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Fasting is a holy tradition passed
down to the Orthodox Church from the Old Testament times,
and is one of the means by which we partake of the fruit
of the Holy Spirit. In guarding ourselves against gluttony
and impure thoughts, words and deeds, we gain God's grace
and power to resist spiritual temptations and the passions
of the flesh. By abstinence we are able to set ourselves
free from dependence on the things of this world and the
desire for possessions in order to concentrate on our
salvation. Only by bringing ourselves to true humility
and repentance, accompanied by fasting, tears, prayer,
and confession, can we ever hope to achieve the Kingdom
of God and eternal life with Christ our Savior. Together
with fasting and prayer, we should also strive whenever
it is possible (particularly during the fasting periods)
to give alms, to relieve the sick, the poor and the oppressed,
and to do other good deeds from a pure and sincere heart.
There are four canonical fast periods of the year, each
having their own set of rules. During all of these fasting
periods the Holy Orthodox teaches that we must abstain
from eating meat, dairy products and eggs. The allowances
of fish, wine and oil are governed according to the rank
of the service or the day of the week; some local variations
pertaining to these allowances are applied, according
to the traditions of the parish.
1.) :
Fish is allowed only on the feasts of Annunciation &
Palm Sunday.
2.)
(the day after the Sunday of All Saints until SS. Peter
and Paul - June 29 - July 12): .
3.)
(1/14 Aug. - 14/27 Aug.): .
4.)
(15/28 Nov. - 24 Dec./6 Jan.): . After
the feast of St. Nicholas (6/19 Dec.), fish is allowed
only on weekends, but from 20 Dec./2 Jan. .
1.) Every Wednesday & Friday of the year, except during
the fast-free weeks; Monday is also kept by Orthodox monks
and nuns.
2.) The day before the feast of the Theophany (5/18 Jan.)
3.) Beheading of St. John the Baptist (29 Aug./11 Sept.)
4.) Elevation of the Precious Cross (8/21 Sept.)
1.) the holy days from 25 Dec./7 Jan. until 4/17 Jan.
2.) week of the Publican and the Pharisee
3.) week of Cheese-Fare (no meats, but fish, dairy products,
and eggs are allowed)
4.) Bright Week of Pascha
5.) Pentecost week
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Fasting is a symbol of sadness,
mourning, atonement for the sins, a reminder of disasters
as well as self-mortification in Judaism and Christianity.
"Taanit" - Day of Fasting. In Judaism, Yom Kippur,
the Day of Atonement, is the best-known fast day. The
Jewish calendar has six other fast days as well, including
Tisha B'Av, the day on which the destruction of the Jewish
Temple took place. On Yom Kippur and Tisha B'Av, eating
and drinking are forbidden for a 25-hour period, from
sundown to sundown. On the other fast days(Tzom Gedaliah,
Asara B'Tevet, Taanit Esther and Shivah Asar B'Tammuz),
eating and drinking are forbidden only from sunrise to
sundown. In Judaism, the purpose of a fast is to lower
the volume on our physical pursuits in order to focus
more acutely on our spiritual selves. This facilitates
the process of "teshuva" - literally "return."
We return to God, and to our essential state of purity.
Fasting is a choice we make. It is a commandment, and
we accept it, we accept the Torah, in order to teach ourselves
to be closer to God, by noticing the absence of food,
the absence of blessings, the absence of our normal daily
rituals. Fasting is a luxury which a free people can choose
to accept. Some starving Jews in concentration camps still
chose to fast on Yom Kippur, both as a recognition of
their religious obligation and as a stubborn statement
that they were still strong enough, and free enough, to
choose. The fast is about God and it is about Torah, our
tradition, and it is about Israel, valuing our community
and each other.
Judaism, particularly non-Orthodox sects of it, is not
overly accommodating to fasts. It's not surprising - fasts
are connected with only the worst events in Jewish history
- the destruction of the Temple, Haman's attack, the Holocaust
-- things no one enjoys thinking about. Because the hunger
caused by observing the fast is a constant reminder of
why one stopped eating in the first place, sadness, or,
at least, pensiveness, becomes inextricable from the fast
itself.
And, despite an abundance of disasters in Jewish history,
there are relatively few fasts. Of the seven, five are
considered minor, for which those with medical conditions
complicating fasting are given a good bit of leniency.
The fasts are short. The holiest day of the year, Yom
Kippur, far and away the most-observed fast, is twenty-five
hours, but the rest are tolerated only from sunrise to
sunset.
Furthermore, there are days on which fasting is to be
avoided; most notably, Shabbat, on which one is expected
to eat at least three meals. This gives a good religious
out for not going more than six days without food without
a strong reason. And, with the exception of Yom Kippur
and Asarah BeTevet, Shabbat holds higher status. Fasts
are bumped forward or back to avoid their landing on a
Saturday - psychologically giving food preferential treatment.
While some ancient Jews may have fasted every Monday and
Thursday, this was done only by the "zealots"
and was criticized by rabbis. What's more, Judaism offers
traditional foods and food-traditions at a level unheard
of in many major religions: from simple Challah to the
complexity of a Passover Seder. To many, it food has become
part and parcel of a religion so rich in tradition.
But these arguments are superficial compared to the purpose
of fasting: a closer connection with G-d. It's essential
that the purpose of Jewish fasts is not to chastise the
body. Fasts are there to support the soul. Whether private
or done with the community, the abstention from food and
other physical pleasures frees more energy for reflection
on life and spiritual concerns, without distraction. Hunger
alone reminds one of human frailty and the fact that others
may also be hungry.
Fasting also serves to consecrate an occasion, to set
it apart from worldly problems. The fast doesn't stand
alone, it's accompanied by prayers and a set of traditional
rules. It's not simply the abstention that sanctifies
the event. The fast is part of a method for raising spirituality.
Private fasts are traditionally used to appeal to G-d
for help in avoiding a crisis. David's fasting as a part
of his attempt to save his dying child in II Samual 12:22-23,
is an example. As is Ahab's fasting in mourning for the
sins of his people in I Kings 21:27-29 (Although neither
of these attempts were entirely successful). Again, fasts
were used not to punish the body, but to concentrate on
problems of the soul.
In terms of looking serious about repentance, fasting
is considered more effective than charity: one is only
money, but the other is giving of the body. A fast brings
more of the whole person into spirituality. The ancient
sages knew fasting had health benefits. Levush, for example,
believed the major fasts were placed in spring and autumn
to protect followers' health from the changing of the
seasons. Judaism offers more room for fasting than it
may seem at first. It may not be necessary to be so serious
every month, as this risks lessening the sanctifying effect
of rare fasts for only the most spiritually demanding
occasions. But, when the highest level of spirituality
and connection with G-d is sought, fasting is usually
part of the method for reaching it.
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Fasting, in the biblical sense, is the
abstaining from food and drink for a spiritual reason.
In the Old Testament era, the Jews fasted frequently,
though there was only one fast prescribed by the law.
Once each year, on the day of Atonement, the Hebrews were
to “afflict” their souls (Lev. 16:31), which
meant fasting (cf. Isa. 58:3).
Though there are no compulsory fasts
required of Christians today, the New Testament seems
to take for granted that children of God would see the
need to fast occasionally.
When the Lord’s disciples were
criticized for not fasting, Jesus responded by suggesting
that it was hardly appropriate for them to fast while
he was yet with them. The time would come, however, when
he would be taken away from them; then they would fast
(Lk. 5:35).
Too, in cautioning against improper motivation
in worship, Christ warned: “Moreover when you fast,
be not, as hypocrites . . . .” It is significant
that he did not say, “if,” but, “when”
ye fast - reflecting the expectation that they would.
Fasting, for the Christian, is strictly
a voluntary matter. It should arise out of a feeling of
intense need, not as a result of mere formality.
When, then, might fasting be of value?
Fasting may be beneficial in times of
personal sorrow. David and his men mourned and fasted
upon hearing of the death of Saul (2 Sam. 1:12), and Nehemiah
did similarly when he was informed of Jerusalem’s
decimated condition (Neh. 1:4). Fasting and prayer would
certainly seem to be fitting when a loved one is critically
ill (2 Sam. 12:16).
Fasting frequently accompanied repentance
as an outward and genuine indication of contrition for
spiritual rebellion (1 Sam. 7:6). The people of Nineveh
proclaimed a fast when brought to a recognition of their
sins (Jon. 3:5).
Fasting was practiced in connection with
great and important religious events. Moses fasted during
that period when he was receiving the Law (Ex. 34:28).
Christ fasted prior to his encounter with Satan in the
wilderness (Mt. 4:2). The church fasted before sending
Barnabas and Saul on that perilous first missionary campaign
(Acts 13:2-3). Fasting was certainly a component in the
dynamic ministry of Paul (2 Cor. 6:5; 11:27).
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Nearly two thousand years have
passed since the Son of Man taught the way, the truth,
and the life of mankind. He brought health to the sick,
wisdom to the ignorant and happiness to those in misery.
He conquered half of humanity and the whole of civilization
of the West. This fact proves the eternal vitality of
the Master's words, and their supreme and incomparable
value.
The content of this book represents only about
a third of the complete manuscripts which exist
in Aramaic in the Secret Archives of the Vatican and in
old Slavonic in the Royal Archives of the Habsburg (now
the property of the Austrian Government).
We owe existence of these two versions to the Nestorian
priests who, under pressure of the advancing hordes of
Genghis Khan, were forces to flee from the East towards
the West, bearing all their ancient scriptures and ikons
with them. The ancient Aramaic texts date from the 3rd
century after Christ, while the old Slavonic version is
a literal translation of the former. Exactly how the texts
traveled from Palestine to the interior of Asia into the
hands of the Nestorian priests, archeologists are not
yet able to reconstruct for us.
We have nothing to add to this text. It speaks for itself.
The reader who studies the pages that follow with concentration,
will feel the eternal vitality and powerful evidence of
these profound truths which mankind needs today more urgently
than ever before.
" And the truth shall bear witness of itself."
London, 1937
EDMOND BORDEAUX SZEKELY.
Fifty years have passed since the first publication of
Book One of the Essene Gospel of Peace, as well as the
founding of the International Biogenic Society, dedicated
to the all-sided application of the ageless Essene Teachings
in our daily lives in the twentieth century. In that time,
the world has undergone a devastating global war and once
again faces seemingly insurmountable problems in the form
of planetary pollution, food and energy shortage, and
growing tensions between political philosophies. And still
these timeless words of Jesus continue to sow their seeds
of peace and love in a troubled world. Over ten
million readers have absorbed the message of the Essene
Gospel since 1928, and their numbers grow daily.
Victor Hugo said, "There is no greater power than
that of an idea whose time has come." Perhaps the
idea of the simple strength of the Essene philosophy has
finally come. Perhaps it is not yet too late for the transforming
power of these words of Jesus, in their original purity
and simplicity, to work its magic on a world which needs
it as never before in history.
After more than forty years of extensive research concerning
events which transformed the whole history of our planet,
the serious seeker of truth may now read, in addition
to this Book One, its sequels, Book Two: The Unknown Books
of the Essenes, and Book Three: Lost Scrolls of the Essene
Brotherhood."* In 1975, a major event took place:
the long-awaited publication of the Discovery of the Essene
Gospel of Peace - a book which finally answers the questions
regarding the Essene Gospel addressed to us during the
last half century from all over the world.
Volume One of Search for the Ageless,
published in 1977, also sheds light on the amazing history
of the Essene Gospel, and
Volume Two, The Great Experiment, tells
of the wildfire growth of the Essene-Biogenic Society
movement, a spiritual renaissance taking place all over
the world within the framework of the International Biogenic
Society.
Volume Three, The Chemistry of Youth,
correlates the thousands of facts and discoveries in modern
medical research and biochemistry. And the all encompassing
textbooks of the International Biogenic Society, The Essene
Way-Biogenic Living, verifies the eternal principles of
the Essene Gospel of Peace, giving concrete, practical
instructions on how to apply them in our daily lives in
the twentieth century. Now in a newly improved, enlarged
edition (it first appeared in 1928 in France as La Vie
Biogenique), this "Essene Encyclopedia" has
reached a popularity second only to this volume with readers
all over the world.
EDMOND BORDEAUX SZEKELY
* Book Four: The Teachings of the Elect was published
posthumously in 1981.
They sent out healer. And one of these
was Jesus, the Essene. He walked among the sick and the
troubled, and he brought them the knowledge they needed
to cure themselves. Some who followed him wrote down what
passed between him and those who suffered and were heavy-laden.
The Elders of the Brotherhood made poetry of the words,
and made unforgettable the story of the Healer of Men,
the Good Shepherd. And when the time came at last for
the Brothers to leave the desert and go to another place,
the scrolls stayed behind as buried sentinels, as forgotten
guardians of eternal and living truth.
A dark age began, a time of savagery, of barbarism, of
book-burning, of superstition and worship of empty idols.
The gentle Jesus was lost forever in the image of a crucified
God; the Essene brothers hid their teachings in the minds
of a few who could preserve them for their descendents,
and the Scrolls of Healing lay neglected beneath the shifting
shadows of the desert... "
The Discovery of the Essene Gospel of Peace.
EDMOND BORDEAUX SZEKELY
And then many sick and maimed came to Jesus, asking him:
"If you know all these things, tell us, why do we
suffer with grievous plagues? Why are we not whole like
other men? Master, heal us, that we too may be made strong,
and need abide no longer in our misery. We know that you
have it in your power to heal all manner of disease. Free
us from Satan and from all his great afflictions. Master,
have compassion on us."
And Jesus answered: "Happy are you, that you hunger
for the truth, for I will satisfy you with the bread of
wisdom. Happy are you, that you knock, for I will open
to you the door of life. Happy are you, that you would
cast off the power of Satan, for I will lead you into
the kingdom of our Mother's angels, were the power of
Satan cannot enter."
And they asked him in amazement: "Who is our Mother
and which are her angels? And where is her kingdom?"
" Your Mother is in you, and you in her. She bore
you: she gives you life. It was she who gave to you your
body, and to her shall you one day give it back again.
Happy are you when you come to know her and her kingdom;
if you receive your Mother's angels and if you do her
laws. I tell you truly, he who does these things shall
never see disease. For the power of our Mother is above
all. And it destroys Satan and his kingdom, and has rule
over all your bodies and all living things.
" The bloods which runs in us is born of the blood
of our Earthly Mother. Her blood falls from the clouds;
leaps up from the womb of the earth; babbles in the brooks
of the mountains; flows wide in the rivers of the plains;
sleeps in the lakes; rages mightily in tempestuous seas.
" The air which we breathe is born of the breath
of our Earthly Mother. Her breath is azure in the heights
of the heavens; soughs in the tops of the mountains; whispers
in the leaves of the forest; billows over the cornfields;
slumbers in the deep valleys; burns hot in the desert.
" The hardness of our bones is born of the bones
of our Earthly Mother, of the rocks and of the stones.
They stand naked to the heavens on the tops of mountains;
are as giants that lie sleeping on the sides of the mountains,
as idols set in the desert, and are hidden in the deepness
of the earth.
" The tenderness of our flesh is born of the flesh
of our Earthly Mother; whose flesh waxes yellow and red
in the fruits of the trees, and nurtures us in the furrows
of our fields.
" Our bowels are born of the bowels of our Earthly
Mother, and are hid from our eyes, like the invisible
depths of the earth.
" The light is of our eyes, the hearing of our ears,
both are born of the colors and the sounds of our Earthly
Mother; which enclose us about, as the waves of the sea
a fish, as the eddying air a bird.
" For I tell you in very truth, Man is the Son of
the Earthly Mother, and from her did the Son of Man receive
his whole body, even as the body of the newborn babe is
born of the womb of his mother. I tell you truly, you
are one with the Earthly Mother; she is in you, and you
in her. Of her were you born, in her do you live, and
to her shall you return again. Keep, therefore, her laws,
for none can live long, neither be happy, but he who honors
his Earthly Mother and does her laws. For your breath
is her breath; your blood her blood; your bone her bone;
your flesh her flesh; your bowels her bowels; your eyes
and your ears are her eyes and her ears.
" I tell you truly, should you fail to keep but one
only of all these laws, should you harm but one only of
all your body's members, you shall be utterly lost in
your grievous sickness, and there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth. I tell you, unless you follow the laws
of your Mother, you can in no wise escape death. And he
who clings to the laws of his Mother, to him shall his
Mother cling also. She shall heal all his plagues, and
he shall n ever become sick. She gives him long
life, and protects him from all afflictions;
from fire, from water, from the bit of venomous serpents.
For your Mother bore you, keeps life within you. She has
given you her body, and none but she heals you. Happy
is he who loves his Mother and lies quietly in her bosom
. For your Mother loves you, even when you turn away from
her. And how much more shall she love you, if you turn
to her again? I tell you truly, very great is her love,
greater than the greatest of mountains, deeper than the
deepest seas. And those who love their Mother, she never
deserts them. As the hen protects her chickens, as the
lioness her cubs, as the mother her newborn babe, so does
the Earthly Mother protect the Son of Man from all danger
and from all evils. (pages 9-10)
For I tell you truly, evils and dangers innumerable lie
in wait for the Sons of Men. Beelzebub, the prince of
all devils, the source of every evil, lies in wait in
the body of all the Sons of Men. He is death, the lord
of every plague, and taking upon him a pleasing raiment,
he tempts and entices the Sons of Men. Riches does he
promise, and power, and splendid palaces, and garments
of gold and silver, and a multitude of servants, all these;
he promises renown and glory, fornication and lustfulness,
gluttony and wine-bibbing, riotous living, and slothfulness
and idle days. and he entices every one by that to which
their heart is most inclined. And in the day that the
Sons of Men have already become the slaves of all these
vanities and abominations, then in payment thereof he
snatches from the Sons of Men all those things which the
Earthly Mother gave them so abundantly. He takes from
them their breath, their blood, their bone, their flesh,
their bowels, their eyes and their ears. And the breath
of the Son of Man becomes short and stifled, full of pain
and evil-smelling, like the breath of unclean beasts.
And his blood becomes thick and evil-smelling, like the
water of the swamps; it clots and blackens, like the night
of death. And his bone becomes hard and knotted; it melts
away within and breaks asunder, as a stone falling down
upon a rock. And his flesh waxes fat and watery; it rots
and putrefies, with scabs and boils that are an abomination.
And his bowels become full with abominable filthiness,
with oozing streams of decay; and multitudes of abominable
worms have their habitation there. And his eyes grow dim,
till dark night enshrouds them, and his ears become stopped,
like the silence of the grave. And last of all
shall the erring Son of Man lose life. Therefore,
are taken from him all the gifts of the Earthly Mother;
breath, blood, bone, flesh, bowels, eyes and ears, and
after all else, life, with which the Earthly Mother crowned
his body.
" But if the erring Son of Man be sorry for his sins
and undo them, and return again to his Earthly Mother;
and if he do his Earthly Mother's laws and free himself
from Satan's clutches, resisting his temptations, then
does the Earthly Mother receive again her erring Son with
love and sends him her angels that they may serve him.
I tell you truly, when the Son of Man resists the Satan
that dwells in him and does not his will, in the same
hour are found the Mother's angels there, that they may
serve him with all their power and free utterly the Son
of Man from the power of Satan (*himself).
" For no man can serve two masters. For either he
serves Beelzebub and his devils or else he serves our
Earthly Mother and her angels. Either he serves death
or he serves life. I tell you truly, happy are those that
do that laws of life and wander not upon the paths of
death. For in them the forces wander not upon the paths
of death. For in them the forces of life wax not strong
and they escape the plagues of death."
And all those round about him listened to his words with
amazement, for his word was with power, and he taught
quite otherwise than the priests or the scribes. And though
the sun was now set, they de parted not to their homes.
They sat round about Jesus and asked him: "Master,
which are these laws of life? Rest with us awhile longer
and teach us. We would listen to your teaching that we
may be healed and become righteous."
And Jesus himself sat down in their midst and said: "I
tell you truly, none can be happy, except he do the Law."
And the others answered: "We all do the laws of Moses,
our lawgiver, even as they are written in the holy scriptures."
And Jesus answered: "Seek not the law in your scriptures,
for the law is life, whereas the scripture is dead. I
tell you truly, Moses received not his laws from God in
writing, but through the living word. The law is living
word of living God to living prophets for living men.
In everything that is life is the law written. You find
it in the grass, in the tree, in the river, in the mountain,
in the birds of heaven, in the fishes of the sea; but
seek it chiefly in yourselves. For I tell you truly, all
living things are nearer to God than the scripture which
is without life. God so made life and all living things
that they might by the everlasting word teach the laws
of the true God to man. God wrote not the laws
in the pages of books, but in your heart and in your spirit.
They are in your breath, your blood, your bone; in your
flesh, you bowels, your eyes, your ears, and in every
little part of your body. The are present in the air,
in the water, in the earth, in the plants, in the sunbeams,
in the depths and in the heights. They all speak to you
that you may understand the tongue and the will of the
living God. But you shut your eyes that you may
not see, and you shut your ears that you may not hear.
I tell you truly, that the scripture is the work of man,
but life and all its hosts are the work of our God. Wherefore
do you not listen to the words of God which are written
in His works? And wherefore do you study the dead scriptures
which are the work of the hands of men?"
" How many we read the laws of God elsewhere than
in the scriptures? Where are they written? Read them to
use from there where you see them, for we know nothing
else but the scriptures which we have inherited from our
forefathers. Tell us the laws of which you speak, that
hearing them we may be healed and justified."
Jesus said: "You do not understand the words of life,
because you are in death. Darkness darkens your eyes and
your ears are stopped with deafness. For I tell you, it
profits you not at all that you pore over dead scriptures
if by your deeds you deny him who has given you the scriptures.
I tell you truly, God and his laws are not in that which
you do. They are not in gluttony and wine-bibbing, neither
in riotous living, nor in lustfulness, nor in seeking
after riches, nor yet in hatred of your enemies. For all
these things are far from the true God and his angels.
But all these things come from the kingdom of darkness
and the lord of all evils. And all these things
do you carry in yourselves; and so the word and
the power of God enter not into you, because all manner
of evil and all manner of abominations have their dwelling
in your body and in your spirit. If you will that the
living God's word and his power may enter you, defile
not your body and your spirit; for the body is the temple
of the spirit, and the spirit is the temple of God. Purify,
therefore, the temple, that the Lord of the temple may
dwell) therein and occupy a place that is worthy of him.
" And from all temptations of your body and your
spirit, coming from Satan, withdraw beneath the shadow
of God's heaven.
" Renew yourselves and fast. For I tell you
truly, that Satan and his plagues may only be cast out
by fasting and by prayer. Go by yourself and fast alone,
and show your fasting to no man. The living God
shall see it and great shall be your reward. And fast
till Beelzebub and all his evils depart from you, and
all the angels of our Earthly Mother come and serve you.
For I tell you truly, except that you fast, you
shall never be freed from the power Satan and from all
diseases that come from Satan. Fast and pray
fervently seeking the power of the living God for your
healing. While you fast, eschew the Sons of Men and seek
our Earthly Mother's angels, for he that seeks shall find.
"Seek the fresh air of the forest and of the fields,
and there in the midst of them shall you find the angel
of air. Put off your shoes and your clothing and suffer
the angel of air to embrace all your body. Then
breathe long and deeply, that the angel of air
may be brought within you. I tell you truly, the angel
of air shall cast out of your body all uncleannesses which
defiled it without and within. And thus shall your evil-smelling
and unclean things rise out of you, as the smoke of fire
curls upwards and is lost in the sea of the air. For I
tell you truly, holy is the angel of air, who cleanses
all that is unclean and makes all evil-smelling things
of a sweet odor. No man may come before the face of God,
whom the angel of air let's not pass. Truly, all must
be born again by air and by truth, for your body breathes
the air of the Earthly Mother, and your spirit breathes
the truth of the Heavenly Father.
" After the angel of air, seek the angel of water.
Put off your shoes and your clothing and suffer the angel
of water to embrace your body. Cast yourselves wholly
into his enfolding arms, and as often as you move the
air with your breath, move with your body the water also.
I tell you truly, the angel of water shall cast out of
your body all the uncleannesses which defiled it without
and within. And all unclean and evil-smelling things shall
flow out of you, even as the uncleannesses of garments
washed in water flow away and are lost in the stream of
the river. I tell you truly, holy is the angel of water
who cleanses all that is unclean and makes all evil-smelling
things of a sweet odor. No man may come before the face
of God whom the angel of water lets not pass. In very
truth, all must be born again of water and of truth, for
your body bathes in the river of earthly life, and your
spirit bathes in the river of life everlasting. For you
receive your blood from our Earthly Mother and the truth
from our Heavenly Father.
" Think not that it is sufficient that the angel
of water embrace your outwards only. I tell you truly,
the uncleanness within is greater by much than the uncleanness
without. And he who cleanses himself without, but within
remains unclean, is like to tombs that outwards are painted
fair, but are within full of all manner of horrible uncleannesses
and abominations. So I tell you truly, suffer the angel
of water to baptize you also within, that you may become
free from all your past sins, and that within likewise
you may become as pure as the river's foam sporting in
the sunlight. "Seek, therefore, a large trailing
gourd , having a stalk the length of a man; take out its
inwards and fill it with water from the river which the
sun has warmed. Hang it upon the branch of a tree, and
kneel upon the ground before the angel of water, and suffer
the end of the stalk of the tailing gourd to enter your
hinder parts (Hebrew text: anus), that the water may flow
through all your bowels. Afterwards rest kneeling on the
ground before the angel of water and pray to the living
God that he will forgive all your past sins, and pray
the angel of water that he will free your body from every
uncleanness and disease. Then let the water run out from
your body, that it may carry away from within it all the
unclean and evil-smelling things of Satan. And you shall
see with your eyes and smell with your nose all the abominations
and uncleanesses which defiled the temple of your body;
even all the sins which abode in your body, tormenting
you with all manner of pains. I tell you truly, baptism
with water frees you from all of these. Renew
your baptizing with water on every day of your fast.,
till the day when you see that the water which flows out
of you is as pure as the river's foam. Then betake
your body to the coursing river, and there in the arms
of the angel of water render thanks to the living God
that he has freed you from your sins (????). And this
holy baptizing by the angel of water is: Rebirth unto
the new life. For your eyes shall henceforth see, and
your ears shall hear. Sin no more, therefore, after your
baptism, that the angels of air and of water may eternally
abide in you and serve you evermore.
" And if afterward there remain within you aught
of your past sins and uncleannesses, seek the angel of
sunlight. Put off your shoes and your clothing and suffer
the angel of sunlight to embrace all your body. Then breathe
long and deeply, that the angel of sunlight may be brought
within. And the angel of sunlight shall cast out of your
body all evil-smelling and unclean things which defiled
it without and within. And all unclean and evil-smelling
things shall rise from you, even as the darkness of night
fades before the brightness of the rising sun. For I tell
you truly, holy is the angel of sunlight who cleans out
all uncleannesses and makes all evil-smelling things of
a sweet odor. None may come before the face of God, whom
the angel of sunlight lets not pass. Truly, all must be
born again of sun and of truth, for your body basks in
the sunlight of the Earthly Mother, and your spirit basks
in the sunlight of the truth of the Heavenly Father.
" The angels of air and of water and of sunlight
are brethren. They were given to the Son of Man that they
might serve him, and that he might go always from one
to the other. "Holy, likewise, is their embrace.
They are indivisible children of the Earthly Mother, so
do not you put asunder those whom earth and heaven have
made one. Let these three brother angels enfold you every
day and let them abide with you through all your fasting.
"For I tell you truly, the power of devils, all sins
and uncleannesses shall depart in haste from that body
which is embraced by these three angels. As thieves flee
from a deserted house at the coming of the lord of the
house, one by the door, one by the window, and the third
by the roof, each where he is found, and whither he is
able, even so shall flee from your bodies all devils of
evil, all past sins, and all uncleannesses and diseases
which defiled the temple of your bodies. When the Earthly
Mother's angels enter into your bodies, in such wise that
the lords of the temple repossess it again, then shall
all evil smells depart in haste by your breath and by
your skin, corrupt waters by your mouth, and your skin,
by your hinder parts and your privy parts. And all these
things you shall see with your eyes and smell with your
nose and touch with your hands. And when all sins and
uncleannesses are gone from your body, your blood shall
become as pure as the breath odorous flowers; your flesh
as pure as the flesh of fruits reddening upon the leaves
of trees; the light of your eye as clear and bright as
the brightness of the sun shining upon the blue sky. And
now shall all the angels of the Earthly Mother serve you.
And your breath, your blood, your flesh shall be one with
the breath, the blood and the flesh of the Earthly Mother,
that your spirit also may become one with the spirit of
your Heavenly Father. For truly, no one can reach the
Heavenly Father unless through the Earthly Mother. Even
as no newborn babe can understand the teaching of his
father till his mother has suckled him, bathed him, nursed
him, put him to sleep and nurtured him. While the child
is yet small, his place is with his mother and he must
obey his mother. When the child is grown up, his father
takes him to work at his side in the field, and the child
comes back to his mother only when the hour of dinner
and supper is come. And now his father teaches him that
he may become skilled in the works of his father. And
when the father sees that his son understands his teaching
and does his work well, he gives him all his possessions,
that they may belong to his beloved son, and that his
son may continue his father's work. I tell you truly,
happy is that son who accepts the counsel of his mother
and walks therein. And a hundred times more happy is that
son who accepts and walks also in the counsel of his father,
for it was said to you: 'Honor they father and they mother
that they days may be long upon this earth.' But I say
to you, Sons of Man: Honor your Earthly Mother and keep
all her laws, that your days may be long on this earth,
and honor your Heavenly Father that Eternal Life may be
yours in the heavens. For the Heavenly Father is a hundred
times greater than all fathers by see and by blood, ad
greater is the Earthly Mother than all mothers by the
body. And dearer is the Son of Man in the eyes of his
Heavenly Father and of is Earthly Mother than are children
in the eyes of their fathers by see and by blood and of
their mothers by the body. And more wise are the words
and laws of your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother
than the words and the will of all fathers by seed and
by blood, and of all mothers by the body. And of more
worth also is the inheritance of your Heavenly Father
and of your Earthly Mother, the everlasting kingdom of
earthly and heavenly life, than all the inheritances of
your fathers by seed and by blood, and of your mothers
by the body.
" And your true brothers are all those who do the
will of your Heavenly Father and of your Earthly Mother,
and not your brothers by blood. I tell you truly, that
your true brothers in the will of the Heavenly Father
and of the Earthly Mother will love you a thousand times
more than your brothers by blood. For since the days of
Cain and Abel, when brothers by blood transgressed the
will of God, there is no true brotherhood by blood. And
brothers do unto brothers as do strangers. Therefore,
I say to you, love your true brothers in the will of God
a thousand times more than your brothers of blood.
FOR YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS LOVE
FOR YOUR EARTHLY MOTHER IS LOVE
FOR THE SON OF MAN IS LOVE
" It is by love that the Heavenly Father and the
Earthly Mother and the Son of Man become one. For the
spirit of the Son of Man was created from the spirit of
the Heavenly Father, and his body from the body of the
Earthly Mother. Become, therefore, perfect as the spirit
of your Heavenly Father and the body of your Earthly Mother
are perfect. And so love your Heavenly Father, as he loves
your spirit. And so love your Earthly Mother, as she loves
your body. And so love your true brothers, as your Heavenly
Father and your Earthly Mother love them. And then your
Heavenly Father shall give you his holy spirit, and your
Earthly Mother shall give you her holy body. And then
shall the Sons of Men like true brothers give love one
to another, the love which they received from their Heavenly
Father and from their Earthly Mother; and they shall all
become comforters one of another. And then shall disappear
from the earth all evil and all sorrow, and there shall
be love and joy upon earth. And then shall the earth be
like the heavens, and the kingdom of God shall come. And
then shall come the Son of Man in all his glory, to inherit
the kingdom of God. And then shall the Sons of Men divide
their divine inheritance, the kingdom of God. For the
Sons of Men live in the Heavenly Father and the Earthly
Mother live in them. And then with the kingdom of God
shall come the end of the times. For the Heavenly Father's
love gives to all life everlasting in the kingdom of God.
For love is eternal. Love is stronger than death.
" Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels,
but have not love, I am become as sounding brass or a
tinkling cymbal. Though I tell what is to come, and know
all secrets, and all wisdom; and though I have faith strong
as the storm which lifts mountains from their seat, but
have not love, I am nothing. And thought I bestow all
my goods to feed the poor, and give all my fire that I
have received from my Father, but have not love, I am
in no wise profited. Love is patient, love is kind. Love
is not envious, works not evil, knows not pride; is not
rude, neither selfish; is slow to anger, imagines no mischief;
rejoices not in injustice, but delights in justice. Love
defends all, love believes all, love hopes all, love bears
all; never exhausts itself; but as for tongues they shall
cease, and as for knowledge, it shall vanish away. For
we have truth in part, and error in part, but when the
fullness of perfection is come, that which is in part
shall be blotted out. When a man was a child he spoke
as a child, understood as a child, thought as a child;
but when he became a man he put away childish things.
For now we see through a glass and through dark sayings.
Now we know in part, but when we are come before the face
of God, we shall not know in part, but even as we are
taught by him. And now remain these three: faith and hope
and love; but the greatest of these is love.
" And now I speak to you in the living tongue of
the living God, through the holy spirit of our Heavenly
Father. There is none yet among you that can understand
all this of which I speak. He who expounds to you the
scriptures speaks to you in a dead tongue of dead men,
through his diseased and mortal body. Him therefore, can
all men understand, for all men are diseased and all are
in death. No one sees the light of life. Blind
man leads blind on the dark paths of sins, diseases and
sufferings; and at the last all fall into the pit of death.
" I am sent to you by the Father that I may make
the light of life to shine before you. The light lightens
itself and the darkness, but the darkness knows only itself,
and knows not the light. I have still many things to say
to you, but you cannot bear them yet. For your eyes are
used to the darkness, and the full light of the Heavenly
Father would make you blind. Therefore, you cannot yet
understand that which I speak to you concerning the Heavenly
Father who sent me to you. Follow, therefore, first, only
the laws of the Earthly Mother, of which I have told you.
And when her angels shall have cleansed and renewed your
bodies and strengthened your eyes, you will be able to
bear the light of our Heavenly Father. When you can gaze
on the brightness of the noonday sun with unflinching
eyes, you can then look upon the blinding light of your
Heavenly Father, which is a thousand times brighter than
the brightness of a thousand suns. But how should you
look upon the blinding light of your Heavenly Father,
when you cannot even bear the shining of the blazing sun?
Believe me, the sun is as the flame of a candle beside
the sun of truth of the Heavenly Father. Have but faith,
therefore, and hope, and love. I tell you truly, you shall
not want your reward. If you believe in my words, you
believe in him who sent me, who is the lord of all, and
with whom all things are possible with God. If you believe
in the angels of the Earthly Mother and do her laws, your
faith shall sustain you and you shall never see disease.
Have hope also in the love of your Heavenly Father, for
he who trusts in him shall never be deceived, nor shall
he ever see death.
" Love one another, for God is love, and so shall
his angels know that you walk in his paths. And then shall
all the angels come before your face and serve you. And
Satan with all sins, diseases and uncleannesses shall
depart from your body. Go, eschew your sins; repent yourselves;
baptize yourselves; that you may be born again and sin
no more."
Then Jesus rose. But all else remained sitting, for every
man felt the power of his words. And then the full moon
appeared between the breaking clouds and folded Jesus
in its brightness. And sparks few upward from his hair,
and he stood among them in the moonlight, as though he
hovered in the air. And no man moved, neither was the
voice of any heard. And no one knew how long a time had
passed, for time stood still.
Then Jesus stretched out his hands to them and said: "Peace
be with you." And so he departed, as a breath of
wind sways the green of trees.
And for a long while yet the company sat still and then
they woke in the silence, one man after another, like
as from a long dream. But none would go, as if the words
of him who had left them ever sounded in their ears. And
they sat as though they listened to some wondrous music.
But at last one, as it were a little fearfully, said:
"How good it is to be here." Another: "Would
that this night were everlasting." And others: "Would
that he might be with us always." "Of a truth
he is God's messenger, for he planted hope within our
hearts." And no man wished to go home, saying: "I
go not home where no one loves us?"
And they spoke on this wise, for they were almost all
poor, lame, blind, maimed, beggars, homeless, despised
in their wretchedness, who were only borne for pity's
sake in the houses where they found a few day's refuge.
Even certain, who had both home and family, said: "We
also will stay with you." For every man felt that
the words of him who was gone bound the little company
with threads invisible. And all felt that they were born
again. They saw before them a shining world, even when
the moon was hidden in the clouds. And in the heart of
all blossomed wondrous flowers of wondrous beauty, the
flowers of joy.
And when the bright sunbeams appeared over the earth's's
rim, they all felt that it was the sun of the coming kingdom
of God. And with joyful countenances they went for the
to meet God's angels. And many unclean and sick followed
Jesus' words and sought the banks of the murmuring streams.
The put off their shoes and their clothing, they fasted,
and they gave up their bodies tot he angels of air, of
water, and of sunshine. And the Earthly Mothers angels
embraced them, possessing their bodies both inwards and
outwards. And all of them saw all evils, sins and uncleannesses
depart in haste from them.
And the breath of some became as stinking as that which
is loosed from the bowels, and some had an issue of spittle,
and evil-smelling and unclean vomit rose from their inward
parts. And these uncleannesses flowed by their mouths.
In some, by the nose, in others by the eyes and ears.
And many did have a noisome and abominable sweat come
from all their body, over all their skin. And on many
limbs great hot boils broke forth, form which came out
uncleannesses with an evil smell, and urine flowed abundantly
from their body; and in many their urine was all but dried
up and became thick as honey of bees; that of others was
almost red or black, and as hard almost as the sand of
rivers. And many belched stinking gases from their bowels,
like the breath of devils. And their stench became so
great that none could bear it.
And when they baptized themselves, the angel of water
entered their bodies, and from them flowed out all the
abominations and uncleannesses of their past sins, and
like a falling mountain stream gushed from their bodies
a multitude of hard and soft abominations. And the ground
where their waters flowed was polluted, and so great became
the stench that none could remain there. And the devils
lefts their bowels in the shape of multitudinous worms
which writhed in impotent raged after the angel of water
had cast them out of the bowels of the Sons of Men. And
then descended upon them the power of the angel of sunshine,
and they perished there in their desperate writhings,
trod underfoot by the angel of sunshine. And all were
trembling with terror when they looked upon all these
abominations of Satan, from which the angels had saved
them. And they rendered thanks to God who had sent his
angels for their deliverance.
And there were some whom great pains tormented, which
would not depart from them; and knowing not what they
should do, they resolved to send one of them to Jesus,
for they greatly wished he should be with them.
And when two were gone to seek him, they saw Jesus himself
approaching by the bank of the river. And their hearts
were filled with hope and joy when they heard his greeting,
"Peace be with you." And many were the questions
that they desired to ask him, but in their astonishment
they could not begin, for nothing came into their minds.
Then said Jesus to them: "I come because you need
me." And one cried out: "Master, we do indeed,
come and free us from our pains."
And Jesus spoke to them in parables: "You are like
the prodigal son, who for many years did eat and drink,
and passed his days in riotousness and lechery with his
friends. And every week without his father's knowledge
he incurred new debts, and squandered all in a few days.
And the money-lenders always lent to him, because his
father possessed great riches and always paid patiently
the debts of his son. And in vain did he with fair words
admonish his son, for he never listened to the admonitions
of his father, who besought him in vain that he would
give up his debaucheries which had no end, and that he
would go to his fields to watch over the labor of his
servants. And the son always promised him everything if
he would pay his old debts, but the next day he began
again. And for more than seven years the son continued
in his riotous living. But, as last, his father lost patience
and no more paid to the moneylenders the debts of his
son. 'If I continue always to pay,' he said, 'there will
be no end to the sins of my son.' The the moneylenders,
who were deceived, in their wrath took the son into slavery
that he might by his daily toil pay back to them the money
which he had borrowed. And then ceased the eating and
drinking and the daily excesses. From morning until night
by the sweat of his face he watered the fields, and all
of his limbs ached with the unaccustomed labor. And he
lived upon dry bread, and he naught but his tears with
which he could water it. And three days after he suffered
so much from the heat and from weariness that he said
to his master: 'I can work no more, for all my limbs do
ache. How long would you torment me?' 'Till the day when
by the labor of your hands you pay me all your debts,
and when seven years are passed, you will be free.' And
the desperate son answered weeping: 'But I cannot bear
so much as seven days. Have pity on me, for all my limbs
do burn and ache.' And the wicked creditor cried out:
'Press on with the work; if you could for seven years
spend your days and your nights in riotousness, now must
you work for seven years. I will not forgive you till
you pay back all your debts to the uttermost drachma.'
And the son, with his limbs racked with pain, went back
despairing to the fields to continue his work. Already
he could hardly stand on his feet because of his weariness
and of his pains, when the seventh day was come-the Sabbath
day, in which no man works in the field. Then the son
gathered the remnant of his strength and staggered to
the house of his father. And he cast himself down at his
father's feet and said: 'Father, believe me for the last
time and forgive me all my offenses against you. I swear
to you that I will never again live riotously and that
I will be your obedient son in all things. Free me from
the hands of my oppressor. Father, look upon me and upon
my sick limbs, eyes, and he took his son in his arms,
and said: 'Let us rejoice, for today a great joy is given
me, because I have found again my beloved son, who was
lost.' And he clothed him with his choicest raiment and
all the day long they made merry. And on the morning of
the morrow he gave his son a bag of silver that he might
pay to his creditors all that he owed them. And when his
son came back, he said to him: 'My son, do you see that
it is easy, through riotous living, to incur debts for
seven years, but their payment is difficult by the heavy
labor of seven years.' 'Father, it is indeed hard to pay
them, even for seven days.' And his father admonished
him, saying: 'For this once alone has it been permitted
you to pay your debts in seven days instead of seven years,
the rest is forgiven you. But take heed that in the time
to come you do not incur more debts. For I tell you truly,
that none else but your father forgives you your debts,
because you are his son. For with all else you would have
had to labor hard for seven years, as it is commanded
in our laws.'
" My father, I will henceforth be your loving and
obedient son, and I will not any more incur debts, for
I know that their payment is hard.'
" And he went to his father's field and watched every
day over the work of his father's laborers. And he never
made his laborers work hard, for he remembered his own
heavy labor. And years passed, and his father's possession
increased ever more and more beneath his hand, for the
blessing of his father was upon his labor. And slowly
he gave back tenfold to his father all that he had squandered
in the seven years. And when his father saw that his son
used well his servants and al his possessions, he said
to him: "My son, I see that my possessions are in
good hands. I give you all my cattle, my house, my lands
and my treasures. Let al this be your heritage, continue
increasing it that I may have delight in you.' And when
the son had received his inheritance from his father,
he forgave their debts to all his debtors who could not
pay him, for he did not forget that his debt also had
been forgiven when he could not pay it. And God blessed
him with long life, with many children and with much riches,
because he was kind to all his servants and to all his
cattle."
Then Jesus turned to the sick folk and said: "I speak
to you in parables that you may better understand God's
word. The seven years of eating and drinking and of riotous
living are the sins of the past. The wicked creditor is
Satan. The debts are diseases. The heavy labor is pains.
The prodigal son, he is yourselves. The payment of the
debts is the casting from you of devils and diseases,
and the healing of your body. The bag of silver received
from the father is the liberating power of the angels.
The father is God. The father's possessions are earth
and heaven. The servants of the father are the angels.
The father's field is the world, which is changed into
the kingdom of the heavens, if the Sons of Man work thereon
together with the angels of the Heavenly Father. For I
tell you, it is better that the son should obey his father
and keep watch over his father's servants in the field,
than that he should become the debtor of the wicked creditor
and toil and sweat in serfdom to repay all his debts.
It is better, likewise, if the Sons of Man also obey the
laws of their Heavenly Father, and work together with
his angels upon his kingdom, than that they should become
the debtors of Satan, the lord of death, of all sins and
all diseases, and that they should suffer with pains and
sweat till they have repaid all their sins. I tell you
truly, great and many are your sins. Many years have you
yielded to the enticing of Satan. You have been gluttonous,
winebibbers and gone a-whoring, and your past debts have
multiplied. And now you must repay them, and payment is
difficult and hard. Be not, therefore, already impatient
after the third day, like the prodigal son, but wait patiently
for the seventh day which is sanctified by God, and then
go with humble and obedient hear before the face of your
Heavenly Father, that he may forgive you your sins and
all your past debts. I tell you truly, your Heavenly Father
loves you without end, for he also allows you to pay in
seven days the debts of seven years. Those that owe the
sins and diseases of seven years, but pay honestly and
persevere till the seventh day, to them shall our Heavenly
Father forgive the debts of all these seven years."
" If we sin for seven time seven years?" asked
a sick man who suffered horribly. "Even in that case
the Heavenly Father forgives you all in seven times seven
days.
" Happy are those that persevere to the end, for
the devils of Satan write all your evil deeds in a book,
in the book of your body and your spirit. I tell you truly,
there is not one sinful deed, but it is written, even
from the beginning of the world, before our Heavenly Father.
For you may escape the laws made by kings, but the laws
of your god, these may none of the Sons of Man escape.
And when you come before the face of God, the devils of
Satan bear witness against you with your deed, and God
sees your sins written in the book of your body and of
your spirit and is sad in his heart. But if you repent
of your sins, and by fasting and prayer you seek the angels
of God, then each day that you continue to fast and to
pray, God's angels blot out one year of your evil deeds
from the book of your body and your spirit. And when the
last page is also blotted out and cleansed from all you
sins, you stand before the face of God, and God rejoices
in his heart and forgets all your sins. He frees you from
the clutches of Satan and from suffering; he takes you
within his house and commands that all his servants, all
his angels serve you. Long life does he give you, and
you shall never see disease. And if, thenceforward, instead
of sinning, you pass your days in doing good deeds, then
the angels of God shall write all your good deeds in the
book of your body and of your spirit. I tell you truly,
no good deed remains unwritten before God, not from the
beginning of the world. For from your kings and your governors
you may wait in vain for your reward, but never do your
good deeds want their reward from God.
" And when you come before the face of God, his angels
bear witness for you with your good deeds. And God sees
your good deeds written in your bodies and in your spirits,
and rejoices in his heart. He blesses your body and your
spirit and all your deeds, and gives you for a heritage
his earthly and heavenly kingdom, that in it you may have
life everlasting. Happy is he who can enter into the kingdom
of God, for he shall never see death
" And a great silence fell at his words. And those
that were discouraged took new strength from from his
words and continued to fast and to pray. And he who had
spoken the first, said to him: "I will persevere
to the seventh day." And the second, likewise, said
to him: "I also will persevere to the seven times
seventh day." Jesus answered them: "Happy are
those that persevere to the end, for they shall inherit
the earth."
And there were many sick among them tormented with grievous
pains, and they hardly crawled to Jesus' feet. For they
could no longer walk upon their feet. They said: "Master,
we are grievously tormented with pain; tell us what we
shall do." And they showed Jesus their feet in which
the bones were twisted and knotted and said: "Neither
the angel of air, nor of water, nor of sunshine has assuaged
our pains, notwithstanding that we baptized ourselves,
and do fast and pray, and follow your words in all things."
"I tell you truly, your bones will be healed. Be
not discouraged, but seek for cure nigh the healer of
bones, the angel of earth. For thence were your bones
taken, and thither will they return." And he pointed
with his hand to where the running of the water and the
sun's heat had softened to clayey mud the earth by the
edge of the water. "Sink your feet in the mire that
that the embrace of the angel of earth may draw out from
your bones all uncleanness and all disease. And you will
see Satan and your pains fly from the embrace of the angel
of the earth. And the knots of your bones will vanish
away, and they will be straightened, and all your pains
will disappear."
And the sick followed his words, for they knew that they
would be healed.
And there were also other sick who suffered much from
their pains, howbeit, they persisted in their fasting.
And their force was spent, and great heat tormented them.
And when they would have risen from their bed to go to
Jesus, their heads began to turn, as if it were a gusty
wind which shook them, and as oft as they tried to stand
upon their feet they fell back to the ground.
Then Jesus went to them and said: "You suffer, for
Satan and his diseases torment your bodies. But fear not,
for their power over you will quickly end. For Satan is
like a choleric neighbor who entered his neighbor's house
while he was absent, intending to take his goods away
to his own house. But some told the other that his enemy
was ravaging within his house, and he came back to his
house, running. And when the wicked neighbor, having gathered
together all that pleased him, saw from afar the master
of the house returning in haste, then he was very wroth
that he could not take all away, and set to breaking and
spoiling all that was there, to destroy all. So that even
if the things might not be his, the other might have nothing.
But immediately the lord of the house came in, and before
the wicked neighbor fulfilled his purpose, he took him
and cast him out of the house. I tell you truly, even
so did Satan enter your bodies which are the habitation
of God. And he took in his power all that he wished to
steal: your breath, your blood, your bone, your flesh,
your bowels, your eyes, and your ears. But by your fasting
and your prayer, you have called back the lord of your
body and his angels. And now Satan sees that the true
lord of your body returns, and that it is the end of his
power. Wherefore, in his wrath he gathers his strength
once again, that he may destroy your bodies before the
coming of the lord. It is for this that Satan torments
you so grievously, for he feels that the end is come.
But let not your hearts tremble, for soon will the angels
of God appear, to occupy again their abodes and rededicate
them as temples of God. And they will seize Satan and
cast him from your bodies with all his diseases and all
his uncleannesses. And happy will you be, for you will
receive the reward of your steadfastness, and you will
never see disease."
And there was among the sick, one that was more tormented
by Satan than all the others. And his body was as parched
as a skeleton, and his skin yellow as a falling leaf.
He was so weak already that he could not, even upon his
hands, crawl to Jesus, and cried only to him from afar:
"Master, have pity on me, for never has man suffered,
not from the beginning of the world, as I do suffer. I
know that you are indeed sent by God, and I know that
if you will, you can be straightway cast out Satan from
my body. Do not the angels of God obey God's messenger?
Come, Master, and cast out Satan from me now, for he rages
angrily within me and grievous is his torment.
And Jesus answered him: "Satan torments you thus
greatly because you have already fasted many days and
you do not pay to him his tribute. You do not pay to him
his tribute. You do not feed him with all the abominations
with which you hitherto defiled the temple of your spirit.
You torment Satan with hunger, and so in his anger he
torments you also. Fear not, for I tell you, Satan will
be destroyed before your body is destroyed; for while
you fast and pray, the angels of God protect your body,
that Satan's power may not destroy you. And the anger
of Satan is impotent against the angels of God."
Then they all came to Jesus and with loud cries besought
him saying: "master, have compassion on him, for
he suffers more than we all, and if you do not at once
cast Satan out of him, we fear he will not live until
tomorrow." And Jesus answered them: "Great is
your faith. Be it according to your faith, and you shall
see soon, face to face, the frightful countenance of Satan,
and the power of the Son of Man. For I will cast out from
you the powerful Satan by the strength of the innocent
lamb of God, the weakest creature of the Lord. For the
holy spirit of God makes more powerful the weakest than
the strongest."
And Jesus milked an ewe which was feeding among the grass.
And he put the milk upon the sand made hot by the sun,
saying: "Lo, the power of the angel of water has
entered this milk. And now the power of the angel of sunshine
will enter it also."
And the milk became hot by the strength of the sun.
" And now the angels of water and of sun will join
with the angel of air." And lo, the vapor of the
hot milk began to rise slowly into the air. ."Come
and breathe in by your mouth the strength of the angels
of water, of sunshine, and of air, that it may come into
your body and cast out the Satan from you."
And the sick man whom Satan tormented did breathe within
himself, deeply, the rising whitish vapor.
" Straightway will Satan leave your body, since for
three days he starves and finds no food within you. He
will come out of you to satisfy his hunger by the hot
steaming milk, for this food finds favor in his sight.
He will smell its smell, and will not be able to resist
the hunger which has tormented him three days already.
But the Son of Man will destroy his body, that he may
torment none else again." Then the sick man's body
was seized with an ague, and he retched as though he would
vomit, but he could not. And he gasped for air, for his
breath was spent. And he fainted on the lap of Jesus.
"Now does Satan leave his body. See him." And
Jesus pointed to the sick man's opened mouth.
And then they all saw with astonishment and terror that
Satan was coming out from his mouth in the shape of an
abominable worm, straight towards the steaming milk. Then
Jesus took two sharp stones in his hands and crushed the
head of Satan, and drew out from the sick man all the
body of the monster which was almost as long as the man.
When the abominable worm came out of the sick man's throat,
he recovered at once his breath, and then all his pains
ceased. And the others looked with terror at the abominable
body of Satan.
" See, what an abominable beast you carried and nourished
in your body for long years. I have cast it out of you
and killed it that it may never again torment you. Give
thanks to God that his angels have made you free, and
sin no more, lest Satan return to you again. Let your
body be henceforth a temple dedicated to your God."
And they were all amazed at his words and at his power.
And they said: "Master, you are indeed God's messenger,
and do know all secrets."
" And you," answered Jesus, "be true Sons
of God, that you also may partake in his power and in
the knowledge of all secrets. For wisdom and power can
come only from the love of God. Love, therefore, your
Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother with all your
heart, and with all your spirit. And serve them, that
their angels may serve you also. Let all your deeds be
sacrificed to God. And feed not Satan, for the wages of
sin is death. But with God lies the reward of the good,
his love, which is knowledge and power of eternal life."
And they all knelt down to give thanks to God for his
love. And Jesus departed, saying: "I will
come again to all who persist in prayer and fasting to
the seventh day. Peace be with you." And
the sick man from whom Jesus had cast out the Satan, stood
up, for the strength of life had come back to him. He
breathed out deeply, and his eyes became clear, for every
pain had left him. And he cast himself down upon the ground
where Jesus had stood, and he kissed the print of his
feet and he wept.
And it was by the bed of a stream, many sick fasted and
prayed with God's angels for seven days and seven nights.
And great was their reward, because they followed Jesus'
words. And with the passing of the seventh day, all their
pains left them. And when the sun rose over the earth's
rim they saw Jesus coming towards them from the mountain,
with the brightness of the rising sun about his head.
" Peace be with you."
And they said no word at all, but only cast themselves
down before him, and touched the hem of his garment in
token of their healing. "Give thanks not to me, but
to your Earthly Mother, who sent you her healing angels.
Go, and sin no more, that you may never again see disease.
And let the healing angels become your guardians."
But they answered him: "Whither should we go, Master,
for with you are the words of eternal life? Tell us, what
are the sins which we must shun, that we may nevermore
see disease?"
Jesus answered: "Be it so according to your faith,"
and he sat down among them, saying: "It was said
to them of old time, 'Honor thy Heavenly Father and thy
Earthly Mother, and do their commandments, that thy days
may be long upon the earth.' And next afterward was given
this commandment, 'Thou shalt not kill,' for life is given
to all by God, and that which God has given, let not man
take away. For-I tell you truly, from one Mother proceeds
all that lives upon the earth. Therefore, he who kills,
kills his brother. And from him will the Earthly Mother
turn away, and will pluck from him her quickening breasts.
And he will be shunned by her angels, and Satan will have
his dwelling in his body. And the flesh of slain beasts
in his body will become his own tomb. For I tell you truly,
he who kills, kills himself, and who eats the flesh of
slain beasts, eats of the body of death. For in his blood
every drop of their blood turns to poison; in his breath
their breath to stink; in his flesh their flesh to boils;
in his bones their bones to chalk; in his bowels their
bowels to decay; in his eyes their eyes to scales; in
his ears their ears to waxy issue. And their death will
become his death. For only in the service of your Heavenly
Father are your debts of seven years forgiven in seven
clays. But Satan forgives you nothing and you must pay
him for all. 'Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand,
foot for foot; burning for burning, wound for wound; life
for life, death for death.' For the wages of sin is death.
Kill not, neither eat the flesh of your innocent prey,
lest you become the slaves of Satan. For that is the path
of sufferings, and it leads unto death. But do the will
of God, that his angels may serve you on the way of life.
Obey, therefore, the words of God: 'Behold, I have given
you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of
all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit
of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of
the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth,
wherein there is breath of life, I give every green herb
for meat. Also the milk of every thing that moveth and
liveth upon earth shall be meat for you; even as the green
herb have I given unto them, so I give their milk unto
you. But flesh, and the blood which quickens it, shall
ye not eat. And, surely, your spurting blood will I require,
your blood wherein is your soul; I will require all slain
beasts, and the souls of all slain men. For I the Lord
thy God am a God strong and jealous, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto
thousands -of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all
thy soul, and with all thy strength: this is the first
and greatest commandment.' And the second is like unto
it: 'Love thy neighbor as thyself' There is none other
commandment greater than these."
And after these words they all remained silent, save one,
who called out: "What am I to do, Master, if I see
a wild beast rend my brother in the forest? Shall I let
my brother perish, or kill the wild beast? Shall not I
thus transgress the law?"
And Jesus answered: "It was said to them of old time:
"All beasts that move upon the earth, all the fish
of the sea, and all the fowl of the air are given into
thy power." I tell you truly, of all creatures living
upon the earth, God created only man after his image.
Wherefore beasts are for man, and not man for beasts.
You do not, therefore, transgress the law if you kill
the wild beast to save your brother's life. For I tell
you truly, man is more than the beast. But he who kills
the beast without a cause, though the beast attack him
not, through lust for slaughter, or for its flesh, or
for its hide, or yet for its tusks, evil is the deed which
he does, for he is turned into a wild beast himself. Wherefore
is his end also as the end of the wild beasts."
Then another said: "Moses, the greatest in Israel,
suffered our forefathers to eat the flesh of clean beasts,
and forbade only the flesh of unclean beasts. Why, therefore,
do you forbid us the flesh of all beasts? Which law comes
from God? That of Moses, or your law?"
And Jesus answered: "God gave, by Moses, ten commandments
to your forefathers. 'These commandments are hard,' said
your forefathers, and they could not keep them. When Moses
saw this, he had compassion on his people, and would not
that they perish. And then he gave them ten times ten
commandments. For he whose feet are strong as the mountain
of Zion, needs no crutches; but he whose limbs do shake,
gets further having crutches, than without them. And Moses
said to the Lord: 'My heart is filled with sorrow, for
my people will be lost. For they are without knowledge,
and are not able to understand thy commandments. They
are as little children who cannot yet understand their
father's words. Suffer, Lord, that I give them other laws,
that they may not perish. if they may not be with thee,
Lord, let them not be against thee; that they may sustain
themselves, and when the time has come, and they are ripe
for thy words, reveal to hem thy laws.' For that did Moses
break the two tablets of stone whereon were written the
ten commandments, and he gave them ten times ten in their
stead. And of these ten times ten the Scribes and Pharisees
have made a hundred times ten commandments. And they have
laid unbearable burdens on your shoulders, that they themselves
do not carry. For the more nigh are the commandments to
God, the less do we need; and the farther they are from
God, then the more do we need. Wherefore are the laws
of the Pharisees and Scribes innumerable; the laws of
the Son of Man seven; of the angels three; and of God
one.
" Therefore, I teach you only those laws which you
can understand, that you may become men, and follow the
seven laws of the Son of Man. Then will the unknown angels
of the Heavenly Father also reveal their laws to you,
that God's holy spirit may descend upon you, and lead
you to his law."
And all were astonished at his wisdom, and asked him:
"Continue, Master, and teach us all the laws which
we can receive." And Jesus continued: "God commanded
your forefathers: 'Thou shalt not kill.' But their heart
was hardened and they killed. Then Moses desired that
at least they should not kill men, and he suffered them
to kill beasts. And then the heart of your forefathers
was hardened yet more, and they killed men and beasts
likewise. But I do say to you: Kill neither men, nor beasts,
nor yet the food which goes into your mouth. For if you
eat living food, the same will quicken you, but if you
kill your food, the dead food will kill you also. For
life comes only from life, and from death comes always
death. For everything which kills your foods, kills your
bodies also. And everything which kills your bodies kills
your souls also. And your bodies become what your foods
are, even as your spirits, likewise, become what your
thoughts are. Therefore, eat not anything which fire,
or frost, or water has destroyed. For burned, frozen and
rotted foods will burn, freeze and rot your body also.
Be not like the foolish husbandman who sowed in his ground
cooked, and frozen, and rotten seeds. And the autumn came,
and his fields bore nothing. And great was his distress.
But be like that husbandman who sowed in his field living
seed, and whose field bore living ears of wheat, paying
a hundredfold for the seeds which he planted. For I tell
you truly, live only by the fire of life, and prepare
not your foods with the fire of death, which kills your
foods, your bodies and your souls also."
" Master, where is the fire of life?" asked
some of them.
" In you, in your blood, and in your bodies."
" And the fire of death?" asked others.
" It is the fire which blazes outside your body,
which is hotter than your blood. With that fire of death
you cook your foods in your homes and in your fields.
I tell you truly, it is the same fire which destroys your
foods and your bodies, even as the fire of malice, which
ravages your thoughts, ravages your spirits. For your
body is that which you eat, and your spirit is that which
you think. Eat nothing, therefore, which a stronger fire
than the fire of life has killed. Wherefore, prepare
and eat all fruits of trees, and all grasses of the fields,
and all milk of beasts good for eating. For all
these are fed and ripened by the fire of life; all are
the gift of the angels of our Earthly Mother. But eat
nothing to which only the fire of death gives savor, for
such is of Satan." "How should we cook our daily
bread without fire, Master?" asked some with great
astonishment.
" Let the angels of God prepare your bread. Moisten
your wheat, that the angel of water may enter it. Then
set it in the air, that the angel of air also may embrace
it. And leave it from morning to evening beneath the sun,
that the angel of sunshine may descend upon it. And the
blessing of the three angels will soon make the germ of
life to sprout in your wheat. Then crush your grain, and
make thin wafers, as did your forefathers when they departed
out of Egypt, the house of bondage. Put them back again
beneath the sun from its appearing, and when it is risen
to its highest in the heavens, turn them over on the other
side that they be embraced there also by the angel of
sunshine, and leave them there until the sun be set. For
the angels of water, of air, and of sunshine fed and ripened
the wheat in the field, and they, likewise, must prepare
also your bread. And the same sun which, with the fire
of life, made the wheat to grow and ripen, must cook your
bread with the same fire. For the fire of the sun gives
life to the wheat, to the bread, and to the body. But
the fire of death kills the wheat, the bread, and the
body. And the living angels of the living God serve only
living men. For God is the God of the living, and not
the God of the dead.
" So eat always from the table of God: the fruits
of the trees, the grain and grasses of the field, the
milk of beasts, and the honey of bees. For everything
beyond these is of Satan, and leads by the way of sins
and of diseases unto death. But the foods which you eat
from the abundant table of God give strength and youth
to your body, and you will never see diseases For the
table of God fed Methuselah of old, and I tell you truly,
if you live even as he lived, then will the God of the
living give you also long life upon the earth as was his.
" For I tell you truly, the God of the living is
richer than all the rich of the earth, and his abundant
table is richer than the richest table of feasting of
all the rich upon the earth. Eat, therefore, all your
life at the table of our Earthly Mother, and you will
never see want. And when you eat at her table, eat all
things even as they are found on the table of the Earthly
Mother. Cook not, neither mix all things one with
another, lest your bowels become as steaming bogs.
For I tell you truly, this is abominable in the eyes of
the Lord. "And be not like the greedy servant, who
always ate up, at the table of his lord, the portions
of others. And he devoured everything himself, and mixed
all together in his gluttony. And seeing that, his lord
was wroth with him, and drove him from the table.
And when all had ended their meal, he mixed together all
that remained upon the table, and called the greedy servant
to him, and said: 'Take and eat all this with the swine,
for your place is with them, and not at my table.' "Take
heed, therefore, and defile not with all kinds of abominations
the temple of your bodies. Be content with two or three
sorts of food, which you will find always upon the table
of our Earthly Mother. And desire not to devour all things
which you see around you. For I tell you truly, if you
mix together all sorts of food in your body, then the
peace of your body will cease, and endless war will rage
in you. And it will be blotted out even as homes and kingdoms
divided against themselves work their own destruction.
For your God is the God of peace, and does never help
division. Arouse not, therefore, against you the wrath
of God, lest he drive you from his table, and lest you
be compelled to go to the table of Satan, where the fire
of sins, diseases, and death will corrupt your body. "And
when you eat, never eat unto fullness. Flee the temptations
of Satan, and listen to the voice of God's angels. For
Satan and his power tempt you always to eat more and more.
But live by the spirit, and resist the desires of the
body. And your fasting is always pleasing in the eyes
of the angels of God. So give heed to how much you have
eaten when your body is sated, and always eat less by
a third.
" Let the weight of your daily food be not less than
a mina, but mark that it go not beyond two. Then will
the angels of God serve you always, and you will never
fall into the bondage of Satan and of his diseases. Trouble
not the work of the angels in your body by eating often.
For I tell you truly, he who eats more than twice in the
clay does in him the work of Satan. And the angels of
God leave his body, and soon Satan will take possession
of it. Eat only when the sun is highest in the heavens,
and again when it is set. And you will never see disease,
for such finds favor in the eyes of the Lord. And if you
will that the angels of God rejoice in your body, and
that Satan shun you afar, then sit but once in the day
at the table of God. And then your days will be long upon
the earth, for this is pleasing in the eyes of the Lord.
Eat always when the table of God is served before you,
and eat always of that which you find upon the table of
God. For I tell you truly, God knows well what your body
needs, and when it needs.
" From the coming of the month of Ijar, eat barley;
from the month of Sivan, eat wheat, the most perfect among
all seed-bearing herbs. And let your daily bread be made
of wheat, that the Lord may take care of your bodies.
From Tammuz, eat the sour grape, that your body may diminish
and Satan may depart from it. in the month of Elul, gather
the grape that the juice may serve you as drink. In the
month of Marchesvan, gather the sweet grape, dried and
sweetened by the angel of sun, that your bodies may increase,
for the angels of the Lord dwell in them. You should eat
figs rich in juice in the months of Ab and Shebat, and
what remain, let the angel of sun keep them for you; eat
them with the meat of almonds in all the months when the
trees bear no fruits. And the herbs which come after rain,
these eat in the month of Thebet, that your blood may
be cleansed of all your sins. And in the same month begin
to eat also the milk of your beasts, because for this
did the Lord give the herbs of the fields to all the beasts
which render milk, that they might with their milk feed
man. For I tell you truly, happy are they that eat only
at the table of God, and eschew all the abominations of
Satan. Eat not unclean foods brought from far countries,
but eat always that which your trees bear. For your God
knows well what is needful for you, and where and when.
And he gives to all peoples of all kingdoms for food that
which is best for each. Eat not as the heathen do, who
stuff themselves in haste, defiling their bodies with
all manner of abominations.
" For the power of God's angels enters into you with
the living food which the Lord gives you from his royal
table. And when you eat, have above you the angel of air,
and below you the angel of water. Breathe long and deeply
at all your meals, that the angel of air may bless your
repasts. And chew well your food with your teeth,
that it become water, and that the angel of water turn
it into blood in your body. And eat slowly, as it were
a prayer you make to the Lord. For I tell you truly, the
power of God enters into you, if you eat after this manner
at his table. But Satan turns into a steaming
bog the body of him upon whom the angels of air and water
do not descend at his repasts. And .the Lord suffers him
no longer at his table. For the table of the Lord is an
altar, and he who eats at the table of God is in a temple.
For I tell you truly, the body of the Son of Man is turned
into a temple, and his inwards into an altar, if he does
the commandments of God. Wherefore, put naught upon the
altar of the Lord when your spirit is vexed, neither think
upon any one with anger in the temple of God. And enter
only into the Lord's sanctuary when you feel in yourselves
the call of his angels, for all that you eat in sorrow,
or in anger, or without desire, becomes a poison in your
body. For the breath of Satan defiles all these. Place
with joy your offerings upon the altar of your body, and
let all evil thoughts depart from you when you receive
into your body the power of God from his table. And never
sit at the table of God before he call you by the angel
of appetite.
" Rejoice, therefore, always with God's angels at
their royal table, for this is pleasing to the heart of
the Lord. And your life will be long upon the earth, for
the most precious of God's servants will serve you all
your days: the angel of joy.
" And forget not that every seventh day is holy and
consecrated to God. On six days feed your body with the
gifts of the Earthly Mother, but on the seventh day sanctify
your body for your Heavenly Father. On the seventh day
eat not any earthly food, but live only on the words of
God, and be all the day with the angels of the Lord in
the kingdom of the Heavenly Father. And on the
seventh day let the angels of God build the kingdom of
the heavens in your body, as you labor for six days in
the kingdom of the Earthly Mother. And let not food
trouble the work of the angels in your body throughout
the seventh day. And God will give you long life
upon earth, that you may have life everlasting in the
kingdom of the heavens.
For I tell you truly, if you see not diseases any more
upon earth, you will live for ever in the kingdom of the
heavens. "And God will send you each morning the
angel of sunshine to wake you from your sleep. Therefore,
obey your Heavenly Father's summons, and lie not idle
in your beds, for the angels of air and water await you
already without. And labor all day long with the angels
of the Earthly Mother that you may come to know them and
their works ever more and more well. But when the sun
is set, and your Heavenly Father sends you his most precious
angel, sleep, then take your rest, and be all the night
with the angel of sleep. And then will your Heavenly Father
send you his unknown angels, that they may be with you
the livelong night. And the Heavenly Father's unknown
angels will teach you many things concerning the kingdom
of God, even as the angels that you know of the Earthly
Mother, instruct you in the things of her kingdom. For
I tell you truly, you will be every night the guests of
the kingdom of your Heavenly Father, if you do his commandments.
And when you wake up upon the morrow, you will feel in
you the power of the unknown angels. And your Heavenly
Father will send them to you every night, that they may
build your spirit, even as every day the Earthly Mother
sends you her angels, that they may build your body. For
I tell you truly, if in the daytime your Earthly Mother
folds you in her arms, and in the night the Heavenly Father
breathes his kiss upon you, then will the Sons of Men
become the Sons of God.
" Resist day and night the temptations of Satan.
Wake not by night, neither sleep by day, lest the angels
of God depart from you. "And take no delight in any
drink, nor in any smoke from Satan, waking you by night
and making you to sleep by day. For I tell you truly,
all the drinks and smokes of Satan are abominations in
the eyes of your God.
" Commit not whoredom, by night or by day, for the
whoremonger is like a tree whose sap runs out from its
trunk. And that tree will be dried up before its time,
nor will it ever bear fruit. Therefore, go not a-whoring,
lest Satan dry up your body, and the Lord make your seed
unfruitful.
" Shun all that is too hot and too cold. For it is
the will of your Earthly Mother that neither heat nor
cold should harm your body. And let not your bodies become
either hotter or colder than as God's angels warm or cool
them. And if you do the commandments of the Earthly Mother,
then as oft as your body becomes too hot, will she send
the angel of coolness to cool you, and as oft as your
body becomes too cold, will she send you the angel of
heat to warm you again.
" Follow the example of all the angels of the Heavenly
Father and of the Earthly Mother, who work day and night,
without ceasing, upon the kingdoms of the heavens and
of the earth. Therefore, receive also into yourselves
the strongest of God's angels, the angel of deeds, and
work all together upon the kingdom of God. Follow the
example of the running water, the wind as it blows, the
rising and setting of the sun, the growing plants and
trees, the beasts as they run and gambol, the wane and
waxing of the moon, the stars as they come and go again;
all these do move, and do perform their labors. For all
which has life does move, and only that which is dead
is still. And God is the God of the living, and Satan
that of the dead. Serve, therefore, the living God, that
the eternal movement of life may sustain you, and that
you may escape the eternal stillness of death. Work, therefore,
without ceasing, to build the kingdom of God, lest you
be cast into the kingdom of Satan. For eternal joy abounds
in the living kingdom of God, but still sorrow darkens
the kingdom of death of Satan. Be, therefore, true Sons
of your Earthly Mother and of your Heavenly Father, that
you fall not as slaves of Satan. And your Earthly Mother
and Heavenly Father will send you their angels to teach,
to love, and to serve you. And their angels will write
the commandments of God in your head, in your heart, and
in your hands, that you may know, feel, and do God's commandments.
" And pray every day to your Heavenly Father and
Earthly mother, that your soul become as perfect as your
Heavenly Father's holy spirit is perfect, and that your
body become as perfect as the body of your Earthly Mother
is perfect. For if you understand, feel, and do the commandments,
then all for which you pray to your Heavenly Father and
your Earthly Mother will be given you. For the wisdom,
the love, and the power of God are above all. "After
this manner, therefore, pray to your Heavenly Father:
Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in
heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive
us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is
the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
"And after this manner pray to your Earthly Mother:
Our Mother which art upon earth, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, and thy will be done in us, as it is
in thee. As thou sendest every day thy angels, send them
to us also. Forgive us our sins, as we atone all our sins
against thee. And lead us not into sickness, but deliver
us from all evil, for thine is the earth, the body, and
the health. Amen.
And they all prayed together with Jesus to the Heavenly
Father and to the Earthly Mother.
And afterwards Jesus spoke thus to them: "Even as
your bodies have been reborn through the Earthly Mother's
angels, may your spirit, likewise, be reborn through the
angels of the Heavenly Father. Become, therefore, true
Sons of your Father and of your Mother, and true Brothers
of the Sons of Men. Till now you were at war with your
Father, with your Mother, and with your Brothers. And
you have served Satan. From today live at peace with your
Heavenly Father, and with your Earthly Mother, and with
your Brothers, the Sons of Men. And fight only against
Satan, lest he rob you of your peace. I give the peace
of your Earthly Mother to your body, and the peace of
your Heavenly Father to your spirit. And let the peace
of both reign among the Sons of Men.
" Come to me, all that are weary and that suffer
in strife and affliction! For my peace will strengthen
you and comfort you. For my peace is exceeding full of
joy. Wherefore do I always greet you after this manner:
'Peace be with you!' Do you always, therefore, so greet
one another, that upon your body may descend the peace
of your Earthly Mother, and upon your spirit the peace
of your Heavenly Father. And then you will find peace
also among yourselves, for the kingdom of God is within
you. And now return to your Brothers with whom hitherto
you were at war, and give your peace to them also. For
happy are they that strive for peace, for they will find
the peace of God. Go, and sin no more. And give to every
one your peace, even as I have given my peace unto you.
For my peace is of God. Peace be with you."
And he left them. And his peace descended upon them; and
in their heart the angel of love, in their head the wisdom
of law, and in their hands the power of rebirth, they
went forth among the Sons of Men, to bring the light of
peace to those that warred in darkness.
And they parted, wishing one to another: "PEACE BE
WITH YOU.
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