The Lord Of Spirits
Jupiter and Saturn
Grace Van Duzen
I'm going to read just a little bit from something written by Velikovsky on Saturn and the Flood.
“While the actual beginning of the drama (meaning all of these catastrophes) is shrouded in the mists of grey antiquity, there is a point at which a clearer picture emerges. This is the time when the two giant planets, Saturn and Jupiter, approached each other closely.” Very little is known of this—how long they were in close proximity. But he points out that, “Cosmological thought of ancient peoples conceived of the history of the earth as divided into periods of time, each ruled by a different planet. Of these, the epoch of Saturn, or Kronos, another name for it, was remembered as a time of bliss, and it was made to precede the period during which Jupiter was the dominant deity.”
So you had Jupiter and Saturn before the Flood, and they were doing something at the time of Lemuria too, but here was a very close proximity and something happened where there was a disturbance and an imbalance created in Saturn because of something being thrown off from Jupiter; the time element is not known here. We only know that these things happened at some point; we don't want to try to pin it down, but there was a disturbance in which both Jupiter and Saturn participated—this we know. “Various peoples witnessed the events and described them as a celestial human drama in different forms. The Greeks have Jupiter, the son of Saturn, Kronos, dethrone his father and banish him and take his place to become the supreme deity.” So, in ancient mythology Jupiter did away with his father, Saturn, dethroned him, whatever—emasculated him, in one legend—and took over. And the beginning of the history of the Old Testament has Jupiter in that position—the great king Baal, he'll be called.
“A nova is thought to result from an instability in a star, generated by a sudden influx of matter usually derived from its companion. If what today we call Jupiter and Saturn are the products of such a sequence of events, their appearance and respective masses must formerly have been quite different.” They were much larger. “At some point during a close approach to Jupiter, Saturn became unstable and as a result of the influx of extraneous material, it exploded, flaring as a nova which, after subsiding, left a remnant that the ancients still recognized as Saturn even though it was but a fraction of the size of the celestial body of earlier days.” It dominated the heavens before this happening, and some of the legends say that Jupiter bound his father with rings, and you have the rings around Saturn. Jupiter was stripped of its outer envelope, so here you have a great change as well.
“My conclusion that, as a result of its interplay with Jupiter, Saturn became a nova, I found confirmed in many ancient sources in which Saturn is regularly associated with brilliant light. But I was led to this idea first of all by a certain clue contained in the Biblical account of the Deluge. The story, as found in Genesis, starts: ‘And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.’ After seven days of what?” It's a good question. “Some words seem to be missing. It is clear, however, that Isaiah refers to the same seven days in his description of the age to come when ‘the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days.’ This memory of the seven days of light preceding the Deluge is a most important indication of the physical cause of the catastrophe. The intense light filling the sky points to a source in a nova within the solar system. If, as all evidence indicates, the nova was in fact Saturn, we may obtain an estimate of the earth's distance from the source of the illumination in the following way: the light from Saturn's explosion probably reached the earth in a matter of minutes, practically simultaneously with the beginning of its nova phase, but the waters followed seven days later. Though ejected in the same catastrophic destruction, the gases or filaments took a week to reach the earth”—Velikovsky estimates how close the earth was to Saturn because of all this.
“With the end of the seven days of light, the earth became enveloped in waters of cosmic origin, whether coming directly from Saturn—and Saturn is known to contain water—or formed from clouds of hydrogen gas ejected by the nova, which combined by means of powerful electrical discharges with the earth's own free oxygen. There are definite indications of a drastic drop in the atmospheric oxygen at the time of the Deluge.” So great changes occurred, which have continued. “The Midrashim and other ancient sources describe the waters of the flood as being warm; in addition, rich in chlorine.” That’s interesting, isn't it? There was great fear in ancient peoples because of what had occurred, really quite recently in their times, and they dreaded the gods—that this could happen again unless they appeased the gods with mostly human sacrifice; animal sacrifice later. But here you have the origin of human sacrifice.
What I'm emphasizing here is the great difference, changes that have happened on the face of this planet; whereas the old idea was that this is the way it was created—it's always been this way. Man has brought about many changes on the face of the earth. But the Lord has always been able to do something about it, or with it, no matter what man has done. And we see the power of the Lord's Creation in bringing all this about and the absolute insistence in nature, as we call it—nature—of bringing forth beauty. And as Martin's beautiful service says, “For God did make the earth a womb, where beauty might be born.” Nothing else can be born out of the womb of God—nature won't produce anything but that; it will make it right if it possibly can. It's only man who persists and wastes all his time and energy and dies in the process, to make it ugly. But with God, given a chance, it's very simple. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2017/08/seth-enoch-noah-from-story-of-man-grace.html]
The Word And Its Influence
Grace Van Duzen 1987
World Service—one aspect of this has come particularly to my attention over the past few years, and that is the evidence in the world body as a whole that they are hearing the Word. They haven’t heard us out there speaking it particularly but they are certainly getting a message. Of course everything that’s happening on the face of the earth, whether we like it or not, whether it’s good or bad or anything else, is a result of the World Service in which we participate—the Word and its influence.
But I am thinking of it specifically with regard to some books that have come out. What is revealed is a growing recognition that what has been included in the Bible has been distorted—not an innocent accident but deliberately. I am thinking of the gathering together and arranging of the Bible as we know it—the Gospels—that much has been put in there. For all of our Story of Man classes we have known that. We have said the virgin birth is an inclusion of a paganistic concept, and that Jesus did not die on the cross, and so on—but it’s really getting through in many places. And what I find interesting is that it doesn’t matter a hoot how it was put together, the Word came through. The Word is in the Bible. It is in the Gospels.
It is good that this recognition come, the conviction that the Master did not die. And it’s interesting because there are different manipulations as to why He didn’t, what the circumstance was—which doesn’t matter, again—but the conviction is there and that’s great. And of course what we see a lot of these days is, or I have, is Biblical scholars—the ecclesiastia of the church—doubting many things. A very recent one is a man who has been associated with the church for many many years, who realizes the things that have been included such as the virgin birth, and other things, put Jesus in a class by Himself, and contradict His words that “you can do it, and greater works than these.” Why are they greater? Because more people are doing it. So these are some of the things which, to me, are strong indications of our World Service having effect.
In a different vein, another Book has come to my attention. It is one of the oldest on the face of the earth, but it has been given form recently and has come to my attention. It is called, The Book of Enoch the Prophet, and that goes back pretty far. You know where Enoch came in the Bible? Before the flood. And he is spoken of as one who “walked with God.” He was with God, and he was not, because God took him—not up into the sky somewhere. That’s an interesting fact in this book, because he was around. So this prophecy—I would bring it to focus because it is exactly the same as anything we hear from this place today. The truth is true and it doesn’t change. But it’s interesting to see something that was said that long ago—before the flood. He was the great-grandfather of Noah. So I am going to read a little bit about this:
“In the year 1773, after a period of almost total obscurity lasting 1500 years, a Scottish explorer, James Bruce, discovered in what is now Ethiopia, The Book of Enoch.” Many of these things were unearthed in the land around Egypt. He writes: “Amongst the articles I consigned to the library at Paris was a very beautiful and magnificent copy of the prophecies of Enoch. Another is amongst the books of scripture that I brought home, standing immediately before The Book of Job, which is its proper place in the Abyssinian canon.” I find that interesting. It had its place just before Job. And Job, which is included in the Bible, is in this same category. This is acknowledged as the most ancient document—without date. They don’t know when it was written. And here again you have something that occurred before the story of man as we know it, the history of man, which we take from, well in the Bible, Abraham.
And he says it rested there forgotten until 1821 when Richard Lawrence issued his first translation—and that is the book I am talking about. Interesting that in the Epistle of Jude, and one of the Epistles of Peter, you find the Book of Enoch quoted, perhaps emphasizing the authenticity of this document. Jude has always seemed to be a very strange book in there. It didn’t seem to fit. Well that is really quoting from Enoch. This ancient book now rediscovered was used by different ones up until 400 A.D. And 400 A.D. is when the Bible, as used by particularly the Catholic Church—but that’s Christianity as far as the Bible goes—was put together. And that is when these paganistic aspects got in there and it’s when certain things were left out including the Book of Enoch. It was in the Bible as late as 200 A.D. and then removed. It actually contains much from which so-called mystic passages come, such as in Revelation. “When primitive Christianity had freely appropriated the visions of Enoch as the materials of constructive dogmas, this remarkable book gradually sank into oblivion, disappeared out of western Christendom, and was eventually forgotten by a church which unconsciously perpetuated its teaching as the miraculous revelations of Christianity.” He says that this translation places the book within the reach of all English readers. “Catholics may disregard its contents as it is not found in the sacred canon of their infallible church, but Protestants who adhere to the principles of the reformation, etc, must inevitably enrol among the prophets.”
“There I beheld the ancient of days whose head was like white wool,” and we see this very clearly in other passages in the Bible—Daniel. “And with him another the ancient of days, another whose countenance resembled that of man.” Here we have Jehovah. “His countenance was full of grace like that of one of the holy angels. Then I enquired of one of the angels who went with me and who showed me every secret thing concerning this Son of Man, who he was, whence he was, and why he accompanied the ancient of days. And he said: This is the Son of Man to whom righteousness belongs, all before the Lord of Spirits.” Here we have a constant reference in this ancient book to the Lord of Spirits, an interesting term. This is the reference to the Highest Point. “This Son of Man whom thou beholdest shall raise up kings and the mighty from their couches, shall loosen the bridles of the powerful... In that hour,” speaking of the hour when all of this would be consummated, “was this Son of Man invoked before the Lord of Spirits, and His name in the presence of the ancient of days. Before the sun and the signs were created, before the stars of heaven were formed, His name was invoked in the presence of the Lord of Spirits.” It gives me a feeling of the One who focalizes the body of mankind; we have known His name to be Jesus—Jehovah. [greatcosmicstory.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-central-secret-of-being-je-ho-vah.html] “All who dwell on earth shall fall down and worship before Him, shall bless and glorify Him, and sing praises to the name of the Lord of Spirits.”
Now with regard to the contents of this book there is the term, “watchers,” which is used synonymously with “fallen angels.” The following is quoted from the Mesopotamian flood story, the old Babylonian myth. There are over forty or fifty stories of the flood throughout the world. The ancient cultures of practically all people include a version of the flood with a little different name for Noah. It’s the same story, but some of them have more detail, which is quite interesting. For instance this one says the gods’ motive for the flood, after being asked why, is: “A cosmic imbalance between the human world and the divine world. The human world is overpopulated with humans.” This was written before the flood: “And the gods cannot sleep because of the noise.” Hence the flood which destroyed much of the population.
In this myth also it is set forth also that there had not been death before the sons of God mated with daughters of men. And this cosmic imbalance of overpopulation had to be corrected. Thus death became the result of overpopulation. The story of Adam and Eve tells the same story essentially, when human beings wished to be as gods. Now I suppose if you look at the story in Genesis 6 where the sons of God wanted the daughters of men, that could be the other way too. Couldn’t it? Humans wished to be as gods; but it’s the same thing. The fall simply was that this resulting being would have control which should be in the hands of the Lord. Not all beings fell—a certain number of them; that’s why they are called fallen angels—but not all participated in this. It probably would have been the end of everything if that had happened. The result of this—the offspring—was giants, not just larger beings, but distortions which covered the face of the earth.
There is another little quote from another story of the flood which simply emphasizes the reason for the destruction: “the people multiplied.” The only brief reference in the Bible to overpopulation is that they multiplied. Biblical scholars are embarrassed by that story? They don’t like it. They really don’t like that insertion. Along the way in the history of the writing of the Bible they have tried to eliminate it, so they changed it a little bit, this story of the sons of God uniting with the daughters of men. This was not pleasing to man’s mind. And the giants—one aspect of the giants, along the way, was simply dinosaurs—but here again an aspect of giants, of distortion. And this other little record from another story of the flood: “The people multiplied. The land was bellowing like a bull. At their uproar the God became angry; He heard their noise. He addressed the great Gods: The noise of mankind had become oppressive to me; because of their uproar I am deprived of sleep.”
I will read a few passages from The Book of Enoch and then we will take a look at a few of the highlights in the Bible, which gives a continuous story. You may find excerpts here and there of the truth written in other places or other books, but it isn’t a continuous thing. I have always found it stopped, but here we have something [the Bible] that follows all the way through—a continuous thing. Consistency. We heard about of the appearance on earth of, what shall we say, unfallen Angels in the fallen state. This is just a bit from this book: “The word of the blessing of Enoch, how he blessed the elect and the righteous who were to exist in the time of trouble, rejecting all the wicked and ungodly.” I emphasize that these words could be said of today. It is very timely.
“Enoch, a righteous man who was with God, answered and spoke while his eyes were open and while he saw a holy vision in the heavens. This the angels showed me. From them I heard all things and understood what I saw: that which will not take place in this generation, but in a generation which is to succeed at a distant period on account of the elect. Upon their account I spoke and conversed with Him who will go forth from His habitation, the holy and mighty One, the God of the world, who will hereafter tread upon Mount Sinai, appear with His hosts, and be manifested in the strength of His power from heaven. And all shall be afraid, and the watchers be terrified. The earth shall be emerged and all things which are in it perish while judgment shall come upon all, even upon all the righteous. But to them shall He give peace. He shall preserve the elect and toward them exercise clemency. Then shall all belong to God, be happy and blessed. And the splendor of the godhead shall illuminate them.
“Then the most high, the great and holy One spoke and sent an angel to the son of Lamech." Who is he? Noah! “Saying, say to him in my name: conceal thyself”—function secretly—“then explained to him the consummation which is about to take place. For all the earth shall perish. The waters of a deluge shall come over the whole earth and all things which are in it shall be destroyed. And now teach him how he may escape and how his seed may remain in all the earth.”
Now we have a little section in here by Noah. I think it would be nice to hear something of what Noah said. “In those days Noah saw that the earth became inclined”—the axis was tilted—“and that destruction approached. Then he lifted up his feet and went to the ends of the earth, to the dwelling of his great-grandfather Enoch.” When he needed some help he found Enoch. “And Noah cried with a bitter voice: Hear me, hear me, hear me”—three times—“and he said, Tell me what is transacting upon the earth, for the earth labours and is violently shaken. After this there was a great perturbation on earth and a voice was heard from heaven. I fell down on my face when my great-grandfather Enoch came and stood by me. He said, Why hast thou cried out to me? A commandment has gone forth from the Lord against those who dwell on the earth that they may be destroyed. For they know everything, every oppressive and secret power of the devils.”
And that’s an interesting observation because other ideas or concepts have come through as to what occurred before the destruction called the flood. The distortions, on the physical level for instance, of the power that was still in man as he was then. Because of this combination—divine and human—he is often spoken of as a semi-divine being. He wasn’t created to be semi-divine. He was Divine. And this fall is not just some little airy-fairy thing that took place. And you say, “How could it happen?!” It was a mixture with a level beneath himself, and it produced so-called giants—monstrosities! And after the flood this power was removed from him in that sense, but he still produced monstrosities all over the face of the earth. But whatever he can produce on the physical level, he can produce monstrosities, no matter how limited he is—we see that today. It is just a different kind of a giant. But there is a giant! However, there was a destruction of the actual union between man and animal levels. So that was destroyed. And we need to keep in mind that overpopulation was the reason then, just as it is today, and this was a result of that mingling of the so-called sons of God with the daughters of man in a level where he did not belong.
