{"id":55,"date":"2019-03-26T10:06:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T10:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=55"},"modified":"2019-03-26T10:06:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T10:06:37","slug":"lectionary-reading-for-tuesday-march-26th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2019\/03\/26\/lectionary-reading-for-tuesday-march-26th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Reading for Tuesday, March 26th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book of God\u2019s Word Chapters VII and VIII<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

1. When night came, the king sat privately with Zarathustra; and I’hua’Mazda cast a light
\non the wall, and the soul of So-qi came and appeared before Asha. So-qi said: Knowest
\nthou who I am? And Asha said: Yea, So-qi.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. So-qi said: True, O king, the soul is immortal! And then it disappeared. Asha said: It
\nseemeth to be So-qi. And yet if it were he, would he not have called me, Asha, instead of,
\nO king? Then spake Zarathustra, saying: Call thou for some other spirit? Asha said:
\nSuffer, then, the soul of my wife to appear.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Again the light appeared, and the soul of Asha’s wife inhabited it, and he saw her. Asha
\nsaid: It is, indeed. And then she disappeared. Asha said: Had it been she, she had spoken.
\nZarathustra said: Call thou for another spirit. Asha called Choe’jon, the songster, who
\nlooked like no other man under the sun. And Choe’jon also appeared; and even sang one
\nof the songs about the slaughter of the infants.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Asha said: It was like Choe’jon; but had it been he, he had surely mentioned the<\/span>
\nmiracle. Then Zarathustra said: Call yet for another spirit. And Asha called, and another
\nappeared; and thus it continued until twenty souls of the dead had shown themselves, and
\ntalked with him, face to face, and every one had related things pertinent to themselves.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Then spake Zarathustra, saying: To-morrow night shalt thou again sit with me. Now,
\non the next night, twenty other spirits of the dead appeared and spake face to face with the
\nking. But yet he believed not. Then spake I’hua’Mazda through Zarathustra, saying: What
\nwill satisfy thee, O man? For I declare unto thee, that spirit is not provable by corpor,
\nnor corpor by spirit. There are two things; one groweth by aggregating, and the other
\ngroweth by dissemination, of which All Light is the highest. As by darkness light
\nis known, and by light darkness known, similarly diverse are corpor and spirit known.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. I’hua’Mazda said: Thy generations, O king, have been long bred in unbelief in spirit,
\nand unbelief is so entailed upon thee that evidence is worthless before thee. Who thinkest
\nthou I am?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Asha said: Zarathustra. Then Zarathustra asked him, saying: Who thinkest thou I am?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Again Asha said: Zarathustra. To which I’hua’Mazda said: Because thou seest with
\nthine eyes this corporeal body, and heareth with thine ears this corporeal voice, so dost
\nthy corporeal judgment find an answer.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. But I declare to thee, O king, there is a spiritual judgment as well as a corporeal
\njudgment. There is a spiritual man within all men, and it never dieth. The spiritual man,
\nwhich is within, is the only one that can discern spiritual things. It is the only one that can
\nrecognize the spirits of the dead.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Then Asha said: How shall I prove there be not some element belonging to thee
\npersonally, that is as a mirror, to reproduce a semblance of whatsoever is within thy
\nthoughts?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. I’hua’Mazda said: What would that profit thee if proven? And what profit if not
\nproven? Hear me, then, for this is wisdom: There are millions of souls in heaven that are
\nin the same doubt thou art now in, not knowing that they themselves are dead. Especially
\nthose slain in war and in unbelief of spirit life.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. The king said: Who, then, sayest thou, thou art? I’hua’Mazda said: First, there is
\nOrmazd, Creator, Who is over all and within all, Whose Person is the Whole All. Then
\nthere are the unseen worlds in the sky; then this world, and the stars, and sun, and moon.
\nAfter them, mortals, and the spirits of the dead.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Hear me, O king; because the dead know not the All High heavens, the Ormazd,
\nWhose name signifieth Master of All Light, sendeth His exalted angels down to the earth
\nas masters and teachers, having captains and high captains, that their labor be done
\norderly. The highest captain is therefore called I’hua’Mazda, that is, master voice over
\nmortals and spirits for their exaltation.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. Know, then, O king, I, who speak, have thee and thy city and thy country within my
\nkeeping. I am come to stay man’s bloody hand. And through Zarathustra will I reveal the
\nlaws of Ormazd; and they shall stand above all other laws. Because thou art the most
\nskilled of men, I made thee king; because thou hast seen that man must have an All
\nHighest Law, I have come to thee. Yea, from thy youth up, and during thy long life, I
\nhave spoken to thy soul, saying: Asha, find thou the All Highest: Asha, thou shalt have a
\nstrange labor before thou diest! Asha, thou, that hast attained to the measurement of the
\nstars, shalt find a Power behind the stars!<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>15. The king said: Enough! Enough! O stranger! Thou turnedst my head with wonders. I
\nscarce know if I am living or dead, because of the mastery of thy wisdom. Alas, my
\nkindred are dead; my friends are fools! I have none to tell these wonders to. All thy days
\nshalt thou live in my palace, and whosoever thou demandest for wife, shall be granted
\nunto thee.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. I’hua’Mazda said: Till I come again to thee, O king, keep thine own counsel. For the
\npresent, I must return to the forest. Give me, therefore, of thy choicest ink and brushes
\nand writing cloth, and send thou two servants with me. Asha said: Suffer thou me to be
\none of thy servants, and I will abdicate my throne!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. I’hua’Mazda said: I shall need thee where thou art. Thus ended the interview with
\nthe king. The next day Zarathustra returned to the forest, to write the Zarathustrian laws.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

1. These, then, are the Zarathustrian laws; the I’hua’Mazdian laws; which, being
\ninterpreted into the English language, should be described as G<\/span>OD\u2019S <\/span>W<\/span>ORD<\/span>, <\/span>transcribed
\nfrom the libraries of heaven by the will of Jehovih!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. That is to say:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Zarathustra said: Interpret to me, O Holy One.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. I’hua’Mazda said: O Pure One, All Pure! Hear thou. I will interpret; write thou.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Zarathustra wrote. Then spake I’hua’Mazda to Zarathustra, the All Pure!
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. First, Ormazd was, and He created all created things. He was All; He is All. He was All
\nRound, and put forth hands and wings. Then began the beginning of things seen, and of
\nthings unseen.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. The first best highest place He created was the All Possibility. And the second best
\nhighest place He created was the All Good. With Him are all things Possible. With Him
\nare all things Good.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Ormazd then created the first best of places, the longest enduring, the Airyana-vaja
\n(etherea), the highest of good creation.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. The third best created places created Ormazd, which was Haraiti, a high heavenly good
\nplace, a Home of Fragapatti, a Creator Son of the heavenly Airyana-vaja, a rescuer of men
\nand spirits from Anra’mainyus, the evil of blood and bone.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. The fourth best created places created Ormazd, the Creator, which was Gau, the
\ndwelling-place of Sooghda, of heavenly shape and straight limbs and arms, and ample
\nchest, full of music.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Out of Mouru, of the regions of Haraiti, came the Voice, created by the Creator
\nOrmazd; came to I’hua-Mazda; and now cometh to thee, Zarathustra, thou All Pure.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. Fifth best place created the Creator, the Bakhdhi, with lofty standards.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Then came Anra’mainyus, the Black Doubt, the Sa-gwan, sowing seeds.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. After that, the Creator created Tee-Sughi, the reason of man, and turned his eyes
\ninward, that he could see his own soul.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Book of God\u2019s Word Chapters VII and VIII Chapter VII 1. When night came, the king sat privately with Zarathustra; and I’hua’Mazda cast a light on the wall, and the soul of So-qi came and appeared before Asha. So-qi said: Knowest thou who I am? And Asha said: Yea, So-qi. 2. So-qi said: True, O … [Read more…]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[46,40,39,34,36,35,38,33,41,31,32,47,37,48,44,45,43,42],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-lightofgod","4":"post-55","6":"format-standard","7":"category-lectionary-readings","8":"post_tag-calendar","9":"post_tag-daily-readings","10":"post_tag-eloih","11":"post_tag-faithism","12":"post_tag-faithist-church","13":"post_tag-faithists","14":"post_tag-jehovih","15":"post_tag-kosmon-era","16":"post_tag-lectionary-readings","17":"post_tag-oahspe","18":"post_tag-oahspe-bible","19":"post_tag-observances","20":"post_tag-religiono-of-light","21":"post_tag-sabbath","22":"post_tag-united-covenant","23":"post_tag-united-covenant-of-light","24":"post_tag-yeshua","25":"post_tag-yoshu"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}