BOOK OF FRAGAPATTI, SON OF JEHOVIH.
CHAPTER I.
1. In Horub, an etherean world on the borders of the arc of Aza, in the procession ofSayutivi, Cnod and Gorce, a region of light, of ten thousand earth years, and onehundred vesperes, where reigned Fragapatti, Orian Chief of Obsod and Goomatchalaone thousand years; God of Varit, God of Lunitzi and Witchka, and Schleinaka, andDows, thirty thousand years; Surveyor of Gies, roadway and trail of Fetisi, and Mark,seventy thousand years; Prim of Vaga, Tsein, Loo-Gaab and Zaan, forty thousand years.
2. Fragapatti said: To me Jehovih spake in the Council of Obsod, capital of Horub, wheresat my million Gods, our throne itself an arc of light, and there came from the Almighty'sthrone a greater light, all brilliant, and, with it, the Matchless Voice. Jehovih said:
3. My Son! My Son! Go to the red star, the earth. She cometh thy way; her coat is redwith mortal blood!
4. Fragapatti said: The Father saith: The red star cometh this way; her coat is red withmortal blood!
5. To their tables the Gods and Goddesses turned, to mark the time; and now, quickly, thewhisper ran to the million ears: The red star! The earth! Ye recollect, it was the little starwhere Sethantes stood man upright, now agone some sixty thousand years. And Aphcrushed in her walls, and pruned her to the quick.
6. And then they overhauled the earth's history, these Gods and Goddesses; measured hercourse to learn just when she would pass; and they found five years and fifty days wouldbe her dawn of dan, her time to cross the arc of Aza. And as yet she roamed two hundredyears away.
7. Fragapatti said: That this sudden light hath given such long warning, so, great workcometh anon. Let my swift messengers come; I will speak to them.
8. Then the marshals ushered in the swift messengers, saluting, before Jehovih's throne.
9. Fragapatti said: Autevat, my son, the All Light fell upon me, saying: My Son, go to thered star, the earth; her coat is red with mortal blood! Now, by her time, she standeth morethan two hundred years beyond the boundaries of Horub. For this, I called thee and thyattendants. How long will it take thee to go thither and survey the earth and her heavens,and return hither?
10. Autevat, well trained in such matters, said: Of the earth's time, forty days. Fragapattisaid: What number of attendants wilt thou require for so great a distance? And Autevatsaid: Twenty thousand.
11. Fragapatti said: Provide thee, then, all thou requirest, and go at once. And if thou shaltfind the inhabitants of the earth suitable for sacred records, commission thou the God orLords to send loo'is to raise up an heir for Jehovih's kingdom.
12. Autevat said: Thy will and Jehovih's be done. And, duly saluting, he and hisattendants withdrew, and, coming to Gat-wawa, ordered an arrow-ship of twentythousand gauge. In two days it was completed; and, during the time, Autevat had chosenhis attendants. And so he departed, swiftly, like a ray of light, Autevat and his attendants,for the red star, the earth. To see what was the matter, that a God so far away asFragapatti was, could feel and know the flow of human blood!
13. For such is the all perfection of Jehovih's Sons and Daughters. Even mortals can sensethings a little way off; but Jehovih's upraised Gods feel the breath of the stars, and knowwhen they are disordered.
CHAPTER II.
1. Fragapatti and the Council were deeply engaged in the Sortiv of an Orian arc, throughwhich the phalanx of Inihab and her constellation pass every thousand years; an ethereanregion where the star, Unhowitchata, was dissolved, some twenty days agone, and cutloose thirty thousand million bound spirits, wrapped in corporeality, by the chief, Avaia,and his band of etherean Gods, who had drawn largely on the inhabitants of Ful, a gardenof Horub, in Fragapatti's dominions.
2. And Avaia had quartered the dismembered hosts near Sortiv, where the light of the arcfell sharply on them; to deplete which concourse, taxed the Gods for more help than wasat hand. To remedy which, Fragapatti's hosts were extending the ji'ay'an fields of Uth andlowering the grade suitable to the spirits of darkness rescued from Unhowitchata,a prolific world, bringing forth imperfect human souls too abundantly for the quality.
3. And Inihab was near at hand, to pass the arc of Sortiv, with her hundred stars, many ofthem larger than the earth, to seventy of which the inhabitants of Horub would need go asredeeming Gods and Goddesses for the dawn of dan upon them. To apportion all ofwhich, Fragapatti and his million Council had work on hand, so that not seriously thecondition of the earth and her heavens weighed upon them.
4. But in forty days' time, or in such period as would be forty days on the earth, Autevatand his attendants, twenty thousand, with the arrow-ship of fire, returned from the earthand her heavens, speeding close to Obsod, where the marshals received them, andannounced them to the Council. Fragapatti said: Let Autevat and his attendants approachthe throne.
5. And Autevat went in, saluting, and stood before the Chief, Fragapatti. Autevat said: InJehovih's name, and by His power and wisdom, am I here to proclaim of the red star andher heaven: First, then:
6. It is three thousand one hundred years since great Osire sowed the seed of mentalculture amongst mortals, and it hath grown to be a giant, and a most merciless tyrant. Tolearn whereof I speak, even God and his Lords, to honor thee, O Fragapatti, gave mevoice and word, and opened the libraries of their heavens, and accompanied me aroundabout the earth, to all nations, tribes and wanderers. To me, the God of earth said:
7. Greeting to Fragapatti, in the name of the Father! And to thee, His Son! Take thou thisrecord to Him, and His Council, in Horub. For I am powerless through my Lords andhosts against such odds.
8. God said: From the time great Osire ascended to his etherean realm, our heaven yieldedample harvests for one thousand five hundred years. And God and Lords succeeded inregular order for every dan put upon the earth.
9. But then came a change, for the a'ji'an fields pressed close on every side of heaven, andthe souls of angels and mortals turned down to the gross earth. After which time, onlysuch as were already within the second resurrection came and strove for the upper worlds.
10. These depleted the constant rise, and left our colleges, schools and factories vacant;for the hosts of es'yans, newborn from the earth, were stubborn in their much earthlylearning, spurning wise counsel and association.
11. And there were born from the earth into atmospherea, millions and millions of spirits,who could not believe they were dead, but maintained they were confined in darkdungeons,1 howling and cursing day and night.
12. For the seed of corporeal knowledge had taken root in the I'huan race. Theyhad learned the motions, names and places of the stars, the moon and sun; andfrom these, prophesied the affairs of nations and men. And duly marked out, with mapsand charts, the destiny of things, according to the dates of corporeal births andmovements, attributing the highest central cause to the sun and stars in conjunction.
13. And thus they cast aside all spirit, even Jehovih, reasoning, that if the sun madewinter and summer, and grass to grow and die, so it ruled over animals and men. And so,the temples built to observe the stars, before which men once fell down and worshippedJehovih, became the places of decrees to horrid deaths of all who taught of or believed inspirit.
14. And now rose a mighty nation on earth, of the I'huans, and called, Parsi'e, and theyignored the decrees of Gods and Lords to build no city larger than two thousand souls;forsooth, declaring the Lords and Gods to be but inspirations from the quickeningpower of the sun and stars, made dark and personal by the credibility of past ages.
15. And so, in representation of the solar phalanx, they built Oas, a sun city, whichstandeth to this day of a million souls, sworn to make it the central governor over all theearth, and all other places tributary and paying for its glory. And over Oas they made aking, and called him, KING OF THE SUN,to be to him and his heirs, successors forever.
16. And Oas was embellished and adorned above all other places that had been on theearth; the fame of which spread abroad over Jaffeth and Shem and Ham, betwixt which itlieth centrally. Its colleges became famous, and its observatories were of suchmagnificence that their roofs were covered with silver and gold. The mirrors and lensesand dark chambers within the towers were so constructed that the stars could be read aswell in the day as at night; and the records of observation covered more than a thousandyears, by men of great learning.
17. But now, alas, Oas aspires not only to be the central sun in knowledge, but in powerand dominion, over the whole earth. And so, from her ample treasures, she sendeth fortharmies to conquer and destroy, to gather and plunder, to build still greater hermagnificence.
18. So Jaffeth and Shem and Ham run red with human blood, whereat, I raised myvoice to high heaven, that Jehovih would send deliverance for the souls of men.
19. For of the millions slain, whose spirits still lie on the battle-fields in chaos, or madlyfighting some unseen horror of hallucination, none can be persuaded to come to holierplaces in heaven; whilst hosts of them rush madly into Oas, to find even their soulsaccursed by mortals.
20. God said: So the heaven of the earth hath fallen to the earth, save the I'hins and thefar-off I'huans, whose spirits my Lords gather in and prepare for the after resurrection. But amongst the Parsi'e nation, none more believe the dead shall rise, nor that spirit is;but that with the mortal death there is the end, to which the king hath made a decree thatnever more shall man teach or preach of a heaven for spirits of the dead, nor proclaim aGreat Spirit, a Creator.
21. Autevat said: In such manner God disclosed the affairs of earth and heaven, nowdead-locked in everlasting destruction; which things, in fuller details, I with myattendants, beheld in every land and kingdom. And as we sat in Vibhraj, in the sacredcircle, a light, a single star, appeared before us, even at the throne of God; and from itscenter the book of heaven fell, as if to send broadcast before mortals the plan and will ofJehovih, near at hand.
22. At this, God said: Tell me, Autevat, thou that travelest across the mighty heavens, andart stored with the knowledge of Gods ruling over other worlds, what is the signal of thislight and sacred book? To which I replied: This, O God: The time hath come to earth toprove to mortals the things whereof the Gods and Lords have taught. History shall nolonger be locked up privately with the chosen race, the I'hins; but it shall stand beforeboth saints and sinners.
23. Thou shalt prove the resurrection before these stubborn kings, the slaughterers ofmen, that they may say, not as the I'hins, we believe the soul immortal, becausehanded down from the ancients, but because it hath been demonstrated before our eyes.
24. God said: How shall this be? To which I replied: Not I, great God, can tell, for thatdepartment is not in my keeping. But this much I know: Thou shalt send loo'is into thecity of Oas, and they shall raise up a su'is’sar'gis of the fourth grade. All else leave thoutill Fragapatti cometh.
25. God said: To reach the fourth grade, will require five generations, which shall springfrom the I'hin race commingling with the I'huans. Go, then, O Autevat, to thy ethereanhome, before the Council of Obsod, to Jehovih's throne, and say to great Fragapatti: An heir to the light of resurrection shall be born ere the dawn of dan of Horub.
26. Autevat said: On learning these truths, I took my leave, and rose and came swiftlyback to thy realm.
27. Fragapatti said: It is well. In the time of the next dawn of dan on the earth, Iwill take a resting spell in which to fulfill Jehovih's plan on earth and in her heavens.
28. So, saluting Autevat, who retired, Fragapatti proceeded with his Council in theaffairs of other worlds, making a memorandum of the time and place the earth shouldnear the plains of Horub, in the etherean worlds, some two hundred years yet to come.
1 One of the first surprises a novice in Su'is receives, is to see and hear so many spirits in the spirit world who do not know they are dead; or rather, that they have left their mortal bodies. And they very generally believe they are confined in a dark chamber, from which they cannot escape.
CHAPTER III.
1. But the dawn came; and in the wing of Goomatchala, home of Fragapatti, Orian Chiefin the etherean worlds high standing, came the Voice, Jehovih's word, saying: My Son! Behold, the dawn of dan neareth the border of Horub. The wailing earth, the redstar, cometh apace. And God and Lords call out the name of My infant Son, Zarathustra.
2. Fragapatti rose up, hearing the Voice, and saw the time fulfilled, the two hundredyears and more, for the coming world, the time for the revealed word to mortals. To Thee, O Jehovih! he said, Boundless! I come with my hosts, ten million strong.
3. Fragapatti went into the etherean Council of Gods and Goddesses. He said: Thetime hath come; the red star borders on the plains of Horub. Jehovih calleth!
4. Then the Council rejoiced, for the weighty matters of hundreds of etherean worldswere settled for a space of time, with promised rest and recreation in corporealfields. First spake Ad'ar, God of many worlds, a decreer of time in a'ji'an vortices, inthe regions of Hispiain sons saying: O Jehovih, give to Thy Son, Fragapatti, fiveyears' rest, the dawn of earth in dan. Only the earth and her heavens to deal with!
5. Next spake Fivaka, Goddess of three etherean worlds, the white-haired Wielder ofthe Scimetar of Bars, period of Os, Carbon fashioner for the arcs of Job and Sawl. She said: O Jehovih, Almighty! What shall be the prayer of Thy Daughter, Fivaka? What can her love devise for the rest and glory of our high God, Fragapatti, Orian Chief! Then spake Che'sin, marshal in chief for seven etherean worlds, small man, withflowing beard, brought forth from the star, Indr. He said: O Jehovih, make mecontributor of my much love to the rest and glory of our Holy Chief, Fragapatti!
6. Thus spake ten thousand Gods and Goddesses of their love and high esteem for theworker, Fragapatti, rich in power and wisdom and love, above all etherean Gods inHorub.
7. Fragapatti said: Ten millions strong my hosts shall be. On the earth, and herheavens, during her dawn of dan, five years and fifty days, we shall have no otherlabor, thus making it as a holiday for Gods and Goddesses to redeem the fallen world!
8. Fragapatti had spoken. So the proper officers and workmen proceeded to their parts;and in seven days the Yattal announced the fire-ship, the beyan float, ready for thejourney. Meantime, the selection of the ten million Redeemers had been made, andthey came, every one like a brilliant star, to take their rooms in the monarch vessel.
9. Fragapatti made Huod Commander in Chief, and gave him ten thousand aides. For thecurtains and tallij, he made Metrav, Goddess of Rook, Mistress to the Flowing East. Andfor the spires, he made Iata Mistress of Restless Morn. She was Weaver to Ga'ing, inReth, four thousand years, and much loved, with black eyes, piercing. Of music,Fragapatti made Theritiviv conductor. She was Goddess of Helm, an etherean world inthe roadway of Zi and Olus, four thousand years Mistress of Ne'alt and Exan; one timecompanion to Etisyai, the Vruiji, loved in Wan and Sangawitch, for her mirth inadversity. Of the trumpeters, Fragapatti made Boan conductor; he was God of Ixalata,now on leave of absence. For Chartist, he made Yan the Chief; he was Surveyor of Oatha,an etherean sea in the Orian arc of Wede and Hollenpoitchava, also on leave of absenceduring the red star dawn. Of the libraries, he made Hetta Chief Mistress; she was Goddessof Vitia in the Wails of South Eng; thirty thousand years Teacher of Imes, andten thousand years Counselor of the Orian Chief, Erris, of the arc Wiamesse.
10. Besides these, Fragapatti distributed the minor offices of the float to such Godsand Goddesses whose most exalted states were the extreme opposite, that the greatjourney through etherea be the transverse of all serious purpose. And thus they startedon their course, amidst the applause of thousands of millions of ethereans, wishingthem love and joy on their mirthful cruise in furtherance of Jehovih's will.
11. Speeding swiftly across the swamps of Ull, where seven corporeal stars weredismembered a thousand million years ago, now set with a'ji'an fields, and formingnebulae; whereto they bring, at times, the drujas, the dark spirits of other worlds, that theymay take on the semblance of corporeal forms to complete their neglected good works intimes past; the ship rose freely, and then shot into the pastures of Ze, where Lepsa, God ofthe corporeal star, Tessa, four hundred years, feedeth seventy million es'yans, colonizingthem to truth and good works. Lepsa knew the float was coming, and so had called athousand million spectators, to look on, knowing they desired to see great Fragapatti; andthey sang and blew their trumpets, rejoicing; to which the Gods and Goddesses ofthe float cast out myriads of arc'ian flowers, and sweet perfumes, mementoes of love.
12. To Evul, now, the ship made way; where seven etherean worlds bordered in the arc ofNu, pastures of Elim, God of Ooh'sin, where congregated another host of two thousandmillions, to see them pass, cheering with singing, and with trumpets and stringedinstruments; and to this God, Elim, Fragapatti caused the banners of the float to salute onthe sign, JEHOVIH‘SNAME,being friends for ninety thousand years, and Elim answeredhim with a million posts of light, amidst the waving of innumerable banners.
13. Onward moved the float, the fire-ship, with its ten million joyous souls, now nearingthe borders of Horub, the boundary of Fragapatti's honored regions, known for hundredsof thousands of years, and for his work on many worlds. Here, reaching C'vork'um, theroadway of the solar phalanx, near the post of dan, where were quartered five hundredmillion ethereans, on a voyage of exploration of more than four millions of years, richstored with the glories of Great Jehovih's universe. Their koa'loo, their ship, was almostlike a world, so vast, and stored with all appurtenances. They talked of going home! Theirpilots had coursed the firmament since long before the earth was made, and knew morethan a million of roadways in the etherean worlds, and where best to travel to witness thegrandest contrasting scenes.
14. By their invitation, Fragapatti halted here a while, and the hosts interchanged theirlove, and discoursed on their purposes, rejoicing in the glories of Jehovih's everlastingkingdoms; and though they had lived so long, and seen so much, every one had new andwondrous works to tell of; for so great is the inventive power of the Great Spirit, thatnever twice alike will one find the scenes in the etherean worlds; radiant, differently;moving into everlasting changes, as if each one were to outdo the former in beauty andmagnificence.
15. And then again they sped onward, now richly stored with the awe-stirring wondersthey had just heard from strange travelers. Presently, now, the float neared the borders ofChinvat, the earth's vortex, just beyond the orbit of the moon. Here Fragapatti halted for aday, sending swift messengers down to the lower heavens, and to the earth, to resolvewhere he should anchor during dawn.
16. And, the next day, he ordered the lights lowered, and now slowly moved toward therolling earth; down, down, till he reached the third grade of plateaux from the earth'ssurface, called Haraiti.
