Osiris, Son of Jehovih 2

This is a passage from *Oahspe: A New Bible* (1882), a 19th-century American channeled scripture written by dentist John Ballou Newbrough, blending spiritualism with cosmological mythology. The text narrates the campaign of Osire, a powerful "etherean" god acting as an emissary of the supreme creator Jehovih, against two tyrannical false gods — Wotchak and Daveas — who have enslaved hundreds of millions of spirit souls in the lower heavens by falsely claiming to be Apollo. Osire confronts each usurper with overwhelming celestial light that strips away illusion and forces their shameful deeds into full view, dismantles their thrones and cities, and replaces them with new divine administrators accountable to Jehovih's higher order. A distinctive and recurring claim is that past practice of simply releasing corrupt gods to wander free was unjust to their victims, and that the enslaving god must now personally redeem those they degraded. Daveas's subplot introduces a darker counterpoint: unlike the cowed Wotchak, Daveas refuses to renounce his false identity even when given the chance, triggering a catastrophic mass collapse of his eight hundred million subjects into a writhing, undifferentiated ball of spiritual confusion. The passage is theologically notable for presenting a layered cosmos of ascending heavens unknown to its inhabitants, where earthly religious names like "Apollo" are exposed as fraudulent appropriations by opportunistic spirit-world despots.

Osiris, Son of Jehovih 2

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