Gospel Of Essenes Book 3 - Pt 3 Of 7
The Essenes were the most ancient initiates in the world. Based mostly in Israel and Egypt they were the Children of the Light bringing healing, comfort and knowledge to their surrounding cities. This is one of the texts discovered in the 20th Century. Section 3 (of 7) from Book 3: Earthly Mother incl. a section that repeats, The Angel of Power, The Angel of Love, The Angel of Wisdom.
Transcript
The Essene Gospel of Peace,
Book 3,
Part 3 The earthly mother,
Honour thy earthly mother,
That thy days may be long upon the land.
The earthly mother is in thee and thou in her.
She bore thee,
She giveth thee life.
It was she who gaveth thee thy body,
And to her shalt thou one day give it back again.
Happy art thou when thou comest to know her and her kingdom.
If thou receiveth thy mother's angels,
And if thou doest her laws,
Who doeth these things,
Shall never see disease,
For the power of thy mother is above all.
She hath rule over all the bodies of men 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 and 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,
And rages mightily in the tempestuous seas.
The air which we breathe is born of the breath of our earthly mother.
Her breath is azure in the heights of the heavens,
Sows in the tops of the mountains,
Whispers in 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 in the tops of the mountains.
They 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 waxeth yellow and red in the fruits of the trees,
And nurtures us in the furrows of the fields.
The light of our eyes,
The hearing of our ears,
Both are born of the colours and sounds of our earthly mother,
Which enclose us about,
As the waves of the sea are fish,
As the eddying air a bird.
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,
Thou art one with the earthly mother.
She is in thee,
And thou 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 honours his earthly mother,
And doeth 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,
Our earthly mother.
Always are we embraced by her,
Always are we surrounded by her beauty.
Never can we part from her,
Never can we know her depths.
Never doth she create new forms,
That which now existeth never was before.
That which did exist returneth not again.
In her kingdom all is ever new and always old.
In her midst do we live,
Yet we know her not.
Continually doth she speak to us,
Yet never doth betray to us her secrets.
Ever do we till her soil and harvest her crops,
Yet we have no power over her.
Never doth she build,
Ever doth she destroy,
And her work is hidden from the eyes of men.
For none can live long,
Neither be happy.
But he who honours his earthly mother,
And doeth 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,
Our earthly mother.
Always are we embraced by her,
Always are we surrounded by her beauty.
Never can we part from her,
Never can we know her depths,
Ever doth she create new forms.
That which now existeth never was before.
That which did exist returneth not again.
In her kingdom all is ever new and always old.
In her midst do we live,
Yet we know her not.
Continually doth she speak to us,
Yet never doth she betray to us her secrets.
Never do we till her soil and harvest her crops,
Yet we have no power over her.
Ever doth she build,
Ever doth she destroy,
And her work place is hidden from the eyes of men.
THE ANGEL OF POWER Thine,
O heavenly Father,
Was the power,
When thou didst order a path for each of us and all.
What is the deed well done?
Is it that done by the children of light,
Who regard the law as before all other things?
And the best of all gifts therefore do I beseech of thee,
O thou best of beings,
Heavenly Father,
That the holy law shall rule within us through thy angel of power.
I do approach thee with my invocations,
That thy great gifts of power will protect thy heavenly order and thy creative mind within us forever.
We will extol thee,
Heavenly Father,
O almighty King,
And we will bless thy power forever and ever,
So long as we be able and may have the power.
So long will we teach the people concerning these deeds to be done by them,
With faith towards the heavenly Father,
The earthly Mother,
The holy angels,
And all the children of light,
Who till the soil in the garden of the brotherhood,
And in the desire for the coming of the heavenly One,
Into their souls and their bodies.
Thine O heavenly Father was the power,
Yea thine O creator of love,
Was the understanding and the spirit.
When thou didst order a path for each of us and all,
Through thy power shall we go unto the people and teach them,
Saying,
Trust in the law,
And walk in the ways of the holy angels.
So shalt thou dwell in the land,
And verily thou shalt be fed from the feast table of the earthly Mother.
Delight thyself also in the power of the heavenly Father,
And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Let not arrogance come out of thy mouth,
For the heavenly Father doth rule by the holy law,
And by him actions await.
He bringeth down to the grave and bringeth up,
The power of the law maketh poor and maketh rich.
His power bringeth low and lifteth up,
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,
And lifteth up the beggar from the dung-hill,
And maketh them inherit the throne of glory,
Out of heaven shall he thunder upon the children of darkness.
The Lord shall judge with power the ends of the earth,
Hear the voices of the brothers,
Who cry out in the wilderness and barren desert,
Prepare ye the way of the law,
Make straight the paths of the heavenly Father,
And the earthly Mother,
And all the holy angels of the day and of the night,
Every valley shall be filled,
And every mountain and hill shall be brought low,
And the crooked shall be made straight,
And the rough ways shall be made smooth,
And all flesh shall see the power of the law.
We extol thee,
Heavenly Father,
For thou hast lifted us up.
O Lord,
Our almighty powerful Father,
We cry unto thee,
And thou hast healed us.
From the grave thou hast brought up,
The souls of the people,
Thou hast kept them alive that they should not go down to the pit.
O heavenly Father,
Thou art the law.
Early and late will we seek thy angels.
Our souls thirsteth for the law,
Our flesh longeth for the law.
The river of holy power is the law,
In a dry and thirsty land where no water is.
Our lips shall praise thy power while we live.
We will lift up our hands in thy name.
We will preserve,
We will nurture thy heavenly order through the fulfilment of deeds.
We will invoke and pronounce by day and by night thy holy power,
And that power shall come to help us.
It will be as if there were a thousand angels watching over one man.
Unto thee,
Heavenly Father,
Belongeth all power,
And also unto thee belongeth mercy,
For the holy law doth render to every man according to his work.
This one is the Angel of Love.
Love is stronger than the currents of deep waters.
Love is stronger than death.
Beloved,
Let us love one another,
For love is of the heavenly Father,
And every one that loveth is born of the heavenly Father and the earthly Mother,
And knoweth the angels.
Ye shall love one another,
As the heavenly Father hath loved you.
For the heavenly Father is love,
And he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in the heavenly Father,
And the heavenly Father in him let him that love him be as the Son,
When he goeth forth in his might.
Brothers be ye all of one mind,
Having endless love and compassion for one another.
Thou shalt not avenge,
Nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people.
But thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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?
He who loveth the heavenly Father loveth also his brother.
Love ye also the stranger,
For ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
It is said by the people,
Better a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Loving words are as a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul and health to the bones.
The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters,
And the wellspring of love is a flowing brook.
What doth the law require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with the angels?
By this do we know that the angel of love doth dwell in us.
Can we love the heavenly Father and keep his law,
Gracious love,
Creator of love,
Reveal the best words through thy divine mind living within us?
Say to the children of light who till the soil in the garden of the brotherhood,
Honor all men,
Love the brotherhood,
Obey the law.
The Angel of Wisdom To follow the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding,
For by him thy days shall be multiplied,
And the years of thy life shall be increased.
All wisdom cometh from the heavenly Father,
And is with him forever.
Through the Holy Law doth the Angel of Wisdom guide the children of light.
Who can number the sand of the sea and the drops of rain in the days of eternity?
Who can find out the height of heaven and the breadth of the earth and the deep in wisdom?
All wisdom have been created before all things.
One may heal with goodness,
One may heal with justice,
One may heal with herbs,
And one may heal with the wise word.
Trust all the remedies,
This one is the healing one that heals with the wise word,
And the one that will best drive away sickness from the bodies of the faithful.
For wisdom is the best healing of all remedies.
To follow the Holy Law is the crown of wisdom.
Taking peace and perfect health to flourish,
Both which are the gifts of the angels,
We would draw near unto thee,
O heavenly Father,
With the help of thy Angel of Wisdom,
Who guides us by means of thy heavenly order,
And with the actions and the words inspired by the holy wisdom.
Come to us,
Heavenly Father,
With thy creative mind,
And do thou who bestoweth gifts through thy heavenly order bestow alike the long-lasting gift of wisdom upon the children of light,
That this life might be spent in holy service in the garden of the Brotherhood.
In the realm of thy good mind incarnate in our minds.
The path of wisdom doth flow from the heavenly order,
Wherein doth dwell the sacred tree of life.
In what fashion is manifest thy law,
O heavenly Father?
And the heavenly Father makes answer,
By good thought,
In perfect unity with wisdom,
O child of light.
What is the word well spoken?
It is the blessed,
Bestowing word of wisdom.
What is the thought well thought?
It is that which the child of light thinketh,
The one who holdeth the holy thought,
To be the most of value of all things else.
So shall the child of light grow in concentration and communion,
And he may develop wisdom,
And thus shall he continue until all the mysteries of the infinite garden,
Where standeth the tree of life,
Shall be revealed to him.
Then shall he say these victorious words,
O heavenly Father,
Give unto me my task,
For the building of thy kingdom on earth,
Through good thoughts,
Good words,
Good deeds,
Which shall be for the child of light his most precious gift.
O thou heavenly order and thou universal mind,
I will worship thee and the heavenly Father,
Because of whom the creative mind within us is causing the imperishable kingdom to progress.
Holy wisdom maketh all men free from fear,
Wide of heart and easy of conscience.
Holy wisdom,
The understanding that unfolds forever,
Continually without end,
And is not acquired through the holy scrolls.
It is ignorance that ruineth most people.
Move amongst those who have died and those who shall die,
When ignorance will be replaced by holy wisdom.
Then will sweetness and fatness come again to our land and to our fields,
With health and healing,
With fullness and increase and growth and abundance of corn and grass,
The rivers of peace shall flow through the desert.
