BOOK OF APOLLO.
BEING THE HEAVENLY ADMINISTRATION OF APOLLO, AN ETHEREAN GOD.
CHAPTER I.
1. Apollo, Son of Jehovih, resident of Pti'mus, in etherea, and God of Suf'ad and Don'gaand Tah, in the South Province of Buru, Orian Chief, controller of vortices, said:
2. I, Apollo, once a mortal, proclaim: First, wisdom, peace and patience unto all men, andcomprehensive judgment whereof I speak; second, to perceive the reason of things, as towhat seemeth to have been, and of what cometh after.
3. For the Great Spirit is all Harmony and Perfection, abounding in time and in worlds toaccomplish all possible imaginings; wherefore, be ye magnified in conception, notjudging by the little understanding of mortals.
4. So that he that asserteth harmony being more to the order of Jehovih than that which isill-formed or out of time, hath little reason to prove his assertion before a wise man. Asone may assert that ripe fruit is nearer perfection than that which is green, which assertionis self-evident without proof, so, in the understanding of Gods in the management ofworlds, are things past and present, not things past and present in fact, but more like theimmature and the mature.
5. Since, then, man perceiveth that words, at best, are but slow and coarse representationsof the soul's conception of things, how much farther distant lieth a God's wisdombeyond the reach of mortal understanding! Remember, O man, that couldst thou in amoment of time recollect all thou hadst ever learned thou wouldst be wise indeed. Wert thou in tune with thyself, such would be thy wisdom. To advance in suchdirection, whereby man becometh attuned, first with himself, then with his immediatesurroundings, then with the magnitude of worlds, and then with Jehovih, so that hemoveth, acteth, and comprehendeth harmoniously, is to become one with the Father.
6. Which condition awaiteth all men, and is called in high heaven, Nirvana, because,to him that hath attained it, things past and things to come are as an open book. He can look back to his own beginning in the world, and even beyond, andwithersoever he directeth his eye, he can see and hear even as if the matter now were.
7. Marvel not, O man, that the Gods reveal the words and signs of things long sinceperished corporeally; the proofs he could give, thou couldst not understand, for the basisof spiritual entity lieth not within the measure of the corporeal senses. Nevertheless,Jehovih hath given thee comparisons; as a portrait of a man showeth his looks even afterhis corporeal body hath perished; and yet, the picture is but a representative. To thespirit, a corporeal body is but a representative, being a manifested production of a spirit.
8. As out of corporeal things a new thing is produced and born into the world, so out ofJehovih is born the spirit of man; neither leadeth the corporeal the spirit, nor the spirit thecorporeal; but Jehovih doeth all. Think not, then, that when the corporeal body is deadand moldereth back to original elements, that in like manner the spirit of man will resolveitself back into Jehovih, for spirit is not bound by similar rules. As the corporeal bodygroweth by aggregating to itself, so not so groweth the spirit of man, but by the opposite,which is giving away.
9. Remember, O man, the more thou puttest forth thy soul to give light and wisdom toothers, the more thou receivest; wherein thou shalt comprehend in the reason of thingseverlasting life to the spirit of man. So also, to him that desireth to comprehend Jehovih,let him describe the All Highest constantly. To him that desireth to comprehend theetherean worlds, the homes of spirits long risen in Nirvana, let him describe them. Fearnot, O man, that thou shalt err; all the imagery thou canst devise is surpassed millions oftimes in the magnitude of the Father's kingdoms. Till thou canst shoot an arrow withoutstriking the air, fear not for thy weak thoughts shooting amiss in Jehovih's worlds.
CHAPTER II.
1. I, Apollo, earth-born, of the continent Pan, submerged by Aph, the Orian Chief, byJehovih's command, proclaim in the name of the Father, Creator of worlds, peace andwisdom unto all nations and tribes of men: First, against all vanity and self-conceit in thesouls of men, wherein every cycle asserteth itself wise and great and learned, and theancients, fools.
2. For the evidence of wisdom lieth not in learning one thing only, but in the adaptation ofman to Jehovih and His works. In which measure, the modern and the ancient stand notupon their judgment in the matter, but by Jehovih's.
3. For if the ancient was not perfect in his place, neither art thou, O man, of this day. Butbefore the Gods are all the ages adapted as Jehovih created them; judge not Him, for thyjudgment is limited. That which was profitable to the soul of man, the Father revealed tothe ancients; that which is profitable to the soul of man to-day, revealeth He this day.
4. For which reason I, His Son, am come to fulfill my labor, even as all men, in time,must complete that which hath been assigned them.
5. To rebuke vanity and self-conceit in them that perceive not wisdom in things long past,but applaud themselves without just measure before Jehovih. Wherein the Gods perceivetheir vanity, and pity them, hoping rather to exalt their minds, that they may learn toperceive the Father's hand manifested in all things.
6. Turn thine eyes inward, O man, and look at the spirit of things; make thyself as a Godlooking down on a new earth, where man hath been quickened into life and attained tostrength and learning. Behold his palaces and temples; his work in stone and iron, andgold and silver; his knowledge of the sun and moon and stars; with written books to read;with clothes for the body and shoes for the feet. With great generals, and armies ofsoldiers; and with the land cultivated.
7. Are these civilized? And war abounding! By what right hast thou made thyself a judge,O man! Who hath measured the inhabitants of the earth and found them pure and wise? Do more people now live on the land in peace and happiness than in many of the cyclespast? Because thou art different in many excellencies, thou shalt also remember that manygreat inventions are forgotten. The world hath been peopled over many times, and manytimes laid desolate.
8. Who hath been the chief enemy to man? Who is his chief enemy to-day? Is it notthyself? Think not, O man, that because a few people perceive the Higher Light the worldis wise and good before the Gods. For in all ages there have been a few. Yea, to-day,there are a few more in number than in the ancient days. And this is the sum of theenlightenment of the world.
9. Hear me, O man of earth, and ye angels of heaven: I proclaim harmony, symmetry andmusic. I am of the days of the fountain of these talents descending to mortals. I was as ashapely stone in Jehovih's edifice, and by hard toil a fashioner of the flesh mold of manand woman.
10. As the ear of one man heareth music, and he crieth out with delight: A tune! a tune! And as the ear of another man heareth music, and he cannot discern, and he crieth out: Anoise! a hideous noise! Wherefore, then, shall ye not judge them, and say: The one hathan ear for music, and the other not? The one is one with the music; the other, beingdiscordant himself, declareth there is no tune, but only noise. To which will ye givepreference in judgment as to music?
11. Who hath not beholden Jehovih, the All Person? Who is it that crieth out: I beholdHim not? No harmony, no symmetry, no music, no complete whole? And to which willye give preference in judgment? Is not the judgment of the perceiver higher than he whoperceiveth not?
12. This declare I of Jehovih, that in all ages there are many who perceive the All Person,and many who deny Him. If, then, the lack of an ear for music maketh a man dumb to atune, is it not the lack of spiritual harmony that that causeth man to perceive not theeverlasting presence of Jehovih, the All Person?
13. Hear me, O angels and men: Can a man learn to sing who heareth not the harmony ofa tune? How much less, then, can man, or the spirits of the dead, harmonize with theEternal Whole if they perceive Him not?
CHAPTER III.
1. I, Apollo, Jehovih's Son, proclaim an age when man on earth considered not harmony,nor symmetry, nor music, as Gods!
2. And Jehovih's voice came to me in the etherean firmament, and place of Pti'mus,saying:
3. Apollo, My Son, thou God of Su'ad, God of Don'ga, God of Tah, behold the red star,the earth, she cometh through thy dominions. Go thou to her with thy hosts, a sufficientnumber, and give her a new God, and call his name Apollo.
4. Behold, neither men nor angels on the red star comprehend the harmony of My works;and because of their own inharmony they deny Me, being blind to My Person. Go thou,My Son, and make them idolaters of harmony, symmetry and music, for a longseason, that they may become organically attuned from the time of their birth upward.
5. I said: I perceive Thy wisdom, O Jehovih. And I called together a hundred millions ofThy sons and daughters, and told them what Thou hadst said. With one accord, they said: We have examined the red star since the time of Wan, and we perceive truly, the timehath come for thy labor, O Apollo.
6. I said: Send an oniy'yah to the heaven of the earth and deliver her God and Lords andall persons capable of the second resurrection. And say ye to God and his Lords: Thussaith Apollo, Son of Jehovih, and God of three etherean worlds: Greeting in the name ofthe Father, and love unto you all. For your glorious work I have assigned seven Teres andDon'ga. Thither gather ye your hosts, where is prepared a place of rest and comfort. Theearth and her heaven shall be left in darkness for thirty of her days, having neither Godnor Lords.
7. So my legions departed for the earth in an etherean ship of fire, led by Tu'ain, Goddessof Proe'king, a place of great learning in the etherean mountains of Horatanad; and theydelivered according to my decrees, and the earth was without a God and Lords for thirtydays.
8. And the voice of Jehovih came to me again, saying: Hear thy Creator, O My Son, thouthat sprangest from the land long since submerged, who has spanned many of My worlds,behold, the legions of Sue and his mighty resurrections are still preserved to mortals andangels earth-bound: Of the Gods and Goddesses who danced and sang before men; and ofthe uneven match betwixt spirits and Gods.
9. Profiting in this, the people of the red star have become rich in rites and ceremonies,and preferring the swift-footed to the slow, the nimble to the clumsy, the loo'is have welllaid out the road to thy success.
10. So, I perceived beforehand how I should proceed when I landed in the lower heavenand her earth.
11. When the time came, I departed, still remembering my native star with well treasuredpride. And that all things should express the labor Jehovih put upon me, my oniy'yahexcelled in beauty all other etherean vessels that had ever descended to the earth.
12. How shall I comprehend Thy magnitude, O Jehovih? What is the journey of a Godbefore Thee? We build a ship for a hundred millions, and are vain of its size andbeauty; but when we launch out into Thy etherean realms, we fain would hide our facesin shame of our vanity. We sail through a thousand of Thy crystal worlds and talk ofgreat distances, but the mirror of Thy boundless creation lieth still before us. Werecall the red star, our native home, a single gem amidst the countless millions Thouhast cast into the universe, and we are speechless because of Thy Awful Extent.
13. Wherein hast Thou not excelled Thyself, O Jehovih! In one moment, we behold ThyVastness; in another, Thy Microscopic Hand in the smallest ethe'ic wave, and in the spearof grass down on the swift corporeal stars. We applaud Thee for Thy handiwork, and yetere our thoughts have overrun the smallest part, Thou turnest our eyes inward to the soulof things, an endless wonder.
14. How shall I comprehend Thy designs, O Jehovih? Thou drivest me back to the timeThy angels came and stood man upright, saying: Be thou a man; and be thou a woman! But they would not.
15. Again and again, Thy pitying hand stood them up, and Thy voice came, saying: Talk,O man! Come, thou shalt help to perfect thyself. But man was slow in perceivingwisdom; that which came to his flesh he loved.
16. I remember the earth, O Father! Men and women with long hair hanging down; andhands with claw nails, fierce and war-like. And hair in tufts and short-curled. Whose eyeswere drawn down like a lion's, and mouth wide and falling open, like a dog that is tired.
17. Therefore Thou hast called me, O Jehovih; and I perceive Thy double purpose: For aman left alone would select and mate, and evolve to terrible war! And Thou storest herean idol to unfit him for cruel deeds.
18. So, from Thy etherean realms, wherein for fifty thousand years Thy Gods andGoddesses had trained me to comprehend the discipline of Thy created heavens, I came,descending, down, down to the red star, where Thou first quickened me into being, that Imight fulfill Thy mandates.
19. Thy hand took me up, Thy hand sent me down; I had learned not to fear; the tree offaith had grown in me; I knew the secret of All Power. As a mortal goeth into a darkcavern, where the air is damp and unacceptable to the nose, so came my hosts, O Jehovih,out of etherea into the vortex of the earth, the dull atmosphere.
20. Thy voice came to me, saying: Go around the earth with thy oniy'yah, My Son. Stir upthe atmosphereans; they that know no higher heaven. Behold, they have mutinied againstMy God and Lords; have rejected My preferred wisdom. Their delight is in war and thedeeds of mortals. As men on earth gather round to witness beasts in battle, so gather thesecountless millions of spirits to witness kingdoms of mortals in war, and fire, and plunder. And by their presence urge men to cruelty and cunning horrors.
