First Book of God

Hi Seiang, the governor, sent for Ah Sin to come and investigate the nature of Po. So when the three were together, God wrote in the sand the word TE-IN, and it was as if a flame of fire pierced the ground.

Po said: From now on, Te-in shall be the name of the tribes who have faith in the Creator only. Because He alone has written it.

Ah Sin said: How can you distinguish between that which is written by the spirits of the dead, and that which is written by the Creator?

Po said: Light comes in light; darkness comes in darkness.

Hi Seiang asked: Are you saying you can see the angels and the Gods?

Po said: I see the angels, but the Gods I cannot see. Angels are like ourselves; but the Gods are like a flame of fire.

Now while they were thus discoursing, a light in the form of a triangle came and rested on Po’s head, and the word Te-in was inscribed on the sides of the triangle.

The governor said: What does this signify? And Po, being under the influence of the light of God, said:

Call me Te-in; I am the Father (rab’bah, or bah) over all the living. I write in the sand, and speak in the mouths of My seers and prophets. He whom you call Po is My Son, begotten for the deliverance of My chosen out of the bondage of Han and his satellites (sub-kingdoms).

Behold, My people are imprisoned and tortured; persecuted and abused. And you two have kingdoms taxed for the glory of Han in his unrighteous work.

Provide yourselves with triangles also, and espouse Me, and I will deliver your kingdoms also. ||

Hi Seiang and Ah Sin both desired some pretext to throw off the yoke of the Han dynasty, and now lent willing ears to the instruction of Po and the Voice (Te-in).

Accordingly, the learned men of these provinces were called together, to learn, through Po, about God and the mysteries of earth and heaven, and especially about the great monarchy.

When these Councils were assembled, God cast his light upon Po, and they all saw it. And the words Po spoke were called GOD’S WORDS (Vede’or). And they learned the wisdom of God word by word, repeating them over and over (until memorized), which was called LEARNING BY THE MOUTH, as distinguished from learning by books and tablets.

God said: Great trials will come upon my people. The kings will seek to destroy the doctrines of the Lord your God (Te-in).

For which reason you shall neither write nor engrave my words until I come in judgment of the world.

These, then, that follow, are the sacred laws given through Po, by God (Te-in):

Seek to bring forth heirs that will be a glory to your Creator.

Do not marry because of the impulse of the beast (animal nature of man), but consider your own spirit and the spirit of your spouse.

Do not shut yourself up in celibacy, but multiply and adorn the earth.

Your Creator provided milk for the infant; but with the coming of teeth, you shall provide for their service also.

Feed him according to the Ormazdian law. To make him a warrior, give him fish and flesh. To make him patient and strong, with docility, remember the camel and the ox, feeding on the herbs that grow on the earth. [Those of Te-in forswear the first and espouse the second, eating herbivorously. – ed.]

Ne-gwon asked: Was celibacy not the highest of all laws? Is it not so now?

God said: There are times for all things. In the days of Zarathustra celibacy was the first of laws. In those days man was not ready for God’s laws. Yet you shall not call one law higher than the other.

The fullness of earth knowledge requires marriage, yet the bondage after death holds the spirit of man for six generations to his own heirs. By celibacy, a man’s soul is not bound after death (by the love he bears his children) to linger on or near the earth, and he may ascend quickly into paradise.

The man or woman who is weak (sickly, chronically infirm), or deformed, blind, deaf, with running sores, or with hidden sickness, shall not marry, nor bring forth heirs. Nor shall man take sorrow to his soul for this; for it is the testimony of the Father that his race is emancipated from the earth.

You shall keep the Panic language sacred; nor shall these, my holy words, be given in any other language till my time is fulfilled on the earth.

Your sons at the age of eleven years, and daughters at the age of nine years, shall begin to learn maxims. And at that same time they shall be consecrated to the Creator and committed to His service. And of the sixth law, this is made a part, namely: Teachers in public shall be celibates; children who decide that they will become teachers, or priests, or priestesses, shall take the vows of celibacy. For such persons are married to the Great Spirit; and they shall be like Gods and Goddesses, knowing no more love to one person than another.

Remember that those who marry are chosen by Ormazd to raise up offspring for the glory of heaven and earth; and they shall dwell together in peace, love and harmony.