{"id":1049,"date":"2020-02-21T11:03:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T11:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2020-02-22T23:49:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T23:49:26","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-friday-february-21st-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2020\/02\/21\/lectionary-readings-for-friday-february-21st-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Friday, February 21st, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of Osiris, Son of Jehovih<\/strong>. Chapter 1, Chapter 2<\/p>\n

GOD OF LOWTSIN, AN ETHEREAN WORLD IN THE ARC OF SE\u2019ING,
\nKNOWN IN THE HIGH HEAVEN AS OSIRE, SON OF JEHOVIH.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 1<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Now came Osire, Son of Jehovih. To him, on his throne in Lowtsin, an ethereal world,
\nwhere his reign a hundred thousand years had illumined many a corporeal star, came the
\nVoice, Great Jehovih, Spirit over all, saying:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Osire! Osire: My Son: Forth from these immortal worlds, and grasp the perishable
\nearth in its debauched flight; and proclaim, with uplifted rod, thyself The One, the
\ncommanding God. As an indulgent father treads softly by his infant son, guiding him
\ntenderly, and with wholesome advice, so have I, through My Gods and Chiefs, the red star
\ncoaxed along for many, many thousands of years. But as a wise father turneth to his truant
\nson, of later years, commanding, thou shalt or shall, so now do I, through thee, My Godly
\nson, stretch My hand over the earth and her heavens.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Deep-buried she lieth, in anarchy, and by false Gods and false Lords, in war despoiling
\nher heavens, and casting down on the troubled earth her millions of spirits of darkness,
\nglutting themselves in crime. As driftwood, on a surging sea, now riseth high on towering
\nwaves, and quickly plungeth down in the roaring waters, to rise and fall, and repeat
\nforever the ceaseless struggle, so do the spirits of the dead, of earth, rise in heaven to be
\nplunged back again in unending toil and darkness, on the low earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Where toil and struggle My most holy God and his Lords, powerless to divert the
\nterrible heedlessness of men and angels. Osire heard Jehovih’s voice, and summoned
\nswift messengers, well trained in the rise and fall of worlds, and bade them go to the red
\nstar, the earth, in masterly speed, a million strong, and survey the affairs of mortals and
\nspirits, and quickly report back to Jehovih’s throne, in Lowtsin, promising succor to God
\nand his Lords of earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. The swift messengers, with an arrow-ship, such as Gods, for speed and light work, use
\nto accomplish Jehovih’s will, shot forth through the ji’ay’an fields of darkness, midway
\nbetween the Serpent’s coils, and were soon deep hidden in the whirling atmosphere of the
\nwarring earth. Meantime, Osire called to council about Jehovih’s throne, long-risen Gods
\nand Goddesses, and told the Voice’s words, that stirred his soul with compassion for those
\nbut recently quickened to life by the Creator’s breath, who persisted in burrowing
\ntheir souls down in hada, heedless of the call and persuasion of a loving God and Lords.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Jehovih’s light overspread the Lowtsin throne of Osire, and curtained round the stars,
\nthe Gods and Goddesses, with the full history of the earth and her heavens, so that all
\nwere clear to comprehend His Almighty Wisdom. Yet not one was moved with haste to
\nanswer; for scenes like these were their daily deliberation concerning the countless
\nmillions of stars dotting the firmament. And then, slowly, one at a time, the speakers,
\neach a representative of a thousand Gods and Goddesses, gave utterance to Jehovih’s light
\nfrom their respective seats.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. And when the multitude had spoken, and Osire, charged with the wisdom of all,
\nperceived from human souls how the light matched his own, as to him Jehovih spake, his
\nfirst sphere of commandant God, stood plain before him. And then he rose up, and stood<\/span>
\nin the throne of Jehovih, mantled in white, like one new illumined with a great change in
\nhis long life’s administration.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. To Gods and Goddesses, he spake: Give ear, for now the veil of the arc of Se’ing
\nupraises before our hallowed shrine. As step by step, all things advance by Jehovih’s will,
\nand new roadways in etherea open up fields unexplored by traveling stars; so onward,
\nstep by step, our own endless realm takes the course of manhood in its giant strides. By
\nyou have the worlds of corpor and es been blessed for hundreds of thousands of years!
\nYour busy scenes in an old routine change now to higher advent, and an Orian arc cometh
\nanon.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. As an oscillating star feedeth itself with a change of seasons, so hath Jehovih coursed
\nthe wave of His traveling Serpents to give our etherean realms an endless life, diversified
\nby change of scenes and constant surprises, the glory of the soul.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. As thus Osire, the Mighty, with a soul full of words, engraved by Jehovih’s hand,
\ndiscoursed on the glories awaiting the high worlds, where he and his brother Gods and
\narchangels dwelt in the All Perfect, there came back, hastening, as with Omnipotence
\nimpelled, the swift messengers from the slow earth, with their etherean arrow-ship
\nshooting like a meteor on fire. Then came Hagan, spokesman of the messengers, before
\nJehovih’s throne, his mantle turned back, and his eyes radiant with sure knowledge,
\nsaluting in Jehovih’s sign and name. He said:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. O Osire, Jehovih’s Son, and ye Gods and Goddesses, as the All Light gave Voice to
\nour far-seeing God of Lowtsin, so stand I here to corroborate, in Jehovih’s name. The day
\nof sweet persuasion to the earth-born, and their countless angels down in darkness,
\nis done. Lo, the race, the Ghans, planned by Jehovih from the foundation of the world,
\nnow standeth triumphant on the earth. As Jehovih led the I’hins in paths fortuitous, by
\ngentle words and love, but left them not strong before the warring elements, so hath
\nHe created upon the earth the masters who shall subdue it, to the triumph of Gods.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Not like lambs are the Ghans, but lions untamed, born conquerors, with seed to learn
\nand reason toward all things, faith in mastery, but not faith in Jehovih. As a man having
\ntwo sons, the one low-strung and passionless, the other in ceaseless mischief and desire
\nfor havoc, because of the fullness within, so stand the twain, the I’hins and the Ghans, on
\nthe earth. And when they die, and enter heaven, the first, the I’hins, go like lambs, as they
\nare directed; but the second, the Ghans, still full of inherent stubbornness and self-will,
\nunheed the God and Lords, and mock at them. Back to the earth these well-formed and
\nstately souls come, and set up heavenly kingdoms of their own, in darkness, and fain
\npursue with most relentless zeal their former enemies.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. By their loud clamor and inspiring acts, they break up the weak Lords’ kingdoms and
\ndespoil them of subjects, proclaiming heaven and earth free to all. Whereby, even hapless
\nsouls in the lower heaven have been persuaded to fly from the hospitals and nurseries
\nback to mortals, and there fasten themselves as fetals, shutting up their eyes against all
\nfurther light.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. So, mortals have given themselves up to doing the wills of the spirits of darkness,
\nmaking spoil and desolation a holiday.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. We then came to God, Jehovih’s Son, whose throne lieth in Gau, and he said: Take
\nthis message to Osire, Jehovih’s Son, God of Lowtsin: Greeting, in the Father’s name.
\nBehold, the arc of Se’ing is at hand. Send thou, O God, a ship, and deliver my hosts, four<\/span>
\nthousand millions. With that, and in due salutation, we hastened hither.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 2<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Osire said: In the name of the All Light, I will have fifty millions of conquerors to do
\nmy will, on earth and in heaven. But first, send ye an es’elene, with suitable attendants,
\nto deliver God, his Lords, and their hosts, the Brides and Bridegrooms of Jehovih.
\nAnd leave ye the earth in darkness thirty days. Meantime, let my builders provide me a
\nship for my hosts; and let the heralds go abroad in Se’ing, announcing this, my decree.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Jehovih said: Think not, O man, I gave talents to men differently on earth, and there to
\nend, making My exalted places to be even shorn and alike. Not so created I man; but as
\none on earth is mild, and leadeth on by smooth words and persuasive behavior; and as
\nanother, by quick perceiving and strong will, plungeth in headlong; even so carry I them
\nonward in My high heavens, perfecting them in their bent, but with wisdom and love, till
\neach becometh as a sun in his sphere.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Fear not, O man, that I have not labor for them in high heaven: I have worlds to be
\nnurtured and coaxed at times; worlds to be pruned at times, and commanded; by most
\nsevere authority made to know that All Power lieth in Me, through My Gods and Lords.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. For these exalted extreme Gods I have places in the firmament, and worlds numberless,
\nwhereon they dwell as stars in My heavens. Thither make I roadways for My traveling
\ncorporeal worlds, where lie My etherean fields of pasture, to glorify Me, and lead on the
\nmortal born. So, now, to My commanding God, Osire, who ruled in Lowtsin most
\namiably, with equals, but was high-strung with impatience toward self-willed ignorance, I
\nbrought the undisciplined earth to feel his giant power.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Say’ah, scribe of Ctaran, thus described the scene: Osire had spoken; his word had gone
\nforth. Heaven was stirred up; Gods and Goddesses knew that work was on hand, knew of
\nits order in this place in the firmament. The earth had sons, at last, worthy the will and
\nservice of Gods. Osire, impetuous and much-loved God of Lowtsin, was going to visit
\nthese earth-sons, and wash them clean, and put jackets on them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Osire said: In written words will I set down explicit laws for these unruly false Gods,
\nthe Ghans, and give them bondage, like the people of other worlds. O that they had had
\ndiscipline before, instead of sweet persuasion!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Say’ah said: When some Gods give command, the people move along; but when Osire
\ndecreed, the whole heaven of Lowtsin ran. And quickly, now, the mandates were filled;
\nthe ships were built, first, the es’elene, commanded by Yok, and equipped with five
\nmillion souls, and started off in hot haste to the earth to deliver God and his Lords, and
\nsuch Brides and Bridegrooms as were prepared for the resurrection. Next, the ship, Buer,
\nan adavaysit, built for Osire and his hosts, fifty millions strong.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Osire said: That no adventure run foul, let swift messengers be stationed along the
\nroadways; and they shall announce the proceedings of my Gods and Lords, and their
\nwhereabouts. And, even so, was the order of heaven executed. And time came, and
\npassed, and the earth was stripped from her God and Lords, and on her, and her heavens,
\ndarkness reigned.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Then Osire left his high place, and with his hosts, aboard the etherean ship of fire, sat
\nout toward the earth, at break-neck speed; for such was the disposition of this most<\/span>
\ndetermined God. Nor halted he at Chinvat, the boundary of the earth’s vortex, but sped on
\nwith banners and curtains flying, and most martial music to stir up the souls of his hosts
\nto sudden tittle.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Down he came to the earth with his fire-ship, and sped round about it, to learn its
\nweak and salient points; and next rose up a little to view the atmospherean spirits who
\nhad presumed defiance toward high heaven. In the place where Gau had been (whose
\nGod, a most holy one, had learned to rule by love for eight hundred years, and was
\nunappreciated by the crude boasters, the unlearned druj), there stood now, castles and
\nmansions of the false God, Utaya, round whom a million of sentinels armed for battle
\nwere stationed to protect him, the false, and do his will.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Hither came Osire, and over the battlements raised his ship, and brought it even into
\nthe arena of the Council of hada. Then, halting, bade his marshals proclaim his voice:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Come forth, O Utaya; behold my power! Thy sentinels stand appalled. I raised my
\nhosts by higher law, and stand on my feet in thy citadel.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Utaya said: Strange and audacious God! From what unmannerly region hast thou
\nsprung? Know thou, Gods should kneel outside my walls, and beg to know my will, for
\nan audience. Then Osire determined to hear his arguments, and thus spake:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. From Great Jehovih, I am come! I kneel to none save Him. To do His will in
\nreverence am I come in power and majesty. But erst I demolish thy pitiful walls, and
\ncast thee down, suppliant, to do my will, tell me wherein excusest thou thyself to
\nturn from the exalted heavens, and build here a kingdom of slaves, for thine own glory?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Utaya said: O thou jester! Erst I demolish thee and thy ship, and enslave thy hosts as
\nmine, I will, then, pacify thy worthless curiosity, that thou mayest hereafter know thy
\nlesson well. But first, thou has mocked me for my slaves: what more are thy hosts?
\nHast thou not tampered with their too willing love by stories of thy unseen Jehovih,
\nand persuaded them to suffer thee to lead them on to glory? Now I declare before thee,
\nthere is no Jehovih, no All Person! Hence, thy philosophy is founded on falsehood.
\nThe space is before us; the worlds are before us; there is nothing more. Let him
\nwho will, assume a kingdom; let him who will be a slave, be a slave. I am Apollo!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. Osire said: When I shall have cast thee down, thou mightest say it was merely because
\nit so happened that one was stronger than another. So, then, that thou mayest remember
\nmy words are more in wisdom than in blind force, hear me whilst thou canst, for it is not
\nlong that I can talk to such as thou: He who admitteth the universe moveth in harmony
\nand discipline, already admitteth the All Person, Jehovih. He who denieth the All Person,
\nJehovih, denieth unity in all things. If all things are not in unity, then are all things
\ndivided, one against another. Whoever holdeth this, is a disintegrator; and whoever
\nholdeth that all things are a unit, is a unitor. Wherefore, if there be greater strength in
\nunison than in isolation, then therein hath unison won the battle and become the All
\nPerson.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Touching the matter of slaves: There is but One Master, and He ruleth over all; but it
\nlieth in the power of each and every soul to attune himself with the All Person, which is
\nfreedom. Of such are my hosts. Thy slaves attune themselves to thee; they cannot rise
\nhigher than thou; my hosts have the universe for their model. Because thou canst not find
\nthe Cause of thy coming into life, why not say thou: A name I will call Him, and it shall
\nbe Jehovih!<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>18. And now began Utaya with a long discourse, the which Osire waited not to hear, but
\nturned to his marshals, saying: Break ye down the walls of Gau, and raise me ten
\nthousand pillars of fire. I will here rebuild Jehovih’s kingdom. Let the es’enaurs chant,
\nA<\/span>LL HAIL TO <\/span>O<\/span>SIRE<\/span>, G<\/span>OD OF <\/span>H<\/span>EAVEN AND <\/span>E<\/span>ARTH<\/span>!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. To which the astonished Utaya stood silently, as if to know if it were real, or but a
\nfrenzied dream, that any one should so unrecognize his power, now well established for
\nthree hundred years.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Out of the ship came the hosts, and without command, or waiting to know their parts,
\nbut every one in time to the music, taking place in the citadel. Osire strode forward, and
\nby the majesty of his power, overturned the throne of Utaya, the false God, and heaped
\nthe rubbish aside. Then, stretching forth his hand, he said:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. In Thy name, O Jehovih, and by virtue of Thy power, in me vested, do I here
\ncommand the elements to do my will, and raise me a throne worthy of Thy Immortal
\nSon! And with his voice, his hosts, in concert, quickly piled the adamantine seat,
\nand hung it round with transparent tapestry, woven with the elements of silver and gold.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. The while the laborers of Osire overturned the walls of Utaya’s city, and set free his
\nmillions of slaves, even whilst Utaya’s officers, panic-stricken, dropped on their knees,
\npleading for pity, or fled precipitously off to the earth. And Utaya, conjecturing the
\nworthlessness of his stuff, compared to that which descended from the higher
\nheavens, shouted and called in vain to his most steadfast zealots in time of peace and
\neasy rule, beholding them, in thousands, vanquished without even a cruel deed or word.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. Not long the fray lasted, for Osire’s work was as if a man were overturning the toys of
\na child; and Utaya, to prove his faith in himself, stood sole spectator, unmoved from his
\ntracks, but helpless, wondering what should come next. But now Osire, with no words of
\nexplanation or excuse, ascended the new throne and gave the sign, I<\/span>N <\/span>J<\/span>EHOVIH\u2019S <\/span>N<\/span>AME<\/span>,
\n<\/span>which was answered by his mighty hosts; when, behold, from the vault of heaven above
\nthere descended mantles of light, matchless in brilliancy!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. Utaya was himself illumined, and all his former evil deeds and cruelty stood out in
\nhuge black spots, quailing before the sea of light; for round on every side stood millions
\nof souls, all pure and transparent, washed by the ordeal of time and holy works. But Utaya
\nwas not all evil, or short in owning an honorable adversary; and so, quickly
\ncomprehending his awful plight in the midst of Purity, first let fall a tear, the which, in
\npity, blinded him from witnessing further his dire humiliation; and next, with blubbering
\nof a beaten school-boy, he cried out:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. Enough! Enough! Thou God, Almighty! Take me hence, from thy dissolving fire! I
\nwas but wont to witness some great God’s deeds, to find proof of mine own
\nworthlessness!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

26. But Osire was not new to such a situation, and proceeded with the affairs of heaven,
\nappointing officers and laborers, and apportioning his High Council to do Jehovih’s will,
\nand so left Utaya to sweat a while in his own torments.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

27. O give me relief, cried Utaya, thou God of heaven and earth! I consume, I burn in
\nPurity’s flame! For pity, turn down the consuming light!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

28. Osire halted from his labors long enough to answer thus: All Light cannot cease for
\nconvenience of one man; clothe thyself, O false one, with robes of darkness, and hide thy
\ncruel butcheries. Thou, that wouldst have made slaves of my hosts, should be of holier<\/span>
\nmetal than to plead for help. Behold, not one of thy slaves have I taken, or asked to bow
\nin obedience. To the righteous, the worlds are free; only evil men and evil Gods quail
\nbefore Jehovih’s ceaseless fire!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

29. Meanwhile, Utaya hustled close around himself his glittering robes, and pulled his
\nflashing crown down over his scalded eyes, which worthless fabric but fed the fury of the
\nAll Light, from the throne of God, Osire’s resting-place. The slaves of Utaya had fled, or
\nlay piteously prostrate, speechless with fear and wonder. Over these the hosts of Osire
\nwatched, and hastily took them beyond the now rapidly rising pillars of fire, where they
\nwere housed temporarily.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

30. Still the voice of Utaya rang aloud for help and pity; but to him none came. Then he
\nsaw that the prostrate victims fared better and were less conspicuous; so Utaya cast
\nhimself prostrate, along with the rubbish of his former throne. Whereupon Osire sent
\nYesta, sister of Atonas, Goddess of Opsa, in etherea, to rescue him, and mantle him
\naround with balm from the upper heavens.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

31. So Yesta and her band took Utaya hence, far beyond the boundaries of the new-laid
\nGau.<\/span><\/p>\n

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