CHAPTER IV.
1. God said: For the spirit of a Zarathustrian who hath completed his primary education,what then? On which all the members spake. After that Div decreed:
2. He shall serve two hundred years as an apprenticed loo'is. He shall become proficientin the knowledge of procreation of mortals. Learning to prophesy what the off-spring willbe, according to the parentage; to become wise in discerning how the es of a living mortalgoverneth the flesh, to good or evil; how the es of a mortal controlleth the sex andultimate size and health and strength of the offspring.
3. To learn which, the loo'is shall take him to thousands of mortals, and he shall make arecord of what he hath under observation; and when such mortals have offspring bornunto them, he shall make a record thereof; and he shall observe the character of the birth,and the foundation of the child, together with what conditions surrounded the mother ofthe child. And he shall follow that child till it hath grown up, and also married, andbegotten a child, or children, and so on to the sixth generation. This is the twenty-eighthDivan law.
4. Div decreed: After he hath served two hundred years he shall be examined by his Lord,or his Lord's deputy, and if proficient in prophesying to the sixth generation, he shall beentered as an ashar on a list of four twelves for every moon's change. But the forty-eightashars shall not be ashars to more than one hundred and ninety-two mortals, unlessotherwise specially allotted by the Lord or God in dominion.
5. For four generations, of one hundred and thirty-three years, shall he serve as an ashar. And he shall learn to have dominion over his mortal protégés night and day, notsuffering them, however, to know his presence. To accomplish which, he shall begin withhis protégés in their first infancy; remaining with them whilst they sleep, talking to thespirit of the mortal, teaching and persuading. This was the twenty-ninth Divan law.
6. Div decreed: Having served as ashar, the full term of ashar, he shall be entitled toexamination by his Lord or deputy. But herein beginneth a new examination; which is,that the examination pertaineth to his protégés, as to what kind of fruit he hath sent toheaven, the grade of his es'yans being the standard. This was the thirtieth Divan law.
7. Div decreed: Having passed the examination as ashar, he shall now be promotedas asaph, where he shall serve sixty-six years. Here again his examination shall benot of himself but of the harvest of his department. This was the thirty-first Divan law.
8. Div decreed: His examination being complete, he shall now receive emancipation forall preceding departments and decrees; and he shall have his choice in all places he hathpassed, unless otherwise specially detailed by his Lord or God of his division. This wasthe thirty-second Divan law.
9. Div decreed: He shall now be entitled to enter the CHAPTER OF THE PRIMARYSOUL. Hisfirst lessons shall be in colors and sounds both of corpor and es. First, beginning withgray of not more than three combinations; and when he hath mastered these, he shall havefour, then five, then ten, then a hundred, and so on, until, when any combination of colorsis placed before him, he can instantly perceive every color, shade, tint, and the velocity oflight, and its force (actinic) emanating. And he shall pursue this study until he can createin es the counterpart of anything in corpor, or create in corpor the counterpart of anythingin es. And of sounds he shall proceed in the same way; first, learning a combination ofthree, so that when his teacher produceth any three sounds together, he can hear them anddetermine the exact velocity of wave. Then he shall begin with four sounds (notes), thenfive, then ten, then a hundred, and even a thousand, the which, even though made in thesame instant, he shall detect every one, and the velocity and force of each. This was thethirty-third Divan law.
10. Div decreed: He shall now begin the practice of combining and creating color bysounds, and sounds by colors, both in corpor and es. His teachers shall make explosionswith light, and explosions without light, and by his eye and ear only shall he be able todetermine with what elements the explosions were made. This was the thirty-fourthDivan law.
11. Div decreed: He shall go far away from the explosions, and when the waves cometo him, even though he heareth not the explosion, he shall be able to determine, bythe waves, of what substance the explosion was made, and whether in light or darkness. And, if in light, what colors were manifested. This was the thirty-fifth Divan law.
12. Div decreed: He shall now receive instruction in the sounds of conversation. First, histeacher shall cause him to hear two people conversing at the same time, missing nothingthat is said; then three, then four, then five, then ten, then a hundred, and then athousand, but no greater number in this department. This was the thirty-sixth Divan law.
13. Div decreed: He shall now analyze the waves of voice, wherein he cannot hear thesounds thereof. His teacher shall station him in a certain place and cause him to read thewaves of light and sound that come to him, so that he knoweth not only the wordsspoken, but the kind of person speaking or singing. This was the thirty-seventh Divanlaw.
14. Div decreed: His teacher shall now cause him to read the waves of light and soundemanating from two persons talking at the same time, whom he cannot hear, and he shallunderstand not only the words spoken, but the kind of persons speaking. Then, he shallread the waves in the same way for three persons, then four, then eight, then a hundred,and even a thousand. This was the thirty-eighth Divan law.
15. Div decreed: Then he shall be taken to a distance from a battle-field, where mortalsare in deadly conflict, but he shall not be sufficiently near to hear the sounds; but whenthe waves come to him, he shall read them and know the number of the men in battle, thekind of weapons in use, and the cause of contention. This was the thirty-ninth Divan law.
16. Div decreed: He shall now be promoted to be a messenger between Lords, andbetween Lords and Gods. This was the fortieth Divan law.
17. Div decreed: For one hundred years he shall serve as MESSENGER, and at the end ofthat time his Lords and Gods shall render his record, and promote him to be marshal. Andhereupon the emancipation of all the preceding decrees and departments shall be open tohim, to choose whatsoever he will, save on such time and occasion as specially requiredby his Lord or God. This was the forty-first Divan law.
18. Div decreed: For two hundred years he shall serve as marshal, and under as many asforty Lords and Gods, and in as many as twenty heavenly kingdoms. This was the forty-secondDivan law.
19. Div decreed: He shall now be promoted Lord, and have dominion over a city or nationof mortals, and over the spirits belonging to that city or nation. This was the forty-thirdDivan law.
CHAPTER V.
1. God propounded: If a man die, and be not a Zarathustrian, what then? All the membersspake, and then:
2. Div decreed: Inasmuch as he accepted not the Zarathustrian law whilst mortal, he isunsuited to the highest exalted places of delight. For all official preference shall be to theZarathustrian. This was the forty-fourth Divan law.
3. Div decreed of the same spirit, who not being a Zarathustrian: His education shall notrun to the Lord-head, nor to the God-head. He shall not be a column in the Father'sbuilding, nor of the arch-stones of great strength, but he shall stand as a plain brick in thewall.
4. Div said: I am not created God to merely serve my time, and there an end. I am tolook far ahead as to who shall be Lords and Gods over the earth and atmospherea.
5. Div propounded: What, then, shall be the course of a spirit who was not aZarathustrian? And this was made the forty-sixth Divan law: He shall be delivered to theasaphs, who shall enter him in the nurseries as an es'yan, where he shall remain six years,learning the elementary powers and expressions.
6. Div decreed the forty-seventh Divan law: The same spirit shall then be apprenticed inmanufacturing and general labor, where he shall serve twelve years, unless previouslyinstructed in these things whilst mortal.
7. Div decreed the forty-eighth Divan law: He shall now enter school and learn surveyingand measuring without instruments, and determining the kind of emanations that rise upfrom the earth, their altitude and density; and he shall learn exploration and enumerationin both corpor and es; the building of piedmazrs and otevans; the constructing of arrow-ships,and all other vessels used in the heavens to carry things from place to place. And heshall serve thirty years in these things.
8. Div decreed the forty-ninth Divan law: He shall now be promoted to restoring, nursingand caring for the drujas who are being rescued by the captains, generals and Lords; inwhich service he shall be for thirty years. But in both the forty-eighth and forty-ninthDivan laws it was afterward decreed: Whatsoever service he did in mortal life, in theserespects, shall stand to his credit two-fold in spirit.
9. Div decreed: If he now acknowledge and practice faith in the Great Spirit, he shall bepromoted to the COLLEGE OF CREATION, and taught to create light and darkness. After this,he shall be taught to sar'gis flowers and trees and clothes, and to take elementary lessonsin music and expression, in which branches he shall serve fifty years. And then, he shallbe entitled to examination, and if he can withstand the third grade of light, he shall beranked BRIDEGROOM OFOM.1This was the fiftieth Divan law. The fifty-first thus provideth:
10. If he doth not yet comprehend faith in the All Person, he shall be granted freedom toall the places where he hath served, and he shall be emancipated from all Lords and Gods,and from all labor and education, and honorably discharged, to pursue whatsoever hedesireth in any place in heaven or earth. Nor shall the Lords nor Gods take more notice ofhim than due respect and honor.
11. Whereupon, Div, Son of All Light, spake, saying: This also shall be part and parcel ofthe Divan law, which is to say: Of the latter class rise the false Gods and false Lords, thatoft set up kingdoms of their own in atmospherea. They shall not rise above the secondresurrection.
12. The Voice of Jehovih came to God, saying: Without the disbeliever in spirits, mortalscould not find courage to smite serpents; without false Gods and false Lords the lowestdrujas would never be put to work. They who cannot be risen by persuasion, may bearoused by less scrupulous masters, who make slaves of them.
1 Om is female for Jehovih. Bridegrooms marry Om. Brides marry Jehovih.
CHAPTER VI.
1. In the twelfth moon of the Diva the Voice of Jehovih came to Div, saying: That MyLords and My Gods may not err, thou shalt promulgate the foundation of the Divan law. God perceived, and in the name of Div he decreed:
2. Hear me, O Gods and Lords! This is the foundation of Divan law: The decrees of Godand his Lords, his Lord Gods, his Gods, and his Lords; not singly, but by all members,and ratified by the Council of Diva under Div, Son of All Light. That is to say:
3. A kingdom in heaven riseth or falleth by Divan law; a kingdom or nation on earthriseth or falleth by Divan law. The virtuous are rewarded and exalted by Divan law; thewicked are cast into trials by Divan law.
4. But this is not Divan law: Man to be created and live; to live a time on earth, then dieand enter heaven: These are done by the Ever Presence, the All Light, the Creator, and notby the Diva.
5. This is Divan law, to wit: To assist man out of darkness into light; to give security tothe helpless; to raise the souls of man to everlasting light; to minister unto the needy; todeliver them that are in pain; to teach man to desist laboring for himself; to teach him tolabor for others.
6. But this is not Divan law: For seed to grow; for a tree to grow; for a spider to weave itsweb; these are done by the Ever Living Presence, the All Master, Creator!
7. This is Divan law, to wit: To regulate the affairs of angels and mortals, for theirultimate resurrection; to lay the foundation for harmony in community; to gather togetherthe inharmonious, and put them in tune.
8. But this is not Divan law: To provide the earth with life, or to hold it in its place; tobuild the place of the higher or lower heavens; to provide corpor or to provide es; thesethings are by the Ever Personal Presence, the Creator, and shaped and molded by Hishand through the Chiefs of the higher heavens.
9. This is Divan law: To bring together in marriage wisely for the child's sake, and for thejoy of all.
10. But this is not Divan law: To give desire to marriage, or desire for marriage; these arefrom the All Person, the Master Light.
11. This is Divan law: When a man walketh along, to take him by the hand and bend himto the right or left.
12. But this is not Divan law: For the man to go forth; this he doeth by the Ever Presence,Jehovih, the Ormazd.
13. A carpenter buildeth a house, but he built not the logs nor the stone. The Divabuildeth kingdoms in heaven and kingdoms on earth, and shapeth them for usefulness andbeauty; and when they are old and out of sorts, the Diva abandoneth them, and they fall topieces. Nevertheless, Ormazd provided and provideth the wherewithal for the whole.
14. Div decreed: This also shall ye promulgate in heaven and earth, lest angels andmortals worship Div and Diva. For though the Diva appoint mortal kings, yet mortalsshall not worship Div (Divinity).
