Oahspe Prologue

After the creation of man, the Creator, Jehovih, said to him: So that you shall know you are the work of My hand, I have given you capacity for knowledge, power and dominion. This was the first era.

But man was helpless; neither did he stand upright, nor understand the voice of the Almighty. And Jehovih called His angels, who were older than the earth, and He said to them: Go, raise man upright, and teach him to understand.

So the angels of heaven descended to the earth and raised man upright. And man wandered about on the earth. This was the second era.

Jehovih said to the angels who were with man: Behold, man has multiplied on the earth. Bring them together; teach them to dwell in cities and nations.

So the angels of Jehovih taught the peoples of the earth to dwell together in cities and nations. This was the third era.

Now in that same time the Beast (self) rose up before man, and spoke to him, saying: Possess whatever you will, for all things are yours, and are good for you.

Man obeyed the Beast; and war came into the world. This was the fourth era.

And man became sick at heart, and he called out to the Beast, saying: You said: Possess all things for yourself, for they are good for you. Now, behold, war and death have encompassed me on all sides. I pray, therefore, teach me peace!

But the Beast said: Do not think I come to send peace on the earth; I come not to send peace, but a sword. I come to set man at variance against his father; and a daughter against her mother. Whatever you find to eat, whether fish or flesh, eat it, taking no thought of tomorrow.

So man ate fish and flesh, becoming carnivorous, and darkness came upon him, and he no longer heard the voice of Jehovih or believed in Him. This was the fifth era.

And the Beast divided itself into four great heads, and possessed the earth; and man fell down and worshipped them.

The names of the heads of the Beast were, BRAHMIN, BUDDHIST, CHRISTIAN, and MOHAMMEDAN. And they divided the earth, and apportioned it between themselves, choosing soldiers and standing armies for the maintenance of their earthly aggrandizement.

And the Brahmins had seven million soldiers; the Buddhists twenty million; the Christians seven million; and the Mohammedans two million; whose trade was killing man. And man, in service of the Beast, gave one-sixth of his life and his labor to war and standing armies; and one-third to dissipation and drunkenness. This was the sixth era.

Jehovih called out to man to desist from evil; but man did not hear Him. For, the cunning of the Beast had changed man’s flesh, so that his soul was hidden as if in a cloud, and he loved sin.

Jehovih called to His angels in heaven, saying: Go down to the earth once more, to man, whom I created to inhabit the earth and enjoy it, and say to him: Thus says Jehovih:

Behold, the seventh era has begun. Your Creator commands your change from a carnivorous man of contention, to an herbivorous man of peace. The four heads of the Beast shall be put away; and there shall be no more war on the earth.

Your armies shall be disbanded. And, from this time forward, whoever desires to not war, you shall not impress (draft, conscript); for it is the commandment of your Creator.

Neither shall you have any God, Lord or Savior, but only your Creator, Jehovih! And you shall worship none other, from this time forward forever. I am sufficient for My own creations.

And to all who separate themselves from the dominion of the Beast, making these covenants to Me, I have given the foundation of My kingdom on earth.

And all such people shall be My chosen; by their covenants and their works they shall be known on the earth from this time forward as Mine, and shall be called FAITHISTS.

But to those who will not make these covenants, I have given the numbers of the Beast, and they shall be called UZIANS, signifying destroyers. And from this time forward, these shall be the two kinds of people on earth, FAITHISTS and UZIANS.

So the angels of heaven descended to the earth, to man, and appeared before him, face to face, hundreds of thousands of them, speaking as man speaks, writing as man writes, and teaching these things about Jehovih and His works.

And in the thirty-third year of the angels’ descent, the Ambassadors of the angel hosts of heaven, in the name of Jehovih revealed to man His heavenly kingdoms, through this OAHSPE, making known the plan of His delightful creations, for the resurrection of the peoples of the earth.

Not immaculate is this book, OAHSPE; but to teach mortals HOW TO ATTAIN TO HEAR THE CREATOR’S VOICE, and to SEE HIS HEAVENS, in full consciousness, while still living on the earth; and to know, in truth, the place and condition waiting for them after death.

Neither are, nor were, the revelations in this OAHSPE wholly new to mortals. The same things have been revealed at the same time to many, who live at remote distances from one another, but who were not in correspondence till afterward.

Because this light is comprehensive, embracing corporeal and spiritual things, it is called the beginning of the KOSMON ERA. And because it relates to earth, sky and spirit, it is called OAHSPE. The Voice of Man