Editing of Oahspe, Kosmon 65 — Letter from S. Abrams Loand (Bates)

NMSU LIBRARY I ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DEPT. PHOTOCOPY by Mr, 1 DUPLICATION REQUEST oa. s/ / o Your Name: T eef c Collection/ Sir; Dr. Ne Accession No: t o pur 0?37 7 B o xN o Folder Name/No: ] hspe. Kosnn D a 9 3 % Circle One Choice I was k, I f �) 1. Copy item following marker. .--- 2. Copy entire contents of folder. 3. Copy the following pages as described. Number of pages:J_ say s t im e Circle One Choice m an 1 . I prefer single-sided one copies. er 2. I prefer double-sided er, copies. Description of materials to be copied. Other Instructions: er , re nd NOTE: This marker will be stapled to the corresponding copies for your convenience. 3  r fORsrAF+ use O'er complete6, 75 Date completed: //% Date called: Date mailed: '2 9# 3 1 5 r $ % 1j �(0 �. , g 3 3 , 9  w eav e r -e t vw w ��N ( L o a ne d by M r , B a t e s ) ( o r i gi n al ) Kosmon 38 day D o u r S i r; me, D r . N e w b ro ug h , has stow sane of your l e t t e r s , in r e f e r e n c e t o p u rp or te d errors and m i st ak e s , in t he n um b er s and d a t e s i n O ah s p e . And as I was one o f the p roo f r ead e r s , d ur ing t h e p u b l i c a t i o n o f that b o ok , I f e e l an i n t e r e s t in im p ar t ing that light I oan o n the s ub j e c t . Now, l e t u s s up p o se the fb l l o w i g c a s e : -- On e m an s y s i t w a s tw o years from ( l 88 4 ) the p r es e n t t i m e b a ck t o th e t im e o f P e t e r C o o p e r , An o t h er m an says i t a s t w e nt y- f i v e y ear s t o the t i e o f P e t er C o o p e r . An o t h e r o n e s a y s , i t wa s f i ft y y ea r s . And ano th e r s e v e n t y - f i ve y e ar s , !a And ano th e r , eighty y ea r s . And aro th er , n in e t y y ea r s � N o w h e r e are a pp ar e n tl y g r e a t c o n t r ad ic t io n s and er r o rs ; u t y ou know, and I k no w , that ev er y one o f t h e s e s t a t e me n ts are a b s o l u t e l y t ru e , b e c a us e they r e f er t o t im es w e Peter Copper w a s l i v i ng � The m i s t ak es that you h a v e fll an in to are c h i ef l y o f t t h e sam e c h ar a c t e r o r ex s p l e ; The full c y c le o f Aph was 3 0 0 0 y e a r s , b u t h e did n o t oo m e t o th e e ar th , at the b eg i n n i ng o f is cyclo. Page 0l7 ( E d . no t e ) 24000 y e a r s do es n o t ral ato to t he begin n i n @ o f A p h ' s c y c l e , but to h e time he oume t o th e e a rt h , h e n c e , A 0 0 0 i s t r ue ; b u t , ha d i t sa id 25 00 0 , it w ol d h av e been true a l s o All y o ur o t h e r r e f' e r e n oe s s o fr as I dun disc o v e r , are e q ua l l y un s up p o r te d by the t e x t o r n umb er s g i v en i n Oa hs p e � I do not sa y that t he r e ar e n o t er r o r o r m i st ak e s in Ou l p e , and i f t h er e a r e no do ub t th e p ub l i s h e rs i l l b e v e r y gr a te f ul to h a v e t h m p o i n t e d out, Re s p ec t f ul ly , Y o u r , S , Ab ran s C a r e o f J , , N e w b ro ug h I About the editing of OAHSPE We have no plans to make any changes in OAHSPE, except the occasional misspelled word in the 1 8 8 2 . . s u c h as First Book of God,XI1, 22 which is "tby" instead of "thy". In checking back and forth between the 1882, the 1 8 9 1 , and the English Edition, I have found that the English Editors caught many misspelled words . However, some years ago I did write to Dorothy about a typo in the English Edition which I thought significant. Plate 94.-ARC OF KOSMON, first line reads in 1 8 8 2 and 1 8 9 1 Editions..."Jehovih said:" When the world approacheth dan'ha in Sabea,", and the English Edition says " . . . . d an' h a in Mabea". I asked Dorothy which she felt was correct, and she said that the English Edition must be a typographical error. There is one major oversight in the 1 8 8 2 and 1 8 9 1 which the English Editors did catch. There is no heading for the text of the TABLET OF EMPAGATU. We plan to make this portion read as you have it in the English Edition. The long footnote mentoning the changes Newbrough made to "Books of the Interlude" will be in the new edition. This is the note where Newbrough explains that the word "Tae" has been changed to read "man" in numerous places. This is not in the English Edition. Indeed, there are things which seem misplaced. Your comments about verse 30 in Voice of Manare well taken. And we would appreciate any other observations which you have. I do not know if you are aware ofit or not, but the typewriter which Newbrough used had no lower case letters. This early typewriter had only upper case letters. This of course did present problems in the preparation for publication, as each word had to be set according to what Newbrough directed. One interesting note: It seems there are more typographical errors in the 1 8 8 2 Edition in the Book of Wars than we have found elsewhere. It is as if little or no proofreading was done on this book. Strange, for it has a great deal of material which we need to understand. The editing has long been of deep interest to those who live in Guatama. When I first learned ofBook of Knowledgesome 45 years ago, I doubted that it was part of OAHSPE. However, as we have looked into it, there is no question about the Book of Knowledgehaving been part ofOAHSPE when it was given to Newbrough. The original copy we have was made from the Lant proof sheets. The Lant proof sheets were made from the very first plates which Lant and Newbrough worked on together. Then Newbrough re-did large portions of OAHSPE, and the Lant proof sheets were never used. From what we know of this, the first text given to Newbrough used many Panic words. We know that Newbrough discarded this, and redid OAHSPE with the Panic words replaced by English words. Jim Dennon found that many passages from Book of Knowledgeare in OAHSPE, scattered here and there. He documented a fine piece of research on this. Some years ago when this was called to Charlotte Waterlow's attention she took a copy of Book of Knowledge with her when she returned to England. Charlotte gave a copy of this to Gretta James. I had a letter from Gretta, who found it hard to believe that Newbrough had omitted a book he was given from OAHSPE when it was published. She expressed to me she felt Book of Knowledge must be a hoax. But of course we know that it is not a hoax. To me, Book of Knowledge has deep esoteric meaning. One of the problems Zia a has with the plan to publish the new edition the group is working on now is that Ziaa would like to have Book of Knowledgeincluded in the new book. This is one of the reasons she levels the charge of "cult" at us, for she feels that because that book was left out ofOAHSPE, Newbrough was trying to hide something. We plan to publish a book after OAHSPE is out (now we are calling it a companion book) to explain what we know of the editing. I doubt that we will ever find the Book of Jaffethrwhich is referred to in OAHSPE under one of the plates in the 1 8 8 2 Edition. As we have been working on OAHSPE, I have begun to wonder if the pages at the end of the Book of Saphah starting with: THE BASIS OF THE EZRA BIBLE (and including chapters titled) AHURA'MAZDA, BASIS OF VEDE, LORDS OF THE HOSTS IN HEAVEN, EARTHLY HISTORY OF THE FAITHISTS OF THE EAST may actually be part of material which Newbrough abridged to include in OAHSPE. Book of Jajfeth could be the source of some of these "chapters" which do not seem to belong in Book of Saphah, and seem somehow different from preceeding text in Saphah. We have letters written in the 1890s which tell us that about half of Bon's Book of Praise was never included in the 1 8 8 2 . In this same letter there is reference to material being left out of "one book or another." Jim Dennon had been given a copy oftheBook of Zimmersalso mentioned in the 1 8 8 2 Edition, but I have not seen it. We have some zimmers from the source which gave us the Rites and Ceremonies used at Shalam. However, the zimmers we have seen to lack something. I cannot help wondering if a word(s) or perhaps whole lines or phrases were left out when they were written down -- to keep them secret. Those singing or chanting the zimmers knew the missing parts, but they were unwritten. We know, because Ziaa has told us, that unless we include Book of Knowledgein the new edition we are working on that she will denounce us as a cult trying to hide this information. She has included a photocopy ofBook of Knowledge in the book she is selling for around $30 including shipping. Ziaa wrote to me about a year and a half ago, and said that unless we changed the name of the newsletter to "Cult Community Newsletter" she would destroy the newsletter. I did not know how to answer her letter, and so never did answer. Personally, I feel Ziaa should have the freedom to say what she will. However, I do feel an obligation to make truth as we know it available to those who seek to know. I have been told repeatedly that Ziaa speaks with great authority and forcefulness. This of course does not make what she says true. Sometimes people call to ask me about a certain point Ziaa has made to them. Usually I know the answer, and can give the source to show that what Ziaa has said is not true. When these things come up I do try to include this information in our newsletter, for I realize that for every person who contacts me there are probably many more who do not feel comfortable asking. We also wish to discuss the editing which was done, for Ziaa has given a very one sided view of the editing. And we try to consider what others have said so that all can give context and depth to what we print.  17 p o l i t i c al figures are agents of foreign interests. Only your trusted personal fear of Truth l imi t s your use of the VTR. "CAUTION: The relinquishing of zero-level beliefs and cherished illusions can be dangerous to your emotional equilibrium. You may ex Perience temporary dizziness and trembling until you feel comfortable with your V T R . " End## E d i t o r ' s comment: Do any of you "technical people" know about this? I ' v e never heard of a "material VTR" but Belle would in s p i r i t / a s t r al . Initiations in o n e ' s Higher Presence causes some temporary dis-equili brium until the energy levels are balanced and a s s imi l a t e d . We welcome science articles and new research worthy of Faithists. Write! -- e j l . kt # Extraterrestrial Visitations and Doe Newbrough Dear Readers: Here is an item of information about D r . J . B . Newbrough I did not know a b o u t . It was sent by an OAHSPE reader with questions in CA. This excerpt is from EXTRATERRESTRIAL VISITATIONS FROM PRE HISTORIC TIMES TO THE PRESENT by Jacquers Bergier, Regenery C o . , Chi cago, I L . , C . ' 7 3 in U . S . A . , previously published in France. The sub j e c t is ex t r a t e r r e s t r i al interventions today: "The Russian scientist Tsiolkovsky, the father of astronautics, thought that in the twentieth century interventions would be of a psychological order; in other �rds, that the Intelligences would intervene by telepathy. Interven tions of this kind have been looked f o r , j u s t as they have been sought in messages obtained by automatic writing from extraterrestrial sig nals. do not consider it out of the question that someone will be "I able to succeed. I no longer consider it out of the question that there have been people capable of unconsciously receiving telepathic transmissions--among s u c h , Helen Blavatsky and Rudolph Steiner are perhaps the b e s t known because of the religions they founded. " I n d e e d , automatic writing could easily be the key; there have been many amazing experiences with this s k i l l . Perhaps the most ex traordinary case is that o f the American dentist John Nebrrough Bal l o u , who was one of the first to experiment with laughing g a s . Ballou found t h a t , under the influence of this g a s , he wrote automatically. He then bought a machine that had j u s t been invented--a typewriter, the third or fourth to have been manufactured in the United S t a t e s . With it he wrote a book entitled OAHSPE, far ahead of the learning of his time, and even clearly ahead of o u r s . ' I know of numerous cases o f this phenonemon t h a t I call "telepa thy with the i n f i n i t e . " In a s t a t e of automatic w r it i n g , the subject begins to wr i t e a veritable encyclopedia of known and unknown know- l e d g e , a compilation that often s u r p a s s e s the level o f h u ma n i t y ' s learning at the time it is w r i t t e n . . . . I am convinced that a certain number of these encyclopedias are e i t h e r the result o f ex t r a t e r r e s t rial interventions, or the unconscious reception o f a course in gal a c t i c culture that was not intended for u s . Now . . . he goes on to s a y : " . � There is thus a kind o f involuntary � intervention by e x t r a t e r r e s t r i a l b e i n g s . And when they realize this perhaps they will send us devices so t h a t we can receive t h e s e ' c o u r s e s I in galactic c ul t u r e ' regularly, leading us 18 to progress a good deal ore quickly than when science was the only source of information. Fred Hoyle is absolutely convinced of this and believes in the immin ent possibliity of our being entered in a sort of cultural telephone book." --end of quote from Jacques, #t # Does anyone know of D r . Newbrough's using laughing gas? I had not heard that vhen the man asked me. Jim Dennon has done much research Jim, on hin- did you know about this? 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