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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 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 a nd 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 P atriarchs, 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 sim plicity 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 pub lished 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 disori ented 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 o f 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 On e 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 fou nder, 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 C ommunions 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 Li fe. 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 Western culture, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, the Kabala and Christianity. Jesus interpreted it in its most s ublime 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 o f 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 us e 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 liquid s. 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 play ing 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 marve lous strength and endurance. In all their activities they expressed creative love. They sent out healers and teachers from the brotherhoods, amongst whom wer e 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 perpe tuated 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 se ven 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, t he 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 t roubles, 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: W e 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 M oon go her way,Through their brightness and glory Do the Stars go their way unto the immortal, shining, swift-s teeded 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 he avenly 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 unc lean 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 not hing 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 may est 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 breas ts.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. We are 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 sh alt 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 Lig ht 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 dr ops 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 o f 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 Heaven ly 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 Tre e 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, An d 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, T'hen 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 deat h; 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 spo ke 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 heave ns, 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 gloriou s.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 sacrifi ce 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 deli ght,Rejoicing always before him,Rejoicing in his habitable earth, And my delight was with the sons Of men.For eternity the Hea venly 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? T'he 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,Tha t the birds of heaven may have their habitation, And sing sweetly among the branches.Thou givest herbs for th e 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 o ver 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, Ylze 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. T'hen 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. T'he 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, T'he 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.
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