diff --git "a/resources/gnostic/The ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE Book Three_djvu.txt" "b/resources/gnostic/The ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE Book Three_djvu.txt" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/resources/gnostic/The ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE Book Three_djvu.txt" @@ -0,0 +1,3882 @@ +The ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE +BOOK THREE + + +Lost Scrolls of the Essene Brotherhood + + +The Original Hebrew and Aramaic Texts +Translated and edited by +EDMOND BORDEAUX SZEKELY +MCMLXXxI +INTERNATIONAL BIOGENIC SOCIETY +Book Design by Golondrina Graphics +Copyright @ 1981, by the International Biogenic Society +Printed In the United States of America-All Rights Reserved + + +Now we have proudly separated ourselves from Nature, and the spirit of Pan is dead. Men's souls +are scattered beyond the hope of unity, and the sword of formal creeds sharply separates them +everywhere. To live in harmony with the Universe made life the performance of a majestic +ceremony; to live against it was to creep aside into a cul de sac. Yet, even now, whispers of +change are stealing over the face of the world once more. Like another vast dream beginning, +man's consciousness is slowly spreading outwards once again. Some voice from the long ago is +divinely trumpeting across our little globe. To that voice, I dedicate this book. + +E.B.S. + + +PREFACE + + +This third book of the Essene Gospel of Peace is a collection of texts of great spiritual, literary, +philosophical and poetical value, created by two powerful, interwoven streams of tradition. + + +Chronologically, the first is the stream of traditions to which the Hebrew people were exposed in +the Babylonian prison, dating from the Gilgamesh Epics to the Zend Avesta of Zarathustra. The +second is the stream of traditions flowing with poetical majesty through the Old and New +Testaments, dating from the ageless Enoch and the other Patriarchs, through the Prophets and on +to the mysterious Essene Brotherhood. + + +In the buried library of the Essene Brotherhood at the Dead Sea, where the greatest number of +scrolls were found, the texts of these two streams of traditions were very much interwoven. They +follow each other in a strange succession: the powerful cubistic simplicity of the first juxtaposed +with the majestic, expressionist poetry of the second. + + +The original texts of this collection may be classified into three approximate groups: about +seventy percent of them are completely different from the ancient Sacred Books of the Avestas +and the Old and New Testaments; twenty percent are similar, and ten percent are identical. + + +My desire in presenting this collection was to abstain from dry philological and exegetical +interpretations, and instead to concentrate on their spiritual and poetical values, more attractive +to twentieth century man. I tried to follow the style of my French translation of the first book of +the Essene Gospel of Peace, which has now been published in seventeen languages, and has been +distributed in over 200,000 copies.* + + +I hope this Book Three will be as successful as Book One, and thus continue to bring these +ageless inspirations to our disoriented century, guiding us, per secula seculorum, toward greater +and greater light. + + +EDMOND BORDEAUX SZEKELY + + +*As of this printing in 1986, Book One of The Essene Gospel of Peace has been published in +twenty-five languages, and distributed in over one million copies. + + +INTRODUCTION + + +From the remote ages of antiquity a remarkable teaching has existed which is universal in its +application and ageless in its wisdom. Fragments of it are found in Sumerian hieroglyphs and on +tiles and stones dating back some eight or ten thousand years. Some of the symbols, such as for +the sun, moon, air, water and other natural forces, are from an even earlier age preceding the +cataclysm that ended the Pleistocene period. How many thousands of years previous to that the +teaching existed is unknown. + + +To study and practice this teaching is to reawaken within the heart of every man an intuitive +knowledge that can solve his individual problems and the problems of the world. + + +Traces of the teaching have appeared in almost every country and religion. Its fundamental +principles were taught in ancient Persia, Egypt, India, Tibet, China, Palestine, Greece and many +other countries. But it has been transmitted in its most pure form by the Essenes, that mysterious +brotherhood which lived during the last two or three centuries B.C. and the first century of the +Christian era at the Dead Sea in Palestine and at Lake Mareotis in Egypt. In Palestine and Syria +the members of the brotherhood were known as Essenes and in Egypt as Therapeutae, or healers. + + +The esoteric part of their teaching is given in the Tree of Life, the Essene Communions with the +Angels, and the Sevenfold Peace, among others. The exoteric or outer teaching appears in Book +One of "The Essene Gospel of Peace" and the recently discovered Dead Sea Scrolls. + + +The origin of the brotherhood is said to be unknown, and the derivation of the name is uncertain. +Some believe it comes from Esnoch, or Enoch, and claim him to be their founder, their +Communions with the angelic world having first been given to him. + + +Others consider the name comes from Esrael, the elects of the people to whom Moses brought +forth the Communions at Mount Sinai where they were revealed to him by the angelic world. + + +But whatever their origin, it is certain that the Essenes existed for a very long time as a +brotherhood, perhaps under other names in other lands.The teaching appears in the Zend Avesta +of Zarathustra, who translated it into a way of life that was followed for thousands of years. it +contains the fundamental concepts of Brahmanism, the Vedas and the Upanishads; and the Yoga +systems of India sprang from the same source. Buddha later gave forth essentially the same basic +ideas and his sacred Bodhi tree is correlated with the Essene Tree of Life. In Tibet the teaching +once more found expression in the Tibetan Wheel of Life. + + +The Pythagoreans and Stoics in ancient Greece also followed the Essene principles and much of +their way of life. The same teaching was an element of the Adonic culture of the Phoenicians, of +the Alexandrian School of Philosophy in Egypt, and contributed greatly to many branches of +Wester culture, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, the Kabala and Christianity. Jesus interpreted it in its +most sublime and beautiful form in the seven Beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount. + + +The Essenes lived on the shores of lakes and rivers, away from cities and towns, and practiced a +communal way of life, sharing equally in everything. They were mainly agriculturists and +arboriculturists, having a vast knowledge of crops, soil and climatic conditions which enabled +them to grow a remarkable variety of fruits and vegetables in comparatively desert areas and +with a minimum of labor. + + +They had no servants or slaves and were said to have been the first people to condemn slavery +both in theory and practice. There were no rich and no poor amongst them, both conditions being +considered by them as deviations from the Law. They established their own economic system, +based wholly on the Law, and showed that all man's food and material needs can be attained +without struggle, through knowledge of the Law. + + +They spent much time in study both of ancient writings and special branches of learning, such as +education, healing and astronomy. They were said to be the heirs of Chaldean and Persian +astronomy and the Egyptian arts of healing. They were adept in prophecy for which they +prepared by prolonged fasting. in the use of plants and herbs for healing man and beast they were +likewise proficient. + + +They lived a simple regular life, rising each day before sunrise to study and commune with the +forces of nature, bathing in cold water as a ritual and donning white garments. After their daily +labor in the fields and vineyards they partook of their meals in silence, preceding and ending +them with prayer. In their profound respect for all living things they never touched flesh foods, +nor did they drink fermented liquids. Their evenings were devoted to study and communion with +the heavenly forces. + + +Evening was the beginning of their day, and their Sabbath, or holy day, began on Friday evening, +the first day of their week. This day was given to study, discussion, the entertaining of visitors +and the playing of certain musical instruments, relics of which have been discovered. + + +Their way of life enabled them to live to advanced ages of 120 years or more and they were said +to have marvelous strength and endurance. In all their activities they expressed creative love. + + +They sent out healers and teachers from the brotherhoods, amongst whom were Elijah, John the +Baptist, John the Beloved and the great Essene Master, Jesus. + + +Membership in the brotherhood was attainable only after a probationary period of a year and +three years of initiatory work, followed by seven more years before being admitted to the full +inner teaching. + + +Records of the Essene way of life have come down to us from the writings of their +contemporaries. Pliny the Roman naturalist, Philo the Alexandrian philosopher, Josephus the +Roman historian, Solanius and others, spoke of them variously as "a race by themselves, more +remarkable than any other in the world," "the oldest of the initiates, receiving their teaching from +Central Asia," "teaching perpetuated through an immense space of ages," "constant and +unalterable holiness." + + +Some of the outer teaching is preserved in Aramaic text in the Vatican in Rome. Some in Slavic +text was found in the possession of the Habsburgs in Austria and said to have been brought out +of Asia in the thirteenth century by Nestorian priests fleeing the hordes of Genghis Khan. + + +Echoes of the teaching exist today in many forms, in certain rituals of the Masonic order, in the +symbol of the seven-branched candlestick, in the greeting "Peace be with you," used from the +time of Moses, and even in the seven days of the week, which have long since lost their original +spiritual meaning. + +From its antiquity, its persistence through the ages, it is evident the teaching could not have been +the concept of any individual or any people, but is the interpretation, by a succession of great +Teachers, of the Law of the universe, the basic Law, eternal and unchanging as the stars in their +courses, the same now as two or ten thousand years ago, and as applicable today as then. + + +The teaching explains the Law, shows how man's deviations from it are the cause of all his +troubles, and gives the method by which he can find his way out of his dilemma. + + +THE SEVENFOLD VOW + + +I want to and will do my best + + +To live like the Tree of Life, + + +Planted by the Great Masters Of our Brotherhood. +With my Heavenly Father, +Who planted the Eternal Garden of the Universe +And gave me my spirit; +With my Earthly Mother +Who planted the Great Garden of the Earth +And gave me my body; +With my brothers +Who are working in the Garden of our Brotherhood. +I want to and will do my best +To hold every morning my Communions +With the Angels of the Earthly Mother, +And every evening +With the Angels of the Heavenly Father, +As established by +The Great Masters Of our Brotherhood. +I want to and will do my best +To follow the Path of the Sevenfold Peace. +I want to and will do my best +To perfect my body which acts, +My body which feels, +And my body which thinks, + + +According to the Teachings + + +Of the Great Masters of our Brotherhood. +I will always and everywhere obey with reverence +My Master, +Who gives me the Light +Of the Great Masters of all times. +I will submit to my Master +And accept his decision or complaints I may have on whatever differences +Against any of my brothers working in the Garden of the Brotherhood; +And I shall never take any complaint against a brother +To the outside world. +I will always and everywhere keep secret +All the traditions of our Brotherhood +Which my Master will tell me; + +I never reveal to anyone these secrets + +Without the permission of my Master. + +I will never claim as my own my own + +The knowledge received from my Master +And I will always give credit to him +For all this knowledge. +I will never use the knowledge and power I have gained +Through initiation from my Master +For material or selfsh purposes. + + +I enter the Eternal and Infinite Garden + + +with reverence to the Heavenly Father, +To the Earthly mother, +And to the Great masters, +Reverence to the Holy, +Pure and Saving Teaching, + + +Reverence to the Brotherhood of the Elect. + + +THE ESSENE WORSHIP +PROLOGUE +When God saw that his people would perish +Because they did not see the Light of Life, +He chose the best of Israel, + +So that they might make the Light of Life + +To shine before the sons of men, +And those chosen were called Essenes, +Because they taught the ignorant +And healed the sick, +And they gathered on the eve of every seventh day + + +To rejoice with the Angels. + + +WORSHIP + + +ELDER: Earthly Mother, give us the Food of Life! + + +BROTHERS: We will eat the Food of Life! + + +ELDER: Angel of Sun, give us the Fire of Life! + +BROTHERS: We will perpetuate the Fire of Life! + +ELDER: Angel of Water, give us the Water of Life! + +BROTHERS: We will bathe in the Water of Life! + +ELDER: Angel of Air give us the Breath of Life! + +BROTHERS: We will breathe the Air of Life! + +ELDER: Heavenly Father, Give us thy Power! + +BROTHERS: We will build the Kingdom of God with the Power of the Heavenly Father! +ELDER: Heavenly Father, Give us Thy Love! + +BROTHERS: We will fill our hearts with the Love of the Heavenly Father! +ELDER: Heavenly Father, give us thy Wisdom! + +BROTHERS: We will follow the Wisdom of the Heavenly Father! +ELDER: Heavenly Father, give us Eternal Life! + +BROTHERS: We will live like the Tree of Eternal Life! + +ELDER: Peace be with thee! + + +BROTHERS: Peace be with thee! + + +THE ANGEL OF SUN + + +Up! Rise up and roll along! Thou immortal, shining, +Swift-steeded Angel of Sun! + +Above the Mountains! + +Produce Light for the World! + + +Angel of Sun, thou art the Fountain of Light: + + +Thou dost Pierce the darkness. + +Open thou the gate of the horizon! + +The Angel of Sun doth dwell far above the earth, +Yet do her rays fill our days with life and warmth. +The chariot of the morning doth bring the light +Of the rising sun + +And maketh glad the hearts Of men. + +The Angel of Sun doth illumine our path + +With rays of splendor. + +Angel of Sun! + +Dart forth thy rays upon me! + +Let them touch me; let them penetrate me! + +I give myself to thee and thy embrace, + +Blessed with the fire of life! + +A molten flood of holy joy + +Flows toward me from thee! + +Onward to thee, Angel of Sun! + +As no man can look upon the sun with naked eyes, +So no man can see God face to face, + +Lest he be consumed by the flames + +Which guard the Tree of Life. + +Study, then, the Holy Law: + + +For the face of the Sun and the face of God + + +Can be seen only by the one who hath within him +The Revelation of the Law. + +Thinkest thou that death is an end? + +Thy thoughts are foolish as those of a child + +Who sees dark sky and falling rain + +And cries that there is no sun. + +Wouldst thou grow strong in the Law? + +Be, then, as the sun at noonday, + +Which shineth with light and warmth on all men, +And giveth freely and abundantly of her golden glory. +Then shall the Fountain of Light flow back to thee, +As the Sun is never without light, + +For it floweth freely, without restraint. + +And when the Sun riseth, Then the Earth, made by the Creator, +Becometh clean, The running waters become pure, +The waters of the wells become pure, + +The waters of the sea become pure, + +The standing waters become pure, + +All the Holy Creatures become pure. + +It is through brightness and glory + +That man is born who listens well + +To the Holy Words of the Law, + + +Whom Wisdom holds dear.Through their brightness and gloryDoth the Sun go his way, Through +their brightness and gloryDoth the Moon go her way,Through their brightness and glory + + +Do the Stars go their way unto the immortal, shining, swift-steeded SunLet there be invocation +with sacrifice and prayer. + + +When the Light of the Sun waxeth brighter, +When the brightness of the Sun waxeth warmer, +Then do the heavenly forces arise. +They pour their Glory upon the Earth, +Made by the Heavenly Father,For the increase of the Children of Light, + + +For the increase of the immortal, Shining, swift-steeded Sun. He who offers up a sacrifice Unto +the immortal, shining, swift-steeded Sun, + + +To withstand darkness, To withstand death that creeps in unseen, +offereth it up unto the Heavenly Father, +offereth it up unto the Angels, + + +offereth it up unto his own soul. He rejoiceth all the heavenly and earthly forces Who offereth up +a sacrifice + + +Unto the immortal, shining, swift-steeded Sun. +I will sacrifice unto that friendship, +The best of all friendships, +That reign between the Angel of Sun +And the sons of the Earthly Mother. +I bless the Glory and Light, +The Strength and the Vigor, + + +Of the immortal, shining, swift-steeded Angel of Sun. + + +THE ANGEL OF WATER + + +From the Heavenly Sea + + +the Waters run and flow forward +from the never-failing Springs. + + +To the dry and barren desertHave the Brothers brought the Angel of Water:That she might bring +forth a garden and a green place, + + +Tree-filled and fragrant with flowers.Cast thyself into the enfolding arms Of the Angel of +Water:For she shall cast out from theeAll that is unclean and evil.Let my love flow toward thee, +Heavenly Father, + + +As the river flows to the sea.And let thy love flow to me, Heavenly Father, + + +A s the gentle rain doth kiss the earth.As a river through the forest Is the Holy Law.All creatures +depend on it,And it denieth nothing to any being.The Law is to the world of men + + +What a great river is to streams and brooks. +As rivers Of water in a dry place +Are the Brothers who bringeth the Holy Law + + +To the world of men.In water mayest thou drown,And in water mayest thou quench thy +thirst. Thus is the Holy Law a two-edged sword: + + +By the Law mayest thou destroy thyself, +And by the Law mayest thou see God. +Heavenly Father! +From thy Heavenly Sea flow all the Waters +That spread over all the seven Kingdoms. +This Heavenly Sea of thine aloneGoeth on bringing Waters +Both in summer and winter and in all seasons. +This Sea of thine purifteth the seed in males, +The womb in females,The milk in female's breasts. Thy Heavenly Sea floweth down unrestrained +Unto the big-seeded corn fields, Unto the small-seeded pasture fields, + + +And unto the whole of the Earthly World. + + +A thousand pure Springs run toward the pastures +That give food to the Children of Light. +If any one shall sacrifice unto thee, +O thou holy Angel of Water!To that one dost thou give both splendor and glory, +With health and with vigor of the body. +To him dost thou give a long enduring life, +And the Heavenly Sea, thereafter. +We worship all the holy waters +Which do quench the thirst of the earth, + +All the holy waters that the Creator hath made, +And all the plants which the Creator hath made, +All of which are holy. + +We do worship the Water of Life, + +And all waters upon the earth, + +Whether standing, or running, or waters of the well, +Or spring-waters which perennially flow, + +Or the blessed drippings of the rains, + +We do sacrifice unto the good and holy waters +Which the Law hath created. + +Let the sea roar, and all the waters, + +The world, and they that dwell therein. + +Let the floods clap their hands, + + +Let the hills be joyful together. + + +The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: +The God of Glory thundereth. +Heavenly Father! and thou, Angel of Water! +We are thankful to thee, and we bless thy name. +A flood of love welleth up +From the hidden places beneath the earth: +The Brotherhood is blessed forever + + +In the Holy Water of Life. + + +THE ANGEL OF AIR + + +We worship the Holy Breath +Which is placed higher than +All the other things created; +And we worship +The most true Wisdom. + +In the midst of the fresh air of the forest and fields, +There shalt thou find the Angel of Air. +Patiently she waits for thee +To quit the dank and crowded holes of the city. +Seek her, then, and quaff deeply +Of the healing draught which she doth offer thee. +Breathe long and deeply, + + +That the Angel of Air may be brought within you. + + +For the rhythm of thy breath is the key of knowledge +Which doth reveal the Holy Law. +The Angel of Air +Doth soar on invisible wings: +Yet thou must walk her unseen path +I f thou wouldst see the face of God. +Sweeter than the finest nectar +Of honeyed pomegranate +Is the fragrance of the wind +In the grove of cypress. +Sweeter still the scent of the godly, +Who do revere and teach the Holy Law. +Holy is the Angel of Air, +Who doth cleanse all that is unclean +And giveth to all evil-smelling things a sweet odor. +Come on, come on, O clouds! +From above down on to the earth, +By thousands of drops, +Through their brightness and glory the winds blow, +Driving down the clouds +Toward the never-failing springs. +Vapors rise up from the vales of the mountains, + + +Nursed by the wind along the trail of the Law + + +Which increaseth the kingdom of Light. + +The Heavenly Father hath made the earth by his power, +He hath established the world by his wisdom, +And hath stretched out the heavens by his will. +When he uttereth his voice, + +There is a multitude of waters in the heavens, +And he causeth the vapors to ascend +From the ends of the earth; + +He maketh lightnings with rain, + +And bringeth forth the wind out of his breath. + +As the sea is the gathering place of the waters, +Rising up and going down, + +Up the aerial way and down on to the earth, +And up again the aerial way: + +Thus rise, up and roll along! — + +And for whose rising and growing +Tle Heavenly Father +Hath made the eternal and sovereign luminous Space. +No man may come before the Face of God +Whom the Angel of Air letteth not pass. + +Thy body must breathe the air of the Earthly Mother, +As thy spirit must breathe the Holy Law + + +Of the Heavenly Father. + + +The Angel Of Earth +We invoke the Abundant Earth! +That possesseth Health and Happiness +And is more powerful +Than all its Creatures. + +This wide earth do we praise, +Expanded far with paths, + +The productive, the full-bearing, +Thy mother, holy plant! + +We praise the lands where thou dost grow, +Sweet scented, swiftly spreading, + +The good growth of the Earthly Mother. +We praise the good, the strong, the beneficent +Angel of Earth, + +Who doth rejoice in the dew of heaven, +The fatness of the earth, + +And the abundant harvest Of corn and grapes. +We praise the high mountains, + +Rich in pastures and in waters, + +Upon which run the many streams and rivers. +We praise the holy plants of the Angel of Earth, + + +Which grow up from the ground, + + +To nourish animals and men, + +To nourish the Children of Light. +The earth is the strong Preserver, +The holy Preserver, the Maintainer! +We praise the strength and vigor +Of the powerful Preserver, the earth, +Created by the Heavenly Father! +We praise the healers of the earth, + +They who know the secrets of the herbs and plants; +To the healers hath the Angel of Earth +Revealed her ancient knowledge. + +The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth, +And he that is wise shall use them. + +Was not the water made sweet with wood, +That the virtue thereof might be known? +And to certain of the brothers he hath given skill, +That the Law Thigh t be honored and fulfilled. +With such do they heal men, + +And taketh away their pains, + +And of their works there is no end; + +And from them is peace over all the earth. +Then give place to the healers, and honor them, + + +For the Heavenly Father hath created them: + + +Let them not go from thee, for thou hast need of them. +We praise the tillers of the soil, +Who work together in the Garden of the Brotherhood, +In the fields which the Lord hath blessed: +He who would till the earth, +With the left arm and with the right, + +Unto him will she bring forth plenty of fruit, +And wholesome green plants and golden grain. +Sweetness and fatness will flow out from that land +And from those fields, + +Along with health and healing, + +With fulness and increase and plenty. + +He who sows corn, grass and fruit +Soweth the Holy Law: + +He maketh the Law of the Creator to progress. +When all the earth shall be a garden, + +Then shall all the bodily world become free +From old age and death, from corruption and rot, +Forever and forever. + +Mercy and truth shall be met together, +Righteousness and peace shall kiss each other, +Truth shall spring out of the earth, + + +And glory shall dwell in our land. + + +THE ANGEL OF LIFE + + +Be not ungrateful to thy Creator, +for he hath given thee Life. +Seek not the law in thy scriptures, for the law is Life, +Whereas the scriptures are only words. +I tell thee 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. + +It is found in the grass, in the trees, + +In the river, in the mountains, in the birds of heaven, +In the forest creatures and the fishes of the sea; +But it is found chiefly in thyselves. + +All living things are nearer to God +Than the scriptures which are without life. + +God so made life and all living things +That they might by the everliving word +Teach the laws of the Heavenly Father +And the Earthly Mother + + +To the sons of men. + + +God wrote not the laws in the pages of books, +But in thy heart and in thy spirit. +They are in thy breath, thy blood, thy bone; +In thy flesh, thine eyes, thine ears, + +And in every little part of thy body. +They 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 thee +That thou mayest understand the tongue and the will +of the living God., + +And scriptures are the works of man +But life and all its hosts are the work of God. +First, O Great Creator! + +Thou didst create the Heavenly Powers +And thou didst reveal the Heavenly Laws! +Thou gavest unto us understanding +From thine own mind +And thou madst our bodily life. +Weare grateful, Heavenly Father, + +For all thy manifold gifts of life: + +For the precious things of heaven, + + +For the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, + + +For the precious things put forth by the moon, +For the great things of the ancient mountains +For the precious things of the lasting hills, +And for the precious things of the earth. +We are grateful, Heavenly Father, + +For the vigor of health, health of the body, +Wise, bright and clear-eyed, with swiftness of foot, +Quick hearing of the ears, strength of the arms +And eye-sight of the eagle. + +For all the manifold gifts of Life, + +We do worship the Fire of Life, + +And the Holy Light of the Heavenly Order. +We do worship the Fire, + +The good and the friendly, + +The Fire of Life! + +The most beneficial and the most helpful, +The Fire of Life! + +The most supporting, the most bountiful, +That Fire which is the House of the Lord! +Behold now the Child of Light +Who doth commune with the Angel of Life: +Lo now, his strength is in his loins, + + +And his force is in the muscles of his chest. + + +He moveth his legs like a cedar: + +7he sinews of his thighs are knit together. +His bones are as tubes of brass, +His limbs are like bars of iron. + +He doth eat of the table of the Earthly Mother, +The grass of the field and the waters of the stream +Do nourish him; + +Surely the mountains bring him forth food. +Blessed is his strength and beauty, + +For he do th serve the Law. + +A Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit +Is the body in which the Fire of Life +Doth bum with eternal Light. + +We thank thee, Heavenly Father, + +For thou hast put us at a source of running streams +At a living spring in a land of drought, +Watering an etemal garden of wonders, +7he Tree of Life, mystery of mysteries, +Growing everlasting branches for eternal planting +To sink their roots into the stream of Life + + +From an eternal source. + + +THE ANGEL OF JOY + + +The heavens smile, the earth celebrates, +the morning stars sing together, +and all the Children of Light shout for Joy. + +O sing unto the Heavenly Father a new song: +Sing unto the Earthly Mother, all the earth. +Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, +Let the sea roar, and the fulness of Eternal Life. +Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: +Then shall all the trees of the wood +Rejoice before the Holy Law. + +Sing unto the Heavenly Father, + +All ye heavens of heavens, + +And ye waters that be above the heavens, +All mountains and all hills, + +Stormy wind fulfilling his word, +Fruitful trees and all cedars, + +Beasts and all cattle, + +Creeping things and flying fowl, + +Kings of the earth and all people, +Princes and all judges of the earth: +Young men and maidens, old men and children, +Let them sing unto the Heavenly Father with Joy. + + +Sing unto the Lord with the harp, and voice of a psalm. + + +With trumpets and sound of pipes +Make a joyful noise before the Angels. +Let the floods clap their hands: + +Let the hills be joyful together before the Lord. +Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. +Serve the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother +With gladness and joy: + +Come before their presence with singing. +The spirit of the Holy Law is upon me, +Because the Elders have anointed me +To preach good tidings unto the meek. +They have sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, +To proclaim liberty to the captives, + +And the opening of the prison to them that are bound; +To comfort all that mourn, + +To send unto them the holy Angel of Joy, + +To give unto them beauty for ashes, + +The oil of joy for mourning, + +The garment of Light for the spirit of heaviness, +For weeping may endure for a night, + +But joy cometh in the morning. + +The people that walked in darkness + + +Shall see a great light, + + +And they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, +Upon them shall shine the light of the Holy Law. +Drop down, ye heavens, from above, + +And let the skies pour down happiness. + +Let the people of sadness go out with joy, +And be led forth with peace: + +Let the mountains and the hills +Break forth before them into singing, + +That they might partake of the holy celebration, +And eat of the fruit of the Tree of Life, +Which standeth in the Eternal Sea +The sun shall be no more their light by day, +Neither for brightness +Shall the moon give light unto them: + +But the Law shall be unto them an everlasting light, +And the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother +Shall be their eternal glory. + +Their sun shall no more go down, +Neither shall their moon withdraw itself.. + +For the Law shall be their everlasting light, +And the days of their mourning shall be ended. +I will greatly rejoice in the Holy Law, + + +My soul shall be joyful in the Angels; + + +For they have clothed me in garments of light, +They have covered me with robes of joy. +As the earth bringeth forth her bud, + +And as the garden causeth its seeds to spring forth, +So the Heavenly Father will cause the Holy Law +To spring forth with gladness and joy +Before all the Children of Light. + +In the Garden of the Brotherhood, + +All the earth shines with holiness and abundant joy, +For there are the seeds of the Holy Law sown. +The Law is the best of all good +For the Children of Light: + +It giveth unto them brightness and glory, +Health and strength of the body, + +Long life in communion with the Angels, +And eternal and unending joy. + +We will sing unto the Heavenly Father, + +And unto the Earthly Mother, + +And unto all the Angels, + +As long as we live in the Garden of the Brotherhood: +We will sing praise unto the Holy Law + + +Forever and forever. + + +THE EARTHLY MOTHER + + +Honor thy Earthly Mother, +that thy days may be long upon the land. +The Earthly Mother is in thee, and thou in her. +She bore thee; she giveth thee life. + +It was she who gaveth thee thy body, +And to her shalt thou one day give it back again. +Happy art thou when thou comest to know her +And her kingdom. + +If thou receivest thy Mother's angels +And if thou doest her laws, + +Who doeth these things shall never see disease. +For the power of our Mother is above all. +She hath rule over all the bodies of men +And all living things. + +The blood 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 the 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 +in the tops of the mountains, +They 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 waxeth yellow and red in the fruits of the trees, +And nurtures us in the furrows of the fields. +The light of our eyes, +The hearing of our ears, + + +Both are born of the colors and sounds + + +Of our Earthly Mother; +Which enclose us about +As the waves of the sea a fish, +As the eddying air a bird. + +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. +Thou art one with the Earthly Mother; +She is in thee, and thou in her. + +Of her wert thou born, in her dost thou live, +And to her shalt thou return again. +Keep, therefore, her laws, + +For none can live long, neither be happy, +But he who honors his Earthly Mother +And doeth her laws. + +For thy breath is her breath, Thy blood her blood, +Thy bone her bone, + +Thy flesh her flesh, + +Thy eyes and thy ears, + +Are her eyes and her ears. + + +our Earthly Mother! + + +Always are we embraced by her, +Always are w surrounded by her beauty. +Never can we part from her; + +Never can we know her depths. + +Ever doth she create new forms: + +That which now existeth never was before. +That which did exist returneth not again. +In her kingdom all is ever new, and always old. +In her midst do we live, yet we know her not. +Continually doth she speak to us, + +Yet never doth betray to us her secrets. +Ever do we till her soil and harvest her crops, +Yet we have no power over her. + +Ever doth she build, ever doth she destroy, +and her work lace is hidden from the eyes of men. +For none can live long, neither be happy, +But he who honors his Earthly Mother +And doeth her laws, + +For thy breath is her breath, + +Thy blood her blood, + +Thy bone her bone, + +Thy flesh her flesh, + + +Thy eyes and thy ears, + + +Are her eyes and her ears. +our Earthly Mother! + +Always are we embraced by her, +Always are we surrounded by her beauty. +Never can we part from her; + +Never can we know her depths. + +Ever doth she create new forms: + +That which now existeth never was before. +That which did exist returneth not again. + +In her kingdom all is ever new, and always old. +In her -midst do we live, yet we know her not. +Continually doth she speak to us, + +Yet never doth betray to us her secrets. +Ever do we till her soil and harvest her crops, +Yet we have no power over her. + +Ever doth she build, ever doth she destroy, + + +And her workplace is hidden from the eyes of men. + + +THE ANGEL OF POWER + + +Thine, O Heavenly Father! +was the Power, when thou didst order +a Path for each of us and all. + + +What is the Deed well done? + + +It is that done by the Children of Light +Who regard the Law as before all other things. +The best of all gifts, therefore, + +Do I beseech of thee, O thou best of beings, +Heavenly Father! + +That the Holy Law shall rule within us +Through thy Angel of Power! + +I do approach thee with my invocations, +That thy great gifts of power +Will protect thy Heavenly Order, + +And thy creative mind within us, forever. +We will extol thee, Heavenly Father, + +O almighty king! + +And we will bless thy power forever and ever. +So long as we be able and may have the power, +So long will we teach the people +Concerning these Deeds to be done by them +With faith toward the Heavenly Father, +The Earthly Mother, the holy Angels, +And all the Children of Light +Who till the soil of the Garden of the Brotherhood, +And in the desire for the coming of the Heavenly Orc + + +Into their souls and their bodies. + + +Thine, O Heavenly Father! was the Power, +Yea, thine, O Creator of Love! +Was the understanding and the spirit, + +When thou didst order a path for each of us and all. +Through thy Power shall we go unto the people, +And teach them, saying, Trust in the Law, + +And walk in the ways of the holy Angels, + +So shalt thou dwell in the land, + +And verily thou shalt be fed from the feast table of the Earthly Mother. +Delight thyself also in the Power of the Heavenly Father, +And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. +Let not arrogancy come out of thy mouth: + +For the Heavenly Father doth rule by the holy Law, +And by him actions are weighed. + +He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. +The Power of the Law maketh poor, and maketh rich: +His Power bringeth low, and lifteth up. + +He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, + +And lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, +And maketh them inherit the throne of glory. +out of heaven shall he thunder +Upon the children of darkness: + + +The Lord shall judge with Power the ends of the earth. + + +Hear the voices of the Brothers +Who cry out in the wilderness and barren desert: +Prepare ye the way of the Law, +Make straight the paths of the Heavenly Father, +And the Earthly Mother, +And all the holy Angels of the day and of the night. +Every valley shall be filled, + +And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; +And the crooked shall be made straight, +And the rough ways shall be made smooth, +And all flesh shall see the Power of the Law. +We extol thee, Heavenly Father, + +For thou hast lifted us up. + +O Lord, our Almighty Powerful Father, + +We cried unto thee, and thou hast healed us. +From the grave thou hast brought up +The souls of the people; + +Thou hast kept them alive, + +That they should not go down to the pit. + +O Heavenly Father, thou art the Law; +Early and late will we seek thy Angels: + +Our souls thirsteth for the Law, + + +Our flesh longeth for the Law. + + +A river of holy Power is the Law +In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. +Our lips shall praise thy Power while we live, +We will lift up our hands in thy name. +We will preserve, we will nurture thy Heavenly Order +Through the fulfillment of Deeds. +We will invoke and pronounce by day and by night +Thy holy Power, +And that Power shall come to help us; +It will be as if there were a thousand angels +Watching over one man. +Unto thee, Heavenly Father, belongeth all Power, +And also unto thee belongeth mercy: +For the holy Law doth render to every man + + +According to his work. + + +THE ANGEL OF LOVE + + +Love is stronger +than the currents of deep waters. +Love is stronger than death. +Beloved, let us love one another: +For love is of the Heavenly Father: + + +And every one that loveth is born + + +Of the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother, +And knoweth the Angels. +Ye shall love one another, +As the Heavenly Father hath loved you. + + +For the Heavenly Father is love:And he that dwelleth in loveDwelleth in the Heavenly +Father,And the Heavenly Father in him.Let him that love him be as the sun + + +When he goeth forth in his might. +Brothers, be ye all of one mind, +Having endless love and compassion one for another. +Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge +Against the children of thy people,But thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself if a man say, +I love the Heavenly Father, but hate my brother, + + +He is a liar:For he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, How can he love the Heavenly +FatherWhom he hath not seen?He who loveth the Heavenly Father + + +Loveth also his brother.Love ye also the stranger: +For ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. +It is said by the people,Better a dinner of herbs where love is, +Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. +Loving words are as an honeycomb,Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. +The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, +And the wellspring of love as a flowing brook. +What doth the Law require of thee, +But to do justly, and to love mercy, + + +And to walk humbly with the Angels. + + +By this do we know that the Angel of Love +Doth dwell in us, +When we love the Heavenly Father, +And keep his Law. Gracious Love, Creator of Love! Reveal the best words Through thy divine +mind living within us. Say to the Children of Light Who till the soil in the Garden of the +Brotherhood: Honor all men. + + +Love the Brotherhood. + + +obey the Law. + + +THE ANGEL OF WISDOM +To follow the Lord +Is the beginning of Wisdom: +And the knowledge +Of the Holy One +Is understanding. +For by him +Thy days shall be multiplied, +And the years of thy life +Shall be increased. +All Wisdom cometh from the Heavenly Father, +And is with him forever. Through the holy Law doth the Angel of Wisdom + + +Guide the Children of Light. Who can number the sand of the sea, And the drops Of rain, and the +days of eternity? Who can find out the height of heaven, + + +And the breadth of the earth, + + +And the deep, and wisdom? + + +Wisdom hath been created before all things. +One may heal with goodness, +One may heal with justice, +One may heal with herbs, +One may heal with the Wise Word. +Amongst all the remedies, +This one is the healing one +That heals with the Wise Word. And one it is that will best drive away sickness + + +From the bodies of the faithful, For Wisdom is the best healing of all remedies. To follow the +holy Law is the crown of Wisdom, + + +Making peace and perfect health to flourish, +Both which are the gifts of the Angels. We would draw near unto thee, +O Heavenly Father! +With the help of thy Angel of Wisdom, Who guides us by means of thy Heavenly Order, +And with the actions and the words inspired by thy holy Wisdom! +Come to us, Heavenly Father, with thy creative mind, + + +And do thou, who bestoweth gifts Through thy Heavenly Order, Bestow alike the long lasting +gift of Wisdom + + +Upon the Children of Light, That this life might be spent in holy service in the +Garden of the Brotherhood. +In the realm of thy good mind, Incarnate in our minds, he path of Wisdom doth flow From the +Heavenly Order, Wherein doth dwell the sacred Tree of Life. In what fashion is manifest thy +Law, O Heavenly Father! + + +The Heavenly Father makes answer: + + +By good thought + + +In perfect unity with Wisdom, O Child of Light! +What is the word well spoken? +It is the blessing-bestowing word of Wisdom. +What is the thought well thought? +It is that which the Child of Light thinketh, +The one who holdeth the Holy Thought +To be the most of value of all things else. + +So shall the Child of Light grow + + +In concentration and communion, And he may develop Wisdom, And thus shall he continue +Until all the mysteries of the Infinite Garden + + +Where standeth the Tree of Life +Shall be revealed to him. +Then shall he say these victorious words: +O Heavenly Father! +Give unto me my task +For the building of thy Kingdom on earth, +Through good thoughts, good words, good deeds, +Which shall be for the child of Light +His most precious gift. +O thou Heavenly Order! +And thou Universal Mind! +I will worship thee and the Heavenly Father, +Because of whom the creative mind within us + + +Is causing the Imperishable Kingdom to progress! + + +Holy Wisdom maketh all men free from fear, +Wide of heart, and easy of conscience. +Holy Wisdom, the understanding that unfolds forever, +Continually, without end, +And is not acquired through the holy scrolls. +It is ignorance that ruineth most people, +Both amongst those who have died, +And those who shall die. + +When ignorance will be replaced by Holy Wisdom, +Then will sweetness and fatness come back again +To our land and to our fields, + +With health and healing, + +With fulnessy and increase, and growth, + +And abundance of corn and of grass, + + +And rivers of Peace shall flow through the desert. + + +THE ANGEL OF ETERNAL LIFE +And Enoch walked with God; +and he was not; for God took him. +Upon the earth was no man created like Enoch, +For he was taken from the earth. +He was as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, + + +And as the moon at the full: As the sun shining upon the temple of the most High, And as the +rainbow giving light in the bright clouds, And as the flower of roses in the spring of the year, + + +As lilies by the rivers Of waters, +And as the branches of the frankincense tree + + +In the time of summer,And as a fair olive tree budding forth fruit,And as a cypress tree which +groweth up to the clouds. + + +The first follower of the Law was Enoch, +The first of the healers, of the wise, +T'he happy, the glorious, the strong, +Who drove back sickness and drove back death. + + +He did obtain a source of remedies To withstand sickness and to withstand death; To withstand +pain and to withstand fever; To withstand the evil and infection + + +Which ignorance of the Law +Had created against the bodies of mortals. +We invoke Enoch, +The master of life, +The Founder of our Brotherhood, +The man of the Law, T'he wisest of all beings, The best ruling of all beings, +The brightest of all beings, +The most glorious of all beings, +The most worthy of invocations amongst all beings, +The most worthy of glorification amongst all beings, +Who first thought what is good, Who first spoke what is good, Who first did what is good. +Who was the first Priest, +The first Plougher of the Ground, + + +Who first knew and first taught the Word, + + +And the obedience to the Holy Law. +To all the Children of Light He gave all the good things of life: +He was the first bearer of the Law. +It is written, the words of Father Enoch, + + +We sacrifice unto the Creator, The Heavenly Father, The bright and glorious Angels. We +sacrifice unto the shining heavens, We sacrifice unto the bright, all-happy, + + +Blissful wisdom of the Holy Angels of Eternity. +Grant to us, Heavenly Father! +The desire and the knowledge of the straightest path, +The straightest because of the Heavenly Order of Life, +The Best Life of the Angels,Shining, all glorious.As health is excellent, so also is Eternal Life, +Both flowing from the Heavenly order, +The creator of goodness of the mind,And of actions of life performed for devotion + + +To the Creator of Eternal Life.We sacrifice unto the sovereign sky, We sacrifice unto the +boundless time,We sacrifice unto the endless sea of Eternal Life. + + +We do invoke the most glorious Law.We invoke the Kingdom of Heaven,The boundless time, +and the Angels.We invoke the eternal, holy Law.We follow the paths of the Stars, The Moon, the +Sun and the endless Light,Moving around in their revolving circle forever. + +And truthfulness in Thought, Word and Deed +Will place the soul of the faithful man +In the endless light of Eternal Life. + +The Heavenly Father possessed me +In the beginning of his way, before his works of old. + + +I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, + + +Or ever the earth was. + + +When there were no depths, I was brought forth: +While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, +Nor the beginning of the dust of the world. +When he established the heavens, I was there: +When he set a circle upon the face of the deep: +When he made firm the skies above: +When the fountain of the deep became strong: +When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his Law: +When he marked out the foundations of the earth: + + +Then I was by him, as a master workman:And I was daily his delight,Rejoicing always before +him, Rejoicing in his habitable earth, + + +And my delight was with the sons Of men.For eternity the Heavenly Father reigneth,He is +clothed with majesty and strength. + + +He is from everlasting! +The floods have lifted up, O Lord, +The floods have lifted up their voice, +The floods lift up their waves. +The Heavenly Father on high +Is mightier than the noise of many waters, +Yea , than the mighty waves of the sea. +His name shall endure forever, +His name shall be continued as long as eternity, +And all the Children of Light shall be blessed in him, + + +And all men shall call him blessed. + + +Let the whole earth be filled +With the glory of the Heavenly Father, +The Earthly Mother, +And all the holy Angels. +I have reached the inner vision +And through thy spirit in me +I have heard thy wondrous secret. +Through thy mystic insight +Thou hast caused a spring of knowledge +To well up within me, +A fountain of power, pouring forth living waters, +A flood of love and of all-embracing wisdom + + +Like the splendor of Eternal Light. + + +THE ANGEL OF WORK +Who hath measured the waters +In the hollow of his hand, +And meted out heaven with a span, +And comprehended the dust of the earth In a measure, +And weighed the mountains in scales, And the hills in a balance? +The sun ariseth, and the Brothers gather together, +They go forth unto their work in the fields; + + +With strong backs and cheerful hearts they go forth + + +To labor together in the Garden of the Brotherhood. +They are the Workers of Good, +Because they work the good of the Heavenly Father. +They are the spirit, conscience and soul of those +Who teach the Law and who struggle for the Law. +With the right arm and the left, they till the soil, +And the desert bursts forth in colors of green and gold. +With the right arm and the left, they lay the stones +Which shall build on earth the Kingdom of Heaven. +They are the messengers of the Angel of Work: +In them is revealed the holy Law. +O Heavenly Father! How manifold are thy works! +In wisdom hast thou made them all; +The earth is full of thy riches. +Thou sendest the springs into the valleys, +Which run among the hills. Thou givest drink to every beast of the field, +And causeth the grass to grow for the cattle. +Thou settest the mighty trees in their places, That the birds of heaven may have their habitation, + + +And sing sweetly among the branches.Thou givest herbs for the service of man, That he may +bring forth food out of the earth. + + +In the hands of the Brothers all thy gifts bear fruit, +For they are building on earth the Kingdom of Heaven. +Thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. + + +Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, + + +And together with thy holy Angels, +They shall renew the face of the earth. + + +O thou Heavenly Father, Thou who art one alone! Reveal unto the Children of Light: Which is +the foremost place Wherein the earth feeleth the greatest joy? + + +The Heavenly Father answering, said: + +It is the place whereupon one of the Brothers +Who follow the holy Law, steppeth forth: +With his good thoughts, good words and good deeds +Whose back is strong in service, + +Whose hands are not idle, + +Who lifteth up his voice in full accord with the Law. +That place is holy whereon one of the Brothers +Soweth the most Of corn, of grass, of fruit: +Where he watereth that ground which is dry, + +Or draineth the too wet soil +For the earth hath been given unto the keeping +Of the Children of Light, + +That they treasure and care for it, + +And bring from its depths only that +Which is for the nourishment of the body. +Blessed are the Children of Light +Whose joy is in the work of the Law, + +Who labor in the Garden of the Brotherhood by day, + + +And join the Angels of the Heavenly Father by night. + + +From their lips is the story told, Which doth serve as a teaching for the sons of men: It is said that +the trees went forth on a time To anoint a king over them; And they said unto the olive tree, +"Reign thou over us." + +But the olive tree said unto them, + +"Should I leave my fatness, + +Wherewith by me they honor God and man, + +And go to be promoted over the trees?" + +And the trees said to the fig tree, + +"Come thou, and reign over us. + +But the fig tree said unto them, + +"Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, + +And go to be promoted over the trees?" + +Then said the trees unto the vine, + +"Come thou, and reign over us. + +And the vine said unto them, + +"Should I leave my wine, + +Which cheereth God and man, + +And go to be promoted over the trees?" + +Ae man of the Law who fulfills his tasks + + +Does not need further blessings. + + +THE ANGEL OF PEACE +For the earth shall be filled + + +with the Peace of the Heavenly Father, + + +as the waters cover the sea. +I will invoke the Angel of Peace, +Whose breath is friendly, +Whose hand is clothed in power. + +In the reign of Peace, there is neither hunger nor thirst, +Neither cold wind nor hot wind, +Neither old age nor death. + +In the reign of Peace, + +Both animals and men shall be undying, +Waters and plants shall be undrying, + +And the food of life shall be never-failing. + +It is said that the mountains +Shall bring peace to the people, + +And the little hills, righteousness. + +There shall be peace +As long as the sun and moon endure, +Throughout all generations. + +Peace shall come down like rain upon mown grass, +As showers that water the earth. + +In the reign of Peace shall the Law grow strong, +And the Children of Light shall have dominion +From sea to sea, unto the ends of the earth. + + +The reign of Peace hath its source + + +In the Heavenly Father; + +By his strength he setteth fast the mountains, +He maketh the outgoings of morning and evening +To rejoice in the Light, + +He bringeth to earth the river of the Law, + +To water and enrich it, + +He maketh soft the earth with showers; +They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness, +And the little hills rejoice on every sidle. +The pastures are clothed with flocks; + +The valleys also are covered over with corn; +They shout for joy, they also sing. O Heavenly Father! +Bring unto thy earth the reign of Peace! + +Then shall we remember the words of him who taught of old the Children of Light: +I give the peace of thy Earthly Mother +To thy body, + +And the peace of thy Heavenly Father To thy 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 thee and comfort thee. + + +For my peace is exceeding full of joy. + + +Wherefore do I always greet thee after this manner: +Peace be with thee! +Do thou always, therefore, so greet one another, +That upon thy body may descend +The Peace of thy Earthly Mother, +And upon thy spirit +The Peace of thy Heavenly Father. + +And then wilt thou find peace also among thyselves, +For the Kingdom of the Law is within thee. +And return to thy Brothers +give thy peace to them also, + +For happy are they that strive for peace, + +For they will find the peace of the Heavenly Father. +And give to every one thy peace, + +Even as I have given my peace unto thee. + +For my peace is of God. + + +Peace be with thee + + +THE HEAVENLY FATHER + + +In the Heavenly Kingdom +There are strange and wondrous works, +For by his word all things consist. + + +There are yet hid greater things than these be, + + +For we have seen but a few of his works: + +The Heavenly Father hath made all things. + +Ae beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, +Give light in the highest places of the Heavenly Sea. +Sentinels of the most High, they stand in their order, + +And never faint in their watches. +Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; + +Very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof + +It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, +And the hands of the most High have bended it. +By his Law he maketh the snow to fall apace, +And sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment. +Through this the treasures are opened, + +And clouds fly forth as fowls. + +By his great power he maketh the clouds firm, +And the hailstones are broken small. + +At his sight the mountains are shaken, + +And at his will the south wind bloweth. + +The noise of the thunder maketh the earth to tremble: +So doth the northern storm and the whirlwind: +As birds flying he scattereth the snow, + +And the eye marvelleth + + +At the beauty of the whiteness thereof, + + +And the heart is astonished at the raining of it. +So do the heavens declare the glory of God, +And the firmament showeth his handiwork. + +Who hath made the waters, +And who maketh the plants? +Who to the wind hath yoked the storm-clouds, +The swift and even the fleetest? +Who, O Heavenly Father, + +Is the creator of the holy Law within our souls? +Who hath made the light and the darkness? +Who hath made sleep and the zest of the waking hours? +Who gave the recurring sun and stars +Their undeviating way? + +Who established that whereby the moon doth wax +And whereby she waneth? + +Who, save thee, Heavenly Father, + +Hath done these glorious things! + +Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place +In all generations. + +Before the mountains were brought forth, + +Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, +Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art the Law. + + +Thy name is Understanding, + + +Thy name is Wisdom, +Thy name is the Most Beneficent, + +Thy name is the Unconquerable One, +Thy name is He Who maketh the true account, +Thy name is the All-seeing One, + +Thy name is the Healing One, + +Thy name is the Creator. + +Thou art the Keeper, + +Thou art the Creator and the Maintainer; +Thou art the Discerner and the Spirit. +Thou art the Holy Law. + +These names were pronounced +Before the Creation of this Heaven, +Be-fore the making of the waters and of the plants, +Before the birth of our holy Father Enoch. +Before the beginning of time, + +The Heavenly Father planted the holy Tree of Life, +Which standeth forever in the midst of the Eternal Sea +High in its branches sings a bird, + +And only those who have journeyed there, +And have heard the mysterious song of the bird, +Only those shall see the Heavenly Father. + + +They shall ask of him his name, + + +And he shall answer, I am that I am, +Being ever the same as the Etemal I am. +O thou Heavenly Father! + +How excellent is thy name in all the earth! +Aou hast set thy glory above the heavens. +When we consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, +The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained, +What is man, that thou art mindful of him? +Yet thou hast made a covenant +With the Children of Light, + +And they walk with thy holy Angels; +Thou hast crowned them with glory and honor, +Thou madest them to have dominion +Over the works of thy hands, + +And gavest unto them +The task of nourishing and protecting +All that lives and grows on thy green earth. +O Heavenly Father! + +How excellent is thy name in all the earth! +Hear the voice Of one who cries out to thee: +Whither shall I go from thy spirit? + +Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? + + +If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; + + +If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. +If I take the wings of the morning, +And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, +Even there shall thy hand lead me, +And thy right hand shall hold me. + +If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me, +Even the night shall be light about me; +Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee + +But the night shineth as the day: +The darkness and the light are both alike to thee, +For thou hast possessed my reins. +As the hart panteth after the water brooks, +So panteth my soul after thee, O God. + +My soul thirsteth for the living Heavenly Father. +The Law is my light and salvation; +Whom shall I fear? +7he Law is the rock and the strength of my life; +Of whom shall I be afraid? + +One thing have I desired of the Law, + +That I will seek after: + +That I may dwell in the house of the Law +All the days of my life, + + +To behold the beauty of the Heavenly Father. + + +Those who dwell in the secret place of the most High +Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. +We will say of the Law, + +"Thou art our refuge and our fortress; + +We will trust in the Holy Law. + +And the Heavenly Father +Shall cover us with his feathers, + +And under his wings shall we trust; + +His truth shall be our shield and buckler. + +We shall not be afraid for the terror by night, +Nor for the arrow that flieth by day, + +Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, +No rfor the destruction that wasteth at noonday. +For by day we shall walk +With the Angels of the Earthly Mother, + +By night we shall commune +With the Angels of the Heavenly Father, +And when the sun reacheth its zenith at noontide, +We shall stand silent before the Sevenfold Peace: +And no evil shall befall us, + +Neither shall any plague come nigh our dwelling, +For he hath given his Angels charge over us, + + +To keep us in all their ways. + + +The Heavenly Father is our refuge and strength. +Therefore will not we fear, +Though the earth be removed, +And though the mountains be carried +Into the midst of the sea, + +Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, +Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof +There is a river, which floweth to the Eternal Sea. +Beside the river stands the holy Tree of Life. +There doth my Father dwell, and my home is in him. + + +The Heavenly Father and I are One. + + +THE HOLY LAW +Thou, O Holy Law, +The Tree of Life +That standeth in the middle of the Eternal Sea, +That is called, +The Tree of Healing. +The Tree of powerful Healing, +The Tree of all Healing, +And upon which rests the seeds +Of all we invoke. + + +Have ye-not known? + + +Have ye not heard? + +Hath it not been told thee from the beginning? +Lift up thine eyes on high, and behold the Holy Law, +Which was established before the etemal, +Sovereign and luminous space, + +Which hath created the foundations of the earth, +Which is the first and the last, + +Which liveth in the hearts of the Children of Light. +For the Law is great, + +As the Heavenly Father is great above his Angels: +He it is who giveth us the Law, and he is the Law: +In his hand are the deep places of the earth; +The strength of the hills is his also. + +The sea is his, and he made it, + +And his hands formed the dry land +Come, let us worship and bow down, + +Let us kneel before the Heavenly Father, + +For he is the Law, + +And we are the people of his pasture, + +And the sheep of his hand +with songs of gladness the children of Light +Invoke the Holy Law: + + +Sickness flies away before it, + + +Death flies away, +Ignorance flies away. +Pride, scorn and hot fever, +Slander, discord and evil, +All anger and violence, +And lying words of falsehood, +All fly away before the power of the Holy Law. +Here is the Law +which will smite all sickness, which will smite all death, +Which will smite the oppressors of men, +Which will smite pride, +Which will smite scorn, + +Which will smite hot fevers, which will smite all slanders, +Which will smite all discords, which will smite the worst of evil, +Which will banish ignorance from the earth. + +We bless the invocation and prayer, + +The strength and vigor of the Holy Law. + +We invoke the spirit, conscience and soul of the +Children of Light who teach the Law, + +Who struggle in the kingdom of darkness +To bring the light of the Law to the sons of men. +We bless that victory + + +Of good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, + + +Which make strong the foundations of the Kingdom of Light. +Let the sons of men who think, speak and do +All good thoughts, words and deeds +Inhabit heaven as their home. + +And let those who think, speak and do +Evil thoughts, words and deeds +Abide in chaos. + +Purity is for man, next to life, + +The greatest of good: + +That purity is in the Holy Law, + +Which maketh grass to grow upon the mountains, +And maketh clean the hearts Of men. + +With good thoughts, good words, and good deeds +Clean shall be the fire, + +Clean the water, + +Clean the earth, + +Clean the stars, the moon and the sun, +Clean the faithful man and the faithful woman, +Clean the boundless, eternal Light, + +Clean the Kingdom of the Earthly Mother +And the Kingdom of the Heavenly Father, +Clean the good things made by the Law, + + +Whose offspring is the Holy Creation. + + +To obtain the treasures of the material world, O sons Of men, +Forego not the world of the Law. +For he who, to obtain the treasures +Of the material world, + +Destroyeth in him the world of the Law, +Such an one shall possess neither force of life +Nor the Law, + +Neither the Celestial Light. + +But he who walks with the Angels, + +And who followeth the Holy Law, + +He shall obtain everything good: + +He shall enter the Eternal Sea +Where standeth the Tree of Life. + +T'he Communions of the Law are perfect, +Converting the soul from darkness to light; +T'he testimony of the Law is sure, +Making wise the simple. + +T'he statutes of the Law are right, rejoicing the heart; +The commandment of the Law is pure, +Enlightening the eyes. + +The truth of the Law is clean, enduring forever. +Let the Children of Light triumph everywhere + + +Between the Heavens and the Earth! + + +Let us breathe the Holy Law in our prayer: +How beautiful are thy tabernacles, +O Heavenly Father! +My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth +For the Tree of Life +That standeth in the middle of the Eternal Sea. +My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. +Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, +And the swallow a nest for herself, +Where she may lay her young. +The Children of Light +Who labor in the Garden of the Brotherhood +Abide in the Holy Law: + + +Blessed are they who dwell therein + + +THE ANGELS + + +The Heavenly Father +Gave his Angels charge +Concerning thee: +And in their hands +They shall bear thee up, +Even unto the Tree of Life + + +That standeth in the midst + + +Of the Eternal Sea... +For the wisdom of the Law, +For the unconquerable power of the Law, +And for the vigor of health, +For the Glory of the Heavenly Father +And the Earthly Mother, +And for all the boons and remedies +Of the Sevenfold Peace, +Do we worship the Holy Angels, +Our efforts for whom +And Communions to whom +Make us good in the eyes of Heavenly Father. +The Law is fulfilled according to the Angels, +The Bright and Holy Ones, +Whose looks perform their wish, +Strong, lordly, +Who are undecaying and holy, + +Who are seven and seven all of one Thought, +Who are seven and seven all of one Speech, +Who are seven and seven all of one Deed. +Whose Thought is the same, + +Whose Speech is the same, + + +Whose Deed is the same, + + +Whose Father is the same, +Namely, the Heavenly Father! + +The Angels who see one another's souls, +Who bring the Kingdom of the Earthly Mother +And the Kingdom of the Heavenly Father +To the Children of Light +Who labor in the Garden of the Brotherhood. +The Angels who are the makers and Governors, +The Shapers and overseers, + +The Keepers and Preservers of the abundant Earth! +And of all Creations of the Heavenly Father. +We invoke the good, the strong, the beneficent +Angels of the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother! +That of the Light! + +That of the Sky! + +That of the Waters! + +That of the Earth! + +That of the Plants! + +That of the Children of Light! + +That of the Eternal Holy Creation! + +We worship the Angels +Who first listened unto the thought and teaching + + +Of the Heavenly Father, + + +Of whom the Angels formed the seed of the nations. +We worship the Angels +Who first touched the brow of our Father Enoch, +And guided the Children of Light +Through the seven and seven Paths +Which lead to the Tree of Life +That standeth forever in the midst of the Eternal Sea. +We worship all the Angels, +The good, heroic and bounteous Angels, +Of the bodily world of the Earthly Mother, + +And those of the Invisible Realms, + +Those in the Celestial Worlds of the Heavenly Father. +We worship the ever blessing immortal Angels, +The brilliant ones of splendorous countenance, + +The lofty and devoted creatures of the Heavenly Father, +They who are imperishable and Holy. +We worship the resplendent, the glorious, +Yl1ze bountiful Holy Angels, + +Who rule aright, and who adjust all things rightly. +Hear the glad voices of the Children of Light, +Who sing the praise of the Holy Angels +As they labor in the Garden of the Brotherhood: + + +We sing with gladness to the waters, land and plants, + + +To this earth and to the heavens, + +To the holy wind, and the holy sun and moon, +To the eternal stars without beginning, +And to all the holy creatures of the Heavenly Father. +We sing with gladness unto the Holy Law, +Which is the Heavenly Order, + +To the days and to the nights, + +To the years and to the seasons +Which are the pillars of the Heavenly Order. +We worship the Angels of the Day, + +And the Angels of the Month, + +Aose of the Years, and those of the Seasons, +All the good, the heroic, + +The ever blessing immortal Angels +Who maintain and preserve the Heavenly order. +We desire to approach the mighty Angels, +All the Angels of the Heavenly Order, +Because of the Holy Law, + +Which is the best of all good. + +We do present these thoughts well thought, +These words well spoken, + +These deeds well done, + + +To the bountiful, immortal Angels, + + +Those who exercise their right rule. +We do present these offerings +To the Angels of the Day, +And the Angels of the Night, + +Ile ever-living, the ever-helpful, + +Who dwell eternally with the Divine Mind. +May the good and heroic and bountiful +Angels of the Heavenly Father +And the Earthly Mother +Walk with their holy feet +In the Garden of the Brotherhood, + +And may they go hand in hand with us +With the healing virtues of their blessed gifts, +As wide-spread as the earth, + +As far-spread as the rivers, + +As high-reaching as the sun, + +For the furtherance of the betterment of man, +And for abundant growth. + +It is they, the Holy Angels, + +Who shall restore the World! + +Which will thenceforth never grow old and never die! +Never decaying, ever living and ever increasing. + + +Then Life and Immortality will come + + +And the World will be restored! +Creation will grow deathless, +The Kingdom of the Heavenly Father will prosper, + + +And evil shall have perished! + + +THE BROTHERHOOD + + +Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For the Children of Light +To dwell together in unity! +For the Brotherhood +The Heavenly Father +Hath commanded the Law. +Even life for evermore. +The Law was planted in the Garden of the Brotherhood +To illumine the hearts of the Children of Light, +To make straight before them +The seven and seven paths leading to the Tree of Life +Which standeth in the midst of the Eternal Sea; +T'he Law was planted in the Garden of the Brotherhood, +That they might recognize +The spirits of truth and falsehood, +Truth born out of the spring of Light, +Falsehood from the well of darkness. + + +The dominion of all the Children of Truth + + +Is in the hands of the mighty angels of Light, +So that they walk in the ways of Light. +The Children of Light are the servants of the Law, +And the Heavenly Father shall not forget them. +He hath blotted out their sins as a thick cloud; +He hath lit the candle of Truth within their hearts. +Sing, O ye heavens, + +Shout, ye lower parts of the earth, + +Break forth into singing, ye mountains, + +O forest, and every tree therein: + +For the Heavenly Father hath kindled his flame +In the hearts of the Children of Light, +And glorified himself in them. + +The Holy Law of the Creator +Purifieth the followers of the Light +From every evil thought, word and deed, +As a swift-rushing mighty wind +Doth cleanse the plain. + +Let the child of Light who so desireth +Be taught the Holy Word, + +During the first watch of the day and the last, +During the first watch of the night and the last, + + +That his mind may be increased in intelligence + + +And his soul wax strong in the Holy Law. +At the hour of dawn +He shall gaze upon the rising sun +And greet with joy his Earthly Mother. +At the hour of dawn +He shall wash his body in the cool water +And greet with joy his Earthly Mother. +At the hour of dawn +He shall breathe the fragrant air +And greet with joy his Earthly Mother. +And through the day +He shall labor with his brethren +In the Garden of the Brotherhood. +In the hour of twilight +He shall gather with his brothers, + +And together they shall study the holy words +Of our fathers, and their fathers' fathers, +Even unto the words of our Father Enoch. +And when the stars are high in the heavens +He shall commune +With the holy Angels of the Heavenly Father. +And his voice shall be raised with gladness + + +Unto the most High, saying, + + +We worship the Creator, +The maker of all good things: +And Good Mind, +And of the Law, +Immortality, +And the Holy Fire of Life. +We do offer to the Law +The Wisdom of the Tongue, +Holy Speech, Deeds, and rightly-spoken Words. +Grant us, Heavenly Father, +That we may bring down abundance +To the world thou hast created, +That we may take away both hunger and thirst +From the world thou hast created, +That we may take away both old age and death +From the world thou hast created. + +O good, most beneficent Heavenly Father! +Grant us that we may think +According to the Law, + +That we may speak +According to the Law, + +Ilat we may do + + +According to the Law. + + +O Heavenly Father, +What is the invocation most worthy +In greatness and goodness? +It is that one, O Children of Light, +That one delivers +When waking up and rising from sleep, +At the same time professing +Good thoughts, good words and good deeds, +And rejecting evil thoughts, evil words and evil deeds. +The first step +That the soul of the Child of Light did make, +Placed him in the Good Thought Paradise, +The Holy Realm of Wisdom. The second step +That the soul of the Child of Light did make, +Placed him in the Good Word Paradise, +The Holy Realm of Love. +The third step +That the soul of the Child of Light did make, +Placed him in the Good Deed Paradise, +The Holy Realm of Power. +The fourth step +Ilat the soul of the Child of Light did make, + + +Placed him in the Endless Light. + + +The Heavenly Father knoweth the hearts +Of the Children of Light, + +And their inheritance shall be for ever. +They shall not be afraid in the evil time: +And in the days -of famine they shall be satisfied. +For with them is the Fountain of Life, + +And the Heavenly Father forsaketh not his children. +Their souls shall breathe forever and ever, +And their forms shall be endowed with Eternal Life. +Blessings on the Children of Light +Who have cast their lot with the Law, + +That walk truthfully in all their ways. + +May the Law bless them with all good +And keep them from all evil, + +And illumine their hearts +With insight into the things of life + + +And grace them with knowledge of things eternal. + + +TREES + + +Go towards the high growing Trees, +And before one of them +Which is beautiful, high growing and mighty, + + +Say thou these words: + + +Hail be unto Thee! +O good living Tree, +Made by the Creator. + +In the days of old, when the Creation was young, +The earth was filled with giant trees, +Whose branches soared above the clouds, +And in them dwelled our Ancient Fathers, +They who walked with the Angels, + +And who lived by the Holy Law. + +In the shadow of their branches all men lived in peace, +And wisdom and knowledge was theirs, +And the revelation of the Endless Light. +Through their forests flowed the Eternal River, +And in the center stood the Tree of Life, +And it was not hidden from them. + +They ate from the table of the Earthly Mother, +And slept in the arms of the Heavenly Father, +And their covenant was for eternity with the Holy Law. +In that time the trees were the brothers of men, +And their span on the earth was very long, +As long as the Eternal River, +Which-flowed without ceasing + + +From the Unknown Spring. + + +Now the desert sweeps the earth with burning sand, +The giant trees are dust and ashes, +And the wide river is a pool of mud. +For the sacred covenant with the Creator +Was broken by the sons of men, +And they were banished from their home of trees. +Now the path leading to the Tree of Life +Is hidden from the eyes of men, +And sorrow fills the empty sky +Where once the lofty branches soared. +Now into the buming desert +Come the Children of Light, +To, labor in the Garden of the Brotherhood. +The seed they plant in the barren soil +Will become a mighty forest, +And trees shall multiply +And spread their wings of green +Until the whole earth be covered once again. +The whole earth shall be a garden, +And the tall trees shall cover the land +In that day shall sing the Children of Light a new song: +My brother, Tree! + + +Let me not hide myselffrom thee, + + +But let us share the breath of life +Which our Earthly Mother hath given to us. +More beautiful than the finest jewel +Of the rugmaker's art, + +Is the carpet of green leaves under my bare feet; +More majestic than the silken canopy of the rich merchant, +Is the tent of branches above my head, +Through which the bright stars give light. +The wind among the leaves of the cypress +Maketh a sound like unto a chorus of angels. +Through the rugged oak and royal cedar +The Earthly Mother hath sent a message of Eternal Life +To the Heavenly Father. + +My prayer goeth forth unto the tall trees: +And their branches reaching skyward +Shall carry my voice to the Heavenly Father. +For each child thou shalt plant a tree, +Tthat the womb of thy Earthly Mother +Shall bring forth life, + +As the womb of woman doth bring forth life. +He who doth destroy a tree +Hath cut off his own limbs. + + +Thus shall sing the Children of Light, + + +When the earth again shall be a garden: +Holy Tree, divine gift of the Law! +Thy majesty reunites all those +Who have strayed from their true home, +Which is the Garden of the Brotherhood. +All men will become brothers once again +Under thy spreading branches. + +As the Heavenly Father hath loved all his children, +So shall we love and care for the trees +Yhat grow in our land, + +So shall we keep and protect them, +That they may grow tall and strong, +And ftll the earth again with their beau ty. +For the trees are our brothers, + +And as brothers, + + +We shall guard and love one another. + + +STARS + + +The white, shining, +Far seen Stars! +The piercing, health-bringing, Far piercing Stars! +Aeir shining rays, + + +Their brightness and glory + + +Are all, through thy Holy Law, +The Speakers of thy praise, +O Heavenly Father! +Over the face of heaven +Did the Heavenly Father hurl his might: +And lo! He did leave a River of Stars in his wake! +We invoke the bright and glorious Stars +That wash away all things of fear +And bring health and life unto all Creations. +We invoke the bright and glorious Stars +To which the Heavenly Father +Hath given a thousand senses, +The glorious Stars that have within themselves +The Seed of Life and of Water. +Unto the bright and glorious Stars +Do we offer up an Invocation: +With wisdom, power and love, + +With speech, deeds and rightly-spoken words, +Do we sacrifice unto the bright and glorious Stars +That fly towards the Heavenly Sea +As swiftly as the arrow +Darteth through heavenly Space. + + +We invoke the bright and glorious Stars, + + +T'hat stand out beautiful, +Spreading comfort and joy +As they commune within themselves. +The Holy Works, + +The Stars, the Suns, and the many-colored Dawn +Which bringeth on the Light of Days, +Are all, through their Heavenly Order, + +The Speakers of thy praise, + +O thou great giver, the Holy Law! +We invoke the Lord of the Stars, +The Angel of Light, + +T'he ever-awake! + +Who taketh possession +of the beautiful, wide-expanding Law, +Greatly and powerfully, + +And whose face looketh over +All the seven and seven Kingdoms of the Earth; +Who is swift amongst the swift, +Bountiful amongst the bounteous, +Strong amongst the strong, + +The Giver of Increase, + +The Giver of Sovereignty, + + +The Giver of Cheerfulness and Bliss. + + +We invoke the Lord of the Stars, The Angel of Light, +Who is truth-speaking, +With a thousand ears and ten thousand eyes, +With full knowledge, strong and ever-awake. +The Heavenly Order pervades all things pure, +Whose are the Stars, + +In whose Light the glorious Angels are clothed. +Great is our Heavenly Father, and of great power: +His understanding is infinite. + +He telleth the number of the stars; + +He calleth them all by their names. + +Behold the height of the stars! + +How high they are! + +Yet the Heavenly Father doth hold them in his palms, +As we do sift the sand in ours. + +He who knoweth not the Holy Law +Is as a wandering star +In the darkness of an unknown sky. +Thinkest thou there is but one way +To see the ftrmamen t? + +Suppose ye the stars were but broken places in the sky +Through which the glory of heaven is revealed + + +In fragments of blazing light! + + +In the purple night +Traversed by the continual Stars + +Shall the souls of the Children of Light + +Take wing and join the Angels of the Heavenly Father. +7len shall the Etemal Sea + +Reflect the shining glory of the heavens, + +And the branches of the Tree of Life reach to the Stars. +Then shall the Kingdom of Heaven +Fill all the earth with Glory, +And the shining Stars of the most High +Shall blaze within the hearts of the Children of Light + + +And warm and comfort the seeking sons of men. + + +THE MOON + + +Unto the luminous Moon +Which keepeth within itself + +The seed of many species, + +Let there be invocation +With sacrifice and prayer... +When the Light of the Moon waxeth warmer, +Golden hued plants grow up from the earth + +During the season of Spring. + + +We sacrifice unto the New Moons + + +And unto the Full Moons; +The crescent of the New Moon is full of holy Peace +We sacrifice unto the Angel of Peace. +The radiant and luminous Moon +Keepeth within itself the seed: +The bright, the glorious, +The water-giving, +The warmth-giving, +The wisdom-giving, +The thoughtfulness-giving, +The freshness-giving, +The healing one, the Moon of Peace! +With silent and peace-giving light +The Moon doth shine +Upon the pastures, the abodes, +The waters, the lands and the plants +Of our earthly garden. +The Moon and the Sun, +The holy Wind and the Stars without beginning, +Self-determined and self-moved, +All are regulators of the Holy order, +of the days and nights, of the months and years. + + +The face of the Moon doth change its aspect, + + +Yet is ever the same: +As the Holy Law doth reveal a different face +To each of the Children of Light, +Yet is unchanged in its Essence. +We invoke the New Moon and the Moon that is waning, +And the Full Moon that scattereth the Night, +And the yearly festivals and the seasons of the Heavenly Father. +For it was he who gavest the moon +Her increase and her decrease, +That through her we might know the movements +Of the day and of the night. +Thou silver and luminous moon! +We are grateful that we may look on thee, +And see in thy reflection +The blessed face of our Earthly Mother. +Among the world of the sons of men, +The Brothers of Light are flames of radiance, +As the stars pale in the presence of the bright and shining moon. +The moon walketh in brightness across the sky, +And delight in the Holy Law doth fill our hearts. +Peace, Peace, Peace, +Holy Angel of Peace, + + +Illumine the silver moon with thy holiness, + + +That all may look upon its beauty +And feel thy eternal Peace. + +The desert sky is blue with night, +And we see the first ray of the New Moon +Chaste and beautiful. + +Then do the Brothers greet one another, +Saying, "Peace be with thee! + + +Peace be with thee!" + + +PSALMS OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING + + +I am grateful, Heavenly Father, + +For thou hast raised me to an eternal height, +And I walk in the wonders of the plain. +Thou gavest me guidance +To reach thine eternal company +From the depths of the earth. + +Thou hast purified my body +To join the army of the angels of the earth +And my spirit to reach +The congregation of the heavenly angels. +Thou gavest man eternity +To praise at dawn and dusk + + +Thy works and wonders in joyful song. + + +O all ye works of the Heavenly Order, +Bless ye the Law: + +Praise and exalt the Law above all for ever. +O ye heavens, bless ye the Law: +Praise and exalt the Law above all for ever. +O ye Angels of the Heavenly Father, +And ye Angels of the Earthly Mother, +Bless ye the Law: + +Praise and exalt the Law above all for ever. +O all ye waters that be above the heavens, +Bless ye the Law. + +All ye powers of the Holy Angels, +bless ye the Law. +ye sun and moon, bless ye the Law. +ye stars of heaven, bless ye the Law. +every shower and dew, bless ye the Law. +all ye winds, bless ye the Law. +ye fire and heat, bless ye the Law. +ye winter and summer, bless ye the Law. +ye light and darkness, bless ye the Law. +ye dews and storms of snow, bless ye the Law. +ye nights and days, bless ye the Law. + + +ye lightnings and clouds, bless ye the Law. + + +ye mountains and little hills, bless ye the Law. +all ye things that grow on the earth, bless ye the Law. + +ye fountains, bless ye the Law. + +ye seas and rivers, bless ye the Law. + +O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, +Bless ye the Law. +O all ye fowls of the air, bless ye the Law. +O all ye beasts and cattle, bless ye the Law. +O ye children of men, bless ye the Law. +O ye spirits and souls of the Children of Light, +Bless ye the Law. +ye holy and humble workers +In the Garden of the Brotherhood, bless ye the Law. +O let the whole earth bless the Law! +O give thanks unto the Heavenly Father, +And bless ye his Law. + +O all ye that worship the Law, + +Give praise unto the Heavenly Father + +And the Earthly Mother, +And all the Holy Angels, +And give unto them thanks, + +For the Law endureth for ever. + + +We worship the Law by day and by night. + + +Hail to the Heavenly Father! +Hail to the Earthly Mother! +Hail to the Holy Angels! +Hail to the Children of Light! +Hail to our holy Father Enoch! + +Hail to the whole of Holy Creation that was, that is, or ever shall be! +We sacrifice unto the bright and glorious stars, +We sacrifice unto the sovereign sky, + +We sacrifice unto boundless time, + +We sacrifice unto the good Law +Of the worshipers of the Creator, + +Of the Children of Light +Who labor in the Garden of the Brotherhood; + +We sacrifice unto the way of the Holy Law. + +We sacrifice unto all the Holy Angels +Of the world unseen; + +We sacrifice unto all the Holy Angels Of the material world. +‘give thanks unto the Heavenly Father, for he is good, +‘give thanks unto the God of the Angels, + +‘give thanks unto the Lord of Light, + +For his mercy endureth for ever. + +To him who alone doeth great wonders, + + +To him that by wisdom made the heavens, + + +To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, +To him that made great lights in the heavens, + +To him that made the sun to rule by day, + +And the moon and stars to rule by night, + +Give unending praise and thanksgiving, +For his mercy endureth for ever. + +And we do worship the ancient and holy religion, +Which was instituted at the Creation, +Which was on the earth in the time of the Great Trees; +The holy religion of the Creator, +The resplendent and the glorious, +Revealed unto our Father Enoch. +We do worship the Creator, +And the Fire of Life, +And the good Waters which are Holy, + +And the resplendent Sun and the Moon, + +And the lustrous, glorious Stars; +And most of all we do worship the Holy Law, +Which the Creator, our Heavenly Father, +Hath given to us. +It is the Law which maketh holy our dwelling place, +Which is the wide green earth. + + +Praise ye the Law! + + +The Law healeth the broken in heart, +And bindeth up their wounds. + +Great is the Law, and ofgreat power; +The understanding of the Law is infinite. +The Law lifteth up the meek, + +And casteth the wicked down to the ground. +Sing unto the Law with thanksgiving, +Sing praise upon the harp unto the Law, +Which covereth the heaven with clouds, +Which prepareth rain for the earth, +Which maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. +We praise aloud the well-thought Thought, +The Word well-spoken, + +And the Deed well-done. + +We will come to thee, O ye bountiful immortals! +We will come to thee, extolling and invoking thee, +Angels of the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother! +We do worship the Holy Lord of the Heavenly Order, +The Creator of all good creatures of the earth. +And we do worship the utterances of our Father Enoch, +And his ancient, pure religion, + +His faith and his lore, older than the beginning of time. + + +We will sing unto the Law as long as we live, + + +We will sing praise unto our Heavenly Father +While we have our being, + +While the Garden of the Brotherhood doth endure. +Our Comrnunions with the Angels shall be sweet; +We will be glad in the Law. + +Bless thou the Law, O my soul. + +Praise ye the Holy Law. + +The Children of Light love the Law, +Because the Law heareth our voices +And our supplications. + +An all-hearing ear hath the Law inclined unto us, +Therefore will we call upon the Law as long as we live. +The Law hath delivered our souls from death, +Our eyes from tears, and our feet from falling. +We will walk before the Law in the land of the living: +In the paths of the Infinite +Garden of the Brotherhood. + +The days of the sons of men are as grass; + +As flowers of the field, so they flourish. + +For the wind passeth over them, and they are gone: +But the mercy of the Law is from everlasting +To everlasting upon them that follow it. + + +Bless the Heavenly Father, all ye his Angels; + + +Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. +Bless the Lord, all his works, +In all places of his dominion: +Bless the Lord, O my soul. +O Heavenly Father, thou art very great! + +Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. +Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment, +Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain, +Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, +Who maketh the clouds his chariot, + +Who walketh upon the wings of the wind, +Who maketh his Angels spirits, + +His Children of Light a flaming fire +To kindle the Truth in the hearts of the sons of men, +Who laid the foundations of the earth. + + +Bless the Heavenly Father, O my soul! + + +LAMENTS + + +Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. +Lord, hear my voice! +Hear my prayer, O Lord, +And let my cry come unto thee. + + +Hide not thy face from me + + +In the day when I am in trouble; +Incline thine ear unto me; + +In the day when I call answer me speedily. +For my days are consumed like smoke, +And my bones are burned as a hearth. + +My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; +So that I forget to eat my bread. +By reason of the voice of my groaning +My bones cleave to my skin. +I am like a pelican of the wilderness; +I am like an owl of the desert. +I watch, and am as a sparrow, +Alone upon the house top. +My days are like a shadow that declineth; +And I am withered like grass. + +O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: +The heavens are the work of thy hands. +They shall perish, but thou shalt endure. + +The first step taken +By the soul of the wicked man, +Laid him in the evil thought hell. +The second step take + + +By the soul of the wicked man, + + +Laid him in the evil word hell. +The third step taken + +By the soul of the wicked man, + +Laid him in the evil deed hell. +The fourth step taken + +By the soul of the wicked man, + +Laid him in endless darkness. + +I know that thou canst do all things, + +And that no purpose of thine-can be restrained. +Now mine eye seeth thee, +Wherefore I abhor myself, + +And repent in dust and ashes. +.For the wicked sons of men + +Have sinned against themselves, + +And their hell of evil thoughts, evil words and evil deeds +Is a hell of their own making. +But my anguish and my bitter tears +Are for our ancient fathers, +Who sinned against the Creator, +And were banished +From the Holy Kingdom of the Great Trees. +Wherefore I weep, and hide my face in sorrow, + + +For the beauty of the Lost Garden, + + +And the vanished sweetness of the song of the Bird, +Who sang in the branches of the Tree of Life. +Have mercy upon me, O God, + +And cleanse me from my sin. + +The joy of our hearts is ceased, + +Our dance is turned into mourning. + +The crown is fallen from our head: + +Woe unto us, that we have sinned! + +For this our heart is faint, + +For these things our eyes are dim. + +Thou, O Heavenly Father, remainest forever, +‘Ay throne from generation to generation. +Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, + +And forsake us so long time? + +Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, + +Renew our days as of old. + +Where there is no righteousness or compassion, +There wild beasts of the desert shall lie; + +And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures. +And owls shall dwell there, + +And satyrs shall dance there. + +And the wild beasts shall cry in their desolate houses. + + +Wash me, O Lord, and I shall be whiter than snow. + + +Make me to hear joy and gladness; +Hide thy face from my sins, + +And blot out all mine iniquities. +Create in me a clean heart, O God,' +And renew a right spirit within me. + +Cast me not away from thy presence; +And take not thy holy spirit from me. +Restore unto me the joy of thy Infinite Garden, +And uphold me with thy Holy Angels. + +Let me drive away all evil things +And all uncleanness, + +From the fire, the water, + +The earth, the trees, + +From the faithful man and the faithful woman, +From the stars, the moon, the sun, +From the boundless Light, + +And from all good things, +Made by thee, O Heavenly Father, +Whose offspring is the Holy Law. +By the rivers of Babylon, +7here we sat down, yea, we wept, +When we remembered Zion. + + +We hanged our harps upon the willows. + + +How shall we sing the Lord's song in a wicked land? +If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, +Let my right hand forget her cunning. +If I do not remember thee, +Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; +For Babylon is the slavery in the world, +And Zion is the freedom in the Brotherhood. +O Lord, to thee will I cry! + +For the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, +And the flame hath burned All the trees of the field. +The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: + +For the rivers Of waters are dried up, + +And the fire hath devoured +Yle pastures of the wilderness. + +Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: + +For the d'ay of the Lord cometh, + +For it is nigh at hand; + +A day of darkness and gloominess, + +A day of clouds and of thick darkness, + +A day when the earth shall quake, + +And the heavens shall tremble. + +The sun and the moon shall be dark, + + +And the stars shall withdraw their shining. + + +Out of the depths will we cry unto thee, O Lord! + + +Lord, hear thou our voices! + + +PROPHECIES + + +Hearken unto me, my people, +And give ear unto me! +Lift up thine eyes to the heavens, +And look upon the earth beneath: + +For the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, +And the earth shall wax old like a garment, +And they that dwell therein +Shall die in like manner: + +But my Kingdom shall be for ever, + +And my Law shall not be abolished. + +And in that day hell shall enlarge herself, +And open her mouth without measure: +And the glory, the pride and the pomp of the wicked +Shall descend into it. + +And the mean man shall be brought down, +And the mighty man shall be humbled +As the fire devoureth the stubble, + +And the flame consumeth the chaff; + + +So their root shall be as rottenness, + + +And their blossom shall go up as dust. +Because they have cast away +The Holy Law of the Heavenly Order, + +And despised the word of the Children of Light. +And in that day, one will look unto the land +And behold only darkness and sorrow, +And the light in the heavens shall be darkened. +The leaders of the people shall cause them to err, +And they that are led of them shall be destroyed. +For every one is an hypocrite and an evil doer, +And every mouth speaketh folly. +Wickedness burneth as the fire: + +It shall devour the briars and thorns. + +It shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, +And shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. +Through the wrath of the Law +Shall the land be darkened, + +For this hath man wrought upon himself. +And the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: +No man shall spare his brother. + +Woe unto them that have kept not the Holy Law! +Woe unto the crown of pride! + + +Woe unto those who lust after the things of the world, + + +And corrupt themselves with wrongdoing, +Who err in vision, and stumble in judgment: +For they are a rebellious people, a lying people, +People who will not hear the Law of the Lord: +Which say to the seers, see not, + +And to the Prophets, prophesy not unto us right things, +But speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits. +Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, +And that write grievousness which they have prescribed. +Woe unto them that join house to house, +that lay field to field, + +Till there be no place that a man may be alone +In the midst of the earth! + +Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, +Not to commune with the Angels, + +But to follow strong drink, and continue until night, +Till the fumes of the wine inflame them! + +Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil, +That put darkness for light, and light for darkness. +Woe unto them +That turn aside the needy from judgment, + +And take away the right from the poor, + + +That make of widows their prey, and rob the fatherless! + + +Wherefore it shall come to pass +That the hand of the Lord shall lop the bough +With the judgment of the Law, +And the high ones of stature shall be hewn down +And the haughty shall be humbled. +Howl ye, for the day of the Law is at hand; +It shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. +Therefore shall all hands be faint, +And every man's heart shall melt. +And they shall be afraid: + +Pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; +They shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: +They shall be amazed one at another: +T'heir faces shall be as flames. + +Behold, the day of the Lord cometh +Cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, + +To lay the land desolate: + +And he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. +It shall come to pass in that day, + +That the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones, +And the kings of the earth upon the earth. +And they shall be gathered together, + + +As prisoners are gathered in the pit, + + +And shall be shut up in the prison. +And the Lord shall come forth out of his place, +And will come down, + +And tread upon the high places of the earth. +And the mountains shall be molten under him, +And the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, +As the waters pour down a steep place. + +Then the moon shall vanish, and the sun be obscured. +And the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof +Shall not give their light: + +The sun shall be darkened in its going forth, +And the moon shall not cause her light to shine. +And the Lord will shake the heavens, + +And the earth shall remove out of her place, + +In the day of the wrath of the Law, + +In the day of the fierce anger of the Lord. + +And the shining cities shall be laid waste, + +And wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; +The hay shall wither away, the grass shall fail, +And in all the earth there shall be no green thing. +In that day shall the strong cities +Be as a forsaken bough, + + +And a tempest of hail + + +Shall sweep away the refuge of lies, +And the angry waters +Shall overflow the hiding place of the -wicked. +And there shall be upon every high mountain, +And upon every high hill, +Rivers and streams Of waters +In the day of the great slaughter, +When the towers fall. +in that day shall the light of the moon +Be as the light of the sun, + +And the light of the sun shall be sevenfold. +Behold, the name of the Law cometh from far, +Burning with hot anger, + +And the burden thereof is heavy: + +The lips of the Lord are full of indignation, +And his tongue is as a devouring fire. + +He shall show the strength of his arm, +With the flame of consuming fire, + +With scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. +The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled, +For the sons of men have turned away from the Law. +The city of confusion is broken down: + + +Every house is shut up, that no man may come in. + + +There is a crying and wailing in the streets: +All joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. +And it shall come to pass, + +That he who fleeth from the noise of the fear +Shall fall into the pit; + +And he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit +Shall be taken in the snare: + +For the windows from on high are open, +And the foundations of the earth do shake. +The earth is utterly broken down, + +The earth is clean dissolved, The earth is moved exceedingly. +Then the moon shall be confounded, + +The sun shall be ashamed, + +And the earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, +And shall fall, and shall not rise again. + +And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, +And the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: +And all their host shall fall down, + +As the leaf falleth offfrom the vine, + +And as a falling fig from the fig tree. + +The waters shall fail from the sea, + +And the rivers shall be wasted and dried up. + + +Streams Of water shall be turned into pitch, + + +And the dust thereof into brimstone, + +And the land thereof shall become burning pitch. +And the smoke shall not be quenched by night or day, +And no man shall pass through it. + +But the cormorant and the bittern +Shall possess the land; + +The owl also and the raven shall dwell in it. +And there shall stretch out upon it +The line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. +They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, +But none shall be there, + +And all her princes shall be nothing. + +And thorns shall come up in her palaces, +Nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof., +And it shall be an habitation of dragons, +And a court for owls. + +The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly, +And the highways shall lie waste. + +The glory of the forests shall be consumed, +And the fruitful field; + +Yea, the trees shall be so few, + +That a child may count them. + + +Behold, the day shall come, + + +That all that is in the earth, +And all that which thy fathers have laid up in store, +Shall be carried up in smoke, +For ye have forgotten thy Heavenly Father +And thy Earthly Mother, +And ye have broken the Holy Law. +oh that thou wouldst rend the heavens, +That thou wouldst come down, + +That the mountains might flow down at thy prese +When thy hand showed forth the power of thy Law +Thou camest down in fury: + +The mountains flowed down at thy presence, +And the melting fires bumed. + +Behold thou art wroth, for we have sinned. +We are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, +Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. + +We trust in vanity, and speak lies; + +Our feet run to evil, + +Wasting and destruction are in our paths. + +We grope for the wall like the blind, + +We stumble at noon day as in the night, + +We are in desolate places as dead men. + + +But now, O Heavenly Father, thou art our father: + + +We are the clay, and thou our potter, +And we are all thy people. +Thy holy cities are a wilderness, +Thy forests are consumed, +All thy earth is a desolation. +Our holy and beautiful house +Where our fathers praised thee, +Is burned up with fire. +Even the ancient lore of our Father Enoch +Is trampled in the dust and ashes. +And I beheld the earth, and, lo, +It was without form, and void; +And the heavens, and they had no light. +I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, +And all the hills moved lightly. +I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, +And all the birds of the heavens +I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, +And all the cities thereof were broken down +At the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger. +For thus hath the Lord said, +The whole land shall be desolate; + + +Yet will I not make a full end. + + +Behold, the hand of the Law is not shortened, +That it cannot save; +Neither is the ear of the Law heavy, +That it cannot hear: +From out of the desert shall I bring forth a seed, +And the seed shall be planted +In the Garden of the Brotherhood, +And it shall flourish, +And the Children of Light shall cover the barren land +With tall grass and trees bearing fruit. +And they shall build the old waste places: +They shall repair the waste cities +The desolations of many generations. +They shall be called the repairers of the breach, +And the restorers of paths to dwell in. +They shall be a crown of glory on the head of the Lord +And a royal diadem in the hand of the Law. +The wilderness and the solitary place +Shall be glad for them, +And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. +It shall blossom abundantly, +And rejoice even with joy and singing. + + +The eyes of the blind shall be opened, + + +And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped +Then shall the lame man leap as an hart +And the tongue of the dumb shall sing +For in the wilderness shall waters break out, +And flowing streams in the desert. +And the parched ground shall become a pool, +And the thirsty land springs of water. + +And an highway shall be there, and a way, +And it shall be called the Way of the Law: +The unclean shall not pass over it, + +But it shall be for the Children of Light +To cross over the Eternal River unto the hidden place +Where standeth the Tree of Life. + +And the children of men shall return to the earth, +And come unto the Infinite Garden +With songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: +They shall obtain joy and gladness, + +And sorrow and sighing shall flee away, +And it shall come to pass in the last days, +That the mountain of the Lord's house +Shall be established in the top of the mountains, +And shall be exalted above the hills; + + +And all the sons of men of the earth shall flow unto it. + + +And many people shall go and say, +‘Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, +To the tabernacle of the Holy Law, +And the Holy Angels will teach us +of the ways of the Heavenly Father +And the Earthly Mother, +And we will walk in the paths of the righteous: +For out of the Garden of the Brotherhood +Shall go forth the Law, +And the word of the Lord from the Children of Light. +And the Lord shall judge among the nations, +And shall rebuke many people: +And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, +And their spears into pruninghooks: +Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, +Neither shall they learn war any more. +Hear the voices of the Brothers, +Which cry aloud in the wilderness: +Prepare ye the way of the Law! +Make straight in the desert a highway for our God! +Every valley shall be exalted, +And every mountain and hill shall be made low: + + +And the croz)ked shall be made straight, + + +And the rough places plain: + +And the voice of the Heavenly Father shall be heard: +1, even I, am the Law; and beside me there is no other. +Yea, before the day was I am he: + +And there is none that can deliver out of my hand. +Hearken unto me, O Children of Light! + +I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. + +Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, +And my right hand hath spanned the heavens. +Hearken unto me, O Children of Light! + +Ye that know righteousness, + +My children in whose hearts is my Law: + +Ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: +The mountains and the hills +Shall break forth before you into singing, + +And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. +Arise, shine, O Children of Light! + +For my Light is come upon thee, + +And thou shalt make the Glory of the Law + + +To rise upon the new earth! + +