CHAPTER XXV.
1. Jehovih said to Lika: Finish thy visit and thy inspection, My Son, in all the places ofhada on the earth, leaving the land of Jaffeth to the last. And thou shalt go thither, at thetime of Chine's resurrection, and descend with thy ship and take him up from the earth.
2. And thou shalt bring him with thee to Yogannaqactra, where he shall remain the fewdays that dawn remaineth; and when thy hosts ascend to etherea thou shalt take Chinewith thee and make thy home his home until such time as he may be taught the ways andpowers of the higher heavens.
3. For since his corporeal life is a sacrifice for the resurrection of men, he shall receiveespecial care and assistance in heaven.
4. Lika had been previously informed by the God of Chine as to the time Chine woulddie, and be burnt up, with his ashes scattered to the four winds; and the re-gathering up ofa corporeal form of Chine, and the seven days' duration thereof. So Lika shaped thecourse of his otevan, according to the instruction of his messengers, who had beenappointed for that purpose, so that he should reach the field in time to raise up Chinebefore the multitude.
5. The God of Chine had prophesied to mortals through his ward that a fire-ship woulddescend from heaven on a given day, and take Chine up to heaven.
6. Accordingly a great multitude of mortals were assembled in the ash-field, where theycast the ashes of the dead, watching for the heavenly ship.
7. Of which matters Lika had been previously informed by his messengers; and Lika hadin turn informed the God of Chine the time he would appear with the ship, that he mightcause Chine to walk in the midst of the field and so be caught up.
8. And all these matters were carried out to the hour and minute, in the hands of thesegreat Gods. And Lika caused the fire of the ship to be made visible to mortals. And thesize of the ship was ten times larger than the field of the dead, so that when the peoplebeheld the light of the ship they feared and trembled, and many of them fell downbewailing that the world was coming to an end.
9. And God caused Chine to walk out in the field, and Lika sent down a whirlwind andtook him up into the ship, in presence of tens of thousands of mortals assembled.
10. And Lika bore his course now for Yogannaqactra, for the end of the dawn of Bon wasat hand.
CHAPTER XXVI.
1. Lika sent messengers to all his Gods and Lords, to install their successors, and tobestow them; after which the Gods and Lords were to report in Theovrahkistan readyfor the cyclic resurrection. And he commanded them to bring their etherean hostswith them, save such as chose to volunteer to remain the next dan of two hundred years.
2. Lika had previously sent word by his swift messengers to etherea, to Lissa, Goddess ofTeannakak, in etherea, next to Howgil. And he said unto Lissa: My resurrection will beeight links, each one equal to eight thousand million Brides and Bridegrooms. Send thoua cowppon to deliver them.
3. Lissa sent word back to Lika, saying: O Jehovih, I am delighted with the command ofThy Son, Lika, Chief of Vetta'puissa! I will deliver the chain of cowppon.
4. Then Lissa gave her commands in Teannakak, to have her builders construct thecowppon; and she also set her officers to work selecting such hosts as she would need forher great undertaking. For she had been notified in sufficient time; for it was a matter ofgreat magnitude even in etherean realms.
5. And so perfectly were Lissa's commands carried out, that not one day's time too muchor too little was wide the mark. And then she embarked with her hosts for the red star, theearth, with her thousand million trained resurrectionists; on her long journey, twentythousand million miles!
6. Jehovih had said: Carry far My Brides and Bridegrooms; make them know themagnificence of the heavens I have created. House them not together in a small corner. Let them feast their souls on the splendors of My great heavens!
7. In the meantime Lika and his Hosts in Theovrahkistan were getting ready for theceremonies and for the ascension.
8. The Gods, with their hosts, were now coming in from every quarter of the lowerheavens, bringing in their harvests and quartering them in the places allotted by themarshals.
9. Most conspicuous and beloved of all was Ahura. Next to him were the five true Gods: Inane, Injek, Inlay, Inoal and Inyith, with their heavenly hosts restored to them; for it wasthrough these five Gods that the three mortals, Capilya, Moses and Chine, had deliveredthe Faithists of Vind'yu, Jaffeth and Arabin'ya. These five Gods had in five years changedthe mortal dominions and laws of Vind'yu and Jaffeth, and sent four million Faithists on awestward journey round the earth; and had firmly established the All One in the four greatdivisions of the earth, and had delivered from bondage all the Faithists on the face of theearth.
10. Great also was the work accomplished by At'yesonitus, and by Yussamis; and by theGods that had delivered the hells and the knots; and by many others. So good and greatwere the works of them all, that a history of any one of them in the five years' labor,would make a book that a man could not read in a life-time.
11. And they had left successors to carry out what they had founded; so that all the lowerheavens were in order, system and discipline, such as had not been for two thousandyears.
12. The drujas of the earth were removed away from mortals; the battle-fields of the earthwere cleared of the chaotic spirits slain in wars.
13. So that the whole earth and her heavens were delivered into a new condition, in theway and form of Jehovih's light.
14. And this was the Arc of Deliverance in Bon.
15. Then descended Lissa with her chain of cowppon; with her ships of fire stretchedwide as the earth. And the hosts of Theovrahkistan, the Brides and Bridegrooms, sixty-fourthousand million Sons and Daughters of Jehovih, stood, waiting, watching, nervous,but filled with inexpressible delight.
16. And they saw the cowppon coming; knew the mission of the mighty Goddess, Lissa,Daughter of Jehovih!
17. Arrayed in spotless white, the sixty-four thousand millions stood; shuddered at theetheric current, the whirlwind of the higher heavens, stood the exalted affianced of GreatJehovih!
18. Nearer and nearer came the mighty sea of etherean fire; and nearer, till it landed at theplateau of Theovrahkistan.
19. Then came forth Lissa, saluting; and, being answered by great Lika, Jehovih's Son,proceeded before Jehovih's throne.
20. Then Lissa demanded in the usual form, why she had been summoned in Jehovih'sname. Lika also answered in the usual form: To bestow Jehovih's affianced Sons andDaughters.
21. After this, each of the five Gods of the earth took their hosts and bequeathed them toJehovih, through Lissa, His Daughter.
22. But so great and grand were the ceremonies that mortal words cannot describethem. And as for the awe and magnificence, together with the music, could they bedescribed to mortals, understandingly, they scarce could live, because of the enchantment.
23. But there is a time, and a limit, and an end to all such matters; and so there was to thelabor of Lika, Son of Jehovih. The hosts were wed, and they marched aboard the greatetherean ships, the cowppon. Lika and his hosts went into his own airavagna. And, as itwere, with a thread light, he made fast to the cowppon, and gave the word, the commandto go.
24. Then raised up the mighty seas of fire, the eight-linked cowppon and the airavagna! Slowly, steadily moving onward, upward, higher and higher, faster and faster, and stillhigher. And thus departed Lika with his thousands of millions of upraised Sons andDaughters of Jehovih. And thus ended the dawn of Bon.
END OF THE BOOK OF LIKA, SON OF JEHOVIH.
Plate 21. THE EARTH IN THE ARC OF BON.
Showing the es'ean position of the earth in the time of Capilya, Moses andChine. Jehovih said: The time of My Arc of Bon shall be four hundred years. And it was so. And at the termination of that period, behold, the earth wentinto a dark region, and the Israelites, Brahmins and Zarathustrians forsookthe higher light, Jehovih, and established kings and rulers, like other nations.
