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Now, I Vovfen continue with the visions which Yōzefos saw while he was traveled down into the southern parts, for it came to pass that nearly two hundred years before the Messiah came, there came a prophet to the south, and his name was Freisian. Now this Freisian came from near to the land of Rōmwas, and he had been a slave brought up from near the lands of Yahūdah. And he had been captured and sold to the Rōmwasi for much money. And it was that in the night the Aiy came unto him and told him to flee into the mountains and that the guards would catch him not. And so it was that Fresian obeyed and fled into the mountains in the peninsula. And as he did, he came across Yōzefos, who had been inspired by the Aiy to go prophesy to the Rōmwasi, and their works make up some part of the Teachings of the Prophets to the Rōmwasi. Nevertheless, they went up in Sydeir upon their meeting and saw many great and marvelous things, even so many that cannot be written, but many things that can, and thus I give an account of the visions of Yōzefos and Freisian.
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Now, as I was traveling unto the lands of the peninsula, I came near unto the land of Sardinia and when I had done this, I came upon a camp and in the camp was a man, and this man wore a Urim and Thummim, not like unto the Fire Urims which we wear in the north, but like the tool worn by those in the south and in the far west lands.100 And knowing that this man was a prophet of the Aiy, drew near unto him, and we sat and learned of each other. And lo, he had come from the lands of Yahūdah a slave unto Rōmwas, and thus we knew that the Aiylōhyme had led us both into finding each other.
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And so it was we were called by the Aiy to preach unto the Rōmwasi together, and in this, we found great faith. Nevertheless, before we did, we went up in Sydeir together and saw many great and marvelous things which I will record for my posterity.
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So it was that we built a fire and I, wearing my Fire Urim and he wearing his Urim and Thummim, began to sing the songs of everlasting life, and as we did this, we beheld of the Aiyseir and he beckoned us to follow him. And thus, it was that we were led into a high and beautiful mountain surrounded on all sides by trees. And there was a fountain leading unto the earth that spilled forth from below the mighty tree. And we knelt down and offered oblations unto the Aiylōhyme and unfolded before us in the ripples of the stream a mighty vision.
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And we beheld the earth as it was a rod that stretched forth into the north and into the south and the east and into the west. And we beheld a man dressed in white linen, and he asked: Where do you wish to go?
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And Fresian answered him: To the north.
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And so it was that we followed this man up the northern rod, and we saw the northern lands that were attached to the end of this rod. And the man said: What you see here are the hidden things of the earth. For below what you can see there is more.
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And we beheld below the earth that there were many hidden things. Civilizations lost and many records which had been buried. And we saw the rolling back of the flood, and as the flood rolled back, the deep things rose and sat upon the earth. And we saw the land of Nyōrd that it was the place of many palaces and castles. And we saw a host prepared for war. And so it was that the host rallied before their king, who was a descendant of that Lōk, and he ruled the lands round about with strength.
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And the man said, these things have been hidden from your generations that they might not fall into apostasy. For you know that the north lands are the lands of Lōk and Freya and that all wicked men and woman have their roots from the hosts of this land. And we saw that great king lead his people to war against the other nations and brought them into subjugation.
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And we also saw that this king had with him dragons and dwarves and elves and goblins and all wicked abominations upon the earth. And he desired most of all the Yōtons who were mighty, he himself being descended from a Yōton. And he brought his host before the king of the Yōtons and prostrated himself and said: Great ruler of Yōtonheim, I am your humble servant, serve me for a time, and all this might be yours.
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And the king of the Yōtons was impressed and gathered his armies to war with the king of Nyōrd. And their armies became one. And it was that they desired to snuff out the seed of Thelli, that righteous seer of old, for there remained but one righteous in all the land. And they marched upon that one little nation, and the count of the righteous was exceedingly few. And those few turned and fled from before the host of armies. And there was one among them who's name was Dwemi.101 And this Dwemi was exceedingly young, and he sought the Aiy while in his youth. And there came unto him many great and marvelous visions which cannot be written.
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And he went before the host and proclaimed all unto repentance, for he could not hold back the spirit inside him. And the host mocked him and many tried to slay him, but none could touch him for the power of Aiy in him. And he went from place to place crying repentance unto as many as would listen, but it was that the hearts of the people of Nyōrd were too hard, and he was cast away as a vagabond. Nevertheless, he took his people and those very few who would listen to him and settled in a new place, and this place was near unto the place where his forefathers had come from.
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And it was that in the land of Nyōrd, the people went from wickedness to wickedness, and they had Lōk to be their guide, for that portion of the world is his domain. And they located the righteous records which Thelli had written and buried them deep within the earth, causing them to be lost. And we beheld that they also buried the records of their fathers, some of whom were righteous. And those writing which had been written by their wicked fathers became lost, such was the curse on the land.
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For in those days the Aiylōhyme caused a curse to come upon the land, and now we know this curse that any people so exceedingly wicked that no righteous dwell among them cannot hold their belongings and possessions. And this curse is a curse that must come upon all wicked nations and people, for the matter from which these possessions are created from is matter unto the Aiylōhyme; therefore, the matter cannot abide the presence of utter wickedness, therefore it flees away from them. And in this manner, it is as it is written that their possessions became slippery unto them. And all men blamed one another for their missing possessions. And all came up unto anger one against another. And thus it was that the many records and tablets, and writings of this wicked people were consumed by the earth. And we know and it was shown us that the writings of Thelli, which were lost, shall once again be had; nevertheless, the writings of the wicked have been thrust down to Hel and Helel guards them as is her punishment.
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And this was the vision of the north parts of the earth, for Lōk is its master, and he is a vagabond there still to this day. And when the day came that a righteous man on the earth came, he found the vagabond among the slaughter of this people, for the entire people had slaughtered itself in anger and greed, and thus was the seed of Lōk ended. And the righteous man, and we know not his name, sealed Lōk in the pit which is Mūspleheim. And at this time, so too were Sert and the Mūsple sealed inside, but Hrōdi cannot be sealed inside until the great and last day when Thūnoraz himself will seal Hrōdi in the pit, and this is so that Hrōdi may try and test man. But Sert and Lōk are not to try and test man but are appendages of Hrōdi's endless wickedness, and all are bound to the earth.
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And it was that we were shown the earth as it was a great rod. And that rod stretched into the north and into the south and to the east and to the west. And an Aiyseir alighted upon the earth and said: It is given you to know the directions of the earth and see the hidden things therein. Where do you wish to go?
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And it came to pass that I said: We desire to see the south. And so it was that we went down the rod to the south. And we beheld the crust of the earth, that there were many great things hidden beneath the crust here. And we beheld the deluge that it abated. And we saw the lands of the south as they were a single continent, and this continent was attached to the west by a land bridge. And we beheld a great and mighty civilization that it lay dormant beneath the crust. And the Aiyseir said: Arise, you hidden things, and make yourself known!
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And it was that that dormant civilization arose from the dust, and with it many records, as is the lot of the people of the Aiyseir. And mighty stones arose from the dust and sat upon the earth, and they seemed after the manner of the stones that the people of Yōhannaz carve. And on them were writings that no man could translate save they had the power of Heimalaz and the seer, and we were permitted to translate some few of them which we have not included here, but they are had among the people of Yōhannaz and they are mighty, and only a truly righteous people may have them, for the writings are commanded never to come forth save by the word of the Aiy alone.
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And after we translated these stones, we beheld a mighty civilization that it was industrious and it watched over the land. And it was ruled by the Elves, and they were just caretakers of the earth and tilled it only when the earth permitted, and they fasted the remainder of the time. And these were the Elves which Aiylōhyme placed on the earth to help steward it, for the Aiyseir knew that man would be everlasting greed and only a few righteous would exist save for the Vyaneir which abide only in spirit or upon Athalaz in perfected bodies.
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And the Aiylōhyme set the elves to guard the earth and thus they watched over her as stewards and caretakers, and they care for the earth when the hearts of men grow exceedingly wicked, but when the hearts of men grow increasingly righteous, they depart the earth, for they are not needed, for it is given man to steward over the earth.
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And we beheld the elves, that they built mighty structures, but not mighty as the ways of man, for at this time, men built many mighty structures after their pride. But the elves built structures to aid the earth and give her and all that live on her sanctuary. And thus, it is that they are blessed among all beings upon the earth.
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And when we had seen this, we beheld the earth as it was a great rod. And the rod stretched into the north and into the south and to the east and to the west. And Thūnoraz himself alighted upon the earth and spoke, saying: Sons of men, what do you desire to behold?
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And we spoke, saying: We desire to see the hidden things of the east.
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And we were taken to the east to the time before the great deluge. And we beheld the rotations of the earth and the stars, that they were not as they were. And we beheld the sun that it was nearer the earth and gave more life. And we beheld the crust of the east that it hid many great things. And Thūnoraz spoke, saying: Sons of men, what do you wish to see?
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And we spoke, saying: We desire to see the hidden things of the east.
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And Thūnoraz spoke again, saying: See the hidden things of the east.
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And we beheld the deluge roll back and the hidden things of the earth arise from beneath the crust. And we beheld the dwarves that they cared for the garden in the absence of Azk and Emalō. And there were Aiyseir there and the Dwarves and the Aiyseir dwelt together in peace and they tilled the garden and aided it to grow. But the corruption of the earth began to cause the garden to wilt and depress, insomuch that the dwarves and the Aiyseir began to fret for it exceedingly. And they with one voice cried unto the Aiylōhyme and the Aiylōhyme had mercy upon the dwarves and the Aiyseir and upon the precious garden which they had created. And it came to pass that they took up the matter of the garden and set the remainder beneath the earth and thus was the garden hidden from the world, and in the absence of the world did the garden begin again to thrive and no more did it wilt.
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And the dwarves, knowing that much of the essence of the garden had been removed below, sought a way to reach it. And they became industrious like unto the elves of the south and they began to tunnel down towards the garden. And when they had reached it, there they settled and again began caring for the garden and tilling it until the day when the Aiylōhyme would again call it back up.
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And we also beheld a nation of people that they were righteous among all the earth and they were warned of the coming deluge which would destroy the wicked upon the earth and the cried unto their creators to save them and an Aiyseir landed in their midst and they were led into the tunnels of the dwarves and into the garden place which had been preserved by the Aiylōhyme and there they dwelt in righteousness with the dwarves.102
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And it came to pass that after we beheld this, we saw the earth as it was a great rod, and that it stretched far into the north and into the south and to the east and into the west. And an Aiyseir alighted upon the earth and said: Sons of Thūnoraz, what is wanted?
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And we both spoke, saying: We desire to see the hidden things of the west. And we were led into the west where we beheld the crust of the earth that it was barren. And we beheld nothing below, and nothing above. And we asked the Aiyseir: What is the meaning of this?
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And the Aiyseir spoke saying: This is the place which is called Sheol in the Hebrew and the place which is called the Gehenna in Aramaic and the place which is called Hel in the Nyōrse.
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And we wondered and awed at it. And the Aiyseir spoke again, saying: Behold this place that it is dark. And here are all the spirits of the damned kept until they shall be loosed again on the earth for a season. For so it is that in the last days a man will be given the key to this place and he shall unlock it and the hoard shall remove from it and they shall again dwell upon the earth.
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And Fresian and myself, we wept at the sight and cried saying, is there any who can close this place up again?
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And the Aiyseir said: Throughout the ages it is given men to shut the door to this place, now behold the men who have shut the door to this place. And we beheld Nōh, our father, that he closed the door to this place, and we beheld Svemaz his son that he closed the door to this place, and many there were throughout the ages who had shut the door to this place. But nearly as often, a man who was a disciple and the heir of that Lōk came again to open the door to this place, and there are nearly as many men that opened it as men who closed it.
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And we beheld that nearly every time it was closed, Lōk was trapped inside and Sert was trapped inside, but Hrōdi was never trapped inside, for it is given Hrōdi to try and to tempt men. But Lōk and Sert are doers of evil and have no place upon the earth, for they are darkness everlasting.
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But Hrōdi was nearly always left to try and torment man. And in this, we saw that the Lōkic combinations always began again, for Hrōdi was the master of them. And in this way, a man was always led unto the pit.
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And we cried unto the Aiyseir: Why can the doors not be closed for good?
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And the Aiyseir said: Because of the demands of justice which say a being must be tried, but cannot ever be locked away without an end to the imprisonment, for such is the universal laws of justice. If there be a beginning, there must needs be an end.
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And we cried again saying: But Aiyseir, they are loosed and they cause much pain and sorrow upon the earth. Is there no way to trap them forever that the denizens of the earth may be spared?
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And the Aiyseir spoke, saying: There is not. Nevertheless, there will come a time when Thūnoraz shall touch his foot upon the earth a second time. And when he does this all the Dregr and the Mūsple, the goblins and the trolls shall be locked inside the pit one final time. And here they shall stay until the completion of the earth when they shall be again loosed a final time.
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And we beheld Hrōdi that he was incarcerated when Thūnoraz touched down upon the earth, and all the dregr with him. Insomuch that there were no wicked or evil spirits upon the earth at all. And the ways of men became peace everlasting. And we beheld the earth that she gave of all her secrets. And we also beheld the garden that had gone above and below that it was again joined to the earth. And in this time, the elves came among men to dwell with them and the dwarves and the souls of the Nifle were had among all men, for all men were of equal stature to the Son. And in this time, the Aiylōhyme came down to visit the earth as was in the garden, and all they who had ascended to become Aiyseir came frequently to visit the earth.
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Nevertheless, there came again a man who located the keys to the pit and all were set loose again. And the evil spirits tried to make war with the Aiyseir, but the Aiyseir had no war in their hearts and refused to take part. And the lesser part of men went to war, but never came near unto the garden place for fear of the Aiyseir that dwelt there. And the earth became waste away in war and violence. And it was that all the wicked destroyed themselves even until there were none left upon the earth. And it was that there was not upon the earth save the hoards and the Aiyseir, and the Aiyseir invoked the right of justice and banished the hoards from the earth, never to step foot upon her again. And they went to the place which cannot be named, for there is no name.
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And we beheld the earth as it was a sphere, that the rods were all one. And an Aiyseir alighted upon the earth and asked: What is wanted?
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And I asked: We have seen the hidden things of the earth, Aiyseir. What else may we see?
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And the Aiyseir tapped his toe to the east ocean and it began to swell and we looked within and beheld a great star that it dwelt within the earth. And the Aiyseir spoke, saying: What you see is what the earth shall be, for this is the soul of the earth which is righteous and holy above all the creations of the Aiylōhyme.
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And we asked: What does this thing mean?
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And the Aiysier spoke, saying: When the work of the earth is complete, she shall not take upon herself the silver body as she has hitherto done, nor will she take up the golden body as the Son has before her, but she shall take up the body of flame. And she shall dwell in everlasting burnings.
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And we beheld the soul of the earth that it swelled and became mighty like unto the stars in the sky and the heat upon the earth caused all to melt and all became as glass, great Elohimus.
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And we beheld the glass that it was white and silver and pure above all.
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And the Aiyseir lowered us towards the earth which was now called Velhyme in the north tongue. And the Aiyseir spoke saying: In this way the earth shall become like unto Athalaz and the two shall become one, connected by the bands and the cords which have been woven by the Sisters. And we beheld three planets which had also ascended unto the fourth order, that they were they which were called the Sisters, and they had caused the cords and the lines to be woven throughout the universe, and all were connected through them.
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But we again beheld the earth that fire was on her everlasting, Elohimus. And we record no more of this vision, for it was great, and that is all we are permitted to write. Nevertheless, any may see this vision in its entirety, for we have left out many details.
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I am Yōzefos the seer, and I am he who wrote these things. And I am the father of that great seer who should come set my people free from their bondage among the lands of Scythia. I call on all that they may read these things which I have written and know of their surety through that power which Heimalaz possesses, and all may see the remainder of this vision and I plead that all will seek it, for there are many things in it which are important unto the salvation of souls. And thus I make an end of my writings. Aiy.