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Re: THE BOOK OF ENOCH
By: patrick jane Date: May 21, 2020, 4:16 am
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The Book of Enoch, by R.H. Charles, [1917], at sacred-texts.com
Jerusalem and the Mountains, Ravines and Streams.
CHAPTER XXVI.
1. And I went from thence to the middle of the earth, and I saw
a blessed place ⌈in which there were trees⌉ with
branches abiding and blooming [of a dismembered tree]. 2. And
there I saw a holy mountain, ⌈⌈and⌉⌉
underneath the mountain to the east there was a stream and it
flowed towards the south.
3. And I saw towards the east another mountain higher than this,
and between them a deep and narrow ravine: in it also ran a
stream ⌈underneath⌉ the mountain. 4. And to the west
thereof there was another mountain, lower than the former and of
small elevation, and a ravine ⌈deep and dry⌉
p. 52
between them: and another deep and dry ravine was at the
extremities of the three ⌈mountains⌉. 5. And all the
ravines were deep ⌈⌈and narrow⌉⌉, (being
formed) of hard rock, and trees were not planted upon them. 6.
And I marveled ⌈⌈at the rocks, and I
marveled⌉⌉ at the ravine, yea, I marveled very much.
XXVII. The Purpose of the Accursed Valley.
CHAPTER XXVII.
1. Then said I: 'For what object is this blessed land, which is
entirely filled with trees, and this accursed valley
⌈⌈between⌉⌉?' 2. ⌈⌈Then
Uriel, one of the holy angels who was with me, answered and
said: 'This⌉⌉ accursed valley is for those who are
accursed for ever: Here shall all ⌈the accursed⌉ be
gathered together who utter with their lips against the Lord
unseemly words and of His glory speak hard things.
E
Here shall they be gathered together, and here shall be their
place of judgement. 3. In the last days there shall be upon them
the spectacle of righteous judgement in the presence of the
righteous for ever: here shall the merciful bless the Lord of
glory, the Eternal King.
Gg
Here shall they be gathered together, and here shall be the
place of their habitation. 3. In the last times, in the days of
the true judgement in the presence of the righteous for ever:
here shall the godly bless the Lord of Glory, the Eternal Kin.
4. In the days of judgement over the former, they shall bless
Him for the mercy in accordance with which He has assigned them
(their lot).' 5. Then I blessed the Lord of Glory and set forth
His ⌈glory⌉ and lauded Him gloriously.
XXVIII-XXXIII. Further Journey to the East.
CHAPTER XXVIII
1. And thence I went ⌈⌈towards the
east⌉⌉, into the midst ⌈⌈of the mountain
range of the desert⌉⌉,
p. 53
and I saw a wilderness and it was solitary, full of trees and
plants. 2. ⌈⌈And⌉⌉ water gushed forth
from above. 3. Rushing like a copious watercourse [which
flowed]towards the north-west it caused clouds and dew to ascend
on every side.
CHAPTER XXIX.
1. And thence I went to another place in the desert, and
approached to the east of this mountain range. 2. And
⌈⌈there⌉⌉ I saw aromatic trees exhaling
the fragrance of frankincense and myrrh, and the trees also were
similar to the almond tree.
CHAPTER XXX.
1 .And beyond these, I went afar to the east, and I saw another
place, a valley (full) of water. 2. And ⌈therein there
was⌉ a tree, the colour (?) of fragrant trees such as the
mastic. 3. And on the sides of those valleys I saw fragrant
cinnamon. And beyond these I proceeded to the east.
CHAPTER XXXI.
1. And I saw other mountains, and amongst them were
⌈groves of⌉ trees, and there flowed forth from them
nectar, which is named sarara and galbanum.
2. And beyond these mountains I saw another mountain ⌈to
the east of the ends of the earth⌉, ⌈⌈whereon
were aloe trees⌉⌉, and all the trees were full of
stacte, being like almond-trees. 3. And when one burnt it, it
smelt sweeter than any fragrant odour.
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Re: THE BOOK OF ENOCH
By: patrick jane Date: May 21, 2020, 4:17 am
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The Book of Enoch, by R.H. Charles, [1917], at sacred-texts.com
Jerusalem and the Mountains, Ravines and Streams.
CHAPTER XXVI.
1. And I went from thence to the middle of the earth, and I saw
a blessed place ⌈in which there were trees⌉ with
branches abiding and blooming [of a dismembered tree]. 2. And
there I saw a holy mountain, ⌈⌈and⌉⌉
underneath the mountain to the east there was a stream and it
flowed towards the south.
3. And I saw towards the east another mountain higher than this,
and between them a deep and narrow ravine: in it also ran a
stream ⌈underneath⌉ the mountain. 4. And to the west
thereof there was another mountain, lower than the former and of
small elevation, and a ravine ⌈deep and dry⌉
p. 52
between them: and another deep and dry ravine was at the
extremities of the three ⌈mountains⌉. 5. And all the
ravines were deep ⌈⌈and narrow⌉⌉, (being
formed) of hard rock, and trees were not planted upon them. 6.
And I marveled ⌈⌈at the rocks, and I
marveled⌉⌉ at the ravine, yea, I marveled very much.
XXVII. The Purpose of the Accursed Valley.
CHAPTER XXVII.
1. Then said I: 'For what object is this blessed land, which is
entirely filled with trees, and this accursed valley
⌈⌈between⌉⌉?' 2. ⌈⌈Then
Uriel, one of the holy angels who was with me, answered and
said: 'This⌉⌉ accursed valley is for those who are
accursed for ever: Here shall all ⌈the accursed⌉ be
gathered together who utter with their lips against the Lord
unseemly words and of His glory speak hard things.
E
Here shall they be gathered together, and here shall be their
place of judgement. 3. In the last days there shall be upon them
the spectacle of righteous judgement in the presence of the
righteous for ever: here shall the merciful bless the Lord of
glory, the Eternal King.
Gg
Here shall they be gathered together, and here shall be the
place of their habitation. 3. In the last times, in the days of
the true judgement in the presence of the righteous for ever:
here shall the godly bless the Lord of Glory, the Eternal Kin.
4. In the days of judgement over the former, they shall bless
Him for the mercy in accordance with which He has assigned them
(their lot).' 5. Then I blessed the Lord of Glory and set forth
His ⌈glory⌉ and lauded Him gloriously.
XXVIII-XXXIII. Further Journey to the East.
CHAPTER XXVIII
1. And thence I went ⌈⌈towards the
east⌉⌉, into the midst ⌈⌈of the mountain
range of the desert⌉⌉,
p. 53
and I saw a wilderness and it was solitary, full of trees and
plants. 2. ⌈⌈And⌉⌉ water gushed forth
from above. 3. Rushing like a copious watercourse [which
flowed]towards the north-west it caused clouds and dew to ascend
on every side.
CHAPTER XXIX.
1. And thence I went to another place in the desert, and
approached to the east of this mountain range. 2. And
⌈⌈there⌉⌉ I saw aromatic trees exhaling
the fragrance of frankincense and myrrh, and the trees also were
similar to the almond tree.
CHAPTER XXX.
1 .And beyond these, I went afar to the east, and I saw another
place, a valley (full) of water. 2. And ⌈therein there
was⌉ a tree, the colour (?) of fragrant trees such as the
mastic. 3. And on the sides of those valleys I saw fragrant
cinnamon. And beyond these I proceeded to the east.
CHAPTER XXXI.
1. And I saw other mountains, and amongst them were
⌈groves of⌉ trees, and there flowed forth from them
nectar, which is named sarara and galbanum.
2. And beyond these mountains I saw another mountain ⌈to
the east of the ends of the earth⌉, ⌈⌈whereon
were aloe trees⌉⌉, and all the trees were full of
stacte, being like almond-trees. 3. And when one burnt it, it
smelt sweeter than any fragrant odour.
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Re: THE BOOK OF ENOCH
By: patrick jane Date: May 21, 2020, 4:18 am
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I am skipping the Parables for now and posting :
Book of Noah - a Fragment
and
The Book of the Courses of the Heavenly Luminaries
The Book of Enoch, by R.H. Charles, [1917], at sacred-texts.com
LX. Book of Noah--a Fragment.
p. 76
Quaking of Heaven: Behemoth and Leviathan: the Elements.
CHAPTER LX.
1. In the year five hundred, in the seventh month, on the
fourteenth day of the month in the life of †Enoch†. In that
Parable I saw how a mighty quaking made the heaven of heavens to
quake, and the host of the Most High, and the angels, a thousand
thousands and ten thousand times ten thousand, were disquieted
with a great disquiet.
2. And the Head of Days sat on the throne of His glory, and the
angels and the righteous stood around Him.
3. And a great trembling seized me,
And fear took hold of me,
And my loins gave way,
And dissolved were my reins,
And I fell upon my face.
4 And Michael sent another angel from among the holy ones and he
raised me up, and when he had raised me up my spirit returned;
for I had not been able to endure the look of this host, and the
commotion and the quaking of the heaven. And Michael said unto
me:
'Why art thou disquieted with such a vision? Until this day
lasted the day of His mercy; and He hath been merciful and
long-suffering towards those who dwell on the earth.
6. And when the day, and the power, and the punishment, and the
judgement come,
which the Lord of Spirits hath prepared for those who worship
not the righteous law, and for those who deny the righteous
judgement, and for those who take His name in vain--that day is
prepared, for the elect a covenant, but for sinners an
inquisition.
25. When the punishment of the Lord of Spirits shall rest upon
them, it shall rest in order that the punishment of the Lord of
Spirits may not come, in vain, and it shall slay the children
with their mothers and the children with their fathers.
Afterwards the
p. 77
judgement shall take place according to His mercy and His
patience.'
7. And on that day were two monsters parted, a female monster
named Leviathan, to dwell in the abysses of the ocean over the
fountains of the waters.
8. But the male is named Behemoth, who occupied with his breast
a waste wilderness named †Dûidâin†, on the east of the garden
where the elect and righteous dwell, where my grandfather was
taken up, the seventh from Adam, the first man whom the Lord of
Spirits created.
9. And I besought the other angel that he should show me the
might of those monsters, how they were parted on one day and
cast, the one into the abysses of the sea, and the other unto
the dry land of the wilderness.
10. And he said to me: 'Thou son of man, herein thou dost seek
to know what is hidden.'
11. And the other angel who went with me and showed me what was
hidden told me what is first and last in the heaven in the
height, and beneath the earth in the depth, and at the ends of
the heaven, and on the foundation of the heaven.
12. And the chambers of the winds, and how the winds are
divided, and how they are weighed, and (how) the portals of the
winds are reckoned, each according to the power of the wind, and
the power of the lights of the moon, and according to the power
that is fitting: and the divisions of the stars according to
their names, and how all the divisions are divided.
13. And the thunders according to the places where they fall,
and all the divisions that are made among the lightnings that it
may lighten, and their host that they may at once obey.
14. For the thunder has †places of rest† (which) are assigned
(to it) while it is waiting for its peal; and the thunder and
lightning are inseparable, and although not one and undivided,
they both go together through the spirit and separate not.
15. For when the lightning lightens, the thunder utters its
voice, and the spirit enforces a pause during the peal, and
divides equally between them; for the
p. 78
treasury of their peals is like the sand, and each one of them
as it peals is held in with a bridle, and turned back by the
power of the spirit, and pushed forward according to the many
quarters of the earth. And the spirit of the sea is masculine
and strong, and according to the might of his strength he draws
it back with a rein, and in like manner it is driven forward and
disperses amid all the mountains of the earth.
17. And the spirit of the hoar-frost is his own angel, and the
spirit of the hail is a good angel.
18. And the spirit of the snow has forsaken his chambers on
account of his strength--There is a special spirit therein, and
that which ascends from it is like smoke, and its name is frost.
19. And the spirit of the mist is not united with them in their
chambers, but it has a special chamber; for its course is
†glorious† both in light and in darkness, and in winter and in
summer, and in its chamber is an angel.
20. And the spirit of the dew has its dwelling at the ends of
the heaven, and is connected with the chambers of the rain, and
its course is in winter and summer: and its clouds and the
clouds of the mist are connected, and the one gives to the
other.
21. And when the spirit of the rain goes forth from its chamber,
the angels come and open the chamber and lead it out, and when
it is diffused over the whole earth it unites with the water on
the earth. And whensoever it unites with the water on the earth
. . .
22. For the waters are for those who dwell on the earth; for
they are nourishment for the earth from the Most High who is in
heaven: therefore there is a measure for the rain, and the
angels take it in charge.
23. And these things I saw towards the Garden of the Righteous.
24. And the angel of peace who was with me said to me: 'These
two monsters, prepared conformably to the greatness of God,
shall feed . . .
LXI. Angels go off to measure Paradise: the Judgement of the
Righteous by the Elect One: the Praise of the Elect One and of
God.
CHAPTER LXI.
1. And I saw in those days how long cords were given to those
angels, and they took to themselves wings and flew, and they
went towards the north.
2. And I asked the angel, saying unto him: 'Why have those
(angels) taken these cords and gone off?' And he said unto me:
'They have gone to measure.'
3. And the angel who went with me said unto me:
'These shall bring the measures of the righteous,
And the ropes of the righteous to the righteous,
That they may stay themselves on the name of the Lord of Spirits
for ever and ever.
4. The elect shall begin to dwell with the elect,
And those are the measures which shall be given to faith
And which shall strengthen righteousness.
5. And these measures shall reveal all the secrets of the depths
of the earth,
And those who have been destroyed by the desert,
And those who have been devoured by the beasts,
And those who have been devoured by the fish of the sea,
That they may return and stay themselves
On the day of the Elect One;
For none shall be destroyed before the Lord of Spirits,
And none can be destroyed.
6. And all who dwell above in the heaven received a command and
power and one voice and one light like unto fire.
7. And that One (with) their first words they blessed,
And extolled and lauded with wisdom,
And they were wise in utterance and in the spirit of life. p. 80
8. And the Lord of Spirits placed the Elect one on the throne of
glory.
And he shall judge all the works of the holy above in the
heaven,
And in the balance shall their deeds be weighed
9. And when he shall lift up his countenance
To judge their secret ways according to the word of the name of
the Lord of Spirits,
And their path according to the way of the righteous judgement
of the Lord of Spirits,
Then shall they all with one voice speak and bless,
And glorify and extol and sanctify the name of the Lord of
Spirits.
10. And He will summon all the host of the heavens, and all the
holy ones above, and the host of God, the Cherubic, Seraphin and
Ophannin, and all the angels of power, and all the angels of
principalities, and the Elect One, and the other powers on the
earth (and) over the water. 11. On that day shall raise one
voice, and bless and glorify and exalt in the spirit of faith,
and in the spirit of wisdom, and in the spirit of patience, and
in the spirit of mercy, and in the spirit of judgement and of
peace, and in the spirit of goodness, and shall all say with one
voice: "Blessed is He, and may the name of the Lord of Spirits
be blessed for ever and ever."
12. All who sleep not above in heaven shall bless Him:
All the holy ones who are in heaven shall bless Him,
And all the elect who dwell in the garden of life:
And every spirit of light who is able to bless, and glorify, and
extol, and hallow Thy blessed name,
And all flesh shall beyond measure glorify and bless Thy name
for ever and ever.
13. For great is the mercy of the Lord of Spirits, and He is
long-suffering, p. 81
And all His works and all that He has created He has revealed to
the righteous and elect
In the name of the Lord of Spirits.
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Re: THE BOOK OF ENOCH
By: patrick jane Date: May 21, 2020, 4:19 am
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LXII. Judgement of the Kings and the Mighty: Blessedness of the
Righteous.
CHAPTER LXII.
1. And thus the Lord commanded the kings and the mighty and the
exalted, and those who dwell on the earth, and said: 'Open your
eyes and lift up your horns if ye are able to recognize the
Elect One.'
2. And the Lord of Spirits seated him on the throne of His
glory,
And the spirit of righteousness was poured out upon him,
And the word of his mouth slays all the sinners,
And all the unrighteous are destroyed from before his face.
3. And there shall stand up in that day all the kings and the
mighty,
And the exalted and those who hold the earth,
And they shall see and recognize How he sits on the throne of
his glory,
And righteousness is judged before him,
And no lying word is spoken before him.
4. Then shall pain come upon them as on a woman in travail,
[And she has pain in bringing forth]
When her child enters the mouth of the womb,
And she has pain in bringing forth.
5. And one portion of them shall look on the other,
And they shall be terrified,
And they shall be downcast of countenance,
And pain shall seize them,
When they see that Son of Man Sitting on the throne of his
glory.
p. 82
6. And the kings and the mighty and all who possess the earth
shall bless and glorify and extol him who rules over all, who
was hidden.
7. For from the beginning the Son of Man was hidden,
And the Most High preserved him in the presence of His might,
And revealed him to the elect.
8. And the congregation of the elect and holy shall be sown,
And all the elect shall stand before him on that day.
9. And all the kings and the mighty and the exalted and those
who rule the earth
Shall fall down before him on their faces,
And worship and set their hope upon that Son of Man,
And petition him and supplicate for mercy at his hands.
10. Nevertheless that Lord of Spirits will so press them
That they shall hastily go forth from His presence,
And their faces shall be filled with shame,
And the darkness grow deeper on their faces.
11. And He will deliver them to the angels for punishment,
To execute vengeance on them because they have oppressed His
children and His elect
12. And they shall be a spectacle for the righteous and for His
elect:
They shall rejoice over them,
Because the wrath of the Lord of Spirits resteth upon them,
And His sword is drunk with their blood.
13. And the righteous and elect shall be saved on that day,
And they shall never thenceforward see the face of the sinners
and unrighteous. p. 83
14. And the Lord of Spirits will abide over them,
And with that Son of Man shall they eat
And lie down and rise up for ever and ever.
15. And the righteous and elect shall have risen from the earth,
And ceased to be of downcast countenance.
And they shall have been clothed with garments of glory,
16. And these shall be the garments of life from the Lord of
Spirits:
And your garments shall not grow old,
Nor your glory pass away before the Lord of Spirits.
LXIII. The unavailing Repentance of the Kings and the Mighty.
CHAPTER LXIII.
1. In those days shall the mighty and the kings who possess the
earth implore (Him) to grant them a little respite from His
angels of punishment to whom they were delivered, that they
might fall down and worship before the Lord of Spirits, and
confess their sins before Him. 2. And they shall bless and
glorify the Lord of Spirits, and say:
'Blessed is the Lord of Spirits and the Lord of kings,
And the Lord of the mighty and the Lord of the rich,
And the Lord of glory and the Lord of wisdom,
3. And splendid in every secret thing is Thy power from
generation to generation,
And Thy glory for ever and ever:
Deep are all Thy secrets and innumerable,
And Thy righteousness is beyond reckoning.
4. We have now learnt that we should glorify
And bless the Lord of kings and Him who is king over all kings.'
p. 84
5. And they shall say:
'Would that we had rest to glorify and give thanks
And confess our faith before His glory!
6. And now we long for a little rest but find it not:
We follow hard upon and obtain (it) not:
And light has vanished from before us,
And darkness is our dwelling-place for ever and ever:
7. For we have not believed before Him
Nor glorified the name of the Lord of Spirits, [nor glorified
our Lord]
But our hope was in the sceptre of our kingdom,
And in our glory.
8. And in the day of our suffering and tribulation He saves us
not,
And we find no respite for confession
That our Lord is true in all His works, and in His judgements
and His justice,
And His judgements have no respect of persons.
9. And we pass away from before His face on account of our
works,
And all our sins are reckoned up in righteousness.'
10. Now they shall say unto themselves: 'Our souls are full of
unrighteous gain, but it does not prevent us from descending
from the midst thereof into the †burden† of Sheol.'
11. And after that their faces shall be filled with darkness
And shame before that Son of Man,
And they shall be driven from his presence,
And the sword shall abide before his face in their midst.
12. Thus spake the Lord of Spirits: 'This is the ordinance and
judgement with respect to the mighty and the kings and the
exalted and those who possess the earth before the Lord of
Spirits.'
LXIV. Vision of the fallen Angels in the Place of Punishment.
CHAPTER LXIV.
1. And other forms I saw hidden in that place. 2. I heard the
voice of the angel saying: 'These are the angels who descended
to the earth, and revealed what was hidden to the children of
men and seduced the children of men into committing sin.'
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Re: THE BOOK OF ENOCH
By: patrick jane Date: May 21, 2020, 4:19 am
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LXV. Enoch foretells to Noah the Deluge and his own
Preservation.
CHAPTER LXV.
1. And in those days Noah saw the earth that it had sunk down
and its destruction was nigh. 2. And he arose from thence and
went to the ends of the earth, and cried aloud to his
grandfather Enoch: and Noah said three times with an embittered
voice: Hear me, hear me, hear me.'
3. And I said unto him: 'Tell me what it is that is falling out
on the earth that the earth is in such evil plight and shaken,
lest perchance I shall perish with it?' 4. And thereupon there
was a great commotion, on the earth, and a voice was heard from
heaven, and I fell on my face.
5. And Enoch my grandfather came and stood by me, and said unto
me: 'Why hast thou cried unto me with a bitter cry and weeping?
6. And a command has gone forth from the presence of the Lord
concerning those who dwell on the earth that their ruin is
accomplished because they have learnt all the secrets of the
angels, and all the violence of the Satans, and all their
powers--the most secret ones--and all the power of those who
practice sorcery, and the power of witchcraft, and the power of
those who make molten images for the whole earth:
7. And how silver is produced from the dust of the earth, and
how soft metal originates in the earth. 8. For lead and tin are
not produced from the earth like the first: it is a fountain
that produces them, and an angel stands therein, and that
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angel is pre-eminent.' 9. And after that my grandfather Enoch
took hold of me by my hand and raised me up, and said unto me:
'Go, for I have asked the Lord of Spirits as touching this
commotion on the earth.
10. And He said unto me: "Because of their unrighteousness their
judgement has been determined upon and shall not be withheld by
Me for ever. Because of the sorceries which they have searched
out and learnt, the earth and those who dwell upon it shall be
destroyed."
11. And these--they have no place of repentance for ever,
because they have shown them what was hidden, and they are the
damned: but as for thee, my son, the Lord of Spirits knows that
thou art pure, and guiltless of this reproach concerning the
secrets.
12. And He has destined thy name to be among the holy,
And will preserve thee amongst those who dwell on the earth,
And has destined thy righteous seed both for kingship and for
great honours,
And from thy seed shall proceed a fountain of the righteous and
holy without number for ever.
LXVI. The Angels of the Waters bidden to hold them in Check.
CHAPTER LXVI.
1. And after that he showed me the angels of punishment who are
prepared to come and let loose all the powers of the waters
which are beneath in the earth in order to bring judgement and
destruction on all who [abide and] dwell on the earth. 2. And
the Lord of Spirits gave commandment to the angels who were
going forth, that they should not cause the waters to rise but
should hold them in check; for those angels were over the powers
of the waters. 3. And I went away from the presence of Enoch.
LXVII. God's Promise to Noah: Places of Punishment of the Angels
and of the Kings.
CHAPTER LXVII.
1. And in those days the word of God came unto me, and He said
unto me: 'Noah, thy lot has come up before Me, a lot without
blame, a lot of love and uprightness.
2. And now the angels are making a wooden (building), and when
they have completed that task I will place My hand upon it and
preserve it, and there shall come forth from it the seed of
life, and a change shall set in so that the earth will not
remain without inhabitant.
3. And I will make fast thy seed before me for ever and ever,
and I will spread abroad those who dwell with thee: it shall not
be unfruitful on the face of the earth, but it shall be blessed
and multiply on the earth in the name of the Lord.'
4. And He will imprison those angels, who have shown
unrighteousness, in that burning valley which my grandfather
Enoch had formerly shown to me in the west among the mountains
of gold and silver and iron and soft metal and tin.
5. And I saw that valley in which there was a great convulsion
and a convulsion of the waters.
6. And when all this took place, from that fiery molten metal
and from the convulsion thereof in that place, there was
produced a smell of sulphur, and it was connected with those
waters, and that valley of the angels who had led astray
(mankind) burned beneath that land.
7. And through its valleys proceed streams of fire, where these
angels are punished who had led astray those who dwell upon the
earth.
8. But those waters shall in those days serve for the kings and
the mighty and the exalted, and those who dwell on the earth,
for the healing of the body, but for the punishment of the
spirit; now their spirit is full of lust, that they may be
punished in their body, for they have denied the Lord of Spirits
and see their punishment daily, and yet believe not in His name.
9. And in proportion as the burning
Next: Chapter LXVIII
LXVIII. Michael and Raphael astonished at the Severity of the
Judgement.
CHAPTER LXVIII.
1. And after that my grandfather Enoch gave me the teaching of
all the secrets in the book in the Parables which had been given
to him, and he put them together for me in the words of the book
of the Parables.
2. And on that day Michael answered Raphael and said: 'The power
of the spirit transports and makes me to tremblebecause of the
severity of the judgement of the secrets, the judgement of the
angels: who can endure the severe judgement which has been
executed, and before which they melt away?'
3. And Michael answered again, and said to Raphael: 'Who is he
whose heart is not softened concerning it, and whose reins are
not troubled by this word of judgement (that) has gone forth
upon them because of those who have thus led them out?'
4. And it came to pass when he stood before the Lord of Spirits,
Michael said thus to Raphael: 'I will not
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take their part under the eye of the Lord; for the Lord of
Spirits has been angry with them because they do as if they were
the Lord. Therefore all that is hidden shall come upon them for
ever and ever; for neither angel nor man shall have his portion
(in it), but alone they have received their judgement for ever
and ever.'
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LXIX. The Names and Functions of the (fallen Angels and) Satans:
the secret Oath.
CHAPTER LXIX.
1 And after this judgement they shall terrify and make them to
tremble because they have shown this to those who dwell on the
earth.
2 And behold the names of those angels [and these are their
names: the first of them is Samjâzâ, the second Artâqîfâ, and
the third Armên, the fourth Kôkabêl, the fifth †Tûrâêl†, the
sixth Rûmjâl, the seventh Dânjâl, the eighth †Nêqâêl†, the ninth
Barâqêl, the tenth Azâzêl, the eleventh Armârôs, the twelfth
Batarjâl, the thirteenth †Busasêjal†, the fourteenth Hanânêl,
the fifteenth †Tûrêl†, and the sixteenth Sîmâpêsîêl, the
seventeenth Jetrêl, the eighteenth Tûmâêl, the nineteenth Tûrêl,
the twentieth †Rumâêl†, the twenty-first †Azâzêl†.
3. And these are the chiefs of their angels and their names, and
their chief ones over hundreds and over fifties and over tens].
4. The name of the first Jeqôn: that is, the one who led astray
⌈all⌉ the sons of God, and brought them down to the
earth, and led them astray through the daughters of men.
5. And the second was named Asbeêl: he imparted to the holy sons
of God evil counsel, and led them astray so that they defiled
their bodies with the daughters of men.
6. And the third was named Gâdreêl: he it is who showed the
children of men all the blows of death, and he led astray Eve,
and showed ⌈the weapons of death to the sons of men⌉
the shield and the coat of mail, and the sword for battle, and
all the weapons of death to the
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children of men. 7. And from his hand they have proceeded
against those who dwell on the earth from that day and for
evermore.
8. And the fourth was named Pênêmûe: he taught the children of
men the bitter and the sweet, and he taught them all the secrets
of their wisdom.
9. And he instructed mankind in writing with ink and paper, and
thereby many sinned from eternity to eternity and until this
day. 10. For men were not created for such a purpose, to give
confirmation to their good faith with pen and ink.
11. For men were created exactly like the angels, to the intent
that they should continue pure and righteous, and death, which
destroys everything, could not have taken hold of them, but
through this their knowledge they are perishing, and through
this power it is consuming me†.
12. And the fifth was named Kâsdejâ: this is he who showed the
children of men all the wicked smitings of spirits and demons,
and the smitings of the embryo in the womb, that it may pass
away, and [the smitings of the soul] the bites of the serpent,
and the smitings which befall through the noontide heat, the son
of the serpent named Tabââ‘ĕt.
13. And this is the task of Kâsbeêl, the chief of the oath which
he showed to the holy ones when he dwelt high above in glory,
and its name is Bîqâ. 14. This (angel) requested Michael to show
him the hidden name, that he might enunciate it in the oath, so
that those might quake before that name and oath who revealed
all that was in secret to the children of men.
15. And this is the power of this oath, for it is powerful and
strong, and he placed this oath Akâe in the hand of Michael. 16
And these are the secrets of this oath . . .
And they are strong through his oath:
And the heaven was suspended before the world was created,
And for ever.
17. And through it the earth was founded upon the water, p. 91
And from the secret recesses of the mountains come beautiful
waters,
From the creation of the world and unto eternity.
18. And through that oath the sea was created,
And †as its foundation† He set for it the sand against the time
of (its) anger,
And it dare not pass beyond it from the creation of the world
unto eternity.
19. And through that oath are the depths made fast,
And abide and stir not from their place from eternity to
eternity.
20. And through that oath the sun and moon complete their
course,
And deviate not from their ordinance from eternity to eternity.
21. And through that oath the stars complete their course,
And He calls them by their names,
And they answer Him from eternity to eternity.
⌈22. And in like manner the spirits of the water, and of
the winds, and of all zephyrs, and (their) paths from all the
quarters of the winds.
23. And there are preserved the voices of the thunder and the
light of the lightnings: and there are preserved the chambers of
the hail and the chambers of the hoarfrost, and the chambers of
the mist, and the chambers of the rain and the dew.
24. And all these believe and give thanks before the Lord of
Spirits, and glorify (Him) with all their power, and their food
is in every act of thanksgiving: they thank and glorify and
extol the name of the Lord of Spirits for ever and ever.⌉
25. And this oath is mighty over them
And through it ⌈they are preserved and⌉ their paths
are preserved,
And their course is not destroyed.
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Close of the Third Parable.
26. And there was great joy amongst them,
And they blessed and glorified and extolled
Because the name of that Son of Man had been revealed unto them.
27. And he sat on the throne of his glory,
And the sum of judgement was given unto the Son of Man,
And he caused the sinners to pass away and be destroyed from off
the face of the earth,
And those who have led the world astray.
.
28. With chains shall they be bound,
And in their assemblage-place of destruction shall they be
imprisoned,
And all their works vanish from the face of the earth.
29. And from henceforth there shall be nothing corruptible;
For that Son of Man has appeared,
And has seated himself on the throne of his glory,
And all evil shall pass away before his face,
And the word of that Son of Man shall go forth
And be strong before the Lord of Spirits.
This is the Third Parable of Enoch.
LXX. The Final Translation of Enoch.
CHAPTER LXX.
1. And it came to pass after this that his name during his
lifetime was raised aloft to that Son of Man and to the Lord of
Spirits from amongst those who dwell on the earth.
2. And he was raised aloft on the chariots of the spirit and his
name vanished among them. 3. And from that day I was no longer
numbered amongst them: and he set me between the two winds,
between the North and the West, where the angels took the cords
to measure for me the place for the elect and righteous. 4. And
there
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I saw the first fathers and the righteous who from the beginning
dwell in that place.
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THE BOOK OF THE COURSES OF THE HEAVENLY LUMINARIES
(LXXII-LXXXII.)
LXXII. The Sun.
CHAPTER LXXII.
1. The book of the courses of the luminaries of the heaven, the
relations of each, according to their classes, their dominion
and their seasons, according to their names and places of
origin, and according to their months, which Uriel, the holy
angel, who was with me, who is their guide, showed me; and he
showed me all their laws exactly as they are, and how it is with
regard to all the years of the world and unto eternity, till the
new creation is
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accomplished which dureth till eternity. 2. And this is the
first law of the luminaries: the luminary the Sun has its rising
in the eastern portals of the heaven, and its setting in the
western portals of the heaven. 3. And I saw six portals in which
the sun rises, and six portals in which the sun sets and the
moon rises and sets in these portals, and the leaders of the
stars and those whom they lead: six in the east and six in the
west, and all following each other in accurately corresponding
order: also many windows to the right and left of these portals.
4. And first there goes forth the great luminary, named the Sun,
and his circumference is like the circumference of the heaven,
and he is quite filled with illuminating and heating fire. 5.
The chariot on which he ascends, the wind drives, and the sun
goes down from the heaven and returns through the north in order
to reach the east, and is so guided that he comes to the
appropriate (lit. 'that') portal and shines in the face of the
heaven.
6. In this way he rises in the first month in the great portal,
which is the fourth ⌈those six portals in the cast⌉.
7. And in that fourth portal from which the sun rises in the
first month are twelve window-openings, from which proceed a
flame when they are opened in their season.
8. When the sun rises in the heaven, he comes forth through that
fourth portal thirty mornings in succession, and sets accurately
in the fourth portal in the west of the heaven. 9. And during
this period the day becomes daily longer and the night nightly
shorter to the thirtieth morning.
10. On that day the day is longer than the night by a ninth
part, and the day amounts exactly to ten parts and the night to
eight parts. 11. And the sun rises from that fourth portal, and
sets in the fourth and returns to the fifth portal of the east
thirty mornings, and rises from it and sets in the fifth portal.
12. And then the day becomes longer by †two† parts and amounts
to eleven parts, and the night becomes shorter and amounts to
seven parts. 13. And it returns to the east and enters into
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the sixth portal, and rises and sets in the sixth portal
one-and-thirty mornings on account of its sign. 14. On that day
the day becomes longer than the night, and the day becomes
double the night, and the day becomes twelve parts, and the
night is shortened and becomes six parts.
15. And the sun mounts up to make the day shorter and the night
longer, and the sun returns to the east and enters into the
sixth portal, and rises from it and sets thirty mornings. 16.
And when thirty mornings are accomplished, the day decreases by
exactly one part, and becomes eleven parts, and the night seven.
17. And the sun goes forth from that sixth portal in the west,
and goes to the east and rises in the fifth portal for thirty
mornings, and sets in the west again in the fifth western
portal. 18. On that day the day decreases by †two† parts, and
amounts to ten parts and the night to eight parts.
19. And the sun goes forth from that fifth portal and sets in
the fifth portal of the west, and rises in the fourth portal for
one-and-thirty mornings on account of its sign, and sets in the
west. 20. On that day the day is equalized with the night, [and
becomes of equal length], and the night amounts to nine parts
and the day to nine parts.
21. And the sun rises from that portal and sets in the west, and
returns to the east and rises thirty mornings in the third
portal and sets in the west in the third portal. 22. And on that
day the night becomes longer than the day, and night becomes
longer than night, and day shorter than day till the thirtieth
morning, and the night amounts exactly to ten parts and the day
to eight parts.
23. And the sun rises from that third portal and sets in the
third portal in the west and returns to the east, and for thirty
mornings rises in the second portal in the east, and in like
manner sets in the second portal in the west of the heaven. 24.
And on that day the night amounts to eleven parts and the day to
seven parts. 25. And the sun rises on that day from that second
portal and sets in the west in the second portal, and
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returns to the east into the first portal for one-and-thirty
mornings, and sets in the first portal in the west of the
heaven. 26. And on that day the night becomes longer and amounts
to the double of the day: and the night amounts exactly to
twelve parts and the day to six.
27. And the sun has (therewith) traversed the divisions of his
orbit and turns again on those divisions of his orbit, and
enters that portal thirty mornings and sets also in the west
opposite to it. 28. And on that night has the night decreased in
length by a †ninth† part, and the night has become eleven parts
and the day seven parts.
29. And the sun has returned and entered into the second portal
in the east, and returns on those his divisions of his orbit for
thirty mornings, rising and setting. 30. And on that day the
night decreases in length, and the night amounts to ten parts
and the day to eight.
31. And on that day the sun rises from that portal, and sets in
the west, and returns to the east, and rises in the third portal
for one-and-thirty mornings, and sets in the west of the heaven.
32. On that day the night decreases and amounts to nine parts,
and the day to nine parts, and the night is equal to the day and
the year is exactly as to its days three hundred and sixty-four.
33. And the length of the day and of the night, and the
shortness of the day and of the night arise--through the course
of the sun these distinctions are made (lit. 'they are
separated'). 34. So it comes that its course becomes daily
longer, and its course nightly shorter.
35. And this is the law and the course of the sun, and his
return as often as he returns sixty times and rises, i.e. the
great luminary which is named the sun, for ever and ever. 36.
And that which (thus) rises is the great luminary, and is so
named according to its appearance, according as the Lord
commanded.
37. As he rises, so he sets and decreases not, and rests not,
but runs day and night, and his light is sevenfold brighter than
that of the moon; but as regards size they are both equal.
CHAPTER LXXIII.
1. And after this law I saw another law dealing with the smaller
luminary, which is named the Moon.
2. And her circumference is like the circumference of the
heaven, and her chariot in which she rides is driven by the
wind, and light is given to her in (definite) measure.
3. And her rising and setting change every month: and her days
are like the days of the sun, and when her light is uniform
(i.e. full) it amounts to the seventh part of the light of the
sun.
4. And thus she rises. And her first phase in the east comes
forth on the thirtieth morning: and on that day she becomes
visible, and constitutes for you the first phase of the moon on
the thirtieth day together with the sun in the portal where the
sun rises.
5. And the one half of her goes forth by a seventh part, and her
whole circumference is empty, without light, with the exception
of one-seventh part of it, (and) the fourteenth part of her
light.
6. And when she receives one-seventh part of the half of her
light, her light amounts to one-seventh part and the half
thereof.
7. And she sets with the sun, and when the sun rises the moon
rises with him and receives the half of one part of light, and
in that night in the beginning of her morning [in the
commencement of the lunar day] the moon sets with the sun, and
is invisible that night with the fourteen parts and the half of
one of them.
8. And she rises on that day with exactly a seventh part, and
comes forth and recedes from the rising of the sun, and in her
remaining days she becomes bright in the (remaining) thirteen
parts.
Note : I'm not saying Enoch is "Greater" than anybody, for the
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CHAPTER LXXIV.
1. And I saw another course, a law for her, (and) how according
to that law she performs her monthly revolution. 2. And all
these Uriel, the holy angel who is the leader of them all,
showed to me, and
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their positions, and I wrote down their positions as he showed
them to me, and I wrote down their months as they were, and the
appearance of their lights till fifteen days were accomplished.
3. In single seventh parts she accomplishes all her light in the
east, and in single seventh parts accomplishes all her darkness
in the west. 4. And in certain months she alters her settings,
and in certain months she pursues her own peculiar course.
5. In two months the moon sets with the sun: in those two middle
portals the third and the fourth. 6. She goes forth for seven
days, and turns about and returns again through the portal where
the sun rises, and accomplishes all her light: and she recedes
from the sun, and in eight days enters the sixth portal from
which the sun goes forth.
7. And when the sun goes forth from the fourth portal she goes
forth seven days, until she goes forth from the fifth and turns
back again in seven days into the fourth portal and accomplishes
all her light: and she recedes and enters into the first portal
in eight days.
8. And she returns again in seven days into the fourth portal
from which the sun goes forth. 9. Thus I saw their position--how
the moons rose and the sun set in those days.
10. And if five years are added together the sun has an overplus
of thirty days, and all the days which accrue to it for one of
those five years, when they are full, amount to 364 days. 11.
And the overplus of the sun and of the stars amounts to six
days: in 5 years 6 days every year come to 30 days: and the moon
falls behind the sun and stars to the number of 30 days.
12. And the sun and the stars bring in all the years exactly, so
that they do not advance or delay their position by a single day
unto eternity; but complete the years with perfect justice in
364 days.
13. In 3 years there are 1092 days, and in 5 years 1820 days, so
that in 8 years there are 2912 days. 14. For the moon alone the
days amount in 3 years to 1062 days, and in 5 years she falls 50
days behind: [i.e. to the sum (of 1770) there is
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to be added (1000 and) 62 days.] 15. And in 5 years there are
1770 days, so that for the moon the days in 8 years amount to
2832 days. 16. [For in 8 years she falls behind to the amount of
80 days], all the days she falls behind in 8 years are 80.
17. And the year is accurately completed in conformity with
their world-stations and the stations of the sun, which rise
from the portals through which it (the sun) rises and sets 30
days.
CHAPTER LXXV.
1. And the leaders of the heads of the thousands, who are placed
over the whole creation and over all the stars, have also to do
with the four intercalary days, being inseparable from their
office, according to the reckoning of the year, and these render
service on the four days which are not reckoned in the reckoning
of the year.
2. And owing to them men go wrong therein, for those luminaries
truly render service on the world-stations, one in the first
portal, one in the third portal of the heaven, one in the fourth
portal, and one in the sixth portal, and the exactness of the
year is accomplished through its separate three hundred and
sixty-four stations.
3. For the signs and the times and the years and the days the
angel Uriel showed to me, whom the Lord of glory hath set for
ever over all the luminaries of the heaven, in the heaven and in
the world, that they should rule on the face of the heaven and
be seen on the earth, and be leaders for the day and the night,
i.e. the sun, moon, and stars, and all the ministering creatures
which make their revolution in all the chariots of the heaven.
4. In like manner twelve doors Uriel showed me, open in the
circumference of the sun's chariot in the heaven, through which
the rays of the sun break forth: and from them is warmth
diffused over the earth, when they are opened at their appointed
seasons.
5. [And for the winds and the spirit of the dew† when they are
opened, standing open in the heavens at the ends.] 6. As for the
twelve portals in the heaven, at the ends of the earth, out of
which go forth the sun, moon, and stars, and all
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the works of heaven in the east and in the west. 7. There are
many windows open to the left and right of them, and one window
at its (appointed) season produces warmth, corresponding (as
these do) to those doors from which the stars come forth
according as He has commanded them, and wherein they set
corresponding to their number.
8. And I saw chariots in the heaven, running in the world, above
those portals in which revolve the stars that never set. 9. And
one is larger than all the rest, and it is that that makes its
course through the entire world.
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LXXVI. The Twelve Windows and their Portals.
CHAPTER LXXVI.
1 And at the ends of the earth I saw twelve portals open to all
the quarters (of the heaven), from which the winds go forth and
blow over the earth. 2. Three of them are open on the face (i.e.
the east) of the heavens, and three in the west, and three on
the right (i.e. the south) of the heaven, and three on the left
(i.e. the north).
3. And the three first are those of the east, and three are of
†the north, and three [after those on the left] of the south†,
and three of the west. 4. Through four of these come winds of
blessing and prosperity, and from those eight come hurtful
winds: when they are sent, they bring destruction on all the
earth and on the water upon it, and on all who dwell thereon,
and on everything which is in the water and on the land.
5. And the first wind from those portals, called the east wind,
comes forth through the first portal which is in the east,
inclining towards the south: from it come forth desolation,
drought, heat, and destruction. 6. And through the second portal
in the middle comes what is fitting, and from it there come rain
and fruitfulness and prosperity and dew; and through the third
portal which lies toward the north come cold and drought.
7. And after these come forth the south winds through three
portals: through the first portal of
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them inclining to the east comes forth a hot wind. 8. And
through the middle portal next to it there come forth fragrant
smells, and dew and rain, and prosperity and health. 9. And
through the third portal lying to the west come forth dew and
rain, locusts and desolation.
10. And after these the north winds: from the seventh portal in
the east come dew and rain, locusts and desolation. 11. And from
the middle portal come in a direct direction health and rain and
dew and prosperity; and through the third portal in the west
come cloud and hoar-frost, and snow and rain, and dew and
locusts.
12. And after these [four] are the west winds: through the first
portal adjoining the north come forth dew and hoar-frost, and
cold and snow and frost. And from the middle portal come forth
dew and rain, and prosperity and blessing; and through the last
portal which adjoins the south come forth drought and
desolation, and burning and destruction.
14. And the twelve portals of the four quarters of the heaven
are therewith completed, and all their laws and all their
plagues and all their benefactions have I shown to thee, my son
Methuselah.
[size=18pt]LXXVII. The Four Quarters of the World: the Seven
Mountains, the Seven Rivers, &c.
CHAPTER LXXVII.
1. And the first quarter is called the east, because it is the
first: and the second, the south, because the Most High will
descend there, yea, there in quite a special sense will He who
is blessed for ever descend.
2. And the west quarter is named the diminished, because there
all the luminaries of the heaven wane and go down.
3. And the fourth quarter, named the north, is divided into
three parts: the first of them is for the dwelling of men: and
the second contains seas of water, and the abysses and forests
and rivers, and darkness and clouds; and the third part contains
the garden of righteousness.
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4. I saw seven high mountains, higher than all the mountains
which are on the earth: and thence comes forth hoar-frost, and
days, seasons, and years pass away.
5. I saw seven rivers on the earth larger than all the rivers:
one of them coming from the west pours its waters into the Great
Sea. 6. And these two come from the north to the sea and pour
their waters into the Erythraean Sea in the east.
7. And the remaining four come forth on the side of the north to
their own sea, 〈two of them〉 to the Erythraean
Sea, and two into the Great Sea and discharge themselves there
[and some say: into the desert].
8. Seven great islands I saw in the sea and in the mainland: two
in the mainland and five in the Great Sea.[/size]
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Re: THE BOOK OF ENOCH
By: patrick jane Date: May 21, 2020, 4:24 am
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The Book of Enoch, by R.H. Charles, [1917], at sacred-texts.com
LXXVIII. The Sun and Moon: the Waxing and Waning of the Moon.
CHAPTER LXXVII.
1. And the names of the sun are the following: the first
Orjârês, and the second Tômâs. 2. And the moon has four names:
the first name is Asônjâ, the second Eblâ, the third Benâsê, and
the fourth Erâe.
3. These are the two great luminaries: their circumference is
like the circumference of the heaven, and the size of the
circumference of both is alike. 4. In the circumference of the
sun there are seven portions of light which are added to it more
than to the moon, and in definite measures it is s transferred
till the seventh portion of the sun is exhausted.
5. And they set and enter the portals of the west, and make
their revolution by the north, and come forth through the
eastern portals on the face of the heaven. 6. And when the moon
rises one-fourteenth part appears in the heaven: ⌈the
light becomes full in her⌉: on the fourteenth day she
accomplishes her light.
7. And fifteen parts of light are transferred to her till the
fifteenth day (when) her light is accomplished, according to the
sign of the year, and she becomes fifteen
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parts, and the moon grows by (the addition of) fourteenth parts.
8. And in her waning (the moon) decreases on the first day to
fourteen parts of her light, on the second to thirteen parts of
light, on the third to twelve, on the fourth to eleven, on the
fifth to ten, on the sixth to nine, on the seventh to eight, on
the eighth to seven, on the ninth to six, on the tenth to five,
on the eleventh to four, on the twelfth to three, on the
thirteenth to two, on the fourteenth to the half of a seventh,
and all her remaining light disappears wholly on the fifteenth.
9. And in certain months the month has twenty-nine days and once
twenty-eight. 10. And Uriel showed me another law: when light is
transferred to the moon, and on which side it is transferred to
her by the sun. 11. During all the period during which the moon
is growing in her light, she is transferring it to herself when
opposite to the sun during fourteen days [her light is
accomplished in the heaven], and when she is illumined
throughout, her light is accomplished full in the heaven.
12. And on the first day she is called the new moon, for on that
day the light rises upon her. 13. She becomes full moon exactly
on the day when the sun sets in the west, and from the east she
rises at night, and the moon shines the whole night through till
the sun rises over against her and the moon is seen over against
the sun. 1
4. On the side whence the light of the moon comes forth, there
again she wanes till all the light vanishes and all the days of
the month are at an end, and her circumference is empty, void of
light. 15. And three months she makes of thirty days, and at her
time she makes three months of twenty-nine days each, in which
she accomplishes her waning in the first period of time, and in
the first portal for one hundred and seventy-seven days.
16. And in the time of her going out she appears for three
months (of) thirty days each, and for three months she appears
(of) twenty-nine each. 17. At night she appears like a man for
twenty days each time, and by day she appears like
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the heaven, and there is nothing else in her save her light.
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[size=18pt]LXXIX-LXXX. 1. Recapitulation of several of the Laws.
CHAPTER LXXIX.
1. And now, my son, I have shown thee everything, and the law of
all the stars of the heaven is completed. 2. And he showed me
all the laws of these for every day, and for every season of
bearing rule, and for every year, and for its going forth, and
for the order prescribed to it every month and every week:
3. And the waning of the moon which takes place in the sixth
portal: for in this sixth portal her light is accomplished, and
after that there is the beginning of the waning: 4. 〈And
the waning〉which takes place in the first portal in its
season, till one hundred and seventy-seven days are
accomplished: reckoned according to weeks, twenty-five (weeks)
and two days.
5. She falls behind the sun and the order of the stars exactly
five days in the course of one period, and when this place which
thou seest has been traversed. 6. Such is the picture and sketch
of every luminary which Uriel the archangel, who is their
leader, showed unto me.[/size]
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