness? Shall selfishness reign in heaven, and every one for himself? Have I not proved it on the earth that the love of doing good works unto others is all thatinsures a rich harvest of love in return.
29. Because they stoop from their high estate in order to promote My children which Icreated alive, are they not becoming the more one with Me? Even so is all exaltation inheaven; for as I stoop down to the dumb earth and water, and quicken them, making man,so have I stooped lower than can anything of all My universe. And they that do after Myexample, raising them up to make them have joy in life, are on the road to attain to allpower and wisdom and love.
30. Aph, Son of Jehovih, said: I perceived Thy wisdom, O Father; and Thy power andwisdom came upon me tenfold. Then I sought forever after to go to the lowest and darkestplaces; but, lo, when I had grown in Thy judgment, Thou spakest again to me, saying:
31. O Aph, My Son, because thou hast found the key to unlock the doors to the highestheavens, behold, thou art too mighty for small labor. Come, therefore, with Thy Creator,for I have a whole etherean world at thy command, and thy wisdom and power arerequired at My hand.
32. And I obeyed Thy call, O Jehovih. And then again, after a season, Thou calledest meagain, and again, and madest my labors to extend into many etherean worlds. But I lovedto look back and glorify Thee for my first Lord-dom, and to treasure up the millions ofloves I found in those days. And again, O Father, hast Thou blessed me to meet manymillions of them in this pruning of the red star, the earth.
33. Now Thou hast called me to speak on the throne of Thy God of earth. Alas, thy Godhas said: O Aph, Son of Jehovih, come thou and honor my throne! Whereas, O Jehovih, Iam the most honored of men and Gods because I have again opened my mouthbefore Thee and in Thy name. All glory be to Thee, O Jehovih, now and forever!
34. Then Aph, Son of Jehovih, sat down, and God signaled to the marshals, whoproclaimed freedom for two whole days. Thereupon the Gods and Goddesses of Aph'sstaff filed past the throne, and after them came the hosts of God, and then the hosts of theLords, for they all desired to pass near and look upon Aph, and receive the signal of hisblessing.
35. And presently thereafter all the people joined in with the es'enaurs and sang a song ofglory unto Jehovih, the All Highest. And when it was finished, the multitude turned torecreation and social intercourse.
CHAPTER IX.
1. When the time came, God called his proper officers, and they proclaimed his presence,whereupon the people came to order. And God said:
2. Even as it was before the submersion, so shall it now be, and ye shall fill the sameplaces even as before, every one to the place provided. Nevertheless, from this time forth,all work in heaven and earth shall be new, and as if nothing had been. Let my Lords andtheir attendants, and their ashars, prepare for their departure; and from such othervolunteers as have come into my kingdom they shall receive as they desire, and beassigned to labor suited to them, whether it be with mortals or with spirits in the firstresurrection.
3. And to my marshals, messengers and asaphs: Hear ye the word of your God, which isthat ye proceed throughout atmospherea, selecting and appropriating all suitable placesfor the spirits of the dead; and that ye apportion builders and workmen, and erectfactories, and schools, and hospitals, and nurseries, and all other suitable places, adaptedto receiving those of the first resurrection, as is done in all atmospherean heavens, and allwho are thus received shall be called es'yans for the first five years; but after that theyshall be called es'seans, signifying having separated from corporeal desire, being fullresidents of the es world. But those who will not become es'seans, being the spirits ofdruk-mortals and hard bound to the earth, shall be called druj, signifying wanderingspirits of darkness and of evil; and those who engraft themselves on mortals shall becalled fetals, signifying sucklings, and these names shall continue in heaven and on earthto the end of the world.
4. Wherein ye may perceive the fault of leniency of the Gods and Lords of old, be yecircumspect in these times; for never more shall the rod of water chasten the living earth.
5. When God thus completed all his commandments, and the people were ready to depart,the es'enaurs and trumpeters sang and played a hymn adapted to the new heaven and newearth; and when this was finished, Aph, Son of Jehovih, spake, saying:
6. Behold the light of the high heaven opens. Thy Son, O Jehovih, longeth for a greatlabor. I go on a journey farther than ten thousand suns. Fiatisi, Thy Daughter, O Jehovih,and Goddess of a thousand worlds, hath set apart to join two corporeal stars in a far-offheaven, whereon a thousand millions shall be delivered into spirit life in a single day. With her, by Thy Will and Power, O Jehovih, I go! But yet let not these, Thy Gods andLords and all their hosts, surmise I will forget one single soul of all that are here. Andwhen the next dan appeareth, behold, I will return to them to enjoy a portion of theirsweet love. Aph is done.
7. And now the Chief descended and sat at the foot of the throne, and God, suffused withtears, came down and took his hand, saying: Behold, he who is greatest maketh himselfleast of all. Arise, O Aph, Son of Jehovih, and crowned IMMORTALGOD OF THE ARC OFNOE, SON OF THEALMIGHTY,arise and go thy way.
8. So Aph rose up, and shaking hands with God and his Lords, descended to the bordersbeyond the foot of the pillars of fire, and his hosts with him, being ten millions innumber, where the proper persons had in readiness an ascending otevan with wings,wherein they all entered.
9. At a given signal the otevan started upward, but toward the east, and, swift as ashooting star, it sped forth, and presently disappeared in the distance.
