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Osiris and his heavenly kingdoms

When Osiris, the false God of Arabin‘ya and her heavens, left De‘yus, in Hored, the self (satan) that was in him, spoke to him, saying: Osiris, you are a fool! You deserve to be ground to dust! Behold your wisdom and power, and yet you cringe to your inferiors on every side. Were you not made as well; and too, as masterly in making others bow to your will and decrees? What more is required for Gods or men, than to make slaves of others, to do him honor and reverence? Then Osiris said:

O truest of Gods. If only I had struck out for myself from the beginning! But I will make up for it. When I am in my heavenly place I will send for my Gods, Baal and Ashtaroth, who are presently laboring on the earth, and I will make our three kingdoms into one, and mine shall be chief. And I will offer emoluments970 to the best, highest grades in Hored, thereby drawing from De‘yus his best fruits and flowers, and I will send him some two or three billion of my superabundant drujas.

Accordingly, when Osiris arrived at Agho‘aden, his heavenly place, he sent messengers down to the earth to Baal and Ashtaroth, summoning them to his presence at once. And they came, each being attended with ten thousand companions, besides heralds, musicians and trumpeters.

Osiris had made great preparations for them. His receiving hosts, one million, were newly adorned for the occasion. The roadway, for three hundred miles, was illumed with pillars of fire. The Holy Council, half a million, were in extra session. The laborers, four billion, were granted a day of rest. So that when Baal and Ashtaroth entered the heavenly capital, it was a magnificent scene, and as if in fact Osiris, the false, was a mighty God.

Great were the ceremonies and salutations between the Gods, as also with the generals, captains, marshals and others; to describe which, a whole book could be written and yet not mention one-half.

After the reception, Osiris proclaimed an extra day of recreation to Agho‘aden, and in that time he and Baal and Ashtaroth retired to a private chamber beyond the throne, to the east, to consult on the matters of heaven and earth.

Osiris said: My brother and sister, you are my loves; all else in the worlds are vain! De‘yus is the most selfish of Gods, and unreasonable. He said to me: You should keep up the grades! Now, behold, his own grades are broken down. As I and other Gods send him contributions in subjects, so in their grade such subjects remain; no more education for them in Hored. Then he complains and assumes to dictate. And all this for De‘yus‘ glory. Not a word for lifting angels or mortals up out of darkness.

Baal said: A most unreasonable God. Did you not say to him: O if I had the power and means you have! What great good I would do!

Ashtaroth said: This I have found before: The greater power a God has, the less he does for others‘ good. As for my part, what good can I do? I have scarcely two billion slaves, all told! If only I had a kingdom like De‘yus! But what do you propose, O Osiris, you far-seeing God?

Baal further said: Ashtaroth, you wise Goddess, you have expressed my own soul. My own kingdom is only a little larger than yours; I am a very helpless God indeed. But once I reach De‘yus‘ means, my soul‘s delight will be to fill all the heavens full of schools and hospitals! But speak, Osiris, whatever you have resolved is wise. As for myself I have spent two thousand years trying to put myself in good position first, so I could help others.

Osiris said: To cut loose from De‘yus; this is wisdom. To send drujas into De‘yus‘ kingdom, is greater wisdom. To establish Agho‘aden as the all highest heavenly kingdom with myself at the Godhead, and you two to be my sole Gods of the earth, is the greatest wisdom.

Baal said: I swear, you have spoken at last what I have for five hundred years hoped to hear you say. To you I am sworn forever. Put upon me whatever you will.

Ashtaroth said: Now I am blessed above all Goddesses! What I have heard you speak, is what I would have spoken.

Osiris said: It is enough then; this I proclaim, and on our crossed hands we swear: AGHO‘ADEN, ALL HIGHEST HEAVEN! OSIRIS, SON OF THE ALL CENTRAL LIGHTS! THE MOST HIGH GOD! HIS ONLY SON, BAAL, RULER OF THE CORPOREAL EARTH! HIS ONLY DAUGHTER, ASHTAROTH, RULER OF THE CORPOREAL EARTH! FIDELITY AND UNION FOREVER!


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