The Original Hebrew and Aramaic Texts

Translated and edited by

EDMOND BORDEAUX SZEKELY

MCMLXXXI

INTERNATIONAL BIOGENIC SOCIETY

Copyright @ 1981, by the International Biogenic Society

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OVERVIEW

It was in 1928 that Edmond Bordeaux Szekely first published

his translation of Book One of The Essene Gospel of Peace, an

ancient manuscript he had found in the Secret Archives of the

Vatican as the result of limitless patience, faultless

scholarship, and unerring intuition. This story is told in his

book, The Discovery of the Essene Gospel of Peace, published

in 1975. The English version of Book One appeared in 1937,

and ever since, the little volume has traveled over the world,

appearing in many different languages, gaining every year

more and more readers, until now, still with no commercial

advertisement, over a million copies have been sold in the

United States alone. It was not until almost fifty years after

the first French translation that Book Two and Book Three

appeared (The Unknown Books of the Essenes and Lost Scrolls

of the Essene Brotherhood), achieving rapidly the popularity of

Book One.

ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE

And then many sick and maimed came to Jesus, asking him.

“if you know all things, tell us, why do we suffer with these

grievous plagues? Why are we not whole like other men?

Master, heal us, that we too may be made strong, and need

abide no longer in our misery. We know that you have it in

your power to heal all manner of disease. Free us from Satan

and from all his great afflictions. Master, have compassion on

us.”

And Jesus answered- “Happy are you that you hunger for the

truth, for I will satisfy you with the bread of wisdom. Happy

are you, that you knock, for I will open to you the door of life.

Happy are you, that you would cast off the power of Satan, for

I will lead you into the kingdom of our Mother’s angels, where

the power of Satan cannot enter.”

And they asked him in amazement: “Who is our Mother and

which her angels? And where is her kingdom?”

“Your Mother is in you, and you in her. She bore you she gives

you life. it was she who gave to you your body, and to her

shall you one day give it back again. Happy are you when you

come to know her and her kingdom; if you receive your

Mother’s angels and if you do her laws. I tell you truly, he who

does these things shall never see disease. For the power of

our Mother is above all. And it destroys Satan and his

kingdom, and has rule over all your bodies and all living

things.

“The blood which runs in us is born of the blood of our Earthly

Mother. Her blood falls from the clouds; leaps from the womb

of the earth; babbles in the brooks of the mountains; flows

wide in the rivers of the plains; sleeps in the lakes; rages

mightily in tempestuous seas.

“The air which we breathe is born of the breath of our Earthly

Mother. Her breath is azure in the heights of the heavens;

soughs in the tops of the mountains; whispers in the leaves of

the forest; billows over the cornfields; slumbers in the deep

valleys, burns hot in the desert.

“The hardness of our bones is born of the bones of our Earthly

Mother, of the rocks and of the stones. They stand naked to

the heavens on the tops of mountains; are as giants that lie

sleeping on the sides of the mountains, as idols set in the

desert, and are hidden in the deepness of the earth.

“The tenderness of our flesh is born of the flesh of our Earthly

Mother; whose flesh waxes yellow and red in the fruits of the

trees, and nurtures us in the furrows of the fields.

“Our bowels are born of the bowels of our Earthly Mother, and

are hid from our eyes, like the invisible depths of the earth.

“The light of our eyes, the hearing of our ears, both are born

of the colors and the sounds of our Earthly Mother; which

enclose us about, as the waves of the sea a fish, as the

eddying air a bird.

“I tell you in very truth, Man is the Son of the Earthly Mother,

and from her did the Son of Man receive his whole body, even

as the body of the newborn babe is born of the womb of his

mother. I tell you truly, you are one with the Earthly Mother;

she is in you, and you in her. Of her were you born, in her do

you live, and to her shall you return again. Keep, therefore,

her laws, for none can live long, neither be happy, but he who

honors his Earthly Mother and does her laws. For your breath

is her breath; your blood her blood; your bone her bone; your

flesh her flesh; your bowels her bowels; your eyes and your

ears are her eyes and her ears.

“I tell you truly, should you fail to keep but one only of all

these laws, should you harm but one only of all your body’s

members, you shall be utterly lost in your grievous sickness,

and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. I tell you,

unless you follow the laws of your Mother, you can in no wise

escape death. And he who clings to the laws of his Mother, to

him shall his Mother cling also. She shall heal all his plagues,

and he shall never become sick. She gives him long life, and

protects him from all afflictions; from fire, from water, from

the bite of venomous serpents. For your Mother bore you,

keeps life within you. She has given you her body, and none

but she heals you. Happy is he who loves his Mother and lies

quietly in her bosom. For your Mother loves you, even when

you turn away from her. And how much more shall she love

you, if you turn to her again? I tell you truly, very great is her

love, greater than the greatest of mountains, deeper than the

deepest seas. And those who love their Mother, she never

deserts them. As the hen protects her chickens, as the lioness

her cubs, as the mother her newborn babe, so does the

Earthly Mother protect the Son of Man from all danger and

from all evils.

“For I tell you truly, evils and dangers innumerable lie in wait

for the Sons of Men. Beelzebub, the prince of all devils, the

source of every evil, lies in wait in the body of all the Sons of

Men. He is death, the lord of every plague, and taking upon

him a pleasing raiment, he tempts and entices the Sons of

Men. Riches does he promise, and power, and splendid

palaces, and garments of gold and silver, and a multitude of

servants, all these; he promises renown and glory, fornication

and lustfulness, gluttony and wine-bibbing, riotous living, and

slothfulness and idle days. And he entices every one by that to

which their heart is most inclined. And in the day that the

Sons of Men have already become the slaves of all these

vanities and abominations, then in payment thereof he snatches 

from the Sons of Men all those things which the

Earthly Mother gave them so abundantly. He takes from them

their breath, their blood, their bone, their flesh, their bowels,

their eyes and their ears. And the breath of the Son of Man

becomes short and stifled, full of pain and evil-smelling, like

the breath of unclean beasts. And his blood becomes thick and

evil-smelling, like the water of the swamps; it clots and

blackens, like the night of death. And his bone becomes hard

and knotted; it melts away within and breaks asunder, as a

stone falling down upon a rock. And his flesh waxes fat and

watery; it rots and putrefies, with scabs and boils that are an

abomination.

And his bowels become full with abominable filthiness, with

oozing streams of decay; and multitudes of abominable worms

have their habitation there. And his eyes grow dim, till dark

night enshrouds them, and his ears become stopped, like the

silence of the grave. And last of all shall the erring Son of Man

lose life. For he kept not the laws of his Mother, and added sin

to sin. Therefore, are taken from him all the gifts of the

Earthly Mother: breath, blood, bone, flesh, bowels, eyes and

ears, and after all else, life, with which the Earthly Mother

crowned his body.

“But if the erring Son of Man be sorry for his sins and undo

them, and return again to his Earthly Mother; and if he do his

Earthly Mother’s laws and free himself from Satan’s clutches,

resisting his temptations, then does the Earthly Mother

receive again her erring Son with love and sends him her

angels that they may serve him. I tell you truly, when the Son

of Man resists the Satan that dwells in him and does not his

will, in the same hour are found the Mother’s angels there,

that they may serve him with all their power and free utterly

the Son of Man from the power of Satan.

“For no man can serve two masters. For either he serves

Beelzebub and his devils or else he serves our Earthly Mother

and her angels. Either he serves death or he serves life. I tell

you truly, happy are those that do the laws of life and wander

not upon the paths of death. For in them the forces of life wax

strong and they escape the plagues of death.”

And all those round about him listened to his words with

amazement, for his word was with power, and he taught quite

otherwise than the priests and scribes.

And though the sun was now set, they departed not to their

homes. They sat round about Jesus and asked him: “Master,

which are these laws of life? Rest with us a while longer and

teach us. We would listen to your teaching that we may be

healed and become righteous.”

And Jesus himself sat down in their midst and said: “I tell you

truly, none can be happy, except he do the Law.”

And the others answered: “We all do the laws of Moses, our

lawgiver, even as they are written in the holy scriptures.”

And Jesus answered: “Seek not the law in your scriptures, for

the law is life, whereas the scripture is dead. I tell you truly,

Moses received not his laws from God in writing, but through

the living word. The law is living word of living God to living

prophets for living men. In everything that is life is the law

written. You find it in the grass, in the tree, in the river, in the

mountain, in the birds of heaven, in the fishes of the sea; but

seek it chiefly in yourselves. For I tell you truly, all living

things are nearer to God than the scripture which is without

life. God so made life and all living things that they might by

the everlasting word teach the laws of the true God to man.

God wrote not the laws in the pages of books, but in your

heart and in your spirit. They are in your breath, your blood,

your bone; in your flesh, your bowels, your eyes, your ears,

and in every little part of your body. They are present in the

air, in the water, in the earth, in the plants, in the sunbeams,

in the depths and in the heights. They all speak to you that

you may understand the tongue and the will of the living God.

But you shut your eyes that you may not see, and you shut

your ears that you may not hear. I tell you truly, that the

scripture is the work of man, but life and all its hosts are the

work of our God. Wherefore do you not listen to the words of

God which are written in His works? And wherefore do you

study the dead scriptures which are the work of the hands of

men?”

“How may we read the laws of God elsewhere than in the

scriptures? Where are they written? Read them to us from

there where you see them, for we know nothing else but the

scriptures which we have inherited from our forefathers. Tell

us the laws of which you speak, that hearing them we may be

healed and justified.”

Jesus said: “You do not understand the words of life, because

you are in death. Darkness darkens your eyes and your ears

are stopped with deafness. For I tell you, it profits you not at

all that you pore over dead scriptures if by your deeds you

deny him who has given you the scriptures.

I tell you truly, God and his laws are not in that which you do.

They are not in gluttony and in wine-bibbing, neither in

riotous living, nor in lustfulness, nor in seeking after riches,

nor yet in hatred of your enemies. For all these things are far

from the true God and from his angels. But all these things

come from the kingdom of darkness and the lord of all evils.

And all these things do you carry in yourselves; and so the

word and the power of God enter not into you, because all

manner of evil and all manner of abominations have their

dwelling in your body and your spirit. If you will that the living

God’s word and his power may enter you, defile not your body

and your spirit; for the body is the temple of the spirit, and

the spirit is the temple of God. Purify, therefore, the temple,

that the Lord of the temple may dwell therein and occupy a

place that is worthy of him.

“And from all temptations of your body and your spirit, coming

from Satan, withdraw beneath the shadow of God’s heaven.

“Renew yourselves and fast. For I tell you truly, that Satan

and his plagues may only be cast out by fasting and by prayer.

Go by yourself and fast alone, and show your fasting to no

man. The living God shall see it and great shall be your

reward. And fast till Beelzebub and all his evils depart from

you, and all the angels of our Earthly Mother come and serve

you. For I tell you truly, except you fast, you shall never be

freed from the power of Satan and from all diseases that come

from Satan. Fast and pray fervently, seeking the power of the

living God for your healing. While you fast, eschew the Sons of

Men and seek our Earthly Mother’s angels, for he that seeks

shall find.

“Seek the fresh air of the forest and of the fields, and there in

the midst of them shall you find the angel of air. Put off your

shoes and your clothing and suffer the angel of air to embrace

all your body. Then breathe long and deeply, that the angel of

air may be brought within you. I tell you truly, the angel of air

shall cast out of your body all uncleannesses which defiled it

without and within. And thus shall all evil-smelling and

unclean things rise out of you, as the smoke of fire curls

upwards and is lost in the sea of the air. For I tell you truly,

holy is the angel of air, who cleanses all that is unclean and

makes all evil-smelling things of a sweet odor. No man may

come before the face of God, whom the angel of air lets not

pass. Truly, all must be born again by air and by truth, for

your body breathes the air of the Earthly Mother, and your

spirit breathes the truth of the Heavenly Father.

“After the angel of air, seek the angel of water. Put off your

shoes and your clothing and suffer the angel of water to

embrace all your body. Cast yourselves wholly into his

enfolding arms, and as often as you move the air with your

breath, move with your body the water also. I tell you truly,

the angel of water shall cast out of your body all

uncleannesses which defiled it without and within. And all

unclean and evil-smelling things shall flow out of you, even as

the uncleannesses of garments washed in water flow away

and are lost in the stream of the river. I tell you truly, holy is

the angel of water who cleanses all that is unclean and makes

all evil-smelling things of a sweet odor. No man may come

before the face of God whom the angel of water lets not pass.

In very truth, all must be born again of water and of truth, for

your body bathes in the river of earthly life, and your spirit

bathes in the river of life everlasting. For you receive your

blood from our Earthly Mother and the truth from our

Heavenly Father.

“Think not that it is sufficient that the angel of water embrace

you outwards only. I tell you truly, the uncleanness within is

greater by much than the uncleanness without. And he who

cleanses himself without, but within remains unclean, is like to

tombs that outwards are painted fair, but are within full of all

manner of horrible uncleannesses and abominations. So I tell

you truly, suffer the angel of water to baptize you also within,

that you may become free from all your past sins, and that

within likewise you may become as pure as the river’s foam

sporting in the sunlight.

“Seek, therefore, a large trailing gourd, having a stalk the

length of a man; take out its inwards and fill it with water

from the river which the sun has warmed. Hang it upon the

branch of a tree, and kneel upon the ground before the angel

of water, and suffer the end of the stalk of the trailing gourd to

enter your hinder parts, that the water may flow through all

your bowels. Afterwards rest kneeling on the ground before

the angel of water and pray to the living God that he will

forgive you all your past sins, and pray the angel of water that

he will free your body from every uncleanness and disease.

Then let the water run out from your body, that it may carry

away from within it all the unclean and evil-smelling things of

Satan. And you shall see with your eyes and smell with your

nose all the abominations, and uncleannesses which defiled

the temple of your body; even all the sins which abode in your

body, tormenting you with all manner of pains. I tell you truly,

baptism with water frees you from all of these. Renew your

baptizing with water on every day of your fast, till the day

when you see that the water which flows out of you is as pure

as the river’s foam. Then betake your body to the coursing

river, and there in the arms of the angel of water render

thanks to the living God that he has freed you from your sins.

And this holy baptizing by the angel of water is: Rebirth unto

the new life. For your eyes shall henceforth see, and your ears

shall hear. Sin no more, therefore, after your baptism, that the

angels of air and of water may eternally abide in you and

serve you evermore.

“And if afterward there remain within you aught of your past

sins and uncleannesses, seek the angel of sunlight. Put off

your shoes and your clothing and suffer the angel of sunlight

to embrace all your body. Then breathe long and deeply, that

the angel of sunlight may be brought within you. And the

angel of sunlight shall cast out of your body all evil-smelling

and unclean things which defiled it without and within. And all

unclean and evil-smelling things shall rise from you, even as

the darkness of night fades before the brightness of the rising

sun. For I tell you truly, holy is the angel of sunlight who

cleans out all uncleannesses and makes all evil-smelling things

of a sweet odor. None may come before the face of God,

whom the angel of sunlight lets not pass. Truly, all must be

born again of sun and of truth, for your body basks in the

sunlight of the Earthly Mother, and your spirit basks in the

sunlight of the truth of the Heavenly Father.

“The angels of air and of water and of sunlight are brethren.

They were given to the Son of Man that they might serve him,

and that he might go always from one to the other.

“Holy, likewise, is their embrace. They are indivisible children

of the Earthly Mother, so do not you put asunder those whom

earth and heaven have made one. Let these three brother

angels enfold you every day and let them abide with you

through all your fasting.

“For I tell you truly, the power of devils, all sins and

uncleannesses shall depart in haste from that body which is

embraced by these three angels. As thieves flee from a

deserted house at the coming of the lord of the house, one by

the door, one by the window, and the third by the roof, each

where he is found, and whither he is able, even so shall flee

from your bodies all devils of evil, all past sins, and all

uncleannesses and diseases which defiled the temple of your

bodies. When the Earthly Mother’s angels enter into your

bodies, in such wise that the lords of the temple repossess it

again, then shall all evil smells depart in haste by your breath

and by your skin, corrupt waters by your mouth and by your

skin, by your hinder and your privy parts. And all these things

you shall see with your eyes and smell with your nose and

touch with your hands. And when all sins and uncleannesses

are gone from your body, your blood shall become as pure as

our Earthly Mother’s blood and as the river’s foam sporting in

the sunlight. And your breath shall become as pure as the

breath of odorous flowers; your flesh as pure as the flesh of

fruits reddening upon the leaves of trees; the light of your eye

as clear and bright as the brightness of the sun shining upon

the blue sky. And now shall all the angels of the Earthly

Mother serve you. And your breath, your blood, your flesh

shall be one with the breath, the blood and the flesh of the

Earthly Mother, that your spirit also may become one with the

spirit of your Heavenly Father. For truly, no one can reach the

Heavenly Father unless through the Earthly Mother. Even as

no newborn babe can understand the teaching of his father till

his mother has suckled him, bathed him, nursed him, put him

to sleep and nurtured him. While the child is yet small, his

place is with his mother and he must obey his mother. When

the child is grown up, his father takes him to work at his side

in the field, and the child comes back to his mother only when

the hour of dinner and supper is come. And now his father

teaches him, that he may become skilled in the works of his

father. And when the father sees that his son understands his

teaching and does his work well, he gives him all his

possessions, that they may belong to his beloved son, and

that his son may continue his father’s work. I tell you truly,

happy is that son who accepts the counsel of his mother and

walks therein. And a hundred times more happy is that son

who accepts and walks also in the counsel of his father, for it

was said to you: ‘Honor thy father and thy mother that thy

days may be long upon this earth.’ But I say to you, Sons of

Man: Honor your Earthly Mother and keep all her laws, that

your days may be long on this earth, and honor your Heavenly

Father that Eternal Life may be yours in the heavens. For the

Heavenly Father is a hundred times greater than all fathers by

seed and by blood, and greater is the Earthly Mother than all

mothers by the body. And dearer is the Son of Man in the eyes

of his Heavenly Father and of his Earthly Mother than are

children in the eyes of their fathers by seed and by blood and

of their mothers by the body. And more wise are the words

and laws of your Heavenly Father and of your Earthly Mother

than the words and the will of all fathers by seed and by

blood, and of all mothers by the body. And of more worth also

is the inheritance of your Heavenly Father and of your Earthly

Mother, the everlasting kingdom of earthly and heavenly life,

than all the inheritances of your fathers by seed and by blood,

and of your mothers by the body.

“And your true brothers are all those who do the will of your

Heavenly Father and of your Earthly Mother, and not your

brothers by blood. I tell you truly, that your true brothers in

the will of the Heavenly Father and of the Earthly Mother will

love you a thousand times more than your brothers by blood.

For since the days of Cain and Abel, when brothers by blood

transgressed the will of God, there is no true brotherhood by

blood. And brothers do unto brothers as do strangers.

Therefore, I say to you, love your true brothers in the will of

God a thousand times more than your brothers by blood.

FOR YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS LOVE.

FOR YOUR EARTHLY MOTHER IS LOVE.

FOR THE SON OF MAN IS LOVE.

“It is by love, that the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother

and the Son of Man become one. For the spirit of the Son of

Man was created from the spirit of the Heaven Father, and his

body from the body of the Earthly Mother. Become, therefore,

perfect as the spirit of your Heavenly Father and the body of

your Earthly Mother are perfect. And so love your Heavenly

Father, as he loves your spirit. And so love your Earthly

Mother, as she loves your body. And so love your true

brothers, as your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother

love them. And then your Heavenly Father shall give you his

holy spirit, and your Earthly Mother shall give you her holy

body. And then shall the Sons of Men like true brothers give

love one to another, the love which they received from their

Heavenly Father and from their Earthly Mother; and they shall

all become comforters one of another. And then shall

disappear from the earth all evil and all sorrow, and there

shall be love and joy upon earth. And then shall the earth be

like the heavens, and the kingdom of God shall come. And

then shall come the Son of Man in all his glory, to inherit the

kingdom of God. And then shall the Sons of Men divide their

divine inheritance, the kingdom of God. For the Sons of Men

live in the Heavenly Father and in the Earthly Mother, and the

Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother live in them. And then

with the kingdom of God shall come the end of the times. For

the Heavenly Father’s love gives to all life everlasting in the

kingdom of God. For love is eternal. Love is stronger than

death.

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but

have not love, I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling

cymbal. Though I tell what is to come, and know all secrets,

and all wisdom; and though I have faith strong as the storm

which lifts mountains from their seat, but have not love, I am

nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor,

and give all my fire that I have received from my Father, but

have not love, I am in no wise profited. Love is patient, love is

kind. Love is not envious, works not evil, knows not pride; is

not rude, neither selfish; is slow to anger, imagines no

mischief; rejoices not in injustice, but delights in justice. Love

defends all, love believes all, love hopes all, love bears all;

never exhausts itself; but as for tongues they shall cease,

and, as for knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we have truth

in part, and error in part, but when the fullness of perfection is

come, that which is in part shall be blotted out. When a man

was a child he spoke as a child, understood as a child, thought

as a child; but when he became a man he put away childish

things. For now we see through a glass and through dark

sayings. Now we know in part, but when we are come before

the face of God, we shall not know in part, but even as we are

taught by him. And now remain these three: faith and hope

and love; but the greatest of these is love.

“And now I speak to you in the living tongue of the living God,

through the holy spirit of our Heavenly Father. There is none

yet among you that can understand all this of which I speak.

He who expounds to you the scriptures speaks to you in a

dead tongue of dead men, through his diseased and mortal

body. Him, therefore, can all men understand, for all men are

diseased and all are in death. No one sees the light of life.

Blind man leads blind on the dark paths of sins, diseases and

sufferings; and at the last all fall into the pit of death.

“I am sent to you by the Father, that I may make the light of

life to shine before you. The light lightens itself and the

darkness, but the darkness knows only itself, and knows not

the light. I have still many things to say to you, but you

cannot bear them yet. For your eyes are used to the darkness,

and the full light of the Heavenly Father would make you

blind. Therefore, you cannot yet understand that which I

speak to you concerning the Heavenly Father who sent me to

you. Follow, therefore, first, only the laws of your Earthly

Mother, of which I have told you. And when her angels shall

have cleansed and renewed your bodies and strengthened

your eyes, you will be able to bear the light of our Heavenly

Father. When you can gaze on the brightness of the noonday

sun with unflinching eyes, you can then look upon the blinding

light of your Heavenly Father, which is a thousand times

brighter than the brightness of a thousand suns. But how

should you look upon the blinding light of your Heavenly

Father, when you cannot even bear the shining of the blazing

sun? Believe me, the sun is as the flame of a candle beside

the sun of truth of the Heavenly Father. Have but faith,

therefore, and hope, and love. I tell you truly, you shall not

want your reward. If you believe in my words, you believe in

him who sent me, who is the lord of all, and with whom all

things are possible. For what is impossible with men, all these

things are possible with God. If you believe in the angels of

the Earthly Mother and do her laws, your faith shall sustain

you and you shall never see disease. Have hope also in the

love of your Heavenly Father, for he who trusts in him shall

never be deceived, nor shall he ever see death.

“Love one another, for God is love, and so shall his angels

know that you walk in his paths. And then shall all the angels

come before your face and serve you. And Satan with all sins,

diseases and uncleannesses shall depart from your body. Go,

eschew your sins; repent yourselves; baptize yourselves; that

you may be born again and sin no more.”

Then Jesus rose. But all else remained sitting, for every man

felt the power of his words. And then the full moon appeared

between the breaking clouds and folded Jesus in its

brightness. And sparks flew upward from his hair, and he

stood among them in the moonlight, as though he hovered in

the air. And no man moved, neither was the voice of any

heard. And no one knew how long a time had passed, for time

stood still.

Then Jesus stretched out his hands to them and said: “Peace

be with you.” And so he departed, as a breath of wind sways

the green of trees.

And for a long while yet the company sat still and then they

woke in the silence, one man after another, like as from a long

dream. But none would go, as if the words of him who had left

them ever sounded in their ears. And they sat as though they

listened to some wondrous music.

But at last one, as it were a little fearfully, said: “How good it

is to be here.” Another: “Would that this night were

everlasting.” And others: “Would that he might be with us

always.” “Of a truth he is God’s messenger, for he planted

hope within our hearts.” And no man wished to go home,

saying: “I go not home where all is dark and joyless. Why

should we go home where no one loves us?”

And they spoke on this wise, for they were almost all poor,

lame, blind, maimed, beggars, homeless, despised in their

wretchedness, who were only borne for pity’s sake in the

houses where they found a few day’s refuge. Even certain,

who had both home and family, said: “We also will stay with

you.” For every man felt that the words of him who was gone

bound the little company with threads invisible. And all felt

that they were born again. They saw before them a shining

world, even when the moon was hidden in the clouds. And in

the hearts of all blossomed wondrous flowers of wondrous

beauty, the flowers of joy.

And when the bright sunbeams appeared over the earth’s rim,

they all felt that it was the sun of the coming kingdom of God.

And with joyful countenances they went forth to meet God’s

angels.

And many unclean and sick followed Jesus’ words and sought

the banks of the murmuring streams. They put off their shoes

and their clothing, they fasted, and they gave up their bodies

to the angels of air, of water, and of sunshine. And the Earthly

Mother’s angels embraced them, possessing their bodies both

inwards and outwards. And all of them saw all evils, sins and

uncleannesses depart in haste from them.

And the breath of some became as stinking as that which is

loosed from the bowels, and some had an issue of spittle, and

evil-smelling and unclean vomit rose from their inward parts.

All these uncleannesses flowed by their mouths. In some, by

the nose, in others by the eyes and ears. And many did have

a noisome and abominable sweat come from all their body,

over all their skin. And on many limbs great hot boils broke

forth, from which carne out uncleannesses with an evil smell,

and urine flowed abundantly from their body; and in many

their urine was all but dried up and became thick as the honey

of bees; that of others was almost red or black, and as hard

almost as the sand of rivers. And many belched stinking gases

from their bowels, like the breath of devils. And their stench

became so great that none could bear it.

And when they baptized themselves, the angel of water

entered their bodies, and from them flowed out all the

abominations and uncleannesses of their past sins, and like a

falling mountain stream gushed from their bodies a multitude

of hard and soft abominations. And the ground where their

waters flowed was polluted, and so great became the stench

that none could remain there. And the devils left their bowels

in the shape of multitudinous worms which writhed in

impotent rage after the angel of water had cast them out of

the bowels of the Sons of Men. And then descended upon

them the power of the angel of sunshine, and they perished

there in their desperate writhings, trod underfoot by the angel

of sunshine. And all were trembling with terror when they

looked upon all these abominations of Satan, from which the

angels had saved them. And they rendered thanks to God who

had sent his angels for their deliverance.

And there were some whom great pains tormented, which

would not depart from them; and knowing not what they

should do, they resolved to send one of them to Jesus, for

they greatly wished he should be with them.

And when two were gone to seek him, they saw Jesus himself

approaching by the bank of the river. And their hearts were

filled with hope and joy when they heard his greeting, “Peace

be with you.” And many were the questions that they desired

to ask him, but in their astonishment they could not begin, for

nothing came into their minds. Then said Jesus to them: “I

come because you need me.” And one cried out: “Master, we

do indeed, come and free us from our pains.”

And Jesus spoke to them in parables: “You are like the

prodigal son, who for many years did eat and drink, and

passed his days in riotousness and lechery with his friends.

And every week without his father’s knowledge he incurred

new debts, and squandered all in a few days. And the

moneylenders always lent to him, because his father

possessed great riches and always paid patiently the debts of

his son. And in vain did he with fair words admonish his son,

for he never listened to the admonitions of his father, who

besought him in vain that he would give up his debaucheries

which had no end, and that he would go to his fields to watch

over the labor of his servants. And the son always promised

him everything if he would pay his old debts, but the next day

he began again. And for more than seven years the son

continued in his riotous living. But, at last, his father lost

patience and no more paid to the moneylenders the debts of

his son. “if I continue always to pay,” he said, “there will be no

end to the sins of my son.” Then the moneylenders, who were

deceived, in their wrath took the son into slavery that he

might by his daily toil pay back to them the money which he

had borrowed. And then ceased the eating and drinking and

the daily excesses. From morning until night by the sweat of

his face he watered the fields, and all of his limbs ached with

the unaccustomed labor. And he lived upon dry bread, and

had naught but his tears with which he could water it. And

three days after he suffered so much from the heat and from

weariness that he said to his master: ‘I can work no more, for

all my limbs do ache. How long would you torment me?’ ‘Till

the day when by the labor of your hands you pay me all your

debts, and when seven years are passed, you will be free.’

And the desperate son answered weeping: ‘But I cannot bear

so much as seven days. Have pity on me, for all my limbs do

burn and ache.’ And the wicked creditor cried out: ‘Press on

with the work; if you could for seven years spend your days

and your nights in riotousness, now must you work for seven

years. I will not forgive you till you pay back all your debts to

the uttermost drachma.’ And the son, with his limbs racked

with pain, went back despairing to the fields to continue his

work. Already he could hardly stand upon his feet because of

his weariness and of his pains, when the seventh day was

come-the Sabbath day, in which no man works in the field.

Then the son gathered the remnant of his strength and

staggered to the house of his father. And he cast himself down

at his father’s feet and said: ‘Father, believe me for the last

time and forgive me all my offenses against your swear to you

that I will never again live riotously and that I will be your

obedient son in all things. Free me from the hands of my

oppressor. Father, look upon me and upon my sick limbs, and

harden not your heart.’ Then tears came into his father’s eyes,

and he took his son in his arms, and said: ‘Let us rejoice, for

today a great joy is given me, because I have found again my

beloved son, who was lost.’ And he clothed him with his

choicest raiment and all the day long they made merry. And

on the morning of the morrow he gave his son a bag of silver

that he might pay to his creditors all that he owed them. And

when his son came back, he said to him: ‘My son, do you see

that it is easy, through riotous living, to incur debts for seven

years, but their payment is difficult by the heavy labor of

seven years.’ ‘Father, it is indeed hard to pay them, even for

seven days.’ And his father admonished him, saying: ‘For this

once alone has it been permitted you to pay your debts in

seven days instead of seven years, the rest is forgiven you.

But take heed that in the time to come you do not incur more

debts. For I tell you truly, that none else but your father

forgives you your debts, because you are his son. For with all

else you would have had to labor hard for seven years, as it is

commanded in our laws.’

My father, I will henceforth be your loving and obedient son,

and I will not any more incur debts, for I know that their

payment is hard.’

“And he went to his father’s field and watched every day over

the work of his father’s laborers. And he never made his

laborers work hard, for he remembered his own heavy labor.

And the years passed, and his father’s possession increased

ever more and more beneath his hand, for the blessing of his

father was upon his labor. And slowly he gave back tenfold to

his father all that he had squandered in the seven years. And

when his father saw that his son used well his servants and all

his possessions, he said to him: ‘My son, I see that my

possessions are in good hands. I give you all my cattle, my

house, my lands and my treasures. Let all this be your

heritage, continue increasing it that I may have delight in

you.’ And when the son had received his inheritance from his

father, he forgave their debts to all his debtors who could not

pay him, for he did not forget that his debt also had been

forgiven when he could not pay it. And God blessed him with

long life, with many children and with much riches, because

he was kind to all his servants and to all his cattle.”

Then Jesus turned to the sick folk and said: “I speak to you in

parables that you may better understand God’s word. The

seven years of eating and drinking and of riotous living are the

sins of the past. The wicked creditor is Satan. The debts are

diseases. The heavy labor is pains. The prodigal son, he is

yourselves. The payment of the debts is the casting from you

of devils and diseases, and the healing of your body. The bag

of silver received from the father is the liberating power of the

angels. The father is God. The father’s possessions are earth

and heaven. The servants of the father are the angels. The

father’s field is the world, which is changed into the kingdom

of the heavens, if the Sons of Man work thereon together with

the angels of the Heavenly Father. For I tell you, it is better

that the son should obey his father and keep watch over his

father’s servants in the field, than that he should become the

debtor of the wicked creditor and toil and sweat in serfdom to

repay all his debts. it is better, likewise, if the Sons of Man

also obey the laws of their Heavenly Father, and work together

with his angels upon his kingdom, than that they should

become the debtors of Satan, the lord of death, of all sins and

all diseases, and that they should suffer with pains and sweat

till they have repaid all their sins. I tell you truly, great and

many are your sins. Many years have you yielded to the

enticings of Satan. You have been gluttonous, winebibbers and

gone a-whoring, and your past debts have multiplied. And

now you must repay them, and payment is difficult and hard.

Be not, therefore, already impatient after the third day, like

the prodigal son, but wait patiently for the seventh day which

is sanctified by God, and then go with humble and obedient

heart before the face of your Heavenly Father, that he may

forgive you your sins and all your past debts. I tell you truly,

your Heavenly Father loves you without end, for he also allows

you to pay in seven days the debts of seven years. Those that

owe the sins and diseases of seven years, but pay honestly

and persevere till the seventh day, to them shall our Heavenly

Father forgive the debts of all these seven years.

“If we sin for seven times seven years?” asked a sick man who

suffered horribly. “Even in that case the Heavenly Father

forgives you all your debts in seven times seven days.

“Happy are those that persevere to the end, for the devils of

Satan write all your evil deeds in a book, in the book of your

body and your spirit. I tell you truly, there is not one sinful

deed, but it is written, even from the beginning of the world,

before our Heavenly Father. For you may escape the laws

made by kings, but the laws of your God, these may none of

the Sons of Man escape. And when you come before the face

of God, the devils of Satan bear witness against you with your

deed, and God sees your sins written in the book of your body

and of your spirit and is sad in his heart. But if you repent of

your sins, and by fasting and prayer you seek the angels of

God, then each day that you continue to fast and to pray,

God’s angels blot out one year of your evil deeds from the

book of your body and your spirit. And when the last page is

also blotted out and cleansed from all your sins, you stand

before the face of God, and God rejoices in his heart and

forgets all your sins. He frees you from the clutches of Satan

and from suffering; he takes you within his house and

commands that all his servants, all his angels serve you. Long

life does he give you, and you shall never see disease. And if,

thenceforward, instead of sinning, you pass your days in doing

good deeds, then the angels of God shall write all your good

deeds in the book of your body and of your spirit. I tell you

truly, no good deed remains unwritten before God, not from

the beginning of the world. For from your kings and your

governors you may wait in vain for your reward, but never do

your good deeds want their reward from God.

“And when you come before the face of God, his angels bear

witness for you with your good deeds. And God sees your

good deeds written in your bodies and in your spirits, and

rejoices in his heart. He blesses your body and your spirit and

all your deeds, and gives you for a heritage his earthly and

heavenly kingdom, that in it you may have life everlasting.

Happy is he who can enter into the kingdom of God, for he

shall never see death.”

And a great silence fell at his words. And those that were

discouraged took new strength from his words and continued

to fast and to pray. And he who had spoken the first, said to

him: “I will persevere to the seventh day.” And the second,

likewise, said to him: “I also will persevere to the seven times

seventh day.”

Jesus answered them: “Happy are those that persevere to the

end, for they shall inherit the earth.”

And there were many sick among them tormented with

grievous pains, and they hardly crawled to Jesus’ feet. For

they could no longer walk upon their feet. They said: “Master,

we are grievously tormented with pain; tell us what we shall

do.” And they showed Jesus their feet in which the bones were

twisted and knotted and said: “Neither the angel of air, nor of

water, nor of sunshine has assuaged our pains,

notwithstanding that we baptized ourselves, and do fast and

pray, and follow your words in all things.”

“I tell you truly, your bones will be healed. Be not

discouraged, but seek for cure nigh the healer of bones, the

angel of earth. For thence were your bones taken, and thither

will they return.”

And he pointed with his hand to where the running of the

water and the sun’s heat had softened to clayey mud the

earth by the edge of the water. “Sink your feet in the mire,

that the embrace of the angel of earth may draw out from

your bones all uncleanness and all disease. And you will see

Satan and your pains fly from the embrace of the angel of

earth. And the knots of your bones will vanish away, and they

will be straightened, and all your pains will disappear.”

And the sick followed his words, for they knew that they would

be healed.

And there were also other sick who suffered much from their

pains, howbeit, they persisted in their fasting. And their force

was spent, and great heat tormented them. And when they

would have risen from their bed to go to Jesus, their heads

began to turn, as if it were a gusty wind which shook them,

and as oft as they tried to stand upon their feet they fell back

to the ground.

Then Jesus went to them and said: “You suffer, for Satan and

his diseases torment your bodies. But fear not, for their power

over you will quickly end. For Satan is like a choleric

neighbour who entered his neighbor’s house while he was

absent, intending to take his goods away to his own house.

But some told the other that his enemy was ravaging within

his house, and he came back to his house, running. And when

the wicked neighbour, having gathered together all that

pleased him, saw from afar the master of the house returning

in haste, then he was very wroth that he could not take all

away, and set to breaking and spoiling all that was there, to

destroy all. So that even if the things might not be his, the

other might have nothing. But immediately the lord of the

house came in, and before the wicked neighbour fulfilled his

purpose, he took him and cast him out of the house. I tell you

truly, even so did Satan enter your bodies which are the

habitation of God. And he took in his power all that he wished

to steal: your breath, your blood, your bone, your flesh, your

bowels, your eyes, and your ears. But by your fasting and

your prayer, you have called back the lord of your body and

his angels. And now Satan sees that the true lord of your body

returns, and that it is the end of his power. Wherefore, in his

wrath he gathers his strength once again, that he may destroy

your bodies before the coming of the lord. It is for this that

Satan torments you so grievously, for he feels that the end is

come. But let not your hearts tremble, for soon will the angels

of God appear, to occupy again their abodes and rededicate

them as temples of God. And they will seize Satan and cast

him from your bodies with all his diseases and all his

uncleannesses. And happy will you be, for you will receive the

reward of your steadfastness, and you will never see disease.”

And there was among the sick, one that was more tormented

by Satan than all the others. And his body was as parched as

a skeleton, and his skin yellow as a falling leaf. He was so

weak already that he could not, even upon his hands, crawl to

Jesus, and cried only to him from afar: “Master, have pity on

me, for never has man suffered, not from the beginning of the

world, as I do suffer. I know that you are indeed sent by God,

and I know that if you will, you can straightway cast out Satan

from my body. Do not the angels of God obey God’s

messenger? Come, Master, and cast out Satan from me now,

for he rages angrily within me and grievous is his torment.”

And Jesus answered him: “Satan torments you thus greatly

because you have already fasted many days, and you do not

pay to him his tribute. You do not feed him with all the

abominations with which you hitherto defiled the temple of

your spirit. You torment Satan with hunger, and so in his

anger he torments you also. Fear not, for I tell you, Satan will

be destroyed before your body is destroyed; for while you fast

and pray, the angels of God protect your body, that Satan’s

power may not destroy you. And the anger of Satan is

impotent against the angels of God.”

Then they all came to Jesus and with loud cries besought him

saying: “Master, have compassion on him, for he suffers more

than we all, and if you do not at once cast Satan out of him,

we fear he will not live until tomorrow.”

And Jesus answered them: “Great is your faith. Be it according

to your faith, and you shall see soon, face to face, the frightful

countenance of Satan, and the power of the Son of Man. For I

will cast out from you the powerful Satan by the strength of

the innocent lamb of God, the weakest creature of the Lord.

For the holy spirit of God makes more powerful the weakest

than the strongest.”

And Jesus milked an ewe which was feeding among the grass.

And he put the milk upon the sand made hot by the sun,

saying: “Lo, the power of the angel of water has entered this

milk. And now the power of the angel of sunshine will enter it

also.”

And the milk became hot by the strength of the sun.

“And now the angels of water and of sun will join with the

angel of air.”

And lo, the vapor of the hot milk began to rise slowly into the

air.

.”Come and breathe in by your mouth the strength of the

angels of water, of sunshine, and of air, that it may come into

your body and cast out the Satan from you.”

And the sick man whom Satan tormented did breathe within

himself, deeply, the rising whitish vapor.

“Straightway will Satan leave your body, since for three days

he starves and finds no food within you. He will come out of

you to satisfy his hunger by the hot steaming milk, for this

food finds favour in his sight. He will smell its smell, and will

not be able to resist the hunger which has tormented him

three days already. But the Son of Man will destroy his body,

that he may torment none else again.”

Then the sick man’s body was seized with an ague, and he

retched as though he would vomit, but he could not. And he

gasped for air, for his breath was spent. And he fainted on the

lap of Jesus.

“Now does Satan leave his body. See him.” And Jesus pointed

to the sick man’s opened mouth.

And then they all saw with astonishment and terror that Satan

was coming out from his mouth in the shape of an abominable

worm, straight towards the steaming milk. Then Jesus took

two sharp stones in his hands and crushed the head of Satan,

and drew out from the sick man all the body of the monster

which was almost as long as the man. When the abominable

worm came out of the sick man’s throat, he recovered at once

his breath, and then all his pains ceased. And the others

looked with terror at the abominable body of Satan.

“See, what an abominable beast you carried and nourished in

your body for long years. I have cast it out of you and killed it

that it may never again torment you. Give thanks to God that

his angels have made you free, and sin no more, lest Satan

return to you again. Let your body be henceforth a temple

dedicated to your God.”

And they were all amazed at his words and at his power. And

they said: “Master, you are indeed God’s messenger, and do

know all secrets.”

“And you,” answered Jesus, “be true Sons of God, that you

also may partake in his power and in the knowledge of all

secrets. For wisdom and power can come only from the love of

God. Love, therefore, your Heavenly Father and your Earthly

Mother with all your heart, and with all your spirit. And serve

them, that their angels may serve you also. Let all your deeds

be sacrificed to God. And feed not Satan, for the wages of sin

is death. But with God lies the reward of the good, his love,

which is knowledge and power of eternal life.”

And they all knelt down to give thanks to God for his love.

And Jesus departed, saying: “I will come again to all who

persist in prayer and fasting till the seventh day. Peace be with

you.”

And the sick man from whom Jesus had cast out the Satan,

stood up, for the strength of life had come back to him. He

breathed out deeply, and his eyes became clear, for every pain

had left him. And he cast himself down upon the ground

where Jesus had stood, and he kissed the print of his feet and

he wept.

And it was by the bed of a stream, many sick fasted and

prayed with God’s angels for seven days and seven nights.

And great was their reward, because they followed Jesus’

words. And with the passing of the seventh day, all their pains

left them. And when the sun rose over the earth’s rim they

saw Jesus coming towards them from the mountain, with the

brightness of the rising sun about his head.

“Peace be with you.”

And they said no word at all, but only cast themselves down

before him, and touched the hem of his garment in token of

their healing.

“Give thanks not to me, but to your Earthly Mother, who sent

you her healing angels. Go, and sin no more, that you may

never again see disease. And let the healing angels become

your guardians.”

But they answered him: “Whither should we go, Master, for

with you are the words of eternal life? Tell us, what are the

sins which we must shun, that we may nevermore see

disease?”

Jesus answered: “Be it so according to your faith,” and he sat

down among them, saying:

“It was said to them of old time, ‘Honor thy Heavenly Father

and thy Earthly Mother, and do their commandments, that thy

days may be long upon the earth.’ And next afterward was

given this commandment, ‘Thou shalt not kill,’ for life is given

to all by God, and that which God has given, let not man take

away. For-I tell you truly, from one Mother proceeds all that

lives upon the earth. Therefore, he who kills, kills his brother.

And from him will the Earthly Mother turn away, and will pluck

from him her quickening breasts. And he will be shunned by

her angels, and Satan will have his dwelling in his body. And

the flesh of slain beasts in his body will become his own

tomb. For I tell you truly, he who kills, kills himself, and whoso

eats the flesh of slain beasts, eats of the body of death. For in

his blood every drop of their blood turns to poison; in his

breath their breath to stink; in his flesh their flesh to boils; in

his bones their bones to chalk; in his bowels their bowels to

decay; in his eyes their eyes to scales; in his ears their ears to

waxy issue. And their death will become his death. For only in

the service of your Heavenly Father are your debts of seven

years forgiven in seven days. But Satan forgives you nothing

and you must pay him for all. ‘Eye for eye, tooth for tooth,

hand for hand, foot for foot; burning for burning, wound for

wound; life for life, death for death.’ For the wages of sin is

death. Kill not, neither eat the flesh of your innocent prey, lest

you become the slaves of Satan. For that is the path of

sufferings, and it leads unto death. But do the will of God, that

his angels may serve you on the way of life. Obey, therefore,

the words of God: ‘Behold, I have given you every herb

bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and

every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to

you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and

to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon

the earth, wherein there is breath of life, I give every green

herb for meat. Also the milk of every thing that moveth and

liveth upon earth shall be meat for you; even as the green

herb have I given unto them, so I give their milk unto you.

But flesh, and the blood which quickens it, shall ye not eat.

And, surely, your spurting blood will I require, your blood

wherein is your soul; I will require all slain beasts, and the

souls of all slain men. For I the Lord thy God am a God strong

and jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the

children unto the third and fourth generation of them that

hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that

love me, and keep my commandments. ‘Love the Lord thy

God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy

strength’: this is the first and greatest commandment. And

the second is like unto it: ‘Love thy neighbour as thyself’

There is none other commandments greater than these.”

And after these words they all remained silent, save one, who

called out: “What am I to do, Master, if I see a wild beast rend

my brother in the forest? Shall I let my brother perish, or kill

the wild beast? Shall not I thus transgress the law?”

And Jesus answered: “It was said to them of old time: “All

beasts that move upon the earth, all the fish of the sea, and

all the fowl of the air are given into thy power.” I tell you truly,

of all creatures living upon the earth, God created only man

after his image. Wherefore beasts are for man, and not man

for beasts. You do not, therefore, transgress the law if you kill

the wild beast to save your brother’s life. For I tell you truly,

man is more than the beast. But he who kills the beast

without a cause, though the beast attack him not, through lust

for slaughter, or for its flesh, or for its hide, or yet for its

tusks, evil is the deed which he does, for he is turned into a

wild beast himself. Wherefore is his end also as the end of the

wild beasts.”

Then another said: “Moses, the greatest in Israel, suffered our

forefathers to eat the flesh of clean beasts, and forbade only

the flesh of unclean beasts. Why, therefore, do you forbid us

the flesh of all beasts? Which law comes from God? That of

Moses, or your law?”

And Jesus answered: “God gave, by Moses, ten

commandments to your forefathers. ‘These commandments

are hard,’ said your forefathers, and they could not keep

them. When Moses saw this, he had compassion on his

people, and would not that they perish. And then he gave

them ten times ten commandments. For he whose feet are

strong as the mountain of Zion, needs no crutches; but he

whose limbs do shake, gets further having crutches, than

without them. And Moses said to the Lord: ‘My heart is filled

with sorrow, for my people will be lost. For they are without

knowledge, and are not able to understand thy

commandments. They are as little children who cannot yet

understand their father’s words. Suffer, Lord, that I give them

other laws, that they may not perish. if they may not be with

thee, Lord, let them not be against thee; that they may

sustain themselves, and when the time has come, and they

are ripe for thy words, reveal to hem thy laws.’ For that did

Moses break the two tablets of stone whereon were written

the ten commandments, and he gave them ten times ten in

their stead. And of these ten times ten the Scribes and

Pharisees have made a hundred times ten commandments.

And they have laid unbearable burdens on your shoulders,

that they themselves do not carry. For the more nigh are the

commandments to God, the less do we need; and the farther

they are from God, then the more do we need. Wherefore are

the laws of the Pharisees and Scribes innumerable; the laws of

the Son of Man seven; of the angels three; and of God one.

“Therefore, I teach you only those laws which you can

understand, that you may become men, and follow the seven

laws of the Son of Man. Then will the unknown angels of the

Heavenly Father also reveal their laws to you, that God’s holy

spirit may descend upon you, and lead you to his law.”

And all were astonished at his wisdom, and asked him:

“Continue, Master, and teach us all the laws which we can

receive.”

And Jesus continued: “God commanded your forefathers:

‘Thou shalt not kill.’ But their heart was hardened and they

killed. Then Moses desired that at least they should not kill

men, and he suffered them to kill beasts. And then the heart

of your forefathers was hardened yet more, and they killed

men and beasts likewise. But I do say to you: Kill neither

men, nor beasts, nor yet the food which goes into your

mouth. For if you eat living food, the same will quicken you,

but if you kill your food, the dead food will kill you also. For

life comes only from life, and from death comes always death.

For everything which kills your foods, kills your bodies also.

And everything which kills your bodies kills your souls

also. And your bodies become what your foods are, even as

your spirits, likewise, become what your thoughts

are. Therefore, eat not anything which fire, or frost, or water

has destroyed. For burned, frozen and rotted foods will burn,

freeze and rot your body also. Be not like the foolish

husbandman who sowed in his ground cooked, and frozen,

and rotten seeds. And the autumn came, and his fields bore

nothing. And great was his distress. But be like that

husbandman who sowed in his field living seed, and whose

field bore living ears of wheat, paying a hundredfold for the

seeds which he planted. For I tell you truly, live only by the

fire of life, and prepare not your foods with the fire of death,

which kills your foods, your bodies and your souls also.”

“Master, where is the fire of life?” asked some of them.

“In you, in your blood, and in your bodies.”

“And the fire of death?” asked others.

“It is the fire which blazes outside your body, which is hotter

than your blood. With that fire of death you cook your foods in

your homes and in your fields. I tell you truly, it is the same

fire which destroys your foods and your bodies, even as the

fire of malice, which ravages your thoughts, ravages your

spirits. For your body is that which you eat, and your spirit is

that which you think. Eat nothing, therefore, which a stronger

fire than the fire of life has killed. Wherefore, prepare and eat

all fruits of trees, and all grasses of the fields, and all milk of

beasts good for eating. For all these are fed and ripened by

the fire of life; all are the gift of the angels of our Earthly

Mother. But eat nothing to which only the fire of death gives

savor, for such is of Satan.”

“How should we cook our daily bread without fire, Master?”

asked some with great astonishment.

“Let the angels of God prepare your bread. Moisten your

wheat, that the angel of water may enter it. Then set it in the

air, that the angel of air also may embrace it. And leave it

from morning to evening beneath the sun, that the angel of

sunshine may descend upon it. And the blessing of the three

angels will soon make the germ of life to sprout in your wheat.

Then crush your grain, and make thin wafers, as did your

forefathers when they departed out of Egypt, the house of

bondage. Put them back again beneath the sun from its

appearing, and when it is risen to its highest in the heavens,

turn them over on the other side that they be embraced there

also by the angel of sunshine, and leave them there until the

sun be set. For the angels of water, of air, and of sunshine fed

and ripened the wheat in the field, and they, likewise, must

prepare also your bread. And the same sun which, with the

fire of life, made the wheat to grow and ripen, must cook your

bread with the same fire. For the fire of the sun gives life to

the wheat, to the bread, and to the body. But the fire of death

kills the wheat, the bread, and the body. And the living angels

of the living God serve only living men. For God is the God of

the living, and not the God of the dead.

“So eat always from the table of God: the fruits of the trees,

the grain and grasses of the field, the milk of beasts, and the

honey of bees. For everything beyond these is of Satan, and

leads by the way of sins and of diseases unto death. But the

foods which you eat from the abundant table of God give

strength and youth to your body, and you will never see

diseases For the table of God fed Methuselah of old, and I tell

you truly, if you live even as he lived, then will the God of the

living give you also long life upon the earth as was his.

“For I tell you truly, the God of the living is richer than all the

rich of the earth, and his abundant table is richer than the

richest table of feasting of all the rich upon the earth. Eat,

therefore, all your life at the table of our Earthly Mother, and

you will never see want. And when you eat at her table, eat all

things even as they are found on the table of the Earthly

Mother. Cook not, neither mix all things one with another, lest

your bowels become as steaming bogs. For I tell you truly, this

is abominable in the eyes of the Lord.

“And be not like the greedy servant, who always ate up, at the

table of his lord, the portions of others. And he devoured

everything himself, and mixed all together in his gluttony. And

seeing that, his lord was wroth with him, and drove him from

the table. And when all had ended their meal, he mixed

together all that remained upon the table, and called the

greedy servant to him, and said: ‘Take and eat all this with the

swine, for your place is with them, and not at my table.’

“Take heed, therefore, and defile not with all kinds of

abominations the temple of your bodies. Be content with two

or three sorts of food, which you will find always upon the

table of our Earthly Mother. And desire not to devour all things

which you see around you. For I tell you truly, if you mix

together all sorts of food in your body, then the peace of your

body will cease, and endless war will rage in you. And it will

be blotted out even as homes and kingdoms divided against

themselves work their own destruction. For your God is the

God of peace, and does never help division. Arouse not,

therefore, against you the wrath of God, lest he drive you

from his table, and lest you be compelled to go to the table of

Satan, where the fire of sins, diseases, and death will corrupt

your body.

“And when you eat, never eat unto fulness. Flee the

temptations of Satan, and listen to the voice of God’s angels.

For Satan and his power tempt you always to eat more and

more. But live by the spirit, and resist the desires of the body.

And your fasting is always pleasing in the eyes of the angels

of God. So give heed to how much you have eaten when your

body is sated, and always eat less by a third.

“Let the weight of your daily food be not less than a mina, but

mark that it go not beyond two. Then will the angels of God

serve you always, and you will never fall into the bondage of

Satan and of his diseases. Trouble not the work of the angels

in your body by eating often. For I tell you truly, he who eats

more than twice in the clay does in him the work of Satan.

And the angels of God leave his body, and soon Satan will take

possession of it. Eat only when the sun is highest in the

heavens, and again when it is set. And you will never see

disease, for such finds favor in the eyes of the Lord. And if

you will that the angels of God rejoice in your body, and that

Satan shun you afar, then sit but once in the day at the table

of God. And then your days will be long upon the earth, for

this is pleasing in the eyes of the Lord. Eat always when the

table of God is served before you, and eat always of that

which you find upon the table of God. For I tell you truly, God

knows well what your body needs, and when it needs.

“From the coming of the month of Ijar, eat barley; from the

month of Sivan, eat wheat, the most perfect among all seed-

bearing herbs. And let your daily bread be made of wheat,

that the Lord may take care of your bodies. From Tammuz,

eat the sour grape, that your body may diminish and Satan

may depart from it. in the month of Elul, gather the grape that

the juice may serve you as drink. In the month of

Marchesvan, gather the sweet grape, dried and sweetened by

the angel of sun, that your bodies may increase, for the

angels of the Lord dwell in them. You should eat figs rich in

juice in the months of Ab and Shebat, and what remain, let

the angel of sun keep them for you; eat them with the meat

of almonds in all the months when the trees bear no fruits.

And the herbs which come after rain, these eat in the month

of Thebet, that your blood may be cleansed of all your sins.

And in the same month begin to eat also the milk of your

beasts, because for this did the Lord give the herbs of the

fields to all the beasts which render milk, that they might with

their milk feed man. For I tell you truly, happy are they that

eat only at the table of God, and eschew all the abominations

of Satan. Eat not unclean foods brought from far countries,

but eat always that which your trees bear. For your God knows

well what is needful for you, and where and when. And he

gives to all peoples of all kingdoms for food that which is best

for each. Eat not as the heathen do, who stuff themselves in

haste, defiling their bodies with all manner of abominations.

“For the power of God’s angels enters into you with the living

food which the Lord gives you from his royal table. And when

you eat, have above you the angel of air, and below you the

angel of water. Breathe long and deeply at all your meals, that

the angel of air may bless your repasts. And chew well your

food with your teeth, that it become water, and that the angel

of water turn it into blood in your body. And eat slowly, as it

were a prayer you make to the Lord. For I tell you truly, the

power of God enters into you, if you eat after this manner at

his table. But Satan turns into a steaming bog the body of him

upon whom the angels of air and water do not descend at his

repasts. And .the Lord suffers him no longer at his table. For

the table of the Lord is an altar, and he who eats at the table

of God is in a temple. For I tell you truly, the body of the Son

of Man is turned into a temple, and his inwards into an altar, if

he does the commandments of God. Wherefore, put naught

upon the altar of the Lord when your spirit is vexed, neither

think upon any one with anger in the temple of God. And

enter only into the Lord’s sanctuary when you feel in

yourselves the call of his angels, for all that you eat in sorrow,

or in anger, or without desire, becomes a poison in your body.

For the breath of Satan defiles all these. Place with joy your

offerings upon the altar of your body, and let all evil thoughts

depart from you when you receive into your body the power of

God from his table. And never sit at the table of God before he

call you by the angel of appetite.

“Rejoice, therefore, always with God’s angels at their royal

table, for this is pleasing to the heart of the Lord. And your life

will be long upon the earth, for the most precious of God’s

servants will serve you all your days: the angel of joy.

“And forget not that every seventh day is holy and

consecrated to God. On six days feed your body with the gifts

of the Earthly Mother, but on the seventh day sanctify your

body for your Heavenly Father. On the seventh day eat not

any earthly food, but live only on the words of God, and be all

the day with the angels of the Lord in the kingdom of the

Heavenly Father. And on the seventh day let the angels of God

build the kingdom of the heavens in your body, as you labor

for six days in the kingdom of the Earthly Mother. And let not

food trouble the work of the angels in your body throughout

the seventh day. And God will give you long life upon earth,

that you may have life everlasting in the kingdom of the

heavens. For I tell you truly, if you see not diseases any more

upon earth, you will live for ever in the kingdom of the

heavens.

“And God will send you each morning the angel of sunshine to

wake you from your sleep. Therefore, obey your Heavenly

Father’s summons, and lie not idle in your beds, for the angels

of air and water await you already without. And labor all day

long with the angels of the Earthly Mother that you may come

to know them and their works ever more and more well. But

when the sun is set, and your Heavenly Father sends you his

most precious angel, sleep, then take your rest, and be all the

night with the angel of sleep. And then will your Heavenly

Father send you his unknown angels, that they may be with

you the livelong night. And the Heavenly Father’s unknown

angels will teach you many things concerning the kingdom of

God, even as the angels that you know of the Earthly Mother,

instruct you in the things of her kingdom. For I tell you truly,

you will be every night the guests of the kingdom of your

Heavenly Father, if you do his commandments. And when you

wake up upon the morrow, you will feel in you the power of

the unknown angels. And your Heavenly Father will send them

to you every night, that they may build your spirit, even as

every day the Earthly Mother sends you her angels, that they

may build your body. For I tell you truly, if in the daytime your

Earthly Mother folds you in her arms, and in the night the

Heavenly Father breathes his kiss upon you, then will the Sons

of Men become the Sons of God.

“Resist day and night the temptations of Satan. Wake not by

night, neither sleep by day, lest the angels of God depart from

you.

“And take no delight in any drink, nor in any smoke from

Satan, waking you by night and making you to sleep by day.

For I tell you truly, all the drinks and smokes of Satan are

abominations in the eyes of your God.

“Commit not whoredom, by night or by day, for the

whoremonger is like a tree whose sap runs out from its

trunk. And that tree will be dried up before its time, nor will it

ever bear fruit. Therefore, go not a-whoring, lest Satan dry up

your body, and the Lord make your seed unfruitful.

“Shun all that is too hot and too cold. For it is the will of your

Earthly Mother that neither heat nor cold should harm your

body. And let not your bodies become either hotter or colder

than as God’s angels warm or cool them. And if you do the

commandments of the Earthly Mother, then as oft as your

body becomes too hot, will she send the angel of coolness to

cool you, and as oft as your body becomes too cold, will she

send you the angel of heat to warm you again.

“Follow the example of all the angels of the Heavenly Father

and of the Earthly Mother, who work day and night, without

ceasing, upon the kingdoms of the heavens and of the

earth. Therefore, receive also into yourselves the strongest of

God’s angels, the angel of deeds, and work all together upon

the kingdom of God. Follow the example of the running water,

the wind as it blows, the rising and setting of the sun, the

growing plants and trees, the beasts as they run and gambol,

the wane and waxing of the moon, the stars as they come and

go again; all these do move, and do perform their labors. For

all which has life does move, and only that which is dead is

still. And God is the God of the living, and Satan that of the

dead. Serve, therefore, the living God, that the eternal

movement of life may sustain you, and that you may escape

the eternal stillness of death. Work, therefore, without

ceasing, to build the kingdom of God, lest you be cast into the

kingdom of Satan. For eternal joy abounds in the living

kingdom of God, but still sorrow darkens the kingdom of death

of Satan. Be, therefore, true Sons of your Earthly Mother and

of your Heavenly Father, that you fall not as slaves of Satan.

And your Earthly Mother and Heavenly Father will send you

their angels to teach, to love, and to serve you. And their

angels will write the commandments of God in your head, in

your heart, and in your hands, that you may know, feel, and

do God’s commandments.

“And pray every day to your Heavenly Father and Earthly

mother, that your soul become as perfect as your Heavenly

Father’s holy spirit is perfect, and that your body become as

perfect as the body of your Earthly Mother is perfect. For if

you understand, feel, and do the commandments, then all for

which you pray to your Heavenly Father and your Earthly

Mother will be given you. For the wisdom, the love, and the

power of God are above all.

“After this manner, therefore, pray to your Heavenly

Father: Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy

name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in

heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our

debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into

temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom,

the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

“And after this manner pray to your Earthly Mother: Our

Mother which art upon earth, hallowed be thy name. Thy

kingdom come, and thy will be done in us, as it is in thee. As

thou sendest every day thy angels, send them to us also.

Forgive us our sins, as we atone all our sins against thee. And

lead us not into sickness, but deliver us from all evil, for thine

is the earth, the body, and the health. Amen.

And they all prayed together with Jesus to the Heavenly

Father and to the Earthly Mother.

And afterwards Jesus spoke thus to them: “Even as your

bodies have been reborn through the Earthly Mother’s angels,

may your spirit, likewise, be reborn through the angels of the

Heavenly Father. Become, therefore, true Sons of your Father

and of your Mother, and true Brothers of the Sons of Men. Till

now you were at war with your Father, with your Mother, and

with your Brothers. And you have served Satan. From today

live at peace with your Heavenly Father, and with your Earthly

Mother, and with your Brothers, the Sons of Men. And fight

only against Satan, lest he rob you of your peace. I give the

peace of your Earthly Mother to your body, and the peace of

your Heavenly Father to your spirit. And let the peace of both

reign among the Sons of Men.

“Come to me, all that are weary and that suffer in strife and

affliction! For my peace will strengthen you and comfort you.

For my peace is exceeding full of joy. Wherefore do I always

greet you after this manner: ‘Peace be with you!’ Do you

always, therefore, so greet one another, that upon your body

may descend the peace of your Earthly Mother, and upon your

spirit the peace of your Heavenly Father. And then you will find

peace also among yourselves, for the kingdom of God is within

you. And now return to your Brothers with whom hitherto you

were at war, and give your peace to them also. For happy are

they that strive for peace, for they will find the peace of God.

Go, and sin no more. And give to every one your peace, even

as I have given my peace unto you. For my peace is of God.

Peace be with you.”

And he left them.

And his peace descended upon them; and in their heart the

angel of love, in their head the wisdom of law, and in their

hands the power of rebirth, they went forth among the Sons

of Men, to bring the light of peace to those that warred in

darkness.

And they parted, wishing one to another:

“PEACE BE WITH YOU.”