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Newbrough claimed that the book came from the higher heavens and was "directed and looked over by God, the creator s chief representative in the heavens of this earth." A group formed around Newbrough s revelations and in 1883 they named themselves the "Faithists of the Seed of Abraham," a term that came from the book. They moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico, where they established Shalam, a community founded to carry out the "OAHSPE" injunction to care for foundlings and orphans.

Newbrough married a second time, choosing a woman from among the Faithist community. By 1891, a residential home had been erected capable of housing 50 disadvantaged children, but an outbreak of influenza devastated the area and Newbrough was stricken and died. His associate Andrew Howland continued the community for a time, but it quickly disintegrated.

Raymond A. Palmer But the book that inspired the Faithist movement lives on. While it has been published in many different ways and forms, the most recent republication of note is the new Raymond A. Palmer Tribute Edition from Inner Light Publications, a massive effort spearheaded by publisher Timothy Green Beckley. Not only is the original text of "OAHSPE" beautifully rendered (it is more than 1,200 pages long!) but also included are the complete pencil drawings that Newbourgh did as well as the original color paintings of the Prophets that Newbrough channeled in his darkened office. Some editions may boast of leather book jackets and fancier binding, but there is no other edition in the world that has all the color paintings reproduced in their Technicolor glory.

As to why it is called the Raymond A. Palmer Tribute Edition, Beckley offers his explanation in a short introduction.

"Raymond A. Palmer," Beckley writes, "was a true pioneer, one of the most important individuals in the field of esoterica and arcane knowledge of the last 100 years. He was the editor of Amazing Stories, a futuristic sci-fi magazine published in the mid-1940s which presented the fantastic stories of Richard Shaver and his subterranean worlds. Palmer was also one of the founders of Fate Magazine and later started his own publishing empire with such titles as Mystic, Search, Forum and Space World.

"He also issued reprints of hard to find works," Beckley continued. "For a while, he possessed the only copy of a first edition of "OAHSPE" and issued 2000 copies in a private edition even at a financial loss just to get the word out about this amazing book, which was one of his all time favorites." --Sean Casteal - UFO Digest

Product Description

OAHSPE: HAS BEEN CALLED THE WONDER BOOK OF ALL AGES

Nearly One Million Words In Two Volumes. Text Reset For Clarity. Illustrations Added.

WHAT IS IT? Probably the best way to describe Oahspe is in the words of the book itself: A sacred history of the dominions of the higher and lower heavens on the Earth for the past 24,000 years, beginning with the submersion of the continent of Pan in the Pacific Ocean, commonly called the Flood or Deluge, to the Kosmon (present) Era. Also a brief history of the preceding 55,000 years, together with a cosmogony of the Universe, the creation of the planets; the creation of man; the unseen worlds; the labor and glory of gods and goddesses in the etherean heavens; with the new commandments of Jehovia to man of the present day.

WHAT DOES IT CONTAIN? Oahspe is best described as The Complete Book of The Cosmos and it might easily have been written by today s space scientists! Much of the science in OAHSPE has only recently been discovered . Newbrough could not have guessed so rightly, especially in the face of all the authorities of his day. Today space satellites are discovering how it is out in space, while in 1882 OAHSPE contained the same information! As an instance, the now famous Van Allen radiation belts, complete as to nature and height! The scientific reader is overwhelmed by the science of OAHSPE.

Do you think flying saucers are new? Then read OAHSPE! A whole panorama of aerial and space vessels are described as though from today s newspapers. Do you wonder at Einstein s theories? Then read OAHSPE! He could have gotten his information there! Uncounted thousands of tons of meteorites fall to Earth each day, yet space is nearly empty of them. OAHSPE knew it in 1882! Space is dark, say our daring astronauts. So did OAHSPE in 1882, and tells us why! Archaeologists have made amazing discoveries of ancient races and dead cities and civilizations since 1882. They might have discovered them sooner had they read OAHSPE. Ancient languages are described in OAHSPE.

Just where is Heaven? What do you do there? Is there anything for YOU to do when you get there - what kind of occupation? Is there really a hell? Who manages the Earth, the Solar System, the Universe - and how? How do the different religions fit into God s one Universe? OAHSPE tells all this, and a thousand more answers to man s most difficult questions. <PWHEN AND HOW WAS IT WRITTEN? OAHSPE was written by a process known as automatic writing, on a Sholes typewriter (one of the very first), by John Ballou Newbrough, who was born on June 5, 1828, on a Springfield, Ohio farm. A college man, he specialized in m e d i c i n e , particularly dentistry. After college he went to the goldfields of California and also to Australia. Afterward he became a dentist in New York City. One morning in 1870, Newbrough went to the home of his dearest friend Edwin Augustus Davis (to whose memoirs we owe this information), who lived on Sixth Avenue, near the old Hay Market, and said: I ve come for your advice; I had quite an experience about 4 am this morning. I was sleeping nicely when I felt a hand on my shoulder. A voice said: Wake up, doctor. Everything is all right. I only want to ask you a question. and we will go. I sat up and answered: Yes, if 1 can. The voice said: Would you like to perform a mission for Jehovih? I rubbed my eyes and I saw the room was lit up with pillars of light so pleasing to the eyes that is was indescribable. I saw great numbers of beautiful spirits or angels. They did not have wings.

About the Author

WHO WAS RAYMOND A. PALMER, AND WHY IS THIS EDITION OF OAHSPE DEDICATED TO HIM?

Raymond A. Palmer (RAP for short) was a true pioneer, one of the most important individuals in the field of eso-terica and arcane knowledge of the last 100 years. He was the editor of Amazing Stories, a futuristic sci fi magazine published in the mid 1940s which presented the fantastic stories of Richard Shaver and his subterranean worlds. Palmer was also one of the founders of FATE magazine and later started his own publishing empire with such titles as Mystic, Search, Forum and Space World.

He also issued reprints of hard to find works. For a while he possessed the only copy of a first edition of OAHSPE and issued 2000 copies in a private edition even at a financial loss just to get the word out about this amazing book which was one of his all time favorites.

Said Palmer about OAHSPE: OAHSPE cannot be attacked as an expurgated and perverted book and summarily dismissed. In the light of present day science, the Book of Cosmology alone is evidence of a superior fore-knowledge that stands as a sturdy sentinel over the doctrinal portions. And in the light of present day anthropology and archaeology, its historical portions stand as remarkable evidence of that same superior fore-knowledge. OAHSPE is truly a gateway to understanding. This in addition to the fact that Ray Palmer charged us with great enthusiasm in our earliest work and provided our first forums by way of columns in both Search and Flying Saucers magazine.