{"id":1292,"date":"2020-05-07T20:57:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T20:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2020-05-07T20:57:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T20:57:11","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-friday-may-8th-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2020\/05\/07\/lectionary-readings-for-friday-may-8th-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Friday, May 8th, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of Wars Against Jehovih Chapter 7, Chapter 8<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 7<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The Anubi’s labor on earth was to win the disaffected of the kings’peoples into
\nassociation; and as far as possible bring them to the rites of Faithism.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Anubi sent tens of thousands of angels into all the regions of the earth. By inspiration
\nand otherwise these angels established the rites of Anubi.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. By these rites even kings were converted to Faithism and the full ceremonies of the
\nbrethren.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. And by the same means were the Maichung, of Jaffeth, made into Faithists; and by the
\nsame rites were the Effins, of Vind’yu, converted into Faithists, adopting all the rites and
\nceremonies of Emethachavah afterward.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. And it came to pass in course of time that there were no suffering poor in all the
\nworld. The Faithists had gathered them all up and made brethren of them; and the
\ncontributions to the Faithists by the kings’peoples rendered all the people comfortable.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. For the degree of Anubi any one (who desired to learn heavenly things) was
\neligible. The rites and ceremonies were in dark chambers; and the angels of heaven,
\nclothed in sar’gis, took part therein. And the angels taught mortals by the voice the
\nmysteries of spirit communion; how to sit in circles and in crescents; taught the four
\ndark corners, and the four bright sides; taught them how to ascertain from what grade
\nin heaven the spirits came; how to keep off evil spirits; how to attract righteous
\nspirits; taught them how to develop in su-is and sar’gis; the secrets of falling water;
\nthe application of lotions to the skin, that would make poundings and rappings.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. The second degree taught the people of the Great Spirit and His secret names; taught
\nthem His high holy heavens, where all is rest and happiness forever. Whoever took the
\nsecond degree had to live one year with the poorest of the poor, going about soliciting
\nalms, reserving only the poorest of things for himself. And if he found a person naked he
\nmust take off his clothes and give them to that person. Men and women alike served the
\nsame conditions.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. The third degree taught the dominions of God and the Lords, and the place of their
\nabiding, and the irrespective labors in heaven. And the members must learn the names of
\nthe God or Gods, Lord or Lords, and the Divan laws; the words of salutation; the
\nanthems; the prayers; the praise; the positions of utterance; the orders of marching; to<\/span>
\nwrite sacred names; the secret of begetting pure offspring, and the key to the two
\npreceding degrees.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. The fourth degree taught the arrangement of the heavens; the places of the sun and
\nstars and moon; the places and grades of the unseen worlds; the localities of the lower and
\nhigher heavens; the places and dominions of false Lords and false Gods; the places in
\nhada, and of hells and knots; of familiar spirits, and also of fetals, both the harmless
\nand the destructive vampires, that live on mortals and in swine and cattle, that induce
\nmortals to eat flesh food for that purpose; the key to the place of the north star; the
\nposition of the earth’s vortex; the vortices that move the corporeal worlds, and hold them
\nin place; and the rules for building temples and pyramids, with their spirit chambers.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Besides this there was the fifth degree, which reached the secret of life in the flesh;
\nthe power of will and how to use it far and near; how to rule over others without their
\nknowing it; to cast spells; to enter the prophetic state; to estimate numbers without
\ncounting; to find proportions and distances without measuring; to forecast the time of
\nthings; to find the weight of things without weighing; to find the power of the
\ncapstan before it is made, and of the lever and screw; to find the friction of things before
\nthey were moved, in order to know the power required. The fifth degree was called
\nthe degree of prophecy; and the place of initiation was called the college of prophecy.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. In this degree the angels came in sar’gis and taught these things orally, and mortals
\ninitiated thus learned them. But no one could take the fifth degree without having become
\nproficient in all the four preceding degrees, and without the recommendation of the
\nrab’bah (or priest) who had charge of the college.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. And such was the wisdom of God that only Faithists could receive the degrees, save
\nthe first degree; and, therefore, the greatest knowledge of the earth was kept in secret with
\nthe Faithists. And the kings’people, even the richest and most powerful, were beholden to
\nthe sons and daughters of the Faithists. To build a palace or a temple, or an aqueduct or
\ncanal, or a ship or any great affair, the kings and the kings’people were obliged to employ
\nFaithists of the fifth degree to superintend the work.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 8<\/span>
\n<\/span>OF ANUHASAJ; WHO BY TREACHERY, BECOMETH LORD
\nGOD, SECOND IN RANK TO GOD, SON OF JEHOVIH.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Jehovih spake to God in Craoshivi, his heavenly place, saying: Behold, I have given
\ngreat light to the earth and her heavens hundreds of years; and My Gods and Lords
\nare becoming conceited in their own power and wisdom to rule in heavenly places.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Now will I try them for a season, by sending them a’ji’an darkness; for My
\nGods and Lords must learn to master the elements I have created in the firmament.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. So Jehovih brought the earth and her heavens into a dark region for a season.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Anuhasaj, a one-time sub-God under Ahura, the false, was cast into hell, and
\nthen delivered out of hell, whereupon he repented, and became a Faithist in heaven;
\nserving many years in holy works in Ailkin, a heavenly place of great wisdom.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. And it came to pass that Ailkin was raised into a new heavenly place, called
\nVarapishanaha; and in the removing, behold, Ahura ordered Anuhasaj from the line
\nbecause of his inharmony. And Anuhasaj suffered himself to become angered.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Satan (self) said unto Anuhasaj: Who art thou, that one of less wisdom ordereth thee?<\/span>
\nAnuhasaj said: Alas, I am a fool, and without will to assert myself.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. For many years Anuhasaj became a wandering spirit in heaven, going from kingdom to
\nkingdom, doing nothing; and at times descending to the earth, observing the kingdoms of
\nthe earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Satan came again to him and said: Hear thou my voice, and thou shalt triumph over all
\nother Gods. Anuhasaj said: What shall I do? And satan said: Go thou to Ahura, who
\noffended thee in presence of the Chieftainess, Cpenta-armij, and say to him: O God, I
\ncrave thy forgiveness. Thou wert right, and I was wrong. I have repented most bitterly.
\nNow I come to thee, with faith in Jehovih. Him will I serve forever. Turn me not off, O
\nAhura; remember thine own one-time shortness; and the high Gods above thee accepted
\nthee.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Satan continued: Ahura will delight in thee and take thee at thy word. And thou shalt
\nenter Vara-pishanaha, asking for the lowest of places; practicing humility in all thy
\nbehavior. But be thou fruitful in making acquaintances with such as shall serve thee
\nafterward.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Satan continued: And whether it be fifty years, or a hundred, or two hundred, bide
\nthou thy time. But the time shall surely come when thou shalt be exalted; and thou shalt
\nsolicit and accept a place in the dominions of the Lord God in the Lord-dom of heaven
\nand earth, Maitraias.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Satan continued: And whether it be one hundred years more, or two hundred years, it
\nmattereth not to thee; but thou shalt finally attain to the Lord-dom, and be duly installed
\nand crowned Lord God of heaven and earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. And when thou art thus exalted, thou shalt seek to have appointed such Lords to the
\nten divisions of earth as are thine own special friends. And it shall come to pass that the
\nwhole earth and her heavens shall be thine, and thy title shall be Lord God, and all people
\non earth and in heaven shall be thy servants.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Anuhasaj said: Thou art the wisest of Gods, O satan. All thou hast advised will I do;
\nneither shall any one in heaven or earth know my designs.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. And it came to pass in course of another hundred years, Anuhasaj was promoted
\non the staff of the Lord God, the guardian, where he served the Lord God one
\nhundred and seventy years. So the Lord God named Anuhasaj for his successor.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. So God came from Craoshivi and crowned Anuhasaj Lord God of heaven and earth;
\nwith great pageantry and display, God gave him a throne and placed him upon it. And
\nfrom this time forth Anuhasaj was known and saluted as Lord God, which is the first rank
\nbelow God.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. The Lord God said unto satan: Who first shall I bring into my favor? Satan said:
\nThou shalt first bring into thy favor Anubi, M<\/span>ASTER OF THE <\/span>S<\/span>CALES OF <\/span>H<\/span>EAVEN<\/span>, and
\nwhen thou hast this to thy liking, thou shalt call him T<\/span>HY <\/span>S<\/span>ON <\/span>and S<\/span>AVIOR OF <\/span>M<\/span>EN<\/span>!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. The Lord God said unto satan: Who next shall I bring into my favor? Satan said: Thou
\nshalt next bring into thy favor the ten Lords of the heavenly kingdoms of the earth. And
\nwhen thou hast them to thy liking, thou shalt exalt the chief one of them to be above the
\nrest; and him that thou exaltest thou shalt call Osiris, for it is a name loved on earth and in
\nheaven.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. Satan said: Thou shalt re-establish thy Lord-dom and call it Hored, and it shall be the
\ncentral kingdom of all the heavens belonging to the earth.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>19. And Anubi shall send the spirits of his department to thy heavens; and Osiris and all
\nthe other Lords shall send the spirits of their departments to thy kingdom. And in no case
\nshall any more spirits be sent to Craoshivi; for all people in heaven and earth shall
\nbe taught that thy kingdom is the All Highest Place; and that thou art the All Highest
\nGod, even the Creator of all things; and all angels and mortals shall be thy servants.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Then went the Lord God to work earnestly, but slowly and surely. The Lords of all the
\ndivisions of the earth were his special friends, and of such kind as would willingly do his
\nbidding. And they were learned and of high grade of heavenly experience of more than a
\nthousand years.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

21. And the Lord God told no one in heaven or on the earth of his designs; gave no sign
\nor token in his behavior that would make messengers or swift messengers look at him to
\nread him; and he passed for the meekest and holiest of Gods.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

22. But the time came at last for which the Lord God had labored hundreds of years; and
\nhe gave a festival in his heavenly place, inviting the Lords and captains and generals and
\nmarshals, whom he knew would willingly do his bidding.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

23. And they came even as the Lord God had planned, and it was a time of great joy. And
\nwhen the feast was ended, then spake the Lord God before them, spake as one moved in
\nsorrow to do a solemn duty for the sake of Jehovih.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

24. The Lord God said: O my brothers, hear the words of your Lord God! Behold, I have
\ncharge of the Lord-dom of heaven and earth, I am as a guardian that standeth by a cornfield to see the corn grow unmolested. My experience is not of a year, nor of a hundred years, but of thousands of years.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

25. In Jehovih’s name I speak before you; for the love I bear for the souls of men and
\nangels. I belong not to the Diva as do ye Lords; my voice findeth vent in the fullness of
\nthe Father in me.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

26. Who is here that hath not seen great decline, during the last hundred years, in these
\nheavens, in the faith of angels in the All Person? Speak then, O ye Lords; and if ye have
\nhearts for more energetic service for the Father and His kingdoms, now let your tongues
\nhave full liberty, as becometh Gods.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

27. Anubi said: thou art wise, O Lord God. God of Craoshivi layeth the blame on a’ji.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

28. Then spake Hi-kas, whose heavenly place was over Jaffeth, he said: My Lord God
\nand my Lords, before your wisdom I bow. I am but as a child in heaven, little more than a
\nthousand years. My tongue should be silent before you, my long experienced Lords. Hear
\nme though in my little wisdom, and pity me for it.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

29. To the east or west, or north or south, all things grow, in heaven and on the earth; I
\nhave seen no greater wisdom than this. One thing groweth not, the Diva. Behold, the
\nDiva made laws hundreds of years ago, and they were wise laws in the time they were
\nmade. Ye and I, all of us, are bound by the old Divan laws. The laws have not grown.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

30. Gods older than I am, and Lords also, tell us that the All Light is a Person and hath
\nVoice; and moreover that long ago He spake to high-raised Gods, saying: These things,
\nshall be thus and so.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

31. I appeal to your judgment, O my Lord God and My Lords, was that not a wise
\ndoctrine for the ancients? For on this authority angels and mortals fell down and
\nworshipped Him they saw not. And they were obedient to do the will of their masters and
\nteachers on this self-asserted authority of a Person no one had seen!<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>32. Which is to say: It is wiser to worship Him we know not, and cannot comprehend,
\nand is therefore as nothing before us, than to hearken to the words of most wise Gods and
\nLords.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

33. If to worship that which we are ignorant of is the highest of worship, then the fool is
\nthe greatest of worshippers. For he is ignorant of all things. And by virtue of this reason,
\nhe who is the wisest must be the poorest of worshippers. And of a truth, is it not so, both
\nin heaven and on earth?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

34. With the acquisition of knowledge, they all put away the Unknowable; the ignorant
\nare devout worshippers. Shall we hold our tongues, saying: Wh-ce, Wh-ce! The ignorant
\nmust not know the truth; the whole truth!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

35. To do this, are we not hypocrites? Some have come to us from far-off regions, saying
\nthere are more delightful heavens, much higher! Why, then, shall we not all run away and
\nleave this?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

36. My Lord God, and my Lords, these heavens are good enough, if improved. The earth
\nis good enough, if improved. We want larger kingdoms and more adorned thrones in our
\nheavens and on the earth.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

37. Next spake Che-le-mung, whose heavenly kingdom was over Arabin’ya. He said: My
\nLord hath spoken soul words. With knowledge, what more need angels or mortals? What
\nvalue to them is it to say: Beware! The Unseen heareth and seeth? Or, halt and consider
\nthe Divan laws?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

38. My Lord God, for the wisest and best and most honest to assume dominion, this I
\nhave not seen. Thy kingdom should be the largest and most adorned of all kingdoms. And
\nthou shouldst have, to labor with thee, Lords with kingdoms greater than all Craoshivi.
\nCannot our Gods and our Lords make these heavens the greatest of all regions in the
\nuniverse? Shall we and our people forever run off to etherea in search of higher heavens?
\nAnd not improve our own? To exalt a place by going away from it, who hath seen this
\ndone?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

39. Arc-wotchissij spake next: his heavenly kingdom was over Vind’yu. He said: O that I
\nhad not struggled so long to put away wisdom like this! All that hath been spoken I have
\nunderstood. But I curbed my soul; I thought I was alone in such reason. Now, so
\nsuddenly, I have not words well schooled. I speak little, lest I trip myself up afterward.
\nIt is the joy of my life to listen to such wise arguments. Another time I will say more.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

40. After him spake Baal, whose heavenly kingdom was over Heleste and the south end
\nof Jaffeth to the sea, a young Lord of great promise. He said: How shall one of my
\ninexperience speak before such Gods as are here! But because ye have touched upon a
\nmatter dear to my soul, my words will forth. I have seen all these heavens, and even
\nCraoshivi, waning for hundreds of years. Our kingdoms are like old women, resigned to
\nroutine, living, but dead.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

41. We have the same rites and ceremonies as the ancients; parades and salutations and
\nanthems sung for thousands of years; and to whom? A figure-head that is void of shape
\nand person and sense. Who is here that hath not deserved honor more than such a being?
\nMy Lord God hath labored two thousand years! I have seen him in Vara-pishanaha for
\nmore than a hundred years, stooped to the vilest labor, over bad-smelling drujas, teaching
\nthem, washing them!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

42. The Lord God should have a kingdom wide as the earth, and a million attendants to<\/span>
\ndo him honorable parade. And when he goeth forth he should have hundreds of thousands
\nof heralds and trumpeters to proclaim he is coming. We need such. We need wider fields
\nand more pomp and glory in our heavens; and kingdoms with great capital cities, and
\nthrones arrayed in splendor.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

43. Then rose Ashtaroth, assistant to Baal, and Lordess of the East Wing of his heavenly
\nplace. She said: Here are other Lordesses, can speak wisely. As for me, my words are
\nfew. The ancients have taught us to be plain in all things. And we have made our heavens
\nlike orchards stript of leaves and blossoms. As fast as angels are made bright and useful,
\nthey are persuaded to become Brides and Bridegrooms to Jehovih, and fly off to remote
\nworlds. Our own beloved earth, that brought us forth, together with her heavens, are thus
\nforever stript of the most valuable fruitage and ornaments.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

44. We all know that atmospherea is extensive enough to contain all the angels the earth
\nwill bring forth in millions of years! I appeal to thee, my Lord God, and to ye, most wise
\nLords, are not these Brides and Bridegrooms hoodwinked by the tales of the etherean
\nGods? And by the parade and pageantry of the marriage ceremony? And by the fire-ships,
\nand pomp and splendor of the marshals, and trumpeters, and music, and the high-raised
\nGods?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

45. Behold, we have here one who can invent all these glories, even our Lord God. He
\nshould have such a heavenly place of splendor that the Brides and Bridegrooms would fly
\nto him instead of the far-off heavens.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

46. After this manner spake the Lords and Lordesses, and when they had all spoken, there
\nrose up Anuhasaj, now lawfully anointed Lord God. He said:<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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