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PHASE FIFTEEN |
MUTED EXCURSION |
Section I--Traveling Instructions |
02 And I gave them authority over lower spirits by baptizing them with the water's of Hula. And I instructed them in the way of the Baptist, that they need not take anything for their travels, but water only; no scripture to rehearse, nor money in their purses; but to be shod with sandals to protect their feet against the rocky terrain; and that they should not put on two coats, lest they should faint along the way; nor carry a staff, lest they be struck by lightning. 03 And I saith unto them: Wheresoever you shall enter into the house of an Essene, there abide in their hospitality till you depart from that place. And whosoever shall not receive you as a fellow Baptist, nor hear you; going forth from thence, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them. 04 And going forth, I willed that they preach that the sons of man should repent and believe in John's Gospel of Love. And in John's name they cast out evils, and anointed with water those that were sick, and in this manner did they convert many of them. |
Section II---A Sidonian Journey |
05 And when the sun had risen, I departed for Sidon, and passing through the mountains of Canaan, I would not that any of my disciples should know that I was going to find a mystic called Thomas, who would show me a book in which the secrets of Wisdom are hid. For Thomas was half Gentile, a Phoenician born Jew; and his wife Elisabeth was the daughter of the Grecian Goddess Astarte', to whom we call Asherah, the goddess of happiness. (But of course, I did not know that then). 06 And that same day, (that is to say, on Tuesday even, the twenty-eighth day of March, when I arrived in Sidon, Elisabeth the mistress of the house as soon as she heard that I was looking for Thomas the mystic, whose daughter Philamaena had an unhealthy spirit, going out of her house, leaped for joy; and prostrating herself, fell down at my feet. 07 And she besought me that if I would cast forth the evil out of her daughter, that in return she would be pleased to serve me supper with her husband. And entering into the house, I seeth the young maiden lying upon the bed, ill and malnourished. 08 Who knowing their mealtime customs to be similar to our own, I saith unto her: Suffer first the children to be fed, for it is not good to take the bread of the children and cast it before the dogs. 09 And she answered and said to me: Yea, lord; for the dogs as well as the men folk, also get fed before the women and children, and when the children come to sup at the table with the women folk, they are left with little more than crumbs. 10 And very much humbled by Elisabeth's actions, I saith unto the alpha and omega of Sidon: For this wisdom go thy way and tend to yourself: The evil is gone away from thy daughter. But instead, Elisabeth kept her oath and ministered unto my needs, and to the needs of her husband by serving us supper; so that she herself was not only the last one to eat, she was left with little more than crumbs. 11 And when she was gone forth out of the house, to tend to the dogs, and we were alone, Thomas the mystic showed me the secret Book of Wisdom which belonged to his forefathers. And when I saw the words that were written in the book, I was touched with inspiration, for my spiritual eyes were no longer blinded to the Light of Wisdom. 12 For in it were written the words of Solomon, who dedicated our Temple not to our Father who art in heaven, but to Chrokmah, the Mother of Heaven: Wherefore I wished to stay one day, and to read and understand that which was mine: And I called upon my God, and the Spirit of Wisdom came upon me.* And I preferred Her before kingdoms and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison to Her.* And I rejoiced in all these: for this Wisdom went before me, and I knew not that She was the MOTHER OF US ALL!'.* 13 And immediately I remembered the words of my father: "If you wish to know Wisdom, get ye to the land of Sidon." Wherefore I wished to redeem my mother's love, and a sign was given me through the understanding heart of the woman called Elisabeth: And as I had called upon God when I was visiting my father's grave site, the spirit of Wisdom came to me, just as he said it would. And I rejoiced in all of Solomon's words: For this Wisdom like the woman called Elisabeth humbled herself before thee, O my Lord, and I knew now that She is not only the Mother of us all, but the real reason why John was slaughtered and why I was being tormented by those who would seek to destroy both me and Her.* |
Section--III |
14 And after I had read and memorized the entire book; and after it was dark, they bring to me, Theudas, [who is Thaddeus], a deaf mute, whose speech had been stifled through trauma; and before retiring for the remainder of that night, the Sidonians besought me that I would lay my hand upon him. For they knew that I was leaving in the morning. 15 And taking my fingers apart, I put them into both his ears, and I touched his tongue with my thumbs; and looking up to heaven, I raised my voice, and saith unto him in his own native tongue: Ephpheta, (which is, Be thou opened). And immediately his ears were opened, and the strings of his tongue was loosed, and instead of groaning, Theudas [who is Thaddeus], spoke aright. 16 And I charged them that they should tell no man. But the more I charged them, so much the more a great deal did they publish it. 17 And ever so much the more did they salute me, saying: Hosanna! in the highest. He hath done all things well; he hath made both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak. |
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ND upon awakening, I called the eleven; and began to send them out of the valley of Hula, two by two; some going to the left to the mountain villages of Kedesh and Dan; and some going to the right to the Caesarean cities of Damascus and Philippi.
