Chapter 11
Anuhasaj said: I, the Lord, your God, being the All Highest, through your choice, decree, for the sake of harmony and concert in our labors, the establishment of a De’yus [Congress –Ed.].
As the Craoshivians have had a Diva (Divinity), so will I have a De’yus. And by virtue of my own authority I proclaim you, my Lords and Lordesses, as its holy members.
As the Diva has been taught in these heavens, so also shall be taught the De’yus, in which I assume the rank of chief head.
As the Diva had laws, so also shall our De’yus; and they shall be promulgated on the earth, and taught to mortals as the laws of De’yus (Deity). Therefore by my own voice I dissolve the Diva of heaven; and it shall not exist from this time forward forever. And whoever of you are its members, shall this day resign from the Diva, and send word to the ruler of Craoshivi, for his benefit, and for his kingdom’s benefit.
And the ruler of Craoshivi shall continue in his own place and kingdom; for it is his.
And the ruler of Vara-pishanaha, called Ahura, shall continue in his own place and kingdom, for it is his.
First, then, I take to myself Anubi, the Lord loved by you all, and he shall be my associate, and his title shall be MASTER OF THE SCALES OF HEAVEN, for he shall determine the grades of the spirits and send them to their respective departments. On earth his title shall be SAVIOR OF MEN, SON OF DE’YUS.
Second, you, Hi-kas, shall be RULER OVER JAFFETH and its heavenly kingdom; and your title shall be TE-IN, and of the first rank of GOD OF THE EARTH.
Third, you, Wotchissij, shall be ruler over Vind’yu and her heavenly kingdom, and your title shall be SUDGA, and of the first rank of GOD OF THE EARTH.
Fourth, you, Che-le-mung, shall be ruler over Arabin’ya and her heavenly kingdom, and your title shall be OSIRIS, and of the first rank of GOD OF THE EARTH.
Fifth, you, Baal, shall be ruler over Heleste and her heavenly kingdom, and your title shall be BAAL, and of the first rank of GOD OF THE EARTH.
Sixth, you, Ashtaroth, shall be ruler over Parsa, and its heavenly kingdom, and your title shall be ASHTAROTH, of the first rank of GODDESS OF THE EARTH.
Seventh, you, Fo-ebe, shall be ruler over Uropa and her heavenly kingdom, and your title shall be FO-EBE, and of the first rank of GODDESS OF THE EARTH.
Eighth, you, Ho-jab, shall be ruler over Japan and her heavenly kingdom, and your title shall be HO-JAB, and of the first rank of GOD OF THE EARTH.
After that the false God made appointments for the other divisions of the earth and their heavenly places, and then he said to them:
All my Gods and Goddesses shall have thrones in their places, and holy councils and attendants, as is fitting for Gods of the first rank. And every one shall have a capital city, with subsidiaries according to the number and place of their spirits and mortal subjects.
And every God and Goddess shall manage his or her own kingdom in his or her own way; but every one shall nevertheless be tributary to my kingdom, according to the exactions I put upon him or them.
So that you may resign the Diva, and choose your assistants, before being crowned, I declare a day of recreation, to assemble at the trumpeter’s call. ||
And so the hosts relaxed from duty and made their resignations from the Diva, sending these with messengers to God in Craoshivi, but not one of them mentioned the new state of affairs resolved upon. On the next day, at the trumpeter’s call, they assembled again; and Anuhasaj said to them: Come with me, and I will show you the place of Hored and its boundaries; for it shall not be my kingdom alone, but yours also, for my kingdom shall be the kingdom of your kingdoms.
And they entered an otevan, and arrived in the fourth belt below meteoris, in the sign of the twelfth arc of Chinvat; and Anuhasaj said: From this time forward this belt shall be called Hored, and it shall be my place forever. It shall be the central kingdom of all the earth’s heavens.
And the multitude said: HAIL, KINGDOM OF HORED, THE HOLY HILL, PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH GOD! And after that it was known as the belt of Hored, hill of God. It was a three-quarters belt, and its base was ten thousand miles from the earth, and the summit was fifteen thousand miles high; habitable within and without. And its ascending rank in the grades was twenty, that is, it was easily habitable by spirits who had attained to that grade; being above the grade of infants and drujas, and above the region of hells and knots, except in cases of great panic. Now, from the first place of Hored, where Anuhasaj crowned himself, which was the eastern base of the hill, to the place for his capital city, he made a roadway and called it Loo-hored, and it was the only opened roadway to the kingdoms below.
So it came to pass that Anuhasaj had two capital cities; and the first was called the CITY OF THE GATE OF HEAVEN, that is, Anubi; and the other was called the PLACE OF EVERLASTING REST, that is, Sanc-tu. Anuhasaj said to Anubi: Behold, the City of the Gate of Heaven shall be your place. And you shall determine the rate of all souls who desire to enter the Place of Everlasting Rest. You shall be judge over them. And whoever is not for me shall not enter, but shall be cast into the kingdoms of hada (the lower plateaus). And those who are for me, you shall send to me.
And you shall have a Holy Council of one hundred thousand; and you shall have one million examiners. And your capital shall be guarded on every side but one, with pillars of fires, so that none can pass except by the Gate of Heaven. And you shall have seven million guardsmen, divided into seven watches, one for each day. You shall have ten thousand messengers between your place and mine; but between you and the Gods and Goddesses of the lower kingdoms, you shall have five hundred thousand. But the number of es’enaurs, trumpeters, marshals, and your attendants, shall be left to your own choice.
And all Gods and Goddesses coming to me, or sending messengers to my holy place, shall come through your city, even through the Gate of Heaven; and they shall come according to certain rites and ceremonies, which I will give to you. Come, therefore, and receive your crown.
Anubi was thus crowned; and after him the other Gods and Goddesses were crowned; and Anuhasaj bequeathed to each one his own kingdom, according to the custom of the ancients. And when these matters were completed, he again spoke before them, saying: Behold the example I have made before you; even before I provided myself for my own kingdom I have given to every one all things required. It is fitting and proper, therefore, that you contribute to me and my place workmen and materials, so that I may build in great glory also.
For, as I am exalted, and my kingdom made glorious, so do you have something to preach gloriously about to your inhabitants regarding the place in store for them. || In that way Anuhasaj put Gods and Goddesses under obligations to himself, and they acquiesced in his proceedings, saying: No, we will not only contribute men and women for this purpose, but we will labor with our own hands for the space of twenty days, helping to build the capital city, and to open roads, in all directions.