Gospel Of Essenes Book 3 - Pt 5 Of 7

The Essene Gospel of Peace,

Book 3,

Part 5,

The Holy Law Thou,

O Holy Law,

The tree of life that standeth in the middle of the eternal sea,

That is called the tree of healing,

The tree of powerful healing,

The tree of all healing,

And upon which rests the seeds of all we invoke.

Have ye not known?

Have ye not heard?

Hath it not been told thee from the beginning?

Lift up thine eyes on high,

And behold the Holy Law,

Which was established before the eternal,

Sovereign,

And luminous space,

Which hath created the foundations of the earth,

Which is the first and the last,

Which liveth in the hearts of the children of light.

For the law is great,

As the Heavenly Father is great above his angels.

It is he who giveth us the law,

And he is the law.

In his hand are the deep places of the earth.

The strength of the hills is his also.

The sea is his,

And he made it.

And his hands formed the dry land.

Come let us worship and bow down.

Let us kneel before the Heavenly Father,

For he is the law,

And we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

With songs of gladness the children of light invoke the Holy Law.

Sickness flies away before it,

And death flies away,

Ignorance flies away.

Pride,

Scorn,

And hot fever,

Slander,

Discord,

And evil,

All anger and violence,

All lying words of falsehood,

All fly away before the power of the Holy Law.

Here is the law which will smite all sickness and will smite all death,

Which will smite the oppressors of men,

Which will smite pride,

Which will smite scorn,

Which will smite hot fevers and will smite all slanders,

Which will smite all discords and which will smite the worst of evil,

Which will banish ignorance from the earth.

We bless the invocation and prayer,

The strength and vigor of the Holy Law.

We invoke the spirit and conscience and soul of the children of light who teach the law,

Who struggle in the kingdom of darkness to bring the light of the law to the sons of men.

We bless that victory of good thoughts,

Good words,

And good deeds,

Which make strong the foundations of the kingdom of light.

Let the sons of men who think,

Speak,

And do all good thoughts,

Words,

And deeds inhabit heaven as their home,

And let those who think,

Speak,

And do evil thoughts,

Words,

And deeds abide in chaos.

Purity is for man next to life,

The greatness of good.

That purity is in the Holy Law,

Which maketh grass to grow upon the mountains,

And maketh clean the hearts of men.

With good thoughts,

Good words,

And good deeds,

Clean shall be the fire.

Clean the water,

Clean the earth,

Clean the stars,

The moon,

And the sun.

Clean the faithful man and the faithful woman.

Clean the boundless eternal light.

Clean the kingdom of the earthly mother and the kingdom of the heavenly father.

Clean the good things made by law,

Whose offspring is the Holy Creation.

To obtain the treasures of the material world,

O sons of men,

Forego not the word of the law.

For he who obtains the treasures of the material world,

Destroyeth in him the word of the law.

Such as one shall possess neither force of life,

Nor the law,

Neither the celestial light.

But he who walks with the angels and who followeth the Holy Law,

He shall obtain everything good.

He shall enter the eternal sea,

Where standeth the tree of life.

The communions of law are perfect,

Converting the soul from darkness to light.

The testimony of the law is sure,

Making wise the simple.

The statutes of the law are right,

Rejoicing the heart.

The commandment of the law is pure,

Enlightening the eyes.

The truth of the law is clean,

Enduring forever.

Yet the children of the light triumph everywhere,

Between the heavens and the earth.

Let us breathe the Holy Law in our prayer.

How beautiful are thy tabernacles,

O heavenly father!

My soul longeth,

Yea,

Even fainteth for the tree of life,

That standeth in the middle of the eternal sea.

My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Yea,

The sparrow hath found a house,

And the swallower nest for herself,

Where she may lay her young.

The children of light who labour in the garden of the brotherhood abide in the Holy Law.

Blessed are they who dwell within.

This one is called The Angels.

The heavenly father gave his angels charge concerning thee,

And in their hands they shall bear thee up,

Even unto the tree of life that standeth in the midst of the eternal sea.

For the wisdom of the law,

For the unconquerable power of the law,

And for the vigour of health,

For the glory of the heavenly father and the earthly mother,

And for all the boons and remedies of the sevenfold peace,

Do we worship the holy angels.

Our efforts for whom and communions for whom make us good in the eyes of the heavenly father.

The law is fulfilled according to the angels,

The bright and holy ones,

Whose looks perform their wish,

Strong,

Lordly,

Who are undecaying and holy,

Who are seven and seven all of one thought,

Who are seven and seven all of one speech,

Who are seven and seven all of one deed,

Whose thought is the same,

Whose speech is the same,

Whose deed is the same,

Whose father is the same,

Namely the heavenly father.

The angels who see one another's souls,

Who bring the kingdom of the earthly mother and the kingdom of the heavenly father to the children of light,

Who labour in the garden of the brotherhood.

The angels who are the makers and governors,

The shapers and overseers,

The keepers and preservers of the abundant earth.

And of all creations of the heavenly father,

We invoke the good,

The strong,

The beneficent angels of the heavenly father and the earthly mother,

That of the light,

That of the sky,

That of the waters,

That of the earth,

That of the plants,

That of the children of light,

That of the eternal holy creation.

We worship the angels who first listened unto the thought and teaching of the heavenly father,

Of whom the angels formed the seed of the nations.

We worship the angels who first touched the brow of our father Enoch and guided the children of light through the seven and seven paths,

Which lead to the tree of life,

That standeth forever in the midst of the eternal sea.

We worship all the angels,

The good,

Heroic and bounteous angels of the bodily world of the earthly mother and those of the invisible realms and those in the celestial worlds of the heavenly father.

We worship the ever-blessing immortal angels,

The brilliant ones of splendorous countenance,

The lofty and devoted creatures of the heavenly father,

They who are imperishable and holy.

We worship the resplendent,

The glorious,

The bountiful holy angels who rule right and who adjust all things rightly.

Hear the glad voices of the children of light who sing the praise of the holy angels as they labor in the garden of the brotherhood.

We sing with gladness to the waters,

Land and plants,

To this earth and to the heavens,

To the holy wind and the holy sun and moon,

To the eternal stars without beginning.

And to all the holy creatures of the heavenly father,

We sing with gladness unto the holy law which is the heavenly order to the days and to the nights,

To the years and to the seasons which are the pillars of the heavenly order.

We worship the angels of the day and the angels of the month,

Those of the years and those of the seasons,

All are good,

The heroic,

The ever blessed immortal angels who maintain and preserve the heavenly order.

We desire to approach the mighty angels,

All the angels of the heavenly order because of the holy law which is the best of all good.

We do present these thoughts well thought,

These words well spoken,

These deeds well done.

To the bountiful immortal angels,

Those who exercise their right rule,

We do present these offerings to the angels of the day and the angels of the night,

The ever living,

The ever helpful who dwell eternally with the divine mind.

May the good and heroic and bountiful angels of the heavenly father and the earthly mother walk with their holy feet in the garden of the brotherhood.

And may they go hand in hand with us with the healing virtues of their blessed gifts as widespread as the earth,

As far spread as the rivers,

As high reaching as the sun for the furtherance of the betterment of man and for abundant growth.

It is they,

The holy angels who shall restore the world which will fence forth,

Never grow old and never die,

Never decaying,

Ever living and ever increasing.

Then life and immortality will come and the world will be restored.

Creation will grow deathless.

The kingdom of the heavenly father will prosper and evil shall have perished.

This one is called the brotherhood.

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for the children of light to dwell together in unity.

For the brotherhood the heavenly father hath commanded the law,

Ever life forevermore.

The law was planted in the garden of the brotherhood to illumine the hearts of the children of light,

To make straight before them the seven and seven paths leading to the tree of life which standeth in the midst of the eternal sea.

The law was planted in the garden of the brotherhood that they might recognize the spirits of truth and falsehood.

Truth born out of the spring of light,

Falsehood from the well of darkness.

The dominion of all the children of truth is in the hands of the mighty angels of light so that they might walk in the ways of light.

The children of light are the servants of the law and the heavenly father shall not forget them.

He hath blotted out their sins as a thick cloud,

He hath lit the candle of truth within their hearts.

Sing,

O ye heavens,

Shout ye lower parts of the earth,

Break forth into singing ye mountains,

O forest and every tree therein.

For the heavenly father hath kindled his flame in the hearts of the children of light and glorified himself in them.

The holy law of the creator purifieth the followers of the light from every evil thought,

Word and deed as a swift rushing mighty wind doth cleanse the plain.

Let the child of light who so desireth be taught the holy word during the first watch of the day and the last,

During the first watch of the night and the last,

That his mind may be increased in intelligence and his soul waxed strong in the holy law.

At the hour of dawn he shall gaze upon the rising sun and greet with joy his earthly mother.

At the hour of dawn he shall wash his body in cool water and greet with joy his earthly mother.

At the hour of dawn he shall breathe in the fragrant air and greet with joy his earthly mother.

And through the day he shall labour with his brethren in the garden of the brotherhood.

In the hour of twilight he shall gather with his brothers and together they shall study the holy words of our fathers and their fathers' fathers,

Even unto the words of our father Enoch.

And when the stars are high in the heavens he shall commune with the holy angels of the heavenly father and his voice shall be raised in gladness unto the most high,

Saying,

We worship the creator,

The maker of all good things and good mind and of the law,

Immortality and the holy fire of life.

We do offer to the law the wisdom of the tongue,

Holy speech,

Deeds and rightly spoken words.

Grant us,

Heavenly father,

That we may bring down abundance to the world thou hast created,

That we may take away both hunger and thirst from the world thou hast created,

That we may take away both old age and death from the world thou hast created.

O good,

Most beneficent,

Heavenly father,

Grant us that we may think according to the law,

That we may speak according to the law,

That we may do according to the law.

O heavenly father,

What is the invocation most worthy in greatness and goodness?

It is that one,

O children of light,

That one delivers when waking up and rising from sleep at the same time professing good thoughts,

Good words and good deeds and rejecting evil thoughts,

Evil words and evil deeds.

The first step that the soul of the child of light did make placed him in the good thought paradise,

The holy realm of wisdom.

The second step that the soul of the child of light did make placed him in the good word paradise,

The holy realm of love.

The third step that the soul of the child of light did make placed him in the good deed paradise and the holy realm of power.

The fourth step that the soul of the child of light did make placed him in the endless light.

The heavenly father knoweth the hearts of the children of light and their inheritance shall be forever.

They shall not be afraid in the evil time and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied,

For with them is the fountain of life and the heavenly father forsaketh not his children.

Their souls shall breathe forever and ever and their forms shall be endowed with eternal life.

Blessed are the children of light who have cast their lot with the law that walk truthfully in all their ways.

May the Lord bless them with all good and keep them from all evil and illumine their hearts with insight into the things of life and grace them with knowledge of things eternal.

The next one is trees.

Go towards the high growing trees and before one of them,

Which is beautiful,

High growing and mighty,

Say thou these words.

Hail be unto thee,

Oh good living tree,

Made by the creator.

In the days of old when the creation was young,

The earth was filled with giant trees whose branches soared above the clouds and in them dwelled the ancient fathers,

They who walked with the angels and who lived by the holy law.

In the shadow of their branches,

All men lived in peace and wisdom and knowledge was theirs and the revelation of the endless light.

Through their forests flowed the eternal river and in the center stood the tree of life and it was not hidden from them.

They ate from the table of the earthly mother and slept in the arms of the heavenly father and their covenant was for eternity with the holy law.

In that time,

The trees were the brothers of men and their span on earth was very long,

As long as the eternal river which flowed without ceasing from the unknown spring.

Now the desert sweeps the earth with burning sand.

The giant trees are dust and ashes and the wide river is a pool of mud.

For the sacred covenant of the creator was broken by the sons of men and they were banished from their home of trees.

Now the path leading to the tree of life is hidden from the eyes of men and sorrow fills the empty sky where once the lofty branches soared.

Now into the burning desert come the children of light to labor in the garden of the brotherhood.

The seed they plant in the barren soil will become a mighty forest.

The trees shall multiply and spread their wings of green until the whole earth will be covered again.

The whole earth shall be a garden and the tall trees shall cover the land.

In that day shall sing the children of light a new song.

My brother,

Tree,

Let me not hide myself from thee but let us share the breath of life which our earthly mother have given to us.

More beautiful than the finest jewel of the rug makers art,

It is the carpet of green leaves under my bare feet.

More majestic than the silken canopy of the rich merchant is the tent of branches above my head through which the bright stars give light.

The wind among the leaves of the cypress maketh a sound like unto a chorus of angels.

Through the rugged oak and royal cedar the earthly mother have sent a message of eternal life to the heavenly father.

My prayer goeth forth unto the tall trees and their branches reaching skyward shall carry my voice to the heavenly father.

For each child shall plant a tree that the womb of thy earthly mother shall bring forth life as the womb of a woman doth bring forth life.

He who doth destroy a tree hath cut off his own limbs and thus shall sing the children of light when the earth again shall be a garden,

Holy tree,

Divine gift of the law.

Thy majesty reunites all those who have strayed from their true home which is the garden of the brotherhood.

All men will become brothers once again under thy spreading branches.

As the heavenly father hath loved all his children so shall we love and care for the trees that grow in our land.

So shall we keep and protect them that they may grow tall and strong and fill the earth again with their beauty for the trees are our brothers and as brothers we shall guard and love one another.