CHAPTER XVI.
HEREIN IS REVEALED THE MANNER IN WHICH THE GODSCARRIED OUT WHAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY STATED.
1. Thus was established the CONFEDERACY OF SELFS; that is, the false Lord God, and hisfalse Gods, were as many kingdoms united into one; yet every god was secretly swornunto himself, for his own glory.
2. From the time of the beginning of the revolt until it was completed as a confederacywas sixty and four days, and the number of inhabitants in these heavens at that time waseight thousand millions, men, women and children. And they are well-ordered, innurseries, and hospitals, and schools, and colleges, and factories, and in building ships,and in surveying and in road-making, and all such other occupations as belong in thelower heavens, objective and subjective. Four thousand million of these were presentlysent to Hored, to De'yus.
3. De'yus at once set about the work laid out, and issued a decree commanding thedestruction of all otevans and other vessels plying to the upper plateau, Craoshivi; andcommanding the seizing and destroying of fire-ships or other vessels that might comefrom the upper regions down to the lower. De'yus said: My people shall not ascend toother heavens. I have made the earth and this heaven sufficient unto all happiness andglory. Whosoever buildeth a vessel, saying: I will ascend; or if he say not, but my judgesdiscover him, he shall be cast into the hadan region, prepared for him. And if a man or awoman preach in my heavens, and say: Behold, there is a higher heaven, that person shallbe cast into hell, as my son judgeth.
4. And I, De'yus, command the locking up of all the books in the libraries of my heavensthat in any way teach of Jehovih or Ormazd, or of heavenly kingdoms above mine orgreater. For I, the Lord God, will have but one kingdom, and I will draw all people into itto abide with me forever.
5. And my Gods, and my marshals, and generals and captains, shall take their hosts andgo around about the regions of Hored, and make a clean roadway, and cut off allconnection with the outer kingdoms. And they shall place in the roadway around myheavens a standing army, sufficient to guard my kingdom and my Gods' kingdomsforever. And no man-angel, nor woman-angel shall pass outward beyond my roadwayforever.
6. These things were carried out, save as to the libraries. But there were destroyed fourthousand otevans and other ascending ships; and of the places for manufacturing shipsfor the outer heavens that were destroyed, more than seven hundred. And there werethus thrown out of employment seven hundred millions, men and women! And manyof these were compelled to go to Hored, where they were assorted as to grade, and putto work, beautifying the capital and Council house and palace of the Lord God, thefalse. Others were impressed into the standing army, being allotted seasons and years.
7. After the outward extreme of hada was thus secured in every way, De'yus turned to theinterior. He said: Now will I hide away text-books in my heavenly places, as relate tohigher kingdoms and to Jehovih; for from this time forth He is my enemy and I am His. Upon my own self have I sworn it; the name of Jehovih and Ormazd shall be destroyedin heaven and earth; and my name, De'yus, even the Lord God, shall stand above all else.
8. For sixty days, the armies of destruction traversed the lowest heavens, high and low,far and near; and they hid away many of the records, and books, and maps, relating tothe higher atmospherea and to the etherean worlds beyond; and in sixty days thework of destruction was complete in these heavens, and there was nothing leftwithin sight to prove or to teach the higher heavens, or of Jehovih, the Ormazd.
9. The Lord God, the false, said: Let my name and my place, even Hored, be replacedinstead of those destroyed, for I will make the name De'yus to rule in one-half of theworld, and the name Lord God to rule in the other half.
10. The inhabitants of heaven and earth shall know where to find me, and shall behold myperson, and witness the strength of my hands. Yea, they shall know my pleasure and mydispleasure, and serve me in fear and trembling.
11. And the books in the schools and colleges of these heavens were thus made to rateDe'yus and the Lord God as the All Highest, Most Sacred, Most Holy.
12. When these things were established thus far, De'yus gave a great feast, and broughtinto his companionship all the valorous fighters and destroyers that had provedthemselves great in fulfilling his commandments. In the meantime, the laborers andofficers in charge had extended and beautified the palace and capital of the Lord God inHored beyond anything ever seen in these heavens. So that at the time of this feast, theplace was already one of magnificence and glory. And the order, and temper, anddiscipline of the officers and servants, more than one million, who had charge ofpreparing and conducting the feast, were so great that the assembled Gods and greatgenerals, and governors, and marshals, and captains, for a long while, did nothing butejaculate applause and astonishment.
13. Besides these, De'yus had provided receiving hosts, fifty thousand, and of es'enaursand trumpeters half a million, and proclaiming heralds one hundred thousand; and thelatter, when conducting the distinguished visitors into the presence of De'yus, proclaimedthem, amidst the applause of the Holy Council, such honor surpassing anything that anyof them had ever witnessed.
14. The substance of the feast, being above grade twenty, which was above the animalregion, was, consequently, of vegetable and fruit es'pa4 from the earth, previously broughtby trained shippers and workers, for this especial occasion. But there was no es'pa of fleshor fish present on the tables; but an abundance of the es'pa of wine, and this was calledNECTAR (su-be).
15. The walls of the chamber of the feast were ornamented with sprays of colored fire,and from the floor of the chamber there rose upward innumerable fountains of perfume,which were also es'pa brought up from the earth, and forced up in the fountains by morethan one million servants, impressed into service from the regions of shippers, which hadbeen destroyed previously.
16. At the feast, with the Lord God and his Gods, there were in all one thousand twohundred guests; and the feast lasted one whole day, and the Gods and guests ate anddrank to their hearts' content, and there were not a few who felt the intoxication of therich nectar.
17. When the feast was ended, De'yus, through his marshals, signified that he wouldspeak before them; and when quiet was restored, he said: What greater joy hathany one in a matter than to make others happy! Because ye served me, doing mycommandments, behold, I have served you. My feast hath been your feast; my substancehave I given unto you, that ye may rejoice in the glory I have received from your hands.
18. Yet think not that the Lord, your God, so endeth this proceeding: I will not so end it. I have commanded you here that I may honor those that deserve honor from me,your God. My Gods have also great exaltation in the labor ye have done in myheavens, for my heavens are their heavens, and yours also. Because ye have destroyedthe ascension, the most worthless and foolish of things, and cleared away therubbish of my heavens, ye have also prepared a place for endless glory for yourselves.
19. For which reason, and in justice to you, I have appointed this time to promote youall, according to your great achievements. Nor shall ye fall back on my promotion,resting in ease; for I have a greater labor for you, as well as greater honor and glory.
20. Behold, I have commanded the earth and her dominions; and ye, my Gods, shallsubjugate her to my name and power. And ye that have proved yourselves most valiant inheaven shall be their chosen officers to go down to the earth in my name, with millions ofmy heavenly soldiers, to plan and fix the way of mortals unto my hand. As ye have castout the names Jehovih and Ormazd in heaven, even so shall ye cast them out on the earth.
21. Remember ye, I am a God of anger; I have declared war against all ungodliness on theearth. Whoever worshippeth the Great Spirit under the name Jehovih, or Ormazd, shallbe put to death, both men and women. Only little children shall ye spare, and of themshall ye make slaves and eunuchs and whatsoever else that shall profit my kingdoms.
22. Whether they have an idol of stone, or of wood, or of gold, or of copper, they shall bedestroyed. Neither shall it save them to make an idol of the Unseen; for such is even moreoffensive in my sight than the others. For will I leave alive one Faithist on the face of theearth.
23. To accomplish which, my Gods shall select ye who are of my feast; according totheir rank shall they choose; and when ye are thus divided and selected, ye shall receivebadges from my hand, and repair with my Gods to the places and service they desire.
24. And when ye are come down to the earth, ye shall possess yourselves of the oraclesand places of worship, driving hence all other angels, and Gods, and Lords, and familiars. And when mortals come to consult the spirits ye shall answer them in your own way inorder to carry out my commandments.
25. And when ye find prophets and seers, who accomplish by the Unseen, who have withthem spirits belonging to the kingdom of Craoshivi, ye shall drive away such spirits andobsess the prophet or seer in your own way. But if ye cannot drive hence the Ormazdianangel, then shall ye go to the depths of hell in hada and bring a thousand spirits ofdarkness, who are foul and well skilled in torment, and ye shall cast them upon thatprophet until he is mad. But if it so happen that the prophet or seer be so protected thatspirits of darkness cannot reach him, then shall ye send evil spirits in advance of him tothe place he frequenteth, and they shall inoculate the place with virus that shall poisonhim to death.
26. But if a prophet of Jehovih repent and renounce the Great Spirit, and accept De'yus, orthe Lord God, then shall ye drive all evil away from him, and put a guard around abouthim, for he shall be my subject in time to come.
27. And whether ye reach a king of the earth by means of the oracles, or through prophetsand seers, or by obsession, it mattereth not; but ye shall come to him by some means,either when he lieth asleep or is awake, and ye shall inspire him with the doctrines andthe love of the Lord your God. And he shall rise up in great war, and pursue all peoplewho do not profess De'yus, or the Lord your God; for he shall be as an instrument in yourhands to do my will.
28. When De'yus ceased speaking, the Gods immediately made their selections, and thegenerals and captains were thus allotted to new places. And now the attendants carriedaway the tables of the feast, and the Gods, each with his captains and generals, facedtoward De'yus, and formed twelve rows; whereupon De'yus conferred badges, aspreviously promised.
29. De'yus then departed to the Council chamber, and took his seat on the throne. Theguests, and Gods, and Councilors, entered the south gate, and went and stood in the midstof the floor of the chamber; whereupon the Lord God saluted them, WARRIORS OF GOD, andthey embraced in the SIGN OF TAURUS, signifying, TO ENFORCE RIGHTEOUSNESS,for the image ofa bull was one of the signs above the throne. (And this was called the EDICT OF THE BULL.)
30. These, then, are the names of the Gods and Goddesses, with their generals andcaptains, that were empowered in heaven to go down to the earth to subjugate it unto theLord God, the false, that is to say:
31. The Gods were: Anubi; Hikas, now called Te-in; Wotchissij, now called Sudga; Chele-mung, now called Osiris; Baal, Ashtaroth, Foe-be, Hes-loo, He-loo, Orion, Hebe andValish.
32. Their generals were: Hoin, Oo-da, Jah, Knowteth, June, Pluton-ya, Loo-Chiang, Wahka,Posee-ya-don, Dosh-to, Eurga-roth, Neuf, Apollo-ya, Suts, Karusa, Myion, Hefa-yistie,Petoris, Ban, Ho-jou-ya, Mung-jo, Ura-na, Oke-ya-nos, Egupt, Hi-ram, T'cro-no,Ares, Yube, Feh-tus, Don, Dan, Ali-jah, Sol, Sa-mern, Thu-wowtch, Hua-ya, Afro-dite,Han, Weel, Haing-le, Wang-le, Ar-ti-mis, Ga-song-ya, Lowtha, Pu, Tochin-woh-to-gow,Ben, Aa-ron, Nais-wiche, Gai-ya, Te-sin, Argo, Hadar, Atstsil, E-shong, Daridrat, Udan,Nadar, Bog-wi, She-ug-ga, Brihat, Zeman, Asrig, Oyeb, Chan-lwang, Sishi, Jegat, At-yenaand Dyu.
33. Their captains were: Penbu, Josh, Yam-yam, Holee-tsu, Yoth, Gamba, Said, Drat-ta,Yupe-set, Wag, Mar, Luth, Mak-ka, Chutz, Hi-rack-to, Vazenno, Hasuck, Truth,Maidyar, Pathemadyn, Kop, Cpenta-mainyus, Try-sti-ya, Peter, Houab, Vanaiti, Craosha,Visper, Seam, Plow-ya, Yact-ta-roth, Abua, Zaotha, Kacan-cat, Hovain, Myazd-Loo,Haur, Abel, Openista, Isaah, Vazista, Potonas, Kiro, Wiska-dore, Urvash, Ashesnoga,Cavo, Kalamala-hoodon, Lutz-rom, Wab, Daeri, Kus, Tsoo-man-go, and Le-Wiang.
34. Besides these, were one thousand officers of lower rank; and now, when they weresealed as to rank and place and allotment, they withdrew; and De'yus gave a day ofrecreation that the Gods with their officers might make the selections from the multitude,as for their private soldiers.
35. And in one day's time the armies were made up, two thousand million angels, andthey departed down to the earth to destroy the Faithists and the names Jehovih andOrmazd, and establish De'yus, otherwise the Lord God, the false.
4 The spiritual emanation of earthly fruits is sometimes called es'pa.
CHAPTER XVII.
1. God, in Craoshivi, bewailed heaven and earth. He said: Great Jehovih, how I havefailed in Thy kingdom! Behold, Thou gavest into my keeping the earth and her heavens,and they have gone astray!
2. Jehovih said: Behold the plan of My government; which is, to come against nothing inheaven or earth; to seize nothing by the head and turn it round by violence to go the otherway.
3. Though I am the power that created them, and am the Ever Present that moveth themalong, I gave to them to be Gods, like Myself, with liberty to find their own direction.
4. I created many trees in My garden, the greatest of which is the tree of happiness. And Icalled out unto all the living to come and dwell in the shade of that tree, and partake ofthe fruits and its perfumes. But they run after prickers and they scourge themselves; andthen, alas, they fall to cursing Me, and accusing Me of shortness in My government.
5. I confined them in their mother's womb for a season, showing them there is a time forall things. But they ran forward hurriedly, desiring speedy happiness and wisdom, withouthalting to observe My glories by the road-side.
6. I said unto them: Even as I have given liberty unto all My people, so shall yenot impress into your service your brothers and sisters. But the self-assuming Godsmake slaves of their fellows; they build roads round about, and station armiesof soldiers to prevent My newborn from coming to My most glorious kingdoms.
7. They go down to the earth and inspire kings and queens, and rich men, to do the samethings. And they portion out to their servants, saying to them: Serve ye me, and I will dofor you. They little think that their servants will become as thorns, and stones, and chains,and spears against them in the far future. They build up a justice of their own, saying: As much as my servants labor for me, so will I render unto them. But I have said untothem that no man shall serve another but for love, which shall be his only recompense.
8. The king and the queen of the earth, and the rich man, shut their own eyes against Me,thinking by that means I cannot see them; they flatter themselves that in heaven they willgive the slip to their servants. But I sowed a seed of bondage in My garden, and I said: Whosoever bindeth another, shall himself be bound. And behold, when they are risen inheaven, their servants and their soldiers come upon them; their memory is as a troubleddream that will not away from them.
9. Nevertheless, with these great examples before them, still there are angels in hada thathave not profited therein. For they say unto themselves; I will build a great kingdom inheaven; I will become the mightiest of Gods; millions of angels shall serve me; I will shutout the Great Spirit and His far-off heavens; I will wall my place around with an army ofsoldiers, and with fire and water.
10. As a libertine stealeth an unsuspicious damsel to abuse her; and, in time, she wakethup to the matter but to curse him, so do the false Gods steal upon the inhabitants of Myplaces and carry them into bondage. But the light of My understanding dwelleth in thesouls of My little ones; it waiteth for the spring sun; and it will spring up and grow into amighty tree to accuse these Gods.
11. God inquired concerning warfare?
12. Jehovih said: I answer all things by good. To the good at heart I give good thoughts,desires and holy observations. To the perverse of heart I hold up My glories and thebeneficence of virtue and peaceful understanding. To them that practice charity and goodworks unto others, laboring not for self, I give the highest delight. Though they bepricked in the flesh with poverty and wicked persecutions, yet their souls are as thewaters of a smooth-running river. Amongst them that practice evil, and destruction, andwar, I send emissaries of benevolence and healing, who have plenteous words of pity.
13. These are My arrows, and spears, and war-clubs, O God: Pity, gentle words, and theexample of tenderness. Soon or late, these shall triumph over all things in heaven andearth.
14. Behold, these wars in hada and on the earth will continue more than a thousand years. And the inhabitants will go down in darkness, even to the lowest darkness. Forwhich reason, thou and thy successors shall provide not hastily, as if the matter wereto change with the wind. But thou shalt organize a new army of deliverers for MyFaithists, and it shall have two branches, one for the earth and one for hada. And thebusiness of thy army shall be to rescue My people from them that seek to destroy them. And as to the spirits of the dead who were Faithists on the earth, provide thou means oftransportation and bring them to thy new kingdom, which thou shalt call At-ce-wan,where thou shalt provide a sub-God, and officers, and attendants, hundreds of millions.
15. And in At-ce-wan, thou shalt provide the sub-God all such places and nurseries,hospitals, factories, schools, colleges and such other houses and places of instructionsrequired, in the kingdoms of My Lords in hada.
16. And when thou hast this matter in good working order, thou shalt speak before thyHoly Council; in My name shalt thou say to them after this manner: Two hundredthousand hath Jehovih called; by Him am I commanded to find them; and they shall bewise and strong and without fear. For they shall be angel-preachers in Jehovih's name togo down to Hored, the place of De'yus, the Lord God the false, and to the kingdoms of hisGods; and their labor shall be to preach and proclaim the Father and His glories in theetherean worlds.
17. And my preachers shall not say one word against the Lord God nor his Gods;but rather the other way; by majesty of Jehovih's love, be loving towards them andtheir officers and subjects. For by this means shall my preachers have peaceful dwellingsin these warring kingdoms; and thus their voices shall have great weight. For the greatestwisdom of a great diplomatist is not to be too opposite or too vehement, but conciliating.
18. Jehovih said: And thy preachers shall travel constantly in the lowest kingdoms,teaching and explaining My boundless worlds, sowing the seed of aspiration with thewise and with the ignorant, and especially with the enslaved.
19. And to as many as become converted, and desire to ascend to Craoshivi, thou shaltsay: Go ye to the border of your kingdom, whither the Father's laborers have a ship to takeye to His kingdom. But thy preachers shall not go with them to excite suspicion or hate,but continue on preaching and inciting the slaves to ascend to higher and holier heavens.
20. Then God, of Craoshivi, fell to work to carry out the commandments of Jehovih. And his Council labored with him. At-ce-wan was established and Yotse-hagahwas made the sub-God, with a Holy Council of one hundred thousand angels, witha thousand attendants, with fifty thousand messengers. He was provided with acapital, and throne, and with ship-makers and builders of mansions, one million angels.
21. After that God and the Council of Craoshivi organized all the armies as commandedby Jehovih. And there were in these armies, all told, seventeen hundred millions, and twohundred and eight thousand five hundred and sixty, all of whom were above grade fifty,and some as high as ninety.
22. And it so turned out that these organizations were completed and in working ordertwo days prior to De'yus and his hosts beginning their war on the earth. But the Faithistangels were distributed mostly in hada and the regions above. So that whilst De'yus' hostsof two thousand millions were gone down to the earth, there were of Faithist angels forthe same place but four hundred thousand, save the ashars who were in regular service.
CHAPTER XVIII.
OF THE BATTLES OF THE GODS FOR THE DOMINION OF THE EARTH AND THELOWEST HEAVENS; AND THESE WERE CALLED BATTLES OF A THOUSAND YEARS.
1. De'yus was no slow hand; not a dull God. He had two thousand seven hundred years'experience, and his soul quick and strong in mighty works. He rushed not in without firstmeasuring the way, most deliberately and in great wisdom.
2. At first he felt his way along, to humor the populace, doing as if by proxy Jehovih'scommands, till safely fell into his dominion and power his flattered Gods and officers,then boldly launching forth: I, the Lord God, command!
3. The very audaciousness of which overtopped his friends' judgment, and made thembelieve for a fact that De'yus was the foremost and greatest, mighty God. To do whosewill, and reverently applaud his name, was the surest road to home laurels.
4. To win great majesty to himself, and after having sworn to havoc the whole earth inorder to establish the name De'yus, and Lord God, he called to his side his five chiefestfriends: the Gods, Hikas, falsely named Te-in; Wotchissij, falsely named Sudga; Che-le-mung,falsely named Osiris; Baal, and Ashtaroth. And thus in dignity De'yus spake tothem:
5. It is well, my Gods, ye stand about and see the battles; but let your generals and highcaptains go forth and mingle in the bloody work. In your kingdoms be constantlyupraising your magnificence, and in times sallying forth to the earth valiantly, as whenkings and queens and prophets are to win a victory, or be plunged into mortal death,to show how your august presence turned the tide of battle. Then hie ye back in dignityto your thrones, leaving your officers and inspiring hosts to go in the game of mortaltragedy.
6. Then spake Osiris, falsely named, saying: To exalt thy name, O De'yus, thou Lord God;and to persuade mortals that thou, of all created beings, can stand in Hored, and by thywill control the victory to whomsoever applaudeth thee and praiseth thy name, be thou tome the bond of my solemn oath, so will I lose or win battles on the earth accordinglyas they shall honor thee and despise the Great Spirit, or any other God or Lord.
7. Then Te-in, also falsely named, said: To keep mortals in constant war for a thousandyears; to teach them that battles are won or lost according to the loudest call and praiseto thee, O De'yus, under thy thigh will I be as an oath renewed from everlasting toeverlasting.
8. Sudga, the false, said: By all my parts, to shape the arms and legs of the unborn incomeliness, shall my legions drum into the ears of enceinte women a thousand years,swearing them to thy name, O De'yus; or, if refusing, to curse with crookedness all theirprogeny. And when these mothers sleep, my legions shall find their souls in their dreams,and give them delight or torment, accordingly as they, when awake, applaud thee, mymost might Lord God.
9. Baal said: To overturn the oracles of Jehovih, and to make the prophets and seersreceive and announce thy name, O De'yus, thou Lord God of heaven and earth, have Ialready sworn more than ten thousand oaths.
10. Ashtaroth said: The work of my legions shall be to deal death to thy enemies, ODe'yus. To them that raise the name Jehovih, or Ormazd, or Great Spirit, my legions shallcarry foul smells to their noses whilst they sleep. And for thy enemies, who may win abattle against thy people, my legions shall carry inoculation from the rotten dead; in theair shall they carry the virus to the breath of them that will not bow down to the name,Lord God!
11. De'yus answered them, saying: So spoken, so shall these things be; I, the Lord yourGod, command. Send forth your generals and high captains thus decreed; to each andevery one sufficient armies to make patent these, our high resolves. Into three greatarmies shall my legions be divided for the earth battles: one to Jaffeth, one to Vind'yu,and one to Arabin'ya and the regions lying west and north. Of the latter, thou, Osiris, shalthave chief command; and thou, Baal, and thou, Ashtaroth, ye twain, so linked in love andone purpose, shall be the earth managers to Osiris' will. For your efficient service, behold,I have given you these high-raised generals and captains: Jah, Pluton-ya, Apollo-ya,Petoris, Hi-ram, T'cro-no, Egupt, Ares, Yube, Ali-jah, Afro-dite, Ar-ti-mis, Ben, Aa-ron,Argo, Atstsil, Nadar and Oyeb, besides Peter, Yact-ta-roth, Haur, Abel, Said, Josh andWab, who shall be the conquering spirits to play on both sides in battles, urging stubbornmortals on to religious feud till both sides fall in death, or till one, to me and myGods, boweth down in fear and reverence. And they shall sing their names in mortal earsday and night, and teach them to live in praise of the Lord, your God, the De'yus ofheaven and earth, and to be most daring in the overthrow of Jehovih, most hated of Gods.
12. To thee, Te-in, another third of my legions is committed, to deal with the land ofgiants, and urge them on in the same way, to greatness or to death, doing honor andreverence to me and my kingdoms. High raised are thy generals: Wah-ka, Ho-jou-ya,Oke-ya-nos, Thu-wowth, Haing-le, Gochin-woh-to-gow, and Eurga-roth, besides Yamyam,Hi-rack-to, Kacan-cat, Isaah, Lutz-rom and Le-Wiang, and others of high grade andpower.
13. And to thee, O Sudga, in like manner have I given another third of my legions to playbattles with mortals for a thousand years. Like Osiris and Te-in, to set mortals up in war,and move them one way and then another, and thus plunge them into each other's bloodyarms and death. That they may learn to know of a truth they are but machines andplaythings in the hands of angels and Gods; that they are worked like clay in a potter'shand, till they cry out: Enough! I will bow my head to God, who is Lord over all, greatDe'yus. Yea, more, I will fight for him and drink even my brother's blood, if De'yus butprosper me and mine in slaying Faithists, fool-worshippers of Ormazd, the Unseen andScattered Wind. To him, in likeness of a man, with head, and legs, and arms in boundaryand size of a man, sitting on a throne in Hored; to him, the great Lord God, will I everbow in reverence.
14. And thou, O Sudga, shalt play war in Vind'yu, with the most, highest learned peopleof the earth. For which purpose thou shalt have these, my high-raised generals andcaptains: Asij, Gaeya, Naiswichi, Samen, Yube, Sol Mung-jo, Don, Hefa-yis-tie, Lowtha,Daridrat, Udan, Brihat, Bogir, Eshong, Weel, Vanaiti, Plowya, Vazista, Kiro, Cpenista,Visper, Cpenta-mainyus and Urvasta, and many others, most determined to rescue theearth from the dominion of far-off Gods.
15. De'yus continued: Go forth, ye Gods, and in majesty build your thrones; in greatsplendor ornament your high places, that even the magnificence shall be as a millionpreachers' tongues proclaiming the heavens' well-chosen Gods. And as fast as mortals fallin battle, gather the spirits of the dead into groups, not suffering them for pity's saketo lie in chaos, but bring them to your kingdoms in easy riding ships. And whenthus housed, apply your physicians and nurses diligently, to restore them to their sensesand new condition; and when they wake up in heavens, beholding the great glory ofyour thrones and kingdoms, initiate them by solemn rites and ceremonies to swornservitude to yourselves and to me, your Lord God, to inherit such bounteous kingdoms.
16. And as ye shall thus despoil those of earth, to make them know my power and yours,so shall ye pursue those newly-arrived in heaven, to make them swear solemnly againstJehovih, the Great Spirit, the Ormazd, and against all other Gods; but if they stubbornlyrefuse, though in heaven, even as they did on earth, take them before my son, Anubi, whoshall further examine them; but if still they refuse, Anubi, with his strong guard andbrands of fire, shall send them down in hell.
17. I, the Lord God, have spoken; my commandments are gone forth in heaven and earth;whosoever praiseth and glorifieth me, with everlasting service for the exaltation and gloryof my kingdoms, shall enter into everlasting happiness; but whosoever will not bow downto me shall be cast into everlasting torments.
