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If great De'yus was overcome and cast into hell, why not our God also?

I am he, who was of old called, De'yus [Zeus], Lord God of heaven and earth.

That dared steal my name, De'yus, and now confront me with your*** hellish taunts!

I, Osiris, Savior of men; Lord God of heaven and earth, Dyaus, De'yus, all!

OF THE DEITY, ALIAS DYAUS, ALIAS DE'YUS, ALIAS DEUS; ORIGIN AND POWER IN THE HEAVENS AND ON EARTH.

Anuhasaj said: I, the Lord, your God, being the All Highest, through your choice, decree, for sake of harmony and concert in our labors, the establishment of a De'yus.

As the Craoshivians have had a Diva (Divinity), so will I have a De'yus.

As the Diva hath been taught in these heavens, so also be the De'yus, whereof I assume the chief head.

As the Diva had laws, so also should our De'yus; and they should be promulgated on the earth, and taught to mortals as the laws of De'yus (Deity).

Anuhasaj never established the De'yus as projected at first, but took the name De'yus (Dyaus) upon himself, and became known in the heavens by that name.

And you* should teach both mortals and spirits that Hored is the All Highest heaven, and that it is the place of the All Highest God, even De'yus.

And whether I be De'yus, or God, or the Lord God, or the All Perfect, me only should they worship, forever.

Thus ended the feast, and, according to the rites in other heavens, the Gods and Goddesses went and sat at the foot of the throne, and De'yus came down and took them by the hand, one at a time, and raised them up, saying: Arise, O God, and in my name, and wisdom, and power, go your*** way.

Let him who is falsely crowned Osiris, build in the Osirian field, and him who is proclaimed De'yus, build in the hadan field, for the time should come when these testimonies should be required in the sum of earth and heaven.

And, meanwhile, messengers fresh from Hored, the seat of rebellion, came in, bringing full news to Craoshivi of the proceedings of the Lord God, alias, De'yus, and his self-Gods and Goddesses.

With great sorrow God sent word to De'yus and his Gods, of Jehovih's warning; and he plead for them to return, as a father plead to a wayward son.

In course of time, word came to Ahura, in Vara-pishanaha, of the proceedings of the Lord God, now styled De'yus, and of the revolt of all the lowest heavens in one fell swoop.

And he knew De'yus, who had been a sub-God under him hundreds of years, under the name Anuhasaj, who had tried to break the lines in the arc of Spe-ta, in the resurrection of Ailkin.

Thereupon Ahura determined to send word to De'yus, in his own name, and in his own way.

And your* name, even the names De'yus and Lord God, should stand for a season the highest on the earth of all names that have ever been.

Wilt you say: I, the Lord God, I, De'yus, am the only Son of the Void!

Wherefore let men and angels fall down and worship the man, De'yus, who dwell''' in Hored, a ripple in the lowest heavens!

If it be Jehovih's decree that some one should make the name of God, and Lord God, and De'yus, execrable on earth and in heaven, it may be well that you hast put thyself into the yoke to that end.

De'yus replied not to Ahura, God of Vara-pishanaha, but sent the messengers away without a word.

And satan came again to De'yus, saying: Send word to your*** Gods to be firm, for this day hath Ahura and the God of Craoshivi beset them to return to Jehovih's worship.

De'yus feared nevertheless, so he inquired of satan what was the best great thing he could do.

Satan said: O Lord, my God, this is the best thing you can do: For all the Divan laws destroyed, make you De'yus laws instead.

Satan (self) said: These, then should be your*** words, O Lord God, which should be the laws of De'yus, to wit:

Whoever overthrowe other Gods, save the Lord God, who is the De'yus of heaven and earth, him will I exalt in heaven.

But now, because of the decrees of Anuhasaj, alias De'yus, Faithists were led astray, becoming warriors, and aspiring to become kings and rulers.

De'yus made two hundred laws in reference to the kingdoms of his Gods, as to their boundaries and ornamentation, providing great pageantry and countless numbers of heralds, staff-bearers, musicians, and players of oratory (theatricals), besides innumerable servants and decorators, so that the pageantry might be in great splendor.

And it thus came to pass that the laws of De'yus were ratified and accepted by the Gods; and they went away rejoicing, returning to their respective kingdoms, where they fell to work at once to provide themselves in their glory.

Four thousand million of these were presently sent to Hored, to De'yus.

De'yus at once set about the work laid out, and issued a decree commanding the destruction of all otevans and other vessels plying to the upper plateau, Craoshivi; and commanding the seizing and destroying of fire-ships or other vessels that might come from the upper regions down to the lower.

De'yus said: My people should not ascend to other heavens.

And I, De'yus, command the locking up of all the books in the libraries of my heavens that in any way teach of Jehovih or Ormazd, or of heavenly kingdoms above mine or greater.

After the outward extreme of hada was thus secured in every way, De'yus turned to the interior.

Upon my own self have I sworn it; the name of Jehovih and Ormazd should be destroyed in heaven and earth; and my name, De'yus, even the Lord God, should stand above all else.

The Lord God, the false, said: Let my name and my place, even Hored, be replaced instead of those destroyed, for I will make the name De'yus to rule in one-half of the world, and the name Lord God to rule in the other half.

And the books in the schools and colleges of these heavens were thus made to rate De'yus and the Lord God as the All Highest, Most Sacred, Most Holy.

When these things were established thus far, De'yus gave a great feast, and brought into his companionship all the valorous fighters and destroyers that had proved themselves great in fulfilling his commandments.

Besides these, De'yus had provided receiving hosts, fifty thousand, and of es'enaurs and trumpeters half a million, and proclaiming heralds one hundred thousand; and the latter, when conducting the distinguished visitors into the presence of De'yus, proclaimed them, amidst the applause of the Holy Council, such honor surpassing anything that any of them had ever witnessed.

When the feast was ended, De'yus, through his marshals, signified that he would speak before them; and when quiet was restored, he said: What greater joy hath any one in a matter than to make others happy!

But if a prophet of Jehovih repent and renounce the Great Spirit, and accept De'yus, or the Lord God, then should you**** drive all evil away from him, and put a guard around about him, for he should be my subject in time to come.

And he should rise up in great war, and pursue all people who do not profess De'yus, or the Lord your God; for he should be as an instrument in your hands to do my will.

When De'yus ceased speaking, the Gods immediately made their selections, and the generals and captains were thus allotted to new places.

And now the attendants carried away the tables of the feast, and the Gods, each with his captains and generals, faced toward De'yus, and formed twelve rows; whereupon De'yus conferred badges, as previously promised.

De'yus then departed to the Council chamber, and took his seat on the throne.

Besides these, were one thousand officers of lower rank; and now, when they were sealed as to rank and place and allotment, they withdrew; and De'yus gave a day of recreation that the Gods with their officers might make the selections from the multitude, as for their private soldiers.

And in one day's time the armies were made up, two thousand million angels, and they departed down to the earth to destroy the Faithists and the names Jehovih and Ormazd, and establish De'yus, otherwise the Lord God, the false.

For they should be angel-preachers in Jehovih's name to go down to Hored, the place of De'yus, the Lord God the false, and to the kingdoms of his Gods; and their labor should be to preach and proclaim the Father and His glories in the etherean worlds.

And it so turned out that these organizations were completed and in working order two days prior to De'yus and his hosts beginning their war on the earth.

So that whilst De'yus' hosts of two thousand millions were gone down to the earth, there were of Faithist angels for the same place but four hundred thousand, save the ashars who were in regular service.

De'yus was no slow hand; not a dull God.

The very audaciousness of which overtopped his friends' judgment, and made them believe for a fact that De'yus was the foremost and greatest, mighty God.

To win great majesty to himself, and after having sworn to havoc the whole earth in order to establish the name De'yus, and Lord God, he called to his side his five chiefest friends: the Gods, Hikas, falsely named Te-in; Wotchissij, falsely named Sudga; Che-le-mung, falsely named Osiris; Baal, and Ashtaroth.

And thus in dignity De'yus spake to them:

Then spake Osiris, falsely named, saying: To exalt your* name, O De'yus, you Lord God; and to persuade mortals that you, of all created beings, can stand in Hored, and by thy will control the victory to whomsoever applaud you* and praiseth your* name, be you to me the bond of my solemn oath, so will I lose or win battles on the earth accordingly as they should honor you* and despise the Great Spirit, or any other God or Lord.

Then Te-in, also falsely named, said: To keep mortals in constant war for a thousand years; to teach them that battles are won or lost according to the loudest call and praise to you, O De'yus, under your** thigh will I be as an oath renewed from everlasting to everlasting.

Sudga, the false, said: By all my parts, to shape the arms and legs of the unborn in comeliness, should my legions drum into the ears of enceinte women a thousand years, swearing them to your*** name, O De'yus; or, if refusing, to curse with crookedness all their progeny.

Baal said: To overturn the oracles of Jehovih, and to make the prophets and seers receive and announce your*** name, O De'yus, you Lord God of heaven and earth, have I already sworn more than ten thousand oaths.

Ashtaroth said: The work of my legions should be to deal death to your* enemies, O De'yus.

De'yus answered them, saying: So spoken, so should these things be; I, the Lord your God, command.

And they should sing their names in mortal ears day and night, and teach them to live in praise of the Lord, your God, the De'yus of heaven and earth, and to be most daring in the overthrow of Jehovih, most hated of Gods.

I will bow my head to God, who is Lord over all, great De'yus.

Yea, more, I will fight for him and drink even my brother's blood, if De'yus but prosper me and mine in slaying Faithists, fool-worshippers of Ormazd, the Unseen and Scattered Wind.

De'yus continued: Go forth, you**** Gods, and in majesty build your thrones; in great splendor ornament your high places, that even the magnificence should be as a million preachers' tongues proclaiming the heavens' well-chosen Gods.

Now sallied forth the captains, generals, and well-disciplined hosts of hada, the angels of De'yus, bent on independence to the earth and heaven from all other rulers save the Lord God, and to establish him forever.

Over these maps, and charts, and lists, the generals and captains discoursed as they descended to the rolling earth; most learnedly laying plans to overturn Jehovih's method, and build up De'yus, the God of Hored.

And between Osiris' and De'yus' thrones another long line of messengers extended, a thousand angels, high raised and resolute, suitable to travel in the ever-changing atmospherean belts of great velocity.

If, then, ye love your wards as you profess, abandon all to us, for the glory of De'yus, whose son is Osiris, our commanding God.

Meantime, messengers and map-makers bore the disastrous news to Osiris, who in turn sent word on up to De'yus, the self-Lord God, who now, through Osiris, his most favorite God of power, sent these commands:

Hear you**** the command of De'yus, The Lord your God, through his high-raised son, Osiris!

And the well-stationed messengers plied all day long to the near and remote parts of the assaulting armies, giving De'yus' commands.

And in these few places, when once De'yus' spirit-soldiers gained possession, they fastened on in thousands, even quarreling as to who had most honor in the hellish work.

Osiris again sent word to De'yus, who was of vast experience, and not so hasty; a wiser God, and better acquainted with the tides in mortal energy to serve Jehovih.

So De'yus sent back word to this effect: To rest the soldiers three days, that the surveyors might measure the stature of mortal faith, and so make the third attack more successful.

And these were such as De'yus meant to obsess for future use in terrible wars, but the other three-fourths lived in the fertile regions of Parsi'e, the lands of which were rich in yielding ample harvests.

It was these that De'yus meant to have his armies possess, body and soul, for his own glory, knowing that by their researches in such matters for many generations they had strayed away from Jehovih.

Over these people, to subdue them and destroy them, Osiris allotted his great angel general, Egupt, servant of De'yus.

Of such like, then, were the people over whom De'yus, named Lord God, had set his thousand millions, to subdue them for his own glory.

In many places the angels of De'yus spake audibly in the dark, saying: There is but one God, even the Lord your God, great De'yus, on the throne of Hored.

But sufficient was the glory unto Osiris and his legions, wherefrom messengers were sent to De'yus speedily, with most exaggerated tales of the victories won.

In Parsi'e there fell this night twelve hundred thousand men, women and children into the clutches of the hosts of De'yus, the Lord God, the false.

The unlearned believed in the angels thus suddenly come upon them; and cultivated their coming, and hearkened to their words, to put away Jehovih and accept De'yus; or otherwise, after death, their souls would be weighed by Anubi, and, for lack of faith in the Lord God, instead of Jehovih, cast into everlasting hell.

And such mortals, willing tools to follow spirits' advice instead of Jehovih's light within their own souls, were led through the Anubian ceremonies,5 but malformed by substituting words to glorify De'yus, and Osiris, his so-called son.

Greeting, in De'yus' name, highest of Gods!

To you, Pluton-ya, I bestow a torch and brand of fire, for you should rule over mortals for the destruction of cities and houses, to whomsoever will not bow down to De'yus as the highest God.

And Osiris' messengers bore the news to De'yus, well exaggerated, extolling the fidelity of Osiris to the highest.

And they were, for the most part, easily persuaded to follow angel advice, and so fell to work and built temples, and established oracles of their own; obliterating the doctrine of the Great Spirit, and substituting the words: The Lord God, and De'yus, and Anubi, his holy Son and Savior and Judge of the world; and Osiris, God's commanding Lord of the earth.

And the Osirian hosts, being the only angels engaged in the matter of establishing De'yus, answered them, saying: The life and the end of man are to glorify God, who is Lord of heaven and earth.

For an answer to these questions, Osiris sent messengers to the Lord God in Hored; whereupon De'yus called a Council of his God and Lords, to meet in Hored, to solve the matter, that a uniform answer might be given unto all the divisions of the earth.

In the meantime, and before the Council assembled, the self (satan) of De'yus spake to him, saying: If you admit a Creator save thyself, you are undone.

De'yus said: But this is not truth?

To him, even as to Osiris, De'yus sent word to next attack the houses of the men of learning, the unbelievers; and the ignorant, the superstitious; to abandon, for the present, the arcs, and temples, and oracle-houses, and the Faithists, firmly sworn.

De'yus said: Send you your* numerators and mathematicians; and measure and mark all mortals in Jaffeth, as to the vulnerable points, and map their localities; and when you hast completed this work, set apart another night for an attack upon them.

The generals and captains took the lists and maps, and had millions of copies made of them, and then sent them into all the regions of De'yus' militants; and besides sent proclaimers, millions and millions, with terrible oaths against the Great Spirit, but who extolled the magnificence of De'yus to the utmost; appealing to their love of independence, and to their power to cast off all other rulers forever, save Ho-Joss.

And these things were well known to De'yus, and to Te-in, the false, and to hundreds of millions of the assaulting angels, sworn to subdue them to Ho-Joss or to everlasting destruction.

Te-in quickly sent word to De'yus, exulting, and exaggerating the victories won.

And in turn, De'yus congratulated him and his army, his thousand millions, who, now anchored on the earth, and with mortals, frolicked about in all regions.

And Te-in in turn sent word on up to De'yus, in Hored, as to what answer should be given.

Sudga, the false, sent by De'yus to overturn the Great Spirit's dominion in Vind'yu, and to establish the highest heavenly place, Urvatooz, was wiser than Osiris or Te-in in his wicked work.

And, he too, sent word to De'yus, and exaggerated beyond all bounds of truth, as to his victories.

Nevertheless, his hosts were sufficiently anchored on the earth to claim an everlasting victory for De'yus and to establish his name.

Ye teach us that De'yus is the ALL HIGH RULER.

To answer which Sudga sent to De'yus for instructions.

And De'yus sent to Sudga, even as to the other Gods, an invitation to meet in Hored, to hear the words of the Lord God, to learn his commands.

Thus invited, thus went the five great warrior Gods before De'yus, taking with them each his ten thousand attendants, besides thousands of trumpeters.

De'yus had a good feast prepared for them; he had sent receivers forth to meet them and conduct them to Sanc-tu in great splendor.

Great was the feast, the pomp and parade and glory, in Hored, when De'yus' victorious Gods and their companions and attendants came in answer to the summons of Anuhasaj, alias the Lord God.

All the way were the roads lined with flags and banners, and millions of spectators, the same who had formerly been in schools and colleges in heaven, but were now emancipated from the restrictions of self-improvement, and used as applauders, to sing and shout praises to De'yus (Dyaus) for his own glory.

Whilst at the feast, De'yus said to Osiris: Speak you of thy exploits, and of Baal and Ashtaroth and their valorous legions.

After Osiris had finished his story, De'yus said to Te-in: Speak you of your* exploits, and of your* generals and captains, and of your*** valorous legions.

And now, after he had finished his story, De'yus said to Sudga: Speak you of your* generals and captains and your* valorous legions.

Speedily, now, the attendants took away the tables; and the hosts all withdrew, save the Gods and De'yus and his marshals.

Whereupon De'yus ascended the throne, and then spake, saying:

I, the Lord your God, who am De'yus of heaven and earth, declare unto you, my Gods and earth rulers, in mine own name, and with love abounding:

Osiris, being commanded of God to speak, said: Give us one day, O De'yus, that we may digest this matter.

Thereupon the Lord God gave them one day; and on the next day, when they were assembled, the Gods ratified every word De'yus had spoken.

Again De'yus spake, saying: Let the waters of the earth be in one place, and the land appear unto itself, for it was so.

And God gave them a day; and when they were again assembled, De'yus said:

Again De'yus gave the Gods one day, to weigh the matter of his words, and to ratify them; which they did.

Again De'yus said: Let the waters of the earth bring forth abundantly the moving creatures that live; and let the fowl fly above the earth in the air of the firmament.

And then De'yus said: And now, my Gods, let us make man in our own fashion;11 and in likeness of ourselves, let them have dominion also, but over the fish in the waters, and the fowl in the air, and over the cattle, and over the earth, and over every living creature upon the earth.

Again De'yus gave the Gods a day of rest, in order to weigh the matter and ratify it; and this was the morning of the sixth day.

And again De'yus spake, saying: The Lord your God said unto you, Osiris; and to thee, Te-in; and to you, Sudga: Search you amongst mortals for one high in su'is, for when I announce my doctrines, you should go to such mortal and cause him to write my words, saying: Such are the words of the Lord, your* God.

De'yus said: To these mortals go you**** and give my doctrines in your own ways; according to the language of mortals, and their capacity to understand.

The time was when De'yus, our much-loved Lord God, said: Whilst you* labor on the earth for me and my kingdoms, behold, I will reciprocate in all things.

You**** and I went to the feast, and De'yus hath furnished us with something, which is nothing.

De'yus is my friend, and I desire not to press him further on the subject; and so I have called you, to learn of you how you**** managed the same issues?

For in the breath we praise him, we must praise his works; of which sin is apparent; and in the same breath that we condemn sin, how should we glorify De'yus?

For since De'yus hath left us liberty to add to his doctrines, according to our own judgment, is it not well that we agree upon a doctrine, even as De'yus professed prior to the confederacy?

Te-in said: Because De'yus said: Let us make man, should we not use US in this instance?

After this, Osiris prepared a book of generations of men on earth; and these were the substance of the doctrines of De'yus and his Gods.

Anuhasaj, alias De'yus, therefore, appointed a time of meeting, and the Gods came before him and made their report.

After which De'yus said:

And thus ended the matter, as to how mortals were taught to worship the names Lord and God, and Lord God, and Ho-Joss, and Joss, and De'yus, and Deity, and Dyaus, and Zeus, and various other names, according to the languages of the people of Jaffeth, and Vind'yu, and Arabin'ya, and Parsi'e, and Heleste.

And mortals were taught the secret of spiritually going out of their own corporeal bodies, and returning safely; and in this state they were taken subjectively to the kingdom of the Lord God, where they beheld him even as a man, sitting on a throne; and they saw the great glory of his kingdom, and beheld the worshippers, millions of them, glorifying De'yus, the false Lord God.

And these persons became preachers on the earth; enthusiastically stirring men up on every hand to draw the sword and spear and sling to go forth in battle, to overthrow the doctrine of the Great Spirit and establish the De'yus.

And now of the heavenly kingdoms of Anuhasaj and his Gods, this is what occurred, to wit: They had accumulated twenty-eight thousand millions of spirits, all of whom were servants to De'yus and his Gods.

And though they were adorned to the utmost, having vast cities for their heavenly capitals, with millions of attendants, and millions of musicians, who were forever inventing new and wonderful music, and playing and singing, millions and millions in concert, with millions of trumpeters, near and far off, to fashion echoes beautiful to the ear; and though they had decorators forever inventing and changing their thousands of millions of flags and banners, and the ornaments for the pageantry; though they had millions of heavenly cities, built with heavenly precious stones and gems of splendor, and with roadways and streets paved with heavenly diamonds and pearls; and though they had tournaments, heavenly, and games, and rites and ceremonies, prostrations and salutations, without end, with great ships, heavenly, capable of coursing atmospherea in journeys and excursions, ships to carry hundreds of millions of angels, whose chief occupation was to sing and chant the glory and power and dominion of De'yus and his Gods; yea, though a large book could not contain a description of the thousandth part of their wonderful glory, yet each and every God began to see coming danger.

Hear me, then, O De'yus, for I will not only praise you* for what you hast accomplished, but I will chide you* for your*** failings.

De'yus said: Wherein have I failed, O satan?

De'yus said: Why are mortals become gross livers?

In the first while, you didst send your* highest grades to the Lord God, to be his; yea, you hast robbed your own kingdom of its finest and best subjects for the glory of De'yus.

And who is De'yus more than thou?

Because I was too honest and pure for De'yus and his Gods, they have taken advantage of me.

You should not only have thine own kingdom, but the kingdoms of your* companion Gods; and even De'yus should be tributary unto you* and your.

And satan answered, saying: De'yus will scent the danger to his kingdom, and he will summon his Gods for consultation.

So it came to pass that the coming of De'yus' false Gods was an occasion of rejoicing and glory to upward of twelve thousand million inhabitants of the kingdom of Anuhasaj.

There the Gods were met by De'yus' high Council and high marshals, and with them entered the area and walked up to the high arch of the capital, which led into the place of the throne of the Lord God.

When inside of the Arch, the Council and marshals parted on either side, and, with the head bowed, chanted an anthem of praise to De'yus.

When they were near at hand, the vice-Gods, on either side of De'yus, rose up, saying:

The Gods responded: Behold, we are sons of the Lord God, great De'yus, and of a truth are we Gods!

De'yus said: Peace, O my vice-Gods!

In thy mighty name, De'yus, we salute you worshipfully, to know your*** will and pleasure, that we may serve you* in wisdom, and power, and love.

De'yus said: Welcome, O you**** Gods; the freedom of Sanc-tu is at your hands.

Thereupon De'yus gave a signal for all his officers and attendants to retire beyond the Arch, the which they did.

And now that the ceremony of reception was over, Anuhasaj came down from his throne and greeted the Gods cordially by clasping hands, after which they all sat down on the foot seats of the throne; and there were present De'yus, and Osiris, and Sudga, and no others within hearing; for Te-in had not come.

Till at last, De'yus, the most schooled in satan's cause, put an end to their old-time stories and trivial conversation; he said:

Osiris said: What can move you* to this seriousness, O De'yus?

Thereupon De'yus sweetly told his tale, even as satan had taught him.

When they had finished, De'yus, much surprised by their pitiful tales, even as the others were at his, thus spake:

I was commanded to a division of the earth, to subdue it unto De'yus, and I have so accomplished it.

De'yus said: The remedy lie in overturning the cause of the falls in the grades.

De'yus said: In either case is it not true that the highest in power and mightiest in the plans and arrangement of his kingdoms must either take jibes and insults from his inferiors, whom he hath lifted up and made what they are, or otherwise fall brokenhearted on the loss of their love and worship?

Osiris said: That is most especially true, O De'yus, where the highest kingdoms owe their glory and greatness to those that have been subsidiary and built them up.

De'yus said: Most wisely spoken, both my Gods.

De'yus said: My most wise Gods, you**** have spoken great wisdom.

Osiris said: Words cannot express my reverence for your*** spoken words, O De'yus.

De'yus answered them on the sign MUSIC OF THE SATELLITES.

So on the day of De'yus' meeting with Osiris and Sudga, even the same day, Te-in severed the bonds between his heavenly kingdom and all others, and he chose twelve of his highest grade in the Holy Council, and made them Lords of the earth; but he allotted no portion of the earth to any one alone.