{"id":58,"date":"2019-03-27T10:24:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T10:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=58"},"modified":"2019-03-27T10:24:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T10:24:35","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-wednesday-march-27th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2019\/03\/27\/lectionary-readings-for-wednesday-march-27th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Wednesday, March 27th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weekday Sabbath<\/em><\/p>\n

Book of God\u2019s Word Chapters IX and X<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

1. Came to Zarathustra, the All Pure, the voice of I’hua’Mazda, by the hosts of Haraiti:
\nHear me, O Zarathustra; I am I’hua’Mazda. Hear thou of thy Creator, who created all<\/span>
\ncreated things.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. These are the chief first best places created: First, the earth and the air and the water,
\nand all the living that are on them and in them.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Out of darkness, void! Waste, and nothing was, as seeming nothing. And shaped He,
\nthe Creator, Ormazd, the shape of things.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. The living that live; the living that are dead; the first of all that breathed, created the
\nCreator, Ormazd.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. With legs or wings, or hair or feathers, or naked; to crawl or walk or fly, created the
\nCreator, Ormazd, all the living.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. To all to live a life; a right to live and die, out of the life of Ormazd gave He them life
\nand death.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Then asked Zarathustra, the All Pure, inquiring of I’hua’Mazda, saying: To whom else
\nhast thou these things spoken?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. I’hua’Mazda said: Since, a million! Before, a million! To more than a thousand
\nmillions. Then asked Zarathustra: Tell me one; of one, to one to whom thou hast
\nrevealed? And then answered I’hua’Mazda: To Vivanho, the first of men who had words;
\nthe first of women who had words. In the first best created days of pure men and pure
\nwomen I came, I revealed. Then Zarathustra, the All Pure, said:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. To be all pure; to be all good; to be all wise; to be all holy; to do all good works; what
\nare these?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. I’hua’Mazda said: These are to hear my voice, O Zarathustra. Then Zarathustra said:
\nTo be all bad; to be all foolish; to be all evil thinking; to do evil works, what are these?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11. I’hua’Mazda said: These are not to hear my voice; these are Anra’mainyus, O
\nZarathustra! Then Zarathustra inquired, saying: Is not the, — not to hear thy voice, a
\nperson? Is the, — to hear thy voice, a person?
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12. I’hua’Mazda said to Zarathustra, the All Pure: Anra’mainyus was a person; but he
\nis dead: Vivanho is a person, and he liveth to all the holy, to all the good, to all the
\nwise. But to all the evil, to all the bad, to all the foolish, Anra’mainyus is not dead.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Then inquired Zarathustra, the All Pure: Whence came All Good; whence came
\nall evil? Who is All Good; who is all evil? Then answered I’hua’Mazda to Zarathustra,
\nsaying: Thou perceivest now, all evil must have a name; All Good must have a name.
\nWithout names, no man could talk. Behold, I will write for thee, O Zarathustra, thou
\nAll Pure. The mark I make first, thou shalt call the All Good, the Creator, the Master,
\nthe Light! Here, then, have I made a circle and a cross and a leaf. (For these
\ncharacters with explanations, see Tablet Se’moin, B<\/span>OOK OF <\/span>S<\/span>APHAH<\/span>, verses 8 and 9. -Ed.)
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14. I’hua’Mazda said to Zarathustra, the All Pure: Whoever looketh upon this mark,
\nwhoever seeth it, seeth the Name of All Names, the Creator. Whoever maketh this mark,
\nwriteth the name of the All Good; whoever pronounceth this mark, pronounceth the name
\nof Ormazd, the All Master.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15. Then made I’hua’Mazda a circle, and painted four dark corners in it, and called it
\nAnra’mainyus, the Uh-druk, the opposition to All Truth, and All Light, and All Good.
\nAnd I’hua’Mazda explained to Zarathustra.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16. And, behold, there stood within the circle of evil, the name of All Good, the cross,
\nand it was light, and the corners were black. I’hua’Mazda called this mark F<\/span>ATE<\/span>,
\n<\/span>explaining to Zarathustra, the All Pure, saying: These three marks embrace all the created<\/span>
\ncreation; hence, the name of the third one is Fate, from which there is no escape, nor
\nseparation, forever.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

17. Zarathustra inquired of I’hua’Mazda, saying: Is evil, evil; is good, good? I’hua’Mazda
\nsaid: Evil is evil to man, but evil is not evil to Ormazd. Good is good to man; but good is
\nnot good to Ormazd. Only two conditions are before Ormazd; not evil, nor good; but ripe
\nand unripe. To Ormazd, that which man calleth evil is unripe; to Ormazd, that which man
\ncalleth good is ripe.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

18. I’hua’Mazda went on explaining, saying: For sake of understanding, O Zarathustra; for
\nsake of not confounding, thou shalt call evil, evil; and good, good. Hear me, then, my
\nson:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

19. Without green fruit, none could be ripe; without evil none could be good. So Ormazd
\ncreated all creation, and called it good; but lo, and behold, there was nothing to do. All
\nthings moved not; as if dead, all things were as nothing.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

20. Then Ormazd blew His breath outward, and every created thing went into motion.
\nAnd those at the front were called All Good, and those at the rear were called all evil.
\nThus created the Creator the Good Creation and the Evil Creation; the I’hua’Mazda and
\nthe Anra’mainyus.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

1. Then spake I’hua’Mazda to Zarathustra, the All Pure, saying: Thus thy Creator created
\nall things; and the time of the creation was as a time, and a time, and a time, and without
\nmeasure.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

2. I’hua’Mazda said unto Zarathustra: Thus are the created creations; thus were the created
\ncreations; thus shall ever be the created creations. The Light of all light is Ormazd; He
\nthe Soul of all souls. These are the things seen and things unseen, created by Ormazd,
\nthy Creator: Mi, the Mother Almighty: Then is Voice, the Expression of things, the
\nAll Speech, the All Communion, created by Ormazd, thy Creator, and by Mi, the
\nAlmighty Mother, a virgin never before conceived, and this was Vivanho, the Son.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

3. I’hua’Mazda said to Zarathustra, the All Pure: Behold me, O thou, Zarathustra! Here I
\nmake one straight line; and now I make another straight line, and now another, all joined.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Then Zarathustra answered, saying: Thou hast made a triangle: What is the meaning, O
\nI’hua’Mazda? Then answered I’hua’Mazda, saying: Three in one, O Zarathustra: Father,
\nMother, and Son; Ormazd, the ghost of all things; Mi, the seen and unseen, and Vivanho,
\nthe expression of things.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

5. I’hua’Mazda said unto Zarathustra: These three comprise all things; and all things are
\nbut one; nor were there more, nor shall ever be. Nevertheless, O my son, each of these
\nhath a million parts, a thousand million parts, ten hundred thousand million parts. And
\nevery part is like unto the whole; thou, O Zarathustra, also. For thou hast within thyself
\nthose three attributes, and no more. And each and all created things have these three
\nattributes in them. Thus Ormazd created all the living creation; brothers and sisters
\ncreated He them, in likeness of himself, with three entities embraced in one; which
\nare, first, the ghost, the soul, which is incomprehensible; second, the beast, the figure,
\nthe person, which is called individual; and, third, the expression, to receive and impart.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

6. I’hua’Mazda said unto Zarathustra, the All Pure: To receive and to impart; what else<\/span>
\nhath man; what more desireth he? Then I’hua’Mazda made a picture of a cow, and a
\npicture of a horse, a strong male horse dashing forth. And he asked Zarathustra, saying:
\nWhich of these signifieth receiving; which of these signifieth to impart? And Zarathustra
\nperceived.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

7. I’hua’Mazda said unto Zarathustra: To be negative is to be a cow; to be positive is to be
\na horse.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Zarathustra inquired of I’hua’Mazda, saying: How many words are there, that can be
\nwritten words! Thou hast now written many wise words, full of meaning. How many
\nmore words are there? Then answered I’hua’Mazda, saying: A thousand words and ten
\nthousand words would not be all; but ten times ten thousand hundred thousand, and those
\nare all the words created.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Then Zarathustra, the All Pure, said: Write me down all the words, and explain the
\nmeaning of them to me, that I may go before the world teaching All Truth, so that men
\nwill no longer be in darkness.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Then I’hua’Mazda wrote down tens of hundreds, and thousands of words, and
\nexplained the meaning. After that, Zarathustra sat in the bushes for thirty days and thirty
\nnights, neither eating nor drinking nor sleeping. And then I’hua’Mazda revealed the
\nsecrets of heaven and earth to him, and commanded him to write them in a book; the
\nwhich he did; and this was the first book, the Zarathustrian law, the I’hua’Mazdian law.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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