app

lib/files.py

@@ -14,15 +14,18 @@ class TextFinder:
 
                 if os.path.isfile(file_path):
                     with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
-                        content = f.read()
-                        paragraphs = re.split(r'\n\s*\n', content)  # Split text into paragraphs
-                        for paragraph in paragraphs:
-                            if pattern in paragraph.lower():  # Convert paragraph to lowercase for comparison
-                                matches.append({"Find_text":paragraph.strip(),"Book_source":file_path.split("/")[-1].split(".")[0]})
+                        try:
+                            content = f.read()
+                            paragraphs = re.split(r'\n\s*\n', content)  # Split text into paragraphs
+                            for paragraph in paragraphs:
+                                if pattern in paragraph.lower():  # Convert paragraph to lowercase for comparison
+                                    matches.append({"Find_text":paragraph.strip(),"Book_source":file_path.split("/")[-1].split(".")[0]})
+                        except:
+                            pass
         return matches
 
 # Example usage:
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     finder = TextFinder('example_folder')
     matches = finder.find_matches('text_to_find')
-    print(matches)
+    print(matches)

resources/README.md

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+---
+license: mit
+---
+# Torah Codes Religion Texts Sources
+
+## Data Tree
+
+```
+── arabs
+│   ├── astrological_stelar_magic.txt
+│   └── Holy-Quran-English.txt
+├── ars
+│   ├── ars_magna_ramon_llull.txt
+│   └── lemegeton_book_solomon.txt
+├── asimov
+│   ├── foundation.txt
+│   └── prelude_to_foundation.txt
+├── budist
+│   ├── bardo_todhol_book_of_deads_tibet_libro_tibetano_de_los_muertos.txt
+│   ├── rig_veda.txt
+│   └── TheTeachingofBuddha.txt
+├── cathars
+├── china
+│   ├── arte_de_la_guerra_art_of_war.txt
+│   └── iching.txt
+├── egypt
+│   └── book_of_dead_book_of_ani.txt
+├── enoch
+│   └── book_of_enoch_libro_de_enoch.txt
+├── genesis.json
+├── gnostic
+│   ├── naj_hamadi_library_gnostic_gospels_evangelios_gnosticos_gospels_dead_sea_evangelios_mar_muerto.txt
+│   ├── The ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE Book Four_djvu.txt
+│   ├── The ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE Book One_djvu.txt
+│   ├── The ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE Book Three_djvu.txt
+│   └── The ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE Book Two_djvu.txt
+├── greece
+│   ├── AClearAndCompendiousHistoryOfTheGodsAndGoddesses_djvu.txt
+│   ├── ACompleteCollectionOfAllTheStoriesmythsForUnderstandingTheGreekAndLatinPoets_djvu.txt
+│   ├── ANewSystemOrAnalysisOfAncientMythology-Vol1_djvu.txt
+│   ├── ANewSystemOrAnalysisOfAncientMythology-Vol1-SecondEdition_djvu.txt
+│   ├── ANewSystemOrAnalysisOfAncientMythology-Vol2_djvu.txt
+│   ├── ANewSystemOrAnalysisOfAncientMythology-Vol2-SecondEdition_djvu.txt
+│   ├── ANewSystemOrAnalysisOfAncientMythology-Vol3_djvu.txt
+│   ├── MythologyComparedWithHistory_djvu.txt
+│   ├── PantheonOrFabulousHistoryOfTheHeathenGods1771_djvu.txt
+│   ├── PantheonOrFabulousHistoryOfTheHeathenGods1778Copy2_djvu.txt
+│   ├── PantheonOrFabulousHistoryOfTheHeathenGods1778_djvu.txt
+│   ├── PantheonOrFabulousHistoryOfTheHeathenGods1781_djvu.txt
+│   └── PantheonOrFabulousHistoryOfTheHeathenGods1794_djvu.txt
+├── grimoires
+│   └── san_cipriano.txt
+├── hermes
+│   ├── emerald_table.txt
+│   └── hermes_trimigesto.txt
+├── kircher
+│   └── egyptiacus_aedypus_ancient_symbols_gematria_ziruph_temurah.txt
+├── myself
+├── philosophy
+│   ├── A-Brief-History-of-Time-Stephen-Hawking.txt
+│   ├── Capra-1975 The Tao of Physics.txt
+│   ├── Chalmers_The_Conscious_Mind.txt
+│   ├── Gödel-Escher-Bach.txt
+│   ├── How to Change Your Mind What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence - Michael Pollan_djvu.txt
+│   ├── Kritik-der-reinen-Vernunft-Kant.txt
+│   ├── La Divina Commedia - Dante Alighieri.txt
+│   ├── Osho - the Book of secrets.txt
+│   ├── plato_-_the_republic.txt
+│   ├── Précis-of-Waking-Dreaming-Being.txt
+│   ├── Sapiens_ A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari.txt
+│   ├── Stephen_Hawking_The_Universe_in_a_Nutshell.txt
+│   ├── Tao-Te-Ching-Laozi.txt
+│   ├── Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche.txt
+│   └── walt whitman - leaves of grass.txt
+├── rome
+│   └── Bible.txt
+├── scify
+│   └── dune.txt
+├── sefers
+│   ├── Sefer ha-Razim (Mordecai Margaliot 1966) - critical text sans apparatus_djvu.txt
+│   ├── Sefer-Raziel.txt
+│   └── sefer_yetzira_book_of_abraham_libro.txt
+├── stelar
+├── templars
+├── texts
+│   ├── 01.json
+│   ├── 02.json
+│   ├── 03.json
+│   ├── 04.json
+│   ├── 05.json
+│   ├── 06.json
+│   ├── 07.json
+│   ├── 08.json
+│   ├── 09.json
+│   ├── 10.json
+│   ├── 11.json
+│   ├── 12.json
+│   ├── 13.json
+│   ├── 14.json
+│   ├── 15.json
+│   ├── 16.json
+│   ├── 17.json
+│   ├── 18.json
+│   ├── 19.json
+│   ├── 20.json
+│   ├── 21.json
+│   ├── 22.json
+│   ├── 23.json
+│   ├── 24.json
+│   ├── 25.json
+│   ├── 26.json
+│   ├── 27.json
+│   ├── 28.json
+│   ├── 29.json
+│   ├── 30.json
+│   ├── 31.json
+│   ├── 32.json
+│   ├── 33.json
+│   ├── 34.json
+│   ├── 35.json
+│   ├── 36.json
+│   ├── 37.json
+│   ├── 38.json
+│   └── 39.json
+└── torah
+    ├── 01.json
+    ├── 02.json
+    ├── 03.json
+    ├── 04.json
+    ├── 05.json
+    ├── 06.json
+    ├── 07.json
+    ├── 08.json
+    ├── 09.json
+    ├── 10.json
+    ├── 11.json
+    ├── 12.json
+    ├── 13.json
+    ├── 14.json
+    ├── 15.json
+    ├── 16.json
+    ├── 17.json
+    ├── 18.json
+    ├── 19.json
+    ├── 20.json
+    ├── 21.json
+    ├── 22.json
+    ├── 23.json
+    ├── 24.json
+    ├── 25.json
+    ├── 26.json
+    ├── 27.json
+    ├── 28.json
+    ├── 29.json
+    ├── 30.json
+    ├── 31.json
+    ├── 32.json
+    ├── 33.json
+    ├── 34.json
+    ├── 35.json
+    ├── 36.json
+    ├── 37.json
+    ├── 38.json
+    ├── 39.json
+    └── The_Torah.txt
+```

resources/gnostic/The ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE Book Four_djvu.txt

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+The ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE 
+The Teachings of the Elect 
+
+
+Book Four 
+
+
+The Original Hebrew and Aramaic Texts 
+Translated and edited by 
+EDMOND BORDEAUX SZEKELY 
+MCMLXXXI 
+INTERNATIONAL BIOGENIC SOCIETY 
+Book Design by Golondrina Graohics 
+Copyright @ 1981, by the International Biogenic Society 
+Printed In the United States of America-All Rights Reserved 
+
+
+Preface 
+The Essene Communions 
+The Gift of Life in the Humble Grass 
+
+
+The Sevenfold Peace 
+
+
+The Holy Streams 
+
+
+The Illustrations are by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, 
+Fra Angelico, Botticelli, and El Greco 
+
+
+PREFACE 
+
+
+It was in 1928 that Edmond Bordeaux Szekely first published his translation of Book One of The 
+Essene Gospel of Peace, an ancient manuscript he had found in the Secret Archives of the 
+Vatican as the result of limitless patience, faultless scholarship, and unerring intuition, a story 
+told in his book, The Discovery of the Essene Gospel of Peace. The English version of this 
+ancient manuscript appeared in 1937, and ever since, the little volume has traveled all over the 
+world, appearing in different languages, and gaining every year more and more readers, until 
+now, still with no commercial advertisement, over a million copies have been sold in the United 
+States alone. It was not until almost fifty years after the first French translation that Book Two 
+and Book Three appeared, and these also have now become classics of the Essene literature. 
+
+
+Book Four, The Teachings of the Elect, will come as a surprise to those readers who are aware of 
+Dr. Szekely's death in 1979. if I were also a philologist, or scholar, or archeologist, I might be 
+able to provide some explanation. But I am only his faithful famulus amanuensis, and the 
+instructions he left me were clear and explicit: "Two years after my death, you shall publish 
+Book Four of The Essene Gospel of Peace. " That was all, and I am now carrying out his wish. 
+
+
+This Book Four, The Teachings of the Elect, represents yet another fragment of the complete 
+manuscript which exists in Aramaic in the Secret Archives of the Vatican and in old Slavonic in 
+the Royal Library of the Habsburgs (now the property of the Austrian government). As to the 
+reason for the delay in its publication, I can only surmise that Dr. Szekely wanted the vivid 
+reality of these ageless truths to stand alone, unobscured even by the presence of the translator. 
+He did say in his Preface to the first London edition of Book One in 1937 that "we have issued 
+this part before the rest, because it is the part of which suffering humanity has most need today." 
+Perhaps, in the same way, the troubled world of forty-four years later needs this fourth volume of 
+The Essene Gospel of Peace. 
+
+
+Again the words of Dr. Szekely: "We have nothing to add to this text. It speaks for itself. The 
+reader who studies the pages that follow with concentration, will feel the eternal vitality and 
+powerful evidence of these profound truths which mankind needs today more urgently than ever 
+before." 
+
+
+"And the truth shall bear witness of itself." 
+
+
+THE ESSENE COMMUNIONS 
+
+
+And it came to pass that Jesus gathered the Sons of Light by the shore of the river, to reveal to 
+them that which had been hidden; for the space of seven years had passed, and each one was ripe 
+for truth, as the flower opens from the bud when the angels of sun and water bring it to its time 
+of blossoming. 
+
+
+And all of them were unlike one to the other, for some were of age, and some had still the dew of 
+youth on their cheeks, and some had been raised according to the traditions of their fathers, and 
+others knew not who their father and mother had been. But all shared in a clearness of eye and a 
+suppleness of body, for these were signs that for seven years they had walked with the angels of 
+the Earthly Mother and obeyed her laws. And for seven years the unknown angels of the 
+Heavenly Father had taught them through their sleeping hours. And now was the day come when 
+they would enter the Brotherhood of the Elect and learn the hidden teachings of the Elders, even 
+those of Enoch and before. 
+
+
+And Jesus led the Sons of Light to an ancient tree by the side of the river, and there he knelt at 
+the place where the roots, gnarled and hoary with age, spread over the river edge. And the Sons 
+of Light knelt also, and they did touch with reverence the trunk of the ancient tree, for it was 
+taught to them that the trees are the Brothers of the Sons of Men. For their mother is the same, 
+the Earthly Mother, whose blood runs in the sap of the tree and in the body of the Son of Man. 
+
+
+And their father is the same, the Heavenly Father, whose laws are written in the branches of the 
+tree, and whose laws are engraved in the forehead of the Son of Man. 
+
+
+And Jesus reached out his hands to the tree, and said: "Behold, the Tree of Life, which stands in 
+the middle of the Eternal Sea. Look not only with the eyes of the body, but see with the eyes of 
+the spirit the Tree of Life at a source of running streams; at a living spring in a land of drought. 
+See the eternal garden of wonders, and at its center the Tree of Life, mystery of mysteries, 
+growing everlasting branches for eternal planting, to sink their roots into the stream of life from 
+an eternal source. See with the eyes of the spirit the angels of day and the angels of night which 
+protect the fruits with flames of Eternal Light burning every way. 
+
+
+"See, oh Sons of Light, the branches of the Tree of Life reaching toward the kingdom of the 
+Heavenly Father. And see the roots of the Tree of Life descending into the bosom of the Earthly 
+Mother. And the Son of Man is raised to an eternal height and walks in the wonders of the plain; 
+for only the Son of Man carries in his body the roots of the Tree of Life; the same roots that 
+suckle from the bosom of the Earthly Mother; and only the Son of Man carries in his spirit the 
+branches of the Tree of Life; the same branches that reach to the sky, even so to the kingdom of 
+the Heavenly Father. 
+
+
+"And for seven years have you labored throughout the day with the angels of the Earthly Mother; 
+and for seven years you have slept in the arms of the Heavenly Father. And now your reward 
+shall be great, for it shall be given unto you the gift of tongues, that you may draw to you the full 
+power of your Earthly Mother, and have command over her angels and dominion over all her 
+kingdom; and that you may draw to you the blinding glory of your Heavenly Father, that you 
+may command his angels and enter into life everlasting in the heavenly kingdoms. 
+
+
+"And for seven years these words were not given unto you, for he who uses the gift of tongues to 
+seek after riches, or to hold sway over his enemies, he shall no longer be a Son of Light, but a 
+whelp of the devil and a creature of darkness. 
+
+
+For only the pure water can mirror forth the light of the sun; and that water which has become 
+dank with filth and murk can reflect nothing. And when the body and the spirit of the Son of 
+Man have walked with the angels of the Earthly Mother and the Heavenly Father for seven years, 
+then is he like the running river under the noonday sun, mirroring forth dazzling lights of 
+brilliant jewels. 
+
+
+" Hear me, Sons of Light, for I will impart to you the gift of tongues, that by speaking to your 
+Earthly Mother in the morning, and to your Heavenly Father in the evening, you may go closer 
+and closer to oneness with the kingdoms of earth and heaven, that oneness for which the Son of 
+Man is destined from the beginning of the times. 
+
+
+"T will make known unto you deep and mysterious things. For I tell you truly, all things exist by 
+God and there is none beside him. Direct your hearts, therefore, that you may walk on the right 
+paths, where his presence is. 
+
+
+"When you open your eyes in the morning, even then before your body has been called by the 
+Angel of Sun, say to yourselves these words, letting them echo in your spirit; for words are like 
+dead leaves when there is no life in them of the spirit. Say, then, these words: 'T enter the eternal 
+and infinite garden of mystery, my spirit in oneness with the Heavenly Father, my body in 
+oneness with the Earthly Mother, my heart in harmony with my Brothers, the Sons of Men, 
+dedicating my spirit, my body, and my heart to the holy, pure and saving Teaching, even that 
+Teaching which of old was known to Enoch.’ 
+
+
+"And after these words have entered into your spirit, on the first morning after Sabbath, say these 
+words: "The Earthly Mother and I are one. Her breath is my breath; her blood is my blood; her 
+bone, her flesh, her bowels, her eyes and ears, are my bone, my flesh, my bowels, my eyes and 
+ears. Never will I desert her, and always will she nourish and sustain my body.’ And you will feel 
+the power of the Earthly Mother flowing through your body like the river when it is swollen with 
+rains and courses mightily with a great noise. 
+
+
+"And on the second morning after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of Earth, make fruitful my 
+seed, and with your power give life to my body.' Even as your seed creates new life, so courses 
+through the earth the seed of the angel of Earth: in the grass, in the soil, in all living things that 
+grow from the soil. Know, oh Sons of Light, that the same angel of Earth that makes your seed 
+into sons also makes the tiny acorn into this mighty oak, and makes the seed-bearing wheat to 
+grow for bread for the Son of Man. And the seed of your body need not enter the body of woman 
+to create life; for the power of the angel of Earth can create the life of the spirit within, as well as 
+the life of the body without. 
+
+
+"And on the third morning after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of Life, enter with strength the 
+limbs of my body.' And with these words embrace the Tree of Life, even as I embrace this 
+brother oak, and you will feel the power of the angel of Life flow to your arms, and to your legs, 
+and to all the parts of your body, as the sap flows in the tree in the spring, even as it runs out of 
+the trunk, so will the angel of Life flood your body with the power of the Earthly Mother. 
+
+
+"And on the fourth morning after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of joy, descend upon earth, 
+pouring forth beauty and delight to all the children of the Earthly Mother and the, Heavenly 
+Father.’ And you will go forth into the fields of flowers after rain and give thanks to your Earthly 
+Mother for the sweet odor of blossoms; for I tell you truly, a flower has no other purpose than to 
+bring joy to the heart of the Son of Man. And you will listen with new ears to the song of the 
+birds, and see with new eyes the colors of the sun in its rising and its setting; and all these gifts of 
+the Earthly Mother will cause joy to well forth within you, as a spring wells forth of a sudden in 
+a barren place. And you shall know that no one comes before the Heavenly Father that the angel 
+of joy lets not pass; for in joy was the earth created, and in joy did the Earthly Mother and the 
+Heavenly Father give birth to the Son of Man. 
+
+
+"And on the fifth morning after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of Sun, enter my body and let 
+me bathe in the fire of life.' And you will feel the rays of the rising sun enter into the center point 
+of your body, there in the center where the angels of day and of night mingle, and the power of 
+the sun shall be yours to direct to any part of your body, for the angels dwell therein. 
+
+
+"And on the sixth morning after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of Water, enter my blood and 
+give the Water of Life to my body.’ And you will feel, like the rushing current of the river, the 
+power of the angel of Water enter your blood, and like the rivulets of a stream, send the power of 
+the Earthly Mother through your blood to all the parts of your body. And it shall be for healing, 
+for the power of the angel of Water is very great, and when you speak to her, she will send her 
+power wherever you command, for when the angels of God dwell within the Son of Man, are all 
+things possible. 
+
+
+"And on the seventh morning after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of Air, enter with my breath 
+and give the Air of Life to my body.' Know, oh Sons of Light, that the Angel of Air is the 
+messenger of the Heavenly Father, and no one comes before the face of God that the angel of Air 
+lets not pass. For we do not think of the angel of Air when we breathe, for we breathe without 
+thought, as the sons of darkness live their lives without thought. But when the power of life 
+enters into your words and into your breathing, then for every time you invoke the Angel of Air, 
+so do you also invoke the unknown angels of the Heavenly Father; and you will go closer and 
+closer to the heavenly kingdoms. 
+
+
+"And on the Sabbath evening, say these words: "The Heavenly Father and I are One.’ And close 
+your eyes, Sons of Light, and in sleep enter into the unknown realms of the Heavenly Father. 
+And you will bathe in the light of the stars, and the Heavenly Father will hold you in his hand 
+and cause a spring of knowledge to well up within you; a fountain of power, pouring forth living 
+waters, a flood of love and of all-embracing wisdom, like the splendor of Eternal Light. And one 
+day the eyes of your spirit shall open, and you shall know all things. 
+
+
+"And on the first evening after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of Eternal Life, descend upon 
+me and give eternal life to my spirit.' And close your eyes, Sons of Light, and in sleep 
+contemplate the oneness of all life everywhere. For I tell you truly, in the daylight hours are our 
+feet on the ground and we have no wings with which to fly. But our spirits are not tied to the 
+earth., and with the coming of night we overcome our attachment to the earth and join with that 
+which is eternal. For the Son of Man is not all that he seems, and only with the eyes of the spirit 
+can we see those golden threads which link us with all life everywhere. 
+
+
+"And on the second evening after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of Creative Work, descend 
+upon earth and give abundance to all the Sons of Men.' For this most powerful of the angels of 
+the Heavenly Father is the cause of movement, and only in movement is life. Work, Sons of 
+Light, in the garden of the Brotherhood to create the kingdom of the heavens upon earth. And as 
+you work, so will the angel of Creative Work nurture and ripen the seed of your spirit, that you 
+may see God. 
+
+
+"And on the third evening after Sabbath, say these words: 'Peace, peace, peace, Angel of Peace, 
+be always everywhere.’ Seek the angel of Peace in all that lives, in all you do, in every word you 
+speak. For peace is the key to all knowledge, to all mystery, to all life. Where there is no peace, 
+there does Satan reign. And the sons of darkness covet most of all to steal from the Sons of Light 
+their peace. Go, therefore, on this night to the golden stream of light that is the garment of the 
+angel of Peace. And bring back to the morning the peace of God that surpasses understanding, 
+that with this perfect peace you may comfort the hearts of the Sons of Men. 
+
+
+"And on the fourth evening after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of Power, descend on me and 
+fill with power all my deeds." I tell you truly, just as there is no life on earth without the sun, so 
+there is no life of the spirit without the Angel of Power. What you think and what you feel, these 
+are like the dead scriptures, which are only words on a page, or the dead speech of dead men. But 
+the Sons of Light will not only think, will not only feel, but will also do, and their acts will fulfill 
+their thoughts and feelings, as the golden fruit of summer gives meaning to the green leaves of 
+spring. 
+
+
+‘And on the fifth evening after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of Love, descend on me and fill 
+with love all my feelings.’ For it is by love that the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother and 
+the Son of Man become one. Love is eternal. Love is stronger than death. And every night should 
+the Sons of Light bathe in the holy water of the angel of Love, that with the morning he may 
+baptize the Sons of Men with kind deeds and gentle words. For when the heart of the Son of 
+Light is bathed in love, only kind and gentle words speak forth. 
+
+
+"And on the sixth evening after Sabbath, say these words: 'Angel of Wisdom, descend on me and 
+fill with wisdom all my thoughts.’ Know, Sons of Light, that your thoughts are as powerful as the 
+bolt of lightning that stabs through th6 storm and splits asunder the mighty tree. It was for this 
+that you have waited seven years to learn how to speak with the angels, for you know not the 
+power of your thoughts. Use, then, wisdom in all you think and say and do. For I tell you truly, 
+that which is done without wisdom is as a rider less horse, mouth foaming and eyes wild, 
+running crazed into a yawning chasm. But when the angel of Wisdom governs your deeds, then 
+is the path to the unknown realms established, and order and harmony govern your lives. 
+
+
+"And these are the communions with the angels which are given to the Sons of Light, that with 
+bodies purified by the Earthly Mother and spirits purified by the Heavenly Father, they may 
+command and serve the angels, continually, from period to period, in the circuits of the day, and 
+in its fixed order; with the coming of light from its source and at the turn of evening and the 
+outgoing of light, at the outgoing of darkness and the coming in of day, continually, in all the 
+generations of time. 
+
+
+"The truth is 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 Angels of Light so that they may walk in the 
+ways of Light. 
+
+
+"Blessings on all the Sons of Light who have cast their lot with the Law, that walk truthfully in 
+all their ways. May the Law bless you with all good and keep you from all evil, and illumine 
+your hearts with insight into the things of life and grace you with knowledge of things Eternal." 
+
+
+And the crescent moon of peace rose over the mountain and slivers of light shone in the waters 
+of the river. And the Sons of Light as one man knelt in reverence and thanksgiving for the words 
+of Jesus, as he taught them in the ancient ways of their fathers, even as Enoch was taught of old. 
+
+
+And Jesus said: "The Law was planted to reward the Children of Light with healing and 
+abundant peace, with long life, with fruitful seed of everlasting blessings, with eternal joy in 
+immortality of Eternal Light. 
+
+
+"With the coming of day I embrace my Mother, with the coming of night I join my Father, and 
+with the outgoing of evening and morning I will breathe their Law, and I will not interrupt these 
+Communions until the end of time." 
+
+
+THE GIFT OF LIFE IN THE HUMBLE GRASS 
+
+
+It was in the month of Thebt, when the earth was covered with shoots of young grass after the 
+rains, and the covering of emerald green was tender as the fine down of a baby chick. And it was 
+on a bright sun-filled morning that Jesus gathered the new Brothers of the Elect round about him, 
+that they might hear with their ears and understand with their hearts the teachings of their fathers, 
+even as it was taught to Enoch of old. 
+
+
+And Jesus sat beneath a gnarled and ancient tree, holding in his hands a small earthen pot; and in 
+the pot was growing tender grass of wheat, the most perfect among all seed bearing herbs. And 
+the tender grass within the pot was radiant with life, even as the grass and plants which covered 
+the hills far into the distant fields and beyond. And Jesus stroked the grass in the pot with the 
+hands, even as gently as he would touch the head of a little child. 
+
+
+And Jesus said: "Happy are you, Sons of Light, for you have entered into the deathless way and 
+you walk in the path of truth, even as did your fathers of old, who were taught by the Great Ones. 
+With the eyes and ears of the spirit do you see and hear the sights and sounds of the kingdom of 
+the Earthly Mother: the blue sky where dwells the angel of Air, the foaming river where flows 
+the angel of Water, the golden light which streams from the angel of Sun. And I tell you truly, all 
+these are within you as well as without; for your breath, your blood, the fire of life within you, all 
+are one with the Earthly Mother. 
+
+
+But of all these, and more, that most precious gift of your Earthly Mother is the grass beneath 
+your feet, even that grass which you tread upon without thought. Humble and meek is the angel 
+of Earth, for she has no wings to fly, nor golden rays of light to pierce the mist. But great is her 
+strength and vast is her domain, for she covers the earth with her power, and without her the 
+Sons of Men would be no more, for no man can live without the grass, the trees and the plants of 
+the Earthly Mother. And these are the gifts of the angel of Earth to the Sons of Men. 
+
+
+"But now I will speak to you of mysterious things, for I tell you truly, the humble grass is more 
+than food for man and beast. it hides its glory beneath a lowly aspect, as it was told of a ruler of 
+old that he visited the villages of his subjects disguised as a beggar, knowing they would tell 
+many things to such a one, but would fall down in fear before their King. So does the humble 
+grass hide its glory under its coat of humble green, and the Sons of Men walk on it, plough it, 
+feed it to their beasts, but know not what secrets are hidden within it, even those secrets of 
+everlasting life in the heavenly kingdoms. 
+
+
+"But the Sons of Light will know what lies hidden in the grass, for it is given to them to bring 
+comfort to the Sons of Men. Even so are we taught by the Earthly Mother with this -little handful 
+of wheat in a simple pot, even the same earthen pot you use to drink milk and gather the honey 
+
+
+of bees. Now the pot is filled with black soil rich with old leaves and moist with the dew of 
+morning, even that most precious gift of the angel of Earth. 
+
+
+"And I did moisten a handful of wheat, that the angel of Water entered into it. The angel of Air 
+did also embrace it, and the angel of Sun, and the power of the three angels awakened also the 
+angel of Life within the wheat, and sprout and root were born in each grain. 
+
+
+"Then I put the awakened wheat into the soil of the angel of Earth, and the power of the Earthly 
+Mother and all her angels entered into the wheat, and when the sun had risen four times the 
+grains had become grass. I tell you truly, there is no greater miracle than this." 
+
+
+And the Brothers looked with reverence at the tender blades of grass in the hands of Jesus, and 
+one asked him: "Master, what is the secret of the grass you hold in your hands? Why is it 
+different from that grass that covers the hills and the mountains?" 
+
+
+And Jesus answered "It is not different, Son of Light. All grass, all trees, all plants, in every part 
+of the world, all are part of the kingdom of the Earthly Mother. But I have separated in this pot a 
+small portion of your Mother's kingdom, that you may touch her with the hands of the spirit, and 
+that her power may enter into your body. 
+
+
+"For I tell you truly, there is a Holy Stream of Life which gave birth to the Earthly Mother and 
+all her angels. Invisible is this Stream of Life to the eyes of the Sons of Men, for they walk in 
+darkness and see not the angels of the day and of the night that surround them and hover over 
+them. But the Sons of Light have walked for seven years with the angels of the day and of the 
+night, and now they are given the secrets of communion with the angels. And the eyes of your 
+spirit shall be opened, and you will see and hear and touch the Stream of Life that gave birth to 
+the Earthly Mother. And you will enter the Holy Stream of Life, and it will carry you with 
+infinite tenderness to everlasting life in the kingdom of your Heavenly Father." 
+
+
+"How shall we do this, Master?" some asked in amazement. "What secrets must we know to see 
+and hear and touch this Holy Stream of Life?". 
+
+
+And Jesus did not answer. But he placed his two hands around the growing blades of grass in the 
+pot, gently, as if it were the forehead of a little child. And he closed his eyes, and around him 
+were waves of light, shimmering in the sun, as the summer heat makes the light to tremble under 
+a cloudless sky. And the Brothers knelt and bowed their heads in reverence before the power of 
+the angels which poured forth from the sitting figure of Jesus; and still he sat in silence, with his 
+hands closed as if in prayer around the blades of grass. 
+
+
+And no one knew if an hour had passed, or a year, for time stood still and it was as if all creation 
+held its breath. And Jesus opened his eyes, and the scent of blossoms filled the air as Jesus 
+spoke: "Here is the secret, Sons of Light; here in the humble grass. Here is the meeting place of 
+the Earthly Mother and the Heavenly Father; here is the Stream of Life which gave birth to all 
+creation; I tell you truly, only to the Son of Man is it given to see and hear and touch the Stream 
+of Life which flows between the Earthly and Heavenly Kingdoms. Place your hands around the 
+
+
+tender grass of the angel of Earth, and you will see and hear and touch the power of all the 
+angels." 
+
+
+And one by one, each of the Brothers sat in reverence before the power of the angels, holding in 
+his hands the tender grass. And each one felt the Stream of Life enter his body with the force of a 
+rushing stream after a spring storm. And the power of the angels flowed into their hands, up into 
+their arms, and shook them mightily, even as the wind of the north shakes the branches of trees. 
+And all of them wondered at the power in the humble grass, that it could contain all the angels, 
+and the kingdoms of the Earthly Mother and the Heavenly Father. And they sat before Jesus, and 
+were taught by him. 
+
+
+Andjesus said: "Behold, Sons of Light, the lowly grass. See wherein are contained all the angels 
+of the Earthly Mother and the Heavenly Father. For now have you stepped into the Stream of 
+Life, and its currents will carry you in time to everlasting life in the kingdom of your Heavenly 
+Father. 
+
+
+"For in the grass are all the angels. Here is the angel of Sun, here in the brightness of the green 
+color of the blades of wheat. For no one can look upon the sun when it is high in the heavens, for 
+the eyes of the Son of Man are blinded by its radiant light. And it is for this that the angel of Sun 
+turns to green all that to which she gives life, that the Son of Man may look upon the many and 
+various shades of green and find strength and comfort therein. I tell you truly, all that is green 
+and with life has the power of the angel of Sun within it, even these tender blades of young 
+wheat. 
+
+
+"And so does the angel of Water bless the grass, for I tell you truly, there is more of the angel of 
+Water within the grass than any of the other angels of the Earthly Mother. For if you crush 
+within your hands the grass, you will feel the water of life, which is the blood of the Earthly 
+Mother. And all through the days when you touch the grass and enter into the Stream of Life, do 
+you give to the soil a few drops of water, that the grass may be renewed by the power of the 
+Angel of Water. 
+
+
+"Know, also, that the angel of Air is within the grass, for all that is living and green is the home 
+of the angel of Air. Put your face close to the grass, breathe deeply, and let the angel of Air enter 
+deep within your body. For she abides in the grass, as the oak abides in the acorn, and as the fish 
+abides in the sea. 
+
+
+"The angel of Earth is she who gives birth to the grass, even as the babe in the womb lives from 
+the nourishment of his mother, so does the earth give of itself to the grain of wheat, causing it to 
+shoot forth to embrace the angel of Air. I tell you truly, each grain of wheat that bursts forth 
+upward to the sky is a victory over death, where Satan reigns. For Life always begins again. 
+
+
+"It is the angel of Life that flows through the blades of grass into the body of the Son of Light, 
+shaking him with her power. For the grass is Life and the Son of Light is Life, and Life flows 
+between the Son of Light and the blades of grass, making a bridge to the Holy Stream of Light 
+which gave birth to all creation. 
+
+
+"And when the Son of Light holds between his hands the blades of grass, it is the angel of joy 
+which fills his body with music. To enter into the Stream of Life is to be one with the song of the 
+bird, the colors of the wild flowers, the scent of the sheaves of grain, newly turned over in the 
+fields. I tell you truly, when the Son of Man feels not joy in his heart, he labors for Satan and 
+brings hope to the sons of darkness. There is no sadness in the kingdom of Light, only the angel 
+of Joy. Learn, then, from the tender blades of grass the song of the angel of joy, that the Sons of 
+Light may walk with her always and so comfort the hearts of the Sons of Men. 
+
+
+"The Earthly Mother is she who provides for our bodies, for we are born of her, and have our life 
+in her. So does she provide for us food in the very blades of grass we touch with our hands. For I 
+tell you truly, it is not only as bread that wheat may nourish us. We may eat also of the tender 
+blades of grass, that the strength of the Earthly Mother may enter into us. But chew well the 
+blades, for the Son of Man has teeth unlike those of the beasts, and only when we chew well the 
+blades of grass can the angel of Water enter our blood and give us strength. Eat, then, Sons of 
+Light, of this most perfect herb from the table of our Earthly Mother, that your days may be long 
+upon the earth, for such finds favor in the eyes of God. 
+
+
+"T tell you truly, the angel of Power enters into you when you touch the Stream of Life through 
+the blades of grass. For the angel of Power is as a shining light that surrounds every living thing, 
+just as the full moon is encircled by rings of radiance, and as the mist rises up from the fields 
+when the sun climbs in the sky. And the angel of Power enters into the Son of Light when his 
+heart is pure and his desire is only to comfort and teach the Sons of Men. Touch, then, the blades 
+of grass, and feel the angel of Power enter the tips of your fingers, flow upwards through your 
+body, and shake you till you tremble with wonder and awe. 
+
+
+"Know, also, that the angel of Love is present in the blades of grass, for love is in the giving, and 
+great is the love given to the Sons of Light by the tender blades of grass. For I tell you truly, the 
+Stream of Life runs through every living thing, and all that lives, bathes in the Holy Stream of 
+Life. And when the Son of Light touches with love the blades of grass, so do the blades of grass 
+return his love, and lead him to the Stream of Life where he may find life everlasting. And this 
+love never exhausts itself, for its source is in the Stream of Life which flows into the Eternal Sea, 
+and no matter how far does the Son of Man stray from his Earthly Mother and his Heavenly 
+Father, the touch of the blades of grass will always bring a message from the angel of Love; and 
+his feet shall bathe again in the Holy Stream of Life. 
+
+
+"Lo, it is the angel of Wisdom that governs the movement of the planets, the circle of the 
+seasons, and the orderly growth of all living things. So does the angel of Wisdom ordain the 
+communion of the Sons of Light with the Stream of Life, through the tender blades of grass. For 
+I tell you truly, your body is holy, because it bathes in the Stream of Life, which is Eternal Order. 
+
+
+"Touch the blades of grass, Sons of Light, and touch the angel of Eternal Life. For if you look 
+with the eyes of the spirit, you will truly see that the grass is eternal. Now it is young and tender, 
+with the brightness of the newborn babe. Soon it will be tall and gracious, as the sapling tree with 
+its first fruits. Then it will yellow with age, and bow its head in patience, as lies the field after the 
+harvest. Finally, it will wither, for the small earthen pot cannot contain the full lifespan of the 
+wheat. But it does not die, for the brown leaves return to the angel of Earth, and she holds the 
+
+
+plant in her arms and bids it sleep, and all the angels work within the faded leaves and lo, they 
+are changed and do not die but rise again in another guise. And so do the Sons of Light never see 
+death, but find themselves changed and risen to everlasting Life. 
+
+
+"And so does the angel of Work never sleep, but sends the roots of the wheat deep into the angel 
+of Earth, that the shoots of tender green may overcome death and the reign of Satan. For life is 
+movement, and the angel of Work is never still, even does he labor without ceasing in the 
+vineyard of the Lord. Close your eyes when you touch the grass, Sons of Light, but fall not 
+asleep, for to touch the Stream of Life is to touch the eternal rhythm of the everlasting kingdoms, 
+and to bathe in the Stream of Life is to feel more and more the power of the angel of Work 
+within you, creating on earth the kingdom of Heaven. 
+
+
+"Peace is -the gift of the Stream of Life to the Sons of Light. Wherefore do we always greet each 
+other, ‘Peace be with you. Even so does the grass greet your body with the kiss of Peace. I tell 
+you truly, Peace is not just the absence of war, for very quickly can the peaceful river turn into a 
+raging torrent, and the same waves that lull the boat can quickly break it to pieces against the 
+rocks. So does violence lie in wait for the Sons of Man, when they keep not the vigil of Peace. 
+Touch the blades of grass, and thereby touch the Stream of Life. Therein you will find Peace, the 
+Peace built with the power of all the angels. Even so with that Peace will the rays of Holy Light 
+cast out all darkness. 
+
+
+"When the Sons of Light are one with the Stream of Life, then will the power of the blades of 
+grass guide them to the everlasting kingdom of the Heavenly Father. And you shall know more 
+of those mysteries which is not yet time for you to hear. For there are other Holy Streams in the 
+everlasting kingdoms; I tell you truly, the heavenly kingdoms are crossed and crossed again by 
+streams of golden light, arching far beyond the dome of the sky and having no end. And the Sons 
+of Light shall travel by these streams for ever, knowing not death, guided by the eternal love of 
+the Heavenly Father. And I tell you truly, all these mysteries are contained in the humble grass, 
+when you touch it with tenderness and open your heart to the angel of Life within. 
+
+
+"Gather, then, the grains of wheat and plant them in small earthen pots; and every day with glad 
+heart commune with the angels, that they may guide you to the Holy Stream of Life, and you 
+may bring back from its eternal source comfort and strength for the Sons of Men. For I tell you 
+truly, all that you learn, all that your eyes of the spirit see, all that your cars of the spirit hear, all 
+this is as a hollow reed in the wind if you do not send forth a message of truth and light to the 
+Sons of Men. For by the fruit do we know the worth of the tree. And to love is to teach without 
+end, without ceasing. For so were your fathers taught of old, even our Father Enoch. Go now, 
+and peace be with you." 
+
+
+And Jesus held forth the little pot with the blades of young grass, as if in blessing, and walked 
+toward the sun-filled hills, along the shore of the river, as was the custom of all the Brothers. 
+And the others followed, each holding to him the words of Jesus, as it were a precious jewel 
+within his breast. 
+
+
+THE SEVENFOLD PEACE 
+
+
+"Peace be with you," spoke the Elder in greeting to the Brothers who had gathered for the 
+teachings 
+
+
+"Peace be with you," they answered; and they walked together along the bank of the river, for so 
+was their custom when an Elder taught the Brothers, that they might share the teachings with the 
+angels of the Earthly Mother: of air, of sun, of water, of earth, of life, and of joy. 
+
+
+And the Elder said to the Brothers: "I would speak to you of peace, for of all the angels of the 
+Heavenly Father, peace is that for which the world most yearns, as a tired babe longs to put his 
+head on his mother's breast. It is the lack of peace that troubles the kingdoms, even when they 
+are not at war. For violence and warfare may reign in a kingdom even when the sounds of 
+clashing swords are not heard. Though no armies march one against the other, still there is no 
+peace when the Sons of Men walk not with the angels of God. I tell you truly, many are those 
+who do not know peace; for they are at war with their own body; they are at war with their 
+thoughts; they have no peace with their fathers, their mothers, their children; they have no peace 
+with their friends and neighbors; they know not the beauty of the Holy Scrolls; they labor not 
+through the day in the kingdom of their Earthly Mother; nor do they sleep at night in the arms of 
+their Heavenly Father. Peace reigns not within them, for ever do they thirst for that which in the 
+end brings only misery and pain, even those trappings of riches and fame which Satan uses to 
+tempt the Sons of Men; and they live in ignorance of the Law, even that Holy Law by which we 
+live: the path of the angels of the Earthly Mother and the Heavenly Father." 
+
+
+"How, then, may we bring peace to our brothers, Master?" asked some of the Elder, "for we 
+would that all the Sons of Men share in the blessings of the angel of Peace." 
+
+
+And he answered: "Truly, only he who is at peace with all the angels can shed the light of peace 
+on others. Therefore, first be at peace with all the angels of the Earthly Mother and the Heavenly 
+Father. For the winds of a storm stir and trouble the waters of the river, and only the stillness that 
+follows can calm them once again. Take care when your brother asks you for bread, that you 
+give him not stones. Live first in peace with all the angels, for then your peace will be as a 
+fountain that does replenish itself with the giving, and the more you give, so the more you will be 
+given, for such is the Law. 
+
+
+"Three arc the dwellings of the Son of Man, and no one may come before the face of God who 
+knows not the angel of Peace in each of the three. These are his body, his thoughts, and his 
+feelings. When the angel of Wisdom guides his thoughts, when the angel of Love purifies his 
+feelings, and when the deeds of his body reflect both love and wisdom, then does the angel of 
+Peace guide him unfailingly to the throne of his Heavenly Father. And he should pray without 
+ceasing that the power of Satan with all his diseases and uncleannesses may be cast out of all of 
+his three dwellings; that Power and Wisdom and Love may reign in his body, his thoughts, and 
+his feelings. 
+
+
+"First shall the Son of Man seek peace with his own body; for his body is as a mountain pond 
+that reflects the sun when it is still and clear; but when it is full of mud and stones, it reflects 
+nothing. First must Satan be cast out of the body, that the angels of God may enter again and 
+dwell therein. Truly, no peace can reign in the body unless it is as a temple of the Holy Law. 
+Therefore, when he who suffers with pains and grievous plagues asks for your help, tell him to 
+renew himself with fasting and with prayer. Tell him to invoke the angel of sun, the angel of 
+water, and the angel of air, that they may enter his body and cast out of it the power of Satan. 
+Show him the baptism within, and the baptism without. Tell him always to eat of the table of our 
+Earthly Mother, spread with her gifts: the fruits of the trees, the grasses of the fields, the milk of 
+beasts good for eating, and the honey of bees. He shall not invoke the power of Satan by eating 
+the flesh of beasts, for he who kills, kills his brother, and whoso eats the flesh of slain beasts, 
+eats the body of death. Tell him to prepare his food with the fire of life, not the fire of death, for 
+the living angels of the living God serve only living men. 
+
+
+"And though he sees them not, and hears them not, and touches them not, still is he every 
+moment surrounded by the power of God's angels. While his eyes and ears are closed by 
+ignorance of the Law and thirst for the pleasures of Satan, he will not see them, nor hear them, 
+nor touch them. But when he fasts and prays to the living God to cast out all the diseases and 
+uncleannesses of Satan, then will his eyes and ears be opened, and he will find peace. 
+
+
+"For not only he suffers who harbors the diseases of Satan within him, but his mother, his father, 
+his wife, his children, his companions, these suffer also, for no man is an island unto himself, and 
+the powers that flow through him, whether they be of the angels or of Satan, truly these powers 
+do unto others for good or for evil. 
+
+
+"After this manner, therefore, pray to your Heavenly Father, when the sun is high at midday: 
+‘Our Father who art in heaven, send to all the Sons of Men your angel of Peace; and send to our 
+body the angel of Life to dwell therein for ever.’ 
+
+
+"Then shall the Son of Man seek peace with his own thoughts; that the angel of Wisdom may 
+guide him. For I tell you truly, there is no greater power in heaven and earth than the thoughts of 
+the Son of Man. Though unseen by the eyes of the body, yet each thought has mighty strength, 
+even such strength as can shake the heavens. 
+
+
+"For to no other creature in the kingdom of the Earthly Mother is it given the power of thought, 
+for all beasts that crawl and birds that fly, live not of their own thinking but of the one Law that 
+governs all. Only to the Sons of Men is it given the power of thought, even that thought that can 
+break the bonds of death. Do not think because it cannot be seen, that thought has no power. I tell 
+you truly, the lightning that cleaves the mighty oak, or the quaking that opens up cracks in the 
+earth, these are as the play of children compared with the power of thought. Truly each thought 
+of darkness, whether it be of malice, or anger, or vengeance, these wreak destruction like that of 
+fire sweeping through dry kindling under a windless sky. But man does not see the carnage, nor 
+does he hear the piteous cries of his victims, for he is blind to the world of the spirit. 
+
+
+"But when this power is guided by holy Wisdom, then the thoughts of the Son of Man lead him 
+to the heavenly kingdoms and thus is paradise built on earth; then it is that your thoughts uplift 
+the souls of men, as the cold waters of a rushing stream revive your body in the summer heat. 
+
+
+"When first a fledgling bird tries to fly, his wings cannot support him, and he falls again and 
+again to earth. But he tries again and one day he soars aloft, leaving earth and his nest far behind. 
+So is it with the thoughts of the Sons of Men. The longer he walks with the angels and keeps 
+their Law, so do the stronger his thoughts become in holy Wisdom. And I tell you truly, that day 
+will come when his thoughts will overcome even the kingdom of death and soar to everlasting 
+life in the heavenly kingdoms; for with their thoughts guided by holy Wisdom do the Sons of 
+Men build a bridge of light thereby to reach God. 
+
+
+"After this manner, therefore, pray to your Heavenly Father, when the sun is high at midday: 
+‘Our Father who art in heaven, send to all the Sons of Men your angel of Peace; and send to our 
+thoughts the angel of Power, that we may break the bonds of death. 
+
+
+"Then shall the Son of Man seek peace with his own feelings; that his family may delight in his 
+loving kindness, even his father, his mother, his wife, his children, and his children's children. 
+For the Heavenly Father is a hundred times greater than all fathers by seed and by blood, and the 
+Earthly Mother is a hundred times greater than all mothers by the body, and your true brothers 
+are all those who do the will of your Heavenly Father and of your Earthly Mother, and not your 
+brothers by blood. Even so, shall you see the Heavenly Father in your father by seed, and your 
+Earthly Mother in your mother by the body, for are not these also children of the Heavenly 
+Father and the Earthly Mother? Even so shall you love your brothers by blood as you love all 
+your true brothers who walk with the angels, for are not these also children of the Heavenly 
+Father and the Earthly Mother? I tell you truly, it is easier to love those newly met, than those of 
+our own house, who have k nown our weaknesses, and heard our words of anger, and seen us in 
+our nakedness, for they know us as we know ourselves, and we are ashamed. Then shall we call 
+on the angel of Love to enter into our feelings, that they be purifiers And all that was before 
+impatience and discord, will turn to harmony and peace, as the parched ground drinks in the 
+gentle rain and becomes green and soft, tender with new life. 
+
+
+"For many and grievous are the sufferings of the Sons of Men when they cleave not to the angel 
+of Love. Truly, a man without love casts a dark shadow on everyone he meets, most of all those 
+with whom he lives; his harsh and angry words fall on his brothers like fetid air rising from a 
+stagnant pool. And he suffers most who speaks them, for the darkness that encloses him invites 
+Satan and his devas. 
+
+
+"But when he calls on the angel of Love, then is the darkness dispersed, and the light of sunshine 
+streams from him, and the colors of the rainbow swirl about his head, and gentle rain falls from 
+his fingers, and he brings peace and strength to all those who draw near to him. 
+
+
+"After this manner, therefore, pray to your Heavenly Father, when the sun is high at midday: 
+‘Our Father who art in heaven, send to all the Sons of Men your angel of Peace; and send to those 
+of our seed and of our blood the angel of Love, that peace and harmony may dwell in our house 
+for ever.’ 
+
+
+"Then shall the Son of Man seek peace with other Sons of Men, even with the Pharisees and 
+priests, even with beggars and the homeless, even with kings and governors. For all are Sons of 
+Men, whatever be their station, whatever be their calling, whether their eyes have been opened to 
+see the heavenly kingdoms, or whether they yet walk in darkness and ignorance. 
+
+
+"For the justice of men may reward the undeserving and punish the innocent, but Holy Law is 
+the same for all, whether beggar or king, whether shepherd or priest. 
+
+
+"Seek peace with all the Sons of Men, and let it be known of the Brothers of Light, that we have 
+lived according to the Holy Law since the time of Enoch of old, and before. For we are not rich, 
+neither are we poor. And we do share all things, even our garments and the tools we use to till 
+the soil. And together we work in the fields with all the angels, bringing forth the gifts of the 
+Earthly Mother for all to eat. 
+
+
+"For the strongest of the angels of the Heavenly Father, the angel of Work, blesses each man 
+who works in the way best for him, for then shall he know neither want nor excess. Truly is there 
+abundance for all men in the kingdoms of the Earthly Mother and the Heavenly Father when 
+each man works at his task; for when a man shirks his task, then another must take it up, for we 
+are given all things in the kingdoms of heaven and earth at the price of labor. 
+
+
+"Always have the Brothers of Light lived where rejoice the angels of the Earthly Mother: near 
+rivers, near trees, near flowers, near the music of birds; where sun and rain may embrace the 
+body, which is the temple of the spirit. Nor do we have ought to do with the edicts of rulers; 
+neither do we uphold them, as our law is the Law of the Heavenly Father and the Earthly 
+Mother; neither do we oppose them, for no one rules save by the will of God. Rather do we strive 
+to live according to the Holy Law and strengthen always that which is good in all things; then 
+will the kingdom of darkness be changed to the kingdom of light; for where there is light, how 
+then can darkness remain? 
+
+
+"After this manner, therefore, pray to your Heavenly Father, when the sun is high at midday: 
+‘Our Father who art in heaven, send to all the Sons of Men your angel of Peace; and send to all 
+humankind the angel of Work, that having a holy task we should not ask for any other blessing. 
+
+
+"Then shall the Son of Man seek peace with the knowledge of the ages past; for I tell you truly, 
+in the Holy Scrolls is a treasure a hundred times greater than any of jewels and gold in the richest 
+of kingdoms, and more precious, for surely they contain all the wisdom revealed by God to the 
+Sons of Light, even those traditions which came to us through Enoch of old, and before him on 
+an endless path into the past, the teachings of the Great Ones. And these are our inheritance, even 
+as the son inherits all the possessions of his father when he shows himself to be worthy of his 
+father's blessing. Truly, by studying the teachings of ageless wisdom do we come to know God, 
+for I tell you truly, the Great Ones saw God face to face; even so, when we read the Holy Scrolls 
+do we touch the feet of God. 
+
+
+"And when once we see with the eyes of wisdom and hear with the cars of understanding the 
+ageless truths of the Holy Scrolls, then must we go among the Sons of Men and teach them, for if 
+we jealously hide the holy knowledge, pretending that it belongs only to us, then we are as one 
+
+
+who finds a spring high in the mountains, and rather than let it flow into the valley to quench the 
+thirst of man and beast, buries it under rocks and dirt, thereby robbing himself of water, as well. 
+Go among the Sons of Men and tell them of the Holy Law, that they may thereby save 
+themselves and enter the heavenly kingdoms. But tell them in words they may understand, in 
+parables from nature that speak to the heart, for the deed must first live as desire in the awakened 
+heart. 
+
+
+"After this manner, therefore, pray to your Heavenly Father, when the sun is high at midday: 
+‘Our Father who art in heaven, send to all the Sons of Men your angel of Peace; and send to our 
+knowledge the angel of Wisdom, that we may walk in the paths of the Great Ones who have seen 
+the face of God. 
+
+
+"Then shall the Son of Man seek peace with the kingdom of his Earthly Mother, for none can 
+live long, neither be happy, but he who honors his Earthly Mother and does her laws. For your 
+breath is her breath; your blood her blood; your bone her bone; your flesh her flesh; your bowels 
+her bowels; your eyes and your ears are her eyes and her ears. 
+
+
+"T tell you truly, you are one with the Earthly Mother; she is in you, and you in her. Of her were 
+you born, in her do you live, and to her shall you return again. it is the blood of our Earthly 
+Mother which falls from the clouds and flows in the rivers; it is the breath of our Earthly Mother 
+which, whispers in the leaves of the forest and blows with a mighty wind from the mountains; 
+sweet and firm is the flesh of our Earthly Mother in the fruits of the trees; strong and unflinching 
+are the bones of our Earthly Mother in the giant rocks and stones which stand as sentinels of the 
+lost times; truly, we are one with our Earthly Mother, and he who clings to the laws of his 
+Mother, to him shall his Mother cling also. 
+
+
+"But there will come a day when the Son of Man will turn his face from his Earthly Mother and 
+betray her, even denying his Mother and his birthright. Then shall he sell her into slavery, and 
+her flesh shall be ravaged, her blood polluted, and her breath smothered; he will bring the fire of 
+death into all the parts of her kingdom, and his hunger will devour all her gifts and leave in their 
+place only a desert. 
+
+
+"All these things will he do out of ignorance of the Law, and as a man dying slowly cannot smell 
+his own stench, so will the Son of Man be blind to the truth: that as he plunders and ravages and 
+destroys his Earthly Mother, so does he plunder and ravage and destroy himself. For he was born 
+of his Earthly Mother, and he is one with her, and all that he does to his Mother9 even so does he 
+do to himself. 
+
+
+"Long ago, before the Great Flood, the Great Ones walked the earth, and the giant trees, even 
+those which now are no more than legend, were their home and their kingdom. They lived many 
+score of generations, for they ate from the table of the Earthly Mother, and slept in the arms of 
+the Heavenly Father, and they knew not disease, old age, nor death. To the Sons of Men did they 
+bequeath all the glory of their kingdoms, even the hidden knowledge of the Tree of Life which 
+stands in the middle of the Eternal Sea. But the eyes of the Sons of Men were blinded by the 
+visions of Satan, and by promises of power, even that power which conquers by might and by 
+blood. And then did the Son of Man sever the golden threads that bound him to his Earthly 
+
+
+Mother and his Heavenly Father; he stepped from the Holy Stream of Life where his body, his 
+thoughts, and his feelings were one with the Law, and began to use only his own thoughts, his 
+own feelings, and his own deeds, making hundreds of laws, where before there was only One. 
+
+
+"And so did the Sons of Men exile themselves from their home, and ever since have they 
+huddled behind their stone walls, hearing not the sighing of the wind in the tall trees of the 
+forests beyond their towns. 
+
+
+"T tell you truly, the Book of Nature is a Holy Scroll, and if you would have the Sons of Men 
+save themselves and find everlasting life, teach them how once again to read from the living 
+pages of the Earthly Mother. For in everything that is life is the law written. It is written in the 
+grass, in the trees, in rivers, mountains, birds of the sky and fishes of the sea; and most of all 
+within the Son of Man. Only when he returns to the bosom of his Earthly Mother will he find 
+everlasting life and the Stream of Life which leads to his Heavenly Father; only then may the 
+dark vision of the future come not to pass. 
+
+
+"After this manner, therefore, pray to your Heavenly Father, when the sun is high at midday: 
+‘Our Father who art in heaven, send to all the Sons of Men your angel of Peace; and send to the 
+kingdom of our Earthly Mother the angel of joy, that our hearts may be full of singing and 
+gladness as we nestle in the arms of our Mother. 
+
+
+4 'At last, shall the Son of Man seek peace with the kingdom of his Heavenly Father; for truly, 
+the Son of Man is only born of his father by seed and of his mother by the body, that he may find 
+his true inheritance and know at last that he is the Son of the King. 
+
+
+"The Heavenly Father is the One Law, who fashioned the stars, the sun, the light and the 
+darkness, and the Holy Law within our souls. Everywhere is he, and there is nowhere he is not. 
+All in our understanding, and all we know not, all is governed by the Law. The falling of leaves, 
+the flow of rivers, the music of insects at night, all these are ruled by the Law. 
+
+
+"In our Heavenly Father's realm there are many mansions, and many are the hidden things you 
+cannot know of yet. I tell you truly, the kingdom of our Heavenly Father is vast, so vast that no 
+man can know its limits, for there are none. Yet the whole of his kingdom may be found in the 
+smallest drop of dew on a wild flower, or in the scent of newly-cut grass in the fields under the 
+summer sun. Truly, there are no words to describe the kingdom of the Heavenly Father. 
+
+
+"Glorious, indeed, is the inheritance of the Son of Man, for to hirn only is it given to enter the 
+Stream of Life which leads him to the kingdom of his Heavenly Father. But first he must seek 
+and find peace with his body, with his thoughts, with his feelings, with the Sons of Men, with 
+holy knowledge, and with the kingdom of the Earthly Mother. For I tell you truly, this is the 
+vessel which will carry the Son of Man on the Stream of Life to his Heavenly Father. He must 
+have peace that is sevenfold before he can know the one peace which surpasses understanding, 
+even that of his Heavenly Father. 
+
+
+"After this manner, therefore, pray to your Heavenly Father, when the sun is high at midday: 
+‘Our Father who art in heaven, send to all the Sons of Men your angel of Peace; and send to your 
+
+
+kingdom, our Heavenly Father, your angel of Eternal Life, that we may soar beyond the stars and 
+live for ever." 
+
+
+And then the Elder was quiet, and a great stillness stole over the Brothers, and no one wished to 
+speak. The shadows of late afternoon played on the river, still and silvery as glass, and in the 
+darkening sky could faintly be seen the filigree crescent moon of peace. And the great peace of 
+the Heavenly Father wrapt them all in deathless love. 
+
+
+THE HOLY STREAMS 
+
+
+Into the innermost circle have you come, into the mystery of mysteries, that which was old when 
+our father Enoch was young and walked the earth. Around and around have you come on your 
+journey of many years, always following the path of righteousness, living according to the Holy 
+Law and the sacred vows of our Brotherhood, and you have made of your body a holy temple 
+wherein dwell the angels of God. Many years have you shared the daylight hours with the angels 
+of the Earthly Mother; many years have you slept in the arms of the Heavenly Father, taught by 
+his unknown angels. You have learned that the laws of the Son of Man are seven, of the angels 
+three, and of God, one. Now you shall know of the three laws of the angels, the mystery of the 
+three Holy Streams and the ancient way to traverse them; so shall you bathe in the light of 
+heaven and at last behold the revelation of the mystery of mysteries: the law of God, which is 
+One. 
+
+
+Now in the hour before the rising of the sun, just before the angels of the Earthly Mother breathe 
+life into the still sleeping earth, then do you enter into the Holy Stream of Life. It is your Brother 
+Tree who holds the mystery of this Holy Stream, and it is your Brother Tree that you will 
+embrace in your thought, even as by clay you embrace him in greeting when you walk along the 
+lake shore. And you shall be one with the tree, for in the beginning of the times so did we all 
+share in the Holy Stream of Life that gave birth to all creation. And as you embrace your Brother 
+Tree, the power of the Holy Stream of Life will fill your whole body, and you will tremble 
+before its might. Then breathe deeply of the angel of air, and say the word "Life" with the 
+outgiving of breath. Then you will become in truth the Tree of Life which sinks its roots deep 
+into the Holy Stream of Life from an eternal source. And as the angel of sun warms the earth, 
+and all the creatures of land and water and air rejoice in the new day, so will your body and spirit 
+rejoice in the Holy Stream of life that flows to you through your Brother Tree. 
+
+
+And when the sun is high in the heavens, then shall you seek the Holy Stream of Sound. in the 
+heat of noontide, all creatures are still and seek the shade; the angels of the Earthly Mother are 
+silent for a space. Then it is that you shall let into your ears the Holy Stream of Sound; for it can 
+only be heard in the silence. Think on the streams that are born in the desert after a sudden storm, 
+and the roaring sound of the waters as they rush past. Truly, this is the voice of God, if you did 
+but know it. For as it is written, in the beginning was the Sound, and the Sound was with God, 
+and the Sound was God. I tell you truly, when we are born, we enter the world with the sound of 
+God in our ears, even the singing of the vast chorus of the sky, and the holy chant of the stars in 
+
+
+their fixed rounds; it is the Holy Stream of Sound that traverses the vault of stars and crosses the 
+endless kingdom of the Heavenly Father. It is ever in our ears, so do we hear it not. Listen for it, 
+then, in the silence of noontide; bathe in it, and let the rhythm of the music of God beat in your 
+ears until you are one with the Holy Stream of Sound. It was this Sound which formed the earth 
+and the world, and brought forth the mountains, and set the stars in their thrones of glory in the 
+highest heavens. 
+
+
+And you shall bathe in the Stream of Sound, and the music of its waters shall flow over you; for 
+in the beginning of the times so did we all share in the Holy Stream of Sound that gave birth to 
+all creation. And the mighty roaring of the Stream of Sound will fill your whole body, and you 
+will tremble before its might. Then breathe deeply of the angel of air, and become the sound 
+itself, that the Holy Stream of Sound may carry you to the endless kingdom of the Heavenly 
+Father, there where the rhythm of the world rises and falls. 
+
+
+And when darkness gently closes the eyes of the angels of the Earthly Mother, then shall you 
+also sleep, that your spirit may join the unknown angels of the Heavenly Father. And in the 
+moments before you sleep, then shall you think of the bright and glorious stars, the white, 
+shining, far-seen and far-piercing stars. For your thoughts before sleep are as the bow of the 
+skilful archer, that sends the arrow where he wills. Let your thoughts before sleep be with the 
+stars; for the stars are Light, and the Heavenly Father is Light, even that Light which is a 
+thousand times brighter than the brightness of a thousand suns. Enter the Holy Stream of Light, 
+that the shackles of death may loose their hold for ever, and breaking free from the bonds of 
+earth, ascend the Holy Stream of Light through the blazing radiance of the stars, into the endless 
+kingdom of the Heavenly Father. 
+
+
+Unfold your wings of light, and in the eye of your thought, soar with the stars into the farthest 
+reaches of heaven, where untold suns blaze with light. For at the beginning of the times, the Holy 
+Law said, let there be Light, and there was Light. And you shall be one with it, and the power of 
+the Holy Light Stream will fill your whole body, and you will tremble before its might. Say the 
+word "Light," as you breathe deeply of the angel of air, and you will become the Light itself; and 
+the Holy Stream will carry you to the endless kingdom of the Heavenly Father, there losing itself 
+in the eternal Sea of Light which gives birth to all creation. And you shall be one with the Holy 
+Stream of Light, always before you sleep in the arms of the Heavenly Father. 
+
+
+I tell you truly, your body was made not only to breathe, and eat, and think, but it was also made 
+to enter the Holy Stream of Life. And your ears were made not only to hear the words of men, 
+the song of birds, and the music of falling rain, but they were also made to hear the Holy Stream 
+of Sound. And your eyes were made not only to see the rising and setting of the sun, the ripple of 
+sheaves of grain, and the words of the Holy Scrolls, but they were also made to see the Holy 
+Stream of Light. One day your body will return to the Earthly Mother; even also your ears and 
+your eyes. But the Holy Stream of Life, the Holy Stream of Sound, and the Holy Stream of 
+Light, these were never born, and can never die. Enter the Holy Streams, even that Life, that 
+Sound, and that Light which gave you birth; that you may reach the kingdom of the Heavenly 
+Father and become one with him, even as the river empties into the far distant sea. 
+
+
+More than this cannot be told, for the Holy Streams will take you to that place where words are 
+no more, and even the Holy Scrolls cannot record the mysteries therein. 
+
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+The ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE 
+Book One 
+
+
+The Original Hebrew and Aramaic Texts 
+Translated and edited by 
+EDMOND BORDEAUX SZEKELY 
+MCMLXXXI 
+INTERNATIONAL BIOGENIC SOCIETY 
+Book Design by Golondrina Graohics 
+Copyright @ 1981, by the International Biogenic Society 
+Printed In the United States of America-All Rights Reserved 
+
+
+And then many sick and maimed came to Jesus, asking him. "if you know all things, tell us, why 
+do we suffer with these grievous plagues? Why are we not whole like other men? Master, heal 
+us, that we too may be made strong, and need abide no longer in our misery. We know that you 
+have it in your power to heal all manner of disease. Free us from Satan and from all his great 
+afflictions. Master, have compassion on us." 
+
+
+And Jesus answered- "Happy are you that you hunger for the truth, for I will satisfy you with the 
+bread of wisdom. Happy are you, that you knock, for I will open to you the door of life. Happy 
+are you, that you would cast off the power of Satan, for I will lead you into the kingdom of our 
+Mother's angels, where the power of Satan cannot enter." 
+
+
+And they asked him in amazement: "Who is our Mother and which her angels? And where is her 
+kingdom?" 
+
+
+"Your Mother is in you, and you in her. She bore you she gives you life. it was she who gave to 
+you your body, and to her shall you one day give it back again. Happy are you when you come to 
+know her and her kingdom; if you receive your Mother's angels and if you do her laws. I tell you 
+truly, he who does these things shall never see disease. For the power of our Mother is above all. 
+And it destroys Satan and his kingdom, and has rule over all your bodies and all living things. 
+
+
+"The blood which runs in us is born of the blood of our Earthly Mother. Her blood falls from the 
+clouds; leaps from the womb of the earth; babbles in the brooks of the mountains; flows wide in 
+the rivers of the plains; sleeps in the lakes; rages mightily in tempestuous seas. 
+
+
+"The air which we breathe is born of the breath of our Earthly Mother. Her breath is azure in the 
+heights of t heavens; soughs in the tops of the mountains; whispers the leaves of the forest; 
+billows over the cornfields; slumbers in the deep valleys, burns hot in the desert. 
+
+
+"The hardness of our bones is born of the bones of our Earthly Mother, of the rocks and of the 
+stones. They stand naked to the heavens on the tops of mountains; are as giants that lie sleeping 
+
+
+on the sides of the mountains, as idols set in the desert, and are hidden in the deepness of the 
+earth. 
+
+
+"The tenderness of our flesh is born of the flesh of our Earthly Mother; whose flesh waxes 
+yellow and red in the fruits of the trees, and nurtures us in the furrows of the fields. 
+
+
+"Our bowels are born of the bowels of our Earthly Mother, and are hid from our eyes, like the 
+invisible depths of the earth. 
+
+
+"The light of our eyes, the hearing of our ears, both are born of the colors and the sounds of our 
+Earthly Mother; which enclose us about, as the waves of the sea a fish, as the eddying air a bird. 
+
+
+"T tell you in very truth, Man is the Son of the Earthly Mother, and from her did the Son of Man 
+receive his whole body, even as the body of the newborn babe is born of the womb of his 
+mother. I tell you truly, you are one with the Earthly Mother; she is in you, and you in her. Of 
+her were you born, in her do you live, and to her shall you return again. Keep, therefore, her 
+laws, for none can live long, neither be happy, but he who honors his Earthly Mother and 
+does her laws. For your breath is her breath; your blood her blood; your bone her bone; your 
+flesh her flesh; your bowels her bowels; your eyes and your ears are her eyes and her ears. 
+
+
+"T tell you truly, should you fail to keep but one only of all these laws, should you harm but one 
+only of all your body's members, you shall be utterly lost in your grievous sickness, and there 
+shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. I tell you, unless you follow the laws of your Mother, 
+you can in no wise escape death. And he who clings to the laws of his Mother, to him shall his 
+Mother cling also. She shall heal all his plagues, and he shall never become sick. She gives him 
+long life, and protects him from all afflictions; from fire, from water, from the bite of venomous 
+serpents. For your Mother bore you, keeps life within you. She has given you her body, and none 
+but she heals you. Happy is he who loves his Mother and lies quietly in her bosom. For your 
+Mother loves you, even when you turn away from her. And how much more shall she love you, 
+if you turn to her again? I tell you truly, very great is her love, greater than the greatest of 
+mountains, deeper than the deepest seas. And those who love their Mother, she never deserts 
+them. As the hen protects her chickens, as the lioness her cubs, as the mother her newborn babe, 
+so does the Earthly Mother protect the Son of Man from all danger and from all evils. 
+
+
+"For I tell you truly, evils and dangers innumerable lie in wait for the Sons of Men. Beelzebub, 
+the prince of all devils, the source of every evil, lies in wait in the body of all the Sons of Men. 
+He is death, the lord of every plague, and taking upon him a pleasing raiment, he tempts and 
+entices the Sons of Men. Riches does he promise, and power, and splendid palaces, and garments 
+of gold and silver, and a multitude of servants, all these; he promises renown and glory, 
+fornication and lustfulness, gluttony and wine-bibbing, riotous living, and slothfulness and idle 
+days. And he entices every one by that to which their heart is most inclined. And in the day that 
+the Sons of Men have already become the slaves of all these vanities and abominations, then in 
+payment thereof he snatches from the Sons of Men all those things which the Earthly Mother 
+gave them so abundantly. He takes from them their breath, their blood, their bone, their flesh, 
+their bowels, their eyes and their ears. And the breath of the Son of Man becomes short and 
+stifled, full of pain and evil-smelling, like the breath of unclean beasts. And his blood becomes 
+
+
+thick and evil-smelling, like the water of the swamps; it clots and blackens, like the night of 
+death. And his bone becomes hard and knotted; it melts away within and breaks asunder, as a 
+stone falling down upon a rock. And his flesh waxes fat and watery; it rots and putrefies, with 
+scabs and boils that are an abomination. 
+
+
+And his bowels become full with abominable filthiness, with oozing streams of decay; and 
+multitudes of abominable worms have their habitation there. And his eyes grow dim, till dark 
+night enshrouds them, and his ears become stopped, like the silence of the grave. And last of all 
+shall the erring Son of Man lose life. For he kept not the laws of his Mother, and added sin to sin. 
+Therefore, are taken from him all the gifts of the Earthly Mother: breath, blood, bone, flesh, 
+bowels, eyes and ears, and after all else, life, with which the Earthly Mother crowned his body. 
+
+
+"But if the erring Son of Man be sorry for his sins and undo them, and return again to his Earthly 
+Mother; and if he do his Earthly Mother's laws and free himself from Satan's clutches, resisting 
+his temptations, then does the Earthly Mother receive again her erring Son with love and sends 
+him her angels that they may serve him. I tell you truly, when the Son of Man resists the Satan 
+that dwells in him and does not his will, in the same hour are found the Mother's angels there, 
+that they may serve him with all their power and free utterly the Son of Man from the power of 
+Satan. 
+
+
+"For no man can serve two masters. For either he serves Beelzebub and his devils or else he 
+serves our Earthly Mother and her angels. Either he serves death or he serves life. I ten you truly, 
+happy are those that do the laws of life and wander not upon the paths of death. For in them the 
+forces of life wax strong and they escape the plagues of death." 
+
+
+And all those round about him listened to his words with amazement, for his word was with 
+power, and he taught quite otherwise than the priests and scribes. 
+
+
+And though the sun was now set, they departed not to their homes. They sat round about Jesus 
+and asked him: "Master, which are these laws of life? Rest with us awhile longer and teach us. 
+We would listen to your teaching that we may be healed and become righteous." 
+
+
+And Jesus himself sat down in their midst and said: "I tell you truly, none can be happy, except 
+he do the Law." 
+
+
+And the others answered: "We all do the laws of Moses, our lawgiver, even as they are written in 
+the holy scriptures." 
+
+
+And Jesus answered: "Seek not the law in your scriptures, for the law is life, whereas the 
+scripture is dead. I tell you truly, Moses received not his laws from God in writing, but through 
+the living word. The law is living word of living God to living prophets for living men. In 
+everything that is life is the law written. You find it in the grass, in the tree, in the river, in the 
+mountain, in the birds of heaven, in the fishes of the sea; but seek it chiefly in yourselves. For I 
+tell you truly, all living things are nearer to God than the scripture which is without life. God so 
+made life and all living things that they might by the everlasting word teach the laws of the true 
+God to man. God wrote not the laws in the pages of books, but in your heart and in your spirit. 
+
+
+They are in your breath, your blood, your bone; in your flesh, your bowels, your eyes, your ears, 
+and in every little part of your body. They are present in the air, in the water, in the earth, in the 
+plants, in th e sunbeams, in the depths and in the heights. They all speak to you that you may 
+understand the tongue and the will of the living God. But you shut your eyes that you may not 
+see, and you shut your ears that you may not hear. I tell you truly, that the scripture is the work 
+of man, but life and all its hosts are the work of our God. Wherefore do you not listen to the 
+words of God which are written in His works? And wherefore do you study the dead scriptures 
+which are the work of the hands of men?" 
+
+
+"How may we read the laws of God elsewhere than in the scriptures? Where are they written? 
+Read them to us from there where you see them, for we know nothing else but the scriptures 
+which we have inherited from our forefathers. Tell us the laws of which you speak, that hearing 
+them we may be healed and justified." 
+
+
+Jesus said: "You do not understand the words of life, because you are in death. Darkness darkens 
+your eyes and your ears are stopped with deafness. For I tell you, it profits you not at all that you 
+pore over dead scriptures if by your deeds you deny him who has given you the scriptures. 
+
+
+I tell you truly, God and his laws are not in that which you do. They are not in gluttony and in 
+wine-bibbing, neither in riotous living, nor in lustfulness, nor in seeking after riches, nor yet in 
+hatred of your enemies. For all these things are far from the true God and from his angels. But all 
+these things come from the kingdom of darkness and the lord of all evils. And all these things do 
+you carry in yourselves; and so the word and the power of God enter not into you, because all 
+manner of evil and all manner of abominations have their dwelling in your body and your spirit. 
+If you will that the living God's word and his power may enter you, defile not your body and 
+your spirit; for the body is the temple of the spirit, and the spirit is the temple of God. Purify, 
+therefore, the temple, that the Lord of the temple may dwell therein and occupy a place that is 
+worthy of him. 
+
+
+"And from all temptations of your body and your spirit, coming from Satan, withdraw beneath 
+the shadow of God's heaven. 
+
+
+"Renew yourselves and fast. For I tell you truly, that Satan and his plagues may only be cast out 
+by -fasting and by prayer. Go by yourself and fast alone, and show your fasting to no man. The 
+living God shall see it and great shall be your reward. And fast till Beelzebub and all his evils 
+depart from you, and all the angels of our Earthly Mother come and serve you. For I tell you 
+truly, except you fast, you shall never be freed from the power of Satan and from all diseases that 
+come from Satan. Fast and pray fervently, seeking the power of the living God for your healing. 
+While you fast, eschew the Sons of Men and seek our Earthly Mother's angels, for he that seeks 
+shall find. 
+
+
+"Seek the fresh air of the forest and of the fields, and there in the midst of them shall you find the 
+angel of air. Put off your shoes and your clothing and suffer the angel of air to embrace all your 
+body. Then breathe long and deeply, that the angel of air may be brought within you. I tell you 
+truly, the angel of air shall cast out of your body all uncleannesses which defiled it without and 
+within. And thus shall all evil-smelling and unclean things rise out of you, as the smoke of fire 
+
+
+curls upwards and is lost in the sea of the air. For I tell you truly, holy is the angel of air, who 
+cleanses all that is unclean and makes all evil-smelling things of a sweet odor. No man may 
+come before the face of God, whom the angel of air lets not pass. Truly, all must be born again 
+by air and by truth, for your body breathes the air of the Earthly Mother, and your spirit breathes 
+the truth of the Heavenly Father. 
+
+
+"After the angel of air, seek the angel of water. Put off your shoes and your clothing and 
+suffer the angel of water to embrace all your body. Cast yourselves wholly into his enfolding 
+arms, and as often as you move the air with your breath, move with your body the water also. I 
+tell you truly, the angel of water shall cast out of your body all uncleannesses which defiled it 
+without and within. And all unclean and evil-smelling things shall flow out of you, even as the 
+uncleannesses of garments washed in water flow away and are lost in the stream of the river. I 
+tell you truly, holy is the angel of water who cleanses all that is unclean and makes all evil- 
+smelling things of a sweet odor. No man may come before the face of God whom the angel of 
+water lets not pass. in very truth, all must be born again of water and of truth, for your 
+body bathes in the river of earthly life, and your spirit bathes in the river of life everlasting. 
+For you receive your blood from our Earthly Mother and the truth from our Heavenly Father. 
+
+
+"Think not that it is sufficient that the angel of water embrace you outwards only. I tell you truly, 
+the uncleanness within is greater by much than the uncleanness without. And he who cleanses 
+himself without, but within remains unclean, is like to tombs that outwards are painted fair, but 
+are within full of all manner of horrible uncleannesses and abominations. So I tell you truly, 
+suffer the angel of water to baptize you also within, that you may become free from all your 
+past sins, and that within likewise you may become as pure as the river's foam sporting in 
+the sunlight. 
+
+
+"Seek, therefore, a large trailing gourd, having a stalk the length of a man; take out its inwards 
+and fill it with water from the river which the sun has warmed. Hang it upon the branch of a tree, 
+and kneel upon the ground before the angel of water, and suffer the end of the stalk of the trailing 
+gourd to enter your hinder parts, that the water may flow through all your bowels. Afterwards 
+rest kneeling on the ground before the angel of water and pray to the living God that he will 
+forgive you all your past sins, and pray the angel of water that he will free your body from every 
+uncleanness and disease. Then let the water run out from your body, that it may carry away from 
+within it all the unclean and evil-smelling things of Satan. And you shall see with your eyes and 
+smell with your nose all the abominations, and uncleannesses which defiled the temple of your 
+body; even all the sins which abode in your body, tormenting you with all manner of pains. I tell 
+you truly, baptism with water frees you from all of these. Renew your baptizing with water 
+on every day of your fast, till the day when you see that the water which flows out of you is 
+as pure as the river's foam. Then betake your body to the coursing river, and there in the arms 
+of the angel of water render thanks to the living God that he has freed you from your sins. And 
+this holy baptizing by the angel of water is: Rebirth unto the new life. For your eyes shall 
+henceforth see, and your ears shall hear. Sin no more, therefore, after your baptism, that the 
+angels of air and of water may eternally abide in you and serve you evermore. 
+
+
+"And if afterward there remain within you aught of your past sins and uncleannesses, seek the 
+angel of sunlight. Put off your shoes and your clothing and suffer the angel of sunlight to 
+
+
+embrace all your body. Then breathe long and deeply, that the angel of sunlight may be brought 
+within you. And the angel of sunlight shall cast out of your body all evil-smelling and unclean 
+things which defiled it without and within. And all unclean and evil-smelling things shall rise 
+from you, even as the darkness of night fades before the brightness of the rising sun. For I tell 
+you truly, holy is the angel of sunlight who cleans out all uncleannesses and makes all evil- 
+smelling things of a sweet odor. None may come before the face of God, whom the angel of 
+sunlight lets not pass. Truly, all must be born again of sun and of truth, for your body basks in 
+the sunlight of the Earthly Mother, and your spirit basks in the sunlight of the truth of the 
+Heavenly Father. 
+
+
+"The angels of air and of water and of sunlight are brethren. They were given to the Son of Man 
+that they might serve him, and that he might go always from one to the other. 
+
+
+"Holy, likewise, is their embrace. They are indivisible children of the Earthly Mother, so do not 
+you put asunder those whom earth and heaven have made one. Let these three brother angels 
+enfold you every day and let them abide with you through all your fasting. 
+
+
+"For I tell you truly, the power of devils, all sins and uncleannesses shall depart in haste from 
+that body which is embraced by these three angels. As thieves flee from a deserted house at the 
+coming of the lord of the house, one by the door, one by the window, and the third by the roof, 
+each where he is found, and whither he is able, even so shall flee from your bodies all devils of 
+evil, all past sins, and all uncleannesses and diseases which defiled the temple of your bodies. 
+When the Earthly Mother's angels enter into your bodies, in such wise that the lords of the 
+temple repossess it again, then shall all evil smells depart in haste by your breath and by your 
+skin, corrupt waters by your mouth and by your skin, by your hinder and your privy parts. And 
+all these things you shall see with your eyes and smell with your nose and touch with your hands. 
+And when all sins and uncleannesses are gone from your body, your blood shall become as pure 
+as our Earthly Mother's blood and as the river's foam sporting in the sunlight. And your breath 
+shall become as pure as the breath of odorous flowers; your flesh as pure as the flesh of fruits 
+reddening upon the leaves of trees; the light of your eye as clear and bright as the brightness of 
+the sun shining upon the blue sky. And now shall all the angels of the Earthly Mother serve you. 
+And your breath, your blood, your flesh shall be one with the breath, the blood and the flesh of 
+the Earthly Mother, that your spirit also may become one with the spirit of your Heavenly Father. 
+For truly, no one can reach the Heavenly Father unless through the Earthly Mother. Even as no 
+newborn babe can understand the teaching of his father till his mother has suckled him, bathed 
+him, nursed him, put him to sleep and nurtured him. While the child is yet small, his place is 
+with his mother and he must obey his mother. When the child is grown up, his father takes him 
+to work at his side in the field, and the child comes back to his mother o nly when the hour of 
+dinner and supper is come. And now his father teaches him, that he may become skilled in the 
+works of his father. And when the father sees that his son understands his teaching and does his 
+work well, he gives him all his possessions, that they may belong to his beloved son, and that his 
+son may continue his father's work. I tell you truly, happy is that son who accepts the counsel of 
+his mother and walks therein. And a hundred times more happy is that son who accepts and 
+walks also in the counsel of his father, for it was said to you: 'Honor thy father and thy mother 
+that thy days may be long upon this earth.’ But I say to you, Sons of Man: Honor your Earthly 
+Mother and keep all her laws, that your days may be long on this earth, and honor your Heavenly 
+
+
+Father that Eternal Life may be yours in the heavens. For the Heavenly Father is a hundred times 
+greater than all fathers by seed and by blood, and greater is the Earthly Mother than all mothers 
+by the body. And d earer is the Son of Man in the eyes of his Heavenly Father and of his Earthly 
+Mother than are children in the eyes of their fathers by seed and by blood and of their mothers by 
+the body. And more wise are the words and laws of your Heavenly Father and of your Earthly 
+Mother than the words and the will of all fathers by seed and by blood, and of all mothers by the 
+body. And of more worth also is the inheritance of your Heavenly Father and of your Earthly 
+Mother, the everlasting kingdom of earthly and heavenly life, than all the inheritances of your 
+fathers by seed and by blood, and of your mothers by the body. 
+
+
+"And your true brothers are all those who do the will of your Heavenly Father and of your 
+Earthly Mother, and not your brothers by blood. I tell you truly, that your true brothers in the 
+will of the Heavenly Father and of the Earthly Mother will love you a thousand times more than 
+your brothers by blood. For since the days of Cain and Abel, when brothers by blood 
+transgressed the will of God, there is no true brotherhood by blood. And brothers do unto 
+brothers as do strangers. Therefore, I say to you, love your true brothers in the will of God a 
+thousand times more than your brothers by blood. 
+
+
+FOR YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS LOVE. 
+FOR YOUR EARTHLY MOTHER IS LOVE. 
+FOR THE SON OF MAN IS LOVE. 
+
+
+"It is by love, that the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother and the Son of Man become one. 
+For the spirit of the Son of Man was created from the spirit of the Heaven Father, and his body 
+from the body of the Earthly Mother. Become, therefore, perfect as the spirit of your Heavenly 
+Father and the body of your Earthly Mother are perfect. And so love your Heavenly Father, as he 
+loves your spirit. And so love your Earthly Mother, as she loves your body. And so love your 
+true brothers, as your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother love them. And then your 
+Heavenly Father shall give you his holy spirit, and your Earthly Mother shall give you her holy 
+body. And then shall the Sons of Men like true brothers give love one to another, the love which 
+they received from their Heavenly Father and from their Earthly Mother; and they shall all 
+become comforters one of another. And then shall disappear from the earth all evil and all 
+sorrow, and there shall be love and joy upon earth. And then shall the earth be like the heavens, 
+and the kingdom of God shall come. And then shall come the Son of Man in all his glory, to 
+inherit the kingdom of God. And then shall the Sons of Men divide their divine inheritance, the 
+kingdom of God. For the Sons of Men live in the Heavenly Father and in the Earthly Mother, and 
+the Heavenly Father and the Earthly Mother live in them. And then with the kingdom of God 
+shall come the end of the times. For the Heavenly Father's love gives to all life everlasting in the 
+kingdom of God. For love is eternal. Love is stronger than death. 
+
+
+"Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become as 
+sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. Though I tell what is to come, and know all secrets, and all 
+wisdom; and though I have faith strong as the storm which lifts mountains from their seat, but 
+
+
+have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and give all my 
+fire that I have received from my Father, but have not love, I am in no wise profited. Love is 
+patient, love is kind. Love is not envious, works not evil, knows not pride; is not rude, neither 
+selfish; is slow to anger, imagines no mischief; rejoices not in injustice, but delights in justice. 
+Love defends all, love believes all, love hopes all, love bears all; never exhausts itself; but as for 
+tongues they shall cease, and, as for knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we have truth in part, 
+and error in part, but when the fullness of perfection is come, that which is in part shall be 
+blotted out. When a man was a child he spoke as a child, understood as a child, thought as a 
+child; but when he became a man he put away childish things. For now we see through a glass 
+and through dark sayings. Now we know in part, but when we are come before the face of God, 
+we shall not know in part, but even as we are taught by him. And now remain these three: faith 
+and hope and love; but the greatest of these is love. 
+
+
+"And now I speak to you in the living tongue of the living God, through the holy spirit of our 
+Heavenly Father. There is none yet among you that can understand all this of which I speak. He 
+who expounds to you the scriptures speaks to you in a dead tongue of dead men, through his 
+diseased and mortal body. Him, therefore, can all men understand, for all men are diseased and 
+all are in death. No one sees the light of life. Blind man leads blind on the dark paths of sins, 
+diseases and sufferings; and at the last all fall into the pit of death. 
+
+
+"I am sent to you by the Father, that I may make the light of life to shine before you. The light 
+lightens itself and the darkness, but the darkness knows only itself, and knows not the light. I 
+have still many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them yet. For your eyes are used to the 
+darkness, and the full light of the Heavenly Father would make you blind. Therefore, you cannot 
+yet understand that which I speak to you concerning the Heavenly Father who sent me to you. 
+Follow, therefore, first, only the laws of your Earthly Mother, of which I have told you. And 
+when her angels shall have cleansed and renewed your bodies and strengthened your eyes, you 
+will be able to bear the light of our Heavenly Father. When you can gaze on the brightness of the 
+noonday sun with unflinching eyes, you can then look upon the blinding light of your Heavenly 
+Father, which is a thousand times brighter than the brightness of a thousand suns. But how 
+should you look upon the blinding light of you r Heavenly Father, when you cannot even bear 
+the shining of the blazing sun? Believe me, the sun is as the flame of a candle beside the sun of 
+truth of the Heavenly Father. Have but faith, therefore, and hope, and love. I tell you truly, you 
+shall not want your reward. If you believe in my words, you believe in him who sent me, who is 
+the lord of all, and with whom all things are possible. For what is impossible with men, all these 
+things are possible with God. If you believe in the angels of the Earthly Mother and do her laws, 
+your faith shall sustain you and you shall never see disease. Have hope also in the love of your 
+Heavenly Father, for he who trusts in him shall never be deceived, nor shall he ever see death. 
+
+
+"Love one another, for God is love, and so shall his angels know that you walk in his paths. 
+And then shall all the angels come before your face and serve you. And Satan with all sins, 
+diseases and uncleannesses shall depart from your body. Go, eschew your sins; repent 
+yourselves; baptize yourselves; that you may be born again and sin no more." 
+
+
+Then Jesus rose. But all else remained sitting, for every man felt the power of his words. And 
+then the full moon appeared between the breaking clouds and folded Jesus in its brightness. And 
+
+
+sparks flew upward from his hair, and he stood among them in the moonlight, as though he 
+hovered in the air. And no man moved, neither was the voice of any heard. And no one knew 
+how long a time had passed, for time stood still. 
+
+
+Then Jesus stretched out his hands to them and said: "Peace be with you." And so he departed, as 
+a breath of wind sways the green of trees. 
+
+
+And for a long while yet the company sat still and then they woke in the silence, one man after 
+another, like as from a long dream. But none would go, as if the words of him who had left them 
+ever sounded in their ears. And they sat as though they listened to some wondrous music. 
+
+
+But at last one, as it were a little fearfully, said: "How good it is to be here." Another: "Would 
+that this night were everlasting." And others: "Would that he might be with us always." "Of a 
+truth he is God's messenger, for he planted hope within our hearts." And no man wished to go 
+home, saying: "I go not home where all is dark and joyless. Why should we go home where no 
+one loves us?" 
+
+
+And they spoke on this wise, for they were almost all poor, lame, blind, maimed, beggars, 
+homeless, despised in their wretchedness, who were only borne for pity's sake in the houses 
+where they found a few day's refuge. Even certain, who had both home and family, said: "We 
+also will stay with you." For every man felt that the words of him who was gone bound the little 
+company with threads invisible. And all felt that they were born again. They saw before them a 
+shining world, even when the moon was hidden in the clouds. And in the hearts of all blossomed 
+wondrous flowers of wondrous beauty, the flowers of joy. 
+
+
+And when the bright sunbeams appeared over the earth's rim, they all felt that it was the sun of 
+the coming kingdom of God. And with joyful countenances they went forth to meet God's 
+angels. 
+
+
+And many unclean and sick followed Jesus' words and sought the banks of the murmuring 
+streams. They put off their shoes and their clothing, they fasted, and they gave up their bodies to 
+the angels of air, of water, and of sunshine. And the Earthly Mother's angels embraced them, 
+possessing their bodies both inwards and outwards. And all of them saw all evils, sins and 
+uncleannesses depart in haste from them. 
+
+
+And the breath of some became as stinking as that which is loosed from the bowels, and some 
+had an issue of spittle, and evil-smelling and unclean vomit rose from their inward parts. All 
+these uncleannesses flowed by their mouths. In some, by the nose, in others by the eyes and ears. 
+And many did have a noisome and abominable sweat come from all their body, over all their 
+skin. And on many limbs great hot boils broke forth, from which carne out uncleannesses with an 
+evil smell, and urine flowed abundantly from their body; and in many their urine was all but 
+dried up and became thick as the honey of bees; that of others was almost red or black, and as 
+hard almost as the sand of rivers. And many belched stinking gases from their bowels, like the 
+breath of devils. And their stench became so great that none could bear it. 
+
+
+And when they baptized themselves, the angel of water entered their bodies, and from them 
+flowed out all the abominations and uncleannesses of their past sins, and like a falling mountain 
+stream gushed from their bodies a multitude of hard and soft abominations. And the ground 
+where their waters flowed was polluted, and so great became the stench that none could remain 
+there. And the devils left their bowels in the shape of multitudinous worms which writhed in 
+impotent rage after the angel of water had cast them out of the bowels of the Sons of Men. And 
+then descended upon them the power of the angel of sunshine, and they perished there in their 
+desperate writhings, trod underfoot by the angel of sunshine. And all were trembling with terror 
+when they looked upon all these abominations of Satan, from which the angels had saved them. 
+And they rendered thanks to God who had sent his angels for their deliverance. 
+
+
+And there were some whom great pains tormented, which would not depart from them; and 
+knowing not what they should do, they resolved to send one of them to Jesus, for they greatly 
+wished he should be with them. 
+
+
+And when two were gone to seek him, they saw Jesus himself approaching by the bank of the 
+river. And their hearts were filled with hope and joy when they heard his greeting, "Peace 
+be with you." And many were the questions that they desired to ask him, but in their 
+astonishment they could not begin, for nothing came into their minds. Then said Jesus to them: "I 
+come because you need me." And one cried out: "Master, we do indeed, come and free us from 
+our pains." 
+
+
+And Jesus spoke to them in parables: "You are like the prodigal son, who for many years did eat 
+and drink, and passed his days in riotousness and lechery with his friends. And every week 
+without his father's knowledge he incurred new debts, and squandered all in a few days. And the 
+moneylenders always lent to him, because his father possessed great riches and always paid 
+patiently the debts of his son. And in vain did he with fair words admonish his son, for he never 
+listened to the admonitions of his father, who besought him in vain that he would give up his 
+debaucheries which had no end, and that he would go to his fields to watch over the labor of his 
+servants. And the son always promised him everything if he would pay his old debts, but the next 
+day he began again. And for more than seven years the son continued in his riotous living. But, 
+at last, his father lost patience and no more paid to the moneylenders the debts of his son. "if I 
+continue always to pay," he said, "there will be no end to the sins of my son." Then the 
+moneylenders, who were deceived, in their wrath took the son into slavery that he might by his 
+daily toil pay back to them the money which he had borrowed. And then ceased the eating and 
+drinking and the daily excesses. From morning until night by the sweat of his face he watered the 
+fields, and all of his limbs ached with the unaccustomed labor. And he lived upon dry bread, and 
+had naught but his tears with which he could water it. And three days after he suffered so much 
+from the heat and from weariness that he said to his master: 'I can work no more, for all my 
+limbs do ache. How long would you torment me?’ "Till the day when by the labor of your hands 
+you pay me all your debts, and when seven years are passed, you will be free.' And the desperate 
+son answered weeping: ‘But I cannot bear so much as seven days. Have pity on me, for all my 
+limbs do burn and ache." And the wicked creditor cried out: 'Press on with the work; if you could 
+for seven years spend your days and your nights in riotousness, now must you work for seven 
+years. I will not forgive you till you pay back all your debts to the uttermost drachma.' And the 
+son, with his limbs racked with pain, went back despairing to the fields to continue his work. 
+
+
+Already he could hardly stand upon his feet because of his weariness and of his pains, when the 
+seventh day was come-the Sabbath day, in which no man works in the field. Then the son 
+gathered the remnant of his strength and staggered to the house of his father. And he cast himself 
+down at his father's feet and said: 'Father, believe me for the last time and forgive me all my 
+offenses against your swear to you that I will never again live riotously and that I will be your 
+obedient son in all things. Free me from the hands of my oppressor. Father, look upon me and 
+upon my sick limbs, and harden not your heart.' Then tears came into his father's eyes, and he 
+took his son in his arms, and said: 'Let us rejoic e, for today a great joy is given me, because I 
+have found again my beloved son, who was lost.' And he clothed him with his choicest raiment 
+and all the day long they made merry. And on the morning of the morrow he gave his son a bag 
+of silver that he might pay to his creditors all that he owed them. And when his son came back, 
+he said to him: 'My son, do you see that it is easy, through riotous living, to incur debts for seven 
+years, but their payment is difficult by the heavy labor of seven years." 'Father, it is indeed hard 
+to pay them, even for seven days.’ And his father admonished him, saying: 'For this once alone 
+has it been permitted you to pay your debts in seven days instead of seven years, the rest is 
+forgiven you. But take heed that in the time to come you do not incur more debts. For I tell you 
+truly, that none else but your father forgives you your debts, because you are his son. For with all 
+else you would have had to labor hard for seven years, as it is commanded in our laws.’ 
+
+
+My father, I will henceforth be your loving and obedient son, and I will not any more incur 
+debts, for I know that their payment is hard.’ 
+
+
+"And he went to his father's field and watched every day over the work of his father's laborers. 
+And he never made his laborers work hard, for he remembered his own heavy labor. And the 
+years passed, and his father's possession increased ever more and more beneath his hand, for the 
+blessing of his father was upon his labor. And slowly he gave back tenfold to his father all that 
+he had squandered in the seven years. And when his father saw that his son used well his 
+servants and all his possessions, he said to him: 'My son, I see that my possessions are in good 
+hands. I give you all my cattle, my house, my lands and my treasures. Let all this be your 
+heritage, continue increasing it that I may have delight in you.’ And when the son had received 
+his inheritance from his father, he forgave their debts to all his debtors who could not pay him, 
+for he did not forget that his debt also had been forgiven when he could not pay it. And God 
+blessed him with long life, with many children and with much riches, because he was kind to all 
+his servants and to all his cattle." 
+
+
+Then Jesus turned to the sick folk and said: "I speak to you in parables that you may better 
+understand God's word. The seven years of eating and drinking and of riotous living are the sins 
+of the past. The wicked creditor is Satan. The debts are diseases. The heavy labor is pains. The 
+prodigal son, he is yourselves. The payment of the debts is the casting from you of devils and 
+diseases, and the healing of your body. The bag of silver received from the father is the liberating 
+power of the angels. The father is God. The father's possessions are earth and heaven. The 
+servants of the father are the angels. The father's field is the world, which is changed into the 
+kingdom of the heavens, if the Sons of Man work thereon together with the angels of the 
+Heavenly Father. For I tell you, it is better that the son should obey his father and keep watch 
+over his father's servants in the field, than that he should become the debtor of the wicked 
+creditor and toil and sweat in serfdom to repa y all his debts. it is better, likewise, if the Sons of 
+
+
+Man also obey the laws of their Heavenly Father, and work together with his angels upon his 
+kingdom, than that they should become the debtors of Satan, the lord of death, of all sins and all 
+diseases, and that they should suffer with pains and sweat till they have repaid all their sins. I tell 
+you truly, great and many are your sins. Many years have you yielded to the enticings of Satan. 
+You have been gluttonous, wine-bibbers and gone a-whoring, and your past debts have 
+multiplied. And now you must repay them, and payment is difficult and hard. Be not, therefore, 
+already impatient after the third day, like the prodigal son, but wait patiently for the seventh day 
+which is sanctified by God, and then go with humble and obedient heart before the face of your 
+Heavenly Father, that he may forgive you your sins and all your past debts. I tell you truly, your 
+Heavenly Father loves you without end, for he also allows you to pay in seven days the debts of 
+seven years. Those that owe the sins and diseases of seven years, but pay honestly and persevere 
+till the seventh day, to them shall our Heavenly Father forgive the debts of all these seven years. 
+
+
+"If we sin for seven times seven years?" asked a sick man who suffered horribly. "Even in that 
+case the Heavenly Father forgives you all your debts in seven times seven days. 
+
+
+"Happy are those that persevere to the end, for the devils of Satan write all your evil deeds in a 
+book, in the book of your body and your spirit. I tell you truly, there is not one sinful deed, but it 
+is written, even from the beginning of the world, before our Heavenly Father. For you may 
+escape the laws made by kings, but the laws of your God, these may none of the Sons of Man 
+escape. And when you come before the face of God, the devils of Satan bear witness against 
+you with your deed, and God sees your sins written in the book of your body and of your 
+spirit and is sad in his heart. But if you repent of your sins, and by fasting and prayer you 
+seek the angels of God, then each day that you continue to fast and to pray, God's angels 
+blot out one year of your evil deeds from the book of your body and your spirit. And when 
+the last page is also blotted out and cleansed from all your sins, you stand before the face of God, 
+and God rejoices in his heart and forgets all your sins. He frees you from the clutches of Satan 
+and from suffering; he takes you within his house and commands that all his servants, all his 
+angels serve you. Long life does he give you, and you shall never see disease. And if, 
+thenceforward, instead of sinning, you pass your days in doing good deeds, then the angels 
+of God shall write all your good deeds in the book of your body and of your spirit. I tell you 
+truly, no good deed remains unwritten before God, not from the beginning of the world. 
+For from your kings and your governors you may wait in vain for your reward, but never do your 
+good deeds want their reward from God. 
+
+
+"And when you come before the face of God, his angels bear witness for you with your good 
+deeds. And God sees your good deeds written in your bodies and in your spirits, and rejoices in 
+his heart. He blesses your body and your spirit and all your deeds, and gives you for a heritage 
+his earthly and heavenly kingdom, that in it you may have life everlasting. Happy is he who can 
+enter into the kingdom of God, for he shall never see death." 
+
+
+And a great silence fell at his words. And those that were discouraged took new strength from his 
+words and continued to fast and to pray. And he who had spoken the first, said to him: "I will 
+persevere to the seventh day." And the second, likewise, said to him: "I also will persevere to the 
+seven times seventh day." 
+
+
+Jesus answered them: "Happy are those that persevere to the end, for they shall inherit the earth." 
+
+
+And there were many sick among them tormented with grievous pains, and they hardly crawled 
+to Jesus' feet. For they could no longer walk upon their feet. They said: "Master, we are 
+grievously tormented with pain; tell us what we shall do." And they showed Jesus their feet in 
+which the bones were twisted and knotted and said: "Neither the angel of air, nor of water, nor of 
+sunshine has assuaged our pains, notwithstanding that we baptized ourselves, and do fast and 
+pray, and follow your words in all things." 
+
+
+"T tell you truly, your bones will be healed. Be not discouraged, but seek for cure nigh the 
+healer of bones, the angel of earth. For thence were your bones taken, and thither will they 
+return." 
+
+
+And he pointed with his hand to where the running of the water and the sun's heat had softened 
+to clayey mud the earth by the edge of the water. "Sink your feet in the mire, that the embrace of 
+the angel of earth may draw out from your bones all uncleanness and all disease. And you will 
+see Satan and your pains fly from the embrace of the angel of earth. And the knots of your bones 
+will vanish away, and they will be straightened, and all your pains will disappear." 
+
+
+And the sick followed his words, for they knew that they would be healed. 
+
+
+And there were also other sick who suffered much from their pains, howbeit, they persisted in 
+their fasting. And their force was spent, and great heat tormented them. And when they would 
+have risen from their bed to go to Jesus, their heads began to turn, as if it were a gusty wind 
+
+which shook them, and as oft as they tried to stand upon their feet they fell back to the ground. 
+
+
+Then Jesus went to them and said: "You suffer, for Satan and his diseases torment your bodies. 
+But fear not, for their power over you will quickly end. For Satan is like a choleric neighbor who 
+entered his neighbor's house while he was absent, intending to take his goods away to his own 
+house. But some told the other that his enemy was ravaging within his house, and he came back 
+to his house, running. And when the wicked neighbor, having gathered together all that pleased 
+him, saw from afar the master of the house returning in haste, then he was very wroth that he 
+could not take all away, and set to breaking and spoiling all that was there, to destroy all. So that 
+even if the things might not be his, the other might have nothing. But immediately the lord of the 
+house came in, and before the wicked neighbor fulfilled his purpose, he took him and cast him 
+out of the house. I tell you truly, even so did Satan enter your bodies which are the habitation of 
+God. And he took in his power all that he wished to steal: your breath, your blood, your bone, 
+your flesh, your bowels, your eyes, and your ears. But by your fasting and your prayer, you have 
+called back the lord of your body and his angels. And now Satan sees that the true lord of 
+your body returns, and that it is the end of his power. Wherefore, in his wrath he gathers 
+his strength once again, that he may destroy your bodies before the coming of the lord. It is 
+for this that Satan torments you so grievously, for he feels that the end is come. But let not your 
+hearts tremble, for soon will the angels of God appear, to occupy again their abodes and 
+rededicate them as temples of God. And they will seize Satan and cast himn from your bodies 
+with all his diseases and all his uncleannesses. And happy will you be, for you will receive the 
+reward of your steadfastness, and you will never see disease." 
+
+
+And there was among the sick, one that was more tormented by Satan than all the others. And his 
+body was as parched as a skeleton, and his skin yellow as a falling leaf. He was so weak already 
+that he could not, even upon his hands, crawl to Jesus, and cried only to him from afar: "Master, 
+have pity on me, for never has man suffered, not from the beginning of the world, as I do suffer. 
+I know that you are indeed sent by God, and I know that if you will, you can straightway cast out 
+Satan from my body. Do not the angels of God obey God's messenger? Come, Master, and cast 
+out Satan from me now, for he rages angrily within me and grievous is his torment." 
+
+
+And Jesus answered him: "Satan torments you thus greatly because you have already fasted 
+many days, and you do not pay to him his tribute. You do not feed him with all the abominations 
+with which you hitherto defiled the temple of your spirit. You torment Satan with hunger, and so 
+in his anger he torments you also. Fear not, for I tell you, Satan will be destroyed before your 
+body is destroyed; for while you fast and pray, the angels of God protect your body, that Satan's 
+power may not destroy you. And the anger of Satan is impotent against the angels of God." 
+
+
+Then they all came to Jesus and with loud cries besought him saying: "Master, have compassion 
+on him, for he suffers more than we all, and if you do not at once cast Satan out of him, we fear 
+he will not live until tomorrow." 
+
+
+And Jesus answered them: "Great is your faith. Be it according to your faith, and you shall see 
+soon, face to face, the frightful countenance of Satan, and the power of the Son of Man. For I 
+will cast out from you the powerful Satan by the strength of the innocent lamb of God, the 
+weakest creature of the Lord. For the holy spirit of God makes more powerful the weakest than 
+the strongest." 
+
+
+And Jesus milked an ewe which was feeding among the grass. And he put the milk upon the sand 
+made hot by the sun, saying: "Lo, the power of the angel of water has entered this milk. And now 
+the power of the angel of sunshine will enter it also." 
+
+
+And the milk became hot by the strength of the sun. 
+"And now the angels of water and of sun will join with the angel of air." 
+And lo, the vapor of the hot milk began to rise slowly into the air. 
+
+
+."Come and breathe in by your mouth the strength of the angels of water, of sunshine, and of air, 
+that it may come into your body and cast out the Satan from you." 
+
+
+And the sick man whom Satan tormented did breathe within himself, deeply, the rising whitish 
+vapor. 
+
+
+"Straightway will Satan leave your body, since for three days he starves and finds no food within 
+you. He will come out of you to satisfy his hunger by the hot steaming milk, for this food finds 
+favor in his sight. He will smell its smell, and will not be able to resist the hunger which has 
+tormented him three days already. But the Son of Man will destroy his body, that he may torment 
+none else again." 
+
+
+Then the sick man's body was seized with an ague, and he retched as though he would vomit, but 
+he could not. And he gasped for air, for his breath was spent. And he fainted on the lap of Jesus. 
+
+
+"Now does Satan leave his body. See him." And Jesus pointed to the sick man's opened mouth. 
+
+
+And then they all saw with astonishment and terror that Satan was coming out from his mouth in 
+the shape of an abominable worm, straight towards the steaming milk. Then Jesus took two sharp 
+stones in his hands and crushed the head of Satan, and drew out from the sick man all the body 
+of the monster which was almost as long as the man. When the abominable worm came out of 
+the sick man's throat, he recovered at once his breath, and then all his pains ceased. And the 
+others looked with terror at the abominable body of Satan. 
+
+
+"See, what an abominable beast you carried and nourished in your body for long years. I have 
+cast it out of you and killed it that it may never again torment you. Give thanks to God that his 
+angels have made you free, and sin no more, lest Satan return to you again. Let your body be 
+henceforth a temple dedicated to your God." 
+
+
+And they were all amazed at his words and at his power. And they said: "Master, you are indeed 
+God's messenger, and do know all secrets." 
+
+
+"And you," answered Jesus, "be true Sons of God, that you also may partake in his power and in 
+the knowledge of all secrets. For wisdom and power can come only from the love of God. Love, 
+therefore, your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother with all your heart, and with all your 
+spirit. And serve them, that their angels may serve you also. Let all your deeds be sacrificed to 
+God. And feed not Satan, for the wages of sin is death. But with God lies the reward of the good, 
+his love, which is knowledge and power of eternal life." 
+
+
+And they all knelt down to give thanks to God for his love. 
+
+
+And Jesus departed, saying: "I will come again to all who persist in prayer and fasting tAl the 
+seventh day. Peace be with you." 
+
+
+And the sick man from whom Jesus had cast out the Satan, stood up, for the strength of life had 
+come back to him. He breathed out deeply, and his eyes became clear, for every pain had left 
+him. And he cast himself down upon the ground where Jesus had stood, and he kissed the print 
+of his feet and he wept. 
+
+
+And it was by the bed of a stream, many sick fasted and prayed with God's angels for seven days 
+and seven nights. And great was their reward, because they followed Jesus' words. And with the 
+passing of the seventh day, all their pains left them. And when the sun rose over the earth's rim 
+they saw Jesus coming towards them from the mountain, with the brightness of the rising sun 
+about his head. 
+
+
+"Peace be with you." 
+
+
+And they said no word at all, but only cast themselves down before him, and touched the hem of 
+his garment in token of their healing. 
+
+
+"Give thanks not to me, but to your Earthly Mother, who sent you her healing angels. Go, and sin 
+no more, that you may never again see disease. And let the healing angels become your 
+guardians." 
+
+
+But they answered him: "Whither should we go, Master, for with you are the words of eternal 
+life? Tell us, what are the sins which we must shun, that we may nevermore see disease?" 
+
+
+Jesus answered: "Be it so according to your faith," and he sat down among them, saying: 
+
+
+"It was said to them of old time, 'Honor thy Heavenly Father and thy Earthly Mother, and do 
+their commandments, that thy days may be long upon the earth.’ And next afterward was given 
+this commandment, "Thou shalt not kill,’ for life is given to all by God, and that which God has 
+given, let not man take away. For-I tell you truly, from one Mother proceeds all that lives upon 
+the earth. Therefore, he who kills, kills his brother. And from him will the Earthly Mother turn 
+away, and will pluck from him her quickening breasts. And he will be shunned by her angels, 
+and Satan will have his dwelling in his body. And the flesh of slain beasts in his body will 
+become his own tomb. For I tell you truly, he who kills, kills himself, and whoso eats the 
+flesh of slain beasts, eats of the body of death. For in his blood every drop of their blood turns 
+to poison; in his breath their breath to stink; in his flesh their flesh to boils; in his bones their 
+bones to chalk; in his bowels their bowels t 0 decay; in his eyes their eyes to scales; in his ears 
+their ears to waxy issue. And their death will become his death. For only in the service of your 
+Heavenly Father are your debts of seven years forgiven in seven clays. But Satan forgives you 
+nothing and you must pay him for all. 'Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot; 
+burning for burning, wound for wound; life for life, death for death.’ For the wages of sin is 
+death. Kill not, neither eat the flesh of your innocent prey, lest you become the slaves of Satan. 
+For that is the path of sufferings, and it leads unto death. But do the will of God, that his angels 
+may serve you on the way of life. Obey, therefore, the words of God: 'Behold, I have given you 
+every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is 
+the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to 
+every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon th e earth, wherein there is breath of 
+life, I give every green herb for meat. Also the milk of every thing that moveth and liveth upon 
+earth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given unto them, so I give their milk 
+unto you. But flesh, and the blood which quickens it, shall ye not eat. And, surely, your spurting 
+blood will I require, your blood wherein is your soul; I will require all slain beasts, and the souls 
+of all slain men. For I the Lord thy God am a God strong and jealous, visiting the iniquity of the 
+fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing 
+mercy unto thousands -of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Love the Lord thy 
+God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength: this is the first and greatest 
+commandment.’ And the second is like unto it: 'Love thy neighbor as thyself There is none other 
+commandment greater than these." 
+
+
+And after these words they all remained silent, save one, who called out: "What am I to do, 
+Master, if I see a wild beast rend my brother in the forest? Shall I let my brother perish, or kill 
+the wild beast? Shall not I thus transgress the law?" 
+
+
+And Jesus answered: "It was said to them of old time: "All beasts that move upon the earth, all 
+the fish of the sea, and all the fowl of the air are given into thy power." I tell you truly, of all 
+creatures living upon the earth, God created only man after his image. Wherefore beasts are for 
+man, and not man for beasts. You do not, therefore, transgress the law if you kill the wild 
+beast to save your brother's life. For I tell you truly, man is more than the beast. But he 
+who kills the beast without a cause, though the beast attack him not, through lust for 
+slaughter, or for its flesh, or for its hide, or yet for its tusks, evil is the deed which he does, 
+for he is turned into a wild beast himself. Wherefore is his end also as the end of the wild 
+beasts." 
+
+
+Then another said: "Moses, the greatest in Israel, suffered our forefathers to eat the flesh of clean 
+beasts, and forbade only the flesh of unclean beasts. Why, therefore, do you forbid us the flesh of 
+all beasts? Which law comes from God? That of Moses, or your law?" 
+
+
+And Jesus answered: "God gave, by Moses, ten commandments to your forefathers. "These 
+commandments are hard,' said your forefathers, and they could not keep them. When Moses saw 
+this, he had compassion on his people, and would not that they perish. And then he gave them 
+ten times ten commandments. For he whose feet are strong as the mountain of Zion, needs no 
+crutches; but he whose limbs do shake, gets further having crutches, than without them. And 
+Moses said to the Lord: 'My heart is filled with sorrow, for my people will be lost. For they are 
+without knowledge, and are not able to understand thy commandments. They are as little 
+children who cannot yet understand their father's words. Suffer, Lord, that I give them other 
+laws, that they may not perish. if they may not be with thee, Lord, let them not be against thee; 
+that they may sustain themselves, and when the time has come, and they are ripe for thy words, 
+reveal to hem thy laws.' For that did Moses break the two tablets of s tone whereon were written 
+the ten commandments, and he gave them ten times ten in their stead. And of these ten times ten 
+the Scribes and Pharisees have made a hundred times ten commandments. And they have laid 
+unbearable burdens on your shoulders, that they themselves do not carry. For the more nigh are 
+the commandments to God, the less do we need; and the farther they are from God, then the 
+more do we need. Wherefore are the laws of the Pharisees and Scribes innumerable; the 
+laws of the Son of Man seven; of the angels three; and of God one. 
+
+
+"Therefore, I teach you only those laws which you can understand, that you may become 
+men, and follow the seven laws of the Son of Man. Then will the unknown angels of the 
+Heavenly Father also reveal their laws to you, that God's holy spirit may descend upon you, and 
+lead you to his law." 
+
+
+And all were astonished at his wisdom, and asked him: "Continue, Master, and teach us all the 
+laws which we can receive." 
+
+
+And Jesus continued: "God commanded your forefathers: "Thou shalt not kill.’ But their heart 
+was hardened and they killed. Then Moses desired that at least they should not kill men, and he 
+
+
+suffered them to kill beasts. And then the heart of your forefathers was hardened yet more, and 
+they killed men and beasts likewise. But I do say to you: Kill neither men, nor beasts, nor yet the 
+food which goes into your mouth. For if you eat living food, the same will quicken you, but if 
+you kill your food, the dead food will kill you also. For life comes only from life, and from death 
+comes always death. For everything which kills your foods, kills your bodies also. And 
+everything which kills your bodies kills your souls also. And your bodies become what your 
+foods are, even as your spirits, likewise, become what your thoughts are. Therefore, eat not 
+anything which fire, or frost, or water has destroyed. For burned, frozen and rotted foods will 
+burn, freeze and rot your body also. Be not like the foolish husbandman who sowed in his 
+ground cooked, and frozen, and rotten seeds. And the autumn came, and his fields bore nothing. 
+And great was his distress. But be like that husbandman who sowed in his field living seed, and 
+whose field bore living ears of wheat, paying a hundredfold for the seeds which he planted. For I 
+tell you truly, live only by the fire of life, and prepare not your foods with the fire of death, 
+which kills your foods, your bodies and your souls also." 
+
+
+"Master, where is the fire of life?" asked some of them. 
+"In you, in your blood, and in your bodies." 
+"And the fire of death?" asked others. 
+
+
+"It is the fire which blazes outside your body, which is hotter than your blood. With that fire of 
+death you cook your foods in your homes and in your fields. I tell you truly, it is the same fire 
+which destroys your foods and your bodies, even as the fire of malice, which ravages your 
+thoughts, ravages your spirits. For your body is that which you eat, and your spirit is that which 
+you think. Eat nothing, therefore, which a stronger fire than the fire of life has killed. Wherefore, 
+prepare and eat all fruits of trees, and all grasses of the fields, and afl milk of beasts good for 
+eating. For all these are fed and ripened by the fire of life; all are the gift of the angels of our 
+Earthly Mother. But eat nothing to which only the fire of death gives savor, for such is of Satan." 
+
+
+"How should we cook our daily bread without fire, Master?" asked some with great 
+astonishment. 
+
+
+"Let the angels of God prepare your bread. Moisten your wheat, that the angel of water may 
+enter it. Then set it in the air, that the angel of air also may embrace it. And leave it from 
+morning to evening beneath the sun, that the angel of sunshine may descend upon it. And the 
+blessing of the three angels will soon make the germ of life to sprout in your wheat. Then crush 
+your grain, and make thin wafers, as did your forefathers when they departed out of Egypt, the 
+house of bondage. Put them back again beneath the sun from its appearing, and when it is risen 
+to its highest in the heavens, turn them over on the other side that they be embraced there also by 
+the angel of sunshine, and leave them there until the sun be set. For the angels of water, of air, 
+and of sunshine fed and ripened the wheat in the field, and they, likewise, must prepare also your 
+bread. And the same sun which, with the fire of life, made the wheat to grow and ripen, must 
+cook your bread with the same fire. For the fire of the sun gives life to the wheat, to the bread, 
+and to the body. But the fire of death kills the wheat, the bread, and the body. And the living 
+
+
+angels of the living God serve only living men. For God is the God of the living, and not the God 
+of the dead. 
+
+
+"So eat always from the table of God: the fruits of the trees, the grain and grasses of the field, the 
+milk of beasts, and the honey of bees. For everything beyond these is of Satan, and leads by the 
+way of sins and of diseases unto death. But the foods which you eat from the abundant table of 
+God give strength and youth to your body, and you will never see diseases For the table of God 
+fed Methuselah of old, and I tell you truly, if you live even as he lived, then will the God of the 
+living give you also long life upon the earth as was his. 
+
+
+"For I tell you truly, the God of the living is richer than all the rich of the earth, and his abundant 
+table is richer than the richest table of feasting of all the rich upon the earth. Eat, therefore, all 
+your life at the table of our Earthly Mother, and you will never see want. And when you eat at 
+her table, eat all things even as they are found on the table of the Earthly Mother. Cook not, 
+neither mix all things one with another, lest your bowels become as steaming bogs. For I tell you 
+truly, this is abominable in the eyes of the Lord. 
+
+
+"And be not like the greedy servant, who always ate up, at the table of his lord, the portions 
+of others. And he devoured everything himself, and mixed all together in his gluttony. And 
+seeing that, his lord was wroth with him, and drove him from the table. And when all had ended 
+their meal, he mixed together all that remained upon the table, and called the greedy servant to 
+him, and said: "Take and eat all this with the swine, for your place is with them, and not at my 
+table.' 
+
+
+"Take heed, therefore, and defile not with all kinds of abominations the temple of your 
+bodies. Be content with two or three sorts of food, which you will find always upon the 
+table of our Earthly Mother. And desire not to devour all things which you see around you. For 
+I tell you truly, if you mix together all sorts of food in your body, then the peace of your body 
+will cease, and endless war will rage in you. And it will be blotted out even as homes and 
+kingdoms divided against themselves work their own destruction. For your God is the God of 
+peace, and does never help division. Arouse not, therefore, against you the wrath of God, lest he 
+drive you from his table, and lest you be compelled to go to the table of Satan, where the fire of 
+sins, diseases, and death will corrupt your body. 
+
+
+"And when you eat, never eat unto fulness. Flee the temptations of Satan, and listen to the 
+voice of God's angels. For Satan and his power tempt you always to eat more and more. But live 
+by the spirit, and resist the desires of the body. And your fasting is always pleasing in the eyes of 
+the angels of God. So give heed to how much you have eaten when your body is sated, and 
+always eat less by a third. 
+
+
+"Let the weight of your daily food be not less than a mina, but mark that it go not beyond 
+two. Then will the angels of God serve you always, and you will never fall into the bondage of 
+Satan and of his diseases. Trouble not the work of the angels in your body by eating often. For I 
+tell you truly, he who eats more than twice in the clay does in him the work of Satan. And the 
+angels of God leave his body, and soon Satan will take possession of it. Eat only when the sun 
+is highest in the heavens, and again when it is set. And you will never see disease, for such 
+
+
+finds favor in the eyes of the Lord. And if you will that the angels of God rejoice in your 
+body, and that Satan shun you afar, then sit but once in the day at the table of God. And 
+then your days will be long upon the earth, for this is pleasing in the eyes of the Lord. Eat 
+always when the table of God is served before you, and eat always of that which you find 
+upon the table of God. For I tell you truly, God knows well what your body needs, and when it 
+needs. 
+
+
+"From the coming of the month of Ijar, eat barley; from the month of Sivan, eat wheat, the most 
+perfect among all seed-bearing herbs. And let your daily bread be made of wheat, that the Lord 
+may take care of your bodies. From Tammuz, eat the sour grape, that your body may diminish 
+and Satan may depart from it. in the month of Elul, gather the grape that the juice may serve you 
+as drink. In the month of Marchesvan, gather the sweet grape, dried and sweetened by the angel 
+of sun, that your bodies may increase, for the angels of the Lord dwell in them. You should eat 
+figs rich in juice in the months of Ab and Shebat, and what remain, let the angel of sun keep 
+them for you; eat them with the meat of almonds in all the months when the trees bear no fruits. 
+And the herbs which come after rain, these eat in the month of Thebet, that your blood may be 
+cleansed of all your sins. And in the same month begin to eat also the milk of your beasts, 
+because for this did the Lord give the herbs of the fields to all the beasts which render milk, that 
+they might with their milk feed man. For I tell you truly, happy are they that eat only at the table 
+of God, and eschew all the abominations of Satan. Eat not unclean foods brought from far 
+countries, but eat always that which your trees bear. For your God knows well what is 
+needful for you, and where and when. And he gives to all peoples of all kingdoms for food 
+that which is best for each. Eat not as the heathen do, who stuff themselves in haste, defiling 
+their bodies with all manner of abominations. 
+
+
+"For the power of God's angels enters into you with the living food which the Lord gives you 
+from his royal table. And when you eat, have above you the angel of air, and below you the angel 
+of water. Breathe long and deeply at all your meals, that the angel of air may bless your repasts. 
+And chew well your food with your teeth, that it become water, and that the angel of water turn it 
+into blood in your body. And eat slowly, as it were a prayer you make to the Lord. For I tell you 
+truly, the power of God enters into you, if you eat after this manner at his table. But Satan turns 
+into a steaming bog the body of him upon whom the angels of air and water do not descend at his 
+repasts. And .the Lord suffers him no longer at his table. For the table of the Lord is an altar, and 
+he who eats at the table of God is in a temple. For I tell you truly, the body of the Son of Man is 
+turned into a temple, and his inwards into an altar, if he does the commandments of God. 
+Wherefore, put naught u pon the altar of the Lord when your spirit is vexed, neither think upon 
+any one with anger in the temple of God. And enter only into the Lord's sanctuary when you feel 
+in yourselves the call of his angels, for all that you eat in sorrow, or in anger, or without desire, 
+becomes a poison in your body. For the breath of Satan defiles aR these. Place with joy your 
+offerings upon the altar of your body, and let all evil thoughts depart from you when you receive 
+into your body the power of God from his table. And never sit at the table of God before he call 
+you by the angel of appetite. 
+
+
+"Rejoice, therefore, always with God's angels at their royal table, for this is pleasing to the heart 
+of the Lord. And your life will be long upon the earth, for the most precious of God's servants 
+will serve you all your days: the angel of joy. 
+
+
+"And forget not that every seventh day is holy and consecrated to God. On six days feed your 
+body with the gifts of the Earthly Mother, but on the seventh day sanctify your body for your 
+Heavenly Father. On the seventh day eat not any earthly food, but live only on the words of 
+God, and be all the day with the angels of the Lord in the kingdom of the Heavenly Father. 
+And on the seventh day let the angels of God build the kingdom of the heavens in your body, as 
+you labor for six days in the kingdom of the Earthly Mother. And let not food trouble the work of 
+the angels in your body throughout the seventh day. And God will give you long life upon earth, 
+that you may have life everlasting in the kingdom of the heavens. For I tell you truly, if you see 
+not diseases any more upon earth, you will live for ever in the kingdom of the heavens. 
+
+
+"And God will send you each morning the angel of sunshine to wake you from your sleep. 
+Therefore, obey your Heavenly Father's summons, and lie not idle in your beds, for the angels of 
+air and water await you already without. And labor all day long with the angels of the Earthly 
+Mother that you may come to know them and their works ever more and more well. But when 
+the sun is set, and your Heavenly Father sends you his most precious angel, sleep, then take your 
+rest, and be all the night with the angel of sleep. And then will your Heavenly Father send you 
+his unknown angels, that they may be with you the livelong night. And the Heavenly Father's 
+unknown angels will teach you many things concerning the kingdom of God, even as the angels 
+that you know of the Earthly Mother, instruct you in the things of her kingdom. For I tell you 
+truly, you will be every night the guests of the kingdom of your Heavenly Father, if you do his 
+commandments. And when you wake up upon the morrow, you will feel in you the power of the 
+unknown angels. And your Heavenly Father will send them to you every night, that they may 
+build your spirit, even as every day the Earthly Mother sends you her angels, that they may build 
+your body. For I tell you truly, if in the daytime your Earthly Mother folds you in her arms, and 
+in the night the Heavenly Father breathes his kiss upon you, then will the Sons of Men become 
+the Sons of God. 
+
+
+"Resist day and night the temptations of Satan. Wake not by night, neither sleep by day, 
+lest the angels of God depart from you. 
+
+
+"And take no delight in any drink, nor in any smoke from Satan, waking you by night and 
+making you to sleep by day. For I tell you truly, all the drinks and smokes of Satan are 
+abominations in the eyes of your God. 
+
+
+"Commit not whoredom, by night or by day, for the whoremonger is like a tree whose sap 
+runs out from its trunk. And that tree will be dried up before its time, nor will it ever bear fruit. 
+Therefore, go not a-whoring, lest Satan dry up your body, and the Lord make your seed 
+unfruitful. 
+
+
+"Shun all that is too hot and too cold. For it is the will of your Earthly Mother that neither heat 
+nor cold should harm your body. And let not your bodies become either hotter or colder than as 
+God's angels warm or cool them. And if you do the commandments of the Earthly Mother, then 
+as oft as your body becomes too hot, will she send the angel of coolness to cool you, and as oft 
+as your body becomes too cold, will she send you the angel of heat to warm you again. 
+
+
+"Follow the example of all the angels of the Heavenly Father and of the Earthly Mother, who 
+work day and night, without ceasing, upon the kingdoms of the heavens and of the earth. 
+Therefore, receive also into yourselves the strongest of God's angels, the angel of deeds, and 
+work all together upon the kingdom of God. Follow the example of the running water, the 
+wind as it blows, the rising and setting of the sun, the growing plants and trees, the beasts 
+as they run and gambol, the wane and waxing of the moon, the stars as they come and go 
+again; all these do move, and do perform their labors. For all which has life does move, and 
+only that which is dead is still. And God is the God of the living, and Satan that of the dead. 
+Serve, therefore, the living God, that the eternal movement of life may sustain you, and 
+that you may escape the eternal stillness of death. Work, therefore, without ceasing, to 
+build the kingdom of God, lest you be cast into the kingdom of Satan. For eternal joy 
+abounds in the living kingdom of God, but still sorrow darkens the kingdom of death of Satan. 
+Be, therefore, true Sons of your Earthly Mother and of your Heavenly Father, that you fall not as 
+slaves of Satan. And your Earthly Mother and Heavenly Father will send you their angels to 
+teach, to love, and to serve you. And their angels will write the commandments of God in 
+your head, in your heart, and in your hands, that you may know, feel, and do God's 
+commandments. 
+
+
+"And pray every day to your Heavenly Father and Earthly mother, that your soul become 
+as perfect as your Heavenly Father's holy spirit is perfect, and that your body become as 
+perfect as the body of your Earthly Mother is perfect. For if you understand, feel, and do the 
+commandments, then all for which you pray to your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother 
+will be given you. For the wisdom, the love, and the power of God are above all. 
+
+
+"After this manner, therefore, pray to your Heavenly Father: Our Father which art in heaven, 
+hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 
+Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And 
+lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, 
+and the glory, for ever. Amen. 
+
+
+"And after this manner pray to your Earthly Mother: Our Mother which art upon earth, 
+hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, and thy will be done in us, as it is in thee. As 
+thou sendest every day thy angels, send them to us also. Forgive us our sins, as we atone all 
+our sins against thee. And lead us not into sickness, but deliver us from all evil, for thine is 
+the earth, the body, and the health. Amen. 
+
+
+And they all prayed together with Jesus to the Heavenly Father and to the Earthly Mother. 
+
+
+And afterwards Jesus spoke thus to them: "Even as your bodies have been reborn through the 
+Earthly Mother's angels, may your spirit, likewise, be reborn through the angels of the Heavenly 
+Father. Become, therefore, true Sons of your Father and of your Mother, and true Brothers of the 
+Sons of Men. Till now you were at war with your Father, with your Mother, and with your 
+Brothers. And you have served Satan. From today live at peace with your Heavenly Father, and 
+with your Earthly Mother, and with your Brothers, the Sons of Men. And fight only against 
+Satan, lest he rob you of your peace. I give the peace of your Earthly Mother to your body, and 
+
+
+the peace of your Heavenly Father to your spirit. And let the peace of both reign among the Sons 
+of Men. 
+
+
+"Come to me, all that are weary and that suffer in strife and affliction! For my peace will 
+strengthen you and comfort you. For my peace is exceeding full of joy. Wherefore do I always 
+greet you after this manner: 'Peace be with you!' Do you always, therefore, so greet one 
+another, that upon your body may descend the peace of your Earthly Mother, and upon 
+your spirit the peace of your Heavenly Father. And then you will find peace also among 
+yourselves, for the kingdom of God is within you. And now return to your Brothers with whom 
+hitherto you were at war, and give your peace to them also. For happy are they that strive for 
+peace, for they will find the peace of God. Go, and sin no more. And give to every one your 
+peace, even as I have given my peace unto you. For my peace is of God. Peace be with you." 
+
+
+And he left them. 
+
+
+And his peace descended upon them; and in their heart the angel of love, in their head the 
+wisdom of law, and in their hands the power of rebirth, they went forth among the Sons of Men, 
+to bring the light of peace to those that warred in darkness. 
+
+
+And they parted, wishing one to another: 
+
+
+"PEACE BE WITH YOU." 
+
+
+THE STORY OF THE ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE 
+
+
+Translated by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely 
+In Four Volumes 
+
+
+It was in 1928 that Edmond Bordeaux Szekely first published his translation of Book One of The 
+Essene Gospel of Peace, an ancient manuscript he had found in the Secret Archives of the 
+Vatican as the result of limitless patience, faultless scholarship, and unerring intuition. This story 
+is told in his book, The Discovery of the Essene Gospel of Peace, published in 1975. The English 
+version of Book One appcared in 1937, and ever since, the little volume has traveled over the 
+world, appearing in many different languages, gaining every year more and more readers, until 
+now, still with no commercial advertisement, over a million copies have been sold in the United 
+States alone. It was not until almost fifty years after the first French translation that Book Two 
+and Book Three appeared (The Unknown Books of the Essenes and Lost Scrolls of the Essene 
+Brotherhood), achieving rapidly the popularity of Book One. 
+
+
+In 1981, Book Four, The Teachings of the Elect, was published posthumously according to Dr. 
+Szekely's wishes, representing yet another fragment of the complete manuscript which exists in 
+
+
+Aramaic in the Secret Archives of the Vatican and in old Slavonic in the Royal Library of the 
+Habsburgs (now the property of the Austrian government). The poetic style of the translator 
+brings to vivid reality the exquisitely beautiful words of Jesus and the Elders of the Essene 
+Brotherhood. Some of the chapters: The Essene Communions. The Sevenfold Peace. The Holy 
+Streams of Life, Light, and Sound. The Gift of the Humble Grass. 
+
+
+EXCERPTS FROM The Essene Gospel of Peace, Book Two: 
+The Unknown Books of the Essenes 
+
+
+And one man spoke: "But, Master, we are but men, we are not angels. How then can we hope to 
+walk in their ways? Tell us what we must do." 
+
+
+And Jesus spoke: 
+
+As the son inherits the land of his father, So have we inherited a Holy Land From our Fathers. 
+This land is not a field to be ploughed, But a place within us Where we may build our Holy 
+Temple. -And even as a temple must be raised, Stone by stone, 
+
+So will I give to you those stones 
+
+For the building of the Holy Temple; 
+
+That which we have inherited 
+
+From our Fathers, 
+
+And their Fathers' Fathers. 
+
+And all the men gathered around Jesus, and their faces shone with desire to hear the words which 
+would come from his lips. And he lifted his face to the rising sun, and the radiance of its rays 
+filled his eyes as he spoke: 
+
+"The Holy Temple can be built Only with the ancient Communions, Those which are spoken, 
+Those which are thought, And those which are lived. 
+
+For if they are spoken only with the mouth, 
+
+They are as a dead hive 
+
+
+Which the bees have forsaken, 
+
+
+That gives no more honey. 
+
+
+The Communions are a bridge 
+Between man and the angels, 
+
+And like a bridge, 
+
+Can be built only with patience, 
+
+Yea, even as the bridge over the river 
+Is fashioned stone by stone, 
+
+As they are found by the water's edge. 
+And the Communions are fourteen in number, 
+As the Angels of the Heavenly Father 
+Number seven, 
+
+And the Angels of the Earthly Mother 
+Number seven. 
+
+And just as the roots of the tree 
+
+Sink into the earth and are nourished, 
+And the branches of the tree 
+
+Raise their arms to heaven, 
+
+So is man like the trunk of the tree, 
+With his roots deep 
+
+In the breast of his Earthly Mother, 
+And his soul ascending 
+
+To the bright stars of his Heavenly Father. 
+And the roots of the tree 
+
+
+Are the Angels of the Earthly Mother, 
+
+
+And the branches of the tree 
+Are the Angels of the Heavenly Father. 
+And this is the sacred Tree of Life 
+
+
+Which stands in the Sea of Eternity. 
+
+
+EXCERPTS FROM The Essene Gospel of Peace, Book Three: 
+Lost Scrolls of the Essene Brotherhood 
+
+
+For the earth shall be filled 
+with the Peace of the Heavenly Father, 
+as the waters cover the sea. 
+I will invoke the Angel of Peace, 
+Whose breath is friendly, 
+Whose hand is clothed in power. 
+
+In the reign of Peace, there is neither hunger nor thirst, 
+Neither cold wind nor hot wind, 
+Neither old age nor death. 
+
+In the reign of Peace, 
+
+Both animals and men shall be undying, 
+Waters and plants shall be undrying, 
+And the food of life shall be never-failing. 
+It is said that the mountains 
+Shall bring peace to the people, 
+
+And the little hills, righteousness. 
+
+
+There shall be peace 
+
+
+As long as the sun and moon endure, Throughout all generations. 
+Peace shall come down like rain upon mown grass, As showers that water the earth. 
+In the reign of Peace shall the Law grow strong, 
+
+And the Children of Light shall have dominion 
+From sea to sea, unto the ends of the earth. 
+
+T'he reign of Peace hath its source 
+In the Heavenly Father; 
+
+By his strength he setteth fast the mountains, 
+
+He maketh the outgoings of morning and evening To rejoice in the Light, 
+He bringeth to earth the river of the Law, To water and enrich it, 
+
+He maketh soft the earth with showers; 
+
+They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness, 
+
+And the little hills rejoice on every side. 
+
+The pastures are clothed with flocks; 
+
+The valleys also are covered over with corn; 
+
+They shout for joy, they also sing. 
+
+O Heavenly Father! 
+
+Bring unto thy earth the reign of Peace! 7'hen shall we remember the words 
+Of him who taught of old the Children of Light: 
+
+I give the peace of thy Earthly Mother 
+To thy body, 
+
+And the peace of thy Heavenly Father To thy spirit. 
+
+
+And let the peace of both 
+
+
+Reign among the sons of men. 
+Come to me all that are weary, 
+And that suffer in strife and affliction! 
+For my peace will strengthen thee and comfort thee. For my peace is exceeding full of joy. 
+Wherefore do I always greet thee after this manner: Peace be with thee! 
+
+
+Do thou always, therefore, so greet one another, That upon thy body may descend The The Peace 
+of thy Earthly Mother, 
+
+
+And upon thy spirit 
+The Peace of thy Heavenly Father. 
+
+And then wilt thou find peace also among thyselves, 
+For the Kingdom of the Law is within thee. 
+And return to thy Brothers 
+And give thy peace to them also, 
+
+For happy are they that strive for peace, 
+
+For they will find the peace of the Heavenly Father. 
+And give to every one thy peace, 
+
+Even as I have given my peace unto thee. 
+
+For my peace is of God. 
+
+
+Peace be with thee! 
+
+
+EXCERPTS FROM The Essene Gospel of peace, Book Four: 
+The Teachings of the Elect 
+
+
+THE HOLY STREAMS 
+
+
+Into the innermost circle have you come, into the mystery of mysteries, that which was old when 
+our father Enoch was young and walked the earth. Around and around have you come on your 
+journey of many years, always following the path of righteousness, living according to the Holy 
+Law and the sacred vows of our Brotherhood, and you have made of your body a holy temple 
+wherein dwell the angels of God. Many years have you shared the daylight hours with the angels 
+of the Earthly Mother; many years have you slept in the arms of the Heavenly Father, taught by 
+his unknown angels. You have learned that the laws of the Son of Man are seven, of the angels 
+three, and of God, one. Now you shall know of the three laws of the angels, the mystery of the 
+three Holy Streams and the ancient way to traverse them; so shall you bathe in the light of 
+heaven and at last behold the revelation of the mystery of mysteries: the law of God, which is 
+One. 
+
+
+Now in the hour before the rising of the sun, just before the angels of the Earthly Mother breathe 
+life into the still sleeping earth, then do you enter into the Holy Stream of Life. It is your Brother 
+Tree who holds the mystery of this Holy Stream, and it is your Brother Tree that you will 
+embrace in your thought, even as by day you embrace him in greeting when you walk along the 
+lake shore. And you shall be one with the tree, for in the beginning of the times so did we all 
+share in the Holy Stream of Life that gave birth to all creation. And as you embrace your Brother 
+Tree, the power of the Holy Stream of Life will fill your whole body, and you will tremble 
+before its might. Then breathe deeply of the angel of air, and say the word "Life" with the 
+outgiving of breath. Then you will become in truth the Tree of Life which sinks its roots deep 
+into the Holy Stream of Life from an eternal source. And as the angel of sun warms the earth, 
+and all the creatures of land and water and ai r rejoice in the new day, so will your body and 
+spirit rejoice in the Holy Stream of life that flows to you through your Brother Tree. 
+
+
+And when the sun is high in the heavens, then shall you seek the Holy Stream of Sound. in the 
+heat of noontide, all creatures are still and seek the shade; the angels of the Earthly Mother are 
+silent for a space. Then it is that you shall let into your ears the Holy Stream of Sound; for it can 
+only be heard in the silence. Think on the streams that are born in the desert after a sudden storm, 
+and the roaring sound of the waters as they rush past. Truly, this is the voice of God, if you did 
+but know it. For as it is written, in the beginning was the Sound, and the Sound was with God, 
+and the Sound was God. I tell you truly, when we are born, we enter the world with the sound of 
+God in our ears, even the singing of the vast chorus of the sky, and the holy chant of the stars in 
+their fixed rounds; it is the Holy Stream of Sound that traverses the vault of stars and crosses the 
+endless kingdom of the Heavenly Father. It is ever in our ears, so do we hear it not. Listen for it, 
+then, in the silence of noontide; bathe in it, and let the rhythm of the music of God beat in your 
+ears untfl you are one with the Holy Stream of Sound. It was this Sound which formed the earth 
+and the world, and brought forth the mountains, and set the stars in their thrones of glory in the 
+highest heavens. 
+
+
+And you shall bathe in the Stream of Sound, and the music of its waters shall flow over you; for 
+in the beginning of the times so did we all share in the Holy Stream of Sound that gave birth to 
+all creation. And the mighty roaring of the Stream of Sound will fill your whole body, and you 
+will tremble before its might. Then breathe deeply of the angel of air, and become the sound 
+itself, that the Holy Stream of Sound may carry you to the endless kingdom of the Heavenly 
+Father, there where the rhythm of the world rises and falls. 
+
+
+And when darkness gently closes the eyes of the angels of the Earthly Mother, then shall you 
+also sleep, that your spirit may join the unknown angels of the Heavenly Father. And in the 
+moments before you sleep, then shall you think of the bright and glorious stars, the white, 
+shining, far-seen and far-piercing stars. For your thoughts before sleep are as the bow of the 
+skillful archer, that sends the arrow where he wills. Let your thoughts before sleep be with the 
+stars; for the stars are Light, and the Heavenly Father is Light, even that Light which is a 
+thousand times brighter than the brightness of a thousand suns. Enter the Holy Stream of Light, 
+that the shackles of death may loose their hold for ever, and breaking free from the bonds of 
+earth, ascend the Holy Stream of Light through the blazing radiance of the stars, into the endless 
+kingdom of the Heavenly Father. 
+
+
+Unfold your wings of light, and in the eye of your thought, soar with the stars into the farthest 
+reaches of heaven, where untold suns blaze with light. For at the beginning of the times, the Holy 
+Law said, let there be Light, and there was Light. And you shall be one with it, and the power of 
+the Holy Light Stream will fill your whole body, and you will tremble before its might. Say the 
+word "Light," as you breathe deeply of the angel of air, and you will become the Light itself; and 
+the Holy Stream will carry you to the endless kingdom of the Heavenly Father, there losing itself 
+in the eternal Sea of Light which gives birth to all creation. And you shall be one with the Holy 
+Stream of Light, always before you sleep in the arms of the Heavenly Father. 
+
+
+I tell you truly, your body was made not only to breathe, and eat, and think, but it was also made 
+to enter the Holy Stream of Life. And your ears were made not only to hear the words of men, 
+the song of birds, and the music of falling rain, but they were also made to hear the Holy Stream 
+of Sound. And your eyes were made not only to see the rising and setting of the sun, the ripple of 
+sheaves of grain, and the words of the Holy Scrolls, but they were also made to see the Holy 
+Stream of Light. One day your body will return to the Earthly Mother; even also your ears and 
+your eyes. But the Holy Stream of Life, the Holy Stream of Sound, and the Holy Stream of 
+Light, these were never born, and can never die. Enter the Holy Streams, even that Life, that 
+Sound, and that Light which gave you birth; that you may reach the kingdom of the Heavenly 
+Father and become one with him even as the river empties into the far-distant sea. 
+
+
+More than this cannot be told, for the Holy Streams will take you to that place where words are 
+no more, and even the Holy Scrolls cannot record the mysteries therein. 
+
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+PREFACE 
+
+
+Book Two of the Essene Gospel of Peace 
+
+
+I have to begin this preface with a great confession: this is not my first translation of Book Two 
+of the Essene Gospel of Peace; it is my second. The first effort took many years to complete, and 
+it was composed painstakingly and literally, with hundreds of cross references and abundant 
+philological and exegetical footnotes. When it was finished, I was very proud of it, and in a glow 
+of selfsatisfied accomplishment, I gave it to my friend, Aldous Huxley, to read. Two weeks later, 
+I asked him what he thought of my monumental translation. "It is very, very bad, he answered. 
+"It is even worse than the most boring treatises of the patristics and scholastics, which nobody 
+reads today. it is so dry and uninteresting, in fact, that I have no desire to read Book Three." I 
+was speechless, so he continued. "You should rewrite it, and give it some of the vitality of your 
+other books-make it literary, readable and attractive for twentieth century readers. I'm sure the 
+Essenes did not speak to each other in footnotes! In the form it is in now, the only readers you 
+will have for it may be a few dogmatists in theological seminaries, who seem to take masochistic 
+pleasure in reading this sort of thing. However," he added with a smile, "you might find some 
+value in it as a cure for insomnia; each time I tried to read it I fell asleep in a few minutes. You 
+might try to sell a few copies that way by advertising a new sleep remedy in the health 
+magazines-no harmful chemicals, and all that." 
+
+
+It took me a long time to recuperate from his criticism-. I put aside the manuscript for years. 
+Meanwhile, I continued to receive thousands of letters from many readers from all parts of the 
+world of my translation of Book One of the Essene Gospel of Peace, asking for the second and 
+third books promised in the preface. Finally, I got the courage to start again. The passing of the 
+years had mellowed my attitude and I saw my friend's criticism in a new light. I rewrote the 
+entire manuscript, treating it as literature and poetry, coming to grips with the great problems of 
+life, both ancient and contemporary. it was not easy to be faithful to the original, and at the same 
+time to present the eternal truths in a way that would appeal to twentieth century man. And yet, it 
+was vitally important that I try; for the Essenes, above all others, strove to win the hearts of men 
+through reason, and the powerful and vivid example of their li ves. 
+
+
+Sadly, Aldous is no longer here to read my second translation. I have a feeling he would have 
+liked it (not a single footnote!), but I will have to leave the final judgment to my readers. If 
+
+
+Books Two and Three will become as popular as Book One, my efforts of many, many years will 
+be amply rewarded. 
+
+
+EDMOND BORDEAUX SZEKELY 
+
+
+San Diego, California 
+the first of November, 1974. 
+
+
+INTRODUCTION 
+
+
+There are three paths leading to Truth. The first is the path of the consciousness, the second that 
+of nature, and the third is the accumulated experience of past generations, which we receive in 
+the shape of the great masterpieces of all ages. From time immemorial, man and humanity have 
+followed all three paths. 
+
+
+The first path to Truth, the path of the consciousness, is that followed by the great mystics. They 
+consider that the consciousness is the most immediate reality for us and is the key to the 
+universe. it is something which is in us, which is us. And throughout the ages the mystics have 
+made the discovery that the laws of human consciousness contain an aspect not found in the laws 
+governing the material universe. 
+
+
+A certain dynamic unity exists in our consciousness, where one is at the same time many. it is 
+possible for us to have simultaneously different thoughts, ideas, associations, images, memories 
+and intuitions occupying our consciousness within fragments of a minute or a second, yet all this 
+multiplicity will still constitute only a single dynamic unity. Therefore the laws of mathematics, 
+which are valid for the material universe and are a key to its understanding, will not be valid in 
+the field of consciousness, a realm where two and two do not necessarily make four. The mystics 
+also found that measurements of space, time and weight, universally valid in nature and 
+throughout the material universe, are not applicable to the consciousness, where sometimes a few 
+seconds seem like hours, or hours like a minute. 
+
+
+Our consciousness does not exist in space and therefore cannot be measured in spatial terms. It 
+has its own time, which is very often timelessness, so temporal measurements cannot be applied 
+to Truth reached by this path. The great mystics discovered that the human consciousness, 
+besides being the most immediate and the inmost reality for us, is at the same time our closest 
+source of energy, harmony and knowledge. The path to Truth leading to and through the 
+consciousness produced the great teachings of humanity, the great intuitions and the great 
+masterpieces throughout the ages. Such then is the first path to or source of Truth, as the Essene 
+traditions understand and interpret it. 
+
+
+Unfortunately, the magnificent original intuitions of the great masters often lose their vitality as 
+they pass down the generations. They are very often modified, distorted and turned into dogmas, 
+and all too frequently their values become petrified in institutions and organized hierarchies. The 
+pure intuitions are choked by the sands of time, and eventually have to be dug out by seekers of 
+Truth able to penetrate into their essence. 
+
+
+Another danger is that persons following this path to Truth, the path of the consciousness-may 
+fall into exaggerations. They come to think that this is the only path to Truth and disregard all 
+others. Very often, too, they apply the specific laws of the human consciousness to the material 
+universe where they lack validity, and ignore the laws proper to the latter sphere. The mystic 
+often creates for himself an artificial universe, farther and farther removed from reality, till he 
+ends by living in an ivory tower, having lost all contact with reality and life. 
+
+
+The second of the three paths is the path of nature. While the first path of the consciousness 
+starts from within and penetrates thence into the totality of things, the second path takes the 
+opposite way. Its starting point is the external world. it is the path of the scientist, and has been 
+
+
+followed in all ages through experience and through experiment, through the use of inductive 
+and deductive methods. 
+
+
+The scientist, working with exact quantitative measurements, measures everything in space and 
+time, and makes all possible correlations. 
+
+
+With his telescope he penetrates into far-distant cosmic space, into the various solar and galactic 
+systems; through spectrum analysis he measures the constituents of the different planets in 
+cosmic space; and by mathematical calculation he establishes in advance the movements of 
+celestial bodies. Applying the law of cause and effect, the scientist establishes a long chain of 
+causes and effects which help him to explain and measure the universe, as well as life. 
+
+
+But the scientist, like the mystic, sometimes falls into exaggerations. While science has 
+transformed the life of mankind and has created great values, for man in all ages, it has failed to 
+give entire satisfaction in the solution of the final problems of existence, life and the universe. 
+The scientist has the long chain of causes and effects secure in all its particles, but he has no idea 
+what to do with the end of the chain. He has no solid point to which he may attach the end of the 
+chain, and so by the path to Truth through nature and the material universe he is unable to 
+answer the great and eternal questions concerning the beginning and end of all things. 
+
+
+The greatest scientists recognize that in the metaphysical field beyond the scientific chain there is 
+something else - continuing from the end of that chain. However, there are also the dogmatic 
+scientists who deny any other approach to Truth than their own, who refuse to attribute reality to 
+the facts and phenomena which they cannot fit neatly into their own categories and 
+classifications. 
+
+
+The path to Truth through nature is not that of the dogmatic scientist, just as the first path is not 
+that of the one-sided mystic. Nature is a great open book in which everything can be found, if we 
+learn to draw from it the inspiration which it has given to the great thinkers of all ages. if we 
+learn her language, nature will reveal to us all the laws of life and the universe. 
+
+
+It is for this reason that all the great masters of humanity from time to time withdrew into nature: 
+Zarathustra and Moses into the mountains, Buddha to the forest, Jesus and the Essenes to the 
+desert-and thus followed this second path as well as that of the consciousness. The two paths do 
+not contradict one another, but harmoniously complete one another in full knowledge of the laws 
+of both. It was thus that the great teachers reached wonderful and deeply profound truths which 
+have given inspiration to millions through thousands of years. 
+
+
+The third path to Truth, is the wisdom, knowledge and experience acquired by the great thinkers 
+of all ages and transmitted to us in the form of great teachings, the great sacred books or 
+scriptures, and the great masterpieces of universal literature which together form what today we 
+would call universal culture. 
+
+
+In brief, therefore, our approach to Truth is a threefold one: through consciousness, nature and 
+culture. 
+
+
+In the following chapters we shall follow this threefold path leading to Truth and shall examine 
+and translate some of the great sacred writings of the Essenes. 
+
+
+There are different ways of studying these great writings. One way-the way of all theologians 
+and of the organized Churches-is to consider each text literally. This is the dogmatic way 
+resulting from a long process of petrification, by which truths are inevitably transformed into 
+dogmas. 
+
+
+When the theologian follows this most easy but one-sided path, he runs into endless 
+contradictions and complications, and he reaches a conclusion as far removed from the truth as 
+that of the scientific interpreter of these texts who rejects them as entirely valueless and without 
+validity. The approaches of the dogmatic theologian and the exclusivist scientist represent two 
+extremes. 
+
+
+A third error is to believe, as do certain symbolists, that these books have no more than a 
+symbolic content and are nothing more than parables. With their own particular way of 
+exaggeration these symbolists make thousands of different and quite contradictory interpretations 
+of these great texts. 
+
+
+The spirit of the Essene traditions is opposed to all three of these ways of interpreting these 
+ageless writings and follows an entirely different approach. 
+
+
+The Essene method of interpretation of these books is, on the one hand, to place them in 
+harmonious correlation with the laws of the human consciousness and of nature, and, on the 
+other, to consider the facts and circumstances of the age and environment in which they were 
+written. This approach also takes into account the degree of evolution and understanding of the 
+people to whom the particular master was addressing his message. 
+
+
+Since all the great masters had to adapt their teaching to the level of their audience, they found it 
+necessary to formulate both an exoteric and esoteric teaching. The exoteric message was one 
+comprehensible to the people at large and was expressed in terms of various rules, forms and 
+rituals corresponding to the basic needs of the people and the age concerned. Parallel with this, 
+the esoteric teachings have survived through the ages partly as written and partly as unwritten 
+living traditions, free from forms, rituals, rules and dogmas, and in all periods have been kept 
+alive and practiced by a small minority. 
+
+
+It is in this spirit of the interpretation of the Truth that the Essene Gospel of Peace will be 
+translated in the following pages. Rejecting the dogmatic methods of literal and purely scientific 
+interpretation as well as the exaggeration of the symbolists, we shall try to translate the Essene 
+Gospel of Peace in the light of our consciousness and of nature, and in harmony with the great 
+traditions of the Essenes, to whose brotherhood the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls themselves 
+belonged. 
+
+
+THE VISION OF ENOCH 
+
+
+THE MOST ANCIENT REVELATION 
+God Speaks to Man 
+
+
+I speak to you. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I spoke to you 
+When you were born. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I spoke to you 
+At your first sight. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I spoke to you 
+At your first word. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I spoke to you 
+At your first thought. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I spoke to you 
+At your first love. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I spoke to you 
+At your first song. 
+Be still 
+Know I am 
+God. 
+
+
+I speak to you 
+Through the grass of the meadows. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I speak to you 
+Through the trees of the forests. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I speak to you 
+Through the valleys and the hills. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I speak to you 
+Through the Holy Mountains. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I speak to you 
+Through the rain and the snow. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Tam 
+God. 
+
+
+I speak to you 
+Through the waves of the sea. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+
+
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I speak to you 
+Through the dew of the morning. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I speak to you 
+Through the peace of the evening. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Tam 
+God. 
+
+
+I speak to you 
+Through the splendor of the sun. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I speak to you 
+Through the brilliant stars. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I speak to you 
+Through the storm and the clouds. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I speak to you 
+Through the thunder and lightning. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God 
+
+
+I speak to you 
+Through the mysterious rainbow. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I will speak to you 
+When you are alone. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God 
+
+
+I will speak to you 
+Through the Wisdom of the Ancients. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Tam 
+God 
+
+
+I will speak to you 
+At the end of time. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I will speak to you 
+When you have seen my Angels. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+I will speak to you 
+Throughout Eternity. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+Iam 
+God 
+
+
+I speak to you. 
+Be still 
+Know 
+
+
+Iam 
+God. 
+
+
+FROM THE ESSENE BOOK OF MOSES 
+THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 
+
+
+And Mount Sinai was altogether in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the 
+smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 
+
+
+And the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses 
+up to the top of the mount: and Moses went up. 
+
+
+And the Lord called unto Moses out of the mountain, saying, Come unto me, for I would give 
+thee the Law for thy people, which shall be a covenant for the Children of Light. 
+
+
+And Moses went up unto God. And God spake all these words, saying, 
+I am the Law, thy God, which hath brought thee out from the depths of the bondage of darkness. 
+Thou shalt have no other Laws before me. 
+
+
+Thou shalt not make unto thee any image of the Law in heaven above or in the earth beneath. I 
+am the invisible Law, without beginning and without end. 
+
+
+Thou shalt not make unto thee false laws, for I am the Law, and the whole Law of all laws. If 
+thou forsake me, thou shalt be visited by disasters for generation upon generation. 
+
+
+If thou keepest my commandments, thou shalt enter the Inftnite Garden where stands the Tree of 
+Life in the midst of the Eternal Sea. 
+
+
+Thou shalt not violate the Law. The Law is thy God, who shall not hold thee guiltless. 
+
+Honor thy Earthly Mother, that thy days may be long upon the land, and honor thy Heavenly 
+Father, that eternal life be thine in the heavens, for the earth and the heavens are given unto thee 
+by the Law, which is thy God. 
+
+Thou shalt greet thy Earthly Mother on the morning of the Sabbath. 
+
+
+Thou shalt greet the Angel of Earth on the second morning. 
+
+
+Thou shalt greet the Angel of Life on the third morning. 
+
+
+Thou shalt greet the Angel of Joy on the fourth morning. 
+Thou shalt greet the Angel of Sun on the fifth morning. 
+Thou shalt greet the Angel of Water on the sixth morning, 
+Thou shalt greet the Angel of Air on the seventh morning- 
+
+
+All these Angels of the Earthly Mother shalt thou greet, and consecrate thyself to them, that thou 
+mayest enter the Infinite Garden where stands the Tree of Life. 
+
+
+Thou shalt worship thy Heavenly Father on the evening of the Sabbath. 
+Thou shalt commune with the Angel of Eternal Life on the second evening. 
+Thou shalt commune with the Angel of Work on the third evening. 
+
+Thou shalt commune with the Angel of Peace on the fourth evening. 
+
+Thou shalt commune with the Angel of Power on the fifth evening, 
+
+Thou shalt commune with the Angel of Love on the sixth evening. 
+
+Thou shalt commune with the Angel of Wisdom on the seventh evening. 
+
+
+All these Angels of the Heavenly Father shalt thou commune with, that thy soul may bathe in the 
+Fountain of Light, and enter into the Sea of Eternity. 
+
+
+The seventh day is the Sabbath: thou shalt remember it, keep it holy. The Sabbath is the day of 
+the Light of the Law, thy God. In it thou shalt not do any work, but search the Light, the 
+Kingdom of thy God, and all things shall be given unto thee. 
+
+
+For know ye that during six days thou shalt work with the Angels, but the seventh day shalt thou 
+dwell in the Light of thy Lord, who is the holy Law. 
+
+
+Thou shalt not take the life from any living thing. Life comes only from God, who giveth it and 
+taketh it away. 
+
+
+Thou shalt not debase Love. It is the sacred gift of thy Heavenly Father. 
+Thou Shalt not trade thy Soul, the priceless gift of the loving God, for the riches of the world, 
+which are as seeds sown on stony ground, having no root in themselves, and so enduring but for 
+
+
+a little while. 
+
+
+Thou shalt not be a false witness of the Law, to use it against thy brother: Only God knoweth the 
+beginning and the ending of all things, for his eye is single, and he is the holy Law. 
+
+
+Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's possessions. The Law giveth unto thee much greater gifts, 
+even the earth and the heavens, if thou keep the Commandments of the Lord thy God. 
+
+
+And Moses heard the voice of the Lord, and sealed within him the covenant that was between the 
+Lord and the Children of Light. 
+
+
+And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tablets of the Law were in his 
+hand. 
+
+
+And the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the 
+tablets. 
+
+
+And the people knew not what became of Moses, and they gathered themselves together and 
+brake off their golden earrings and made a molten calf. And they worshipped unto the idol, and 
+offered to it burnt offerings. 
+
+
+And they ate and drank and danced before the golden calf, which they had made, and they 
+abandoned themselves to corruption and evil before the Lord. 
+
+
+And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the 
+dancing, and the wickedness of the people: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tablets 
+out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. 
+
+
+And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin, 
+ye have denied thy Creator. I will go up unto the Lord and plead atonement for thy sin. 
+
+
+And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, thou hast seen the desecration of thy Holy 
+Law. For thy children lost faith, and worshipped the darkness, and made for themselves a golden 
+calf. Lord, forgive them, for they are blind to the light. 
+
+
+And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, at the beginning of time was a covenant made between 
+God and man, and the holy flame of the Creator did enter unto him. And he was made the son of 
+God, and it was given him to guard his inheritance of the firstborn, and to make fruitful the land 
+of his Father and keep it holy. And he who casteth out the Creator from him doth spit upon his 
+birthright, and no more grievous sin doth exist in the eyes of God. 
+
+
+And the Lord spoke, saying, Only the Children of Light can keep the Commandments of the 
+Law. Hear me, for I say thus: the tablets which thou didst break, these shall nevermore be written 
+in the words of men. As thou didst return them to the earth and fire, so shall they live, invisible, 
+in the hearts of those who are able to follow their Law. To thy people of little faith, who did sin 
+against the Creator, even whilst thou stood on holy ground before thy God, -I will give another 
+Law. It shall be a stem law, yea, it shall bind them, for they know not yet the Kingdom of Light. 
+
+
+And Moses hid the invisible Law within his breast, and kept it for a sign to the Children of 
+Light. And God gave unto Moses the written law for the people, and he went down unto 
+them, and spake unto them with a heavy heart. 
+
+
+And Moses said unto the people, these are the laws which thy God hath given thee. 
+
+
+Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 
+
+Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. 
+
+Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 
+Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 
+
+Honor thy father and thy mother. 
+
+Thou shalt not kill. 
+
+Thou shalt not commit adultery. 
+
+Thou shalt not steal. 
+
+
+Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 
+
+
+Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, nor thy neighbor's wife, nor anything that is thy 
+neighbor's. 
+
+
+And there was a day of mourning and atonement for the great sin against the Creator, which did 
+not end. And the broken tablets of the Invisible Law lived hidden in the breast of Moses, until it 
+came to pass that the Children of Light appeared in the desert, and the angels walked the earth. 
+
+
+THE COMMUNIONS 
+
+
+And it was by the bed of a stream, that the weary and afflicted came again to seek out Jesus. And 
+like children, they had forgotten the Law; and like children, they sought out their father to show 
+them where they had erred, and to set their feet again upon the path. And when the sun rose over 
+the earth's rim they saw Jesus coming toward them from the mountain, with the brightness of the 
+rising sun about his head. 
+
+
+And he raised his hand and smiled upon them, saying, "Peace be with you." 
+
+
+But they were ashamed to return his greeting, for each in his own way had turned his back on the 
+holy teachings, and the Angels of the Earthly Mother and the Heavenly Father were not with 
+them. And one man looked up in anguish and spoke: "Master, we are in sore need of your 
+wisdom. For we know that which is good, and yet we follow evil. We know that to enter the 
+kingdom of heaven we must walk with the angels of the day and of the night, yet our feet walk in 
+the ways of the wicked. The light of day shines only on our pursuit of pleasure, and the night 
+falls on our heedless stupor. Tell us, Master, how may we talk with the angels, and stay within 
+their holy circle, that the Law may burn in our hearts with a constant flame?" 
+
+
+And Jesus spoke to them: 
+
+
+"To lift your eyes to heaven 
+
+
+When all mens' eyes are on the ground, 
+Is not easy. 
+
+To worship at the feet of the angels 
+When all men worship only fame and riches, 
+Is not easy. 
+
+But the most difficult of all 
+Is to think the thoughts of the angels, 
+
+To speak the words of the angels, 
+
+And to do as angels do. " 
+
+
+And one man spoke: "But, Master, we are but men, we are not angels. How then can we hope to 
+walk in their ways? Tell us what we must do." 
+
+
+And Jesus spoke: 
+"As the son inherits the land of his father, 
+So have we inherited a Holy Land 
+From our Fathers. 
+T'his land is not a field to be ploughed, 
+But a place within us 
+Where we may build our Holy Temple. 
+And even as a temple must be raised, 
+Stone by stone, 
+So will I give to you those stones 
+For the building of the Holy Temple; 
+That which we have inherited 
+
+
+From our Fathers, 
+
+
+And their Fathers’ Fathers." 
+And all the men gathered around Jesus, and their faces shone with desire to hear the words which 
+would come from his lips. And he lifted his face to the rising sun, and the radiance of its rays 
+filled his eyes as he spoke: 
+"The Holy Temple can be built 
+Only with the ancient Communions, 
+Those which are spoken, 
+Those which are thought, 
+And those which are lived. 
+For if they are spoken only with the mouth, 
+They are as a dead hive 
+Which the bees have forsaken, 
+That gives no more honey. 
+Communions are a bridge 
+Between man and the angels, 
+And like a bridge, 
+Can be built only with patience, 
+Yea, even as the bridge over the river 
+Is fashioned stone by stone, 
+As they are found by the water's edge. 
+And the Communions are fourteen in number 
+As the Angels of the Heavenly Father 
+Number seven, 
+
+
+And the Angels of the Earthly Mother 
+
+
+Number seven. 
+
+And just as the roots of the tree 
+Sink into the earth and are nourished, 
+And the branches of the tree 
+Raise their arms to heaven, 
+
+So is man like the trunk of the tree, 
+With his roots deep 
+In the breast of his Earthly Mother, 
+And his soul ascending 
+To the bright stars of his Heavenly Father. 
+And the roots of the tree 
+Are the Angels of the Earthly Mother, 
+And the branches of the tree 
+Are the Angels of the Heavenly Father. 
+And this is the sacred Tree of Life 
+
+
+Which stands in the Sea of Eternity. 
+
+
+The first Communion is with the Angel of Sun 
+The Angel of Sun, 
+She who cometh each morning 
+As a bride from her chamber, 
+To shed her golden light on the world. 
+
+
+O thou immortal, shining, swift-steeded 
+
+
+Angel of the Sun! 
+There is no warmth without thee, 
+No fire without thee, 
+No life without thee. 
+As green leaves of the trees 
+Do worship thee, 
+
+And through thee is the tiny wheat kernel 
+Become a river of golden grass, 
+Moving with the wind. 
+Through thee is opened the flower 
+In the center of my body. 
+Tnerefore will I never hide myself 
+From thee. 
+
+Angel of Sun, 
+
+Holy messenger of the Earthly Mother, 
+Enter the holy temple within me 
+
+
+And give me the Fire of Life! 
+
+
+The Second Communion is with the Angel of Water 
+The Angel of Water, 
+She who makes the rain 
+To fall on the and plain, 
+
+
+Who fills the dry well to overflowing. 
+
+
+Yea, we do worship thee, 
+Water of Life- 
+From the heavenly sea 
+The waters run and flow forward 
+From the never-failing springs. 
+In my blood flow 
+A thousand pure springs, 
+And vapors, and clouds, 
+And all the waters 
+T'hat spread over all the seven Kingdoms. 
+All the waters 
+The Creator hath made Are holy. 
+The voice of the Lord 
+Is upon the waters: 
+
+The God of Glory thundereth; 
+The Lord is upon many waters. 
+Angel of Water, 
+
+Holy messenger of the Earthly Mother, 
+Enter the blood that flows through me, 
+Wash my body in the rain 
+That falls from heaven, 
+
+
+And give me the Water of Life. 
+
+
+The third Communion is with the Angel of Air 
+The Angel of Air, 
+Who spreads the perfume 
+Of sweet-smelling fields, 
+of spring grass after rain, 
+of the opening buds of the 
+Rose of Sharon. 
+We worship the Holy Breath 
+Which is placed higher 
+Than all the other things created. 
+For, lo, the eternal and sovereign Luminous space, 
+Where rule the unnumbered stars, 
+Is the air we breathe in 
+And the air we breathe out. 
+And in the moment betwixt the breathing in 
+And the breathing out 
+Is hidden all the mysteries of the Infinite Garden. 
+Angel of Air, 
+Holy messenger of the Earthly Mother, 
+Enter deep within me, 
+As the swallow plummets from the sky, 
+That I may know the secrets of the wind 
+
+
+And the music of the stars. 
+
+
+The fourth Communion is with the Angel of Earth 
+The Angel of Earth, 
+
+She who brings forth corn and grapes 
+From the fulness of the earth, 
+She who brings children 
+From the loins of husband and wife. 
+He who would till the earth, 
+With the left arm and the right, 
+Unto him will she bring forth 
+An abundance of fruit and grain, 
+Golden-hued plants 
+Growing up from the earth 
+During the spring, 
+
+As far as the earth extends, 
+
+As far as the rivers stretch, 
+
+As far as the sun rises, 
+
+To impart their gifts of food unto men. 
+This wide earth do I praise, 
+Expanded far with paths, 
+
+The productive, the full-bearing, 
+Thy Mother, holy plant! 
+
+
+Yea, I praise the lands 
+
+
+Where thou dost grow 
+Sweet-scented swiftly spreading, 
+The good growth of the Lord. 
+
+He who sows corn, grass and fruit, 
+Soweth the Law. 
+
+And his harvest shall be bountiful, 
+And his crop shall be ripe upon the hills 
+As a reward for the followers of the Law, 
+The Lord sent the Angel of Earth, 
+Holy messenger of the Earthly Mother 
+To make the plants to grow, 
+
+And to make fertile the womb of woman, 
+That the earth may never be without 
+The laughter of children. 
+
+
+Let us worship the Lord in her! 
+
+
+The fifth Communion is with the Angel of Life 
+The Angel of Life, 
+She who gives strength and vigor to man. 
+For, lo, if the wax is not pure, 
+How then can the candle give a steady flame? 
+Go, then, toward the high-growing trees, 
+
+
+And before one of them which is beautiful, 
+
+
+High-growing and mighty, 
+Say these words: 
+‘Hail be unto thee! O good, living tree, 
+Made by the Creator!’ 
+
+Then shall the River of Life 
+Flow between you and your Brother, 
+The Tree, 
+
+And health of the body, 
+Swiftness of foot, 
+
+Quick hearing of the ears, 
+Strength of the arms 
+And eyesight of the eagle be yours. 
+Such is the Communion 
+With the Angel of Life, 
+
+
+Holy messenger of the Earthly Mother. 
+
+
+The sixth Communion is with the Angel of Joy 
+The Angel of Joy, 
+She who descends upon earth 
+To give beauty to all men. 
+For the Lord is not worshipped with sadness, 
+Nor with cries of despair. 
+
+
+Leave off your moans and lamentations, 
+
+
+And sing unto the Lord a new song: 
+Sing unto the Lord, all the earth. 
+Let the heavens rejoice 
+And let the earth be glad. 
+Let the field be joyful, 
+Let the floods clap their hands; 
+Let the hills be joyful together Before the Lord. 
+For you shall go out with joy 
+And be led forth with peace: 
+The mountains and the hills 
+Shall break forth before you into singing. 
+Angel of Joy, 
+Holy messenger of the Earthly Mother, 
+I will sing unto the Lord 
+As long as I live: 
+I will sing praise to my God 
+
+
+While I have my being. 
+
+
+The Seventh Communion is with Our Earthly Mother 
+Our Earthly Mother, 
+She who sends forth her Angels 
+To guide the roots of man 
+
+
+And send them deep into the blessed soil. 
+
+
+We invoke the Earthly Mother! 
+The Holy Preserver! 
+The Maintainer! 
+It is She who will restore the world! 
+The earth is hers, 
+
+And the fulness thereof the world, 
+And they that dwell therein. 
+We worship the good, the strong, 
+The beneficent Earthly Mother 
+And all her Angels, 
+Bounteous, valiant, 
+
+And full of strength; 
+Welfare-bestowing, kind, 
+And health-giving. 
+Through her brightness and glory 
+Do the plants grow up from the earth, 
+By the never-failing springs. 
+Through her brightness and glory 
+Do the winds blow, 
+Driving down the clouds 
+Towards the never-failing springs. 
+The Earthly Mother and I are One. 
+
+
+I have my roots in her, 
+
+
+And she takes her delight in me 
+
+
+According to the Holy Law. " 
+
+
+Then there was a great silence, as the listeners pondered the words of Jesus. And there was new 
+strength in them, and desire and hope shone in their faces. And then one man spoke: "Master, we 
+are filled with eagerness to begin our Communions with the Angels of the Earthly Mother, who 
+planted the Great Garden of the Earth. But what of the Angels of the Heavenly Father, who rule 
+the night? How are we to talk to them, who are so far above us, who are invisible to our eyes? 
+For we can see the rays of the sun, we can feel the cool water of the stream where we bathe, and 
+the grapes are warm to our touch as they grow purple on the vines. But the Angels of the 
+Heavenly Father cannot be seen, or heard, or touched. How then can we talk to them, and enter 
+their Infinite Garden? Master, tell us what we must do." 
+And the morning sun encircled his head with glory as Jesus looked upon them and spoke: 
+"My children, know you not that the Earth 
+And all that dwells therein 
+Is but a reflection of the 
+Kingdom of the Heavenly Father? 
+And as you are suckled and comforted 
+By your mother when a child, 
+But go to join your father in the fields 
+When you grow up, 
+So do the Angels of the Earthly Mother 
+Guide your steps 
+Toward him who is your Father, 
+And all his holy Angels, 
+
+
+That you may know your true home 
+
+
+And become true Sons of God. 
+
+
+While we are children, 
+We will see the rays of the sun, 
+But not the Power which created it; 
+While we are children, 
+
+We will hear the sounds of the flowing brook, 
+But not the Love which created it; 
+While we are children, 
+
+We will see the stars, 
+
+But not the hand which scatters them 
+Through the sky, 
+
+As the farmer scatters his seed. 
+only through the Communions 
+With the Angels of the Heavenly Father, 
+Will we learn to see the unseen, 
+
+To hear that which cannot be heard, 
+
+
+And to speak the unspoken word. 
+
+
+The first Communion is with the Angel of Power 
+The Angel of Power, 
+Who fills the sun with heat, 
+And guides the hand of man 
+In all his works. 
+
+
+Thine, O Heavenly Father! 
+
+
+Was the Power, 
+
+When thou didst order a path 
+For each of us and all. 
+Through thy power 
+Will my feet tread the 
+Path of the Law; 
+Through thy power 
+Will my hands perform thy works. 
+May the golden river of power 
+Always flow from thee to me, 
+And may my body always turn unto thee, 
+As the flower turns unto the sun. 
+For there is no power save that 
+From the Heavenly Father; 
+
+All else is but a dream of dust, 
+
+A cloud passing over the face of the sun. 
+There is no man that hath power 
+Over the spirit; 
+
+Neither hath he power in the day of death. 
+Only that power which cometh from God 
+Can carry us out from the City of Death. 
+Guide our works and deeds, 
+
+
+O Angel of Power, 
+
+
+Holy messenger of the Heavenly -Father! 
+
+
+The second Communion is with the Angel of Love 
+The Angel of Love, 
+Whose healing waters flow 
+In a never-ending stream 
+From the Sea of Eternity. 
+Beloved, let us love one another: 
+For love is of the Heavenly Father, 
+And every one that loveth 
+Is born of the Heavenly Order 
+And knoweth the Angels. 
+
+For without love, 
+
+A man's heart is parched and cracked 
+As the bottom of a dry well, 
+And his words are empty 
+As a hollow gourd. 
+
+But loving words are as a honeycomb 
+Sweet to the soul; 
+
+Loving words in a man's mouth 
+Are as deep waters, 
+
+And the wellspring of love 
+
+
+As a flowing brook. 
+
+
+Yea, it was said in the ancient of days, 
+Thou shalt love thy Heavenly Father 
+With all thy heart, 
+
+And with all thy mind, 
+
+And with all thy deeds, 
+
+And thou shalt love thy brothers 
+As thyself 
+The Heavenly Father is love; 
+And he that dwelleth in love 
+Dwelleth in the Heavenly Father, 
+And the Heavenly Father in him. 
+He that loveth not is as a wandering bird 
+Cast out of the nest; 
+
+For him the grass faileth 
+And the stream has a bitter taste. 
+And if a man say, 
+
+I love the Heavenly Father 
+But hate my brother, 
+He is a liar: 
+For he that loveth not his brother 
+Whom he hath seen, 
+How can he love the Heavenly Father 
+
+
+Whom he hath not seen? 
+
+
+By this we know the Children of Light: 
+T'hose who walk with the Angel of Love, 
+For they love the Heavenly Father, 
+And they love their brethren, 
+
+And they keep the Holy Law. 
+
+Love is stronger 
+Than the currents of deep waters: 
+
+
+Love is stronger than death. 
+
+
+The third Communion is with the Angel of Wisdom 
+The Angel of Wisdom, 
+Who maketh man free from fear, 
+Wide of heart, 
+And easy of conscience: 
+Holy Wisdom, 
+The Understanding that unfolds, 
+Continuously, 
+As a holy scroll, 
+Yet does not come through learning. 
+All wisdom cometh 
+From the Heavenly Father, 
+And is with him for ever. 
+
+
+Who can number the sand of the sea, 
+
+
+And the drops of rain, 
+And the days of eternity? 
+
+Who can find out the height of heaven, 
+And the breadth of the earth? 
+Who can tell the beginning 
+Of wisdom? 
+
+Wisdom hath been created 
+Before all things. 
+
+He who is with out wisdom 
+Is like unto him that saith to the wood, 
+‘Awake’, and to the dumb stone, 
+‘Arise, and teach!' 
+
+So are his words empty, 
+
+And his deeds harmful, 
+
+As a child who brandishes his father's sword 
+And knoweth not its cutting edge. 
+But the crown of wisdom 
+Makes peace and perfect health 
+To flourish, 
+
+Both of which are the gifts of God. 
+O thou Heavenly Order! 
+
+And thou, Angel of Wisdom! 
+
+
+I will worship thee and 
+
+
+The Heavenly Father, 
+Because of whom 
+The river of thought within us 
+Is flowing towards the 
+
+
+Holy Sea of Eternity. 
+
+
+The fourth Communion is with the Angel of Eternal Life 
+The Angel of Eternal Life, 
+Who brings the message of eternity 
+To man. 
+For he who walks with the Angels 
+Shall learn to soar 
+Above the clouds, 
+And his home shall be 
+In the Eternal Sea 
+Where stands the sacred Tree of Life. 
+Do not wait for death 
+To reveal the great mystery; 
+
+If you know not your Heavenly Father 
+While your feet tread the dusty soil, 
+There shall be naught but shadows for thee 
+In the life that is to come. 
+
+
+Here and now 
+
+
+Is the mystery revealed. 
+Here and now 
+Is the curtain lifted. 
+
+Be not afraid, O man! 
+Lay hold of the wings of the 
+Angel of Eternal Life, 
+And soar into the paths of the stars, 
+The moon, the sun, 
+And the endless Light, 
+Moving around in their 
+Revolving circle forever, 
+
+
+And fly toward the Heavenly Sea Of Eternal Life. 
+
+
+The fifth Communion is with the Angel of Work 
+The Angel of Work, 
+Who sings in the humming of the bee, 
+Pausing not in its making of golden honey; 
+
+In the flute of the shepherd, 
+
+Who sleeps not lest his flock go astray; 
+
+In the song of the maiden 
+As she lays her hand to the spindle. 
+
+And if you think that these 
+
+
+Are not as fair in the eyes of the Lord 
+
+
+As the loftiest of prayers 
+Echoed from the highest mountain, 
+Then you do indeed err. 
+
+For the honest work of humble hands 
+Is a daily prayer of thanksgiving, 
+And the music of the plough 
+Is a joyful song unto the Lord. 
+
+He who eats the bread of idleness 
+must die of hunger, 
+
+For a field of stones 
+Can yield only stones. 
+
+For him is the day without meaning, 
+And the night a bitter journey of evil dreams. 
+The mind of the idle 
+Is full of the weeds of discontent; 
+But he who walks with the 
+Angel of Work 
+Has within him a field always fertile, 
+Where corn and grapes 
+And all manner of sweet-scented 
+Herbs and flowers grow in abundance. 
+As ye sow, so Shall ye reap. 
+
+
+The man of God who has found his task 
+
+
+Shall not ask any other blessing. 
+
+
+The sixth Communion is with the Angel of Peace 
+The Angel of Peace, 
+Whose kiss bestoweth calm, 
+And whose face is as the surface 
+Of untroubled waters, 
+Wherein the moon is reflected. 
+I will invoke Peace, 
+Whose -breath is friendly, 
+Whose hand smooths the troubled brow. 
+In the reign of Peace, 
+
+There is neither hunger nor thirst, 
+Neither cold wind nor hot wind, 
+Neither old age nor death. 
+
+But to him that hath not peace in his soul, 
+There is no place to build within 
+The Holy Temple; 
+
+For how can the carpenter build 
+In the midst Of a whirlwind? 
+
+The seed of violence can reap 
+Only a harvest of desolation, 
+
+
+And from the parched clay 
+
+
+Can grow no living thing. 
+Seek ye then the Angel of Peace, 
+Who is as the morning star 
+In the midst of a cloud, 
+
+As the moon at the full, 
+
+As a fair olive tree budding forth fruit, 
+And as the sun shining on the temple 
+Of the most High. 
+
+Peace dwells in the heart of silence: 
+
+
+Be still, and know that I am God. 
+
+
+The seventh Communion is with the Heavenly Father 
+The Heavenly Father, 
+Who is, 
+Who was, and 
+Who ever shall be. 
+O Great Creator! 
+
+Thou didst create the Heavenly Angels, 
+And thou didst reveal the 
+Heavenly Laws! 
+7‘hou art my refuge and my fortress, 
+Thou artfrom everlasting. 
+
+
+Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place 
+
+
+In al | generations. 
+
+Before the mountains were brought forth, 
+Or ever thou hadst formed the earth, 
+Even from everlasting to everlasting, 
+
+Thou art God. 
+Who hath made the waters, 
+And who maketh the plants? 
+Who to the wind 
+I Hath yoked the storm-clouds, 
+The swift and even the fleetest? 
+Who, O Great Creator! 
+Is the fountain of Eternal Life 
+Within our souls? 
+Who hath made the Light and the Darkness? 
+Who hath made sleep 
+And the zest of the waking hours? 
+Who spread the noontides 
+And the midnight? Thou, 
+O Great Creator! 
+Thou hast made the earth By thy power, 
+Hath established the world By thy wisdom, 
+And hath stretched out the heavens By thy love. 
+
+
+Do thou reveal unto me, O Heavenly Father, 
+
+
+Thy nature, 
+Which is the power of the 
+Angels of thy Holy Kingdom. 
+Immortality and the Heavenly order 
+Hast thou given, O Creator, 
+And the best of all things, Thy Holy Law! 
+I will praise thy works 
+With songs of thanksgiving, 
+Continually, 
+In all the generations of time. 
+With the coming of day 
+I embrace my Mother, 
+With the coming of night, 
+I join my Father, 
+And with the outgoing 
+Of evening and morning 
+I will breathe Their Law, 
+And I will not interrupt these Communions Until the end of time " 
+
+
+And over heaven and earth was a great silence, and the peace of the Heavenly Father and the 
+Earthly Mother shone over the heads of Jesus and the multitude. 
+
+
+FROM THE ESSENE BOOK OF JESUS 
+
+
+THE SEVENFOLD PEACE 
+
+
+And seeing the multitudes, Jesus went up into a mountain, and his disciples came unto him, and 
+all those who hungered for his words. And seeing them gathered, he opened his mouth and 
+taught them, saying: 
+
+"Peace I bring to thee, my children, 
+
+The Sevenfold Peace 
+Of the Earthly Mother 
+And the Heavenly Father. 
+
+Peace I bring to thy body, 
+
+Guided by the Angel of Power; Peace I bring to thy heart, 
+
+Guided by the Angel of Love; Peace I bring to thy mind, 
+
+Guided by the Angel of Wisdom. Through the Angels of 
+Power, Love and Wisdom, 
+
+Thou shalt travel the Seven Paths 
+Of the Infinite Garden, 
+
+And thy body, thy heart and thy mind 
+Shall join in Oneness 
+
+
+In the Sacred Flight to the Heavenly Sea of Peace. 
+
+
+Yea, I tell thee truly, 
+The paths are seven 
+Trough the Infinite Garden, 
+And each must be traversed 
+By the body, the heart and the mind As one, 
+
+
+Lest thou stumble and fall 
+
+
+Into the abyss of emptiness. 
+
+For as a bird cannot fly with one wing, 
+So doth thy Bird of Wisdom 
+Need two wings of Power and Love 
+To soar above the abyss 
+
+
+To the Holy Tree of Life. 
+
+
+For the body alone 
+Is an abandoned house seen from afar: 
+What was thought beautiful 
+Is but ruin and desolation 
+When drawing near. 
+Are body alone 
+Is as a chariot fashioned from gold, 
+Whose maker sets it on a pedestal, 
+Loath to soil it with use. 
+But as a golden idol, 
+It is ugly and without grace, 
+For only in movement 
+Doth it reveal its purpose. 
+Like the hollow blackness of a window 
+When the wind puts out its candle, 
+
+
+Is the body alone, 
+
+
+With no heart and no mind 
+
+
+To fill it with light. 
+
+
+And the heart alone 
+is a sun with no earth to shine upon, 
+A light in the void, 
+A ball of warmth drowned 
+In a sea of blackness. 
+For when a man doth love, 
+Aat love turneth only to 
+Its own destruction 
+When there is no hand to stretch forth 
+In good works, 
+And no mind to weave the flames of desire 
+Into a tapestry of psalms. 
+Like a whirlwind in the desert 
+Is the heart alone, 
+With no body and no mind 
+To lead it singing 
+
+
+through the cypress and the pine. 
+
+
+And the mind alone 
+
+
+Is a holy scroll 
+
+
+Which has worn thin with the years, 
+And must be buried. 
+The truth and beauty of its words 
+Have not changed, 
+
+But the eyes can no longer read the faded letters, 
+And it falleth to pieces in the hands. 
+So is the mind without the heart 
+To give it words, 
+
+And without the body 
+To do its deeds. 
+
+For what availeth wisdom 
+Without a heart to feel 
+And a tongue to give it voice? 
+Barren as the womb of an aged woman 
+Is the mind alone, 
+
+
+With no heart and no body To fill it with life. 
+
+
+For, lo, I tell thee truly, 
+
+The body and the heart and the mind 
+Are as a chariot, and a horse, and a driver. 
+The chariot is the body, 
+
+Forged in strength to do the will 
+
+
+of the Heavenly Father 
+
+
+And the Earthly Mother. 
+The heart is the fiery steed, 
+Glorious and courageous, 
+Who carries the chariot bravely, 
+Whether the road be smooth, 
+Or whether stones and fallen trees 
+Lie in its path. 
+
+And the driver is the mind, 
+Holding the reins of wisdom, 
+Seeing from above what lieth 
+On the far horizon, 
+
+
+Charting the course of hoofs and wheels. 
+
+
+Give ear, O ye heavens, 
+And I will speak; 
+And hear, O earth, 
+The words of my mouth. 
+
+My doctrine shall drop as the rain, 
+My speech shall distil as the dew, 
+As the small rain 
+Upon the tender herb, 
+
+
+And as the showers upon the grass. 
+
+
+Blessed is the Child of Light 
+Who is strong in body, 
+
+For he shall have oneness with the earth. 
+Thou shalt celebrate a daily feast 
+With all the gifts of the Angel of Earth: 
+The golden wheat and corn, 
+
+The purple grapes of autumn, 
+
+The ripe fruits of the trees, 
+
+The amber honey of the bees. 
+Thou shalt seek the fresh air 
+of the forest and of the fields, 
+
+And there in the midst of them 
+Shalt thou find the Angel of Air. 
+Put off thy shoes and clothing 
+And suffer the Angel of Air 
+To embrace all thy body. 
+
+Then shalt thou breathe long and deeply, 
+That the Angel of Air 
+May be brought within thee. 
+Enter into the cool and flowing river 
+And suffer the Angel of Water 
+To embrace all thy body. 
+
+
+Cast thyself wholly into his enfolding arms, 
+
+
+And as often as thou movest the air with thy breath, 
+Move with thy body the water also. 
+Thou shalt seek the Angel of Sun, 
+
+And enter into that embrace 
+Which doth purify with holy flames. 
+And all these things are of the 
+Holy Law of the Earthly Mother, 
+She who did give thee birth. 
+
+He who hath found peace with the body 
+Hath built a holy temple 
+Wherein may dwellforever 
+The spirit of God. 
+
+Know this peace with thy mind, 
+Desire this peace with thy heart, 
+
+
+Fulfill this peace with thy body. 
+
+
+Blessed is the Child of Light 
+Who is wise in mind, 
+For he shall create heaven. 
+The mind of the wise 
+Is a well-ploughed field, 
+Which giveth forth abundance and plenty. 
+
+
+For it thou showest a handful of seed 
+
+
+To a wise man, 
+He will see in his mind's eye 
+A field of golden wheat. 
+And if thou showest a handful of seed 
+To a fool, 
+
+He will see only that which is before him, 
+And call them worthless pebbles. 
+And as the field of the wise man 
+Giveth forth grain in abundance, 
+
+And the field of the fool 
+Is a harvest only of stones, 
+So it is with our thoughts. 
+
+As the sheaf of golden wheat 
+Lieth hidden within the tiny kernel, 
+So is the kingdom of heaven 
+Hidden within our thoughts. 
+
+If they be filled with the 
+Power, Love and Wisdom 
+of the Angels of the Heavenly Father, 
+So they shall carry us 
+To the Heavenly Sea. 
+
+But if they be stained 
+
+
+With corruption, hatred and ignorance, 
+
+
+They shall chain our feet 
+To pillars of pain and suffering. 
+
+No man can serve two masters; 
+Neither can evil thoughts abide in a mind 
+Filled with the Light of the Law. 
+
+He who hath found peace with the rnind 
+Hath leamed to soar beyond 
+The Realm of the Angels. 
+
+Know this peace with thy mind, 
+Desire this peace with thy heart, 
+
+
+Fulfill this peace with thy body. 
+
+
+Blessed is the Child of Light 
+Who is pure in heart, 
+For he shall see God. 
+For as the Heavenly Father hath given thee 
+His holy spirit, 
+And thy Earthly Mother hath given thee 
+
+Her holy body, 
+
+So shall ye give love 
+
+To all thy brothers. 
+And thy true brothers are all those 
+
+
+Who do the will of thy Heavenly Father 
+
+
+An d thy Earthly Mother. 
+
+Let thy love be as the sun 
+Which shines on all the creatures of the earth, 
+And does not favor one blade of grass 
+For another. 
+
+And this love shall flow as a fountain 
+From brother to brother, 
+
+And as it is spent, 
+
+So shall it be replenished. 
+
+For love is eternal. 
+
+Love is stronger 
+Than the currents of deep waters. 
+Love is stronger than death. 
+
+And if a man hath not love, 
+
+He doth build a wall between him 
+And all the creatures of the earth, 
+And therein doth he dwell 
+In loneliness and pain. 
+
+Or he may become as an angry whirlpool 
+Which sucks into its depths 
+All that floats too near. 
+
+For the heart is a sea with mighty waves, 
+
+
+And love and wisdom must temper it, 
+
+
+As the warm sun breaks through the clouds 
+And quiets the restless sea. 
+
+He who hath found peace with his brothers 
+Hath entered the kingdom of Love, 
+And shall see God face to face. 
+Know this peace with thy mind, 
+Desire this peace with thy heart, 
+
+
+Fulfill this peace with thy body. 
+
+
+Blessed is the Child of Light 
+Who doth build on earth 
+Thekingdom of heaven, 
+For he shall dwell in both worlds. 
+
+Thou shalt follow the Law of the Brotherhood, 
+Which saith that none shall have wealth, 
+And none shall be poor, 
+
+And all shall work together 
+In the garden of the Brotherhood. 
+
+Yet each shall follow his own path, 
+And each shall commune with his own heart. 
+For in the Infinite Garden 
+There are many and diverse flowers: 
+
+
+Who shall say that one is best 
+
+
+Because its color is purple, 
+Or that one is favored 
+Because its stalk is long and slender? 
+Though the brothers 
+Be of different complexion, 
+Yet do they all toil 
+In the vineyard of the Earthly Mother, 
+And they all do lift their voices together 
+In praise of the Heavenly Father. 
+And together they break the holy bread, 
+And in silence share the holy meal 
+Of thanksgiving. 
+
+There shall be no peace among peoples 
+Til there be one garden of the brotherhood 
+Over the earth. 
+
+For how can there be peace 
+When each man pursueth his own gain 
+And doth sell his soul into slavery? 
+Thou, Child of Light, 
+
+Do ye gather with thy brothers 
+And then go ye forth 
+To teach the ways of the Law 
+
+
+To those who would hear. 
+
+
+He who hath found peace 
+With the brotherhood of man 
+Hath made himself 
+The co-worker of God 
+Know this peace with thy mind, 
+Desire this peace with thy heart, 
+
+
+Fulfill this peace with thy body. 
+
+
+Blessed is the Child of Light 
+Who doth study the Book of the Law, 
+For he shall be as a candle 
+In the dark of night, 
+And an island of truth 
+In a sea of falsehood 
+For know ye, that the written word 
+Which cometh from God 
+Is a reflection of the Heavenly Sea, 
+Even as the bright stars 
+Reflect the face of heaven. 
+As the words of the Ancient Ones 
+Are etched with the hand of God 
+On the Holy Scrolls, 
+
+
+So is the Law engraved on the hearts of the faithful who do study them. 
+
+
+For it was said Of old, 
+That in the beginning there were giants 
+In the earth, 
+And mighty men which were of old, 
+Men Of renown. 
+And the Children of Light 
+Shall guard and preserve 
+Their written word, 
+
+Lest we become again as beasts, 
+And know not the Kingdom of the Angels. 
+Know ye, too, 
+
+That only through the written word 
+shalt thou find that Law 
+Which is unwritten, 
+
+As the spring which floweth from the ground 
+Hath a hidden source in the secret depths beneath the earth. 
+The written Law 
+Is the instrument by which 
+The unwritten Law is understood, 
+
+As the mute branch of a tree 
+Becomes a singing flute 
+In the hands of the shepherd. 
+
+
+Many there are 
+
+
+Who would stay in the tranquil 
+Valley of ignorance, 
+Where children play 
+
+And butterflies dance in the sun 
+
+For their short hour of life. 
+
+But none can tarry there long, 
+And ahead rise the somber 
+Mountains of learning. 
+
+Many there are 
+Who fear to cross, 
+
+And many there are 
+Who have fallen bruised and bleeding 
+From their steep and rugged slopes. 
+But faith is the guide 
+Over the gaping chasm, 
+
+And perseverance the foothold In the jagged rocks. 
+Beyond the icy peaks of struggle 
+Lies the peace and beauty 
+Of the Infinite Garden of Knowledge, 
+Where the meaning of the Law 
+Is made known to the Children of Light. 
+Here in the center of its forest 
+
+
+Stands the Tree of Life, 
+
+
+Mystery of mysteries. 
+He who hath found peace 
+With the teachings of the Ancients, 
+Through the light of the mind, 
+Through the light of nature, 
+And through the study of the Holy Word, 
+Hath entered the cloud-filled 
+Hall of the Ancients, 
+
+Where dwelleth the Holy Brotherhood, 
+of whom no man may speak. 
+Know this peace with thy mind, 
+Desire this peace with thy heart, 
+
+
+Fulfill this peace with thy body. 
+
+
+Blessed is the Child of Light 
+Who knoweth his Earthly Mother, 
+For she is the giver of life. 
+Know that thy Mother is in thee, 
+And thou art in her. 
+
+She bore thee 
+And she giveth thee life. 
+
+She it was who gaveth thee thy body, 
+
+
+And to her shalt thou one day 
+
+
+Give it back again. 
+Know that the blood which runs in thee 
+is born of the blood 
+Of thy Earthly Mother. 
+
+Her blood falls from the clouds, 
+Leaps up from the womb of the earth, 
+Babbles in the brooks of the mountains, 
+Flows wide in the rivers of the plains, 
+Sleeps in the lakes, 
+
+Rages mightily in the tempestuous seas. 
+Know that the air which thou dost breathe 
+Is born of the breath 
+Of thy Earthly Mother. 
+
+Her breath is azure 
+In the heights of the heavens, 
+Soughs in the tops of the mountains, 
+Whispers in the leaves of the forest, 
+Billows over the cornfields, 
+Slumbers in the deep valleys, 
+Bums hot in the desert. 
+
+Know that the hardness of thy bones 
+Is born of the bones 
+
+
+Of thy Earthly Mother, 
+
+
+Of the rocks and of the stones. 
+Know that the tenderness of thy flesh 
+Is born of the flesh 
+Of thy Earthly Mother, 
+
+She whose flesh waxeth yellow and red 
+In the fruits of the trees. 
+
+The light of thy eyes, 
+
+The hearing of thy ears, 
+
+These are born 
+Of the colors and the sounds 
+Of thy Earthly Mother, 
+
+Which doth enclose thee about, 
+
+As the waves of the sea enclose a fish, 
+As the eddying air a bird. 
+
+I tell thee in truth, 
+
+Man is the Son 
+Of the Earthly Mother, 
+
+And from her did the Son of Man 
+Receive his whole body, 
+
+Even as the body of the newborn babe 
+Is born of the womb of his mother. 
+
+I tell thee truly, 
+
+
+Thou art one with the Earthly Mother; 
+
+
+She is in thee, and thou art in her. 
+Of her wert thou born, 
+In her dost thou live, 
+And to her shalt thou return again. 
+Keep, therefore, her laws, 
+For none can live long, 
+Neither be happy, 
+But he who honors his Earthly Mother 
+And keepeth her laws. 
+For thy breath is her breath, 
+Thy blood her blood, 
+Thy bone her bone, 
+Thy flesh her flesh, 
+Thy eyes and thy ears 
+Are her eyes and her ears. 
+He who hath found peace 
+With his Earthly Mother 
+Shall never know death. 
+Know this peace with thy mind, 
+
+
+Desire this peace with thy heart, 
+
+
+Blessed is the Child of Light 
+
+
+Who doth seek his Heavenly Father, 
+
+
+For he shall have eternal life. 
+He that dwelleth in the secret place 
+Of the Most High 
+Shall abide under the shadow 
+of the Almighty. 
+
+For he shall give his Angels charge over thee, 
+To keep thee in all thy ways. 
+Know ye that the Lord hath been 
+our dwelling place 
+In all generations. 
+
+Before the mountains were brought forth, 
+Or ever he had formed 
+The earth and the world, 
+
+Even from everlasting to everlasting, 
+Hath there been love 
+Between the Heavenly Father 
+And his children. 
+
+And how shall this love be severed? 
+From the beginning 
+Until the ending of time 
+Doth the holy flame of love 
+Encircle the heads 
+
+
+Of the Heavenly Father 
+
+
+And the Children of Light: 
+
+How then shall this love be extinguished? 
+Ye that love thy Heavenly Father, 
+Do ye then his bidding: 
+
+Walk ye with his Holy Angels, 
+And find thy peace with his Holy Law. 
+For his Law is the entire Law: 
+Yea, it is the Law of laws. 
+Through his Law he hath made 
+The earth and the heavens to be one; 
+The mountains and the sea 
+Are his footstools. 
+
+With his hands he hath made us 
+And fashioned us, 
+
+And he gaveth us understanding 
+That we may learn his Law. 
+
+He is covered with Light 
+As with a garment: 
+
+He stretcheth out the heavens 
+Like a curtain. 
+
+He maketh the clouds his chariot; 
+He walketh upon the wings of the wind. 
+
+
+He sendeth the springs into the valleys, 
+
+
+And his breath is in the mighty trees. 
+In his hand are the deep places of the earth: 
+The strength of the hills is his also. 
+The sea is his, 
+
+And his hands formed the dry land. 
+All the heavens declare the Glory of God, 
+And the firmament showeth his Law. 
+And to his children 
+Doth he bequeath his Kingdom, 
+
+To those who walk with his Angels, 
+And find their peace with his Holy Law. 
+Wouldst thou know more, my children? 
+How may we speak with our lips 
+That which cannot be spoken? 
+
+It is like a pomegranate eaten by a mute: 
+How then may he tell of its flavor? 
+
+If we say the Heavenly Father 
+Dwelleth within us, 
+
+Then are the heavens ashamed; 
+
+If we say he dwelleth without us, 
+
+It is falsehood. 
+
+The eye which scanneth the far horizon 
+
+
+And the eye which seeth the hearts of men 
+
+
+He maketh as one eye. 
+He is not manifest, 
+He is not hidden. 
+He is not revealed, 
+Nor is he unrevealed. 
+My children, there are no words 
+To tell that which he is! 
+Only this do we know: 
+We are his children, 
+And he is our Father. 
+He is our God, 
+And we are the children of his pasture, 
+And the sheep of his hand. 
+He who hath found peace 
+With his Heavenly Father 
+Hath entered the Sanctuary 
+of the Holy Law, 
+And hath made a covenant with God 
+Which shall endure forever. 
+Know this peace with thy mind, 
+Desire this peace with thy heart, 
+Fulfill this peace with thy body, 
+
+
+Though heaven and earth may pass away, 
+
+
+Not one letter of the Holy Law 
+Shall change or pass away. 
+For in the beginning was the Law, 
+And the Law was with God, 
+And the Law was God. 
+
+May the Sevenfold Peace 
+Of the Heavenly Father 
+
+
+Be with thee always. 
+
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+Tabla de Esmeralda 
+
+
+Hermes Trismegisto 
+
+
+mentarios a la Tabla de Esmeralda 
+: Hortulano 
+
+La Tabla de Esmeralda 
+Fulcanelli 
+
+
+ediciones 
+
+
+La Tabla de Esmeralda. 
+
+
+Jorge A. Mestas Ediciones. 
+Avda. de Guadalix, 103. 
+28120 ALGETE (Madrid). 
+España. 
+
+Tfno: (34) 91 886 43 80 
+Fax: (34) 91 886 47 19 
+Email: jamestas Oarrakis.es 
+
+
+S999 
+
+
+BY NC SA 
+
+
+O Miguel Angel Muñoz Moya. 
+O de la presente edición: Jorge A. Mestas Ediciones. 
+
+
+ISBN: 978-84-95311-52-9 
+DL: M-32558-201 1 
+
+
+LA 
+TABLA 
+DE 
+ESMERALDA 
+
+
+Los contenidos de este libro pueden ser 
+reproducidos en todo o en parte, siempre 
+y cuando se cite la fuente y se haga con 
+fines académicos y no comerciales 
+
+
+ÍNDICE 
+
+
+INTRODUCCION codoccococonononnoonacononnrnos 9 
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+La Tabla de Esmeralda de Hermes Trismegisto 
+SN 35 
+Otra versión de la Tabla de Esmeralda ........ 39 
+Una versión más de la Tabla de Esmeralda .... 41 
+Versión simbólica de La Tabla de Esmeralda ... 43 
+
+
+EXPLICACIÓN DE LA TABLA DE ESME- 
+
+
+RADLDA por Hortulano ..ooniocnnniicinioncccc.. 47 
+El Arte de Alquimia es verdadero y cierto... 3 
+La Piedra debe ser dividida en dos partes .... 54 
+La Piedra tiene en sí los cuatro elementos ... 55 
+La Piedra tiene padre y madre, que son el 
+
+Soly la LUNA eiii 56 
+La conjunción de las partes es la concepción 
+
+y la generación de la PiedTa ......oooooinccnnoc...... 57 
+La Piedra es perfecta si el Alma es fijada 
+
+Eme CUETPO siii li iócis 58 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+La mondificación de la Piedra o... 
+La parte no fija de la Piedra debe separar la 
+parte fija y elevarla .oooonnocnnnnicinncnnnncnom.. 
+La Piedra volátil debe ser fijada una segunda 
+
+
+De la utilidad de Arte y de la eficacia de la 
+Piedra dias 
+El Magisterio imita la creación del 
+UNIVERSO ato 
+Declaración enigmática de la materia 
+
+della Piedra acota ictiada 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA. 
+
+
+por Fulcanelli 
+INtrOdUCCI Maira ran 
+
+
+La Tabla de Esmeralda ..oooncnnonicnnnnnnninn.. 
+
+Es verdad, sin mentira... 78.- El Sol es su padre..., 80.- 
+
+... y la luna su madre, 81.- El viento lo ha llevado... 82.- 
+La tierra es su nodriza..., 82.- El Padre de todo..., 84.- 
+Separarás la tierra del fuego..., 85.- Sube de la tierra, 86.- 
+Así tendrás la glroa del mundo..., 86. 
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+INTRODUCCIÓN 
+
+
+La tabla de Esmeralda es un texto clásico atribui- 
+do a Hermes Trismegisto del que, sin excepción, se 
+reclaman discípulos todos los alquimistas. Estos en- 
+cuentran en sus enseñanzas el resumen más conciso, 
+pero también el más complejo, del arte hermético. 
+
+
+Existen numerosas versiones de dicho texto, con 
+variaciones a veces importantes. J. Ruska ha realizado 
+un profundo estudio de ella sobre la base de cinco 
+manuscritos árabes de los que hizo una edición crítica. 
+
+Hemos traducido aquí la edición príncipe editada 
+en Nuremberg, y otras versiones de revistas o libros 
+especializados en alquimia. 
+
+
+Además de las diversas versiones escritas de La tabla 
+de Esmeralda, incluimos también una versión gráfica en 
+lenguaje simbólico: la plancha 95 del Viridarium 
+Chymicum,que así setitula, Tabula Smaragdina Hermetis. 
+
+
+1.- Tabula Smaragdina, Julio Ruska, Heidelberg, 1926 
+
+
+-9- 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+El lector atento podrá encontrar importantes varia- 
+ciones entre las diversas versiones escritas, así como 
+entre ellas y los comentarios de Hortulano. Igual 
+ocurre con muchos textos de los maestros. Sirva el 
+hecho para que el estudiante procure leer siempre los 
+textos originales, vigile las traducciones, y huya de los 
+charlatanes pasados y presentes. 
+
+
+Las alteraciones de los textos proceden de la falta 
+de trabajo en laboratorio. Como no se puede esperar 
+quetodos los traductores, editores y publicistas diversos 
+que se ocupan de alquimia sean alquimistas, el verda- 
+dero discípulo tiene que ir un día u otro al laboratorio 
+y elucidar por sí mismo. 
+
+
+Cuando las alteraciones de los textos no son produc- 
+to de la mala fe, suelen estar originadas por la actitud 
+mental con la que se aborda la alquimia. 
+
+
+Tres son los tipos más frecuentes de estas Ópticas 
+generadoras de alteraciones, las tres equivocadas a 
+nuestro juicio, con las que nos hemos encontrado a lo 
+largo de nuestro trabajo. 
+
+Una es la alquimia «espiritual». 
+
+Estudiando la historia de la alquimia se pueden hacer 
+varias constataciones. Una de ellas, evidentísima, es que 
+consiste en un saber respecto a, relacionado con la natura- 
+leza, con la $uvo1o?. Al menos esta primera constatación 
+
+
+2.- La palabra física no tenía entre los griegos el sentidorestringido 
+que ordinariamente se le da hoy. Derivada del verbo fuo nacer, 
+producir, significaba naturaleza. 
+
+
+-10- 
+
+
+INTRODUCCIÓN 
+
+
+nos permite sospechar que la alquimia no es solo un saber 
+«espiritual» sino que tiene que ver con la materia en su 
+sentido ordinario, con minerales, animales y vegetales 
+considerados desde el punto de vista de las ciencias 
+naturales. Todos los adeptos han insistido en ello. Que la 
+alquimia sea madre de la química moderna no es pues 
+ninguna casualidad. Parece que cualquier disciplina ale- 
+jada del laboratorio no puede ser llamada alquimia. 
+
+
+Claude d“Y ge resume muy bien esta manera de 
+pensar. 
+
+
+«Quienes piensen que la Alquimia es estrictamente espiri- 
+tual que se abstengan; quienes piensen que la Alquimia es 
+sólo un símbolo para desvelar analógicamente el proceso de 
+la “realización espiritual”, en suma, que el hombre es la 
+materia y el atanor de la Obra, que abandonen sus proyec- 
+tos.»* 
+
+
+La observación no es superflua. Permite al estudioso 
+deslindar la alquimia de las «solicitudes engañosas o insen- 
+satas» como las llama Canseliet. Dicho autor, junto con otros 
+muchos contemporáneos, coloca entre estas solicitaciones al 
+psicoanálisis -Bachelard y particularmente el desarrollado 
+por Jung- y también a algunas teorías espiritualistas en boga. 
+Fuera de la alquimia quedarían algunas corrientes especula- 
+tivas abstractas. Emmanuel d“Hooghvorst, un estudioso 
+contemporáneo del Arte que, con ecuanimidad separa unos 
+terrenos de otros, detalla estas corrientes entre las que coloca 
+
+
+3.- Nouvelle Assemblée des Philosophes Chymiques. Dervy 
+Livres. París, 1954. 
+
+
+AT 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+a la simbología abstracta, a la exuberantísima metafísica 
+hindú, a la alquimia entendida como método de realización 
+mística...etc.* 
+
+
+Otra concepción de la alquimia a nuestro parecer no 
+acorde con laenseñanza de los maestroses la «cientista». 
+
+
+Según esta manera de ver, los alquimistas aborda- 
+rían la realidad a su manera, con sus métodos, y así 
+habrían obtenido resultados, algunos de los cuales 
+confirma y "descubre" hoy otro camino de búsqueda, la 
+ciencia moderna, mientras que no pocos de estos resul- 
+tados los alquimistas los saben pero los científicos no, 
+o no todavía. Según esta concepción «cientista» la 
+alquimia sería una ciencia -sus resultados experimen- 
+tales han sido tan ampliamente divulgados que ya no se 
+pueden ignorar pura y simplemente- de la que solo 
+haría falta conocer el modus operandi. 
+
+
+Pero semejante concepción es difícil de ser manteni- 
+daa menos que resuelva los problemas con los que setopa. 
+
+
+No quedan explicados lor orígenes de tal saber. 
+Para ello se ha echado mano de extraterrestres, de 
+Atlántidas y de civilizaciones desaparecidas. Otros 
+hanexplorado y continúan explorando los libros sagra- 
+dos de diversas tradiciones o algunos saberes iniciáticos. 
+
+
+4.- El lector interesado puede consultar: Emmanuel dHooghvorst, 
+Essai sur [Art d'Alchymie, Inconnues et leur solution, vol 5. P. 
+Genillard. Lausanne, 1951. Edición española: Emmanuel 
+d'Hooghvorst, Ensayo sobre el Arte de la Alquimia, Ed. 7 1/2. 
+Barcelona 1980. 
+
+
+-12- 
+
+
+INTRODUCCIÓN 
+
+
+Pueden admitirse a título de hipótesis algunas de estas 
+explicaciones pero, en todo caso, ninguna de ellas 
+pertenece al reino de la ciencia positiva en el que se 
+mueve la concepción «cientista» de la alquimia. Ade- 
+más, no parece lógico admitir una parte de la explica- 
+ción sin aceptar el resto, máxime cuando la inmensa 
+mayoría de estas hipotéticas explicaciones -por no 
+decir todas- conducen inmediata y directamente a una 
+cosmovisión distinta de la de la ciencia actual. 
+
+
+Otra dificultad es la del lenguaje de los Adeptos 
+completamente incomprensible en las primeras aproxi- 
+maciones. Su hermetismo declarado y afirmado expre- 
+samente como barrera para los no dignos; su manifes- 
+tado juramento de secreto respecto a aspectos principa- 
+les de la Obra. ¿Qué clase de ciencia es ésta que se 
+esconde? ¿Por qué? 
+
+Algunos pretenden que la dificultad de este len- 
+guaje consistiría unicamente en su simbolismo: basta- 
+ría descifrarlo para entenderlo todo. No dudamos que 
+los numerosos estudios de simbología contribuirán 
+ciertamente a esclarecer determinados problemas de 
+lenguaje. Pero la alquimia, aunque en verdad habla por 
+alegoría, no podrá ser desentrañada por los simbolistas 
+porque no es una criptografía a descifrar sino, como 
+dicen sus Adeptos, un don de Dios. 
+
+
+La profunda religiosidad de los Adeptos no cuadra 
+tampoco con las pretensiones «cientistas» para explicar 
+la alquimia. Según ellos no sólo es un don de Dios el 
+
+
+-13- 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+conocimiento, digamos práctico, que permite obtener la 
+piedra, sino también la vocación alquímica. El amor a 
+Dios y la caridad con el prójimo, son de rigor entre todos 
+los filósofos químicos, como igualmente lo son las 
+invocaciones al cielo. Diversas escuelas pretenden no 
+solo reducir esta religiosidad privándola de su carácter 
+trascendente, sino que también se la quiere “cientifizar” 
+incluso basándose en los propios textos alquímicos. Las 
+alusiones alquímicas al cielo se transforman así exclusi- 
+vamente en cuestión de fuerzas cósmicas desconocidas 
+de naturaleza únicamente física. 
+
+
+Sabido es que la Obra necesita determinadas condi- 
+ciones exteriores: sub dio in prato quodan die serena 
+quadam? y que estas condiciones están relacionadas con 
+los astros,con el cosmos. En las ilustraciones alquímicas 
+no sólo aparecen el sol, la luna y los planetas, sino que 
+hay precisiones verdaderamente concretas. El carnero, 
+el toro y los gemelos (Aries, Taurus y Géminis), es decir, 
+los tres meses de la estación primaveral en la que los 
+astros están dispuestos de una determinada manera, 
+presiden fases de la Obra. El Mutus Liber dibuja en sus 
+láminas un abanico de rayos con franjas alternadas de 
+rayas y puntos, que caen sobre la tierra desde el centro 
+del cielo, desde un punto equidistante del Sol y la Luna, 
+y por encima de ellos, mientras que dos campesinos 
+cosechan el rocío. Se trata «sin disfraz -dice Canseliet- 
+
+
+5.- En pleno aire, en un cierto prado, cierto día sereno (Cosmo- 
+polita: Diálogo del mercurio y el alquimista). 
+
+
+-14- 
+
+
+INTRODUCCIÓN 
+
+
+del método que utilizábamos nosotros mismos al princi- 
+pio». Algunos textos son particularmente explícitos. 
+
+
+Todo ello confirma sobradamente que la obra tiene 
+que ver con el cielo físico, con la energía cósmica, «... 
+con el agente principal del movimiento y de las trans- 
+formaciones sobre la superficie terrestre y el centro de 
+la Tierra, cuya intervención diferencia a la Alquimia de 
+la Química»? 
+
+Así pues tienen razón quienes subrayan el compo- 
+nente «cósmico» de la alquimia. Y la ciencia positiva 
+se dirige y se dirigirá aun en mayor medida por este 
+camino para profundizar el conocimiento de la natura- 
+leza y el hombre. 
+
+
+Pero de la misma manera que se ha revelado 
+unilateral asimilar la alquimia a la química, tambien es 
+unilateral asimilarla a este otro saber «cósmico». Dice 
+Juan Febro: 
+
+
+«Pero el influjo celeste no es nada más que la bebida caliente 
+natural del mundo y el estimulante, el sostén de la vida de 
+todo lo que es sublunar»” 
+
+
+Opinión que no es aislada sino general. Citemos de 
+nuevo a Claude d Y ge: 
+
+
+Quienes piensen que la Alquimia es de naturaleza terrestre, 
+mineral y metálica, que se abstengan .»* 
+
+
+6.- Canseliet, op. cit. 
+7.- Citado por Canseliet. op. cit. 
+8.- Op. cit. 
+
+
+-15- 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+Así pues nos encontramos frente a una disciplina 
+que, al decir de sus Adeptos, no es de naturaleza 
+espiritual exclusivamente, ni tampoco exclusivamente 
+de naturaleza terrestre. 
+
+
+Las dos concepciones someramente analizadas, la 
+“espiritual” y la “cientista”, no acordes a nuestro juicio 
+con lo que dicen los maestros, han sido las más frecuen- 
+tes fuentes de aproximaciones incorrectas a la alqui- 
+mia. Y en gran medida lo siguen siendo, al menos entre 
+quienes se acercan a ella. En un foro de alquimia en 
+español que conocemos en Internet”, hemos podido 
+leer formulaciones puras de la concepción «espiri- 
+tual», estando sin embargo la mayor parte de las 
+intervenciones animadas por la concepción «cientista». 
+
+
+Pero aun queda una tercera concepcion no acorde 
+a nuestro juicio con la enseñanza de los maestros, que 
+hemos encontrado entre quienes ya tienen un cierto 
+grado de conocimientos. 
+
+
+Sila alquimia no es ni exclusivamente espiritual ni 
+exclusivamente material, la tentación «panteista» como 
+intento de explicación es inmediata. 
+
+
+Lo que está abajo es como lo que está ariba, dice 
+la Tabla de Esmeralda. Esta aseveración permite que se 
+la interprete como la unicidad de todo lo existente, rav 
+Beo0,todoes Dios. Espíritu y materia se interpenetrarían 
+
+
+9.- Se trata del foro de alquimia forumalg. Existen otros foros : 
+públicos y privados 
+
+
+-16- 
+
+
+INTRODUCCIÓN 
+
+
+eigualarían en una sola realidad: lo que existe. Bastaría 
+tomar cualquier parcela de la realidad para reconstruir 
+el todo; más precisamente, el todo se encontraría ínte- 
+gro y cabal en cualquiera de sus partes, solo hace falta 
+saber verlo. En la mancha del jaguar estaría completo 
+el universo, dice el escritor Borges.'* 
+
+
+La idea de que en la parte está reflejado el todo 
+como de manera concentradaes una noción fecundísima 
+que, por desgracia, apenas ha sido aprovechada toda- 
+vía. Cuando se aplica a algún dominio concreto, por 
+ejemplo a la medicina, produce resultados sorprenden- 
+tes. Hay médicos que saben ver en iris del ojo humano 
+un reflejo, una proyección de los órganos y sistemas 
+que componen el cuerpo así como de su funcionamien- 
+to'!. Otros encuentran dicha proyección en las diversas 
+partes del rostro, en las uñas, en los pies, etc. Todos 
+ellos pueden curar (a condición que conozcan su cien- 
+cia, claro). 
+
+Los resultados serían igualmente fructíferos si 
+supiéramos aplicar esta idea fecunda a otras parcelas 
+de la realidad. 
+
+
+Pero pese a que el panteismo es una concepción 
+elaborada hace tiempo esta óptica «proyectista»! ape- 
+
+
+10.- En la serie de relatos que titula «El Aleph» 
+
+11.- El lector puede encontrar un estudio bastante detallado en 
+Bernard Jensen, Ciencia y práctica de la iridología, Editorial 
+Yug, México, 1980. 
+
+12.- ¿Ha pensado el lector que el «polvo» con el que los alquimistas 
+transmutan cualquier metal imperfecto en oro es llamado por ellos 
+
+
+E 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+nas empieza a esbozarse ahora como ciencia, de lo cual 
+no podemos sino lamentarnos. 
+
+
+Pero aun cuando se constituya este cuerpo de 
+conocimientos con el cual la ciencia avanzaría a pasos 
+de gigante, sería, al menos desde el punto de vista de la 
+alquimia, aproximativo, imperfecto, mientras perma- 
+nezca en el marco de la teoría que los sustenta. 
+
+
+El xa Beoo permite explicarteóricamenteel cosmos, 
+superando la dualidad materia-espíritu tal como venía'? 
+siendo generalmente entendida desde hace tiempo. Pero 
+dicha dualidad procede de un conocimiento insuficiente de 
+la materia, de su identificación y reducción a una de las 
+formas en que esta se manifiesta. La diferencia de los 
+hermetistas entre materia "burda" y las diversas clases de 
+materia sutil hubiera contribuido a evitar este embrollo!*. 
+
+
+«polvo de proyección»? Siendo en su opinión el metal oro el que 
+resume de manera más perfecta la naturaleza de los metales ¿sería 
+azaroso este adjetivo «de proyección» aplicado al «polvo»? 
+13.- Decimos venía, en pasado, porque la formulación de la teoría 
+general de la relatividad a principios del siglo XX, inició el 
+desmoronamiento de la separación tradicional entre materia y 
+formas no materiales que hasta entonces postulaba la ciencia. Que 
+la gravedad y otras formas de energía pueden, en determinadas 
+condiciones, crear «materia» ha sido comprobado posteriormente 
+de manera experimental. La astrofísica, la física de partículas y 
+especialmente la física cuántica han acabado con tal separación. 
+14.- Las insólitas realizaciones de las llamadas paraciencias no 
+consisten sino en la aplicación de estos conceptos herméticos 
+acerca de las diferentes clases de materia y sus propiedades, a 
+diversas parcelas de la realidad (por ahora casi exclusivamente 
+limitadas al psiquismo humano). 
+
+
+- 18 - 
+
+
+INTRODUCCIÓN 
+
+
+El panteismo reune y unifica esta "materia" y este 
+"espíritu", cuyos límites la ciencia positiva empieza a 
+no saber donde se encuentra ni si es que lo hay, y los 
+declara la totalidad de lo existente, butizándolos de 
+divinos. En última instancia es un monismo inmanente 
+y no es un azar ni una incoherencia que fuera declarado 
+herético por las religiones trascendentes. Refiriéndose 
+a la posible existencia de algo más que trascendiera a 
+este uorv Beoo, Spinoza declaraba: [gnorantia non est 
+argumentum. 
+
+
+Efectivamente. Desde el punto de vista racional, 
+que no es el único que permite dar cuenta de lo 
+existente, la ignorancia no es un argumento. Pero no lo 
+es ni en un sentido ni en otro. En todo caso, los 
+alquimistas postulan energicamente la existencia de un 
+Dios trascendente creador de los cielos y la tierra. 
+Hacen suyas las palabras de la Biblia: 
+
+
+«Vanos son todos los hombres en quienes no se halla el 
+conocimiento de Dios.... no pudieron entender al que es... 
+sino que creyeron que el fuego, o el viento, o el aire 
+presuroso, o el Sol y la Luna, son los dioses que gobiernan 
+al mundo.Concuya belleza, estando enamorados, tuviéronlos 
+por dioses: sepan cuanto más bello es el señor de ellos...»!* 
+
+
+Los alquimistas afirman que la Gran Obra debe ser 
+comparada a la creación del universo: 
+
+
+15.- Sabiduría XUL, | y ss. 
+
+
+-19- 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+«Que el hijo de los filósofos escuche a los sabios que 
+unánimemente concluyeron que esta obra debe ser compa- 
+rada a la creación del universo»'* 
+
+
+«La generación de la piedra se hace al ejemplo de la creación 
+del mundo»'” 
+
+
+Panteismo y alquimia tienen un punto parecido: 
+que lo que está abajo es como lo que está arriba, que 
+todo es uno. 
+
+
+«Entonces el Hombre'*, que tenía poderes plenos sobre el 
+mundo de los seres mortales y de los animales sin razón, se 
+
+
+16.- Filaleteo, La entrada abierta al palacio cerrado del rey. 
+Editorial 7 1/2, Barcelona, 1979. Cap. V-1, pág 51. 
+
+17.- Jean d Espagnet, Arcanum Hermetice opus,canon LXXXIN 
+18.- Este Hombre, no es un hombre ordinario. Hermes Trismegisto 
+dice de él (Poimandres I, 12):«Entonces el Nous, padre de todos 
+los seres, produjo un Hombre parecido a él». Latradición cristiana 
+lo define diciendo (Gen. 1, 6) «Y dijo Dios: hagamos al Hombre a 
+nuestra imagen, conforme a nuestra semejanza». Es el Adan 
+Cadmon de los cabalistas. Este Hombre es explicado de la 
+siguiente manera (Jacob Lorber, Obispo Martín, 75, 16. Muñoz 
+Moya editor, Sevilla 1989): «Referente a los sistemas solares la 
+Nueva Revelación nos dice: El sol de nuestro sistema planetario es 
+un sol del quinto orden. Junto con una gran cantidad de otros soles 
+del quinto orden, de los que Alfa Centauri es nuestro sol vecino 
+más cercano, gira alrededor de un sol central del cuarto orden; 
+todo este conjunto forma un campo solar. 
+
+Incontables soles centrales del cuarto orden, es decir, 
+campos solares enteros, giran alrededor de un sol central del 
+tercer orden, formando con este una región solar. 
+
+Una cantidad inimaginable de soles centrales del tercer 
+orden, es decir, regiones solares enteras, giran alrededor de un 
+
+
+-20 - 
+
+
+INTRODUCCIÓN 
+
+
+descolgó a través de la armoniosa maquinaria compuesta de 
+las esferas cuyas envolturas había agujereado y manifestó la 
+hermosa forma de Dios a la Naturaleza de abajo. Cuando 
+ésta hubo visto que el Hombre poseía la forma de Dios junto 
+con la belleza inagotable y toda la energía de los gobernado- 
+res, sonrió de amor: pues había visto reflejarse en el Agua el 
+semblante de esta forma maravillosamente hermosa del 
+hombre, y a su sombra sobre la Tierra. En tanto que él, 
+habiendo visto reverberar en el Agua la presencia de esta 
+forma parecida suya, la amó y quiso morar en ella. Desde el 
+mismo momento que lo quiso lo cumplió. La Naturaleza 
+entonces, recibiendo en ella a su amado, lo abrazó entera, y 
+ambos se unieron ardiendo de amor.»'” 
+
+
+Pero mientras que el panteismo afirma esta unidad 
+como sustancial, como de derecho propio, como iden- 
+tidad, la alquimia la proclama como prestada, proyec- 
+tada, refleja, otra, sin entidad propia, como un don y 
+
+
+sol central del segundo orden, formando con este un universo 
+solar. Y finalmente, un número increíble de soles centrales del 
+segundo orden, es decir, universos solares enteros, giran alrede- 
+dor de un sol central principal, formando con este una enorme 
+vaina globular que ya no gira. 
+
+Incontables vainas globulares forman el microcosmo del gran 
+hombre cósmico: la creación física mayor de que nos habla la 
+Nueva Revelación recibida en los años 1850 por Jakob Lorber. 
+Mientras tanto la astronomía moderna ya ha podido localizar unos 
+cuantos soles centrales del cuarto orden a causa de su extraordina- 
+ria radiación (los cuásares); pero falta todavía que comprenda su 
+función como soles del cuarto orden. Luego quedan por descubrir 
+los soles centrales de los demás órdenes superiores, etc. 
+
+19.- Hermes Trismegisto, Poimandres 1, Muñoz Moya y Montra- 
+veta editor, Sevilla 2000. I, 147. (http://www.mmoya.com) 
+
+
+-21- 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+una gracia. Si para el panteista la naturaleza es Dios, 
+para el adepto es sólo un reflejo de Dios. Ambos 
+coinciden en ver las manifestaciones del mundo 
+sublunar, pero mientra el panteista afirma que no existe 
+nada más, la alquimia afirma que Dios existe aparte y 
+que todo ello no es sino su reflejo. 
+
+
+Así pues no hay posibilidad de confusión: la alqui- 
+mia no es un panteismo. 
+
+
+Es más fácil decir lo que no es la alquimia que lo 
+que sí es. 
+
+
+Si examinamos su historia podemos hacer la consta- 
+tación de que siempre ha explicado lo mismo. Natural- 
+mente, sus enseñanzas se han presentado vestidas con el 
+lenguaje propio, más exactamente, con el pensamiento 
+propio de cada época”. Inmersa como está nuestra cultura 
+en la idea del progreso y la evolución resulta chocante a la 
+mentalidad contemporánea la existencia de algo que no 
+cambia a lo largo de varios millares de años, máxime 
+cuando este algo se presenta como un pensamiento total. 
+Dicha inmutabilidad permite suponer una concepción 
+totalmente ajena a cualquier «desarrollo» lineal o espiral 
+
+
+20.- Así, por ejemplo, las abigarradas historias de las divinidades 
+griegas son, entre otras cosas, una manera de dejar constancia de las 
+operaciones de la obra. Su sentido puede ser comprendido según el 
+nivel de profundidad al que se examinen. El lector interesado puede 
+consultar el libro Les fables égiptiennes et grecques dévoilées et 
+reduites au méme principe, avec une explication, de Dom Pernety. 
+Chez Delalain, l'ainé, Libraire, Paris M.DCC.LXXXVI. Existe 
+edición moderna en Editions La Table dEmeraude. París 1991. 
+
+
+-22- 
+
+
+INTRODUCCIÓN 
+
+
+del mundo, a cualquier «expansión». Parece como si 
+hubiera mundos superpuestos unos a otros, telescópicos a 
+la manera delos catalejos plegables o de las muñecas rusas 
+(aunque esto es una manera analógica de expresarse). 
+Cada uno de ellos englobaría al inferior sin serenglobado 
+por él. Cada uno de los mundos englobados sería un 
+reflejo pálido del superior, a la manera del triángulo que 
+enelespaciode dos dimensiones, mediante la proyección, 
+refleja de alguna manera el triedro, cuerpo de un espacio 
+de tres dimensiones. En cada mundo inferior habría la 
+misma “pérdida de detalle” y, la vez, también el reflejo del 
+mundo superior. Esta manera de vernoes una concepción 
+específica de la alquimia, sino común a diversos saberes 
+herm��ticos -por ejemplo la cábala- y aotros queno lo son, 
+por ejemplo la mística. 
+
+
+Tampoco es una concepción específíca de la alqui- 
+mia el reconocimiento de que estos mundos no están 
+separados, de que existen puertas de comunicación 
+entre ellos, entre los diversos planos de existencia que 
+representan. Muchas ciencias ocultas coinciden en que 
+se puede pasar del mundo sublunar a los mundos 
+superiores. La alquimia se singulariza por algunos 
+rasgos específicos. 
+
+
+Uno es su materialidad. Ya hemos visto antes que 
+tiene que ver con las ciencias de la naturaleza; no es un 
+saber abstracto sino operativo, de laboratorio: los alqui- 
+mistas fabrican oro. Dicha fabricación no es un fin en sí 
+sino una de las consecuencias de aprender a conocer la 
+
+
+LG 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+naturaleza reproduciendo sus procesos: el alquimista 
+logra mediante el arte lo que ella crea sola, creación del 
+alquimista que es material, tangible. Pero no se detiene 
+en la transmutación de los metales: su objetivo es llevar 
+a la materia a un estado de fijeza perfecta, excluyendo la 
+alternativa de generación y corrupción que caracteriza a 
+nuestro mundo sublunar. En esta materia sublunar entra 
+el cuerpo humano al que también fija, socorriéndolo en 
+todas sus necesidades y asegurándole la posesión de la 
+vida, eternamente fijada. 
+
+
+De muchos de ellos se rumorea que alcanzaron la 
+inmortalidad: Filaleteo, el Cosmopolita, Christian 
+Rosenkreutz, etcétera. 
+
+
+La inmortalidad es pensable. El individuo no es sino 
+la conciencia de la propia identidad psicológica durante 
+un espacio de tiempo, identidad de la que se conoce una 
+parte de sus fundamentos materiales. La biología sabe hoy 
+que los caracteres físicos se transmiten e incluso se conoce 
+el mecanismo de la transmisión. También se tiene un 
+cierto conocimiento empírico de la transmisión de los 
+rasgos psicológicos, aunque la ciencia no está en medida 
+de explicar ni el mecanismo ni su fundamento. Se conoce 
+el asiento material de la memoria aunque se ignora si ésta 
+se transmite en el tiempo al igual que los rasgos físicos. La 
+psicología moderna -Jung y su escuela- afirma que sí y ha 
+llegado a la conclusión -por cierto empírica- de que existe 
+un depósito universal de lo memorizado durante siglos, al 
+que llama «inconsciente colectivo». Experiencias 
+
+
+-24- 
+
+
+INTRODUCCIÓN 
+
+
+hipnóticas han regresado al paciente no sólo a la infancia 
+y al periodo fetal, sino a vidas anteriores: sometidos a 
+tratamientos hablaron idiomas que desconocían en su 
+vida ordinaria y describieron lugares y costumbres des- 
+aparecidas varios siglos antes, extremos posteriormente 
+comprobados por historiadores y arqueólogos”. No hay a 
+priori ningún impedimento que niegue la posibilidad de 
+conocer dónde está esta conciencia individual que el 
+sujeto tiene de símismo, adónde pasa, cómo lo hace y cual 
+es el mecanismo para que esta conciencia que la materia 
+tiene de una de sus formas de existencia durante un 
+periodo de tiempo -la vida individual- tenga acceso al 
+almacén donde la única materia existente, sustancia de 
+todo el universo, guarde los recuerdos, las conciencias 
+individuales de sus otras formas de existencia en otros 
+periodos de lo que hemos dado en llamar tiempo”. Si una 
+
+
+21.- Existe una abundante bibliografía al respecto. El lector 
+interesado puede consultar la tercera parte del libro Tres enfoques 
+sobre la reencarnación, de Sebastián de Araúco, espccialmente 
+el cap.I,La reencarnación y la ciencia, editado por el autor Vigo, 
+1979, en donde encontrará abundante información. Igualmente 
+existen experiencias suficientes acerca de la trascensión del 
+espacio, videncias, premoniciones, etc., etc. 
+
+22.- El hermetismo conoce este almacén: «En la sangre está 
+almacenado, por así decirlo, todo lo que el pasado material ha 
+edificado en el hombre». También sabe como leerlo: «En esos 
+casos... se sienten las imágenes del mundo externo; es decir, que 
+sus ascendientes están activos en su Sangre, y, enesas ocasiones, 
+se toma parte, confusa y vagamente, en sus vidas remotas». 
+Véase R. Steiner: El significado oculto de la sangre.. Editorial 
+Kier. Buenos Aires, 1979, 
+
+
+-25- 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+nariz tuviera conciencia de sí misma y del mundo exterior 
+podría contar no sólo su historia de generación en genera- 
+ción, de qué combinatoria proceden sus líneas, sino 
+también qué brisas respiró a lo largo de los tiempos, el 
+aroma de qué flores, cuál la tierra que las sustentaba... 
+
+No nos salimos con ello de las ciencias naturales, 
+aunque parezca una combinatoria harto compleja. De 
+donde sínos salimos es del antropomorfismo en cuanto 
+al tiempo y en cuanto a la conciencia. 
+
+
+El tiempo se supone que corre linealmente desde 
+atrás hacia adelante, atrás y adelante que implican la 
+conciencia y la historia humana, o, a un nivel más 
+profundo, la «historia» de la materia de la que conciencia 
+e historia humana serían sólo una parte. Pero el tiempo 
+tal como se viene entendiendo -la medida del movi- 
+miento o el modo de existencia de la materia- sólo tiene 
+sentido en relación con esta propia materia mudable, con 
+el mundo sublunar. Fuera de ella desaparece su necesi- 
+dad y su existencia misma. La serie de los siglos y las 
+épocas sólo tienen sentido desde la materia alterable, 
+sujeta acambio, corruptible, a la que el tiempo define, da 
+entidad y constituye. El tiempo es el modo de existencia 
+de esta materia a la que «coagula» diferenciándola de la 
+indeterminación espacio-temporal del caos, del infinito, 
+permitiéndole «pensarse» a sí misma. Pero el tiempo es 
+un absoluto sólo desde el punto de vista de esa entidad 
+«coagulada», diferenciada del todo, individualizada; 
+desde el punto de vista de la conciencia individual en 
+todos sus grados: mineral, vegetal o animal”. Sólo es 
+
+
+-26- 
+
+
+INTRODUCCIÓN 
+
+
+pensable por esa conciencia ala que permite existiren su 
+seno; fuera de ella no existe. 
+
+
+Se es hoy incapaz de pensar desde otra óptica que 
+la de esta «coagulación»; en el caso de los humanos, 
+desde la conciencia de la identidad psicológica indivi- 
+dual, erigida juez supremo y necesariamente ligada al 
+tiempo que, como hemos visto, la forma, constituye su 
+modo de existencia. Por ello se niega la inmortalidad, 
+que es la negación del tiempo. 
+
+
+Ahora bien, si en vez de erigir en juez supremo la 
+conciencia individual que nace y muere en el tiempo, 
+abandonáramos este punto de vista y pudiéramos adop- 
+tar la óptica de la sustancia universal que todo lo 
+conforma, nuestra concepción del tiempo y del espa- 
+cio, de la vida y de la muerte no serían antropomórficas. 
+Podríamos ver nuestra preexistencia como concreción 
+de un todo sin solución de continuidad; podríamos 
+considerar nuestra «duración» no como un absoluto 
+sino como la proyección de un mundo infinito -que 
+incluye todo lo pensable- en este mundo contingente, 
+sublunar, manifestado. Proyección forzosamente ves- 
+tida en el manto del tiempo y el espacio y, por lo tanto, 
+de la conciencia individual. Exclamaríamos como el 
+poverello de Asís: hermano lobo, hermana piedra, 
+hermana flor, hermana estrella, sin que ello fuera un 
+desahogo lírico, sino ciencias naturales. 
+
+
+23.- No entramos aquí ahora en la diferenciación entre «concien- 
+cia» mineral, vegetal y animal, de las que se sobreentiende que no 
+hay que interpretar en sentido antropomorfo. 
+
+
+E 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+Esta es la óptica de los alquimistas. Considerándo- 
+nos, dentro del mundo sublunar, como la coagulación 
+de un todo sin solución de continuidad,como una de las 
+innumerables posibilidades de manifestación de la 
+sustancia constituyente de este mundo, se aplican a 
+descubrirla y a averiguar cómo funcionan sus «leyes»: 
+así pueden transmutar los metales, «curar» al reino 
+mineral, vegetal y animal. Considerando que esta sus- 
+tancia es manifestada, creada, y que el ser humano y su 
+conciencia son la proyección de la que acabamos de 
+hablar, aprenden a entrar y salir en el mundo proyecta- 
+do mediante la previa disolución en todo lo existente y 
+la identificación, la comunión, con lo reflejado en la 
+proyección y, por ahí, con lo que se proyecta, con la 
+indeterminación infinita consciente,con Dios. El adepto 
+atraviesa la puerta entre los mundos y para él no tienen 
+sentido ni el espacio ni el tiempo: es inmortal, O, si 
+muere, resucita. No tiene ninguna entidad concreta, 
+pudiendo revestirlas todas, hombre o pájaro. Puede 
+transmutar a los metales y puede incluso transmutarse 
+a sí mismo. Su reino no es de este mundo. 
+
+¿Cómo realiza el adepto estas maravillas? 
+
+Muchos son los libros de alquimia escritos por los 
+maestros en los que se aborda uno u otro aspecto de la 
+Gran Obra, o la totalidad de ella. A su estudio remiti- 
+mos al lector, pues nosotros no podemos responder a lo 
+que ignoramos. 
+
+No obstante deseamos subrayar aun otro rasgo 
+peculiar del arte hermético: en uno u otro momento de su 
+
+
+-28- 
+
+
+INTRODUCCIÓN 
+
+
+trabajo material con la naturaleza, el alquimista entra en 
+contacto con entidades que no son de este mundo. 
+
+
+«Existe un medio de manipular la materia y la energía de 
+manera que se produzca lo que los científicos contemporá- 
+neos llamarían un campo de fuerza. Este campo de fuerza 
+actúa sobre el observador y lo coloca en una situación 
+privilegiada frente al universo. Desde este punto privilegia- 
+do tiene acceso a realidades que el espacio y el tiempo, la 
+materia y la energía, suelen ocultarnos...» 
+
+
+Así se expresa Fulcanelli según cuenta J. Bergier 
+en la obra que hemos citado antes. 
+
+
+«Y sé que muchos, como yo, poseemos este secreto, y estoy 
+persuadido de que hay muchos otros más, con los que 
+próximamente entraré, por así decirlo, en una familiar y 
+cotidiana comunicación.» 
+
+
+Es Filaleteo (Introitus, Prefacio, 1H) quien alude a 
+esta, por así decirlo, «familiar y cotidiana comunica- 
+ción» con muchos otros. 
+
+
+En innumerables obras de alquimia aparecen en 
+determinado momento guías, ancianos, asambleas de 
+ancianos, espíritus alados, ángeles, vírgenes, etcétera. 
+En muchas ocasiones no son sino simbolismos de 
+fuerzas y operaciones, digamos «físicas» para enten- 
+dernos grosso modo. Pero en otras también sirven para 
+designar entidades que acogen al adepto y cuyas for- 
+mas de existencia no son las de este mundo, no son las 
+de la naturaleza conocida, son sobrenaturales. 
+
+
+-29- 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+Carácter sobrenatural que no hay que entender - 
+una vez más la materialidad de la alquimia- como 
+magia. Así como Aristóteles colocaba después de la 
+física a la metafísica (literalmente: lo que está más allá 
+de la física), estas entidades sobrenaturales interme- 
+dias entre el hombre y Dios -absolutamente trascen- 
+dente e inefable- son sobrenaturales en el sentido de 
+que están más allá de la naturaleza. Eso no quiere decir 
+que sean incognoscibles, intratables. Existen con inde- 
+pendencia de los hombres individuales, por sobre ellos, 
+pero éstos pueden llegar a conocerlas”, a tener trato 
+con ellas; más aún, a fundirse con ellas, transformán- 
+dose así en una de ellas. Tal es la pretensión de la 
+alquimia. 
+
+Incluso algunos escritos abordan el problema de las 
+relaciones entre el mundo de la naturaleza -hombre com- 
+prendido y del que es conveniente no olvidar la gran 
+cantidad de cosas que se ignoran- con las formas inferio- 
+res del mundo sobrenatural. Así Dom Pernety, después de 
+explicar que en la naturaleza existen las transmutaciones 
+puesto que ésta transforma las sustancias de la tierra en 
+
+
+24- No nos extendemos ahora aquí en por qué algunos humanos 
+tienen acceso a este conocimiento. Los maestros son unánimes en 
+explicar que por la voluntad libre de Dios. «He aquí uno de 
+nuestros hijos que Dios quiere hacer tan grande como sus padres. 
+. >» (Saint Germain: La santísima trinosofía). «Fuera lo que fuese, 
+comprendí que Dios me permitía asistir a unas bodas ocultas...» 
+(Las bodas químicas de Christian Rosenkreutz). «A aquel que ha 
+sido beatificado por Dios con este talento...» (Filaleteo: Introitus), 
+etc., etc. 
+
+
+30 
+
+
+INTRODUCCIÓN 
+
+
+frutos o flores, los vegetales en músculo, nervios o pensa- 
+miento, concluye con la siguiente afirmación: 
+
+
+«La metempsicosis” de los antiguos filósofos no es otra 
+cosa que las transmutaciones de la naturaleza, tomadas en su 
+verdadero sentido físico»? 
+
+
+También podemos leer en Las bodas químicas..., 
+cuando el protagonista es sacado de la torre (alusión al 
+mundo terrestre), el siguiente sorprendente párrafo: 
+
+
+«“¡Ay!, cómo compadezco a los pobres hombres de la torre; 
+ojalá que Dios me permita liberarlos a todos”. El hijo 
+respondió: “Madre, Dios lo ha ordenado así y no debemos 
+desobedecerle. Si todos fuéramos señores y poseyéramos 
+los bienes de la Tierra, ¿quién nos serviría cuando estuvié- 
+ramos en la mesa?” Su madre no respondió nada»?” 
+
+
+No entramos ahora en el problema de las relacio- 
+nes entre ambos mundos, vasto y complicado tema que 
+se sale del marco de estas notas y que sólo hemos 
+rozado para mostrar que el mundo natural y el sobrena- 
+tural no están separados en la alquimia por ninguna 
+barrera infranqueable, que, por el contrario, son distin- 
+tas formas de existencia, distintas coagula de un todo 
+sin solución de continuidad, al menos a este nivel. 
+
+
+25.- La transmigración de las almas, la serie de reencarnaciones 
+sucesivas. 
+
+26.- Dom Pernety, Dictionnaire Mytho-Hermetique. A Paris, 
+Quai des Agustins. Chez Bauche, libraire, M.DCC.LVIT. 
+
+27.- Valentín Andrez, Las bodas químicas dc Christian 
+Rosenkreutz. Día 1. Editado en esta colección. 
+
+
+Le 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+Puede afirmarse sin lugar a dudas en base en las 
+aseveraciones de los propios alquimistas que, en un 
+momento los adeptos entran en contacto con estas 
+formas de existencia más amplias que la «coagula- 
+ción» espacio-temporal de la individualidad humana: 
+con los espíritus, con los ángeles, con formas de 
+existencia conscientes y comunicantes cuya ipseidad, 
+repetimos, no es de este mundo. Sobre el cómo de este 
+contacto y sobre la naturaleza de dichas entidades los 
+adeptos han sido, a nuestro conocimiento, extraordina- 
+riamente reservados. Aunque una conclusión se des- 
+prende unánime de todos ellos: sin la ayuda de estas 
+entidades, su trabajo no habría llegado a su fin. 
+
+
+Lector atento, lo hasta aquí dicho son reflexiones 
+banales sobre un saber cuyo objeto y cuyo método, 
+indisolublemente ligados como en todo saber, superan 
+de lejos el círculo estrecho de nuestros conceptos 
+precisos. Estas líneas introductorias han sido escritas 
+en lenguaje restringido, el de la racionalidad, el de lo 
+universalmente comunicable; en igual lenguaje están 
+redactadas todas nuestras notas y observaciones a los 
+textos alquímicos y otros. Dicha restricción no favore- 
+ce, sino que obstaculiza la comprensión de aquello que 
+el texto dice. 
+
+
+No les prestes pues atención. Sin embargo, entien- 
+de que, puesto que de libros publicados se trata, no son 
+enteramente inútiles. 
+
+Quién sea cada autor, a qué «escuela» pertenezca. 
+es enteramente igual. Independientemente de su propia 
+
+
+-32- 
+
+
+INTRODUCCIÓN 
+
+
+voluntad, no se trata aquí sino de una manifestación del 
+Espíritu, en el tiempo, sí, pero no concerniente a 
+ninguna fenomenología de la historia. En el tiempo 
+estamos y en él se manifiesta el Espíritu, pero no para 
+historizarse, sino para inmortalizarnos. Tampoco im- 
+porta cómo ni a través de quién se manifiesta y las 
+discusiones al respecto son enteramente inútiles, pues 
+nies problema de nuestra incumbencia, ni seguramen- 
+te podemos situarlo. 
+
+
+Por alguna razón tendrás este libro entre las manos. 
+Lee pues, lector, y que el Señor quiera serte propicio. 
+Dicen los maestros que llega un momento en que los 
+libros no hacen falta: ojalá te sea dado alcanzarlo. 
+Deseo pedirte tu bendición si eres ser piadoso. 
+
+
+Que la luz, la bendición y la proteccción divinas 
+sean con nosotros. 
+
+
+Miguel Angel Muñoz Moya 
+
+Xochimilco, México, 
+
+Puebla del Maestre (Badajoz), España 
+
+1% de noviembre1997, 
+
+día de la Comunión entre los vivos y los muertos 
+de esta vida terrenal. 
+
+
+33%, 
+
+
+La Tabla de Esmeralda 
+
+
+de 
+Hermes Trismegisto 
+
+
+TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+de Hermes Trismegisto 
+sobre la química? 
+
+
+Palabras de los secretos de Hermes escritas sobre una 
+
+
+tabla de esmeralda que sostenía en sus manos cuando, en 
+una cueva oscura, fue encontrado su cuerpo embalsamado. 
+
+
+Verdad sin mentira, cierto y muy verdadero: 
+lo que es inferior es como lo que es superior; 
+y lo que es superior es como lo que es inferior, 
+
+
+para los cumplimientos de los milagros de una 
+sola cosa. 
+
+
+Y como todas las cosas fueron desde uno, 
+por la meditación de uno sólo, 
+
+igualmente las cosas fueron nacidas por ello 
+de una cosa, por adaptación. 
+
+Su padre es el Sol, su madre la Luna. 
+
+El viento la ha llevado en su vientre. 
+
+
+28.- Traducción de la primera edición impresa aparecida en 
+Nuremberg, en 1541 
+
+
+32 
+
+
+HERMES TRISMEGISTO 
+
+
+La Tierra es su nodriza. 
+
+En ella está el padre de todos los talismanes del 
+mundo. 
+
+Si es hecha tierra, su fuerza está entera. 
+
+
+Separarás la Tierra del fuego, lo sutil de lo espeso, 
+con gran inteligencia. 
+
+
+Él subió de la Tierra al cielo, de nuevo descendió 
+a la Tierra, y recibió la fuerza superior e inferior. 
+
+
+Así tendrás la gloria del mundo entero. 
+
+Por ello toda oscuridad se aleja a ti. 
+
+Aquí está la fuerte fuerza de toda fuerza, 
+
+que vence toda cosa sutil 
+
+y penetra toda cosa sólida. 
+
+Así es creado el mundo. 
+
+Tales son las admirables adaptaciones cuya manera 
+está aquí. 
+
+Poresosoy llamado Hermes Trismegisto, poseyen- 
+do las tres partes de la filosofía del mundo entero. 
+Completo es lo que he dicho de la operación del Sol. 
+
+
+-38 - 
+
+
+OTRA VERSIÓN 
+DE LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA” 
+
+
+AQUI SE ENCUENTRA LA FORMACION 
+DE LA NATURALEZA 
+
+
+Es verdad, fuera de duda, cierto, auténtico, 
+
+que lo superior viene de lo inferior y lo inferior de lo 
+superior. 
+
+Él hizo maravillas a partir de Uno; 
+
+
+cómo todas las cosas proceden de Uno por un 
+procedimiento común, 
+
+
+cómo todas las cosas son producidas de esta 
+sustancia por un procedimiento común. 
+
+
+¡Cuán maravillosa es su ciencia! El es la cabeza del 
+
+
+- mundo, enel que su padre es el Sol y su madre la 
+Luna. 
+
+
+29.- Publicada en la revista Alchimie mediterranéenne. Traduci- 
+da por Omar Yeshia y Munir Hafez. 
+
+
+-39- 
+
+
+HERMES TRISMEGISTO 
+
+
+El viento lo ha llevado en su seno y la Tierra lo ha 
+alimentado. 
+
+Él es el padre de los talismanes, el poseedor de las 
+maravillas. 
+
+Sus facultades son perfectas. 
+
+Él es el restaurador de las luces. 
+
+La tierra se ha vuelto un fuego. 
+
+Separa la tierra del fuego y él te iluminará. 
+
+Lo sutil es más noble que lo grosero. 
+Lentamente, suavemente, sube hacia el cielo, 
+coge la luz, y después vuelve a bajar a la Tierra. 
+En Él está la facultad de lo superior y de lo inferior. 
+pues en Él hay la luz de las luces, 
+
+y es por lo que las tinieblas le huyen. 
+
+La fuerza del poderoso vence todas las cosas. 
+Toda cosa sutil penetra toda cosa grosera. 
+
+
+El microcosmos está formado como el macrocos- 
+mos. 
+
+
+Esto es mi gloria, 
+y es por eso por lo que soy llamado Hermes, 
+tres veces grandes por la sabiduría. 
+
+
+e | 
+
+
+UNA VERSIÓN MÁS 
+DE LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA” 
+
+
+Es verdadero, sin falsedad alguna, cierto y muy 
+cierto. 
+
+Lo que está encima es igual a lo que está debajo, y 
+lo que está debajo esigual alo que está encima para 
+que se cumplan los milagros de una sola cosa. 
+
+Y como quiera que todas las cosas lo fueron por la 
+contemplación de una sóla, así también todas las 
+cosas surgieron de esta única cosa por un simple 
+acto de adaptación. 
+
+El padre de ello es el Sol, la madre la Luna. 
+
+El viento lo llevaba en su seno y la Tierra es su 
+nodriza. 
+
+
+30.-E.J]. HOLMYAROD. Alchemy. Penguin Books Ltd. Hatmond- 
+sworth, Middlessex, 1957. De este libro, excelente en muchos 
+aspectos y con una especial dedicación a los mal conocidos al- 
+quimistas ingleses, existe traducción española de María Samper: 
+Alquimia. Ediciones Redecilla, Barcelona, 1961. 
+
+
+-41- 
+
+
+HERMES TRISMEGISTO 
+
+
+Es el padre de todas las obras maravillosas a lo 
+largo y ancho del mundo. 
+
+
+El poder del mismo es perfecto. 
+
+Si fuese arrojado a la Tierra separaría al elemento 
+Tierra del elemento Fuego, lo sutil de lo grosero. 
+Con gran sagacidad asciende suavemente desde la 
+Tierra al Cielo. 
+
+Desciende de nuevo a la Tierra y reúne en sí la 
+fuerza de las cosas superiores y de las cosas 
+inferiores. 
+
+Asíposeerás la gloria del brillo de todo el universo 
+y toda oscuridad huirá lejos de ti. 
+
+Esta cosa es la recia fortitud de toda fortaleza, ya 
+que vence a toda cosa muy sutil y penetra en toda 
+sustancia sólida. 
+
+Es así como fue creado este mundo. 
+
+
+Por consiguiente, se alcanzarán adapataciones 
+maravillosas de las cuales ésta es la clase. 
+
+Por esta razón me llaman Hermes Trismegisto., 
+porque poseo tres partes de la sabiduría del mundo 
+entero. 
+
+Lo que tenía que decir sobre la operación del Sol 
+está consumado. 
+
+
+-42- 
+
+
+Tabula Smaragdina Hermetis 
+
+
+Esse refert Hermes supera inferioribus «qua, 
+Si quis mirandum perficere optet opus, 
+Errantes celso cernuntur in axe Planete, 
+His est par est fructu Terra metallifero. 
+Sol Pater est lapidis, Mater vaga Cynthia. 
+Ventus ventre tulit natum, terra cibavit eum. 
+
+
+-43- 
+
+
+Es dicho por Hermes que lo superior ha de ser 
+igualado a lo inferior, 
+
+
+si quieres hacer una obra maravillosa 
+
+
+Errantes en lo alto son movidos en el eje los 
+planetas 
+
+
+Por su fruto metalífero, la tierra es semejante. 
+El Sol es el padre de la piedra, la errante Cintia 
+madre. 
+
+El Viento la hallevado en su vientre. La Tierra la 
+ha nutrido. 
+
+
+Esta Tabla de Esmeralda en lenguaje simbólico 
+está publicada como lámina 95 del compendio de 
+alquimia publicado bajo el título de  Viridarium 
+Chymicum (El Jardín Químico) **: 
+
+Según Bernard Husson, está sacada del Prodomus 
+Rhodostauroticus , libro de tradición rosacruz” publi- 
+cado por primera vez en Heidelberg en 1620. La com- 
+posición del interior del círculo procede a su vez de El 
+vellocino de Oro”, de fecha anterior. 
+
+
+Los tres escudos ligados por cadenas son la Sal 
+representada por una estrella, el Azufre representado 
+por un león y el Mercurio representado por un águila 
+bicéfala. A la izquierda de la estrella salina se encuentra 
+la tierra y a la derecha el cielo. Entre los tres encierran 
+una esfera crucífera en cuyo interior hay una au 
+invertida cuyo giro a la derecha, al decir de Bernard 
+Husson, daría el signo espagírico del vitriolo. 
+
+
+31.- Viridarium Chymicum. Muñoz Moyaeditores. Sevilla, 1986. 
+32.- En griego rodos sigifica rosa, y stauros Cruz. 
+
+33 - Véase Salomon Trismosin, «La Toison d'Or ou La Fleur des 
+trésors», pág. 12. Existe versión moderna en Ed. Retz, París, 1975. 
+
+
+- 45 - 
+
+
+HERMES TRISMEGISTO 
+
+
+El poema que explica la ilustración en El vellocino 
+de Oro dice que «de este vitriolo nacen los metales». 
+Estos metales los vemos arriba del grabado como 
+círculos que rodean un cáliz en el que el sol y la luna 
+vierten su flujo. 
+
+
+Hay que tener igualmente presente para una ajus- 
+tada interpretación de esta lámina que los metales son 
+tambien calendarios e indicadores de las fases de la 
+Obra (el lector interesado puede profundizar el tema en 
+muchos textos clásicos como, p. ej. la novena llave de 
+Basilio Valentín titulada «La revolución de los plane- 
+tas y los colores») 
+
+
+La filacteria circular contiene el conocido axioma 
+hermético Visita Interiora Terre Rectficando Invenies 
+Occultum Lapidem, Visita Interior de la Tierra Recti- 
+ficando Encuentras la Oculta Piedra, cuya interpreta- 
+ción así como el lugar donde poner las comas ha dado 
+lugar a numerosísimos comentarios. 
+
+
+Acabemos señalando que el conjunto, visto en 
+perspectiva, son dos círculos inscritos en un cuadrado, 
+alusión según algunos al atanor y al horno. Las flores 
+de los vértices, cuatro pétalos, macho y hembra, com- 
+pletan el significado de esta obra simbólica, que no en 
+balde, Basilio Valentín incluye en sus Doce Llaves de 
+la Filosofía* bajo el título Paradigma de la Gran Obra. 
+
+
+34.- Basilio Valentín, Las doce llaves de la F ilosofía. Publicado 
+en esta colección. 
+
+
+-46 - 
+
+
+Explicación 
+de 
+La Tabla de Esmeralda 
+
+
+por 
+Hortulano 
+
+
+El siglo XIV ve surgir toda una pléyade 
+de Artistas.... 
+
+
+Grasseo, llamado Hortulano, comentarista de 
+La tabla de Esmeralda (1358)... 
+
+
+Fulcanelli + 
+
+
+35.- Fulcanelli: Las Moradas Filosofales, cap. MM, La alquimia 
+medieval. Muñoz Moya editor. Sevilla, 1989, pág. 107. 
+
+
+-49- 
+
+
+¡Alabanza, honor y gloria os sean rendidas eterna- 
+mente, oh Señor, Dios todopoderoso! con vuestro muy 
+amado Hijo, nuestro salvador Jesús-Cristo, verdadero 
+Dios y único Hombre perfecto, y el Santo Espíritu 
+consolador, Trinidad Santa, que sois el Dios único. Os 
+doy gracias porque habiendo conocido las cosas pasa- 
+jeras de este mundo, enemigo nuestro, me habéis 
+sacado de él por vuestra gran misericordia, para que no 
+fuese pervertido por sus engañadoras voluptuosidades. 
+Y porque he visto muchos de los que trabajan en este 
+Arte que no siguen el camino derecho, os suplico, oh 
+Señor mío y mi Dios, que os pluja que pueda alejar de 
+este error, por la Ciencia que me habéis dado, a mis 
+muy queridos y bien amados, para que, habiendo 
+conocido la verdad, puedan alabar vuestro santo Nom- 
+bre, que es eternamente bendito. 
+
+
+Por tanto yo, Hortulano, es decir Jardinero, así 
+llamado a causa de los Jardines marítimos, indigno de 
+ser llamado Discípulo de la Filosofía, conmovido por 
+la amistad que tengo a mis muy queridos, he querido 
+poner por escrito la declaración y explicación cierta de 
+las palabras de Hermes, padre de los Filósofos aunque 
+
+
+a 
+
+
+HORTULANO 
+
+
+ellas sean oscuras, y declarar sinceramente toda la 
+práctica de la Verdadera Obra. Y cierto que no sirve de 
+nada a los Filósofos querer esconder la Ciencia en sus 
+escritos, cuando obra la Doctrina del Espíritu Santo. 
+
+
+-52- 
+
+
+EXPLICACIÓN DE LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+Capítulo primero 
+E] Arte de Alquimia es verdadero y cierto 
+
+
+El Filósofo dice: Es verdad, a saber, que el Arte de 
+Alquimia nos ha sido dado. Sin mentira; dice eso para 
+convencer a los que dicen que la Ciencia es embustera, 
+es decir, falsa. Cierto, es decir experimentado, pues 
+todo lo que es experimentado es muy cierto y muy 
+verdadero pues el muy verdadero Sol es procreado por 
+el Arte. 
+
+
+Dice muy verdadero, en superlativo, porque el Sol 
+engendrado por este Arte, sobrepasa a todo Sol natural 
+en todas las propiedades, tanto medicinales como otras. 
+
+
+5 
+
+
+HORTULANO 
+
+
+Capítulo 1 
+La Piedra debe ser dividida en dos partes 
+
+
+A continuación toca la operación de la Piedra 
+diciendo que lo que está abajo es como lo que está 
+arriba. 
+
+
+Dice eso porque la Piedra está dividida por el 
+Magisterio en dos partes principales, a saber, en la 
+parte superior, que sube arriba, y en la parte inferior que 
+queda abajo fija y clara. Y sin embargo estas dos partes. 
+son acordes en virtud. Es por lo que dice: y lo que está 
+arriba es como lo que está abajo. Ciertamente esta 
+división es necesaria. Para hacer los Milagros de una 
+cosa. Es decir de la Piedra; pues la parte inferior es la 
+Tierra, que es la Nodriza y el Fermento; y la parte 
+superior es el Alma, la cual vivifica toda la Piedra, y la 
+resucita, Es por lo que estando hecha la Separación y la 
+Conjunción muchos Milagros vienen a hacerse en la 
+Obra secreta de la Naturaleza. 
+
+
+-54- 
+
+
+EXPLICACIÓN DE LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+Capítulo IU 
+La Piedra tiene en sí los cuatro elementos 
+
+
+Y como todas las cosas han sido y son venidas de 
+ino por la mediación de uno. Aquí da un ejemplo 
+liciendo: Como todas las cosas han sido y son salidas 
+le uno, a saber, de un globo confuso, o de una masa 
+onfusa, por la mediación,es decir, porel pensamiento 
+, creación de uno, es decir, de Dios todopoderoso. Así 
+on nacidas todas las cosas.Es decir son salidas de esta 
+osa única, es decir de una Masa confusa, por adapta- 
+ión, es decir por el solo mando y milagro de Dios. Así 
+uestra Piedra es creada y salida de una Masa confusa, 
+-onteniendo en sí todos los Elementos, la cual ha sido 
+reada por Dios, y por su Milagro, nuestra Piedra ha 
+salido y nacido de Él. 
+
+
+-55- 
+
+
+HORTULANO 
+
+
+Capítulo IV 
+La Piedra tiene Padre y Madre, 
+que son el Sol y la Luna 
+
+
+Como vemos que un Animal engendra natural- 
+mente varios otros animales parecidos a él, así el Sol 
+engendra artificialmente el Sol por la virtud de la 
+Multiplicación de la Piedra. Es por lo que sigue: El So/ 
+es su Padre, es decir, el Oro de los Filósofos. Y porque 
+en todas las generaciones naturales debe haber un lugar 
+propio para recibir las Simientes, con alguna conformi- 
+dad de parecido en parte. Así es necesario que en esta 
+Generación artificial de la Piedra, el Sol tenga una 
+materia que sea como una Matriz propia para recibir su 
+Esperma y su Tintura. Y eso es la Plata de los Filósofos. 
+Por ello es por lo que sigue, y la Luna es su Madre. 
+
+
+-56- 
+
+
+EXPLICACIÓN DE LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+Capítulo V 
+La conjunción de las Partes 
+es la concepción y la generación de la Piedra 
+
+
+Cuando estos dos se reciben el uno al otro en la 
+Conjunción de la Piedra, la Piedra se engendra en el 
+vientre del Viento, y es lo que dice poco después: El 
+Viento la ha llevado en su Vientre. Se sabe bien que el 
+
+
+Viento es Aire, y el Aire es vida, y la vida es el Alma, 
+
+
+la cual ya he dicho antes que vivifica toda la Piedra. Así 
+es preciso que el Viento lleve toda la Piedra, y la lleve 
+de nuevo, y que engendre el Magisterio. Es por lo que 
+se sigue que debe recibir alimento de su Nodriza, a 
+saber de la Tierra. Así el Filósofo dice: La Tierra es su 
+Nodriza. Pues al igual que el Niño no llegaría nunca a 
+crecer sin el alimento que recibe de su Nodriza, de la 
+misma manera nuestra Piedra no llegaría nunca a 
+efecto sin la fermentación de la Tierra; y el fermento es 
+llamado alimento. De tal suerte se engendra de un 
+Padre,con la conjunción de su Madre, la cosa,es decir, 
+los Hijos parecidos a los Padres, los cuales, si la 
+
+
+- cocción noes larga, serán hechos parecidos a la Madre, 
+
+
+y retendrán el peso del Padre. 
+
+
+-57- 
+
+
+HORTULANO 
+
+
+Capítulo VI 
+La Piedra es perfecta 
+si el Alma es fijada en el Cuerpo 
+
+
+Después continúa: El Padre de todo el Telema del 
+Mundo está aquí, es decir, en la Obra de la Piedra hay 
+una vía final. Y observad que el Filósofo llama a la 
+Operación el Padre de todo el Telema, es decir, de todo 
+el Secreto o Tesoro de todo el Mundo, a saber, de toda 
+Piedra que ha podido encontrarse en este Mundo. Está 
+aquí. Como si dijera: he aquí que te la enseño. Después 
+el Filósofo dice ¿quieres que te enseñe cuando la fuerza 
+de la Piedra está acabada y es perfecta? 
+
+
+Ello ocurrirá cuando sea convertida y cambiada en 
+su tierra. Y por eso, dice, su fuerza y potencia está 
+entera, es decir, perfecta y completa, si es convertida 
+y cambiada en tierra. Es decir, si el alma de la Piedra 
+(de la que hemos mencionado mas arriba que el Alma 
+es llamada Viento, y Aire, en la cual está toda la vida 
+y la fuerza de la Piedra) es convertida en tierra, a saber 
+de la Piedra, y la fija de manera tal que toda la Sustancia 
+
+
+- 58 - 
+
+
+| 
+¿ 
+
+
+EXPLICACIÓN DE LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+* de la Piedra esté tan bien unida con la Nodriza (que es 
+| la Tierra) que toda la Piedra sea convertida y vuelta 
+- fermento. Y como cuando se hace pan un poco de 
+levadura alimenta y fermenta una gran cantidad de 
+masa y así cambia toda la sustancia de la masa en 
+fermento, también el Filósofo quiere que nuestra Pie- 
+dra sea fermentada de tal manera, que sirva de fermento 
+a su propia multiplicación. 
+
+
+-59- 
+
+
+HORTULANO 
+
+
+Capítulo VI 
+La mondificación de la Piedra 
+
+
+A continuación enseña como debe multiplicarse la 
+Piedra: pero antes pone la mondificación de la misma 
+y la separación de las partes, diciendo: Separarás lu 
+Tierra del Fuego, el Sutil del Espeso, suavemente, con 
+gran industria. Suavemente, es decir, poco a poco, no 
+con violencia, sino con espíritu e industria, a saber por 
+la mierda* de ave o estiércol filosofal. Separarás, es 
+decir, disolverás, pues la disolución es la separación de 
+las partes. La Tierra del Fuego, el Sutil del Espeso, es 
+decir, los posos y la inmundicia del Fuego, del Aire y 
+del Agua y de toda la Sustancia de la Piedra de manera 
+que quede enteramente sin inmundicia. 
+
+
+36.- La palabra original significa literalmente: «excremento o 
+líquido de aves, de pájaros salvajes; y de algunos animales» 
+
+
+-60- 
+
+
+EXPLICACIÓN DE LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+Capítulo VIII 
+La Parte no fija de la Piedra, 
+debe separar la Parte fija y elevarla 
+
+
+Estando preparada la Piedra de esta forma, se 
+puede entonces multiplicar. Por lo tanto pone ahora la 
+Multiplicación; y habla de la fácil licuefacción o 
+fusión de ésta por la virtud que la misma tiene de ser 
+
+
+- entrante y penetrante en los Cuerpos duros y blandos, 
+
+
+diciendo: Sube de la Tierra al cielo y directamente 
+desciende a la Tierra. Aquí hay que notar bien que 
+aunque nuestra Piedra, en su primera Operación, se 
+divida en cuatro partes, que son los cuatro Elementos, 
+sin embargo, como ha sido dicho arriba, hay dos Partes 
+principales en ella; una que sube arriba, que es llamada 
+la no fija, o la volátil; y la otra que queda fija abajo, que 
+
+
+- es llamada tierra o fermento, como se ha dicho. Pero 
+
+
+hay que tener gran cantidad de la parte no fija, y darle 
+a la Piedra, cuando la misma esté muy limpia y sin 
+suciedad, y hay que darle tantas veces, por el Magiste- 
+rio, que toda la Piedra, por la virtud del Espíritu, sea 
+llevada arriba, sublimándola y haciéndola sutil. Y eso 
+
+
+es lo que dice el Filósofo: Él sube de la Tierra al Cielo. 
+
+
+-61- 
+
+
+HORTULANO 
+
+
+Capítulo IX 
+La Piedra volátil 
+debe ser fijada una segunda vez” 
+
+
+Después de todo eso, hay que incerar*? esta misma 
+Piedra (así exaltada y elevada, o sublimada) con el 
+Aceite que ha sido sacado de ella en la primera opera- 
+ción que se llama Agua de la Piedra. Y hay que darle 
+vueltas muy a menudo al sublimarla, hasta que por la 
+virtud de la fermentación de la Tierra (con la Piedra 
+elevada o sublimada) toda la Piedra, por reiteración. 
+desciende del Cielo a la Tierra, permaneciendo fija y 
+fluyente. Y es lo que dice el Filósofo: desciende a la 
+tierra. Y así: Recibe la fuerza de las cosas superiores, 
+sublimando, de las inferiores, descendiendo; es decir, 
+que lo que es corporal, será hecho espiritual en la 
+sublimación, y lo espiritual, será hecho corporal en la 
+Descensión, o cuando la materia desciende. 
+
+
+37.- Una segunda vez; una vez todavía. 
+38.- Incerar: de la raíz latina cera: dar a una materia la consisten- 
+cia de la cera, mezclar cera a una sustancia. 
+
+
+6D 
+
+
+EXPLICACIÓN DE LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+Capítulo X 
+De la utilidad de Arte 
+y de la eficacia de la Piedra 
+
+
+Tendrás por este medio la gloria de todo el Mundo. 
+Es decir, por esta Piedra así compuesta, poseerás la 
+gloria de todo el Mundo. Y por eso toda oscuridad se 
+irá de ti,es decir toda pobreza y enfermedad. Ello es la 
+Fuerza fuerte de toda fuerza. Pues no hay ninguna 
+comparación de las otras Fuerzas de este Mundo con la 
+Fuerza de esta Piedra: pues ella vencerá toda cosa sutil, 
+y penetrará toda cosa sólida. Vencerá, es decir, ven- 
+ciendo y subiendo, cambiará y convertirá el Mercurio 
+vivo congelándolo, él que es sutil y blando, y penetrará 
+los otros Metales, que son cuerpos duros, sólidos y 
+firmes. 
+
+
+-63 - 
+
+
+HORTULANO 
+
+
+Capítulo XI 
+El Magisterio imita 
+la Creación del Universo 
+
+
+El filósofo da a continuación un ejemplo de la 
+Composición de la Piedra, diciendo: Así ha sido creado 
+el Mundo, es decir, que nuestra Piedra está hecha de la 
+misma manera como ha sido creado el Mundo. Pues las 
+primeras cosas de todo el Mundo, todo lo que ha sido 
+en el Mundo, ha sido primero una Masa confusa, y un 
+Caos sin orden, como ha sido dicho arriba. Y después, 
+por el artificio del soberano Creador, esta Masa confu- 
+sa, habiendo sido admirablemente separada y rectifica- 
+da, ha sido dividida en cuatro Elementos: y a causa de 
+esta separación, se hacen diversas y diferentes cosas. 
+Así también se pueden hacer diversas y diferentes 
+cosas por la producción y disposición de nuestra Obra, 
+y ello por la separación de los diversos Elementos de 
+los diversos Cuerpos. De ello serán y saldrán admira- 
+bles adaptaciones. Es decir, si separas los Elementos, 
+se harán admirables Composiciones propias a nuestra 
+
+
+- 64 - 
+
+
+EXPLICACIÓN DE LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+-Obra, en la Composición de nuestra Piedra, por la 
+conjunción de los Elementos rectificados. De las cua- 
+* les, es decir de cuyas cosas admirables propias para 
+] ello, el medio, saber proceder a ello, está aquí. 
+
+
+-65- 
+
+
+HORTULANO 
+
+
+Capítulo XII 
+Declaración enigmática 
+de la Materia de la Piedra 
+
+
+Es por lo que ha sido llamado Hermes Trismegis- 
+to, es decir, Mercurio tres veces grande. Después que 
+el Filósofo ha enseñado la Composición de la Piedra, 
+muestra aquí encubiertamente de qué se hace nuestra 
+Piedra, nombrándose a sí mismo. Primero, para que los 
+discípulos que lleguen a esta Ciencia, se acuerden 
+siempre de su nombre. Pero sin embargo toca de qué 
+está hecha la Piedra diciendo a continuación: Teniendo 
+las tres partes de la Filosofía de todo el Mundo, porque 
+todo lo que es en el Mundo, teniendo Materia y Forma, 
+está compuesto de los cuatro elementos. Aunque en el 
+Mundo haya una infinidad de cosas que lo componen 
+y que son las Partes, el Filósofo sin embargo las divide 
+y las reduce todas a tres Partes, a saber, a la Parte 
+mineral, vegetal y animal, de todas las cuales, juntas o 
+por separado, ha tenido la verdadera Ciencia, en la 
+operación del Sol, o Composición de la Piedra. Por eso 
+
+
+-66- 
+
+
+EXPLICACIÓN DE LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+es por lo que dice: Teniendo las tres partes de la 
+: Filosofía de todo el Mundo, cuyas todas tres están 
+contenidas en la sola Piedra, a saber, en el Mercurio de 
+los Filósofos. 
+
+
+- 67 - 
+
+
+HORTULANO 
+
+
+Capítulo XII 
+Por qué la Piedra es llamada perfecta 
+
+
+Esta Piedra es llamada perfecta, porque tiene en sí 
+la naturaleza de las cosas minerales, vegetales y anima- 
+les. Es por lo que es llamada triple, de otra manera trina- 
+una, es decir triple y única, teniendo cuatro Naturale- 
+zas, a saber, los cuatro Elementos, y tres colores: el 
+negro, el blanco y el rojo. También es llamada grano de 
+trigo el cual, si no muere, quedará solo, y si muere 
+(como ha sido dicho arriba, cuandos se junta en la 
+conjunción) trae mucho fruto; a saber, cuando las 
+Operaciones de las que hemos hablado, son llevadas al 
+último punto de perfección. ¡Oh, amigo lector! si haces 
+la Operación de la Piedra, te he dicho la verdad, si no 
+la haces, no te he dicho nada. 
+
+
+Lo que yo he dicho de la operación del Sol está 
+acabado y llevado al último punto de perfección. Es 
+decir, lo que ha sido dicho de la Operación de la Piedra 
+de tres Colores y cuatro Naturalezas, que están en una 
+cosa única, a saber, en el solo Mercurio filosofal, está 
+acabado y terminado. 
+
+
+-68- 
+
+
+La Tabla de Esmeralda 
+
+
+por 
+Fulcanelli 
+
+
+(Capítulo de su libro Finis Gloriae Mundi) 
+) 
+
+
+INTRODUCCIÓN 
+
+
+Fulcanelli es el seudónimo del mayor alquimista con- 
+temporáneo, y uno de de los grandes maestros de todos los 
+tiempos. 
+
+Sobre él circulan infinidad de rumores, pero no se sabe 
+nada cierto. 
+
+La revista LA TOUR DE SAINT JACQUES consagró 
+un número especial al misterio de su identidad, existiendo 
+diversas hipótesis. 
+
+La única persona que lo conoció fue Eugene Canseliet 
+a quien Fulcanelli remitió sus manuscritos para su publica- 
+ciónen 1925, pero jamás ha revelado su identidad. Canseliet 
+dice en el Prólogo a la primera edición francesa de EL 
+MISTERIO DE LAS CATEDRALES*: 
+
+
+Hace ya tiempo que el autor de este libro no está entre 
+nosotros. Se extinguió el hombre. Soló persiste su 
+recuerdo ...Sus numerosos amigos, hermanos desco- 
+nocidos que esperaban de él la solución del misterio- 
+
+
+38. Fulcanelli, El Misterio de las catedrales. Muñoz Moya editores, 
+Sevilla 2000 
+
+
+FULCANELLI 
+
+
+so Verbum dimissum, le llorarán conmigo ... Desapa- 
+reció al sonar la hora fatídica, cuando se produjo lu 
+Señal ... Fulcanelli ya no existe. Sin embargo, y éste 
+es nuestro consuelo, su pensamiento permanece, 
+ardiente y vivo, encerrado para siempre en estas 
+páginas como en un sanitario. 
+
+
+Posteriormente, con inciertas alusiones a la existencia 
+en otros planos y a aspectos secretos de la alquimia, tales 
+afirmaciones han sido matizadas y algunos afirman que 
+Fulcanelli siguió existiendo. Según se cuenta, el premio 
+Nobel de física Jacques Bergier, fue visitado en 1937 por 
+Fulcanelli quien le reveló algunos secretos referentes a la 
+fisión nuclear”? Los rumores han seguido proliferando y, al 
+parecer, Fulcanelli ha seguido siendo visto en los más 
+diversos lugares, el último de lo cuales, la ciudad española 
+de Sevilla (España). 
+
+Fulcanelli fue el autor de dos obras cumbres de alqui- 
+mia: una EL MISTERIO DE LAS CATEDRALES Y LA 
+INTERPRETACIÓN ESOTÉRICA DE LOS SÍMBOLOS 
+HERMÉTICOS, y la otra LAS MORADAS FILOSOFALES 
+Y EL SIMBOLISMO HERMÉTICO EN SUS RELACIONES 
+CON EL ARTE SAGRADO Y EL ESOTERISMO DE LA 
+GRAN OBRA. 
+
+Los originales de ambas fueron escritos en francés y 
+publicados por Omnium Literaire de París en 1925 y 1929, 
+
+
+39. Véase El retorno de los Brujos, Louis Pauwels y Jacques Bergier, 
+Plaza i Janés 1971, Cap. La alquimia como ejemplo, II. 
+
+40. Fulcanelli, Las Moradas filosofales, Muñoz Moya editores, Sevilla 
+1989. 
+
+
+-72- 
+
+
+"EA 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+En julio de 1999, Fulcanelli hace llegar el original de su 
++ tercera y última obra a Jacques d' Ares: FINIS GLORIAE 
+. MUNDI." 
+
+El autor ha tenido poderosas razones, expuestas en el 
+libro, para abandonar el silencio 
+
+
+«No es costumbre que un Adepto vuelva a coger la 
+pluma después de haber franqueado su propia trans- 
+mutación y sólo razones imperiosas que ponen en 
+juego el destino de la humanidad entera han podido 
+convencernos para que rompamos esta regla, habi- 
+tualmente inquebrantable, y abandonemos el manto 
+de silencio con el que se cubre quien pasa por las 
+ascuas del Fénix.» 
+
+
+Tras esta fugaz aparición se despide y se retira de nuevo 
+al silencib: 
+
+
+«Este libro, escrito desde la urgencia, será el último 
+que firmará Fulcanelli. Podamos tras eso, habiendo 
+cumplido el deber que nos incumbe, volver a entrar 
+en el Silencio del adeptado y no obrar más que según 
+las vías que requiere este estado.» 
+
+«No es, aunque lleva el mismo título, la que retiramos 
+anuestro leal y muy buen discípulo Eugéne Canseliet, 
+hace ya de eso más de 70 años. Nos pareció entonces 
+que si habían llegado los signos de hacer públicos el 
+modus operandi de la vía seca, los tiempos no esta- 
+
+
+41. Fulcanelli, Finis Gloriae Mundi. Muñoz Moya editores, Sevilla, 2000. 
+
+
+FULCANELLI 
+
+
+ban, ¡ay!, todavía maduros para desvelar los arca- 
+nos del ars brevis»*? 
+
+
+«Los intentos actuales por traer esta excepcional 
+transición de fase a una fecha más satisfactoria para 
+la razón inferior, 1999 en el que estamos o 2000 que 
+es una cifra redonda del calendario, no tienen senti- 
+do alguno.. $ 
+
+
+En Finis Gloriae Mundi se dan indicaciones preciosas 
+sobre el «modus operandi» en general y, en especial, se 
+desvelan arcanos del ars brevis -lo que nunca se había 
+hecho- a quienes intentan aproximarse al Adeptado. 
+
+Por ejemplo Fulcanelli analiza de manera bastante 
+explícita, por no decir de manera totalmente explicita, 
+errores que cometen muchos: el estado de la materia llama- 
+da «Prostituta escarlata»; algunos errores de Filaleteo res- 
+pecto a la confusión de los vasos noble y vil que lleva a la 
+pérdida de la Obra; la trampa «no de las menores» -como 
+dice el autor- que lleva a confundir la estéril prostituta 
+escarlata o el ciclo «de la cuatro edades» con la obtención de 
+la Piedra; algunos remedios para rectificar el error en una u 
+otra de las obras así como la manera de detectarlos; la 
+multiplicación de la quintaesencia y cuantas ruedas pueden 
+hacerse y cuales son sus características; los errores más 
+frecuentes sobre «el sujeto de los sabios»; la insuficiencia 
+-el «ni menos» de un capítulo que se llama «Ni más ni 
+menos»- de «espíritu astral» del que habla Cyliani (Hermes 
+Desvelado) tras la «apertura de la materia» absolutamente 
+
+
+42. Fulcanelli, Finis Gloriae Mundi. Carta de Fulcanelli, Nota introductoria. 
+43. Fulcanelli, Finis Gloriae Mundi. Capítulo IX, Multiplicación. 
+
+
+27d 
+
+
+Ml 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+indispensable para el trabajo del Artista, y un larguísimo 
+etcétera imposible de detallar aquí. 
+
+
+Son cosas no dichas hasta ahora. Sobre todo particular- 
+
+
+' mente claro e importante es los concerniente a las relaciones 
+" entre al Artista y la materia y como estos dos polos de la 
++ obra, artista y materia en obra, se interpenetran y determinan 
+' los resultados. 
+
+
+Pero Fulcanelli no se limita en este libro ala «operatoria» 
+
+
+, y su fundamento filosófico. Las teorías físicas del «campo 
+
+
+unitario» (lo que está abajo es como lo que está arriba), la 
+
+
+' fisión nuclear (el Sol es su padre), los viajes de los 
+
+
+cosmonautas a la luna (la luna es su madre), el control de los 
+climas y la manipulación de la opinión pública (el viento lo 
+
+
+- ha llevado en su vientre), la ingeniería genética (la tierra es 
+- sunodriza), la clonación se seres (su fuerza está entera si es 
+- convertido en tierra), fusión y fisión nuclear (separarás la 
+
+
+: tierra del fuego....) ,el porqué de este inusual comentario de 
+
+
+la Tabla de Esmeralda, así como quien realizó la inversión 
+alquímica, por qué motivo y sobre la base de qué errores 
+alquímicos, están ampliamente tratados, asícomo sus reme- 
+dios. 
+
+También trata, siempre sobre base alquímica, del fin de 
+los tiempos, de la interpretación mecánica de lo que se ha 
+dado en llamar «Las Cuatro edades del Mundo» particular- 
+mente de la de los discípulos de René Genon y de como, al 
+igual que en el crisol, ni estos ciclos, ni el fin de los tiempos, 
+son irreversibles hasta que el Ángel toque su trompeta, así 
+como también explica por qué son inútiles los intentos de 
+inversión alquímica cuyos resultados son la desatrosa socie- 
+dad que vivimos hoy (en el capítulo Las resistencias de la 
+materia). 
+
+
+-75- 
+
+
+FULCANELLI 
+
+
+También hace afirmaciones sorprendentes en el capítu- 
+lo El secreto de los filósofos, como por ejemplo: 
+
+
+«En revistas de divulgación hemos visto descripcio- 
+nes de nuestros pequeños particulares e incluso 
+algunas fases de la obra. En tal situación ya no es útil 
+usar un lenguaje simbólico, tanto menos cuanto que 
+el uso perverso cuya tentación temían los filósofos, 
+ha llegado a ser un juego diario de las potencias 
+militares y de sus servicios especiales.» 
+
+
+FINIS GLORIAE MUNDI, junto con EL MISTERIO 
+DE LAS CATEDRALES y LAS MORADAS 
+FILOSOFALES, es la trilogía de Fulcanelli que conforma 
+una de las obras aqluímicas más importante de todos los 
+tiempos. 
+
+Reproducimos a continuación el capítulo de dicho libro 
+que lleva por título La tabla de esmeralda que, aunque 
+inusual, y más sorprendente todavía separado del contexto 
+del libro cuyo tema podríamos designar muy brumosamente 
+con el nombre de «alquimia social», creemos de estudio y 
+difusión importante y urgente. 
+
+Miguel Angel Muñoz 
+Sevilla, 2000 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+Desde que el presidente Truman mandó lanzar sobre 
+Hiroshima la primera bomba A, inútil desde el punto de 
+vista estratégico puesto que el Japón,exangie, se preparaba 
+para rendirse, rendición que no se adelantó sino unos días, 
+adquirimos la certidumbre que un grupo de hombres perse- 
+guía secretamente un fin más exigente que terminar la 
+guelra. El Sr. Truman y sus consejeros no sólo querían 
+probar su proyecto mortal en condiciones reales sino asegu- 
+rar al gobierno americano una supremacía sin participación 
+y probarlo a los ojos del mundo. No comprendimos el 
+alcance exacto de su proyecto que podía pasar entonces por 
+la ambición de una nueva Roma en el imperio occidental. A 
+lo largo de los decenios siguientes todo el plan se volvió 
+claro a nuestros ojos pues se inspiraba estrechamente en el 
+más corto y esencial de los escritos alquímicos, la Tabla de 
+Esmeralda. 
+
+Releamos por lo tanto este texto mayor para comentar 
+las adaptaciones hechas en ella con el fin de gobernar 
+orientadamente a las sociedades y para el desarrollo de las 
+ciencias. 
+
+
+77 - 
+
+
+FULCANELLI 
+
+
+Es verdad, sin mentira, cierto y muy verdadero. 
+
+Lo que está abajo es como lo que está arriba y lo que 
+está arriba es como lo que está abajo; por estas cosas se 
+hacen los milagros de una sola cosa. Y como todas las 
+cosas son y provienen de UNO, por la mediación de UNO, 
+así todas las cosas son y provienen de esta cosa única, por 
+adaptación. 
+
+
+La unidad, sustrato de toda cosa, fue presentida desde 
+la antigiiedad por los filósofos hindús y griegos como lo 
+atestiguan los Upanishad y el Poema de Parménides. El 
+sentido profundo de estos textos ha sido desarrollado en 
+numerosos comentarios y no insistiremos en ello. Los 
+físicos que conocimos antes de la guerra le daban el nombre 
+de campo unitario y desesperaban encontrarlo mediante sus 
+cálculos y comprender sus efectos. Por nuestra parte ni 
+alentamos ni desalentamos sus esfuerzos en este sentido. 
+Varios de estos sabios, conscientes de las amenazas que 
+hacían pesar sobre el mundo las convulsiones de Alemania 
+y la cristalización de fuerzas oscuras, soñaban entonces en 
+uniformar las sociedades humanas en una misma civiliza- 
+ción pacífica que fuera como el reflejo del campo unitario 
+de la materia. Eran, ya lo hemos dicho, niños deslumbrados 
+por la luz del Umbral, ignorantes de los peligros y 
+desbordantes de entusiasmo. Se preparaban, como en los 
+cuentos de hadas, a vencer al lobo para vivir felices el resto 
+de sus días. ¿Cómo concibieron tantas ilusiones sobre lo que 
+fermentaba desde decenios en las sociedades iniciáticas 
+occidentales con las que algunos de ellos se habían sin 
+embargo relacionado? ¿Cómo pudieron entregarse a los 
+jefes militares y políticos americanos, no atados de pies y 
+
+
+-78 - 
+
+
+Ñ 
+3 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+manos sino corriendo y retozando como niños tras el flau- 
+tista? 
+
+Los primeros trabajos en los que se los empleó versa- 
+ban sobre el campo unitario. Como habíamos previsto 
+fueron vanos. Las raras confidencias del Sr. Rosen, asistente 
+del profesor Einstein, confidencias que nos han sido conta- 
+das, daban cuenta del abandono de las investigaciones a 
+causa de terribles accidentes de los que no comprendían 
+nada y que sus ecuaciones no había permitido prever. Los 
+suministradores de fondos, almirantes de la Navy o directo- 
+res de agencias credas ex profeso y dependientes del Secre- 
+tariado de Defensa, exigieron secreto y aislaron a todos los 
+testigos. Sin embargo, si el campo físico resistía a todos sus 
+esfuerzos, la idea de la unificación de los hombres se abría 
+paso y los accionistas de la industria hacían sus cálculos, 
+seducidos menos por la esperanza de que se acabaran las 
+guerrad que por la perspectiva de un imperio mundial 
+invisible al servicio de América. 
+
+¿Fue entonces cuando cabezas locas se dieron cuenta 
+de la similitud entre las preocupaciones de los sabios y los 
+primeros versículos de la Tabla de Hermes, o ya acariciaban 
+la ambición de remodelar el mundo «reconciliando» tradi- 
+ción y modernidad que la mayor parte de los epígonos del 
+esoterismo se dedicaban a separar cuando no a oponer? No 
+tenemos respuesta a esta pregunta. El esoterismo occidental 
+aparecía desde finales del otro siglo como un campo cerrado 
+en el que se enfrentaban voluntades y proyectos que de 
+tradicional no tenían sino la apariencia y de los que el 
+nazismo ofrecía el más lamentable de los espectáculos. 
+¡Locos fáusticos! Al menos hasta entonces estas quimeras 
+bullían en vasos cerrados, en las trastiendas de librerías 
+polvorientas o en los salones privados de rentistas muertos 
+
+
+-79- 
+
+
+FULCANELLI 
+
+
+de aburrimiento. Pero la aventura nazi dio a muchos de que 
+el poder estaba al alcance de la mano de los audaces. La 
+sinarquía del Sr. Alveydre, que en sus orígenes no era sino 
+una pálida imitación de la sociedad medieval, tomaba el 
+sentido de una dictadura oculta de «superiores desconoci- 
+dos» y todo soplador insignificante, por poco que se hubiera 
+rozado con los ritos mágicos de moda, se sentía el alma de 
+un Cagliostro. 
+
+
+El Sol es su padre... 
+
+
+En 1943, tras los fracasos parciales sobre los trabajos 
+del campo unitario, el interés refluyó hacia las energías 
+intratómicas. A decir verdad ya habían visto la luz, al menos 
+sobre el papel, varios ensayos de «pilas» y todo lo que 
+retenía a los sabios para intentar liberar la energía de Path 
+era el temor a la reacción en cadena. La carta del Sr. Einstein 
+al presidente Roosvelt sirvió de pretexto. ¡Hablad de huesos 
+a los perros, de bombas a los militares y los veréis gruñir de 
+gusto! La continuación es conocida de todos. El Sr. 
+Oppenheimer, citando ante el fogonazo los versos del 
+Majabáratra: «Si de repente apareciera en el cielo el res- 
+plandor de mil soles, su brillo no haría sino aproximarse a la 
+gloria de este espectáculo»* confirmaba a los ojos de los 
+aprendices demiurgos la justeza de la Tabla de Esmeralda. 
+Faltaba todavía que este sol concebido por las manos del 
+
+
+44. Majabáratra, Libro VI. Subrayaremos que estos versos no se 
+aplican a las “terribles armas de Indra” sino a las transfiguraciones de 
+Krisna. Para el Sr. Oppenheimer el fulgor mortal de la bomba se 
+transformaba en la revelación de la gloria de la materia; nadie sabía 
+todavía cuales serían sus consecuencias. (Nota de Fulcanelli) 
+
+
+- 80 - 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+hombre apareciese al mundo en el esplendor de sus nubes; 
+' nuestros rufianes sabían su Biblia y su salmo 18: «De sus 
+narices salía humo y de su boca un fuego devorador... 
+Delante suyo, nubes de las que salían relámpagos, granizos 
+y carbones de fuego...» Así el presidente Truman ordenó 
+bombardear Hiroshima y Nagasaki para que se viera que los 
+rayos y la potencia de los astros ya no pertenecían al Zeus 
+olímpico sino a los hombres, a algunos hombres. 
+
+
+... y la luna su madre 
+
+
+Acabada la guerra y dominado el sol nuclear, se intere- 
+saron inmediatamente por los trabajos del Sr. von Braun y 
+por perfeccionar sus V2. La carrera del espacio alcanzó su 
+punto culminante cuando dos astronautas embutidos en sus 
+escafandras dieron algunos pasos por nuestro satélite. Una 
+interpretación tan literal podría no ser sino trabajo de 
+soplador pero su práctica parece más retorcida. La «con- 
+quista» de la Luna fue abandonada poco tiempo después de 
+esta burda marcha. Sin duda no esperaban de ella sino una 
+huella simbólica en el alma de las masas. Al igual que con 
+la bomba de Hiroshima, un acto ostentoso debía persuadir a 
+los hombres de su dominio sobre las potencias cósmicas e 
+ilusionarlos con que, a continuación, todos participarían de 
+un proyecto que, en los hechos, se reservaban ellos. 
+
+
+-81- 
+
+
+FULCANELLI 
+
+
+El viento lo ha llevado en su vientre. 
+
+
+Del viento, al igual que con la Luna, hicieron una 
+lectura literal y se dedicaron a continuación a controlar los 
+climas reteniendo las masas de aire mediante «muros de 
+ondas» levantados sobre continentes enteros, análogos al 
+confinamiento magnético de los flujos de partículas en los 
+grandes aceleradores. Las primeras experiencias,en 1975 y 
+76, escaparon a todo control durante varios meses. Las 
+segundas, en 1983, tuvieron mejores resultados pero no se 
+levantó su secreto aunque circularon rumores en las univer- 
+sidades. La contrapartida social del dominio de los vientos 
+se tradujo en un intento de controlar la opinión, lo que 
+Virgilio llamaba fama volans, tan móvil y fugaz como la 
+brisa. 
+
+
+La tierra es su nodriza y su receptáculo. 
+
+
+Para asegurarel retorno a alguna materia densa decidie- 
+ron entonces favorecer los trabajos sobre lo viviente y la 
+ingeniería genética de la que hemos dicho todas las reservas 
+que nos inspira. 
+
+Las cuatro citas que abren este versículo de la Tabla de 
+Esmeralda cuyos comentarios en actos acabamos de descri- 
+bir corresponden en una lectura alquímica canónica a los 
+cuatro elementos, en un orden extraño: fuego, aire, agua y 
+tierra, en el que alternan lo sutil y lo denso, lo caliente y lo 
+frío. Subrayemos la progresión de los éteres hasta el acaba- 
+miento de la corporificación, correspondientes a los cuatro 
+primeros días del Génesis. La Obra divina de la creación 
+revelada por el Gran Hermes sigue estrechamente el «ciclo» 
+
+
+-82- 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+- de las cuatro Edades, edad de oro del Sol, edad de plata de 
+la Luna, edad de bronce de los héroes erráticos cuyas 
+correrías poseen la libertad del viento, edad del hierro 
+densificado al máximo. El lector comprenderá mejor por 
+qué la aparición de estos ciclos tras el fin del proceso de la 
+Creación significa que se cometió un error. Efectivamente, 
+desde que la densificación material del cosmos se acabó no 
+era necesario ya seguir más adelante. Admitamos incluso 
+que, por analogía, este ciclo se aplique a las civilizaciones; 
+debería resumir su nacimiento pero, una vez que toman 
+cuerpo ¿para qué destruirlas y volver a empezar ad libitum 
+la generación de abortos? Pese al absurdo de semejante 
+rueda loca girando sin fin, podríamos admitir un ciclo así si 
+la enseñanza de Hermes se detuviera ahí; pero después de 
+haber comentado brevemente esta primera etapa de la Obra 
+divina e introducido a su discípulo a la contemplación de los 
+orígenés, describe muchas otras operaciones. 
+
+La aparición inesperada de las cuatro edades en el crisol 
+tiende a rehacer naturalmente lo que, por accidente, fue 
+demasiado deshecho; o, a veces, a obtener el «castigo» de 
+una corporificación demasiado extremada. Sin embargo, en 
+la historia de las civilizaciones ocurre que introduce una 
+creación real, aunque sólo conocemos un ejemplo, que se 
+extiende a lo largo de varios milenios a partir del despertar 
+inducido por la última inversión de los polos. Cuando se 
+examinan tiempos más cortos, aparece inmediatamente 
+algún furor sangriento o la desmesura del orgullo, y lleva a 
+una época a la vez caótica y petrificada cuya salida «natu- 
+ral», ya lo hemos dicho, se realiza por la violencia de un 
+pequeño ragnarok. Aquí fue planificado y programado por 
+demiurgos pervertidos que parecen haber comprendido su 
+sentido primero y pretendían imponer al mundo, fuera del 
+
+
+-83- 
+
+
+FULCANELLI 
+
+
+tiempo marcado por el Creador, una recración de la civili- 
+zación análoga a la «revolución neolítica». Ningún alqui- 
+mista ha intentado en su crisol una parecida inducción 
+forzada, al menos ninguno habla de ella, y nos parece 
+razonable pensar que no conducirá a «un mundo nuevo» 
+sino al desorden acostumbrado. 
+
+Subrayemos también las equivalencias simbólicas rí 
+gidas y no filosóficas introducidas entre los elementos y las 
+prácticas sociales. Al fuego corresponde la energía del 
+átomo; al agua lunar la conquista espacial asimilada a una 
+navegación; al aire los climas y la opinión; a la tierra los 
+seres vivos. Nada de esta clasificación habría sido admitida 
+por los antiguos porque distribuye elementos heteróclitos 
+bastante arbitrariamente, pero la encontremos hasta en las 
+metáforas populares o entre los novelistas. En cualquie: 
+caso es sofística como hubiesen proclamado con nosotros 
+los antiguos maestros. 
+
+
+El Padre de todo, el Telesma del mundo universal, 
+está aquí. Su fuerza o su potencia permanece entera si es 
+hecho tierra. 
+
+
+Con estas frases Hermes Trismegisto resume y comen 
+tael estado de la Creación acabada. Pero nuestros demiurgos 
+lo han entendido no como el reposo del séptimo Día, sino 
+como una instrucción para continuar su obra y puesto de lo 
+que se trataba era de «convertir en tierra», han aplicado su 
+fuerza a hacer aparecer seres inexistentes hasta entonces. 
+nuevos virus en biología, cuerpos superpesados en física ya 
+
+
+-84 - 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+que, por ventura, su arte no les permite suscitar especies más 
+allá del primer grado estructural de corporización. Las 
+bacterias o las plantas transgénicas no son sino organismos 
+modificados, no criaturas inéditas. 
+
+
+Separarás la tierra del fuego, lo sutil de lo espeso, 
+suavemente, con gran industria. 
+
+
+Tanta es la claridad de esta frase para un alquimista 
+como fue la dificultad que tuvimos para comprender cómo 
+la interpretaban ellos para sus propios fines. Separar lo sutil 
+de lo espeso encontraba un sentido en teoría de la informa- 
+ción, con la distinción entre hard (espeso) y soft (sutil). En 
+lo que respecta a la tierra y al fuego ¿se trataba de aislar la 
+biología de la física? ¿de oponer las dos técnicas de mani- 
+bidón del átomo, la fisión de los elementos pesados que 
+sirven para producir la energía doméstica, y la fusión, 
+analogon del fuego estelar, reservada para la bomba H? Esta 
+última solución explicaría por qué las investigaciones sobre 
+la fusión controlada fueron desalentadas sistemáticamente, 
+aunque no fuera sino negando a los investigadores los 
+subsidios y los laboratorios necesarios para su puesta a 
+punto. Una tal desafección carece de sentido económico: el 
+hidrógeno abunda en la naturaleza mientras que el uranio no 
+se encuentra sino en escasa minas y exige costosísimos 
+procesos de extracción; tampoco se justifica por los riesgos 
+arrostrados pues la fisión produce deshechos mortales que 
+hay inmediatamente que depositar, vigilar o volver a trans- 
+formar. La aberración de esta política no ha dejado de 
+
+
+-85- 
+
+
+FULCANELLI 
+
+
+sorprender a numerosos sabios a los que siempre se les negó 
+una explicación creíble. 
+
+
+Sube de la tierra y baja del cielo, y recibe la fuerza de 
+las cosas superiores y de las cosas inferiores. 
+
+
+Quienquiera que se haya inclinado sobre los escritos 
+alquímicos comprenderá que el pasaje describe la ascensión 
+del águila de la que nosotros mismos hemos hablado varias 
+veces. Ahora bien, el águila figura en el escudo de los 
+Estados Unidos y, desde la caída de los imperios de Europa, 
+es incluso la única potencia que todavía la lleva. 
+Exotericamente, en la sucesión de logros ostentosos desti- 
+nados a fijar en el alma de los pueblos estrechas alegorías a 
+guisa de símbolos, la construcción de la lanzadera espacial 
+y sus idas y venidas públicas responderían a las exigencias 
+de su ilusorio programa. De manera más secreta vemos aqui 
+y allá intentos por aliar la tecnología más material a opera- 
+ciones mágicas confundidas con el cielo espiritual. Ya no se 
+contentan con dirigir la opinión mediante la prensa o la 
+televisión, tratan de penetrar los cerebros mediante ondas 
+para ordenar los pensamientos más íntimos como si cada ser 
+humano no fuera sino una acotación de limaduras de hierro 
+entre los polos del imán. 
+
+
+Así tendrás la gloria del mundo y toda oscuridad se 
+alejará de ti. 
+
+
+No despreciemos nunca a estos maestros ocultos de la 
+alquimia fáustica. A imitación de los sabios trabajan en este 
+
+
+- 86 - 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+mundo pero no por é ni siquiera con él. Si buscaran la gloria 
+en el sentido ordinario del término, no se cubrirían con un 
+velo de secreto casi totalmente opaco, poco propicio a 
+exaltar las vanidades. La gloria, entre los antiguos, no es 
+sino una energía de luz, a la que los magos persas llamaban 
+el xvarnah, la misma que manifestó Cristo durante su 
+transfiguración. ¿Cómo aspirar al nimbo de esta gloria a la 
+vez que se rechaza seguir los caminos de la revelación 
+divina y realizar sobre sí las purificaciones más elementa- 
+les? ¿Qué es pues esta gloria mundi si no se la entiende ni 
+en el sentido exotérico ordinario ni en su verdadero signifi- 
+cado espiritual? Acabamos de ver que intentan agrupar y 
+ordenar los cerebros para hacer de ellos alojamientos indi- 
+viduales de un alma única, de una especie de TOV-AVTPONOO 
+artificial. El Padre Teilhard de Chardin había anunciado 
+coma última perspectiva de la evolución la formación de lo 
+lo que él llamaba una noosfera. Pero además de que el mav- 
+AVTPOTOO Cuyo profeta pretendía ser no advenía sino al fin 
+de los tiempos, como un calderón musical del fin de los 
+tiempos, su surgimiento en nada reducía la libertad perso- 
+nal. En su espíritu se trataba de una fusión de amor e 
+inteligencia análoga ala que los teólogos más fiables han 
+descrito como relaciones trinitarias de Dios. No nos corres- 
+ponde juzgar lo bien fundado de las afirmaciones de los 
+teólogos: las revelaciones de las que nos hemos beneficiado 
+y sin las cuales nuestra labor alquímica hubiera sido vana, 
+no concernían sino a la perfección de la materia y a la 
+purificación de nuestra propia naturaleza. El optimismo del 
+padre Teilhard de Chardin, la imagen lineal y suave que se 
+hacía de la evolución no nos han convencido nunca y, si la 
+noosfera a la que llamaba con toda su esperanza visionaria 
+
+
+-87 - 
+
+
+FULCANELLI 
+
+
+ha de realizarse un día, dudamos que sea antes de la 
+formación de los nuevos cielos y la nueva tierra anunciados 
+por San Juan. 
+
+Pero una noosfera impuesta para explotar su potencia 
+mágica o decuplicar la intuición intelectual de algunos 
+falsos demiurgos está emparentada con la violación de los 
+ángeles que le costó a Sodoma desaparecer bajo el fuego y 
+el azufre. Pues es efectivamente al ángel embrionario que 
+hay en el hombre a quien quieren desviar de su vocación 
+última, a menos que no tengan la jactancia de llegar a ser los 
+únicos hombres verdaderos enviando a los demás a un 
+callejón sin salida, simples células de una máquina pensante 
+esclavizada. Más grave todavía; si nos aproximamos al 
+brillante y locuaz satélite artificial previsto para la entrada 
+en un falacioso tercer milenio, las divagaciones alentadas en 
+torno al eclipse del 11 de agosto de 1999, parecería que se 
+hubieran fijado una fecha para triunfar, lo que les obliga a 
+intensificar su presión sobre las masas. ¡Pura locura hozar 
+así! Un aprendiz se da cuenta desde sus primeros errores y 
+desde sus primeras decepciones que alejarse de las vías de 
+la naturaleza retrasa la obra cuando no obliga a volver a 
+empezarlo todo desde el principio. Pero el orgullosos ni ve 
+ni oye y por más que la materia le huya permanentemente en 
+su crisol, él continúa hasta que todo se rompe irremediable- 
+mente entre sus manos y, de vuelta, le rompe a él. 
+
+No iremos más adelante en el comentario de la Tabla 
+esmeraldina. Pues ellos mismos, hagan lo que hagan, no 
+alcanzarán nunca ni siquiera la ilusión de la verdadera 
+fuerza, fuerte de toda fuerza que vencerá toda cosa sutil y 
+penetrará toda cosa sólida a la que el Cosmopolita llama, 
+
+
+-88- 
+
+
+LA TABLA DE ESMERALDA 
+
+
+muy acertadamente, la Sal de la tierra*. La quintaesencia, 
+en sus aspectos otros que minerales, mora más allá de la 
+espada del kherub. ¡Finis gloriae mundi! En el cuadro de 
+Valdés Leal, las nubes cubren la última luz y sólo se abren 
+por arriba, desvelando la púrpura que reviste la mano divina 
+y sin embargo natural. 
+
+Recibiendo esta revelación, el alquimista sincero llega- 
+rá sin duda alguna a su fin, y la verdadera Gloria del Mundo 
+reposará sobre él. Sin embargo, la obra posible al hombre, 
+incluso en su plenitud, no manifiesta sino la esperanza de las 
+cosas por venir; como los Magos en el pesebre o Salomón 
+construyendo el Templo tendrá que depositar su verdadero 
+tesoro en el altar invisible de Aquél ante quien toda carne 
+gime de terror en sus extravíos o ignorancia primera, de 
+amorosa Alegría cuando habiendo cumplido su parte de la 
+obra y sin poder determinar de antemano ni el tiempo ni la 
+hora, contemple no ya la apertura de la materia, sino la de los 
+Cielos y la claridad de Su Gloria. ¡ Y qué necio sería quien 
+prefiriese la gloria vana de este mundo al Don divino más 
+luminoso aún que el carbunclo de los sabios! 
+
+
+45.Sethon. Las obras del Cosmopolita, traducción por Antoine Du Val, 
+Paris, 1969 (Nota de Fulcanelli). 
+
+
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+Hermes Trismegistos: 
+
+El Tres Veces Grande y Muchas Veces Forjado 
+
+
+Octavio da Cunha Botelho 
+
+
+Octobre/2019 
+
+
+2 
+
+
+La Pseudoepigrafía 
+
+Actualmente, cuando un autor escribe un 
+libro, sus derechos de autor o los derechos del 
+editor son registrados en un organismo 
+especializado para dicho registro, entonces la obra 
+es registrada para obtener el ISBN (International 
+Standard Book Number). Este recurso fue creado 
+en 1967 y oficializado como norma internacional 
+en 1972. Es un sistema de identificación numérica 
+para obras literarias. Más recientemente, fui 
+creada otra forma de identificación de libros a 
+través de códigos de barras. Para las 
+publicaciones en la web, ahora existe el DOI 
+(Digital Object Identifier), un padrón internacional 
+para la identificación numérica de artículos y otras 
+publicaciones científicas en Internet. Estas 
+características identifican y garantizan claramente 
+los derechos de autor según las leyes de derechos 
+de autor, la infracción de los derechos de autor es 
+un delito penal. Esta identificación clara del autor 
+es muy importante para el conocimiento preciso 
+del verdadero autor de una obra. 
+
+Sin embargo, este proceso no existía en 
+el pasado, las obras no tenían derechos de autor, 
+ya que no había un cuerpo para tal tarea, ni había 
+legislación pertinente, ni identificación numérica de 
+la obra, etc. Por lo tanto, el concepto de autoría 
+era muy diferente del actual, además, el autor no 
+
+
+3 
+
+
+tenía protección de derechos de su trabajo, lo que 
+facilitaba la falsificación de la autoría 
+(pseudoepigrafía) de los libros. Es decir, un autor 
+podría escribir un libro y luego asignar la autoría a 
+quien quisiera, como regla general, a un autor 
+prestigioso, para que la obra pueda ser acepta 
+fácilmente. 
+
+Más que con los autores de otros 
+asuntos, este procedimiento fue frecuente entre 
+los autores religiosos del pasado. Como signo de 
+humildad y sumisión, algunos autores religiosos 
+escribieron libros, pero atribuyeron la autoría a 
+otro autor más prestigioso, o incluso a un dios o 
+diosa. Incluso hoy, con tantos recursos para 
+asegurar los derechos de autor, hay adherentes 
+religiosos, investigadores e historiadores que no 
+perciben la inmoralidad o el crimen en estas 
+prácticas, alegando que estos religiosos del 
+pasado, al escribir, se sentían como canales de 
+transmisión de enseñanzas de una tradición, por lo 
+tanto, con muy poca, si alguna, creación individual 
+en la obra. Entonces el libro podría ser más una 
+compilación que la creación de un autor. 
+
+Sin embargo, para estos casos, algunos 
+temas deben ser discutidos. Primero, cuánta 
+creación personal o compilación reproducida está 
+presente en la obra que no la caracteriza como 
+una creación personal. En segundo lugar, la 
+cuestión de la responsabilidad. Al asignar la 
+autoría a otra persona, el verdadero autor se 
+exime de la responsabilidad por los errores, lo que 
+
+
+4 
+
+
+lo hace inmune, luego transfiere la responsabilidad 
+por los errores, que el verdadero autor cometió, a 
+otro autor. En la India, un autor religioso a menudo 
+se compara con un loro, como un signo de 
+extrema humildad en la preparación de su libro, 
+alegando que solo repite lo que ha aprendido de 
+sus maestros. Bien, compararse con un loro es 
+realmente una comparación humilde, porque 
+desde otra perspectiva, es reconocer que el autor 
+reproduce lo que no entiende, tal como un loro. En 
+tercer lugar, lo que es más grave, la cuestión de la 
+astucia al atribuir la autoría a otro autor prestigioso 
+o un dios. La intención subyacente es hacer valer 
+la aceptación y el prestigio utilizando la autoridad 
+de otro autor. 
+
+Un ejemplo similar bien conocido en el 
+Hinduismo es Krshna Dwaipáyana Vyása 
+otTRT), a quien se le atribuyen la autoría 
+de muchas obras, como los cuatro Vedas (más de 
+diez mil himnos), el Mahábhárata (cien mil coplas), 
+los 18 Puránas (alrededor de 400,000 coplas), el 
+Brahma Sütra, el Yoga Sütra Bháshya y una 
+cantidad más de pseudoepígrafos controvertidos. 
+La justificación de algunos autores hindúes, para 
+la autoría de tantos y tan largas obras, es que 
+Vyása no es un autor per se, sino el nombre de un 
+puesto de compilador ocupado por diferentes 
+autores, por lo que a veces el nombre Vyása es 
+traducido por “compilador”. Si es así, la 
+justificación aún no está completa, ya que los 
+nombres Krshna y Dwaipáyana especifican un 
+
+
+
+5 
+
+
+vyása (compilador) particular, a saber, el de piel 
+oscura ( Krshna ), generado por la diosa Saraswatí 
+y que reside en una isla ( dwipa ), de ahí la palabra 
+Dwaipáyana (residente en una isla). Entonces, si 
+se especifica el nombre de un compilador (vyása), 
+¿cuál es el nombre de los otros vyásas ? Porque, 
+un hecho muy común en la historia de los oficios 
+es uno ocupar un puesto y conocer el nombre de 
+este ocupante del puesto. 
+
+La práctica de la pseudoepigrafía 
+demostró ser eficiente con el tiempo para lograr 
+aceptación y prestigio, ya que los nombres de 
+sabios y dioses usurpados funcionaron como un 
+"sello" para la legitimidad del texto recién escrito, 
+de ahí su consecuente credibilidad y aceptación 
+entre los seguidores. Autores como Hermes 
+Trismegistos, Vyása y otros funcionaron como 
+sellos, de modo que, por ejemplo, si un libro fue 
+escrito por Hermes Trismegistus, entonces sería 
+un libro aceptado. Algo así como si la 
+pseudoepigrafía funcionara como la puerta de 
+entrada a la canonización, o algo así como lo que 
+ahora llamamos el "sello de calidad". Este sello 
+finalmente se extendió al sistema, por lo que 
+Florian Ebeling señaló: "El Hermetismo parece 
+haberse convertido en un sello con el cual un texto 
+y su contenido factual podrían provocar el 
+reconocimiento de su ortodoxia y su verdad" 
+(Ebeling, 2007: 75). Entonces, con el crecimiento 
+del prestigio del sello Hermetismo, dentro del 
+entorno esotérico, ha multiplicado el número de 
+
+
+6 
+
+
+escritos en nombre de esta tradición. Un ejemplo 
+reciente fue el libro Kybalion: The Hermetic 
+Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece, 
+(Kybalion: La Filosofía Hermética del Antiguo 
+Egipto y Grecia), escrito por Three Initiates y 
+publicado en 1908. Este libro no es mencionado 
+en los textos Hermética, ni por los hermetistas de 
+la Edad Media y el Renacimiento, sin duda es un 
+texto hermético tardío cuando ya se fusionó con 
+nuevas ideas para agregar a las muchas otras 
+doctrinas obsoletas del pasado. Finalmente, el 
+libro que tiene la firma de Hermes Trismegistos o 
+Hermetismo, obtiene aceptación inmediata en el 
+entorno esotérico. 
+
+Con el tiempo, la práctica de la 
+pseudoepigrafía se hizo tan común y aceptable 
+que, debido a las incertidumbres de la autoría, la 
+autoría se atribuyó a los personajes más ilustres. 
+Así Christian Bull señaló: “Los tratados herméticos 
+se atribuyen a Hermes o sus discípulos, lo que 
+significa que no sabemos quién los escribió 
+realmente. Esto coloca a los Hermética 1 en el 
+
+
+1 Hermética es un adjetivo latino masculino en plural de 
+hermeticum (hermético), por lo que significa "herméticos". 
+Con el tiempo, se ha vuelto convencional llamar Hermética 
+los textos más directamente relacionados con Hermes 
+Trismegistus. Los textos que se incluyen o no en 
+Hermética varían de una colección a otra, según los 
+criterios del autor o editor, así como el descubrimiento de 
+nuevos textos. La colección más actualizada es la 
+
+
+
+7 
+
+
+género de la pseudoepigrafía, en el que 
+encontramos textos que se atribuyen a figuras 
+míticas como Orfeo, Museo, Enoch y Seth, o se 
+atribuyen erróneamente a figuras históricas (pero 
+a veces semi-legendarias) como Zoroastro, 
+Homero, Pitágoras, Jesús y sus apóstoles” * 2 (Bull, 
+2018: 03). 
+
+El Autor que Nunca Existió 
+
+El caso anterior es el de Hermes 
+Trismegistos (Eppqg TpiapeyiaTog). Como nunca 
+existió, todas las autorías de las obras que se le 
+atribuyen son pseudoepígrafos. Cuando él no es el 
+autor, él es el protagonista, o ambos al mismo 
+tiempo, autor y protagonista. Por ejemplo: el 
+primer capítulo del Corpus Hermeticum, conocido 
+como Poimandres (noipavSpng), un diálogo entre 
+Hermes Trismegistos y Poimandres, este último es 
+
+
+publicada y comentada por Xavier Renau Nebot, Textos 
+Herméticos, Editorial Gredos, 1999, que incluyó 
+descubrimientos recientes. 
+
+
+2 Los seguidores del Hermetismo consideraban a Hermes 
+Trismegistos como el primer filósofo y el primer profeta 
+de la humanidad, por lo que todos los otros sabios y 
+místicos que surgieron a continuación fueron sus 
+discípulos, por lo que cualquiera de estos podría ser el 
+autor de una obra hermética. 
+
+
+
+8 
+
+
+el Pensamiento ( nous ) 3 del Poder Supremo 
+( authentes ), Hermes es el autor y el personaje 
+(interlocutor) del diálogo con Poimandres. Lo 
+mismo sucede en otras obras. Por lo tanto, porque 
+nunca existió, pero estuvo presente en la 
+imaginación durante muchos siglos, Florian 
+Ebeling lo llamó "fantasma" y observó: "El heroico 
+patrón del Hermetismo nunca existió, Hermes 
+Trismegistos fue una ficción, una ficción fructífera 
+con efectos duraderos. La figura de este 
+legendario sabio egipcio surgió de la fusión de dos 
+deidades de origen altamente divergente: el dios 
+egipcio Thoth y el dios griego Hermes" (Ebeling, 
+2007: 03). Esta fusión puede haber ocurrido 
+durante el período helenístico. El epíteto 
+"Trismegistos" significa "Tres Veces Grande" y es 
+tomado del dios egipcio Thoth, que ya era 
+conocido por este epíteto en Egipto antes del 
+sincretismo (Ebeling, 2007: 03-7 y Bull, 2018: 33s). 
+En la mitología romana, Hermes es conocido como 
+Mercurio. El epíteto "Tres Veces Grande" 
+(TpiapeyioToq - Trismegistos-, Latín: Termaximus) 
+se le atribuye, según algunos autores, porque 
+Hermes Trismegistos fui un dios, un rey y un 
+hombre sabio, aunque cuando leemos la extensa 
+
+
+3 La traducción del término griego nous (vouq) es 
+divergente, a veces traducida por intelecto, a veces por 
+mente, alma o pensamiento, por lo que algunos autores 
+prefieren no traducir. 
+
+
+
+9 
+
+
+literatura hermética, nos damos cuenta de que él 
+era mucho más que solo Tres Veces Grande, 
+mucho más que eso en los mitos, él fue Muchas 
+Veces Grande, ya que realizó innumerables 
+funciones, como veremos más adelante. 
+
+El "Jack for all the Trades" 
+
+Como mencionamos anteriormente, 
+Hermes fui un personaje mitológico, pero no 
+cualquier personaje, sino que, como un actor que 
+puede interpretar diferentes roles en diferentes 
+obras de teatro o películas, él aparece en los 
+textos herméticos como un protagonista “sabe- 
+todo” y con una versatilidad muy diversa. Además 
+de conocer innumerables temas, se presenta a 
+veces como un dios, a veces como un rey, como 
+un mago, como un maestro de la sabiduría, como 
+un médico, un astrólogo, un alquimista, un profeta, 
+un educador, un adivino, un maestro de 
+alfabetización, un constructor de pirámides, etc. 
+De todos modos, Hermes Trismegistos sería aquel 
+actor versátil que a los cineastas siempre les 
+gustarían tener a su disposición, o el "manitas" 
+que a todas las compañías les gustarían tener en 
+su personal. 
+
+La Literatura Hermética 
+
+Muchos piensan que el Hermetismo es 
+simplemente sinónimo de esoterismo, magia, 
+
+
+10 
+
+
+alquimia u ocultismo. Esta es una idea resultante 
+de los desarrollos del Hermetismo después de 
+siglos de absorción de ideas y prácticas de otras 
+tradiciones, por lo tanto, un concepto 
+contemporáneo de un Hermetismo muy 
+desarrollado y diverso. Estrictamente hablando, el 
+Hermetismo fue diferente en distintos momentos 
+de su evolución, así como en diferentes regiones 
+(por ejemplo, Hermetismo Árabe, Hermetismo de 
+Alejandría, Hermetismo Grecorromano, etc.), por 
+lo que puede conceptualizarse de una manera en 
+la Antigüedad, otro en la Edad Media, otro en el 
+Renacimiento, otro en la Edad Contemporánea. 
+Con el tiempo, nuevos textos fueron compuestos y 
+unidos a la tradición hermética. Entonces eso se 
+vuelve difícil hoy conciliar las opiniones de los 
+diversos autores sobre qué textos pertenecen o no 
+a la literatura hermética, los criterios varían de un 
+autor a otro. Kevin Van Bladel reflexionó: "... hoy 
+no existe consenso entre los académicos sobre 
+qué obras pueden considerarse herméticas" (Van 
+Bladel, 2009: 18). Por lo tanto, algunos 
+
+investigadores prefieren considerar como 
+herméticos aquellos textos con relación directa 
+con Hermes Trismegistos, es decir, aquellos cuya 
+autoría se le atribuye o aquellos en los que él es 
+un personaje en el diálogo, este fue el criterio 
+utilizado por Florian Ebeling para circunscribir los 
+límites de su historia sobre el Hermetismo 
+(Ebeling, 2007: 07-9). 
+
+
+11 
+
+
+A principios del siglo III e. c., Clemente 
+de Alejandría registró en su obra Stromata, una 
+serie de escritos herméticos que se llevaron 
+durante una procesión de culto egipcio. Al 
+comienzo de la procesión estaban los himnos 
+herméticos divinos y la biografía real. Los libros 
+astrológicos sobre estrellas fijas, planetas y sus 
+movimientos fueron seguidos por inscripciones 
+jeroglíficas sobre temas geográficos, a 
+continuación, los libros que trataban sobre 
+educación y prácticas de adoración. Había libros 
+sobre las leyes, sobre los dioses y sobre el 
+entrenamiento de los sacerdotes. Hubo un total de 
+36 libros de Hermes que contenían toda la filosofía 
+de los egipcios, que se complementaron con seis 
+libros sobre temas médicos. Pero estos números 
+son muy modestos en comparación con los 36,525 
+libros herméticos señalados por Menetho o los 
+20,000 mencionados por Seleucus (Ebeling, 2007: 
+09). Sin embargo, estos libros no sobrevivieron, 
+por lo que no conocemos el contenido; de lo que 
+tenemos actualmente, los siguientes son los textos 
+fundamentales de la tradición de Hermes 
+Trismegistos, divididos en dos categorías: 
+
+a) los textos filosófico-religiosos (teología, 
+creacionismo, cosmogénesis, soteriología, 
+cosmología, etc.) y 
+
+b) los textos técnicos (Astrología, Magia, Alquimia, 
+Curación, etc.). 
+
+Los textos filosófico-religiosos son los 
+Hermética, que incluyen las siguientes obras: 
+
+
+12 
+
+
+1) El Corpus Hermeticum, una colección de 
+dieciocho tratados (se perdió el tratado 
+XV) compuesto entre los siglos I y III. e. c., 
+conservado en griego a través de 
+manuscritos bizantinos de los siglos XIV a 
+XVI e. c. La edición crítica del texto griego, 
+ahora considerada por los estudiosos 
+como la referencia, es la de A. J. 
+Festugiére y N. D. Nock, publicada con 
+notas y traducción al francés en los años 
+1945-54. 
+
+2) El Asclepius (griego: Logos Teleios: Latín: 
+Sermo Perfectum), una colección de 
+discursos de Hermes Trismegistos para su 
+discípulo Asclepios, compuesto entre los 
+siglos II y III e. c. Se perdió el griego 
+completo original, solo hay fragmentos en 
+griego, sobrevivieron completamente solo 
+a través de traducciones latinas. Una 
+versión en lenguaje copto de los párrafos 
+21 al 29 se encontró entre los manuscritos 
+de la biblioteca Nag Hammadi en 1945. 
+Los manuscritos latinos más importantes 
+son de los siglos XII y XIII. e. c. 
+
+3) Los Extractos de Stobeu, una compilación 
+de 29 extractos de textos herméticos 
+recopilados por John Stobeu en el siglo V 
+e. c., para la educación de su hijo, con 
+algunos extractos relativamente extensos, 
+especialmente el extracto XXIII, el Kóré 
+Kósmou. 
+
+
+13 
+
+
+4) Los textos coptos de la Biblioteca Nag 
+Hammadi, encontrados en 1945. De los 
+cinco textos herméticos incluidos en esta 
+biblioteca, dos de ellos eran previamente 
+desconocidos: el Octavo y Noveno 
+Discurso, y la Oración de Acción de 
+Gracias. 
+
+5) Fragmentos de textos herméticos 
+conservados en los escritos de los Padres 
+de la Iglesia (Tertuliano, Lactantius, 
+Agustín, etc.). 
+
+6) Las Definiciones de Hermes 
+Trismegistos para Asclepios, una 
+colección de aforismos, conservada en el 
+idioma armenio traducida del griego y 
+compuesta en griego probablemente a 
+fines del siglo VI e. c. 
+
+7) Pequeños fragmentos herméticos en 
+papiro descubiertos en archivos y 
+bibliotecas en la última mitad del siglo XX. 
+
+En cuanto al Corpus Hermeticum, Wouter 
+J. Planegraaff señaló: “No sabemos cuántos 
+Hermética filosóficos pueden haber existido o en 
+qué orden deberían leerse originalmente. La 
+colección conocida hoy por Corpus Hermeticum 
+fue reunida en Bizancio durante la Edad Media y 
+parece haber sido vagamente conocida en su 
+forma actual por Michael Psellus en el siglo XI e. c. 
+Consiste en 17 tratados, confusamente listados 
+como l-XV y XVI-XVIII desde el siglo XVI e. c. La 
+enumeración padrón deriva del primer editor 
+
+
+14 
+
+
+moderno del texto griego, Adrien Turnébe, quien 
+en 1554 incluyó algunos extractos herméticos de 
+Stobeu, como Capítulo XV del Corpus , los editores 
+luego retuvieron la enumeración de Turnébe, pero 
+retiraron el Capítulo XV” (Hanegraaff, 2018: 02). 
+
+Los textos técnicos son: 
+
+1) Muchos escritos astrológicos se 
+atribuyen a Hermes Trismegistos, especialmente 
+detallado es el Libro Sobre los Treinta y Seis 
+Decanos , compuesto quizás en el siglo I a. e. c. 
+
+2) Hermes como mago y adivino, como 
+se menciona en los Papiros Mágicos Griegos , 
+compuesto entre los siglos II y IV e. c. Hermes 
+también aparece como un curador mágico en el 
+conocido Cyranidi, compuesto entre los siglos I y 
+IV. e. c. 
+
+3) Hermes también es conocido como el 
+autor de trabajos alquímicos, jugó un papel 
+importante como precursor de la alquimia, como 
+se menciona en los escritos del alquimista 
+Zozymus de Panópolis, de finales del siglo III y 
+principios del siglo IV e. c. 
+
+Además de estas obras arriba, se 
+pueden agregar los textos herméticos 
+conservados en traducciones al árabe (ver: Van 
+Bladel, 2009). 
+
+El Hermes Árabe 
+
+La leyenda árabe más conocida 
+menciona la existencia de tres Hermeses. El 
+
+
+15 
+
+
+primer Hermes fue nieto de Adán y vivió antes del 
+Diluvio. Los hebreos lo consideraban el profeta 
+Enoc, mientras que los árabes lo consideraban 
+IdrTs, un profeta mencionado en el Corán por ser 
+correcto y determinado (capítulos 19 versículos 
+56-7 y 21 versículos 86-7). Como el primer 
+astrólogo, Adán le instruyó sobre las horas que 
+dividen el día y la noche. Construyó pirámides y 
+ciudades en el Alto Egipto donde vivió y advirtió 
+sobre la destrucción del mundo por agua y fuego. 
+Para salvar la floreciente ciencia antediluviana de 
+la destrucción durante el Diluvio, construyó un 
+templo y grabó todo su conocimiento científico 
+grabándolo en las paredes. El segundo Hermes 
+vivió después del Diluvio en Babilonia (antiguo 
+Egipto) y se sabe que enseñó filosofía y 
+matemáticas a Pitágoras. El tercer Hermes 
+continuó la tradición, nuevamente en Egipto. 
+Escribió un libro sobre alquimia y fue el maestro 
+de Asclepios (Ebeling, 2007: 45, para más 
+detalles, ver Van Bladel, 2009: 121 s). Entonces 
+este tercer Hermes es lo que se conoce como 
+Hermes Trismegistos. 
+
+Aunque sin consenso, Hermes es el 
+profeta IdrTs en la interpretación de algunos 
+musulmanes, con quienes los judíos se identifican 
+con Enoch, mencionados en dos pasajes del 
+Corán: “Mencione también en el Corán la historia 
+de IdrTs. Era un hombre de verdad, un profeta. Lo 
+elevamos a una posición alta” (19: 56-7). “Y 
+
+
+16 
+
+
+recuerda que Ismael, Idus y Dhul KifP, todos 
+estaban decididos. Los admitimos a nuestra 
+compasión, fueron verdaderamente virtuosos” (21: 
+86-7). 
+
+En términos generales, el Hermetismo 
+Árabe enfatiza temas prácticos (alquimia, 
+astrología, magia, etc.) en lugar de temas 
+filosóficos-religiosos, como en el Corpus 
+Hermeticum, de modo que en la literatura 
+hermética árabe, Hermes es más un mago que a 
+un sabio (ver, Van Bladel, 2009). 
+
+Los Delirios de los Renacentistas 
+
+En 1460, un agente de Cosino de Medice 
+trajo de Bizancio a Florencia un manuscrito griego 
+del Corpus Hermeticum. La obra impresionó a los 
+intelectuales de la Academia Florentina. Cosino 
+inmediatamente le pidió a Marcilio Ficino (1433- 
+1499) que interrumpiera sus traducciones de 
+Platón y comenzara la traducción latina de este 
+texto hermético. Ficino terminó la traducción al 
+latín del Corpus en 1463, que se publicó en 1471, 
+bajo el título Pimander (nombre del primer tratado 
+del Corpus), pero solo los tratados l-XIV. La 
+traducción latina de los tratados XVI-XVIII fue 
+completada por Lodovico Lazzarelli (1447-1500) y 
+
+
+4 Algunos autores sugieren que este es el profeta 
+Ezequiel. 
+
+
+
+17 
+
+
+publicada en 1507 después de su muerte (el texto 
+del tratado XV se perdió). Este evento 
+desencadenó una ola de entusiasmo por el 
+Hermetismo en Italia, cuya resonancia se 
+extendería por toda Europa, sin embargo, algo 
+diferente de la tradición que se había conservado 
+durante la Edad Media, es decir, en lugar de la 
+conocida tradición hermética sobrecargada de 
+alquimia, como se conservó durante la Edad 
+Media, Europa ahora encontró la tradición 
+filosófica-religiosa de la tradición hermética a 
+través de las publicaciones del Corpus 
+Hermeticum y lo Asclepius. 
+
+Con el fin de diferenciar claramente entre 
+estas dos tradiciones herméticas, a saber, la 
+tradición técnica (alquimia, astrología, magia, etc.) 
+y la tradición filosófico-religiosa (teología, 
+cosmología, soteriología, etc.), algunos autores 
+que escriben en el idioma inglés, sugieren cambiar 
+la amplia denominación inglesa Hermeticism 
+(Hermeticismo), que abarca la generalidad de las 
+artes ocultas, a la denominación inglesa 
+Hermetism (Hermetismo), esta última se refiere 
+solo a la tradición filosófica-religiosa, también 
+conocida como Hermética Alejandrina, porque fui 
+compuesta por sacerdotes egipcios helenizados. 
+Antoine Faivre explicó: "Gradualmente, Hermes y 
+el Hermetismo llegaron a significar cada vez más 
+alquimia o teosofía, o esoterismo en el sentido 
+moderno del término" (Faivre, 1995: 60, 39 y 
+Hanegraaff, 2018: 02). En el momento del nuevo 
+
+
+18 
+
+
+renacimiento del Hermetismo en el siglo XIX, con 
+la fundación de grupos herméticos como la 
+Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (Orden 
+Hermética del Amanecer Dorado), la Hermetic 
+Brotherhood of Luxor (Hermandad Hermética de 
+Luxor), la Mysteria Mystica Aeterna y Esoteric 
+School of the Theosophical Society (Escuela 
+Esotérica de la Sociedad Teosófica), el 
+Hermetismo ya se había convertido en un nombre 
+común para las diversas formas de artes ocultas 
+(alquimia, astrología, magia, tarot, numerología, 
+quiromancia, etc.), con tal alcance que un autor lo 
+ha definido como "una cosa sin esquinas y 
+extremos" (Ebeling, 2007: 11). 
+
+Marcilio Ficino, en el prefacio de su 
+traducción latina del Corpus Hermeticum , 
+utilizando datos mitológicos en lugar de históricos, 
+elogió a Hermes Trismegistos como el fundador de 
+la filosofía (priscus theologus). Este prefacio fue 
+influyente en su tiempo y en los años siguientes 
+hasta el desafío de la antigüedad y los textos 
+herméticos de Hermes Trismegistos de Isaac 
+Casaubon en 1614. Basado en los mitos de los 
+autores neoplatónicos y cristianos de la 
+Antigüedad Clásica, Ficino desarrolló una 
+fantasiosa genealogía a partir de Hermes 
+Trismegistos a Platón, que alcanzó consecuencias 
+influyentes: “Como primer filósofo, él (Hermes) 
+pasó de las cosas naturales y las matemáticas a la 
+contemplación de lo divino. Fue el primero en 
+descubrir, con gran sabiduría, la majestad de Dios, 
+
+
+19 
+
+
+el orden de los espíritus y los cambios del alma. 
+Fue llamado el primer autor de teología. Le siguió 
+Orfeo, que obtuvo la segunda posición entre los 
+antiguos teólogos. Aglaofemo se inició en los 
+misterios órficos, Pitágoras lo siguió en teología y 
+luego fue seguido por Filolao, quien fui el maestro 
+del divino Platón. Luego surgió una teología 
+primordial única e internamente consistente (pasca 
+theologia)” (Ebeling, 2007: 62). 
+
+Entonces, estos son los seis primeros 
+hijos de la filosofía (priscT theologl). Esta 
+genealogía de Ficino es una entre otras creadas 
+por simpatizantes de Hermes Trismegistos desde 
+la Antigüedad hasta el Renacimiento (Cicerón, 
+Agustín, Lactantius, etc.). Para él, Hermes 
+Trismegistos precedió a Moisés y a otros profetas 
+bíblicos. De manera ligeramente diferente, 
+Francisco Patrizi (1529-1597) también creó una 
+fantasiosa genealogía de Prisca Theologia, que 
+comenzó con "Zoroastro, a quien se considera el 
+autor de los oráculos caldeos. Zoroastro fundó 
+colonias en Egipto y encontró un descendiente en 
+el rey Osiris, que tenía un consejero llamado 
+Hermes Trismegistos. El nieto de este último 
+también se llamaba Hermes Trismegistos. 
+Después de Zoroastro, este Hermes, que vivió 
+antes que Moisés, fue el segundo filósofo más 
+importante. Como la sabiduría había sobrevivido 
+entre los sacerdotes egipcios, Orfeo y Pitágoras se 
+iniciaron en ella mientras estaban en Egipto. 
+Incluso Platón estaba en esta tradición de 
+
+
+20 
+
+
+sabiduría, que fue interrumpida, sin embargo, por 
+Aristóteles. Fue Amonio Sakkas (175-242 e. c.), el 
+fundador de la escuela neoplatónica, quien una 
+vez más le dio vida a esta antigua sabiduría de 
+Zoroastro y Flermes Trismegistos. Debido a su 
+sello aristotélico, la Edad Media interrumpió esta 
+tradición hasta que Raimundo Lulo (1235-1315) y 
+Paracelso (1493-1541) la renovaron una vez más” 
+(Ebeling, 2007: 68-9). De todos modos, todos 
+estos genealogistas de los primeros filósofos 
+confundían el mito con la historia. 
+
+Luego, con el tiempo, se crearon 
+genealogías cada vez más eclécticas y delirantes, 
+Antoine Faivre mencionó una lista típica de 
+genealogía filosófica, que tomó la siguiente forma: 
+Enoc, Abraham, Noé, Zoroastro, Moisés, Flermes 
+Trismegistos, los brahmanes, los druidas, David, 
+Orfeo, Pitágoras. Platón y las sibilas” (Faivre, 
+1995: 39). La inclusión de brahmanes y druidas en 
+esta lista no solo es extraña, sino también cómica. 
+Bueno, ¿están incluidos en esta lista todos los 
+millones de brahmanes, presentes y pasados, 
+incluso aquellos de los tiempos védicos que 
+realizaron el - Purushamedha (sacrificio 
+
+humano) y el - Ashwamedha (sacrificio de 
+
+caballo), como se informa en los antiguos textos 
+Bráhmanas ? ¿También fueron filósofos, del mismo 
+modo, los sacerdotes druidas, que no tenían 
+escritura y eran analfabetos? ¿Puede un 
+analfabeto ser filósofo y hay filosofía sin literatura? 
+
+
+
+21 
+
+
+Los delirios de Ficino fueran tan 
+fantasiosos que incluso dijo que “él (Hermes 
+Trismegistos) a menudo hablaba no solo como 
+filósofo sino también como profeta. Él previo la 
+caída de las religiones antiguas, la venida de 
+Cristo, el próximo día del juicio, la resurrección, la 
+gloria de los bienaventurados y el castigo de los 
+pecadores” (Ebeling, 2007: 62). Bueno, si creemos 
+que todo lo que se le atribuye a Flermes 
+Trismegistos, él no solo fue filósofo y profeta, fue 
+mucho más que esto: gobernante, mago, maestro, 
+alquimista, astrólogo, médico, constructor, adivino, 
+alfabetizador, escriba, sacerdote, etc., etc., etc. 
+
+La Ducha de Agua Fría 
+
+Sin embargo, esta fiesta hermética 
+delirante tuve un fin para muchos crédulos y el 
+"spoiler" fue el pastor y humanista Isaac Casaubon 
+(1559-1614), quien demostró, a través de una 
+seria investigación histórica, lingüística y filológica, 
+publicada en 1614, que Flermes Trismegistos no 
+podía ser tan antiguo como imaginaban sus 
+admiradores, y formuló fuertes argumentos de que 
+los textos del Corpus Hermeticum y el Asclepius 
+fueron compuestos entre los siglos I y IV. e. c., y 
+no en la remota antigüedad atribuida por los 
+algunos renacentistas, por estar lleno de ideas 
+helenísticas y cristianas. La evidencia concreta de 
+que el Corpus Hermeticum no podría ser tan 
+antiguo, como señalaron sus deslumbrantes 
+
+
+22 
+
+
+admiradores, es la mención en el tratado XVIII § 
+04 del famoso escultor griego Fidias (cpeióíag - 
+Pheidias), que vivió entre 480 y 430 a. e. c. "Si en 
+particular la materia que utilizó el escultor Fidias 
+no le hubiera obedecido..." (ver: Festugiére, 1945- 
+54, tomo II: 249; Nebot, 1999: 239; Ebeling, 2007). 
+: 92 y Regal, 2009: 78). 
+
+Basado en su extenso conocimiento 
+histórico y filológico del idioma griego, Casaubon 
+argumentó que “el Corpus Hermeticum usa 
+conceptos que pueden no haberse originado en 
+una era tan remota. Si los textos del Corpus 
+Hermeticum son de hecho precristianos, no 
+deberían exhibir una diferencia estilística 
+importante de la de los primeros escritores 
+griegos, tal como Heródoto. Sin embargo, el 
+lenguaje claramente usa un estilo tardío, en 
+particular, emplea muchas palabras que 
+aparecieron en griego solo después del nacimiento 
+de Cristo” (Ebeling, 2007: 92). Además, Casaubon 
+no creía que Hermes Trismegistos fuera el autor y 
+llamó al autor del Corpus Hermeticum un 
+falsificador (ídem: 92). También señaló las 
+similitudes entre las frases del Nuevo Testamento 
+y el Corpus Hermeticum, argumentando que este 
+último no podía ser precristiano. Y que los textos 
+del Corpus no registraban la sabiduría del antiguo 
+Egipto, sino que eran de hecho un conjunto de 
+conceptos platónicos y cristianos escritos después 
+de la época de Cristo (ídem, 91 y Van Bladel, 
+2009: 06-7). 
+
+
+23 
+
+
+Aunque Casaubon es considerado 
+unánimemente el gran contendiente de la remota 
+antigüedad del Corpus Hermeticum, más 
+específicamente, Wouter J. Hanegraaff señaló que 
+antes de Casaubon, el discípulo de Adrien 
+Turnébe, Gilbert Genebrard, Matthieu Béroalde y 
+Jean van Gorp ya habían estado criticando la 
+remota antigüedad del Corpus Hermeticum desde 
+1567. Por lo tanto, Casaubon parece haber sido 
+solo el protagonista final y culminante de un 
+debate que había comenzado casi un siglo antes 
+(Hanegraaff, 2018: 07 y Ebeling, 2007: 95). Parece 
+que la alquimia no se vio inmediatamente afectada 
+por las críticas de Casaubon, pero otro autor, 
+Hermann Conring, profesor de medicina en la 
+Universidad Helmstedt, publicó en 1648 un libro 
+que cuestionaba la validez de la alquimia de 
+Paracelso. Estuvo de acuerdo en que los libros, 
+atribuidos a Hermes Trismegistos, eran 
+falsificaciones y afirmó que nunca existió un 
+hombre con este nombre y que la medicina egipcia 
+era pura superstición, mucho más que la medicina 
+griega, así como las matemáticas, la física y la 
+filosofía (Ebeling, 2007: 97). 
+
+Las obras de Isaac Casaubon y Hermann 
+Conring impactaron como duchas de agua fría 
+sobre el entusiasmo de los hermetistas de la 
+época y las generaciones siguientes, el 
+enfriamiento fue tan fuerte que, entre 1630 y 1856, 
+no hubo publicaciones de textos herméticos, 
+debido a la caída del interés en el tema (Faivre, 
+
+
+24 
+
+
+1995: 186 y Van Bladel, 2009: 06). El interés solo 
+resurgiría a mediados del siglo XIX con la 
+formación de grupos herméticos, mezclando todas 
+las artes ocultas en un calderón llamado 
+Hermetismo. 
+
+Critica 
+
+
+Desde un punto de vista crítico, se puede 
+definir, simple y brevemente, que el Hermetismo 
+es la intelectualización más exitosa de la 
+superstición. Porque en la historia, ninguna otra 
+superstición antigua ha sido capaz de vestirse con 
+una intelectualidad como el Hermetismo. En cierto 
+modo, es un curioso ejemplo de cómo la 
+imaginación humana es capaz de transformar una 
+cultura supersticiosa en una cultura 
+intelectualizada y sofisticada, capaz de atraer 
+personalidades educadas e individuos de clase 
+alta a su entorno. Porque es una mezcla variada 
+de mitología egipcia, supersticiones religiosas y 
+filosofía helenística racional. A diferencia de las 
+supersticiones de las creencias incultas, que no 
+tienen literatura, y mucho menos exégesis, las 
+ideas herméticas, a su vez, son supersticiones con 
+una extensa literatura reveladora y exegética, 
+vestidas con lenguaje y rituales sofisticados que 
+las cubren con una apariencia intelectual (gracias 
+a la intrusión de las ideas filosóficas griegas), tan 
+brillante y seductor para aquellos que se deleitan 
+con la especulación y las prácticas antiguas. Con 
+
+
+25 
+
+
+esto, sus especulaciones asumen la apariencia de 
+cientificidad. Por lo tanto, no sin razón Brian Regal 
+incluyó la doctrina de Hermes Trismegistos como 
+un ejemplo de pseudociencia en su enciclopedia 
+Pseudoscience: A Critical Encyclopedia (Regal, 
+2009: 78-9). La razón de esta inclusión radica en 
+la insistencia de los partidarios y admiradores en 
+calificar las especulaciones rudimentarias de 
+Hermes Trismegistos y de sus seguidores, como 
+"Ciencia Hermética" o "Filosofía Hermética". 
+Cuando un autor así las nombra, ignora el carácter 
+evolutivo de las ciencias y las filosofías, por lo que 
+se conocía como ciencia en el momento de la 
+composición de los primeros textos herméticos 
+(primeros siglos de la Era Común), hoy estas 
+enseñanzas se reconocen como especulaciones 
+primitivas, porque las metodologías científicas 
+utilizadas en estas dos épocas son enormemente 
+distintas. 
+
+Las doctrinas herméticas son a veces tan 
+extrañas y absurdas para el recién llegado que lee 
+este tema, que un escéptico con formación 
+científica y racional puede leer por primera vez 
+que la doctrina de esta antigua tradición es el 
+producto de un delirio esquizofrénico. Lo mismo no 
+se notará por alguien acostumbrado a leer sobre la 
+cultura y las religiones de la Antigüedad. Las 
+doctrinas herméticas se ajustan perfectamente a 
+esta época, ya que fueron extraídas de ideas 
+contemporáneas de otros sistemas. 
+
+
+26 
+
+
+La comunicación hermética nos recuerda 
+un ejemplo interesante, citado por los psicólogos 
+de la persuasión, el arte persuasivo de persuadir a 
+alguien más por la astucia de la retórica, por la 
+elocuencia, por la fascinación, por la oratoria 
+brillante o por el argumento persuasivo, que por el 
+contenido del mensaje en sí mismo, es decir, más 
+por su forma que por su contenido. Los 
+investigadores de la persuasión mencionan un 
+ejemplo a través de la experiencia de alguien que 
+admira una pintura por la belleza del marco y no 
+por la belleza de la pintura en sí, es decir, la 
+belleza del marco sugiere la opinión del 
+espectador sobre la belleza de la pintura. Este 
+suele ser el caso cuando se presta más atención a 
+la forma externa que al contenido, como juzgar un 
+libro por su portada o una película por su póster. 
+De la misma manera, el Hermetismo seduce por la 
+curiosidad de los misterios (la verdad está oculta 
+en los misterios antiguos), por el encanto de los 
+rituales (los rituales reproducen las realidades que 
+la inteligencia no puede entender), el enigma de 
+los símbolos (cuanto más simbólico, más 
+verdadero ), la antigüedad de las doctrinas (cuanto 
+más antiguas, más sabias), la oportunidad de las 
+iniciaciones (solo el iniciado conoce la verdad), la 
+sabiduría de los mitos (cuanto más fantasioso, el 
+más significativo) y la deslumbrante revelación. 
+Pero desde una perspectiva medida, toda esta 
+atracción seductora enmascara una multitud de 
+
+
+27 
+
+
+revelaciones delirantes, especulaciones 
+infundadas y prácticas supersticiosas. 
+
+
+La Decepción con el Obsoleto 
+
+Que en los grupos esotéricos, como en 
+las iglesias populares, el número de disidentes 
+decepcionados con lo que han aprendido o 
+experimentado es grande, solo aquellos que 
+asisten pueden saberlo, ya que estos grupos, 
+como las iglesias, ocultan la divulgación estos 
+hechos. Por lo tanto, la rotación de miembros es 
+alta. De hecho, hay muchos que dejan a estos 
+grupos esotéricos por decepción, y una de las 
+decepciones más frecuentes es el reconocimiento 
+de las doctrinas obsoletas y la superstición de las 
+prácticas. Cuando llega el momento, cuyo adepto 
+es capaz de aislar las exaltaciones, las 
+esperanzas infundadas, las promesas utópicas, la 
+fascinación y las alabanzas, que alinean las 
+doctrinas y prácticas esotéricas, entonces es 
+capaz de percibir, detrás de estas capas 
+seductoras, un conjunto de ideas y prácticas que 
+solo es válido para la cultura de la Antigüedad y la 
+Edad Media. Porque el esoterismo es más 
+fascinación que realidad, también, la seducción del 
+misterio y lo oculto dificulta la percepción del 
+obsoleto y hace que las viejas ideas parezcan 
+actuales. 
+
+
+28 
+
+
+El remedio para esta ceguera evolutiva 
+es el estudio de la historia de las ideas, pero no de 
+acuerdo con la versión de la tradición, sino con la 
+versión de estudios académicos e imparciales 
+independientes de la versión tradicional. El estudio 
+de la historia siempre ha sido una molestia para la 
+religión, e inevitablemente también para el 
+esoterismo, y se puede señalar por la cantidad de 
+doctrinas basadas en mitos y rumores, que 
+carecen de historicidad. 
+
+La Decepción con el Secreto 
+
+El Hermetismo, junto con otras 
+tradiciones esotéricas (Rosacruz, Masonería, 
+Sociedad Teosófica y otras), enfatiza demasiado 
+el secreto. El iniciado es obligado a guardar un 
+secreto sobre algunas revelaciones que se le dan, 
+así como sobre los rituales. Para estas tradiciones 
+iniciáticas, el secreto es una fuerza poderosa. 
+Porque ayuda a preservar la santidad de las 
+doctrinas esotéricas, evitando que caigan en 
+manos de personas no preparadas para recibirlas. 
+Esta es la versión esotérica. 
+
+Sin embargo, una ocurrencia es común 
+entre aquellos que se aventuran en estas escuelas 
+esotéricas, es decir, la decepción con estos 
+secretos, por dos razones. Primero, el 
+descubrimiento de que estos secretos no son 
+realmente tan secretos, ya que si el iniciado se 
+dispone a investigar, encontrará que estos 
+
+
+29 
+
+
+secretos están disponibles en docenas de libros 
+publicados abiertamente. Y en segundo lugar, lo 
+que es aún más decepcionante es que estos 
+secretos o misterios no son grandes cosas, es 
+decir, son ideas obsoletas, supersticiones, 
+creencias y prácticas inútiles. 
+
+Por ejemplo, los herméticos desde la 
+antigüedad consideran que sus doctrinas y 
+prácticas son muy secretas, tanto que la palabra 
+"hermético" se ha convertido en sinónimo de algo 
+muy secreto. Este sentimiento de secreto revivió 
+durante el Renacimiento, a través de la admiración 
+y exaltación de Masilio Ficino, Giordano Bruno y 
+otros, cuando el Hermetismo ya se había 
+convertido en una tradición casi olvidada. Sin 
+embargo, estudios académicos e históricos 
+recientes han revelado que las doctrinas 
+herméticas no son tan secretas, ya que son una 
+mezcla de doctrinas egipcias, platónicas, 
+pitagóricas, neoplatónicas, judaicas, persas, 
+cristianas, neopitagóricas y gnósticas, de las 
+cuales tenemos abundantes publicaciones (para 
+profundizar en la historia de la tradición de Hermes 
+Trismegistos, los trabajos de referencia son: 
+Faivre, 1995; Broek, 1998; Ebeling, 2007 y Bull, 
+2018). También hay literatura árabe hermética, 
+traducida del persa y el griego, de ahí la creación 
+de un "Hermes Árabe" (ver: Van Bladel, 2009). 
+Para conocer las fuentes de las ideas herméticas 
+en sus textos principales ( Hermética ), vea las 
+traducciones al español de Xavier Renau Nebot, 
+
+
+30 
+
+
+Textos Herméticos, 1999, con abundantes notas 
+que identifican las fuentes doctrinales del 
+Hermetismo. 
+
+Estrictamente hablando, el Hermetismo 
+se forma a partir de una mezcla tan diversa de 
+ideas que los investigadores e historiadores aún 
+discuten la cantidad de ideas egipcias presentes 
+en la doctrina hermética. Hasta hace unas 
+décadas, se pensaba que el Hermetismo no tenía 
+elementos egipcios en sus doctrinas, solo el 
+sincretismo entre el dios egipcio Thoth y el dios 
+griego Hermes. Sin embargo, este punto de vista 
+cambió después del descubrimiento de textos 
+herméticos en el lenguaje copto entre los 
+manuscritos de la biblioteca de Nag Hammadi, 
+estos son: The Discourse of the Eighth and Ninth 
+(Discurso de la Octava y Novena), The Prayer of 
+Thanksgiving (Oración de Acción de Gracias) y 
+Asclepius 21-29 (Parrott, 1990: 321-38 y Nebot, 
+1999: 247-56 y 493-501). 
+
+Durante el Renacimiento, la admiración 
+por el Hermetismo fue tan delirante, por algunos 
+entusiastas, que se crearon versiones exaltando a 
+Hermes Trismegistos como el padre de la filosofía, 
+que Pitágoras fue su discípulo, que vivió en una 
+antigüedad muy remota, por lo tanto, antes de 
+Moisés, que él fue el fundador de la sabiduría en 
+el mundo, etc., etc. En el Renacimiento, la 
+comprensión de la escritura jeroglífica ya no era 
+posible, es decir, la comprensión de la escritura se 
+había perdido, por lo que los hermetistas 
+
+
+31 
+
+
+delirantes fantaseaban con las ideas de que los 
+jeroglíficos contenían una gran sabiduría en sus 
+escritos. El caso más fantasioso, y hasta cierto 
+punto cómico, fue el esoterista inglés Athanasius 
+Kircher (1601-1680), quien se aventuró a traducir 
+algunos jeroglíficos disponibles en aquel 
+momento, alegando haber podido descifrar la 
+escritura egipcia, es decir, antes de desciframiento 
+definitivo de Jean-Frangois Champollion en 1822. 
+Kircher imaginó que los jeroglíficos guardaban 
+mensajes religiosos y místicos cifrados 
+herméticamente, luego los tradujeron a partir de 
+esta suposición. Con lo desciframiento definitivo y 
+universalmente aceptado de Champollion, se 
+descubrió que las fantasiosas traducciones de 
+jeroglíficos con mensajes religiosos de Kircher 
+eran de hecho comunicaciones administrativas, 
+informes de triunfos de batalla, decretos de 
+faraones y otros textos burocráticos, aunque hay 
+textos religiosos en jeroglíficos, pero estos no 
+fueran los que Kircher intentó traducir. Para 
+obtener más información sobre las fantasiosas 
+concepciones de Athanasius Kircher, consulte el 
+libro de John Glassie, A Man of Misconceptions: 
+The Ufe of an Eccentric in an Age of Change (Un 
+Hombre de Ideas Equivocadas: La Vida de un 
+Excéntrico en una Era de Cambio - 2012). 
+
+Además, en el libro Picatrix, muy 
+estimado por los hermetistas árabes, se menciona 
+que "la antigua sabiduría hermética egipcia era un 
+instrumento tan poderoso que debía codificarse en 
+
+
+32 
+
+
+jeroglíficos" (Ebeling, 2007: 47). Los hermetistas 
+árabes, sin comprender la escritura egipcia 
+antigua, también imaginaron que los jeroglíficos 
+registraban secretos herméticos, registros que 
+hasta ahora no se han encontrado después de 
+tantos años de exploración arqueológica en 
+Egipto. La prueba de que los hermetistas estaban 
+delirando, cuando afirmaban que los jeroglíficos 
+egipcios registraban la sabiduría hermética, vino 
+con la fundación de la Egiptología, después del 
+desciframiento por J. F. Champollion en 1822, 
+cuando, desde entonces, no fue posible encontrar 
+en los cientos de textos jeroglíficos que ya se 
+encontraron por excavación en Egipto, que luego 
+fueron descifrados y traducidos, ni siquiera uno 
+menciona el Corpus Hermeticum, Asclepius , la 
+Tableta Esmeralda o cualquiera de los otros textos 
+herméticos (Ebeling, 2007: 131). Los jeroglíficos 
+egipcios son mudos cuanto la literatura hermética. 
+Así, el desciframiento de los jeroglíficos fue otra 
+"ducha de agua fría" para los hermetistas y 
+simpatizantes. Florian Ebeling señaló: “Tanto la 
+figura como los escritos de Flermes Trismegistos 
+son producto de un sincretismo de la filosofía 
+helenística de la naturaleza, que en sí misma era 
+un conjunto de doctrinas pitagóricas, estoicas, 
+platónicas y aristotélicas intercaladas con motivos 
+de la mitología egipcia y temas de origen persa y 
+judaico” (Ebeling, 2007: 09). 
+
+También en los textos herméticos puede 
+agregarse la influencia de la doctrina cristiana, ya 
+
+
+33 
+
+
+que en estos, especialmente en el Corpus 
+Hermeticum y en el Asclepius , las terminologías 
+cristianas aparecen como en los pasajes del 
+Corpus Hermeticum, cap. I ( Poimandres ), § 5 y 6: 
+“Santo Verbo” (ayiog Aóyog - agios logos), “Hijo de 
+Dios” (uiog 0£ou - uios theou), como en la frase 
+Aóyog uiog 0eou ( logos uios theou) “el Logos es el 
+Hijo de Dios", también en la frase: voug ucrrrip 
+(nous pater), "el Pensamiento ( nous ) es el Padre" 
+(ver: Nebot, 1999: 77 y Salaman, 2000: 18). 
+Además, en el tratado XIII § 02, la frase: "Dios el 
+hijo de Dios" (Oeou 0£o<¡ uaig -Theou theos país) 
+(Festugiére, 1945-54, tomo II: 201, Nebot, 1999: 
+207 y Salaman, 2000: 65). 
+
+A pesar de la inmensa influencia y 
+dependencia de la cultura griega en la 
+composición de los textos herméticos, ya que la 
+mayoría fueron compuestos y preservados en el 
+idioma griego, o traducidos del griego al latín o al 
+árabe, observe el insulto al pueblo griego y al 
+idioma griego en Corpus Hermeticum XVI, § 01-2: 
+Asclepios dijo que Hermes solía decir que 
+"aquellos que leerán mis libros encontrarán que la 
+composición es simple y clara, a la vez que oscura 
+y oculta el significado de las palabras y eso será 
+aún más oscuro cuando los griegos luego los 
+traducir de nuestro idioma (egipcio) a su propio 
+(griego), lo que conducirá a una distorsión 
+completa del texto y su oscuridad total". Y más 
+adelante: "...tente preservar este discurso de toda 
+traducción para que tales grandes misterios no 
+
+
+34 
+
+
+lleguen a los griegos y que la expresión orgullosa, 
+de ellos, con su falta de sensibilidad y lo que 
+podría decirse que son falsas gracias, hace que la 
+gravedad, la solidez, la virtud efectiva de las 
+palabras de nuestro idioma, palidezcan y 
+desaparezcan. Porque los griegos, oh rey, solo 
+tienes discursos vacíos, buenos con fines de 
+demostración; y esta es toda la filosofía de los 
+griegos, un rumor de palabras. En cuanto a 
+nosotros, no usamos palabras simples, sino 
+sonidos llenos de eficacia” (Festugiére, 1945: tomo 
+II, 231-3; Nebot, 1999: 226-7 y Salaman: 2000: 
+74). 
+
+Entre otras, una curiosidad en las 
+advertencias anteriores es que "tales grandes 
+misterios no llegan a los griegos", siendo que casi 
+todas las doctrinas mencionadas en el Corpus 
+Hermeticum son de origen griego. Ahora, ¿cómo 
+es posible evitar que las ideas herméticas lleguen 
+a los griegos si ellas provienen en gran parte de 
+los griegos? 
+
+Decepción Personal 
+
+Yo mismo experimenté esta decepción 
+cuando, después de comenzar a practicar la 
+disciplina en una institución esotérica de la India, 
+después de unos años decidí, en la década de 
+1980, hacer un viaje allá para profundizar la 
+doctrina y comenzar los estudios del idioma 
+sánscrito. Durante los años que asistí a este grupo 
+
+
+35 
+
+
+esotérico, fui adoctrinado a la idea de que algunas 
+doctrinas y prácticas eran muy secretas, tan 
+secreta para los iniciados, que no podían hacerse 
+públicas. Por esta razón, las publicaciones de esta 
+institución esotérica no se vendían en librerías, 
+solo a miembros de los ashrams , porque eran muy 
+secretas. Bueno, estando allá, cuando pude 
+comenzar a leer en este idioma antiguo, comencé 
+a darme cuenta de que muchas doctrinas y 
+prácticas, consideradas altamente esotéricas, eran 
+comunes con algunas corrientes del Hinduismo, la 
+religión más popular en la India, con 
+aproximadamente un millón de seguidores. Es 
+decir, estas enseñanzas y rituales eran 
+popularmente conocidos y practicados en la 
+religión hindú. 
+
+Recuerdo la decepción cuando encontré 
+por primera vez, en la casa de un pariente de mi 
+instructor, durante una visita, una guía para la 
+realización del ritual Sandhyávandana (^^Id^d), 5 
+un antiguo ritual védico realizado por miles de 
+brahmanes por muchos siglos, durante el 
+amanecer o el crepúsculo de día o de noche, más 
+comúnmente al amanecer. Este antiguo ritual 
+védico (tal como casi todas las prácticas antiguas, 
+
+
+5 ■a^Tl ( scmdhyá ] literalmente significa "unión", por lo 
+tanto, unión de día y noche, es decir, "amanecer" o 
+"crepúsculo"; d<d ( vandana ] significa "adoración", por lo 
+que sandhyávandana significa "adoración del amanecer o 
+del crepúsculo". 
+
+
+
+
+
+36 
+
+
+es supersticioso) es el mismo que, en la institución 
+esotérica a la que frecuentaba, se practicaba bajo 
+el nombre mal representado de "Práctica de 
+Salud", 6 porque, en lugar de realizarse diariamente 
+al amanecer, aquí en Occidente se practicaba el 
+domingo por la mañana para parecerse a la misa 
+católica. En el Hinduismo, Sandhyávandana es un 
+ritual doméstico, donde el brahmán realiza el ritual 
+para su familia, mientras que aquí en Occidente es 
+un ritual colectivo practicado en los ashrams. Este 
+evento comenzó mi decepción por el esoterismo 
+de esta institución que frecuentaba, porque con mi 
+conocimiento del idioma sánscrito descubrí 
+muchas cosas en común con el Hinduismo popular 
+y supersticioso. 
+
+Además, las decepciones con las 
+disciplinas prácticas. Después de la iniciación, el 
+novicio recibe de su instructor las disciplinas a 
+realizar individualmente (ejercicios de respiración, 
+concentración, visualización, imaginación, 
+meditación, etc.), según su grado, por el juramento 
+
+
+6 Fue nombrado aquí en Occidente debido al ritual de 
+invocar a antiguos dioses védicos a través de mantras y 
+gestos para magnetizar el agua que luego se toca en 
+diferentes partes del cuerpo (ojos, nariz, orejas, etc.), con 
+la intención de proporcionar salud o curación. No existe 
+una confirmación científica adecuada de que el agua 
+magnetizada durante ritual tenga un efecto saludable y 
+terapéutico, solo la confirmación de experimentos 
+pseudocientíficos. 
+
+
+
+37 
+
+
+de no revelar la naturaleza de ellos. A medida que 
+avanzan los grados, se informa al iniciado que las 
+prácticas se vuelven más secretas y más 
+poderosas. La decepción ocurre cuando el iniciado 
+tiene curiosidad por investigar, luego descubre que 
+esas prácticas secretas son conocidas 
+públicamente, algunas se enseñan en libros 
+populares, en cursos abiertos a todos, en prácticas 
+colectivas, y algunas incluso son desaconsejadas 
+por médicos y psiquiatras, por riesgos de daño a la 
+salud física o mental. 
+
+A veces, en las instituciones esotéricas, 
+donde se revelan las instrucciones o las 
+disciplinas, se practican de acuerdo con los grados 
+del discípulo (ejemplos: Rosacruz y Masonería), 
+los secretos se revelan a través de otro secreto en 
+el siguiente grado, y así ad infinitum, sin nunca 
+encuentre una explicación o base para ideas o 
+prácticas. Entonces, algunos críticos dicen que 
+estas enseñanzas esotéricas son como un pozo 
+sin fondo, donde nunca se puede encontrar agua 
+en el fondo. 
+
+Además, es curioso el hábito frecuente 
+de algunos esoteristas de tratar de explicar un 
+simbolismo a través de otro simbolismo, como si la 
+presencia de un símbolo similar en otra tradición 
+justificara el significado de un símbolo. Algo así 
+como un símbolo interpretando otro símbolo. Esta 
+práctica se hizo tan común entre los esoteristas 
+que se creó un tópico conocido como "Simbolismo 
+Comparativo". Dos comparadores conocidos 
+
+
+38 
+
+
+fueron René Guénon y Julius Evola. De todos 
+modos, explicar o interpretar un símbolo a través 
+de otro símbolo no es una explicación suficiente, 
+es algo así como "intercambiar seis por media 
+docena", es decir, la inexplicabilidad sigue siendo 
+la misma. 
+
+
+Referencias 
+
+BROEK, Roelof van den and Wouter J. Hanegraaff 
+(eds.). Gnosis and Hermeticism from Antiquity to 
+Modern Times. Albany: State University of New 
+York Press, 1998. 
+
+BULL, Christian H. The Tradition of Hermes 
+Trismegistus: The Egyptian Priestly Figure as a 
+Teacher of Hellenized Wisdom. Leiden/Boston: 
+Brill, 2018. 
+
+COPENHAVER, Brain P. (tr.). Hermética: The 
+Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latín Asclepius 
+in a new English translation, with notes and 
+introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University 
+Press, 2002. 
+
+EBELING, Florian. The Secret History of Hermes 
+Trismegistus: Hermeticism from Ancient to Modern 
+Times. Ithaca/London: Cornell University Press, 
+2007. 
+
+EVERARD, Dr. John (tr.). The Divine Pymander of 
+Hermes Mercurius Trifmegiftus in XVII Books. 
+London: printed by Robert White for The Brewfter 
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