BOOK OF DIVINITY.
WHICH DESCENDED TO THE EARTH AND BECAME KNOWN BY THE NAMES, DIV, AND DIVA, AND DIVAN LAWS. BEING GOD’S LABORS IN ATMOSPHEREA (HADA), FOR A PERIOD OF THREE THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED YEARS, DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE EARTH FROM THE ARC OF LOO TO THE ARC OF SPE’TA, IN ETHEREA; AND ON THE EARTH, FROM THE TIME OF ZARATHUSTRA TO THE TIME OF ABRAHAM AND BRAHMA AND PO AND EA-WHA-TAH.
Plate 14. THE DIVINE SEAL.
CHAPTER I.
1. God, Son of Jehovih, said: By virtue of mine own authority, and in the name ofJehovih, Creator of all things, peace and comprehensive judgment be unto angels andmortals.
2. That ye may be taught from the little that has been demonstrated in the world, ofgovernments and principalities being manifest on earth, that similar organic bodies existin the heavens belonging to the earth.
3. Which heavenly places and governments were the cause and forerunners of goodgovernments manifested amongst mortals.
4. Jehovih said: He that is chief of a government on earth shall be called king, but he whois Chief of My heavenly government shall be called God. And it was so.
5. I, who am God in mine own behalf, for the enlightenment of the world, declarethe Glory and Wisdom of Jehovih above all things on the earth or in the heavens above.
6. Wherein Jehovih provided that no man could be a king forever, but must give way to asuccessor, even so, in His heavens, provided He also unto His Gods and Lords forsuccessors at certain periods of time.
7. That the way might be open for the everlasting resurrection of all men, whereby allwho choose may, in time, become also Lords and Gods for the countless worlds that noware, and shall yet be created.
8. Jehovih said: I blow My breath outward, and, behold, all things are created. Theygo away in disorder, but they come back to Me orderly and in organic companies. And every individual member is like a tree, bloomed in perfection in every branch.
9.Jehovih said: These companies, returning to Me in all their glory, are marshaled indecorum and discipline by My Gods, for such is their labor.
10. Jehovih said: The labors of My Gods shall be chiefly in atmospherea (hada). Nevertheless, My Gods and Lords shall not only labor with the spirits of the dead to teachthem organic discipline and harmony, but they shall provide unto mortals that they alsomay learn the system and glory of My creations.
11. In the time of Fragapatti, in the dawn of the cycle of Loo in heaven, Jehovihcommanded the founding of an organic Congress for His God and Lords, and His LordGods.
12. And Fragapatti thus created the organic body, and named it, the Diva, making God theChief thereof, with the title, Div, even as is known to this day in the sacred books ofmortals.
13. Jehovih said: In the early days of a world I give the races of man (on the earth) adespot to rule over them. But in time after I give them representative governments withmany voices, having a right to help make the laws. Even so do I provide unto the hadanheavens. In the early days I provide a God who shall be dictator and governor in his ownway. But in after times I provide a parliament in heaven, wherein My God and My Lordsshall jointly consult together in framing laws for angels and mortals. And these shall becalled Divan laws.
14. Jehovih said: Behold, My God and Lords and sub-Gods shall teach the same things inthe different parts of the earth and these heavens. I will not have one Lord teachingone thing in one place, and another teaching the same thing differently in another place.
15. Jehovih said: My God and Lords shall provide comprehensively, so that allpeoples, on earth and in heaven, may be drawn toward Me in harmony and discipline.
16. God said: I, God of earth, being made Div, by Jehovih's will, through His Son,Fragapatti, heard the Creator's voice, saying:
17. Div, My Son, proclaim thou the Ormazdian law, and the I'hua'Mazdian law, and theZarathustrian law.
18. God said: This, then, is the Ormazdian law: Ormazd, the Creator, displayeth Hiscreations, which He created. He set the stars in the firmament; these are the words ofthe book of the Almighty. He made the earth-substances of the earth, and all thethings thereon and therein. These are the words of the Creator, Ormazd, the Jehovih.
19. The substances of things going and coming forever; creating and dissolving from oneshape into another, these are the Ormazdian law, the Jehovih'yan law. By virtue of Hispresence these things speak (impress) upon one another forever. What these things speakupon the soul of man, write upon the soul of man, these are man's knowledge, acquired bythe Ormazdian law, the Jehovih'yan law. What these things speak upon the souls ofangels, write upon the souls of angels, these are the angels' knowledge, acquired by theOrmazdian law, the Jehovih'yan law.
20. God said: This also is the Ormazdian law: Perpetual growth. As a man, being broughtforth out of what was not an entity, thereby becoming an entity, this is brought about bythe Ormazdian law.
21. With capacity in man for life everlasting; with capacity to acquire knowledge andpower forever, and never attain to the Almighty. As a road, whereon a man may run infull liberty forever, and never come to the end thereof; rejoicing on his journey, this is theOrmazdian law.
22. As the actions of corporeal substances produce light; as light is the expression andspeech of certain corporeal changes, so is Ormazd, the Master Light, the Creator, thatwhich illuminateth the soul of man, making man conscious that he is; making manexpress his impressions. This is the Ormazdian law, this is the Ever Presence thatterminateth not forever.
23. Though worlds come into being and go out of being (as such), yet Ormazd remaineth;He is the Forever; and within Him are all creations created. These are the Ormazdian law,the Jehovih'yan law.
24. God said: This, then, that followeth, is the I'hua'Mazdian law: The school ofknowledge, kept by God and his Lords, for teaching mortals and angels.
25. Wherein certain discipline and words are necessary to cause the congregating of menand angels, to dwell together and to travel onward forever, in harmony and rejoicing.
26. Behold, a great multitude was in disorder and confusion, and unhappiness resulted. Then came order and discipline, and the multitude were harmonized and filled withrejoicing. This that accomplished it, was the I'hua'Mazdian law.
27. Jehovih had said: Behold, I create man with the possibility of becoming a creatorunder Me. The first lesson of creation I give into man's hands, is, that he shall createharmony and affiliation within himself and with his neighbors, that the many may becomein concert, even as one man.
28. God said: Such was the Ormazdian law; to create man with the possibility ofbecoming a creator under Jehovih (Ormazd). But wherein man and angels, through theirGod and Lords, began to make, to create, harmony and discipline; this was theI'hua'Mazdian law.
29. As the manual of arms is to soldiers, making them a unit in motion, so is theI'hua'Mazdian law in making and teaching peace and order and unity amongst mortals onearth and angels in heaven.
30. By the I'hua'Mazdian law are the heavenly kingdoms in hada maintained; and by thesame law are great kingdoms and nations on earth built up. The discipline of God and theLords, through their ashars, in ruling over mortals, for the comprehensive benefit of thewhole; this is the I'hua'Mazdian law. It is called the I'hua'Mazdian law because God andhis Lords, through their ashars, keep guard and rule over all good mortals and angels fortheir own exaltation in the heavens above.
31. God said: Here followeth then the Zarathustrian law: The bestowal of words tomortals, of the dominion of God and his Lords: The making of all good mortals jointheirs and members of the same heavenly kingdoms, wherein God and his Lords and theirHoly Council in heaven devise and administer laws for the ultimate resurrection of allmen.
32. The revealed word of heaven, to mortals; this is the Zarathustrian law.
33. The word was with God, and God became the word; this is the Zarathustrian law.
34. For the word being established through Zarathustra became the life of God in flesh,being perpetual to the end of the world.
35. For though Zarathustra be forgotten, and the words of his mouth remembered noton the whole earth, yet the Zarathustrian law (the revelations of God to man)became everlasting in the souls of mortals from that time forth, forever and ever.
36. For man to know of, and to desire to become one with the All Highest, this is theZarathustrian law. Nor mattereth it through what name he striveth, even so he strive toknow the will of God.
37. When a king desireth soldiers for his army, he sendeth recruiting emissaries, calling: Come ye, join the armies of the king. Even so, but for peace and righteousness, sendethGod his Lords and holy angels down to mortals, saying: Come ye, join the kingdom ofGod. And when they come, behold, they use certain rites and ceremonies, with words andsacred days: The name of these rites and ceremonies and the words revealed by God,these are the Zarathustrian laws. For they are the initiative, by which mortals becomejoint workers with God and his Lords.
CHAPTER II.
1. God said: Be attentive, O man, to the voice of thy Lord and his angels; be patient, thatthou mayest understand the dominion of thy God, and add glory unto the Almighty.
2. The Div was the chief, and the Lords and their officers comprised the Divan Congress,of the period of time whereof this book pertaineth.
3. And such mortals of that day, who joined in the armies of God, were represented by thevoice of guardian angels through their Lord, according to the nation or place represented.
4. And the ashars reported to their Lord, as to the conditions and places of mortals, and asto the conditions and places of angels also, and the Lords spake thereon in the Diva.
5. And the Div decreed laws and governments, unto mortals and angels, according towhat was best for them.
6. Jehovih said: I am the Light and the Life; behold Me, I am Ormazd. When I shape Mythoughts into words, behold, I am I'hua'Mazda; I am the word. When the words of Mykingdom are registered with mortals, behold Me; I am the Zarathustrian law. I am three inone.
7. Even so have I given unto thee, O Div, and to My angels and My mortals; for ye threeshall be a unit in the furtherance of My kingdoms.
8. Behold, your labors shall be henceforth called Divinity (Divan). And whoso fallethunder your inspiration shall be called Divine (Divas).
9. God said: Consider, O man, the wisdom of thy God, to perceive what is feasible tothine own judgment, and be thou far-reaching with thine own members.
10. The Div decreed: To carry birth rites down to mortals; to teach mortals when theirchildren were born to consecrate them to Diva, under a rod with water, after the samemanner es'yans were baptized in heaven. With rites and ceremonies, and words, accordingto the Zarathustrian law, the I'hua'Mazdian law, the Ormazdian law.
11. God said: In the time of the baptismal of mortal children, behold, my Lords appointedashars unto such children, to keep them in the way of the Almighty.
12. This was the first Divan (Divine) law.
13. The Div decreed: To establish wedding rites and ceremonies with words andprocessions, in order to bind firmly monogamic marriages, according to the Zarathustrianlaw, the I'hua'Mazdian law, the Ormazdian law.
14. God said: In the time of marriages, behold, my Lords appointed new ashars unto manand wife, whose duties were to minister unto them as unto a small kingdom, for the gloryof Jehovih.
15. This was the second Divan (Divine) law.
16. The Div decreed: To establish funeral rites and ceremonies, with words, accordingto the Diva, that is, the Zarathustrian, the I'hua'Mazdian, and the Ormazdian law.
17. This was the third Divan law.
18. God said: In the birth rites; in the marriage rites, and in the funeral rites, recordingangels of the Lord were present; and afterward, they reported these things to my kingdomin heaven.
19. And all such mortals as carried out these rites and ceremonies, with words, werenamed Zarathustrians. Nevertheless there were many others, who, not being capable ofthe inspiration, stood aloof from me and my kingdoms.
20. Jehovih said: I blame not My God and My Lords that their love ran more to the favorof such mortals as became Zarathustrians, than to such as rejected God and his Lords. Neither do I censure God and His Lords for favoring their chosen in building cities,nations and empires, leaving such other mortals as were enemies to perish in their cities,kingdoms and nations.
21. God said: Ye who are one with the Divine law, are free from the law; but they thatreject me and my kingdom are bound by the law.
22. Of the first three Divine laws, God said: These are the sacred words decreed tomortals: By father or mother: I bestow this, my child, to be a good Zarathustrian,according to the Diva. And in marriage: By the Bride and Bridegroom: I bestow myself tothis my mate, a good Zarathustrian, according to the Diva. And in sacrament previous todeath: I confess, with repentance, I, a good Zarathustrian, unto Thee, O Ormazd; and toThy Lords of the heavenly hosts of Diva.
CHAPTER III.
1. God said: Behold, I come to reveal what was done in heaven, that thou, O man, mayestunderstand the cause of things being done on earth.
2. These Divan laws were made in heaven, and by the Lords of that day, through theirangels, given to mortals, whereby mortals became a manifestation of heavenly things.
3. Here, then, followeth, to wit:
4. If a man be not too weak he shall confess to all the Lords with repentance. On the otherhand, if he be too weak to utter words, than shall the priest confess him by holding theright hand whilst he saith the holy words. And whilst this is being done, the ashars shallprovide a sufficient number of spirits to receive the newborn, and bring him to the placein heaven that hath been previously selected for him.
5. The third Divan law also decreed as followeth: If the es'yan be a Zarathustrian, and hiskin in heaven be drujas, he shall not be taken to the heaven where they are; nor shallhis kin be permitted to see him for thirty days. But after thirty days in his ownplace in heaven, his kin, if drujas, may be permitted to see him, but only under guard.
6. The fourth Divan law: If the es'yan be a Zarathustrian, and his kin in heaven belong tothe organic heavens, then he shall be taken to them, and his abiding place shall be withthem for a season.
7. The fifth Divan law: If the es'yan be a Zarathustrian, his spirit shall not be suffered toremain longer than three days and three nights about his mortal kindred. And then heshall be taken to his place in heaven, and given into the keeping of the asaphs, who shallexplain all things to him.
8. God said: Whilst the mortal priest is reciting prayers after death, in the morning,at noon, and at sunset, the ashars shall assemble in the same house, along withthe newborn spirit, and join in the singing and praying, for it will pacify the spirit andrestore him to know what hath taken place. And this shall be called the sixth Divan law.
9. God said: And the same law shall apply in the case of a Zarathustrian woman as witha man. In the case of a Zarathustrian child, that died in infancy, the Div decreed:
10. The seventh Divan law: The child of a Zarathustrian being too young to speak, shallnot make confession, even through the priest. The mortal priest shall say: O Thou MasterLight! Behold, my child is dead! Receive Thou its little, tender spirit! Take it to Thyheavenly place of delight! And the ashars shall take the young es'yan to a place suited toit, and deliver it to the asaphs; and the asaphs shall examine it, and, if it require fetal, theyshall provide it in heaven, if possible. But if it be too young, then the asaphs, with asufficient guard, shall take it back to its mortal mother, or to its mortal father, or to itsbrother, or its sister, or other near kin, or to whomsoever the asaphs find most advisable. And the spirit child shall be put to bed every night with its fetal mother, or fetal father,that its spirit may draw sustenance sufficient to grow into everlasting life. But the asaphswho have it in charge shall bring it away in the morning to its place in heaven. But in nocase shall a Zarathustrian spirit child be left to fetal with a contentious mortal woman, norwith a drunken mortal man.
11. God propounded: If a Zarathustrian be dead, and his spirit many years in a placeof heavenly delight, and then his mortal wife die, and she be not a Zarathustrian?
12. The members of the Diva all spake. Then God decreed the eighth Divan law, whichwas: The spirit of such a woman shall not be suffered to go to the place of her husband. For thirty days she shall be kept in a place suitable for her. After that she may visit herhusband under guard; but until she accept the Ormazdian law, she shall not dwell with thehusband, in heaven, nor with her children, in heaven. And if she have mortal children, sheshall not be permitted to see them, save under guard.
13. The ninth Divan law was the same, wherein a Zarathustrian woman whose husbandwas not a Zarathustrian; for he was bound by the same law, and thus kept separate inheaven until he accepted the Ormazdian law.
14. God propounded: If a Zarathustrian have a wife who is not a Zarathustrian, andshe have an untimely birth, whether by accident or abortion, what then of the spiritof that child? On this, all the members of Diva spake, and after that, God decreed:
15. Such spirit shall not be brought to heaven for a season, but shall be fetaled onits natural mother or father, day and night, until the full nine months are completed,and then it shall be delivered with due ceremonies by the ashars. After that it shallbe fetaled the same as in the seventh Divan law. And this was the tenth Divan law.
16. The eleventh Divan law: If a Zarathustrian attain to maturity before he die, hisspirit shall be es'yan two years. And during this time he shall be attended by not lessthan two asaphs when he goeth away from his heavenly home; and the asaphs shallteach him the mode of travel, the manner of knowing localities, both on the earth andin the first resurrection. And they shall teach him the varieties and kinds of foodsuited to the highest best education of a spirit. But when he traveleth with hiscompanions of his own heavenly group, then the asaphs of the group shall go alongwith him and them. And, during the two years, he shall be provided from the stores inheaven with food and clothes, and he shall not labor to provide himself with anything.
17. The twelfth Divan law was in reference to the same spirit, which was: At the endof two years the asaphs shall deliver him, and such of his group as are prepared, intothe department of first instruction, and his name shall be entered in the libraryof that department of heaven as ENTERED APPRENTICE, IN THE FIRST RESURRECTION. Herehis first lessons shall be as to making clothes and providing food for himself andothers. And he shall be entitled to participate, if he so desire, in the recreations ofthe entered apprentices, such as music, dancing, marching, painting, or other arts.
18. The thirteenth Divan law was in reference to the same spirit, which was: Not less thantwo years shall he serve as entered apprentice, and longer if his proficiency be notsufficient for advancement. But when he is advanced, he shall no longer be called enteredapprentice, but a CRAFTSMAN.And he shall be taken to a place suitable, where his laborwill contribute to the heavenly kingdoms. And his recreations shall entitle him toinstruction in both corporeal and es'sean knowledge, and their correspondence. As acraftsman he shall serve seven years.
19. The fourteenth Divan law was in reference to the same spirit, which was: Thecraftsman’s examination being completed, he shall then return to labor in the nurseries inheaven, becoming assistant to the asaphs. And during this period he shall report himselfat the roll call. And his teachers shall take him with them down to mortals and teachhim how to see and hear corporeal things. And they shall also explain to him fetalismand the obsession of mortals by drujas, that he may understand the cause of lying,and of stealing, and of tattling, and of conspiracies, and of murders amongst mortals.
20. The fifteenth Divan law was of the same spirit, which was: After he hath served threeyears as nurse-assistant to the asaphs, he shall be promoted to the hospitals in heaven, asassistant to the physicians. And they shall teach him the restoration of spirits in chaos,and crazy spirits, and deformed spirits, and of sick spirits, and of spirits afflicted with foulsmells, that cannot clean themselves, especially of the spirits of women who producedabortion on themselves, or suffered it to be done unto them, and of monomaniacs, and allmanner of diseased spirits. And the physicians shall take him with them when they godown to mortals to remove fetals, and he shall learn how they are severed, safely to both. And they shall take him to the battle-fields, where mortals slay one another, whose spiritsare in chaos, or are still fighting, and he shall assist in bringing them away from thecorporeal place, and also learn how to restore them, and where to deliver them whenrestored. And if there be knots in any region near at hand, the physician shall take him tothe knot, and show him how they are untied, and how they are mastered and delivered. And if there be any hell near at hand, the physicians shall take him thither and teach himhow hell is delivered and its people restored. For ten years shall he serve as assistant tothe physicians.
21. The sixteenth Divan law was of the same spirit, which was: Having fulfilled the partof assistant physician, he shall be promoted to the full rank of NURSE.And in thatdepartment he shall serve ten years, which completeth his emancipation in that order, andthereafter any and all the nurseries of the lower heavens shall be free and open to him,and he shall go to whatsoever one he desireth, save when specially commanded for acertain work by his Lord, or by the God of his division.
22, The seventeenth Divan law was of the same spirit, which was: Having passed asatisfactory examination by his Lord, or his Lord's attendants, he shall be promoted to thefull rank of PHYSICIAN. And in that department in heaven he shall serve fifty years. Andthen his emancipation in that order shall be complete. And all the hospitals in thelower heavens shall be open to him, and he shall choose whichever of them he desireth ashis place of labor, unless specially required by his Lord, or by the God of his division.
23. The eighteenth Divan law was of the same spirit, which was: He shall now pass anexamination by his Lord or his Lord's deputy, and if he prove himself in a knowledge ofthe structure of both the corporeal and spiritual man, he shall be registered as ENTEREDFACTOR, and he shall serve twelve years in forming and making fabrics for raiment, andfor other useful and ornamental purposes.
24. The nineteenth Divan law was like unto the eighteenth, save that his labor shall begathering and transporting food for other twelve years. And the twentieth Divan law waslike unto the nineteenth, save that his labor shall be the wielding of large bodies, and ofcarrying the same long distances.
25. The twenty-first Divan law of the same spirit, was: He shall now enter the CREATIF asan apprentice. Thirty years shall he serve in the CREATIF,learning how to create. And thetwenty-second Divan law was like unto the twenty-first, save that he shall dwell in Uzand serve twelve years in learning Uz.
26. The twenty-third Divan law of the same spirit was: He shall now enter college, andserve according to his talents, from five to forty years, learning measuring, and distances,rotations, velocities, magnets, corporeal and es'sean; currents of vortices; roadways invortices, and how to measure vortices by their spiral force; how to find the center and theperiphery of vortices. And if he serve the full term of forty years, he shall have thefreedom of the eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second and twenty-thirdcommandments; and all such places shall be forever open for him. And if he chooseto go into any of them he shall do so, unless especially ordered to some other emergentplace by his Lord, or the God of his division.
27. The twenty-fourth Divan law of the same spirit was: He shall now enter architectureas an apprentice, and learn the building of heavenly mansions and cities; and he shallserve eight years, and be promoted to build judgment seats and thrones, and serve sixteenyears more.
28. The twenty-fifth Divan law of the same spirit was: He shall now be eligible tothe SCHOOL OF LIGHT ANDDARKNESS, and learn the relative power of attraction andpropulsion belonging to them; and his education here shall embrace practice andexperiment; and he shall serve seventy years for the full course. After which, if he beproficient in creating light and darkness, he shall be emancipated from the twenty-fourthand twenty-fifth Divan laws, and all such places shall be open and free to him forever.
29. The twenty-sixth Divan law of the same spirit was: He shall now serve twenty-fouryears in building and propelling heavenly boats, and small ships. And the twenty-sixthDivan law was of like kind, which was: That he shall now travel fifty years inatmospherea, and on the earth, and on the oceans of the earth.
30. This completeth the primary education in the first resurrection.
