CHAPTER IV.
1. In the fourth year of dawn under Thor, Son of Jehovih, he received from the HolyCouncil in Buru, of Don'ga, in etherea, a dispensation from the Orian Chiefs, decreeing tothe earth one hundred years' travail in vocent.
2. Thor called up Waak, God of Rhines, and said unto him: A sore travail hath Jehovihput upon these heavens. Go thou to Hey'loo and command him to provide an avalanzasufficient to deliver twenty thousand atmosphereans to the a'ji'an forests of Gonaya.
3. For the inhabitants of these heavens are too dark to endure the vocent of ahundred years, and would be precipitated to the earth and engage in fetalism.
4. Waak, God of Rhines, knowing the condition of the atmosphereans, proceeded at onceto Hey'loo, informing him of the decrees of the higher heavens, and of the command ofThor, Son of Jehovih.
5. Thor then sent word to his Lords and marshals, informing them also of his command,and, further, commanding them to bring from all parts of earth and heaven all the lowestgrades of angels, to be concentrated in Gau, to which place the avalanza was to come forthem.
6. Thor appointed Ti'See'inij, Goddess of Ares, to superintend the reception of the angels,and to arrange them for entrance into the avalanza; and he gave into her command, toassist her, five hundred thousand marshals and captains, and one million es'enaurs. Andthese she apportioned to their respective duties and places.
7. To accomplish all this, Thor allotted seventy-seven days (earth's time). And so wiselywere carried out all the proceedings that, on the seventy-seventh day, the avalanza was onhand, and all the angels ready to enter therein.
8. Accordingly, these things were accomplished; the twenty thousand million angels werecarried away on the avalanza, which was walled around on every side with pillars of fire,so that not one spirit could escape, even were he chaotic or imbecile. And Waak andHay'loo had entire charge of the migration; and they proceeded upward and outward fromthe earth, seven diameters of the earth's vortex, which brought them into the forests ofGonaya, where they landed them.
9. Ti'See'inij, Goddess of Ares, had charge of the twenty thousand millions, and she hadpreviously sent thither a sufficient force of angels, wise and strong, to provide for thereception.
10. So that, when the avalanza landed, all things were in readiness; and the angels wereapportioned to different sections of the Gonaya forests, according to their development. And proper officers and teachers were provided unto them.
11. By Ti'See'inij were these things done. And she established a throne of a'ji, andprovided a temple of Council, and all such things as are required in the government of anew colony. And, to reign after the expiration of dawn, she provided a God in Gonaya. She promoted to this one Hazedeka, a surveyor in Thalasia, the third heaven of Gau; andshe gave him the title, GOD OF GONAYA, FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS.
12. Now, in reference to founding an a'ji'an habitation in etherea, this account is renderedunto mortals and angels of the lower heaven: Amidst the ethe'ic waves, the ethereansgather up the atomic elements floating therein, and, giving them axic motion, propellingthem forth, aggregating the while, till, from a mite, it groweth as large as the whole earth,but is habitable within and without by the spirits of the dead, the angels.
13. Jehovih said: In likeness of the solid earth, and stars, and moon, that float in theunseen firmament, so made I atomic parts to all things, and made them to float in ethe. Asthe earth is to the air and the ether above, so is an atom of corpor to the ethe'ic solution.
14. Jehovih said: Think not, O man, there is but one member in My Person, andthat different conditions and states of that one comprise My universe. The foolish manhath said, the blood is the flesh and bones, and that the flesh and bones are but a state ofblood; but he seeth not that I make not flesh out of blood, but out of that that the bloodcarrieth. And in like manner carry I the corpor of My Person in the ethe of My Being.
15. Now, as to Thor, Son of Jehovih, after the departure of the avalanza, he provided anew God unto the earth and her heavens, and crowned him, and bestowed upon him thetriangle which had been handed down since the inhabitation of the earth by man.
16. As for the remaining time of dawn, Thor traveled around about the earth and herheavens, making records thereof, to be carried with him in Buru in the time of his ascent.
17. In consequence of the depletion occasioned by the resurrection of the twenty thousandmillions to Gonaya, God and his Lords were greatly relieved of their burdens in Gau andon the earth.
CHAPTER V.
1. Peace and prosperity were established on earth and in heaven by the time of theexpiration of the dawn of Thor. And now came the time for his own ascent, with hishosts, leaving the earth and her heavens in care of God and his Lords.
2. So Thor, Son of Jehovih, sent swift messengers to etherea, asking to be delivered; andasking for the deliverance of six thousand million Brides and Bridegrooms to Jehovih.
3. See We'ing, Goddess of Hotosk, in etherea, was appointed by the Council in Buru, todescend for Thor and his hosts, and his six thousand millions.
4. Accordingly, See We'ing built her ship and gathered in her hosts for the journey,her ten millions. This, then, was the make of her ship, which she named Harp, to wit:
5. The photosphere was flat to the north and south, but oval east and west; the openingswere on the flat sides, with passages through. The crescent described a circle of threethousand four hundred miles, and the depth of the harp north and south was three hundredmiles. The pillars of fire that ascended from the midst were one thousand seven hundredmiles high.
6. The stars within the photosphere were provided with five points; and each star had onemillion chambers, one chamber being allotted as the habitation of one Bride orBridegroom; and there were seven thousand of these stars.
7. The frame-work was crystalline, and opaque, and transparent, and of all possiblecolors, and shades, and tints. Now, besides the stars and their chambers, the base of thecrescent was provided with a salon sufficient for one million musicians, and they werethus situated.
8. God had knowledge of the coming of See We'ing, and had commanded information tobe sent throughout atmospherea, and to the Lords located on earth, inviting all who chose,to come and witness the ascent. And there came, besides the Brides and Bridegrooms,two thousand million angels; many not yet delivered from the first resurrection.
9. So it came to pass, See We'ing, Goddess of Hotosk, came down in her ship of fire,even to the foundation of Gau; came in great magnificence, and was received by Thor andby God and His Lords.
10. And she ascended the throne, and performed the marriage rite for the six thousandmillions. And after that a recreation of one day was proclaimed in Gau, during which timethe atmosphereans and ethereans mingled freely together.
11. On the day following, Thor accompanied See We'ing into her ship; and their hostswent in also, being nearly seven thousand millions. And then, amidst a rain of ethereanflowers, See We'ing started her fire ship upward.
12. God and his hosts remaining in Gau saluted in the sign, JEHOVIH FOREVER! Which wasproperly answered by the ascending millions.
13. Then on its axis turned the great ship, rising and turning, higher and higher. And in alittle while only an ascending star was seen, and then it disappeared in the distance.
14. Thus fulfilled Thor his great mission in dawn to the earth and her heavens.
CHAPTER VI.
1. Again the earth and heaven prospered for another season of two hundred years, and thenext dan there were delivered five thousand million souls. And new Gods and Lordssucceeded; and they also prospered, but not so well. The next harvest was four thousandmillion souls.
2. But, again, false Lords and false Gods began to set up kingdoms of their own, inheaven, and in the cities of mortals. And, lo and behold, every one called himself eitherThor or Apollo. And the spirits who manifested in the temples, and for the oracles, allgave one of these names. And mortals who were obsessed, believed themselves to be there-incarnation of Apollo or Thor; and the obsessing spirits so called themselves. Others,more intelligent, said: Have not the prophets foretold there was to be a second comingof Apollo? And are not these spirits, who appear through the sar'gis, the very person?
3. So great became the superstition of the nations of the earth, that in the fall of a leaf theyfound proof of the second coming of Apollo or Thor. Many of the spirits deserted thesecond resurrection, in heaven, and returned to the earth, to wait for informationconcerning the coming event, as they supposed, though there was no event coming.
4. Jehovih said: All corporeal worlds pass through the age of too much belief. As Igave to man judgment, that he might examine and weigh a matter, so runneth he intounbelief. Then My angels go to him and show him wherein he believed too little; but,lo, he goeth to the other extreme, believing all things, and not using his judgment.
5. God said: Why will not men and angels be patient, and wait till a matter isproven meritorious before they pursue it to extremes? The same sun shineth, the samestars stand in the heavens, and the earth traveleth steadily on her way; yea, herwinds blow, her summers and winters come as in the olden time, yet man setteth upthat a great wonder is near at hand. And no wonder cometh, and nothing new is near.
6. How shall I stay them, O Jehovih? Their desires for Apollo call down millions ofspirits from my places of resurrection. And in trials and hardships they fall, and becomesuitable prey for designing false Gods and false Lords.
7. But there came no other salutation than the echo of God's own words. So God and hisLords bewailed the darkness of earth and her heavens.
8. But high up in the etherean heavens, came the Light of Jehovih; came the Voice ofJehovih, saying:
9. Hear your Creator, O ye Gods and Goddesses! Behold the magnitude of My works! Ilabor not for the profit of this man or that man; nay, nor for this people nor that people;nor for the inhabitants of one star and one heaven; but for the glory of millions of starsand millions of heavens.
10. Doth not one corporeal man bewail a shower of rain? and yet, his neighborrejoiceth thereat. One man prayeth for sunshine, and another for shade. Think not that Ilabor for each one separately, but for the perfection of the whole. Wherefore, then, shallthe God of earth and his Lords bewail the darkness that falleth on the earth in this day?
11. I have prepared places of darkness in the etherean firmament, and places of light; andMy corporeal worlds must travel through them, for so I created them. And these places ofdarkness and places of light are as changes of seasons for My harvests.
12. Now doth the earth pass in deep darkness, for I fructify the races of men in newgrowth, corporeally, for things that shall come after. As they absorb from the a'ji ofMy places, in this age, so, also, do their souls become full of superstition and darkness.
13. Thus went the earth into great darkness during the last six hundred years of the cycleof Thor, and there was no harvest from her for the etherean heavens. But the spiritsdeserted atmospherea in millions and millions, and went down to the earth, to dwell withmortals, and to find places on the corporeal earth where to live.
14. And, save to the I'hins, the Light of Jehovih was shut out from men; thus ambition forimprovement was at an end; they became as drones and vagabonds; and, when they died,their spirits continued to lie about in the places of their mortal life. And many of thesespirits persuaded mortals to suicide, and they killed themselves by thousands and tens ofthousands. Nor was there courage more amongst men to endure anything under the sun. They wanted to be with the spirits of the dead, to talk with them, to see them, and to berid of earth trials.
15. Neither had the spirits that congregated on earth any knowledge of the higherheavens; nor could they impart knowledge as to where they dwelt, or how they employedtheir time, for, in fact, they did nothing useful to heaven or earth, nor even to themselves.
16. Thus ended the cycle of Thor; and it was three thousand two hundred years.
END OR THE BOOK OF THOR.
Plate 32. THE EARTH IN A’JI.
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