Chapter 7
Great became the wisdom of man in that day, and his power and glory were greater than had ever been since the world began. He established mighty kingdoms and sub-kingdoms, over the lands of Jaffeth, Shem, Par’si’e, and Arabin’ya (Ham).
He excelled in building temples and palaces; and in all manner of inventions; in fabrics of linen and silk, and wool and fine leather; in writing books and tablets; in mathematics; in laws and reciprocities; in navigation, and in inland travel; in making thermometers, barometers, magnetic needles, telescopes and microscopes; and in chemistry and botany.
Truly the philosophers of those days knew the mysteries of heaven and earth.
And man grew no longer thankful to God and his Lords; but man became conceited, saying:
The Gods are fools! All things are Nature, and of growth. Man had become wise in spite of God and his Lords. All things evolve into higher states; it is the natural order. Neither is there any All Person, Jehovih! He is void, like the wind. ||
And God saw the conceit of man, and he said: Behold, he whom I have raised up, turns against me. Now I will go away from man for a season, so that he may learn wisdom. Behold, man shall also find that many of his fellows whom he raises up, turn against him also.
So the Lord departed out of the star chambers; and, lo and behold, the places became filled with spirits of the newly dead, who did not know the heavens above or the way of the Almighty.
And man inquired of them: Behold, you are now a spirit! Tell me, is there any God, or Lord, or Jehovih?
And the spirits, desiring to flatter man, and also not knowing the heavenly kingdoms, answered, saying: No, there is no God, no Lord, no All Person, Jehovih!
So the kings issued edicts, commanding the people to no longer worship God, or Lord, or Jehovih!
But woe, for the judgment of kings and queens. Man, having inherent worship in his soul, ceased indeed to worship God and his Lords, and even Jehovih; but, instead, he took to worshipping the stars.
Now, the spirits manifesting in the temples advised one thing through one seer, and something else through another; for they were of little knowledge, and wholly unorganized.
So, presently, the kings took to war against one another. Anarchy ensued, and man fell to destroying all the glories he had made.
Thus again, after three thousand years, man went down in darkness; again fell under the obsession of drujas, and again became a barbarian. END OF THE LORDS’ FIFTH BOOK Book of Fragapatti, Son of Jehovih