The Essene Gospel Of Peace
BOOK THREE:
Lost Scrolls of the Essene Brotherhood
THE SEVENFOLD VOW
I want to and will do my best
To live like the holy Tree Of Life,
Planted by Masters of our Brotherhood'.
And to be with my true Heavenly Father,
Who planted the Garden of the Universe
And who gave me my essential spirit;
And with also my Earthly Mother
Who planted the Garden of Earth
And gave to me my whole body;
And with also my truest of brothers
Working the Garden of Our Brotherhood.
I want to do my very best, consistently
To hold each morning My Communions
With the Angels of the Earthly Mother,
And hold every night My Communions,
With the Angels of the Heavenly Father;
As was perpetually established by
The Masters of our Brotherhood!
I want to and will do my very best
To follow the Sevenfold Peace.
I want to and will do my best
To perfect my body which acts,
Yea my body which also feels,
And my body which ever thinks,
According to the Teachings of the
Masters of Our Holy Brotherhood.
I will always, in every direction reverence
My Own Master, who gives me the Light
Of the Greatest Masters of all times.
I will fully submit to my Master,
And accept his decision on some
Complaint I have, or differences
Against any of my brothers in
The Garden of the Brotherhood;
I never take complaint against brothers,
To the unholy of the world, who are outside.
I will always and everywhere keep secret
All of the traditions of our Brotherhood
Which only my Master will tell me of;
I never reveal to anyone these secrets
Without the permission of my Master.
I have never claimed it as my own,
The knowledge received of my Master;
I ever give him credit for my knowledge!
I never use the knowledge or power, gained
Through the initiation of my own Master
For any material or selfish purposes!
I enter the Eternal and Infinite Garden
With reverence to the Heavenly Father,
And also unto the Earthly Mother,
And unto those Great Masters,
All Reverence to that Holy,
Pure and Saving Teaching,
Revere the Chosen Brotherhood!
THE ESSENE WORSHIP
PROLOGUE
When God saw that his people would perish
Because they did not see the Light of Life,
He chose from among the best of Israel,
So that they might make the Light of Life
To shine before the very sons of men,
But the chosen were called Essenes,
Because they taught the ignorant
And healed the sick, as they gathered
on the eve of every seventh day
To rejoice with the Angels!
WORSHIP
ELDER: Earthly Mother, give the Food of Life!
BROTHERS: We will eat that 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 that Air of Life!
ELDER: Heavenly Father, Give unto us thy Power!
BROTHERS: We build the Kingdom by Power of the Father!
ELDER: Heavenly Father, Give unto us Thy Divine Love!
BROTHERS: We fill our hearts with Love of the Heavenly Father!
ELDER: Heavenly Father, give unto us of thy Great Wisdom!
BROTHERS: We will follow the Wisdom of the Heavenly Father!
ELDER: Heavenly Father, give to 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, roll along! Thou immortal, shining,
Swift-steeded Angel of Sun, over the Mountains!
Produce Light for the World! O' Angel of Sun,
Thou Fountain of Light: Pierce the darkness!
Open thou then, even the gate of the horizon!
The Angel of Sun doth dwell far above earth,
Yet her rays fill our days with life and warmth.
The chariot of the morning doth bring the light
Of the rising sun making glad the hearts of men!
The Angel of the Sun doth illumine our paths
With wide rays of splendor, Angel of Sun!
Dart forth thy infinite rays upon me!
Let them touch me; let them penetrate!
I give myself to thee and thy embrace,
Blessed with that holy fire of Life!
And a molten flood of sacred joy
Flows toward me, even from thee!
Onward unto thee, O Angel of Sun!
None behold the Sun with naked eyes,
So no man can see God face to face,
Lest he be consumed by the flames
Which guardeth the Tree of Life.
Study, then, the most Holy Law:
For the face of the Sun and God
Can be seen by one who hath in him
The Revelation of the most Holy Law!
Thinkest thou that death is an end?
Thy thoughts are as foolish as a child
Who sees the dark sky and falling rain
And cries out that there is no more sun.
Wouldst thou grow strong in the Law?
Be then, like the sun, even at noonday,
Shining with light and warmth on all men,
Giving freely, abundantly, her golden glory!
The Fountain of Light will flow back to thee,
As the Sun is surely never without it's light,
For it floweth freely, without restraint.
And when that Shining Sun doth rise,
Then the Earth, made by the Creator,
Becometh pure and is made 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
Unto the Holy Words of the Law,
Whom Wisdom holds most dear!
Through their brightness and glory
Doth the Sun go about his own way,
Through their brightness and glory
Doth the Moon go about her way,
Through their brightness and glory
Do the Stars go about their own way.
To the immortal, shining, swift-steeded Sun,
Let there be invocation with sacrifice and prayer.
And when the Light of the Sun waxeth brighter,
And the brightness of the Sun waxeth warmer,
Then do all of the heavenly forces arise.
They pour their Glory upon the Earth,
Made surely by the Heavenly Father,
For increase of the Children of Light,
For the increase of the Immortal,
The Shining, swift-steeded Sun!
Whoever comes to offer up a sacrifice
To the immortal, shining, swift-steeded Sun,
To withstand the darkness round about,
To withstand death that creeps in unseen;
Offereth it up unto the Heavenly Father,
Offereth it up unto the Holy Angels,
Offereth it up unto his very own Soul.
He rejoiceth heavenly and earthly forces
Whoso comes offering a up pure sacrifice,
To the immortal, shining, swift-steeded Sun.
And I will sacrifice unto that friendship,
The best of all earthly friendships,
That reign between the Angel of Sun
And the sons of the Earthly Mother.
I bless the Glory and the Light,
The Strength and the Vigor,
Of the Shining Angel of Sun!
THE ANGEL OF WATER
From the Heavenly Sea above, the
Waters run and flow on forward
from the never-failing Springs.
To the dry and barren desert have the
Brothers brought the Angel of Water:
That she might bring forth a green garden,
Tree-filled and fragrant with many flowers.
Cast thyself fully into the enfolding arms
Of the holy and blessed Angel of Water:
For she shall cast out, far from thee
All that is unclean, all that is evil.
Let my love flow to thee, Heavenly Father,
As the river flows even unto the holy Sea.
And let thy love flow to me, Heavenly Father,
As the gentle rain doth, softly kiss the earth.
As a river through the forest is the Holy Law.
All creatures depend on it for sustenance,
And it denieth nothing to any being.
The Holy Law is unto the world of men
What a great river is to streams and brooks.
As the rivers of living water in a dry place,
Are the Brothers who bringeth the Holy Law
To the world of men. In water mayest thou dive,
And in water mayest 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.
O Thou Most Holy Heavenly Father!
From thy Heavenly Sea flow the Waters
That spread over all the seven Kingdoms.
And this Heavenly Sea of thine alone!
Goeth on the Sea, bringing the Waters
Both in summer and winter, in all seasons.
This Sea of thine purifteth the seed in males,
Replenishing the womb in females,
Even the milk in a female's breasts.
Thy Heavenly Sea flows unrestrained
Unto the greatly-seeded corn fields,
Unto the small-seeded pasture fields,
And unto the whole of the Earthly World.
A thousand Springs run into the pastures,
That give food to the Children of Light.
If one shall offer sacrifice unto thee,
O thou most holy Angel of Water!
That one thou givest splendorous glory,
With health and with vigor of the body.
To him dost thou give a long enduring life,
And unto the Heavenly Sea, thereafter.
And we worship all of 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 worship the Water of Life,
And all waters upon the earth, whether standing,
Or running, or the waters of the deep well,
Or spring-waters which perennially flow,
Or the blessed drippings of the rains,
We do sacrifice to the good, holy waters
Which that Holy Law hath created.
Let the sea roar, and all the waters,
The world, and they that dwell within.
Let the great floods clap their hands,
And let the hills be joyful together.
The voice of God is upon the waters:
The God of Glory thundereth forth.
O Heavenly Father, O Angel of Water!
We are thankful to thee, and bless thy name.
A flood of love welleth up, from the deep!
From 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 do devotedly worship
The true and most Holy Wisdom,
Amidst fresh air of forests and fields.
There shalt thou find the Angel of Air.
Patiently she awaits there, for thee
To quit dank, crowded holes of the city.
Seek her then, and quaff deeply within
Of the healing draught which she offers.
Breathe her breath in, long and deeply,
That the Angel of Air be brought within you.
Rhythm of thy breath is key to knowledge,
Which doth reveal that most Holy Law.
That Most Blessed Angel Of Air,
Doth soar high on invisible wings:
Yet thou must walk her unseen path
If thou wouldst see the face of God.
Sweeter than all the finest nectar
Of the honeyed pomegranate
Is the fragrance of the wind,
Within the grove of the cypress.
Sweeter is the scent of the godly,
Who revere and teach the Holy Law.
Most holy even, is that Angel of Air
Who cleanses all that is unclean,
Giving the evil-smell, a sweet odor.
Come on, come on, O clouds!
From above down to the earth,
By the thousands of holy drops!
By their brightness and glory do winds blow,
Driving down the misty billows of clouds,
Even toward those never-failing springs!
Vapors rise up in the vales of the mountains,
Nursed by the wind along the trail of the Law
What increases the holy Kingdom Of Light!
The Heavenly Father made Earth by his power,
He hath established the world by his wisdom,
And he stretched out the heavens by his will.
Also, when the LORD uttereth his voice,
There is a multitude of waters in heaven,
And he causeth the vapors to ascend
From the very ends of all the Earth;
He maketh lightnings with the rain,
And brings forth the wind of his breath.
The sea is the gathering place of waters,
Rising up and then going down again,
Up the aerial way and down to the earth,
And up again by the same aerial way:
Thus rise up and roll forever along!
And for whose rising and growing
The Only Heavenly Father above us, hath
Made the eternal, sovereign, luminous Space!
No man may come before the Face of God,
Whom the Angel of Air letteth not pass.
Thy body must breathe air of the Earth Mother,
As thy spirit must breathe the Holy Law
Of the Great Heavenly Father!
THE ANGEL OF EARTH
We invoke Thee O' Abundant Earth!
What possesses Health and Happiness
And what is surely more powerful
Than even all of It's Creatures.
The wide earth do we praise,
Expanded far with it's paths,
The productive, the full-bearing,
Thine own mother, Holy Plant!
We praise the land where you grow,
Sweet scented and swiftly spreading,
The good growth of the Earth Mother.
We praise also the good, the Strong,
The most beneficient Angel of Earth,
Who doth rejoice in the dew of heaven,
The great fatness in all of the earth,
And also the most abundant harvest
Of plump corn and boundless grapes.
We do praise the high mountains,
Rich in pastures and many waters,
Upon which run the streams and rivers.
Praise the holy plants of the Earth Angel,
Which have grown up from the ground,
To nourish the animals and mankind,
And to nourish the Children of Light.
The Earth is the Strong Preserver,
Holy Preserver, the Maintainer!
We praise the strength and vigor
Of the powerful Preserver, Earth;
Created by the Heavenly Father!
We praise the healers of the earth,
They bear secrets of herbs and plants;
To the healers hath the Angel of Earth
Revealed her most ancient knowledge.
The Lord created medicine out of Earth,
And he that is truly wise shall use them.
Was not water made sweet of the wood,
That the virtues thereof might be known?
And to certain of the brothers he gives skill,
That the Law might be honored and fulfilled.
And with such, will they heal even all men,
And take away from them all their pain,
And of their boundless works are no end;
From them is peace over all the earth!
Then give place to healers, and honor them,
For the Heavenly Father hath created them:
Let them not go from thee, thou needst them.
We praise also the many tillers of the soil,
Who work the Garden of the Brotherhood,
In the fields which the Lord hath blessed:
And also he who would till the earth,
With the left arm and with the right,
To him will she bring plenty of fruit,
Wholesome, green plants and golden grain,
Sweetness and fatness flowing from the land,
From those fields, with health and healing,
With fulness and the increase of plenty.
He who sows corn, grass and fruit
Has truly sown forth the Holy Law:
He makes the Law of the Creator progress.
When all of the earth shall be a garden,
Then shall all the bodily world become free
From old age and death, from corruption and rot,
Forever, Mercy and truth shall be met together,
Righteousness and peace shall kiss each other,
Truth shall spring forth by the Angel of Earth,
And all glory shall dwell in our land.
THE ANGEL OF LIFE
Be not ungrateful to thy Creator,
For he alone hath given thee Life.
Seek not the law in thy scriptures,
The law is Life, scriptures are only words.
I tell thee truly, Moses received not
His laws from God in any writing,
But through the holy living word.
The law is living word of living God
To living prophets, unto living men.
In everything that lives is the law written.
It is found in the grass, in the trees, plains
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 more chiefly in thyselves.
For all living things are nearer to God
Than 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 down in thy heart and deep in thy spirit!
They 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 very depths and in the very 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 true work of Almighty God.
First, Thou O' Great Creator!
Didst form the most Heavenly Powers
And thou didst reveal the Heavenly Laws!
Thou gavest unto us all understanding
From thine own supreme 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 precious fruits brought forth by the sun,
For precious things put forth by the moon,
For great things of the ancient mountains
For precious things of the lasting hills,
And for the precious things of the earth.
We are grateful, O' 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,
Strength of legs and eye-sight of the eagle.
For all of the manifold gifts of Life,
We do worship that Fire of Life,
The Holy Light of the Heavenly Order.
We worship the Fire, good and friendly,
The Fire of Life! The most beneficial and
The most helpful, the Fire of Life!
The most supporting, most bountiful,
That Fire which is the House of the Lord!
Behold then, the very Child of the Light
Who doth commune with the Angel of Life:
Lo now, verily his strength is in his loins,
And his force is in the muscles of his chest.
He moveth his mighty legs like a cedar:
7he sinews of his thighs are knit together.
His bones are as tubes of shiny brass,
His limbs are like mighty 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,
He serves the Law, Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit
Is the body wherein dwells the Fire of Life
And doth it burn with eternal Light.
We thank thee alone, O Heavenly Father,
Thou placed us at a source of running streams
At a living spring in a land of great drought,
Watering an eternal garden of wonders,
7he Tree of Life, the mystery of all mysteries,
Growing everlasting branches for eternal planting
To sink their roots into the stream of Life
From an eternal everlasting source.
THE ANGEL OF JOY
The heavens smile, the earth celebrates,
And the morning stars sing all 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 most Holy Law.
Sing unto the Heavenly Father,
Sing all ye heavens of the heavens,
And ye waters above the heavens,
All the mountains and all the hills,
Stormy winds fulfilling his word,
Fruitful trees and all the cedars,
All of the beasts and the cattle,
Creeping things and flying fowl,
Kings of the earth and all people,
Princes and all the judges of the earth:
Young men and maidens, old men and children,
Let them sing to the Heavenly Father with Joy.
Sing to the Lord with the harp, and voice of psalm.
With trumpets and the sound of the pipes!
Make a joyful noise before the Angels.
Let the mighty 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, meekness and glee:
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 sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captive prisoners,
The opening of prison to them that are bound;
To comfort all that mourn before the Creator,
To send unto them the holy Angel of Joy,
To give unto them much beauty for ashes,
And the oil of joy for the mourning hours,
Garment of Light for the spirit of heaviness,
For weeping may endure the entire night,
But joy always cometh in the morning.
Those people who walked in the darkness,
Shall see a Great Light come shining forth!
They dwell in the land of the shadow of death;
On them shall shine the light of the Holy Law!
Drop down, O' ye heavens, from up above,
And let the skies pour down happiness.
Let the people of sadness go out with joy,
And be led forth with everlasting peace:
Let the mountains and all of the hills
Break forth before them into singing,
That they partake of the holy celebration,
And eat of the fruit of the Tree of Life,
Which standeth amidst the Eternal Sea
The sun shall be no more their light by day,
Neither for brightness shall the moon give any light:
But the Law shall be unto them an everlasting light,
And the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother
Shall be their eternal glory; the sun undying!
Neither shall the moon ever withdraw itself.
For the Law shall be their everlasting light,
The days of their mourning shall be ended.
I will greatly rejoice in that most Holy Law,
My soul shall be joyful in all the Angels;
They have clothed me in garments of light,
They have covered me with robes of joy.
As the earth bringeth forth all of her her bud,
As the garden causeth its seeds to spring forth,
So the Heavenly Father will cause the Holy Law
To spring forth with gladness and great joy
Even before all of the Children of Light.
From inside the Garden of the Brotherhood,
The entire earth shines with holiness and joy,
For there are the seeds of the Holy Law sown.
The Law is the best of all for Children of Light:
It giveth unto them brightness and glory,
For health and strength of their bodies,
Long life in communion with the Angels,
And also that eternal, unending joy.
We will sing unto the Heavenly Father,
And unto the Blessed Earthly Mother,
And unto all the Angels, as long as we live
In the Garden of the Great Brotherhood:
We will sing praise unto the Holy Law
Forever and forevermore!
THE EARTHLY MOTHER
Honor now thine 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 fullness of life.
It was she who gave unto thee thy body,
To her shalt thou one day give it back.
Happy art thou when thou comest
To know her, and her kingdom.
If thou receive the Mother's angels
And if thou doest all of her laws,
You shall surely never see disease.
The power of the Mother is above all.
She hath rule over all the bodies of men
And all living things in the Earth.
The blood which runs deep within us,
Is born of the blood of our Earthly Mother.
Her blood falls down 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 bottom of lakes and ponds,
Rages mightily in the tempestuous seas.
Even the very air which we breathe,
Is of the breath of our Earthly Mother.
Her breath, azure in the very heights,
Soughs in the tops of the mountains,
Whispers in the leaves of the forest,
Billows over top of the cornfields,
Slumbers in the deepened valleys,
And burns in the heat of desert sand.
What's more the hardness of our bones
Is the bones born of our Earthly Mother,
of the stones and of rocks and cliffs.
They stand naked unto the heavens
Up in the tops of the mountains,
They are as giants that lie sleeping
On the sides of the mountains,
And as the idols set in the desert,
And hidden in the depth of Earth.
And the tenderness of our flesh
Is born of the flesh of the Earth,
Whose flesh waxeth yellow and
Red inside the fruits of the trees,
And nurtures us in ripened fields.
For both the light of our eyes,
And the hearing of our ears,
Are born of colors and sounds
Of our own Earthly Mother;
Which encloses us all about
As the waves of the sea a fish,
And as the eddying air a bird.
Man is Son of the Earthly Mother,
And from her did the Son of Man
Receive the wholeness of his body,
Even as the body of a newborn babe
Is born out the womb of his mother!
Thou art one with the Earthly Mother;
She is in thee, and thou art in her also.
In her wert thou born, in her you live,
To her shalt thou be restored again.
So therefore, keep all of her laws,
None can live long, nor be happy,
But who honors his Earthly Mother
And doeth her ever resplendent laws.
For thy breath is also her breath,
Thy blood is also her blood,
Thy bone is also her bone,
Thy flesh is also her flesh,
Thine eyes, thine ears too,
Are her eyes and her ears.
Our Great Earthly Mother!
Ever are we embraced by her,
And surrounded by her beauty.
Never could we part from her;
Never can we know her depths.
Ever doth she create new forms:
That which now exists never was before.
That which did exist returneth not again.
In her kingdom all is ever new, and old.
In her midst we live, yet we know her not.
Continually does she speak unto us,
Yet never betrays to us her secrets.
Ever do we till soil and harvest crops,
Yet we have no power at all over her.
Ever doth she build, ever doth she destroy,
Her work place is hidden from men's eyes.
For none can live long, neither be happy,
But he who honors his Earthly Mother
And doeth her everlasting laws,
Surely thy breath is her breath,
Thy blood her blood as well,
Thy bone her bone the same,
Thy flesh is Earth's flesh also,
Thine eyes and thine ears,
Are her eyes and her ears.
Even Our Earthly Mother!
Always are we embraced by her,
Always surrounded by her beauty.
Never could we part from her;
Never can we know her depths.
Ever doth she create newer forms:
That which now existeth never was before.
That which did exist returneth not again.
In her kingdom all is new, and always old.
In her midst do we live, yet we know her not.
Continually doth she speak unto us,
Yet never doth betray to us her secrets.
Ever do we till her soil and harvest her crops,
Yet we never have any 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 unto each one of us and all.
And what is the Deed well done?
It is that done by Children of Light,
Who regard the Law above all else!
The best of all the gifts, therefore,
Do I now beseech of thee alone,
O Thou best of all beings, Father!
That the Holy Law may rule within us
Through thine holy Angel of Power!
I do approach with my invocations,
That even thy great gifts of power
Will protect the Heavenly Order,
And thy creative mind in us, forever!
We will extol thee, O' Almighty King!
We will bless thy power forever and ever.
So long as we be able and have power
So long shall we teach unto the people,
Concerning the deeds to be done by them
With faith toward the Heavenly Father,
The Earthly Mother, the holy Angels,
And all of the Children of Light;
Who do till the holy soil within
The Garden of the Brotherhood;
Desiring heaven's coming Order
Into their souls and into their bodies.
Thine, O Heavenly Father is the Power,
Yea, thine, O Thou Creator of all Love!
Was understanding and was also the spirit,
When thou didst order a path for each and all.
Through thy Power shall we go to the people,
And teach them, saying, 'Trust in the Law',
And walk in the ways of the holy Angels,
So shalt thou dwell fully within the land,
And feast at table of thine Earthly Mother.
Delight in the Power of Thy Heavenly Father,
And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
And let not arrogance come out from thy mouth:
For the Heavenly Father rules by the holy Law,
And by him, all of our actions are to be weighed.
He bringeth down to the grave, he bringeth up!
The power of the Law makes poor and rich:
His Power bringeth low, and it lifteth up!
He raiseth up the poor out from the dust,
And lifts up the beggar from the dunghill,
To make them inherit the throne of glory.
For out from the heaven shall he thunder
Down upon the children of the darkness:
He judges with Power the ends of Earth.
Yea hear now the voices of the Brothers,
Who cry in the wilderness, a barren desert:
Prepare then for now that way of the Law,
Straighten the paths of the Heavenly Father,
And also those of thine Earthly Mother,
And the Angels of the Day and Night.
For even every valley shall be filled,
Every mountain and hill brought low;
And the crooked way be made straight,
And the rough way to be made smooth,
All flesh shall see the Power of the Law.
We extol thee, O' Heavenly Father,
For Thou alone, hast lifted us up!
Lord Almighty, O' Powerful Father,
We cried out to thee, thou hast healed us!
From the grave thou hast brought up
The very souls of all the people;
Thou hast even kept them alive,
That they go not down to the pit!
O Heavenly Father, thou art the Law;
Early and late will we seek thy Angels:
Our souls thirsteth greatly for the Law,
Our flesh longeth deeply for the Law.
A river of great Power is the Holy Law
In a dry, thirsty land, where no water is!
Our lips shall praise thy Power while we live,
We will lift up our hands unto thy holy name.
We will preserve and nurture thy Heavenly Order
Through the fulfillment of all Our Deeds.
We invoke and honor day and night
The Law, Thy Most Holy Power;
That Power shall come help us!
It will be as if a thousand angels
Are watching over just one man.
To Thee O Father, belongs All Power,
And also unto thee belongeth mercy:
For thy Holy Law renders to every man
Even according to his very own deeds.
THE ANGEL OF LOVE
Love is stronger than the deep waters.
Love is stronger than even death.
Beloved, let us love one another
For love is of the Heavenly Father,
And also every one that loveth is born
Of the Heavenly Father and Earthly Mother,
And knoweth they also the Angels Of God.
And remember, ye shall love one another,
As the Heavenly Father hath loved you.
For the Heavenly Father is love itself:
And he who dwells continually in love
Dwells also 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 the one mind,
With love and compassion one for another.
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge
Against any of the children of thy people,
But thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself!
If one say, I love the 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 Father
Whom he hath not seen? Whoso loves the Father
Loveth also his brother. Love ye also the stranger:
For ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
It is said, better a dinner of herbs where love is,
Than stalled oxen and all the hatred therewith.
Loving words are sweet as an honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
The words of a man's mouth are deep waters,
And the wellspring of love, 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
Dwells in us, when we love the Heavenly Father,
And keep his Law. Gracious Love! Creator of Love!
Reveal the Best Word through thy divine mind in us.
Say to the Children of Light 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 knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Surely by him shall all thy days 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
The Angel of Wisdom guides the Children of Light.
Who could ever number all the sands of the sea?
And the drops of rain, and the days of eternity?
And who can find out the height of the heaven?
The breadth of the earth, the deep, and wisdom?
Wisdom had been created before everything else.
One may heal with goodness, or heal with justice,
One may heal with herbs, or heal by the Wise Word.
Amongst all the remedies, this one is the healing one,
That heals with the Wise Word. It is the one that will best
Drive away all sickness from the bodies of the faithful,
For Wisdom is the very best of all healing 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 Holy Angels.
We would draw near unto thee, O' Father!
With the helping of thy Angel of Wisdom,
Guiding us by means of thy Heavenly Order,
Actions and words inspired by thy holy Wisdom!
Come to us, Heavenly Father, with thy creative mind,
Thou who bestow gifts through thy Heavenly Order,
Bestow alike that longlasting gift of Wisdom
Upon the Children of Light, T'hat life be spent
In service, in the Garden of the Brotherhood.
In the realm of thy Mind, incarnate in our minds,
The path of Wisdom flows from the Heavenly Order,
Wherein doth dwell the most sacred Tree of Life.
In what fashion is manifest thy Law, O' Father?
The Heavenly Father then makes an answer:
Good thought, united in Wisdom, Child of Light!
And also, what is that word well spoken?
The blessing-bestowing word of Wisdom.
What is the thought that is well thought?
It is that which the Child of Light thinks,
The one who holdeth the Holy Thought
To be the most valuable of all things.
And so shall that Child of Light grow
In concentration and in communion,
And then may he develop Wisdom,
And thus shall he continue faithfully,
Until all the mysteries of the Infinite Garden,
Where the Tree of Life stands, be revealed to him.
Then shall he declare these victorious words:
O Heavenly Father! Give unto me my task
For the building of thy Kingdom on the earth,
Through good thoughts, good words, good deeds,
Which for the child of Light, is the most precious gift!
O thou Heavenly Order! And thou Universal Mind,
I will ever worship thee and the Heavenly Father,
Because of whom the creative mind within us
Causes the Imperishable Kingdom to progress!
Holy Wisdom maketh all men free from fear,
To be wide of heart, and easy of conscience.
Holy Wisdom, by understanding unfolds forever,
Without end, not acquired through holy scrolls.
It is ignorance that ruineth most people,
Both amongst those who have now died,
And those who shall die in the future.
When ignorance is replaced by Wisdom,
T'hen will sweetness and fatness come again,
To the lands and fields, in health and healing!
With fullness and increase, and growth,
And abundance of corn and of grass,
Rivers of Peace flow through the desert.
And Enoch walked with God;
And he was not, for God took him.
Upon Earth was no man born like Enoch,
And he was taken away from the earth.
He like the morning star, hidden in the cloud,
Like the moonlight when it is at the fullest:
Like sun shining on the temple of the most High,
Like the rainbow giving light in the bright clouds,
Like the flower of roses in the spring of the year,
Like the beautiful lilies by the rivers of waters,
Like the branches of the frankincense tree
In the most acceptable time of the summer,
Like a fair olive tree budding forth it's fruit,
And like a cypress tree growing to the clouds.
The first follower of the Law was Enoch,
The first of the healers, first of the wise,
T'he happy, the glorious, the strong,
Who drove back sickness and death.
He did obtain a source of remedies
To withstand sickness and even death;
To withstand pain and to withstand fever;
To withstand all the evils of infections,
Which ignorance of the Law had created
Against the bodies of human mortals.
We invoke Enoch, that Master Of Life,
The Founder of our Brotherhood,
The man of the most Holy Law,
T'he wisest even of all beings,
The best ruling of all beings,
The brightest of all beings,
Most glorious of all beings,
Most worthy of invocation of all,
T'he most worthy of glorification of all!
He who first thought what is good,
He who first spoke what is good,
He who first did what is good.
He who was the first holy Priest,
The first Plougher of the Ground,
Who.first knew and taught the Word,
And of obedience to the Holy Law.
And unto all the Children of Light
He gave every good thing of life:
He, that first bearer of the Law.
Written are the words of Father Enoch:
We sacrifice unto the Living Creator,
The Most High and Heavenly Father,
By his bright and glorious Angels.
We sacrifice unto the shining heavens,
We sacrifice unto the bright, all-happy,
Blissful wisdom of the Angels of Eternity.
Grant to us, O Gracious, Heavenly Father,
The desire and knowledge of the straightest path,
The straightest because the Heavenly Order of Life,
The best Life of the Angels; shining, all glorious!
As health is excellent, so also is Eternal Life,
Both flowing from the Heavenly Order,
The creator of goodness of the mind,
And actions of life performed in devotion
To the Creator of health and Eternal Life.
We sacrifice unto the sovereign sky,
We sacrifice unto the boundless time,
We sacrifice to the endless sea of Life.
We do invoke the most glorious Law.
We invoke the Kingdom of Heaven,
The boundless time, and the Angels.
We invoke that eternal, holy Law.
We follow the very paths of the Stars,
The Moon, the Sun and the endless Light,
Moving about in their revolving circle forever.
And truthfulness in Thought, Word and Deed
Will place the soul of that faithful man,
In the endless light of Eternal Life!
The Heavenly Father possessed me
In the beginning, before his works of old.
I was set up from everlasting, in the beginning,
Or even before the earth was ever created.
When there were no depths, I was brought forth:
While as yet he had not made the earth, or the fields,
Nor the beginning of even 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 Me,
When the fountain of deep became strong,
When he gave to the sea its great bound,
That the waters may not transgress his Law.
When he marked the foundations of the earth
Then I was by him, as a master and workman:
And I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him,
Rejoicing in his glorious and habitable earth,
And my delight was with the sons of all men.
For eternity the Heavenly Father reigneth,
He is clothed with majesty and strength.
He is from everlasting, to everlasting!
The floods have lifted up, O Lord,
The floods have lifted their voice,
The floods lift up high their waves.
The Heavenly Father, even up on high,
Is mightier than the noise of many waters,
Yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
And His Name shall endure forever,
His name shall continue for eternity,
The Children of Light shall he bless,
And all men shall call him blessed.
And let also the whole earth be filled
With the glory of the Heavenly Father,
The Earthly Mother and the holy Angels!
I have reached into the inner vision
And through thy spirit within me
I have heard thy wondrous secret.
Through thy sweet mystic insight
You have caused a spring of knowledge
To well up within me, a fountain of power,
pouring forth the rivers of living waters,
A flood of love and all-embracing wisdom
Like the splendor of Eternal Light.
THE ANGEL OF WORK
Who hath measured the waters
In the hollow of his very own hand,
And meted out heaven with a span,
And comprehended the dust of the earth
By measure, weighed the mountains in scales,
And also the rolling hills in precise balance?
T'he sun rises, the Brothers gather together,
They all go forth unto their works 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, the desert bursts forth in green and gold!
With the right arm and the left arm, they lay the stones
Which shall build on earth the Kingdom of Heaven.
They are the messengers of the Angel of Work:
For in them is revealed that most Holy Law.
O Heavenly Father, Manifold are thy works!
In Thy Wisdom hast thou made all of them;
The earth is also full of thy abundant riches.
Thou sendest the springs into the valleys,
Which run and ripple freely 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,
That the birds of heaven may have habitation,
And sing sweetly among the many branches.
Thou givest herbs for the true service of man,
That he may bring forth food out of the earth.
In the hands of the Brothers thy gifts bear fruit,
For they build on earth, the Kingdom of Heaven.
Thou openest thy hands, they are filled with good.
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created,
And together with thy most holy Angels,
They shall renew all of the face of the earth.
O Heavenly Father! Thou who art one alone!
Reveal then unto the Children of Light:
Which is the foremost of all places
Wherein Earth feels the greatest joy?
The Heavenly Father answering, said:
It is the place whereupon one of the Brothers
Who follow the most 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 and of fruit:
Where he watereth that ground which is dry,
Or draineth the too wet soil; for the earth was
Given to the keeping of the Children of Light,
That they treasure it and truly care for it,
And bring forth from its depths, only that
Which is for the nourishment of the body.
For blessed are the Children of Light
Whose joy is in the working of the Law,
Working the Garden of the Brotherhood by day,
Joining the Angels of the Heavenly Father by nite.
From their lips was once the old story told,
It serves as a teaching to the sons of men:
It is said that the trees went forth on a time
To anoint them a king; they said to 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, reign over us."
But the fig tree said, "Do I forsake my sweetness, and good fruit,
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 all the other trees?"
A 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, even
As the waters cover up the sea.
I will invoke the Angel of Peace,
Whose breath is truly friendly,
Whose hand is clothed in great power.
The reign of Peace, bears no hunger, no thirst,
Neither the cold wind, nor the hot wind,
Neither is there old age nor death.
For surely in that reign of Peace,
Both animals and men will be undying,
Waters and plants shall be undrying,
And the food of life be never-failing.
It is said that the high mountains
Shall bring peace to the people,
And the little hills, righteousness.
There shall be peace forever, even
As long as the sun and moon endure,
Throughout all generations of humanity.
Peace shall come down like rain on mown grass,
As showers that water down onto the earth.
In the reign of Peace shall the Law grow strong,
And Children of Light shall have dominion
From sea to sea, unto the ends of the earth.
And the reign of Peace hath its source
In the Heavenly Father, in his will alone;
By his strength he setteth fast the mountains,
He maketh the outgoings of morning and evening
To rejoice in the Light, he bringeth unto earth
the river of the Law, to water and enrich it,
He maketh soft the green earth with showers;
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness,
And the little hills do rejoice on every side.
The pastures are clothed fully with flocks;
The valleys also are covered over with corn;
They shout for joy, and 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 the
Heavenly Father unto thy spirit.
And let the peace of they both
Reign among the sons of men!
Come to me all that are weary,
Who suffer in much strife and affliction!
For my peace will strengthen and comfort thee.
For my peace is most exceedingly full of joy.
Wherefore do I always greet after this manner:
Peace be with thee, and Peace be with Thee
Do always therefore, so greet one another,
That upon thy earthly body may descend
T'he Peace of thine own Earthly Mother,
And then, upon thine own inward spirit,
T'he Peace of thine own heavenly Father.
Then wilt thou find peace also among thyselves,
For the true kingdom of the Law is within thee.
Return to thy Brothers, give thy peace to them also.
For happy are they that strive diligently for peace,
They will find the peace of the Heavenly Father.
Also, give to every one on earth Thy Peace,
Even as I have given my peace unto thee.
My peace is of the One God alone.
THE HEAVENLY FATHER
In the Highest Heavenly Kingdom
There are strange and wondrous works,
For by His word do all things consist.
And are hid greater things, over these,
For we have seen but a few of his works:
The Heavenly Father hath made all things.
The beauty of heaven and the glory of the stars,
To 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 timeless and endless watches.
Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it;
Very beautiful is it, in all the brightness of it's nature
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 swift lightnings of his judgment.
Through this the treasures are opened,
And clouds disperse, flying forth as fowls.
By his great power he makes clouds firm,
And the hailstones to be broken small.
At his sight the mountains are shaken,
And by his will the south wind bloweth.
The noise of thunder makes earth tremble:
So doth the northern storm and whirlwind;
As birds flying off, he scattereth the snow,
And the eyes doth immensely marvel
At the beauty and whiteness thereof,
And hearts astonied at the raining of it.
So the heavens declare the glory of God,
And the firmament shows his handiwork.
And who hath made the many waters,
And who maketh all the earth's plants?
Who hath yoked to wind storm-clouds,
The swiftest and even the very fleetest?
Who but Thou O' Heavenly Father,
Art the creator of the Law in our souls?
Who hath made the light and the darkness?
Who hath made sleep and zesty waking hours?
Who gave the recurring of the sun and the stars,
Even unto their continuing and undeviating way?
Who established that whereby the moon doth wax?
And who established that whereby she waneth?
Who, save Thee, O My Heavenly Father,
Hath done all these most glorious things!
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place
In all the generations of the human race!
Before the mountains were brought forth,
Or ever thou formed earth and the world,
From everlasting unto everlasting,
Thou alone art the Holy Law!
Thy name is Understanding,
Thy name is The Wisdom,
Thy name is Most Beneficent,
Thy name is Unconquerable One,
Thy name is that True Account,
Thy name is the All-Seeing One,
Thy name is All Healing One,
Thy name is The Creator.
Thou art the very Keeper,
Thou art the only Creator
And even the Maintainer!
Thou art Discerner and Spirit.
Thou art the most Holy Law.
These names were pronounced
Before the Creation of the Heaven,
Before the making of waters and plants,
Before the birth of our holy Father Enoch.
Even before the very beginning of time,
Heavenly Father planted the Tree of Life,
What stands forever amidst the Eternal Sea!
And high up in its branches sings a bird,
And only those who have journeyed there,
Have heard the mysterious song of the bird;
Only those shall see the Heavenly Father.
For they shall even ask of him his name,
And he shall answer, 'I am that I am',
Being the same as the Eternal I Am!
O thou Great and Heavenly Father!
How excellent is thy name in the earth!
Thou hast set thy glory above the heavens.
As we consider heavens, the work of thy fingers,
The moon and the stars, as thou hast ordained,
What is man, that thou art mindful of him?
And yet thou hast made even a Covenant
With even of the Children of Light,
And they walk with thy Holy Angels;
You crown them with glory and honor,
You made them to have dominion
Over the very works of thy hands,
And you even gave to their care
The task to nourish and protect all
What lives and grows on thy earth.
O' Most Excellent Heavenly Father!
Excellent is thy name in the earth!
And also hear O LORD the voice...
Of the one who cries out unto thee:
'Whither shall I go from thy spirit?'
Or 'to whither shall I flee thy presence?'
'If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there;
If I make my bed in hell, thou art there too.
If I take high unto the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
Even there shall thy hand alone lead me,
And thy right hand only, shall hold me.'
'If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me,
Even the night shall be the light about me;
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee
But the night shineth, even as the day:
The dark and the light are alike to thee,
For thou hast possession of my reins.
As the deer panteth after the water brook,
So panteth my soul after thee, O God!
My soul thirsts for the Living Father.
The Law is my bright salvation, who shall I fear?
7he Law is the rock and strength of my life;
Of whom should I needs be afraid, ever?
There's one thing I desire of the holy Law:
That I may dwell in the house of the Law
For all of the days of my life, and to even
Behold the beauty of the Heavenly Father.
Who dwells in the secret place of the most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
And we will say unto the most Holy Law,
Thou art our refuge and our fortress!
We will trust only in the Holy Law,
And then our Heavenly Father
Shall cover us with his feathers,
And under his wings shall we trust;
His truth will be our shield and buckler.
We shall not be afraid for terror by night,
Nor for the arrow that flieth by the day,
Nor for pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor the destruction that wastes at noonday!
For in the day time shall we always walk
With the Angels of the Earthly Mother,
And by the nite time we shall commune
With the Angels of the Heavenly Father!
When the sun reaches its zenith at noontide,
We stand silent before the Sevenfold Peace:
And then no evil shall ever befall us again,
Neither any plague come nigh our dwelling,
For he hath given his Angels charge over us,
To keep us in all of their most holy ways!
The Heavenly Father is our refuge and strength.
Therefore will we not fear anything ever,
Though the earth herself be removed,
Though the mountains be sent out
Beyond the edge of the infinite Sea,
Though the waters roar and be troubled,
Though mountains shake with the swelling thereof
There is a river, which floweth to the Eternal Sea.
Beside that river stands that holy Tree of Life.
There doth my Father dwell, my home in him.
The Heavenly Father and I are One.
THE HOLY LAW
Thou, O Holy Law, the Tree of Life
Standing in the middle of the Eternal Sea,
That is called, the Tree of Healing.
The Tree of powerful Healing,
And the Tree of all Healing,
And upon which rests the seeds
Of all that we invoke in this life!
Have ye-not known? Have ye not heard?
Hath it not been told thee from the beginning?
Lift up thine eyes on high, and see the Holy Law,
Which was established even before the eternal,
Sovereign and most luminous space above,
Which created the foundations of the earth,
Which is truly the first and the last of all,
Which lives in the hearts of the Children of Light.
For the Holy Law is the Mystery Of Mysteries,
The Heavenly Father is great over his Angels!
He it is who gives us the Law, and he is the Law!
In his hand are the deepest places of Earth;
And the strength of the hills is his also.
The sea is his, he hath surely 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 Holy Law of every Law,
And we are the people of his pasture,
And we are the sheep of his hand!
By songs of gladness, children of Light
Do invoke that Most Holy Law:
Sickness flies away before it,
Death flies far away as well,
As ignorance flies away fast.
Pride, scorn and hot fevers,
Slander, discord and all evil,
All anger and all violence,
And lying words of falsehood,
All do fly away before the power
Of the Holy Law; here is the Law
What smites all sickness, and smites all death,
Which will smite the oppressors of all men,
Which will smite pride, and smite all scorn,
Which will smite hot heads and slanders,
And which will smite every discord,
And which will smite the worst evil,
And will banish ignorance from earth.
We bless the invocation and the 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 Holy Law to the sons of men.
Bless Victory by good thoughts, good words, and good deeds,
Which make strong foundations in the Kingdom of Light.
So let the sons of men who in fact think, speak and do
All good thoughts, good words and good deeds,
Inhabit heaven as their home, neath His Shadow.
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 good:
And that purity is found within the Holy Law,
What makes grass grow on the mountains,
And makes fully clean the hearts of all men.
By good thoughts, good words, and good deeds
Clean shall be the fire, clean shall be the water,
Clean the earth, the stars, the moon and the sun,
Clean the faithful man and the faithful woman,
Clean the boundless and everlasting 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 material treasures,
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 holy Law is perfect,
Making wise the simple and reverent the astute.
T'he statutes of the Law are right, rejoicing the heart;
The command of the Law is pure, enlightening the eyes.
The truth of the Law is clean, enduring forevermore.
Let the Children of Light triumph everywhere
Between the Heavens and the Earth;
Let us breathe the Holy Law in prayer!
How beautiful are thy tabernacles,
O Most High Heavenly Father!
My soul longeth, yea even fainteth
For the most mysterious Tree of Life
Standing in the middle of the Eternal Sea.
My heart and flesh cry out for the living God.
Yea, the sparrow hath found him a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself,
Wherein she may lay her young.
The Children of Light who labor
In the Garden of the Brotherhood
Abide forever in 7'he Holy Law!
Blessed are all dwelling 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,
The 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,
Those 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,
The 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 forevermore!
THE BROTHERHOOD
Behold how good, and how pleasant it is
For Children of Light to dwell together in unity!
For the Brotherhood, The Heavenly Father
Hath commanded the Law, even life forevermore!
The Law was planted in the Garden Of Brotherhood
To illumine the hearts of the Children of Light,
To also make straight in front of them
Seven and seven paths to the Tree of Life,
Which stands in the midst of the Eternal Sea;
T'he Law was planted in the Garden Of Brotherhood,
That they may recognize spirits of truth and falsehood,
Truth being born out of the spring of Light,
And 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 may walk in the ways of Light.
T'he Children of Light are 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 in their hearts.
Sing, O ye heavens, Shout, ye low parts of earth,
And break forth into singing, all ye mountains,
O all ye forests, and every tree within thee:
For the Heavenly Father hath kindled his flame
In the hearts of the Children of Light,
And glorified himself within them.
The Holy Law of the Creator
Purifies the followers of the Light
From every evil thought, word and deed,
As a swift-rushing and mighty wind
Doth fully cleanse the wide plain.
Let the child of Light who so desireth
Be taught the Holy Word, within him.
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 might wax strong in the Holy Law.
At the hour of dawn he shall gaze on the rising sun
And greet with fullness of joy his Earthly Mother.
At the hour of dawn he washes his body in cool water
And greets with fullness of joy his Earthly Mother.
At the hour of dawn he shall breathe the fragrant air
And greet with fullness of joy his Earthly Mother.
And through the day he shall labor with his brethren
In the Everlasting Garden of the Brotherhood.
In the hour of twilight he gathers 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, rightly-spoken Words.
Grant us, O' Heavenly Father,
That we may bring down abundance
To the world which thou hast created,
That we may take away both hunger and thirst
From the world which thou hast created,
That we may take away both old age and death
From the world which 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,
That we may do also,
According to the Law.
O Heavenly Father,
What is the invocation most worthy
In the greatness and goodness?
It is that one, O Children, what one delivers
When waking up and rising from sleeping,
Then, at that very same time professing
Good thoughts, good words and good deeds,
And rejecting evil thoughts, evil words, 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
That the soul of the Child of Light did make,
Placed him in the Endless Light.
The Heavenly Father knows the hearts
Of the Children of the Light,
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 within them is the Fountain of all Life,
And the Heavenly Father forsakes not his children.
Their souls shall breathe forever and ever more,
Their forms shall be endowed with Eternal Life.
Blessings onto 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 every evil,
And illumine their hearts fully,
With insight into the things of life;
Grace them knowledge of things eternal.
TREES
Go towards the high growing Trees,
And then stand up before one of them
Which is beautiful, high growing and mighty.
Say thou these words: Hail be unto Thee!
O good living Tree, Made by the Creator.
In the days of old, when Creation was young,
The earth was filled with many giant trees,
Whose branches soared above the clouds,
And in them dwelled our Ancient Fathers,
They who walked with the Messengers,
And who lived also by the most Holy Law.
In the shadow of their limbs, men lived in peace,
And wisdom and knowledge was always theirs,
And also the revelation of the Endless Light.
Through the forests flowed the Eternal River,
And in the center stood the Tree of Life,
And it was not at all hidden from them.
They ate from the table of the Earthly Mother,
And slept in the arms of the Heavenly Father,
Their covenant was eternity with the Holy Law.
In that time trees were the brothers of men,
And their span on the earth was very long,
As long even as the most Eternal River
Which-flowed without ever ceasing,
From the far off and Unknown Springs.
Now deserts sweep the earth with burning sand,
The giant trees of olden time are dust and ash,
And the wide river is but a pool of mud.
For the sacred covenant with the Creator
Was fully broken by the sons of mankind;
They were banished from the home of trees.
Now the path leading to the Tree of Life
Is well hidden from the eyes of men
And sorrow fills up the empty sky,
Where once lofty branches soared.
Now into that burning hot desert
Come forth the Children Of Light,
Working the Garden of the Brotherhood.
The seed they plant in the barren soil
Will become a most mighty forest,
And the many trees shall multiply
Spreading out their wings of green
Til the whole earth be covered once again.
The whole of the earth shall be a garden,
And the tall trees shall cover over the land
In that day Children of Light sing a new song:
O' My Dearest Brother, Tree!
Let me never hide from thee,
But let us share the breath of life
Which our Earthly Mother gives us.
More beautiful than the finest jewels
Of a rugmakers art, is the carpet of green leaves
Under my bare feet; more majestic also than the
silken canopy of all the enriched merchants,
Is the tent of branches above my head,
Through which the bright stars give light.
The wind among the leaves of the cypress
Maketh a sound like unto a chorus of angels.
Through the rugged oak and most royal cedar
The Earthly Mother sends a message of
Eternal Life to the Heavenly Father.
My prayer goeth forth unto the tall trees:
And their branches reaching skyward,
Carry my voice to the Heavenly Father.
For each child thou shalt plant a tree,
That the womb of thy Earthly Mother
Shall bring forth the glory of all life,
As the womb of woman brings forth life.
He who destroys a tree, cuts off his limbs.
Thus shall sing all the Children of Light,
When the earth again shall be a garden:
O' Holy Tree, divine gift of the Law!
Thy majesty reunites, even them all
Who have strayed from their true home,
Which is the Garden of the Brotherhood.
All men will become brothers once again
Under thy long and spreading branches.
As Heavenly Father hath loved all his children,
So shall we love and care for all the trees
That grow in our blessed land;
So shall we keep and protect them,
That they may grow tall and strong,
And fill the earth again with their beauty.
For all of the trees are our brothers,
And as brothers would always do,
We guard and love one another.
STARS
The white, shining, far seen Stars!
The piercing, health-bringing,
The far piercing Stars!
With their shining rays,
Their brightness and glory
Are all through thy Holy Law,
The Speakers of thy praise,
O Heavenly Father!
Over the face of the high heaven
Did the Heavenly Father hurl his might:
And lo! He did leave a River of Stars in his wake!
We invoke the bright and glorious Stars
That wash away all things of most fear
And bring health and life unto all Creations.
We invoke the bright and glorious Stars
To which the Heavenly Father
Hath given a thousand senses,
The glorious Stars have within them
The Seed of Life and also of Water.
Unto the bright and glorious Stars
Do we offer up an Invocation:
With wisdom, with power and love,
With speech, deeds and rightly-spoken words,
Do we sacrifice to the bright, glorious Stars
That fly on towards the Heavenly Sea
Even as swiftly as the bended arrow
Darteth through heavenly Space.
We invoke the bright and glorious Stars,
T'hat stand out sober and beautiful,
Spreading out comfort and joy
Communing within themselves.
The Holy Works, The Stars, the Suns,
and the many-colors of the Dawn
Which brings the Light of Days,
Are all, through their Heavenly Order,
The Speakers of thy very praise,
Thou great giver, the Holy Law!
We invoke the Lord of the Stars,
The Angel of Light, T'he ever-awake!
Who taketh possession of the beautiful,
Wide-expanding Law, Greatly, powerfully,
And whose face looketh completely over
The seven and seven kingdoms of Earth;
Who is swiftest amongst the swift,
Bountiful amongst the bounteous,
Strongest amongst the strong,
The Giver of all Increase,
The Giver of Sovereignty,
The Giver of Cheerful Bliss.
We invoke the Lord of the Stars,
The Angel of Light, who is truth-speaking,
With a thousand ears and ten thousand eyes,
With full knowledge, strong and ever-awake.
The Heavenly Order pervades all things pure,
Whose possession are these Stars of heaven,
In whose Light glorious Angels are clothed.
Great is our Heavenly Father; of great power:
His understanding is infinite.
He telleth the number of the stars;
He calleth them all by their names.
Behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Yet the Heavenly Father doth hold them in his palms,
As we do sift the sand through our own hands.
He who knoweth not the most Holy Law
Is like unto a dim and wandering star,
In the darkness of an unknown sky.
Thinkest thou there is but one way
To see the firmament up above you?
Imagine stars are broken places in the sky,
Through which all the glory of the heavens
Is revealed; in fragments of blazing light!
In the purple night traversed by continual Stars
Shall the souls of the Children of Light take wing
Joining with the Angels of the Heavenly Father.
7len shall they all see even the Eternal Sea,
Reflecting shining glory of the heavens and
Limbs of the Tree of Life reaching to the Stars.
Then shall the Kingdom of Heaven finally
Fill up the Earth Mother with the her Glory,
And the shining Stars of the Most High God
Shall blaze within the hearts of the Children of Light
Warming and comforting the seeking sons of men.
THE MOON
Unto the luminous Moon
Which keepeth within itself
The seed of many species,
Let there be invocation
With sacrifice and prayer...
When light of the Moon waxeth warmer,
Golden hued plants grow up from the earth
During the sweet season of the Spring.
We sacrifice unto the New Moons
And also unto the Full Moons;
The crescent of the New Moon is full of holy Peace
We sacrifice unto the Angel of Peace.
The radiant and luminous Moon
Keepeth within itself the seed:
The bright, the glorious,
The water-giving,
The warmth-giving,
The wisdom-giving,
The thoughtfulness-giving,
The freshness-giving,
The healing one, the Moon of Peace!
With silent and peace-giving light
The Moon doth brightly shine
Upon the pastures, the abodes,
The waters, the lands and the plants
Of our earthly garden. The Moon and the Sun,
The holy Wind and the Stars without beginning,
These self-determined and also self-moved,
All are the regulators of the Holy Order,
Of days and nights, of the months and years.
The face of the Moon doth change its aspect,
Yet does it remain always the same:
The Holy Law doth reveal a different face
To each of the Children of The Light,
Yet is unchanged in its Essence.
We invoke the New Moon and the moon waning,
And the Full Moon that scattereth the Night,
Yearly festivals and seasons of the Heavenly Father.
For it was he who gavest unto us the moon
With her increase and her decrease as well,
T'hat by her we may know movements
Of the day and also of the night.
Thou silver and luminous moon!
We are grateful to look upon thee
And see within thy kind reflection,
The blessed face of our Earthly Mother.
Among the world of the sons of men,
Brothers of Light are the flames of radiance,
As stars pale in the presence of the shining moon!
The moon walketh in brightness across the sky,
And delight in the Holy Law fills our hearts.
Peace, Peace, Peace, Holy Angel of Peace,
Illumine the silver moon with thy holiness,
That all may look upon its beauty
And feel thy eternal Peace.
The desert sky is blue with night,
We see the first ray of the New Moon
Utterly chaste and perfectly beautiful.
Then do the Brothers greet one another,
Saying, 'Peace be with thee!' and also,
'Peace be with thee!'
PSALMS OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING
I am grateful, Heavenly Father,
For thou hast raised me to an eternal height,
And I walk in the wonders of the plain.
Thou gavest me strict guidance
To reach thine eternal company
From the depths of the earth.
T'hou hast purified my body
To join the army of angels of Earth
And for my spirit to even reach
The congregation of heavenly angels.
Thou gavest unto man eternity
To praise at the dawn and dusk
Thy works and wonders in joyful song.
O all ye works of the Heavenly Order,
Bless ye all the most holy of Laws:
Praise and exalt the Law above all!
O ye heaven of heavens, bless ye the Law:
Praise and exalt the Law above all, for ever.
O ye holy Angels of the Heavenly Father,
And ye Angels of the Earthly Mother,
Bless ye all, bless ye the holy Law:
Praise and exalt the Law above all for ever.
O all ye waters that be above the heavens,
Bless ye the Law. All ye powers of the Holy Angels,
Bless ye the Law, ye sun and moon, bless ye the Law.
Ye stars of heaven above, bless ye the Law.
every shower and dew, bless ye the Law.
all ye high winds, bless ye the Law.
ye fire and heat, bless ye the Law.
ye winter and summer, bless ye the Law.
ye light and darkness, bless ye the Law.
ye dews and snow storms, bless ye the Law.
ye nights and days, bless ye all the Law.
ye lightnings and clouds, bless ye the Law.
ye mountains and little hills, bless ye the Law.
all ye things that grow on Earth, bless ye the Law.
ye high and hidden fountains, bless ye the Law.
ye great seas and rivers, bless ye the Law.
O ye whales, and all that move in the waters,
Bless ye the Law...Bless Ye The Law!
O all ye fowls of the air, bless ye the Law.
O all ye beasts and cattle, bless ye the Law.
O ye children of mankind, bless ye the Law.
O ye spirit souls of the Children of Light,
Bless ye the Law...Bless Ye The Law!
ye holy and most humble of workers in
In the Garden of the Brotherhood, bless ye the Law.
O let the whole earth bless the Law!
O give thanks unto the Heavenly Father,
And bless ye his Law, bless the Law
O all of ye that worship the holy Law,
Give praise unto the Heavenly Father
And unto the Earthly Mother,
And to all the Holy Angels,
And give unto them thanks,
For the Law endureth for ever.
We worship the Law, day and night.
Hail to the Heavenly Father!
Hail to the Earthly Mother!
Hail to the Holy Angels!
Hail to the Children of Light!
Hail to our holy Father Enoch!
Hail to the whole of Holy Creation
That was, that is and ever shall be!
We sacrifice unto the bright, glorious stars,
We sacrifice unto the sovereign sky,
We sacrifice unto boundless time,
We sacrifice unto the good Law
Of the worshipers of the Creator,
Of the holy Children of Light, who
Labor in the Garden of the Brotherhood;
We sacrifice unto the way of the Holy Law.
We sacrifice unto all the Holy Angels
Of the world unseen and unmanifest;
We sacrifice unto all the Holy Angels Of the material world.
·Give thanks unto the Heavenly Father, he is good,·Give thanks unto the God of the Angels,
·Give thanks unto the Lord of Light,
For his mercy endureth forevermore.
To him who alone doeth great wonders,
To him that by wisdom made the heavens,
To him that stretched out Earth above the waters,
To him that made the great lights in the heavens,
To him that made the sun to rule by day,
And the moon and stars to rule the night,
Give unending praise and thanksgiving,
For his mercy endureth forever and ever.
And we do worship the ancient, holy religion,
Which was fully instituted at the Creation,
Which was on Earth in the time of the Great Trees;
The holy religion of the Our Creator,
The resplendent and the glorious,
Revealed unto our holy Father Enoch.
We worship the Creator and the Fire of Life,
And the good Waters which are Holy,
And the resplendent Sun and Moon,
And the lustrous, Glorious Stars;
Most of all we worship the Holy Law,
Which the Creator, our Heavenly Father,
Hath given to us of his Boundless Mercy.
It The Law which maketh holy our dwelling,
Which is the wide and green Earth.
Praise ye the Law! Praise ye the Law!
The Law healeth the broken in heart,
And bindeth up all their wounds.
Great is the Law, and great in power;
The understanding of the Law is infinite.
The Law lifteth up the meek to the heights,
And casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Sing unto the holy Law with thanksgiving,
Sing praise upon the harp unto the Law,
Which covereth the heaven with clouds,
Which prepareth rain for the earth,
Which maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
We praise aloud the well-thought Thought,
The Word well-spoken and the Deed well-done.
We will come to thee, O ye bountiful immortals!
We will come to thee, extolling and invoking thee,
Angels of the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother!
We do worship the Holy Lord of the Heavenly Order,
The Creator of all good creatures of the whole earth.
And we do worship the utterances of our Father Enoch,
And also his very ancient, and most pure religion,
His faith and his lore, older than the beginning of time.
We will sing unto the Law for as long as we live,
We will sing praise unto our Heavenly Father
While we have our being burning deep within us,
While the Garden of the Brotherhood doth endure.
Our Communions with the Angels shall be sweet;
We will be glad in the holy Law.
Bless thou the Law, O my soul.
Praise ye the most Holy Law.
Children of Light love the holy Law,
Because the Law heareth our voices
And our supplications....all of them!
An all-hearing ear hath the Law inclined to us,
Therefore will we call on the Law, long as we live.
The Law hath delivered our souls from death,
Our eyes from tears, and our feet from falling.
We walk before the Law in the land of the living:
In the paths of the Infinite Garden of the Brotherhood.
The days of the sons of men are as grass;
As flowers of the field, so do they flourish.
For the wind passeth over them, they are gone:
But the mercy of the Law is from everlasting
To everlasting upon them that follow it.
Bless the Heavenly Father, ye his Angels;
Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
Bless the Lord, all of his works,
In all places of his dominion:
Bless the Lord, O my Soul.
Heavenly Father, thou art great!
Thou art clothed with honor and majesty.
Who coverest thyself with light as a garment,
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
Who lays the beams of his chamber in the waters,
Who maketh even the clouds his own chariot,
Who walketh upon the wings of the wind,
Who maketh his own Angel spirits,
His Children of Light a flaming fire
To kindle Truth in the hearts of men,
Who laid the foundations of the earth.
Bless the Heavenly Father, O my soul!
LAMENTS
Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.
Lord, hear my voice! Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And let my cry come unto thee.
Lord hide not thy face from me
In the day when I am in trouble;
Incline thine own ear unto me;
In the day when I call answer speedily.
For my days are consumed like smoke,
And my bones are burned as an hearth.
My heart is smitten, withered like grass;
So that I forget to eat my own bread.
By reason of the voice of my groaning
My bones have cleaved to my skin.
I am like a pelican of the wilderness;
I am like an owl of the desert.
I watch, and am as a sparrow,
Alone high upon the house top.
My days are like shadows declining;
And I am withered away like the grass.
O my God, take me not away amidst my days:
The very heavens are the work of thy hands.
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure.
The first step taken
By the soul of the wicked man,
Laid him in the evil thought hell.
The second step taken
By the soul of the wicked man,
Laid him in the evil word hell.
The third step taken
By the soul of the wicked man,
Laid him in the evil deed hell.
The fourth step taken
By the soul of the wicked man,
Laid him in endless darkness.
I know that you can do all things,
No purpose of yours is restrained.
And now mine eye seeth Thee,
Wherefore do I abhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.
For the wicked sons of men
Have sinned against themselves
And their hell of evil thoughts,
of evil words and evil deeds,
Is a hell of their own making.
But my anguish and bitter tears
Are for our own ancient fathers,
Who sinned against the Creator,
And who were also ever banished
From the Kingdom of the Great Trees.
It's why I weep, hiding my face in sorrow,
For the perfect beauty of that Lost Garden,
The vanished sweetness of the song of the Bird,
Who sang in the branches of the Tree of Life.
Have mercy upon me, O Mighty God,
And cleanse me from all of my sins.
The joy of our hearts is ceased,
Our dance is turned into mourning.
The crown is fallen from our head:
Woe unto us, that we have sinned!
For this our heart is faint and cold,
For these things our very eyes are dim.
Thou, O Heavenly Father, remainest forever,
Thy throne from generation to generation.
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever,
And forsake us so long a time?
Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord,
Renew for us, our days as of old.
Where no righteousness or compassion is,
There the wild beasts of the desert shall lie;
Their houses shall be full of doleful creatures.
Owls shall dwell there and satyrs shall dance there.
And the wild beasts shall cry in their desolate houses.
Wash me, O Lord and I shall be whiter than snow.
Make me to hear the joy and gladness;
Hide Lord thy face from all my sins,
And blot out all of mine iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God,'
And renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence;
And take not thy holy spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of thy Infinite Garden,
And uphold me with thy Holy Angels.
Let me drive away all evil things
And all uncleanness far away,
From the fire, the water, the earth, the trees,
From the faithful man and the faithful woman,
From the stars, the moon, the sun,
From the boundless Light,
And from all the good things,
Made by thee, O Heavenly Father,
Whose offspring is the Holy Law.
By the rivers of Babylon,
7here we sat down, yea, we wept,
When we thus remembered Zion.
We hanged our harps on the willows.
How do we sing the Lord's song in a wicked land?
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget her cunning.
If I do not remember thee,
Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth;
For Babylon is the slavery in the world,
And Zion is the freedom in the Brotherhood.
O Lord, to thee will I cry!
For the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness,
And the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
The beasts of the field cry also unto thee Lord:
For the rivers of the waters are all dried up,
The fire has devoured the pastures of wilderness.
Let all the inhabitants of the land thus tremble:
The D'ay of the Lord comes, it is nigh at hand;
A day of darkness and of much gloominess,
A day of clouds and of thick blackness,
A day when the earth shall quake,
And the heavens shall also tremble.
The sun and the moon shall be dark,
And stars will withdraw their shining.
Out of the depths we cry to thee, O Lord!
Lord, hear thou our voices from heaven!
PROPHECIES
Hearken unto me, my people,
And give your ears unto me!
Lift up thine eyes to the heavens,
And look upon the earth beneath:
The heavens shall vanish away like smoke,
And the earth shall wax old like a garment,
They that dwell therein shall die in like manner:
But then My Kingdom shall be for ever,
And my Law shall never be abolished.
In that day hell shall enlarge herself,
And open her mouth without measure:
And the glory, the pride and the pomp
Of the wicked shall descend into it.
And the mean man shall be brought down,
And the mighty man shall be humbled
As the fire devoureth even the stubble,
And the flame consumeth the chaff;
So their root shall be as rottenness,
Their blossom shall go up as dust.
Because they have all cast away
The Holy Law of the Heavenly Order,
And despised the word of the Children of Light.
And in that day, one will look unto the land
And behold only the darkness and sorrow,
And light in the heavens shall be darkened.
The leaders of the people shall cause them to err,
And they that are led of them shall be destroyed.
For every one is an hypocrite and evil doer,
And every mouth doth speak folly.
Wickedness burneth as the fire:
It shall devour briars and thorns.
It shall kindle the thickets of the forest,
And mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
Through the wrath of the most holy Law
Shall the land become fully darkened,
For this hath man wrought upon himself.
And the people shall be as the fuel of the fire:
No man shall ever spare even his brother.
Woe to them that have kept not the Holy Law!
Woe unto their boundless crown of pride!
Woe to those lusting after things of the world,
And corrupting themselves with wrongdoing,
Who err in vision, and stumble in judgment:
For they are a rebellious people, lying people,
People who will not hear the Law of the Lord:
Which shall say unto the seers, 'see not',
And to Prophets, 'prophesy not right things',
But speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits.
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees,
Who write grievousness which they prescribe.
Woe unto them that join house to house, lay field to field,
Till there be no place that a man may be alone
In the midst of the earth! Woe unto them!
Woe to them that rise early in the morning,
Not to commune with the Angels Of God,
But follow strong drink, and continue til night,
Till the fumes of the wine fully inflame them!
Woe to them that call evil good and good evil,
Who put dark for light, and light for darkness.
Woe unto them, Woe unto them
Who turn aside the needy from judgment,
And take away the right from the poor,
That make of widows their prey, and rob the fatherless!
Wherefore it shall finally come to pass
That the hand of the Lord shall lop the bough
With the great judgment of the holy Law,
And the high ones of stature shall be hewn down
And the haughty shall be humbled by him.
Howl ye, for the day of the Law is at hand;
It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
Therefore shall all hands become faint,
And every man's heart shall be melted.
And they shall all be sorely afraid:
Pangs and sorrows shall take them;
They shall be in pain as a woman travaileth:
They shall be amazed one at another:
T'heir faces shall be as flames.
Behold, the day of the Lord cometh
Cruel both with wrath and fierce anger,
To lay down the land desolate:
He shall destroy sinners out of it.
It shall come to pass in that day,
The Lord will punish the host of high ones,
And the kings of the earth, upon the earth.
And they shall be gathered together,
As prisoners are gathered in the pit,
And shall be shut up in the prison.
The Lord will come forth from his place,
And will come down from out of heaven,
And tread upon the high places of the earth.
And the mountains shall be molten under him,
The valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire,
As the waters pouring down into a steep place.
Then the moon shall vanish, and the sun obscured.
And the stars of heaven and constellations thereof
Shall not give to humanity of their light:
The sun shall be darkened in its going forth,
And the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
And the Lord will shake even the heavens,
And the earth shall remove out of her place,
In that day of the wrath of the most Holy Law,
In that day of the fierce anger of the Lord.
And the shining cities shall be laid waste,
And wild beasts of the desert shall lie there;
The hay shall wither away, grass shall fail,
In all the earth there shall be no green thing.
In that day shall all the strong cities
Be as a forsaken bough; and tempest of hail
Shall sweep away their refuge of lies,
And many angry waters overflow
The hiding place of the wicked.
There shall be upon every high mountain,
And even also upon every high hill,
Rivers and many streams of waters
In the day of the great slaughter,
When the towers fall. In that day
Shall the light of the moon
Be as the light of the sun,
And the light of the sun shall be sevenfold.
Behold, the name of the Law cometh from far,
Burning with hot anger; the burden thereof is heavy:
The lips of the Lord are full of indignation,
And his tongue is as a devouring fire.
He shall show the strength of his arm,
With the flame of a consuming fire,
With scattering, tempest and hailstones.
The land shall be emptied, and utterly spoiled,
For the sons of men have turned away from the Law.
And the city of confusion is been broken down:
Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
There is a crying and wailing out in the streets:
All joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
It shall come to pass, he who flees the noise of fear
Shall fall down into the pit; and he that cometh up
Out of the midst of the pit will be taken in the snare:
For the windows from on high are opened,
And the foundations of the earth do shake.
The earth is utterly broken down,
The earth is clean dissolved,
The earth is moved exceedingly.
Then the moon shall be confounded,
And the sun shall be fully ashamed,
Earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard,
And shall fall, and shall not rise up again.
All the host of heaven shall be dissolved,
And the heavens rolled up as a scroll:
And all their host shall fall down,
As the leaf falleth off from the vine,
And as a falling fig from the fig tree.
The waters shall fail from the sea,
The rivers shall be wasted and dried up.
Streams of water shall be turned to pitch,
And the dust thereof into a brimstone,
The land thereof shall become burning pitch.
And the smoke shall not be quenched, night or day
And no man shall pass through it.
But the cormorant and the bittern
Shall possess all of the land;
The owl also and the raven dwell in it.
And there shall stretch out upon it
The line of confusion, stones of emptiness.
They shall call nobles thereof to the kingdom,
But none shall be there, her princes shall be nothing.
And the thorns shall come up in her palaces,
Nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof.
And it shall be an habitation of dragons,
And a court for the owls and the ravens.
The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly,
And the highways shall all lie in waste.
Glory of the forests shall be consumed,
The fruitful field; yea, trees shall be few,
That a child may count them on his fingers.
Behold, the day comes, that all that is in the earth,
And all that which thy fathers have laid up in store,
Shall be carried up and dissolved in smoke,
For ye have forgotten thy Heavenly Father
And ye have forgotten thy Earthly Mother,
And ye have broken the most Holy Law.
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens,
That thou wouldst even come down,
T'hat the mountains melt at thy presence
When thy hand showed the power of thy Law
Surely Thou camest down in a great fury:
Mountains flowed down at thy presence,
And when the melting fires burned full.
Behold thou art wroth, for we have sinned.
We are like a troubled sea, who cannot rest,
Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
We trust in vanity, and speak lies;
And our feet run ever unto evil,
Waste and destruction lie in our paths.
We grope for the wall like the blind,
We stumble at noon day as in the night,
We are in desolate places as dead men.
But now, Heavenly Father, You are our father:
We are the clay, and thou our very potter,
And we are all thine own people.
Thy holy cities are a wilderness,
Thy forests are all consumed,
All thy earth is a desolation.
Our holy and beautiful house
Where our fathers praised thee,
Is burned up with a great fire.
The ancient lore of our Father Enoch
Is trampled in the dust and in the ashes.
And I beheld the earth below, and, lo,
It was without form, and it was void;
And the heavens, they also had no light.
I beheld the mountains, lo, they trembled,
And all of the hills moved ever lightly.
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man,
And all of the birds of the heavens I beheld,
And the fruitful place was a wilderness,
And all the cities thereof were broken down
At the presence of the Lord, by his fierce anger.
For thus hath the Lord said,
The whole land shall be desolate;
And yet will I not make a full end.
The hand of the Law is not shortened,
That it cannot save one's life;
Neither is the ear of the Law heavy,
That it cannot hear the very cry:
Out of the desert I bring forth a seed,
And that seed shall even be planted
In the Garden of the Brotherhood,
And it shall flourish,
And the Children of Light
Shall cover the old barren land
With tall grass and trees bearing fruit.
And they shall build the old waste places:
They shall repair the wasted cities
The desolations of many generations.
They shall be called repairers of the breach,
And the restorers of paths in which to dwell.
They shall be a crown of glory on the head of the Lord
And a royal diadem in the very hand of the Law.
The wilderness and the most solitary place
Shall become gladdened for all of them,
The desert shall rejoice, blossoming as the rose.
It shall blossom forth abundantly,
And rejoice even with joy and singing.
The eyes of the blind shall be opened,
And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart
And the tongue of the dumb shall sing
For in the wilderness shall waters break out,
And all the flowing streams in the desert.
And the parched ground shall become a pool,
And the thirsty land, springs of many waters.
And an highway shall be there, and a way,
And it shall be called the Way of the Law:
And the unclean shall not pass over it,
But it shall be for the Children of Light
To cross over the Eternal River to the hidden place
Where standeth the holy Tree of Life, forever.
The children of men shall return to the earth,
And come forth, even unto that Infinite Garden,
With songs and everlasting joy upon their heads:
They shall obtain fullness of joy and gladness,
And sorrow and sighing shall flee away,
And it shall come to pass in the last days,
That the mountain of the Lord's house shall
Be established in the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above all the hills;
All the sons of men in earth shall flow to it.
And many people shall come and go saying,
'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the tabernacle of the most Holy Law,
And the Holy Angels will teach us
The ways of the Heavenly Father
The ways of the Earthly Mother,
We will walk the paths of the righteous:
For out of the Garden of the Brotherhood
Shall go forth that most Holy Law,
The word of the Lord from the Children of Light.
And the Lord shall judge among the nations,
And shall rebuke many of the earth's' people:
And they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And then their spears into pruning hooks:
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn of war any more.
Hear the haunting voices of the Brothers,
Which cry aloud in the wilderness:
Prepare ye the way of that holy Law!
Make straight in the desert a highway for our God!
Every deep valley shall be soon exalted,
And every mountain and hill be made low:
And the crooked shall be made straight,
And the rough places be made plain:
And the voice of the Heavenly Father shall be heard:
1, even I, am the Law; and beside me there is no other.
Yea, even before the daytime was, I am he:
There is none that can deliver out of my hand.
Hearken unto me, O Children of Light!
I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
My hand also hath laid the foundation of Earth,
And my right hand hath spanned the heavens!
Hearken unto me, O Children of Light!
Ye that know well my righteousness,
My children in whose hearts is my Law:
Ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace:
The mountains and the hills shall break forth
Before you into singing, and the trees of the field
Shall clap their hands. Arise, shine, O Children of Light!
For my Light is come upon thee and thou shalt make the
Glory of the holy Law to rise upon the New Earth!
