Chapter 6
I am One Spirit, says Jehovih.
My quickening power is upon all the living; because of this, they live and move.
According to the different structures of the living, so is My inspiration manifested by them.
One, like the hare, runs away in cowardice; another, like a lion, is ferocious; another, without judgment, like the serpent.
And as to man, one is inspired to music, another to mathematics, another to seership, and so on.
To all of these I am the One, the Universal Inspirer moving them all.
According to their organic structure, so do they manifest My inspiration.
I made the serpent the lowest of living creatures, for I gave him an element capable of destroying himself.
When the earth was encircled with poisonous gases, I created poisonous vines, weeds, trees and all kinds of herbs, growing profusely upon the earth.
In that way, I created the vegetable world, from destroying gases and from earth- substance. And in that day all growing things upon the earth, which I had created, were poison as to animal life.
Then I created the serpents; of all sizes I created them. And they were poison also.
And the serpents I created were carnivorous, feeding upon one another. Self- impregnating I created them.
Thus I drove the poison of the air down into vegetation, and from there, into the animal world; thus I purified the air of heaven.
This was the first creation I created on this world.
Then I overcast the earth with falling nebulae, and covered up the poisons growing upon the earth, and they were turned to oil and coal.
Then I made a new creation (the second creation); giving feet, legs and bones to the animals I designed for the earth.
And when the earth was ripe for man, then I created him; male and female I created those of the second creation.
And man was dumb, like other animals; without speech and without understanding, even less than any other creature that I had created.
Nevertheless I had given to man, and thus made him out of, the dissolved elements of every living thing that had preceded him.
And man partook of the first and second creations. After the manner of every animal on the earth, I created man; with all the characteristics of all of them, I created him; male and female I created them.
And man was unconscious of his creation, not knowing where he came from; nor did he know which was his own species.
And I sent angels to man, to teach him who he was, and to rouse him up to his capabilities, for which I created him.
And my angels drew, from man’s side, substance, and thus took on corporeal forms; and the angels dwelt with man as helpmates, to make man understand.