Chapter 22
Jehovih spoke to Lika, saying: These are My ways; reveal Me to them. Those who do not know Me, shall be made to know Me; My labors shall rise up before them, and their understanding shall be opened.
They shall know what I mean when I say I will destroy or I will build up. I have heard man in his vanity, judging Me. His eyes are on the earth only; and delighting in houses and riches. Because I take them away from him, he complains against Me.
I gave man an example in his own child who delights in sweets, idleness and vain pleasures. Man takes these from his child, saying: Behold, they are not good for you, except in great temperance!
In what way have I injured you, O man? Where have I destroyed anything that contributed to your spirit? Where have I allowed destruction to come upon you, while you followed My commandments? Why shall you complain because I laid great cities in ashes? Did you see the millions of drujas you were holding down in darkness by your evil habits?
I am not in anger, neither do I pull down nor burn up any place in a passion. As you go forth to destroy a row of houses to stop a great conflagration (fire), shall the people murmur against you for such an act? For your hand is stretched forth to do a good work for the whole city.
My heavens are magnified cities, and when a mortal wing offends, behold, I clip it short. They are all Mine; and with My own, no one can question My authority, which I wield for the resurrection of the whole.
You have wept because of the destruction of the books of great learning of the ancients; but you do not know your own words. Did I not see, O man, that you would never wean yourself from the doctrines of the dark ages if the books of great learning were not destroyed!
In all ages of the world you have been bound to the ancients; you are forever searching backward for wisdom; and attentive to the angels of the dead who pretend to be ancients. I behold the latter, and that they are drujas.
I send wise angels down to them to deliver them out of darkness. And they come and bear the drujas away from you, for your own good and theirs. My wise angels allow mortals to burn up the books of the ancients; for I command them to make you open your understanding to the living present.
Jehovih spoke to At’yesonitus, and through him to the twelve Gods of deliverance, saying:
Go forth, My son, in wisdom and power. Your labor requires great strength and stratagems. For you shall find the drujas bound firmly to mortals and to mortal habitations (houses). As a drowning man clings to a log, so cling the drujas to mortals. As a delirious man, mad with drunkenness, in fear flies from his best friends, so will the drujas fly from you and your hosts who shall attempt to deliver them.
They will inspire their mortals to dread an innovation of the ancient doctrines. Yes, both of them, not knowing it, will bind themselves together with great tenacity.
But you shall deliver them apart nonetheless; by stratagem, or persuasion, or with a strong hand. And when you have them separated, you shall surround the drujas with flames of fire, and carry them off to the boats, which are bulwarked with fire. And you shall deliver them in the places My Son, Yussamis, has already prepared for them.
You shall not only deliver the drujas, but cause mortals to hate them.
Mortal kings shall issue edicts against magicians, prophets, seers, and priests; and the consultation of spirits shall come to an end. And man on the earth shall turn to his own soul, which is My light within him, and he shall cultivate it and learn to think for himself. ||
At’yesonitus prepared a record to give to mortals; and so, by inspiration it was given. And the nature of the record was to teach mortals to be guarded against drujas, and know who was afflicted with them.
This, then, that follows is the record, even as it stands to this day in the libraries of heaven, namely:
The man who says: I pity my neighbors, they are surrounded with drujas!
The man who says: Only fools believe in obsession!
The man who says: There is no All Person!
The man who says: My way is wisdom; yours is wicked!
The man who says: Let no one dictate to me! I will have nothing but liberty to the uttermost!
The man who says: As the priest thinks, so do I!
The man who says: If only you had my knowledge!
The man who says: The ancients were wiser than we!
The man who says: The ancients were fools!
The man who says: Whoever does not see as I do is a heathen!
The man who says: Whoever does not worship my God is wicked!
The man who says: Wisdom is book-learning!
The man who says: There is no wisdom in books!
The man who says: My book is sacred; it contains the sum of all revelation and inspiration!
The man who says: There is neither inspiration nor words of inspiration!
The followers of the ancients only.
He who will have nothing to do with the ancients.
He who ignores rites and ceremonies and prayers.
He who depends on rites and ceremonies and prayers.
Whoever denies the Ever Present Person.
Whoever follows the counsel of angels or men.
Whoever will not learn from the counsel of men and angels.
Whoever feels prayers and confessions to be good for others, but not necessary for himself.
Or says: I will lead and supervise; you be my servant!
Or says: Behold my rights!
Or: Behold my earnings!
Or: Behold my possessions!
Or talks about himself and his experiences.
Or tattles on others.
Or judges his brother, or criticizes him.
The self-righteous, who says: Behold me, I am holy!
Or who does not desire new light, or says: The old is good enough!
Whoever labors for himself only.
Whoever does not labor for others in his wisdom and strength.
Who seeks his own ease.
Who does not consider others’ welfare more than his own.
The hypocrite preaching one way and practicing another.
Who does not openly speak his doctrines, lest his words jeopardize profit for his earthly means and associations.
At’yesonitus said: For these are all as much under the bondage of drujas as is the drunkard, harlot or murderer. And after death their spirits float into the same hada of darkness.