Sethantes, Son of Jehovih 2

This is a passage from the Oahspe Bible, a 19th-century American spiritualist scripture first published in 1882 and attributed to divine dictation, written in the stylistic register of the King James Bible. The text narrates God's ceremonial journey by celestial "ship" through a vast spiritual realm called Waga (associated with the land of Pan), during which he inaugurates governors over heavenly regions and visits his subordinate Lord at the earthly city of Ul'oo. A key concern is the administration of the afterlife: the governors are tasked with receiving newly dead souls ("es'yans"), housing and educating them, and eventually ruling as independent "sub-Gods." The text also depicts covert divine intervention in mortal life — angels inspire humans to clean temples, attend worship, and build cities without mortals ever knowing the cause, a dynamic the text treats as both necessary and somewhat melancholy. Distinctive to this cosmology is a layered divine hierarchy (Jehovih above all, then God, then Lords, then governors) operating through physical spacecraft-like vessels, which sets it sharply apart from mainstream Abrahamic traditions. The overall tone blends cosmic grandeur with pathos, as God laments that mortals persistently deny the very divine guidance that shapes their every act.

Sethantes, Son of Jehovih 2

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