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The Descent Into Darkness
CHAPTER
8
Noah and
the people of the Ark settle upon an island they name Salatis
(known to us today as the fabled island of Atlantis) and build a magnificent city they name Kamari, which employs all
the advanced technology of the Oolarians. They spread out upon
the land, populating areas beyond the island of Salatis,
building great, technologically advanced cities, and they
prosper greatly, living many generations in peace and
tranquility. However, there begins to be contentions between the
different cities and over time a schism is created, leading many
down a path of darkness, converting ways of peace to ways of
violence.
1 And it
came to pass that all the Children of Light who descended from
the Ark came down upon the great island which in honor of their
benefactors of the last forty years and the hope they had for
the new Earth, they named Salatis, meaning Promise in
Oolarian.
2 And
the people of Noah and the Oolarians who had come to Earth with
them, lived and prospered on the island of Salatis and many
generations were born and passed away in peace and prosperity.
3 They
built a magnificent city named Kamari, meaning “one with God”
in the ancient language of Noah, and it was here that Noah was
buried when he died at six hundred and thirty six years.
4
And Noah was succeeded as Prophet by Valanjara, who was called
by the Elohim at the young age of only one hundred and seventy,
and became the new Prophetess, after confirmation by revelation
to the Council of Twelve Elders. Her selection was acclaimed by
the citizens for she was loved deeply by many because of the
numerous good works she had done to benefit the people.
5 During
the time of Valanjara, the people of Salatis went forth to many
places around the world; for being directed by God, she was
determined that the light of Elohim should be brought to the
barbarians who were the descendants of the survivors of the
Great Flood.
6 Now
the Children of Light of Salatis and Kamari had brought with
them from the Ark all of the knowledge of the Oolarians, and
from the time of their landing upon Salatis they began to build
their civilization according to the engineering and expertise of
the advanced Oolarian knowledge.
7 So it
was that Kamari rose to become a most beautiful city, with walls
made of stones of various types and colors that were liquefied
and poured into wonderful curving shapes and then solidified in
place as natural stone. And many smaller communities were built
upon the island and adjacent islands and even floating upon the
sea.
8 When
the Kamarians were called by Valanjara to go forth into the
world to bring the light of Elohim to the barbarians, they did
so in marvelous airships patterned after the technology of the
Oolarians.
9 There
were four basic types of ships from the large double decked,
domed saucer that held over one hundred people, which was called
a Vimi, and appeared as a bright, luminous cloud when it flew,
to the small pointed, cylindrical craft that carried one to five
people, and were called Jatals.
10 All
of the sky ships were both lifted and powered by the same
gravitational drives that had been used by the Ark, and the
engines of the Vimi were large enough to lift it into the
Earth's upper atmosphere.
11 To
not frighten the barbarians they encountered, each craft
employed some form of invisibility. The Vimi, simply looked
like a brilliantly glowing cloud, while the Jatals actually were
cloaked in such a way that they could not be seen by the human
eye.
12 It
was decided that cities and communities would be established
near large concentrations of the barbarians. The largest group
of barbarians were found in the valleys of the high mountains
of Tibra, which were the highest on Earth, and had been the
final refuge of many of the survivors of the Great Flood.
13 Seven
towns were founded in the valleys of the Tibran mountains, and
each was initially settled by one hundred families from Kamari
and the communities of Salatis, and in the generations that
followed, these seven communities each grew into beautiful
cities known collectively as the “Seven Cities of Tibra”, and
the people known as Tibrians. And the capital city of the
Tibrians became Retiashi.
14 Four
other communities, also founded by one hundred families, were
placed at other high mountain locations around the world where
many barbarians had escaped the flood, and a fifth was located
on an isolated island in the western ocean that it might become
a remote and protected repository of all knowledge.
15 And
the barbarians who lived near any of the Cities of Light were
blessed to be there, for the Children of Light came among them
and uplifted them with the teachings of Elohim, and many of the
barbarians became one with the Children of Light, and they were
barbarians no more and the cities grew and prospered.
16 But
beyond the trading area of the Cities of Light, where the
barbarians still had little contact with the Children of Light,
the life of the people was still very primitive.
17 And
many more generations passed away and the Earth continued to
blossom with new life in many and varied forms springing up by
the design of the Elohim.
18 Every
thousand years, there was a great millennial celebration among
all the Children of Light upon the Earth. At this time a ship
of the Oolarians, similar to the Ark, would come to Earth to
renew the bonds of the Oolarians with the Children of Light upon
the Earth, and this was the only direct contact the Oolarians
maintained with the descendants of the Noahites.
19 For
one week upon the island of Salatis, there was a great feast and
celebration, and the Children of Light from all over Earth
traveled by every airship available to attend the festivities
and greet the Oolarians, the Children of Light from the stars.
20 And
so did time pass upon the Earth and among many generations there
was bliss.
21 But
beginning at the time of the Prophet Gartan Kul, the bliss began
to vanish and was replaced by strife and descent into darkness
among many of the Children of Light.
22 The
seven cities rose in power, so much so that they outshone the
grandeur and majesty of Kamari. And the people of the seven
cities began to think and act differently than their
forefathers, and they disavowed the supremacy of the Prophet at
Kamari and the Council of Twelve Elders, and named their own
Prophet and Council of Twelve.
23 But
having been called by man and not by God, the Prophet and
Council of Elders of the seven cities spoke to the Elohim, but
heard only their own imaginations in return.
24 In
the land of Salatis, the people were most disturbed by the
schism with the seven cities and there arose a great anger among
many that the seven cities would dare break away.
25 The
Prophet Gartan Kul and the Council of Elders tried to reason
with their people, to convince them that they were overreacting,
but their words only further angered the populace.
26 In
their unrighteous anger, there arose to power Dlamraka, the
self-styled “Great,” a man of glib tongue who incited the people
in their anger toward the citizens of the seven cities, so much
so that he convinced them that only by force of arms could
justice be rendered and the traitors be punished.
27 And
Dlamraka, who was a very wealthy man, raised an army to mount an
offense against the seven cities and capture their leaders. And
he marshaled the knowledge and abilities of many of the great
minds of Salatis and Kamari to turn the peaceful technology of
their cities into engines and vessels of war and violence that
retribution might be rained upon the seven cities.
28
Seeing this the Prophet Gartan Kul spoke as a prophet in the
name of Elohim to the people of Salatis and Kamari, and plainly
told them that they were straying from the path of Elohim and
must not make war upon their brothers or upon anyone except in
self-defense of their lives.
29
Dlamraka argued that they were defending their lives and way of
life, which by the very act of succession, the people of the
seven cities were threatening.
30 Back
and forth went the conflicting words of Gartan Kul and Dlamraka
for many months. And the Council of Twelve also went out among
the people each day to counter the persuasions of Dlamraka and
remind them what it meant to be a Child of Light.
31 But
each day the people listened with boisterous agreement more to
the words of Dlamraka, and hissed in rejection at the words of
the Prophet.
32
Feeling their unwavering disdain, Gartan Kul prayed often to the
Elohim that he might be shown a way to bring his people and the
people of the seven cities back into the light.
33 One
night while he slept, Elohim the Mother came to him in a dream
in answer to his faithful prayers, and seeing her, he kissed the
hand that she offered and asked, “Dearest Mother of Light, a
great schism grows between the Children of Light and many are
turning to ways of darkness, not in depravity, as in the days of
Noah, but in their machinations and thoughts of violence against
their brothers afar. What can I say or do to avert the tides of
war and reconcile and heal the rifts?”
34 And
the Mother answered him, saying, “You have said well and with
truth, all the words that must be said, as have the Council of
Twelve. If the Children of Light will not hearken unto your
words, they have by their choice thrown off the mantle of light
that was upon them, and chosen by their free will to walk a path
that will lead to their destruction.”
35
Hearing this, Gartan Kul was distraught, and he pleaded with the
Mother of Light, saying, “Surely I can do something; exhibit
some great power to show the majesty and truth of Elohim, or
even, I pray that you would do something, such as send a great
wave or darken the sky or show some mighty sign of displeasure
that the people will see the error of their ways before it is
too late.”
36 The
Mother shook her head and said unto him, “When we created the
Earth we put all things upon it that men and women could show by
their actions the extent of their light or the depth of their
darkness.
37 We
gave a mortal life to the immortal soul that men and women could
have a time of weakness and temptation, but also a time of great
learning and expansion, to allow them to become one with the
energies of eternity in which they found the greatest resonance;
that they could determine by their own choices the world of
their eternity.
38 We
understood that sometimes they would give into their weaknesses
and partake of their temptations, and be pulled further into
darkness.
39
Therefore, we left inside all men and women the spark of
divinity that is our light, that they might always know right
from wrong, that even when they chose the darkness their soul
would still be calling them to the light.
40 That
the errors of their mortality might be redeemed, and men and
women become greater than their weaknesses, we offered the path
of repentance, whereby the sins of their past can be forgiven
and forgotten, and they can live once again fully in the light,
drawn to an eternity of fulfillment in resonance with their
illuminated, immortal soul.
41
All this we have created that men and women might fulfill the
destiny they make for themselves, that on the day of judgment,
when they will be pulled to the world of their eternity, be it
light or darkness, that all of the actions and choices of their
lives will be upon their shoulders, and they will not be able to
say, It is because of this circumstance or this person that I
gave into temptation and walked a path of darkness.
42
Beyond this, we are Watchers only; Watchers with sadness
whenever we see our children make the wrong choices. But also
Watchers with love, confident we have given our children the
best path and opportunity to create an eternity for themselves
worthy of the greatness they each have within them.”
43
Hearing the words of the Holy Mother, Gartan Kul nodded in
understanding, but still he pleaded for her help, saying, “Good
Mother, I understand all of the words you have spoken, and I ask
you not to compel my people to the light, but merely give them
such a great sign of your majesty that they will remember who
they are: Children of Light, and return again to the path of
light.
44 If I
may be so bold, in the days of Noah, you acted not as Watchers
only, but intervened in the lives of all men and animals and
plants upon the Earth, and a very great event the flood was. Do
I ask too much to beg you to intervene in a much smaller way
with my people that they may be awakened to the errors of their
choices and return again to the light?”
45 And
the Mother answered him again, saying, “In the days of Noah we
intervened only because the Earth had become perverted from our
design by the fallen Angels of Heaven and not solely by the
actions of man.
46 Such
is not the case in your time, when men descend into darkness by
their own choice.
47 You
fear my son for the tribulations your people may bring upon
themselves, and you are wise to fear, for the very Earth itself shall
become their enemy if they become wells of darkness.
48 This
would not be a punishment from us, but the energy of destruction
man calls upon himself by his own choices of needless violence.”
49 And
the Holy Mother opened the eyes of Gartan Kul in a vision and
he saw the future destruction of the entire island of Salatis as
it sank into the sea in a great eruption of fire and explosion
of the land into many pieces that sank into oblivion deep in the
ocean.
50 And
the Mother said unto him, “This is the fate of Salatis and
Kamari and all the people of this land if they turn to violence
as a way to force their will upon their brothers of the seven
cities. And this is not by our hand, for we are Watchers only,
but the doom they call upon themselves by their actions of
destruction.
51 Nor
shall the fate of the seven cities or the other cities
established by your people fare better if they too walk the path
of senseless violence. Each in their own way shall call
destruction upon them and only the Library of Guache will
survive, for only upon their small, isolated isle do they have
nothing to do with the foolishness of the rest of your people.”
52
Gartan Kul was shaken by the visions the Holy Mother had shown
to him, and in a faltering voice he asked her, “Is what I have
seen a vision of destiny or possibility?”
53 And
the Mother answered him, saying, “You know that all men and
women are called to greatness. That is the destiny we have
prepared for all of our children. But each is given their free
will and a portion of darkness to tempt them, with a portion of
light to ever draw them to the ways of truth and light.
54
Whether their destiny of greatness is fulfilled depends upon the
choices they make by their own free will. For only they are the
masters of their destiny.
55 When
many people unite in a common cause, be it good or evil, they
call the forces of light or darkness upon them by their choices,
and their destiny is written by their actions, be it blessings
or destruction.
56 The
visions you saw are only that which shall occur if your people
pursue a path of senseless violence, even to the killing of
their brothers and sisters of the seven cities. If they turn
from that path, you need only look to the days of glory of this
land, to see the greater destiny of peace and prosperity they
shall inherit.”
57 Again
Gartan Kul nodded his head in agreement, but once again he
questioned the Mother of Light, asking, “Holy Mother, clearly I
understand the words you have spoken, but still I return to my
original questions. Is it too much to ask that you imbue me
with some marvelous ability to manifest your power that I might
turn the hearts of my people back to you, or that you or the
Father would manifest mighty deeds yourself that my people would
remember and return to the pure ways of the Elohim which you
have taught us?
58 In
this quick way, how great a multitude of lives might be saved?
For if the words of war escalate into action, many shall perish,
including many innocent women and children, even to the
destruction of our entire island and all the life upon it, much
of it innocent, especially the animals and plants who are
completely without a part in the befuddled actions of my
people.”
59 And
Elohim the Mother answered him saying, “Do not lose your
perspective of eternity my son. Your life and the lives of all
the animals and plants upon the Earth are but a single breath in
eternity, a single blink of your eyes.
60 A
most important breath and blink it is, but the sadness of death,
even the most horrible, must be tempered with the unfailing
conviction and understanding that life is eternal, as are the
relationships of the innocent and the virtuous, be they man or
beast.
61
Mortality is merely the brief, fierce wind that blows away the
chaff of facade and falsehood, that the wheat of truth and light
may grow in grandeur in eternity.”
62 With
those words, the Holy Mother disappeared from the vision of the
Prophet. When he awoke, he was greatly disturbed by what he had
seen and called a meeting of the Council of Twelve to share with
them all that he had seen and heard.
63 After
hearing his words, the council made haste to redouble their
efforts to turn back the rising calls for war. But despite all
of their actions and words, the people heeded them not at all,
nor the Prophet. And falling further into the darkness they
turned their backs upon all things having to do with God and
church and religion, and became very worldly in all that they
did.
64 And
they no longer gathered together on the holy day of Elohim each
week to celebrate all of their blessings and be edified and
uplifted.
65 In
the seven cities the people walked down the same dark path,
turning their backs upon all things of Elohim and living in the ways
of the world, gluttons of gold and all the things gold could
buy, for their cites were exceedingly wealthy.
66 And
the schism between the people of Kamari and the people of the
seven cites grew into such a great gulf that even trade was
greatly curtailed between them and threats of war flew back and
forth with greater stridence and frequency.
65 In
the 29th
year after the vision of the Prophet, the great millennial
celebration occurred. And it was with wistful and expectant
hearts that the Prophet and the Council of Twelve and the few
others who kept the faith with them hoped for a reconciliation
with their brethren in the seven cities, as all of the
descendants of Noah would be coming to Kamari to celebrate and
greet the Oolarian ship that came every thousand years for the
occasion.
66 And
so they came, from all parts of the Earth where the descendants
of Noah had settled. Most came by airships, but many also by
ships of the sea.
67 But
there was a tension between the people of the different cities
and it was not mollified by the many feasts, or sporting games
or celebrations. And there were numerous fights and brawls
among the men of the various nations over trivial arguments and
puffed up vanities.
68 By
the last day, as all the people gathered on the great lawn of
the Holy Temple to await the coming of the Oolarian ship, it was
all most could do to restrain themselves from yelling and
fighting with the people from other lands, for great did they
each perceive their grievances.
69 But
the day turned to night and the Oolarian ship did not appear.
And that night there were many fights among the people of the
various nations and cities as they released their pent up anger
toward one another, and one hundred and twenty-three people were
slain that evening in many incidents of anger and violence
around the city.
70
On the
morning of the next day word was sent out that the Prophet would
address all the people at noon at the Holy Temple concerning the
Oolarians. People no longer cared to listen to the words of the
Prophet but they did wish to know about why the Oolarians had
not appeared, so when noon arrived the great lawn was once again
teeming with people from many lands.
71 And
the prophet stood upon a high balcony atop a minaret that he
could be seen by all the people, and his voice and image were
cast mechanically throughout the entire city. And he said unto
them, “Oh Children of Light, you who are loved so greatly by
Elohim, our Holy Father and Mother and elder Brother, how have
you strayed so far from what you know to be true?
72 Why
have you turned away from love for one another and embraced
violence? What can violence bring you but more violence? What
have you gained by turning away from the light of Elohim? What
is your reward for giving your brothers and sisters of other
lands a blow instead of a kiss?
73
Verily, the Elohim have given you free will and have not compelled
you to walk their path. But your choices have consequences,
perhaps greater than you have realized.
74 When
you tend a fire, it grows or shrinks depending upon how much
wood you feed it. And the fire can do good or evil depending
upon how you are using it.
75 You
could use it for evil and burn down your neighbor's house. Or,
you could use it for good to melt and fashion gold and silver
and create beautiful jewelry.
76 If
you use it for evil and burn down your neighbor's house, you can
continue to add fuel to the fire and burn down many houses, or
even an entire city. But what is gained by such foolishness?
Smug pride that you put your insulting neighbors in their place?
77
Perhaps seeing the destruction you have wrought, you will have a
feeling of satisfaction, but will that feeling last once you
realize that you no longer will be able to obtain that exquisite
wine you so savor because you have burnt the vineyards? Or that
special fish you like for the Jartera celebration, because you
have sunk the fishing fleet?
78 Do
not think to yourself that you can bring forth violence and not
have it snap back and strike you an even greater blow. Violence
begets violence, even as love begets love.
79 If
you burn your neighbors house, do you think that those that
survive will leave your house unscathed? If you destroy your
neighbor's vineyard, do you think that yours will somehow be
spared? If you sink your neighbor's fishing fleet, do you think
that yours will somehow survive?
80 If
you beat or kill your neighbor, do you not think that your
neighbors friends and family will not now look to ways that they
might beat or kill you and your family?
81
Violence only begets more violence, and if you continue to
travel upon the road you have embarked upon, painfully evidenced
by the deaths that came to some last night, then you may
consider what I have just spoken of, not mere stories, but
prophecies from Elohim of what shall come to pass in your lives
in the days to come.
82 And
more than this my brothers and sisters; much more than this; so
hear my words well. Verily, I speak to you as the Prophet of
Elohim and my words are the visions the Elohim have shown to me.
83 With
words of soberness I say unto you, that if you persist in talk
of war instead of words of peace, that you shall find that which
you seek. But in it, you will loose more than your houses and
your vineyards and your fishing fleets. You will loose your
very lives; all of you. And the great cities you have built
will be no more.
84 The
world will survive. The barbarians will still be upon it, but
you will not. The violence you beget will come back to hurt you
one hundred, even one thousand fold, even unto your deaths.
Your land shall be laid waste and your cities shall be
destroyed.
85 You
who are great upon the Earth, who have built beautiful cities
that rival the mansions of heaven, shall be as if you never
were. Your cities shall be utterly destroyed, so much so that
the generations of the barbarians to come will have no memory of
the Children of Light that came from Noah, or that the
magnificent and wonderful cities they built, ever even existed.
86 You
consider yourselves enlightened men and women, people of
intelligence and knowledge. Yet you speak with hatred towards
those who are different than you, and initiate violence against
those who do not agree with you, simply because they do not.
87 Are
you using violence as a tool to achieve that which you cannot
gain by reason, or a worthy and just pursuit?
88 I
beseech you! Remember who you are and the light of Elohim that
has guided our people for generations upon generations.
89 It is
not in violence or war that you will find peace or justice, but
only in love and agreement, with a gentle eye and a forgiving
heart for differences.
89
Violence only brings destruction. Your passions become
inflamed, your sorrows increased and your hatred multiplied.
90 Today
we gaze upon the sad sight of over one hundred of our people
from all parts of the world, murdered in a night of senseless
violence. What comes next, a retaliation and escalation of what
was brought in the night? Do not give into that temptation.
91 More
killing will not bring back the dead. It will only deepen the
darkness. If you create more darkness it will not take away the
night that has occurred; only greater light can accomplish that
miracle.
92 If
you are motivated by revenge to increasing your hatred, it will
not do away with the hatred that also motivates your opponents.
Only love can bring that new dawn.
93 And I
love you still, as do the Elohim, and I implore you to remember
who you are, and how greatly you have been blessed, and live up
to your highest potential, not descend down to your lowest.
94 You
are not Kamarians or Tibrians or Celians. You are all brothers
and sisters. You are not black or white, or yellow or red, you
are simply the children of the most high, each given a beauty of
your own.
95 The
more you separate yourselves by the country you live in, the
differences of your customs, or the color of your skins, the
more you are inviting violence into your lives.
96 It is
for this cause, because of your separation instead of
unification, because of your desires for war instead of peace,
for violence instead of reason, that the Oolarians have not
come; nor will they ever again, save you become once again
Children of Light, who live by the light.
97 But I
perceive that I speak to the air. You see my lips move, but
your ears hear not my words.
98 I
will have no more to say to you, for you have hardened your
hearts towards me and the words I speak, which come from Elohim.
99 You
are in the last minute of the last hour before your
destruction. But even now it is not too late to turn from hate
and embrace love, to refute violence and propagate peace.
100 Your
fate is in your hands, as are the fates of your children, and
your animals, and your homes and your cities.
101 Hear
well my words. When you stand before Elohim, as you one day
will, you will not be able to say you were ignorant, for I tell
you plainly, on the road you travel to violence and war there
are no winners, nor will there be victors, for your mutual
destructions shall be total and final.
102
Knowing that, can you be so blinded by foolishness that you
would give up everything for nothing?”
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