CHAPTER XIII.
1. And thus was finished the dawn of dan, when great Osire had spoken, and to his Godand Lords commissioned the harvesting of earth and heaven for another cycle. Orderreigned in heaven and on earth, because a man, a God, had spoken. Men and angels hadtheir eyes turned inward, to know of what capacity Jehovih had made them. And the earthand moon, and sun and stars, were shown in a new light to the sense of men; not tobe shunned and despised, but glories given by the Great Spirit for useful purposes.
2. Jehovih had said: Some men I created to reason near at hand; others to speculate in far-offregions, with thoughts diverse and unlike in procedure. Think not, O man, that in highheaven such men become all alike; not so created I them, but to run in their variousextremes forever!
3. Of the first, Osire, My Son, enthroned to give reason practice, came not a randomperiod, but just when I had designed to sow the seed of unbelief broadcast over earth andheaven.
4. For such appeareth in all peoples under the sun; a season of belief; a season of unbelief. And with the believing is the practice of truth and love; and with the unbelieving is thepractice of great research and learning, with cruelty and disputation.
5. Osire said: Send for my resurrection, O Jehovih; I have uprooted the evil of idolworship, the extreme that followeth too much belief. To Thy corporeal worlds I haveopened man's eyes, and set a mark on man's souls, wherein man shall not come from earthto heaven, saying: Alas, I have no corporeal knowledge!
6. Jehovih said: To further man's ultimate glory, I have decreed the earth to ji'ay'an fieldsfor three thousand years, in which thy fruit shall have its full growth.
7. Osire foresaw the times and places in the future road of earth and heaven, and that fromhis decrees would spring corporeal philosophy, the first of earth, whereto man shouldlook back in after ages, saying: Thence sprang the Osirian system; thence the Asyrianraces. Yet he looked further on, when men should become idolaters in disbelief ofspiritual things, doing worship to the sun, moon and stars; and in very corpor profess tofind the cause and foundation of all.
8. Jehovih said: Man shall search all things in order to find Me; but I gave this labornot to one generation of men, nor to those of a hundred, or a thousand years, but tocycles. For, when I come in kosmon, to found My kingdom on earth, man shall havethe testimony of all speculation and philosophies before him, together with thefruits thereof. And he shall judge that which is good by the evidence of past practices.
9. High in the arc of Se'ing rose Osire's call, where millions waited, knowing the dawn ofdan on the red star was near its end. Swift messengers told the story of Jehovih's work,through His Son, Osire; and, measuring the width of His harvest, laid the scheme at thefeet of the reigning Goddess, Antwa. And she gave the word, Go, to her legions inwaiting, who had moored an obegia, a float, a fire-ship, ready to proceed for the hostsredeemed by Great Osire.
10. And they cut her loose, amidst music and dancing, the obegia, five million soulsaboard, commanded by Eticene, Goddess of Antwa's Garden, an etherean plain, wheredwelt ten thousand million souls. A place of rest, for Gods and Goddesses to regalethemselves with stories of redemptions of mortals on the countless stars floating inJehovih's etherean veins.
11. Off to the red star, the earth, steered the obegia, the pride of Eticene, for the marriagefestival of seven thousand million Brides and Bridegrooms, the yield of Osire's harvestfor the upper kingdoms.
12. Meanwhile, Osire and his hosts, prepared in the usual way, waited the signal, thecoming of Jehovih's light, within the earth's vortex. For strange it seemeth to Gods andmen, everything in the firmament is upward; who leave a star, upward rise; who leave anetherean world for the stars, rise upward also, but call it downward, to suit theunderstanding of mortals. So pierced the vortex of atmospherea, the obegia, and the hostsof Eticene. The Brides and Bridegrooms shouted with joy.
13. And the millions of guests, assembled to witness the awe-inspiring ceremonies, joinedin applause.
14. Then down came the ship of fire, broad as a sea, with all her appurtenances in trim,and adorned in majesty, even to the floors of Vibhraj. And from the mantles of light cameEticene, to salute great Osire, in the name of the Great Spirit, and receive his contributionto the unchangeable worlds!
15. Osire, with his attendants, the archangels of Lowtsin, received Eticene under the Signof Ormadz, Master Creator of Power, and then presented his delivered sons anddaughters, seven thousand millions.
16. Whereupon, due ceremonies were proclaimed, and the Brides and Bridegrooms ofJehovih entered the obegia. Osire saluted God, who was ordained to be ruler of heavenand earth for the next two hundred years, and, with sorrow in his soul, departed, goinginto the obegia, the fire-ship, for a higher heaven, where waited millions of loves, callingto him to come home.
17. Then upward rose the mighty ship, commanded by the slender Eticene, the youngGoddess of Antwa's Garden; her little hands stretched upward to Jehovih, her mightyfaith, Commander of the elements.
END OF THE BOOK OF OSIRIS.
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