Chapter 5


1

Yes, they saw a pool of water and inside a great dragon which swam, and the dragon had six eyes and seven horns, and fins, and in its mouth its tail. And the Spirit of YHVH said unto the pair: Behold the source of all wickedness, he is who it is that has led the children of Jacob into bondage and blinded their minds. Behold! And they looked and beheld that the dragon loosed its tail and withdrew from the pool, and it came unto the place of a great tree, and the tree stretched forth into the heavens north and into the heavens east and west. And behold, it had roots stretching deep into the earth, which earth is the earth of the skies.

2

And they witnessed as the dragon circled round about the roots of the tree, to there lie in wait. And there came another like unto it, and it began to consume the root of the tree. And Seth asked, what is the meaning of all this? Never have I seen such a thing!

3

And El'Yoroi'Zera said: what you see before you is the Tree of Life of which our first parents were commanded not to partake of, for in the day they should, they would live forever in their sins.

4

And Seth asked: whyfore do we see it now? Should we partake and live forever in our sins?

5

And Seth beheld a fire that it fell from the tops of the tree, and this fire was the spirit of a man, the likeness of a man. And it witnessed the two dragons that consumed the tree and trapped the tree, and said unto them: you do not belong. Get hence!

6

And the dragon, which had consumed its tail, turned on the spirit of the man in fire and tried to consume him. Nevertheless, it could have no hold upon the man, for the fire withstood the dragon. And the dragon, which had consumed its tail, fled back into the pool and away from the tree.

7

And Seth beheld the second dragon that it gnawed at the roots of the tree, but did not flee. Yet, its progress was halted, for the spirit of the man in fire caused that that dragon be consumed by fire. And the dragon fell away into paths unknown, never to be seen again.

8

And understanding was given to Seth, insomuch that he knew the meanings of all that he had seen. And he also beheld the Spirit of YHVH, which had been with them, that the spirit had power to give all men understanding.

9

When they had seen these things, the Spirit of YHVH spoke unto Seth, saying: What you see here you shall write in a book and cause that to be passed down from generation to generation that when the time comes, and your people fall into paths unknowable, they may be preserved because of your righteousness. And again, Seth was given understanding and wept before his Adon, and the heavens were more opened unto him, and El'Yoroi'Zera fled from the spirit in that Seth might be more fully taught that which El'Yoroi'Zera could not receive, for it is given unto each man to behold the face of their Redeemer.