1 [26:1]
And from thence went I 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 [26:2]
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 [26:3]
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 [26:4]
And to the west thereof there was another mountain, lower than the former and of small elevation, and a ravine deep and dry between them: and another deep and dry ravine was at the extremities of the three mountains.
5 [26:5]
And all the ravines were deep and narrow, being formed of hard rock, and trees were not planted upon them.
6 [26:6]
And I marveled at the rocks, and I marveled at the ravine, yea, I marveled very much.
7 [27:1]
Then said I: For what object is this blessed land, which is entirely filled with trees, and this accursed valley between?
8 [27:2a]
Then Uriel, one of the holy angels who was with me, answered and said: This accursed valley is for those who are accursed forever:
9 [27:2b]
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.
10 [27:2c]
Here shall they be gathered together, and here shall be the place of their judgement, and thus the place of their habitation.
11 [27:3a]
In the last days there shall be upon them the spectacle of righteous judgement in the presence of the righteous forever:
12 [27:3b]
Here shall the godly and the merciful bless the Lord of glory, the Eternal King.
13 [27:4]
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.
14 [27:5]
Then I blessed the Lord of Glory and set forth His glory and lauded Him gloriously.
15 [28:1]
And thence I went towards the east, into the midst of the mountain range of the desert; and I saw a wilderness and it was solitary, full of trees and plants.
16 [28:2]
And water gushed forth from above.
17 [28:3]
Rushing like a copious watercourse which flowed towards the northwest; it caused clouds and dew to ascend on every side.
18 [29:1]
And thence I went to another place in the desert and approached to the east of this mountain range.
19 [29:2]
And there I saw aromatic trees exhaling the fragrance of frankincense and myrrh, and the trees also were similar to the almond tree.
20 [30:1]
And beyond these, I went afar to the east, and I saw another place, a valley full of water.
21 [30:2]
And therein there was a tree, the color of fragrant trees such as the mastic.
22 [30:3a]
And on the sides of those valleys I saw fragrant cinnamon.
23 [30:3b]
And beyond these I proceeded to the east.
24 [31:1]
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.
25 [31:2]
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 (nataf), being like almond trees.
26 [32:3]
And when one burnt it, it smelt sweeter than any fragrant odor.
27 [33:1]
And after these fragrant odors, as I looked towards the north(east) over the mountains I saw seven mountains full of choice nard, and fragrant trees, and mastic, and cinnamon, and pepper.
28 [33:2]
And thence I went over the summits of all these mountains, far towards the east of the earth, and passed above the Erythraean sea and went far from it and passed over the angel Zotîêl.
29 [33:3]
And I came to the Garden of Righteousness, and from afar off trees more numerous than these trees and great—two trees there, very great, beautiful, and glorious, and magnificent, and of goodly fragrance; and one of these was the tree of knowledge, whose holy fruit they eat and know great wisdom.
30 [33:4]
That tree is in height like the fir, and its leaves are⌉ like those of the Carob tree: and its fruit is like the clusters of the vine, very beautiful: and the fragrance of the tree penetrates afar.
31 [33:5]
Then I said: How beautiful is the tree, and how attractive is its look!
32 [33:6]
Then Raphael the holy angel who was with me answered me and said: This is the tree of wisdom, of which thy father old in years and thy aged mother, who were before thee, have eaten, and they learnt wisdom and their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked and they were driven out of the garden.
33 [34:1]
And from thence I went to the ends of the earth and saw there great beasts, and each differed from the other; and I saw birds also differing in appearance and beauty and voice, the one differing from the other.
34 [34:2]
And to the east of those beasts I saw the ends of the earth whereon the heaven rests, and the portals of the heaven open.
35 [34:3]
And I saw how the stars of heaven come forth, and I counted the portals out of which they proceed, and wrote down all their outlets, of each individual star by itself, according to their number and their names, their courses and their positions, and their times and their months, as Uriel the holy angel who was with me showed me.
36 [34:4]
He showed all things to me and wrote them down for me: also their names he wrote for me, and their laws and their companies.
37 [35:1]
And from thence I went towards the north to the ends of the earth, and there I saw a great and glorious device at the ends of the whole earth.
38 [35:2]
And here I saw three portals of heaven open in the heaven: through each of them proceed north winds: when they blow there is cold, hail, frost, snow, dew, and rain.
39 [35:3]
And out of one portal they blow for good: but when they blow through the other two portals, it is with violence and affliction on the earth, and they blow with violence.
40 [36:1]
And from thence I went towards the west to the ends of the earth and saw there three portals of the heaven open such as I had seen in the east, the same number of portals, and the same number of outlets.