Chapter 1: The Citadel from the Mountain of Love

My dear,

Although my notebook is full of work notes regarding this chapter, it is a bit difficult for me to write here... I was used to writing on my phone, it’s been a long time since I last wrote with two hands... with more than just one finger, but I’m starting to adapt.

I also have another problem: I need to ease myself into the subject. It is not an easy subject, and the approach will be completely different from anything I know anyone else has ever used to tackle this topic – at least from the perspective that I am taking. I will be forced to invent new words, but you know this is not the first time I have done this... you have grown used to it and you understand, and that is all that matters to me. I will try to write as simply as possible, because priceless treasures are found within the simplest things.

In this chapter, as I have told you before, I want to address the “Alpha” moment of the Universe... but for this, I must bring into discussion what existed before any beginning. In this way, I will be able to explain all things to you, because I intend to tell you everything I know, everything I have learned from the stars... you know that when I refer to the stars, I am referring to a source other than empirically palpable reality... many times I have identified this source with Father; it is a kind of intuition, thought, idea, feeling whose origin is not me... it is the stars.

I begin with the statement, “In the beginning was Love.” You will realize, by reading the following lines, what I mean by Love. To return... in the beginning was Love and nothing else. Nothing else existed then. In fact, in the beginning is improperly said, because in the beginning implies a beginning, but the moment I am referring to here is without beginning, it is an atemporal (α-temporal) moment, meaning devoid of time.

I rephrase: “When nothing existed – neither time nor space – there was Love; she existed from eternities.” Eternity implies atemporality – a state devoid of time.

You would probably ask me: What is the Love to which you refer?

First, I define Love to be an Institution, as I have said before, Atemporal (in the absence of time), Omnipresent (in the absence of space), and Amaterial (in the absence of matter). In other words, the Institution of Love did not require time, space, or matter to exist. This Love was fully sufficient within itself Itself. When I speak of an Institution, the term itself implies more than a “legal entity,” just as the Presidency or the White House implies more than an institution. The latter institutions – given as an example – involve people in leadership or administrative positions. Love itself, in essence, implies at least a feeling, or even more, a principle. Love implies relationship, and relationship in turn implies intelligence, choice, personality, and at least self-awareness.

At one point, Love had a dream, and, in relation to herself Itself, she decided to create time, matter, and space out of nothing; out of nothing because, before these existed, there was nothing, there was only Love. The main purpose of creation was relationship with the beings that were to be brought into existence through a creative act... an act of creative love or a miracle. It is a miracle, a kind of magic of Love to make something out of nothing, and for this something to be authentic, alive, intelligent; capable of responding to love: to be relatable, or capable of relating.

This thing, relationship, required as an absolute obligation – after the initial act of creation was to be completed – for the Institution of Love to adjust its power according to the capacities of the newcomers into the family. In other words, hypothetically assuming that we are dealing with the world boxing champion and his son, from the perspective of relationship, the champion is obliged in relating with his son to adjust his power, because otherwise he would endanger the life of his son who, in play, might challenge him to a boxing match.

Before creating, when nothing else existed yet, the Institution of Love was somewhat obliged to run certain scenario simulations – within herself Itself – to see the best options and, eventually, the dangers that might arise as a result of the creative act. Being Atemporal and implicitly All-Knowing, Love saw everything (the entire history of creation, in all possible variations) before any beginning. She saw the most suitable situations and the adjustments necessary for a perfect and endless creation in which the conditions of relationship based on love were to be fulfilled efficiently.

It was established that for an optimal relationship, two principles are necessary: free will and a Law to regulate relationships. In addition to this, it was established that for the good of the creation, a Backup Plan must be designed in case of an emergency – such as an eventual factor that could endanger the very existence of the creation.

Only when everything was well organized did action begin: “In the beginning, Love created the Heavens and the ‘Earth’; the ‘Earth’ was formless and void.” This statement does not say everything... I could assert that it says too little, and this too little is due to the fact that people have put far too many extra words.

I rephrase this statement about the beginning to give it more meaning: In the beginning – when space, time, and matter appeared from where they were not – Love made the Citadel and the “village”; the “village” was formless and void.

Not even this statement says much more than the initial one, but from it, we extract all we can, adding the context presented above: before any other being existed in the Universe, the Institution of Love created the Heavens, these Heavens have the meaning of a Citadel: a physical (material) Residence for the Institution of Love and a home for the beings that were to be brought into existence.

The first beings created were the cherubim. Heaven, the Citadel built by Love, was their home. Before the very first element in the Universe existed, the City of God, or the Heavens, was created out of nothing. This Citadel (the Heavens) was the first material form brought into existence out of nothing by Love.

At the moment the Institution of Love began the creative act, she was “obliged” to renounce – or to adjust – a few attributes that intersected with matter, space, and time. Although she has them at hand, Love chooses not to access them.

To relate with the beings that were to live out their existence in time, Love “renounced” Atemporality; to relate with the beings that were to live out their existence in space, Love “renounced” Omnipresent; to relate with the beings that were to live out their existence in sociability, intimacy, relationship, and developing knowledge, Love “renounced” All-Knowingness... and it was only the beginning of the “renunciation.”

The Heavens, the Citadel – along with everything within it necessary for the proper development of the beings that were to be created – and the “Earth” (the one formless and void) were created in six Heavenly days, and on the seventh day, Love rested.

The Citadel was four-sided, surrounded by a great and high wall, and its sides were equal in length, as well as in height. At half the height of its walls, the Citadel had twelve gates, three on each side. It was a cube, and when the gates were lowered, it seemed to have wings. The foundations of its gates were made of precious stones, each foundation being made of a single, unique piece. The twelve foundations formed the base of the Citadel, uniting in its center. Viewed from below, the Citadel appeared to be a multicolored pyramid. The foundations of the gates ascended the wall up to just below the gates, and from the base of the gates upward, it appeared to be made of pure, transparent jasper. Even the jasper borrowed from the shade of each gate’s foundation, so that each wall was unique in its hue, leaving a distinct footprint of color upon the light passing through it. Each gate extended into the interior of the Citadel, at first as a bridge, then through streets of transparent gold. The Citadel was “built” by Love out of nothing, with the purpose of being the Citadel of Government in the Universe.

In the middle of the Citadel was a Mountain, and on the plateau at its summit, a Throne was made, the place from where the Institution of Love was to govern. This government was the only modality found following the “simulations” run by All-Knowingness; this government was the guarantor of the Law of Love, the Constitution of the entire Universe that was to be built. The Citadel and the Mountain of the Throne, along with everything within them, were Paradise. Everything was a garden of the Heavenly Eden of a beauty that surpasses all imagination. The government that was to exercise its authority in the Universe was a Shekinah type of government (/ < Α > \; Α – “activated”; /  \ – “inactivated”); a government of the One-Alone (Α), seconded by two Others (/Α\) (0 + 1 + 0).

From under the Throne of Love – the Place of the Shekinah – emerged a river of the water of existence, also called the water of life. This water was different from simple H₂O (H/O\H). This water, this river, originated not only from under the Throne of Love, but it was from Love.

Această apă a Iubirii s-a răspândit în Cetate, și pe oriunde trecea ea, pe marginile ei creștea pomul vieții, pomul iubirii, dând roade ale iubirii. Îți voi explica în detaliu despre acest pom după ce îți voi vorbi despre primele ființe create, heruvimii, făcuți în prima zi de după primul Sabat din Cetate.

After the Citadel was filled with water, not in the sense of a flood, but in the sense of a watered garden, the water of life, through the twelve gates of the Citadel and through the channels previously constructed for it, began to overflow outside the Citadel like rain in all directions.

It is time to tell you what was with the initial “Earth,” the one “formless and void.” The “Earth” – the “village” built near the Citadel – had only one role at that time: it was an external reference point for the Citadel, a kind of moon, meant so that the light from the Citadel, through its walls, would project upon it. Thus, beginning with that first moment, the Institution of Love was able to keep track of days, because starting from that moment, the Institution of Love became the Light upon the Mountain, the Light through whose rays, through the gates and walls of the Citadel, illuminated the Earth, for from that first moment of light, the Citadel began to rotate at a rhythm of two hours for each shade of color projected upon the Earth. Thus, after a passage of the light through each of the twelve colors projected upon the Earth, in Heaven passed one day. So it was on the first day: the light of the Institution of Love, the Earth in the distance, and a rotational movement of the Citadel of the Cherubim.

On the sixth day, the water of life of Love, overflowing from the Citadel through its twelve gates, transformed into clouds. The clouds surrounded the Citadel and, through the currents of “air” that were formed, reached even the Mountain of Love. When the sunset arrived, the Institution of Love smiled and rested. The seventh day had come over the Citadel, an important day, a day specially set apart, for on the following day, Love, governing upon Her Throne, was to create the cherubim. For this reason, Love sanctified and blessed the seventh day, so that the newcomers into the family of Love might be blessed and holy.

My dear, it becomes a bit complicated to write what I have seen in the stars... I will strive, with my thoughts on the stars and my thoughts on you.

On the first day of the second week, from the clouds gathered around the Mountain, Love made the cherubim. They were all made on this day; made from the clouds of the water of life; made by Omnipotence in an instant. This was the last act of Love in exercising omnipotence. The entire Mountain was full of shining cherubim, full of glory. They were clothed in glory of a white light; they were blessed and holy because the Institution of Love was holy and radiated glory and blessing.

The cherubim were created mature, at a youth in its high noon. Each was unique, just as Love was unique in relation to them; they were beings capable of relationship, intelligent, each with abilities open to unlimited development. In heart they were children, they had a pure heart, they were like Love, righteous.

In the first moments, like a newborn baby, they saw before their eyes a Light full of brilliance. It was Love before them, seated upon a Throne of Glory. After their eyes adapted, they saw the Shekinah upon the Throne. They were Three, they appeared to be like them, the cherubim, but in an instant they realized that the Three were more. From the Throne it was heard: “I am the One-who-Was (/), the One-who-Is (Α), and the One-who-Comes (\)”. The glory appeared now as a glory of three colors – amber (/), purple (Α), and blue (\) – blended together (/Α\), as if interwoven (intertwined).

In the very same instant, the cherubim all cried out as if in a voice of song: “Holy, Holy, Holy is the One-who-Was, the One-who-Is, the One-who-Comes!” Their song was like a photosynthesis reaction from the heart, as natural as the fragrance of a flower... they were still repeating it when, from the Throne, Love interrupted them, pronouncing the Law of Love: “You shall love the One-who-Was, the One-who-Is, the One-who-Comes with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength!”... there was a pause... then it continued: “You shall love your brother as yourself!”... and once again the song of the impressive multitude of cherubim was heard singing: “Holy, Holy, Holy is the One-who-Was, the One-who-Is, the One-who-Comes!”, repeating and repeating again, until Love rose from the Throne.

The cry in song of the cherubim was like an explosion of sound and vibration that scattered and carried upon its waves the warm clouds of the water of life from the Mountain and from around the Citadel into the empty and endless space... space where the Universe was to be built.

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My dear, now comes the harder part, in which I will try to explain to you the special properties of the water of life, of the river of life, of the clouds of life, and implicitly, of the cherubim... I will need new words... invented ones.

The first purpose for which the cherubim were created was relationship. It was the dream of Love to create beings with whom to relate and who, in their turn, would relate among themselves. Although the relationship within the Institution of Love was sufficient and other beings were unnecessary to Love, the dream moved Love to create.

The second purpose for which the cherubim were created concerned the Universe, its creation. Love could have created the Universe in an instant, out of nothing. She chose, however, another option: the cherubim. The cherubim were created as agents of construction, development, and maintenance of the Universe. It is said about Love that “she speaks and it is done,” and many have misunderstood. When you say about a composer that he “composes and it is performed,” you can understand either that he composes and he himself performs, or you can understand that he composes and performs at the same time. Things change when you detail the information in the following way: “The composer has an orchestra; he composes and it is performed.” Now it can be understood that the orchestra is the one performing, and it is possible that he is the conductor. In this context, the statement “she speaks and it is done” gains full meaning in the words: “she speaks and it is done; she commands, and what she commands comes into being.”

The cherubim were created from the clouds of the water of life; Love gave them form and contour, image and likeness; the Light from the Throne called them to life and, in an instant, they were living beings.

Unlike us – who are material beings – the cherubim are amaterial (α-material) beings; we are “spectral” – with bodies made of dust, they are aspectral (α-spectral). In the Universe, there are two categories of elements: physical “substances” in various states of matter and non-physical substances or asubstances (α-substances).

There is a major difference between humans (material beings) and the cherubim (amaterial beings): it concerns the “frequency” in which one operates. We are incapable, from an empirical standpoint, of perceiving beyond the material. The world perceived by us is like a static image (“jpg”); by contrast, the world perceived by the cherubim is more, it is a “dynamic image” (“gif”) made of two frames. In our “frequency,” we can operate only within the material framework; on the other hand, the cherubim can operate in both frames, both in the material and in the amaterial (α-material) one. For us, the result of adding 1 + 1 is always 2; for the cherubim, it can also be 0 (zero). For us, H₂O is always water; for them, it can also be nothing. For us, the constants of matter (“substances”) and the constants of the world (e.g., the value of π) are fixed; conversely, for them, they are relative.

From this perspective, if the Universe were music, we would only be capable of perceiving its sound; the pauses would be beyond our ability to hear them. We operate with the perceptible, whereas they can operate with our imperceptible as well. For us, a minute has 60 seconds, a centimeter has 10 millimeters; these are values conventionally established through observation, they are fixed values; for them, it is not so. On the contrary, it is within their maintenance obligation to oversee and maintain the constants at the values they are; it is their responsibility to sustain the Universe.

Each material (chemical) element is like a password-protected archived folder (“zip”). They know the password to each material element; they can unzip it, recombine it with other files from another archive, and then re-archive it with a password. They can do this as easily as the florist takes a bouquet of flowers or several, undoes them, recombines them, and makes another bouquet of flowers.

There is an important aspect regarding the asubstances (α-substances) that lie at the origin of the Universe. They are aspectral (α-spectral) and amaterial (α-material), impossible to perceive empirically; they are: love, joy, peace, faith, hope, kindness, faithfulness... they are asubstances (α-substances) perceived (only) by the heart; the heart can change the value of time, space, and matter... it can contract or dilate them... “if you had faith (α-substance) as small as a mustard seed (quantity), you would say to this mountain (matter), ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move.”

The cherubim are amaterial (α-material) beings with the possibility (responsibility) to process the material. There is no “substance” (material) in the Universe that does not also contain asubstance (α-substance). Through the amaterial (α-material) the material is processed... the Universe, like love, is warm, and in some areas much too warm... but cold exists only as an exception; for today there is an exception... I will explain it to you more extensively later on.

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I return to the moment of the cherubim’s first day...

The moment Love rose from the Throne, the cherubim noticed that the Three moved as One; They rose at the same time, They moved away from the Throne at the same time, making their steps in unison, and, after a number of seven steps, They separated, each speaking with other cherubim. They were giving them names, telling them “welcome” into the family of Love. It was noticeable, through Their glory, that They were clothed in different colors: the glory of One leaned slightly toward blue, of Another toward purple, and of the Other toward scarlet. It was established after a while that these were the colors of sunrise, noon, and sunset.

The first week was for school and adaptation. They learned to play instruments, they learned about matter and α-matter, and the way to manage them. Many friendships were forged. It can be said that the first six days passed quickly for them. Then came the first sunset at the beginning of the Sabbat; sunset, because the days and the Sabbat were counted starting from the evening; its color projected upon the Earth was purple. At that time, all the cherubim gathered around the Throne, upon the Mountain. When the Three approached the vicinity of the Throne, They synchronized, stepped the seven steps in the same rhythm, and sat upon the Throne at the same time. Each time They sat down or rose from the Throne, Their glory shone more intensely, it was like a pulse of life, love, joy, power... and the cherubim reacted happily in song. Once again, the clouds of α-matter and water of life, at the vibration of the cherubim’s song, scattered the α-substance (α-matter) into the endless space.

The cherubim noticed that the colors of the glory of the Three were in a different order each Sabbat. Later they understood that the government of the Institution of Love was by rotation at each Sabbat. This time it had happened that the One-who-Was was the color of sunset (purple), the One-who-Is was the color at noon (blue), and the One-who-Comes was the color of sunrise (scarlet). It was known that the following Sabbat the One-who-Was would be the Noon-Color, the One-who-Is would be the Sunrise-Color, and the One-who-Comes would be the Sunset-Color. They did not change Their garments; each Sabbat Another among the Three was the One-who-Is (/Α\). One Sabbat was purple, then the next was blue, followed by scarlet; it was not the color of the Sabbat that changed, but the One-who-Is upon the Throne. So it was during the first seven years. That was how the distinction was made among the Three. In this way it was simpler: when They were upon the Throne and you happened to be face to face with Them, that was how you distinguished Them more easily. They were Three, but They thought as One.

At the beginning, this synchronized thought was a curiosity among the cherubim. Some tested Them with questions when they met Them one by one in the Citadel. They were surprised how, to the very same question, They would reply with the exact same answer, as if, even though They were at a great distance from One Another, They were in complete agreement on the answer. Sometimes They would reply smiling: “I already answered you a few minutes ago,” even though the answer had not been given by Him, but by Another among the Three. They were often caught humming the very same melody, even though They were not in the same place. Sometimes, to serious questions, One of Them would reply smiling: “I do not know the answer to this question... ask the One-who-Was,” or “The Blue One can give you the answer.” In this way, They showed humility or gave glory to One Another. In a way, They too were fulfilling the Law of Love; each of Them loved Their “Brother” as Themselves.

Not all questions received an answer; to some questions, the reply was: “You do not understand now, but with the passage of time, you yourself will understand the answer to this question.”... and after a while, it was exactly so.

During the first seven Heavenly years (of the Citadel), the Universe developed like a metropolis, in all directions around the Citadel... stars after stars, galaxies after galaxies, astral systems with the potential for habitable planets after astral systems. Yet, it seemed to be developing incorrectly. The cherubim had received clear orders as to what rhythm of development to work in. It was clear to them that it could be done differently, much faster. The first galaxies were uninhabited, even though there was so much potential in them. It was not known for a long time why the Universe was constructed to give the impression of an explosion from the Citadel.

In each seventh year was the Feast of the Beginning... in this year, no habitable world was constructed. Such was the “Law of the seventh year.” In the eighth year, the first habitable planet was built, it was a purple year... for starting with the seventh Heavenly year, the order of succession upon the Throne of Love changed. It was no longer done each Sabbat, it was done from year to year, and the Feast of the Beginning, commemorating the day on which the cherubim were made, marked the transition from One One-who-Is to Another. Meanwhile, the Mountain of Love had received the name “Mountain of the Assembly of Gods,” and the plateau where the Throne of Love stood had received the name “The Sides of the North.”

The habitable planets and the astral systems in which they were located required more attention. They were constructed under the direct supervision of One of the Three; usually, the One-who-Was held this responsibility.

When the first planetaries appeared, there was great joy within Love and within the extended family of Love, among the cherubim. The celebration lasted for a month. Not all cherubim could participate directly; some rejoiced from a distance, through a kind of windows in space. The joy was great for everyone. The planetaries were both material and α-material; their world was also in a dual manifestation. Though beings different in nature and limited in power compared to the cherubim, the planetaries were considered to be part of the family of Love, brothers to the cherubim. On that occasion, a cherub was designated to protect the world of the newcomers, and, together with his team of cherubim, had the task of sustaining in balance all the elements upon which the proper functioning of the astral system depended, as well as all the elements necessary for the existence of the first pair of planetaries. This pair received the name of son and daughter of the One-who-Is; just as the cherubim were also named on the day they were made.

After the celebration, a large part of the cherubim returned to the Citadel, and others returned to their tasks. Each cherub or team of cherubim received their work assignments from the Institution of Love. And although they were noted and chosen by drawing lots, the Institution of Love pronounced them out loud while handing them to the cherubim. Everything was done by spoken command of the One-who-Is (/Α\), from the Throne. The One-who-Is (Α) was never upon the Throne without the One-who-Was (/) and without the One-who-Comes (\). No tasks were ever received on the Sabbat, and, in general, the tasks were no longer than six years; those longer than six years were divided into smaller ones, taken over by multiple teams of cherubim.

It was – it is and it will be – a Sabbat every seventh day. At the purple sunset, all the cherubim present in the Citadel would gather around the Throne of Love. Sometimes the Three would wait for the cherubim, coming to the Throne hours earlier. They would visibly converse among Themselves, sometimes they were caught laughing. They shared stories with one another about certain relationships with the cherubim. For Them it was not necessary to speak, They were in the same thought. It seems They did it intentionally; in this way, the cherubim too could see the joy and happiness they brought to Love. There were also Sabbaths when the Three intentionally let Themselves be waited for... that was how the cherubim came to know waiting, longing, impatience. Sometimes They would arrive one by one, waiting for all of Them to gather too; only when They were together would They take the seven steps in synchrony in their walk toward the Throne.

Each Sabbat was unique. When Love sat upon the Throne, an excess pulse of α-substances and glory extended around the Throne. It was a kind of warm embrace full of energy, joy, love, peace, and happiness. This special atmosphere lasted intensely throughout the entire Sabbat, yet its vibrating effects endured until the next Sabbat. In this way, the cherubim received their power. Being α-material beings, their water and food were α-material: the One-who-Is was their Bread and Water. They drew their energy from worship, through songs of praise... they sang: “Holy, Holy, Holy is the One-who-Was, the One-who-Is, the One-who-Comes!” Although these words appear to be a stanza or a refrain, these words were like a pause in their song; they had an orchestra, they had a conductor... and each of them was a composer. Each Sabbat, other new songs were intoned. However, the Sabbat was not only singing; it was also a symposium, it was also a colloquium. The cherubim asked, Love replied. They did not speak about the development and maintenance of the Universe; only family matters were discussed. During the Sabbat, all the cherubim upon the Mountain related with Love and with one another. After the Sabbat, they would also speak about their “work” or debate situations encountered and ways to streamline their activity.

In the Citadel there was no night, Love was its light. And when the Three were not upon the Throne, just as the water of the river of existence never ceased to flow from under the Throne, in the exact same way, the light of life never ceased to shine from the Throne. Although Love was the source of both the living water from under the Throne and the living light above and around it, the permanent presence of the Three upon the Throne was not necessary. It was as if under the Throne during the Sabbat, reserves of living water were gathered for the entire week that followed, and upon the Throne and around it, reserves of living light were gathered for the next week. Love was the fountain of the living water and Love was also the source of the living light.

The Throne of Love was in the shape of a half-circle, always facing the “Earth” – the “moon” upon which the colors of the Citadel were projected in light. The place where the One-who-Was (/) sat was always on the left side, just as we would look at the Sun at sunrise; the One-who-Is (/Α\) sat in the center, just as we would look at the Sun at noon; and the One-who-Comes (\) always sat on the right, just as we would look at the Sun at sunset.

The river of existence emerged from under the Throne, from under the place where the One-who-Is (/Α\) sat, flowing forward in the direction where, at a distance from the Mountain and the Citadel, the “Earth” was located. In this direction, it flowed for seven steps, of the steps of Love, then emptied into a lake that surrounded the Throne of Love. From this lake of the water of life, four rivers flowed down from the Mountain in the four directions of the Citadel’s sides. At the base of the Mountain, these rivers emptied into a sea, and from it, twelve other rivers flowed toward the twelve gates of the Citadel. Between the Citadel and its walls, there was again a lake into which the twelve rivers emptied, and over which stood twelve bridges. Along the edges of these bridges ran two rivers each, which continued through the open gates and overflowed like cascading rain upon the three sides of the Citadel’s gates. The open gates were like external extensions of the internal bridges. On the bridges, inside the Citadel, on both banks of the rivers, within the inner part of the bridges stood the tree of life. It was like a living wall, forming an archway, and at its summit, it united with the archway of the other tree of life from the other side of the bridge. The same thing took place on the outer side of the bridge, making it seem as though the tree of life outside the side of the bridge lost itself in the lake over which the bridge passed. Upon the open gates of the Citadel, although watered by the rivers of life, no trees grew. This was an exception, for wherever the river of life flowed, to its right and to its left grew the tree of life. It was no ordinary tree; it was partly a tree, partly a kind of grapevine.

The main rivers were united by smaller rivers and streams, forming a network of waters and of trees of life of all shapes and sizes, making the Citadel an immense Garden full of a living greenery, full of trees and flowers. There were all kinds of birds and animals in the Citadel; they filled the Citadel with other (living) forms, with charm and color; play, song, and joy.

The Citadel was on multiple levels, yet at each level there were rivers and streams, trees of life and flowers. Back then, not even the notion of “dying” existed; the Citadel was a complex system of endless life, it was the home of the cherubim and the place where the existence of everything that is alive began.

On that first day, when the clouds of life were upon the Mountain and around it, when the Institution of Love made the cherubim, while they were only form and image constructed from clouds of life, there was no life within them. Love breathed toward them, like a wind, the command: Be alive!, and from that moment, they lived. The cherubim (seraphim), looking toward the Throne, saw at first a white Light of glory when they heard: I am the One-who-Was, the One-who-Is, and the One-who-Comes; then, a short while later, they saw that the glory appeared to be a glory of three colors – blue, purple, and scarlet – blended and interwoven. To this very day, there is a mystery among the cherubim; they do not know if that first white Light was the glory of One who, from the moment of their existence, became Three, or if the Three, in those moments, succeeded One Another upon the Throne, being the One-who-Is, so rapidly that, even for them, α-material cherubim, the three colors of glory blended into one... white.

My dear, I want to tell you a few more things about the Mountain, the Throne, the Citadel, and the “Earth.” Upon the Mountain – from our material perspective – a miracle was happening, even several. Although the cherubim were all around the Throne of Love, normally we would expect that a part of the cherubim would see the One-who-Is from the side, others from behind, and the rest from the other side, and only a fourth of them would stand face to face with Love, but it was not so. Regardless of where they were located upon the Mountain, they saw Love (/Α\) from the front. It was a kind of projection of the reality of the Face of Love (/Α\) for each of them, no matter what position they held relative to the Throne. Everyone saw the seven steps in synchrony of Love (/Α\) coming toward them. Only when Love began to step upon the lake around the Throne and the Three desynchronized did they see Love stepping in the direction where the “Earth” was located, and then the Three separated.

Although the Citadel rotated, the Mountain and the Throne did not turn. The Mountain and the Throne always faced the “Earth.” When the Three stepped upon the lake around the Throne, the water of the lake crystallized under Their feet. No cherub to crossed beyond that lake; it was the Lake of the Throne. When the cherubim left the Mountain, the water of the sea around the Mountain crystallized under their feet, making a kind of bridge under each step. In this way, the Citadel could rotate without the Mountain being affected by its rotation. The rotation of the Citadel was imperceptible, just as the rotation of the world we live in is imperceptible to us.

Seven rotations – in relation to its axis – of the Citadel were one week. Four weeks were one month. Twelve months were one year. Each seventh year was counted to be a Sabbatical year; this seventh year was a special year. After seven Sabbatical years, the fiftieth year was counted as a Jubilee. Every fifty years, there was a Jubilee.

In the Sabbatical years was the Feast of the Beginning, the commemoration of the day of “birth” of the cherubim. It was a celebration of seven days; it began on the first day and ended on the Sabbat, being held in the second week of the first month. The entire year was special; in these years, no habitable planets were constructed. In the Sabbatical year, all the planetaries had to celebrate for one week in the Citadel, starting with the third week of the first month. The plan was that, as the habitable planets were to be populated with planetaries, the celebration would last for the entire year. The first week was reserved for the Three, the second for the cherubim, and the rest of the year was planned to be the celebration of the planetaries, one week at a time, and with the passage of time, in groups of planetaries.

In the Jubilee years was the Feast of the Renewal; it was celebrated in the Citadel in the last week of each month of this special year. In this week, at first only the planetaries participated. It was held upon the Mountain, the first six days without the cherubim. It was a kind of closed-door meeting, just as in the Sabbatical years during the cherubim’s week there were only cherubim. At the Feast of the Renewal, only the sons of the One-who-Is participated, the first made (“the firstborn”) of the male gender of that newly created world; the “Adam” of each new habitable planet. At the end of the week, on the Sabbat, the cherubim also participated, all those who could be present.

The Feast of the Renewal lasted for one Heavenly year. Each fiftieth year was special. If in ordinary years, as a rule (there were also exceptions), one habitable world was constructed per year, in the fiftieth year, twelve worlds were constructed or inaugurated; one for each month. In this way, the Sabbatical years were recovered, during which no world (newly inhabited) was constructed or inaugurated. The Feast of the Renewal also included another kind of Jubilee, the Jubilee of the fiftieth world. Upon the occasion of each inaugurated fiftieth world of planetaries, a Jubilee was declared, a special celebration that lasted for seven years. Unlike the other (inhabited) planets, these jubilee planets were constructed in the vicinity of the Citadel. For a long time, it was not known why. Among the cherubim, the idea circulated that these jubilee planets were considered a kind of “firstborn,” planned to be system planets of the Citadel. The cherubim asked Love about them, and all they managed to find out was that, in time, they would learn the answer, just as they had found the answer to other questions from the past on their own.

The years passed...

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The years passed, the first Jubilee had also passed, and the first jubilee world had been inaugurated. The Universe was developing warm, beautiful, perfect, and harmonious. It was a purple year when some of the cherubim noticed the Face of the One-who-Is projected upon the “Earth.” It appeared that, under special atmospheric conditions, not only the glory from the Throne was projected upon the “Earth,” but sometimes even the Countenance of the One-who-Is was projected upon the “Earth.” Not all cherubim saw it, but this phenomenon became a curiosity among them. It is said that it only projected during purple years. This phenomenon remained a mystery, for many impossible in a natural way within the anatural (α-naturalul) known to them.

Meanwhile, one of the cherubim stood out in an exceptional way. He was known, admired, and appreciated by everyone. He had become the wisest and the most capable of assimilating the attributes of Love. From the very beginning, from the first moments of his existence, he showed an extraordinary curiosity and desire for development. He possessed charisma; it was as if he were more beautiful – though it is hard to say in a world where everything, all things had been perfectly created.

With the passage of time, he had become the main leader of praise and glory toward the Love upon the Throne; his questions were profound, and he was full of desire to know as much as possible. He was first in his discoveries, and in time, he became a protector of sorts. He kept what he discovered to himself or spoke about it with One of the Three. When other brothers came to ask him, he would reply, when he knew the answer: “To this question, you yourself, with a little effort, will find the answer,” and when he did not know, he replied honestly that he did not know the answer, but he would try to find it. And indeed, he would search for the answer, find it, and then smiling, he would look for the one who had challenged him to research, asking if they had found the answer in the meantime. Upon a reply of “I have not found it,” he would answer smiling: “I have found it!”

He had become a sort of older brother, and everyone admired and loved him in a very special way. A cherub challenged him, saying that other cherubim, during purple years, also saw the Face of the Purple One projected upon the “Earth.” Thus, this phenomenon at first appeared to him as a curiosity, in time it became a challenge, and later on it shaped itself into an obsession; something entirely new for him.

More and more, he approached the Purple One with all kinds of questions regarding the “Earth,” and, after much persistence, he found out that the plan of Love is to make the “Earth” a jubilee world, planet number one hundred. This cherub liked the idea and, for a time, forgot about his obsession regarding the Face of the Purple One projected upon the “Earth.”

At that time, this cherub was more involved with Sabbat responsibilities, with worship; he composed a great deal and liked for the Sabbats to bear his footprint as much as possible. Usually, lots were drawn for what was to be sung during the Sabbat, but with the passage of time, he slipped only his own compositions into the worship. He was not breaking any law, he was guilty of nothing; “on the contrary” – he told himself – “the command says to love Love with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.”

After a while, the idea slipped into his mind that he too would like to be a protector of a world – and what world would be more suitable for him than the “Earth”? He thought that he could, during Sabbats, leave the care of the “Earth” to one of his brothers, while he, during the Sabbat, could continue the activity he loved so much: conductor of praise toward Love.

He loved Love sincerely, he was unstoppable in any task he received, but after the Jubilee passed, he requested to spend more time within the Citadel, and upon the Mountain. There was so much to be done both within the Citadel and during the Sabbat. Love raised his request before the cherubim in the Council of Cherubim following the Sabbat, for it was a matter more of an administrative nature concerning tasks, and all the cherubim answered affirmatively to his appeal. In this way, this cherub came to spend more time within the Citadel, more than any of his brothers near the Throne.

One day, he sought out the Purple One, who had become his favorite, and told Him that he had thought a great deal and wanted to be the guardian cherub of the “Earth”; that he had thought it over and that, with a team of cherubim chosen by him, he would be able to divide the two responsibilities, the one at the Throne and the one as protector of the “Earth.” The Purple One initially told him that it was not possible, that the administrative laws required the division of tasks to be done by drawing lots, and that it was still early: the construction of the “Earth” as a habitable planet had not yet been included in any task, nor had the position of its protector. Lucifer insisted with love and respect, so that Love promised him that, at the first opportunity, she would bring before everyone the plan of Love regarding the “Earth” and his request... and so it was, and all the cherubim rejoiced with a “Yes!” to the request of this cherub.

But Lucifer’s mind was churning new ideas in his head, which he had never thought of until then, but which seemed interesting to him. He did not speak to anyone about them... for a time, not even to himself. They were ideas at the edge of the Law. He loved Love, he loved his brothers... he was thinking... then for a time, he would distance himself from that thought... his problem was related to life.

The cherubim could do anything; they were semi-omnipotent. They knew that Love is Omnipotent, although they had never seen her in action. They knew that their existence was a creative act of Omnipotence. During one Sabbat, they requested permission to add to the expression “Holy, Holy, Holy is the One-who-Was, the One-who-Is, the One-who-Comes!”, the recognition of Love’s omnipotence as well, and from then on they began to sing: “Holy, Holy, Holy is the One-who-Was, the One-who-Is, the One-who-Comes, the Omnipotent One!”

The omnipotence of Love was also found in the inability of the cherubim to give life to created beings. They could do anything. From stars to other stars, from one element to another element, they could combine astral systems, they could influence and guide galaxies, they were magicians in the microcosmos and macrocosmos with great ease; juggling with matter was a game to them... up to a point: life. Life appeared through the command and breath of Love. Love was Life. This was a mystery to Lucifer. He had no envy, jealousy, or anything else not derived from love. He was curious to the point of obsession on this subject. He researched assiduously, combining all his knowledge in every possible form to uncover the secret of life. He wanted to discover this mystery before the task of constructing the habitable “Earth” was handed to him and the “work authorization” was commanded to him.

More than half of the distance toward the second Jubilee had passed. There were twenty-some years left until the next Jubilee, because the “Earth,” together with eleven other worlds, was to be constructed in a jubilee year, the one hundredth Heavenly year... To Lucifer had come a new idea, an interpretable idea: it could be within the Law, it could be outside of it... it was a hunch, an unverifiable hunch. He thought that “perhaps the power of Love to give life comes from the worship and glory that created beings give to her; that perhaps the α-substance has other effects as well besides those known by the cherubim; after all” – he thought to himself – “the cherubim receive their energy from the α-substance received from the Throne when Love sits upon it, but also from the relationship among the cherubim; what if the power of Love to give life comes from the immense quantity of α-substance that the cherubim offer to Love through worship?”

He had to come with a proposal... “after all, there was freedom of expression.” Until then, no one had wondered what happens if the Law of Love is broken. Love was something natural for them, as breathing is for us. The concept of death was not known, because in the Universe nothing died; in most cases, it transformed. He spoke to no one, but inside his head, ideas were spinning at the speed of light. He knew that his problem was the Law of Love, that within its stipulations regarding love in relationship with the Creator Love, worship was also included: “all your heart, all your soul, all your strength.” The very song of the first day, “Holy, Holy, Holy is the One-who-Was, the One-who-Is, the One-who-Comes”, and their very natural reaction had been worship.

He found an innovative solution – “an unbeatable argument,” he said –, “impossible not to be accepted by everyone, including Love”... but something unknown to him until then slipped into his soul: the idea that “before any beginning, Love would have known the solution to the problem (his problem), but out of too much self-love – and of Their love among Themselves – she hid it, and thus, the Law of Love was intentionally formulated in favor of the Three”... from this moment on, Lucifer began to “fly” toward the abyss of the fall of his soul.

His solution was logical, apparently in harmony with the Law of Love. The idea in theory was simple, without affecting anyone’s α-asubstance, and everyone (in theory) was fulfilled: “the cherubim continued to worship Love, the planetaries worshipped the cherubim, and the other living creatures (birds, swimmers, animals) bowed before the planetaries; everyone received their worship, everyone fulfilled the command: you shall love your superior with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength; and your neighbor as yourself.” The only problem was the redefinition of authority, but this was not the problem of the cherubim, but of the planetaries, to whom “the living creatures were already subject anyway.”

Lucifer was in a hurry... he had to present his revolutionary ideas as quickly as possible. He thought to himself that “worship needs time until it takes effect,” so that, at the next Jubilee, he would be the one to breathe life into the planetary of the “Earth.” He hid his intention to give life from all the other cherubim. The declared plans focused on a better streamlining of the Law of Love; after all, “the very idea of loving your brother was a bit outdated,” though he could not present this either. He thought that, if everyone were the object of their own worship, through this, sufficient energy would be obtained so that there would no longer be a need “to love your neighbor as yourself”; “why depend on others when you can be autonomous in love?!”

At the first opportunity, during one Sabbat, when it was almost time to transition into the first day, Lucifer presented his revolutionary ideas, saying that it is in everyone’s interest to change the angle from which worship was viewed; that they, the cherubim, constructed the Universe through the tasks received from Love and that they did all these things out of love; out of love they sing, give glory, and worship Love. He said that, “if Love is truly loving, as gratitude for all they have done and for all they will continue to do, she should change the Law of Love a little...” The cherubim reacted and interrupted him upon hearing such words.

“Wait a moment!” – he told them. Continuing, he told them to listen to him until the end. He told them that his proposal did not affect Love, that he would not dare to say anything against the Three, that his proposal was to their advantage, and that through his proposal the planetaries were not affected either. He told them that, following research, he discovered a much better method of streamlining the α-substance in the Universe, but for this, a small change was needed: “we, the cherubim, continue to worship Love, we give her energy through our worship, we continue to receive energy as before from Love, but in addition, we also receive veneration from the planetaries. Thus, they give us energy and we give to them just like Love; and the planetaries, in their turn, will receive the submission of the animals, just as they receive it now. In this way, we will have more energy and will be much more efficient in our tasks, and our worship brought to Love will be at another level, similar to the One-who-Was, the One-who-Is, the One-who-Comes, the Omnipotent One. We must only be declared by Law as representatives of Love among the planetaries; thus, the planetaries practically will not worship us, but the One-who-Was, the One-who-Is, the One-who-Comes, the Omnipotent One.”

The cherubim, upon hearing the words concerning the Holy One, were ready to sing: “Holy, Holy, Holy...” But the One-who-Was, the One-who-Is, the One-who-Comes said: “Wait a moment!”, and to Lucifer He said: “You do not know what you are asking! The Law of Love cannot be changed! You are insinuating that the Law was intentionally given to My advantage, that if things were otherwise, you would no longer be just a cherub... you yourself would be living water and could be in My place.”

Love could not hide Lucifer’s intentions because, just as she is Life, she is also Truth. But even with his plans and lie unmasked, Lucifer managed, in a short time, to bring doubt regarding Love into the hearts of a great multitude of cherubim. Heaven was divided in two – those who had poisoned themselves from Lucifer’s insinuations and those who had not – because Lucifer had now gone with his plan (and with his lie) from cherub to cherub, accusing that the Law of Love stipulates nowhere the duties of Love toward the cherubim; that it is a Law that favors Love’s abuse of authority; that the Three love only among Themselves and that Their love is not practical, for everything that exists is the fruit of their work, the fruit of the cherubim’s work.

During all this time, within Lucifer developed α-substances unknown to him until then, because he had given up on worship. The Law of the Sabbat provided that, for objective reasons, the cherubim could be absent from the Mountain for a maximum of six Sabbats. The cherubim, wherever they were, could make windows in space and, where they were located, keep the Sabbat, having the projection of the reality from the Throne before them; but Lucifer, intentionally, refused to worship anymore, for his own reasons. The result was that he lost more and more of the α-substances and experienced a hunger he had never known until then: at first it was a longing for Love, then he felt sorry within himself for what he had done; then he experienced pride; then hatred; and it was only the beginning... his heart had spoiled, and within it were other α-substances... unknown to him until then.

It was clear to Love that a transformation had appeared in Lucifer... his heart had darkened, and the glory he had possessed since the first day he was made had vanished. With effort he still shone, but it was no longer that original naturalness. Sin was within him, he himself had become sin. It was a new notion in the Citadel. Something had happened in Lucifer; the cherubim noticed through his glory new α-substances that were different, in opposition to everything known until then... and, more seriously, the anomaly was not only in Lucifer, but within a large multitude of cherubim who had believed him.

Lucifer told those affected, taken under his protective wings, not to fear, because these effects are only an intermediate phase. In the meantime, they had begun to worship one another, hoping to transition from white glory into something else... they were hoping for scarlet, purple, blue... but they were heading toward... nothingness... that original nothingness from which they were initially created... more precisely: nonexistence!

The sad news about Lucifer (and his own) reached the Throne and soon spread throughout the entire Universe. For the first time, sadness was known... in antithesis to the initial universal joy.

An emergency council was held. The Three were upon the Throne – sad for the first time; there were the cherubim, there were the planetaries – the sons of the planets (“the kings,” the firstborn of the populated worlds)... Lucifer and his deceived ones were not present, because it was now impossible for them to stand in the presence of the Throne. They were waiting in the Citadel. Lucifer intended to claim the “Earth” as a dwelling place, since it had been promised to him, and Love would not have allowed herself to lie. He did not know what the consequences of his actions would be. He had heard something about death, but death was an undefined concept to him.

The Sabbat had begun. Around the Throne, a new song was being sung, different from those sung until then... it was a song composed by the Purple One. In that year, He was the One-who-Comes (\). The One-who-Is (/Α\) took the floor and spoke to them... the Three (/Α\) spoke at the same time, but the manifest voice was that of the One-who-Is (Α).

Love told them that, before any beginning, when there was neither matter, nor space, nor time, when there was nothing, she had a dream of a Universe full of life, love, and harmony. She told them that then, in those timeless moments, she ran all possible simulations and, in every version of history, she saw that the reason for their current sadness could not be avoided; that back then, an Emergency Plan was made, which provided the necessary steps for salvation from this crisis that has now appeared. She further told them that the reason why Lucifer and his brothers are not present is that within them sin was found, a lack of glory, and that they are condemned by the Law of Love to nonexistence.

The One-who-Is continued, saying that there is an incompatibility between the glory of Love and sin, that the very presence of the Glory is a consuming fire to the sinner, and Lucifer and his brothers committed sin from the very moment that doubt and unbelief invaded their souls. By questioning the Law of Love, they questioned the character of Love and, implicitly, ceased to love Love with “all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength.” It was made known to those present that there is, however, a solution for the sin that has appeared, and in this regard, the punishment is not applied urgently, because many of those who have fallen from glory can be saved and rehabilitated.

The entire Sabbat was spent speaking about the Plan of Salvation and what it implied. Some measures appeared to be extreme. They were assured that it is a Plan made in eternity and that the most efficient course of history was chosen, with as few losses as possible. “Losses there will be... but there will also be recovery; and within the Feast of the Renewal, elements provided for in the Recovery Plan have been inserted.”

The first extreme measure was the division of the Shekinah into three: the Blue Shekinah, the Scarlet Shekinah, and the Purple Shekinah. In this regard, four cherubim (seraphim) were raised to the “rank” of living creatures. Their purpose was to accompany Two of the Three throughout the entire period in which the Emergency Plan was carried out. The Blue Shekinah was installed on the plateau of the Mountain; it was formed of the Blue One and two of these living creatures. Worship was not granted to them, but only to the One-who-Is (Α) among these living creatures (/\), whose role was multiple: counselors, witnesses, protectors; guarantors of love, truth, and justice. Now, decisions were made by a vote of One (Α) plus two (/\), by unanimity (/Α\).

The discussions continued upon the Mountain until the following day. It was the first day, at noon, when the Citadel ceased to rotate. Now, each of the Three was the One-who-Is. At the end of the discussions, the Scarlet Shekinah (/Α\) – formed of a “living creature” (/), the Scarlet One-who-Is (Α) and another “living creature” (\) – departed toward “Earth” to prepare it for the Jubilee, the moment when it was to be built as a birthplace and dwelling place for another pair of planetaries.

“Earth” had ceased for a time its purpose of being a marker for time. Meanwhile, other methods of measuring time had been developed; even the cherubim had developed within themselves a rhythm of an inward clock. Meanwhile, stars had been built, and one of them was eclipsed by “Earth” at noon. Under these “atmospheric” conditions some cherubim saw, during the purple years, the Face of the One-who-Is projected upon “Earth”. “Earth”, in those days, was but a desolate and empty “rock”, a kind of moon, yet this thing was to be changed in the years that were to come.

Normally, the preparation of a habitable planet by the One-who-Was lasted approximately one year... yet things changed, not only within the Citadel, but throughout the entire Universe. The vibration of the new song carried the clouds of living water in all directions, but in a sadder key. The entire Universe was under new conditions, the conditions of the Recovery Plan.

I return to the moment before the Citadel ceased its motion of rotation around its axis and to the decisions that were taken there at that time. Shekinah had been divided into three. The Blue Shekinah, formed of a cherub (a “living creature”), the Blue One and another “living creature” (cherub), remained upon the Mountain. All the cherubim (seraphim) who had not defiled themselves through the lies of Lucifer had been divided, by casting lots, into two great groups: the blue and the scarlet. From these two groups, by casting lots, two cherubim were chosen, one from each group, and with them was made the third Shekinah, the Purple Shekinah: one cherub (/), the Purple One-who-Is (Α) and another cherub (\).

Because lawlessness (guilt) had been found in Lucifer and his cherubim, and because the presence of the One-who-Is was holy, reacting in a natural manner as a consuming fire to sin (guilt), certain protective decisions were taken upon the Mountain in view of recovering as many of the “ex-cherubim” as possible; for thus were named those found with guilt. Their presence upon the Mountain was forbidden, and their drawing near to each of the Three Shekinahs would have meant death or suicide. Yet, many of these ex-cherubim could be recovered; indeed, the recovery of all was envisioned, including that of Lucifer.

For their recovery, the Purple One had to make Himself as a Cherub; thus, His presence would not endanger the existence of Lucifer and the ex-cherubim. Lucifer was himself an ex-cherub. For their recovery, the Purple One-who-Is made Himself an Archangel and received the name of Miha-El. He did not cease to be the One-who-Is (Α), yet certain of His attributes were hidden, restrained in the presence of the ex-cherubim for their protection and recovery. The title of Archangel (Α) was synonymous for all with the Purple One-who-Is (/Α\). The Purple Shekinah (/Α\), throughout the entire period of emergency, was to be formed of one cherub (/), the Archangel Miha-El (Α – the One-who-Is God) and another cherub (\). Later, the Purple One-who-Is also received the name of the Angel (Α) of the One-who-Is or the Angel (Α) before the Presence of the One-who-Is; He was the One-who-Is (/Α\) hidden under the likeness of a (/) Cherub (\)... and it was only the beginning.

Initially, the Purple Shekinah established its Throne within the Citadel. Upon the Mountain, the place where the Blue Shekinah was, from among those remaining within the Citadel, only the Purple Shekinah had access. This had become the Ambassador or Mediator between the Citadel (the place of the ex-cherubim) and the Mountain. The ex-cherubim were stripped of their right to participate any longer in the construction of the Universe and to interact with the planetaries.

When Lucifer presented – years ago – his “revolutionary” ideas, he demanded that the planetaries also be questioned regarding his solution brought forward with respect to worship. Then, the planetaries refused Lucifer’s claims and recognized the Shekinah of the One-who-Was, the One-who-Is, the One-who-Comes as the only one destined by Law and creation for worship. Since then, Lucifer resolutely directed his gaze toward “Earth” as being his only chance.

Now, in the presence of the only accessible Shekinah – the Purple Shekinah, the Archangel Shekinah –, seeing himself banished from the Mountain, Lucifer demanded of the One “like” unto him, the Cherub Miha-El, the right to rule upon “Earth”; the right to make of “Earth” his home and the citadel of his own and of the ex-cherubim who were on his side. He was answered by the Purple One that it is impossible to give him “Earth” in dominion and that the plans of Love regarding “Earth” are far more complex. Furthermore, he and his ex-cherubim have sinned, and the inevitable consequence for them is nonexistence, since out of nothingness they were made, into nothingness they shall arrive. He explained to everyone that, because the Law of Love cannot be changed – for it is the foundation of every beginning and upon it depends the order and well-being of all things –, those guilty must die, or... there would be another alternative: the Giver of the Law could die in the place of those who will renounce the revolution or rebellion, for, in essence, Lucifer’s actions were considered actions of undermining the authority of Creator Love.

The thought that the One-who-Is was willing to die for them upon an altar upon “Earth” produced a new spark of life among many of the ex-cherubim. It was clearly seen that the intentions of the Purple One are serious; the proof was the very fact that He had made Himself as one of them, a Cherub. The Purple Shekinah (/Α\) – wherein, at the right (/) and at the left (\) of the One-who-Is (Α), were two of their brothers – convinced them even more of the seriousness and truth in the things spoken by the Archangel (Α). At that moment, a great part of the ex-cherubim worshiped Him (/Α\) and, at that same moment, they recovered some of their glory lost through their rebellion. They built a Temple within the Citadel and there, Sabbat after Sabbat, they worshiped the Purple Shekinah. Within the Temple, the One-who-Is (/Α\) could partially reveal some of His initial glory.

Lucifer became enraged even unto fury because of the loss suffered: nearly half of his ex-cherubim had turned their backs on him, directing their faces toward the Archangel, “a Cherub just like him, yet one who contributed nothing to the construction of the Universe, but only gave tasks and commandments in the capacity of being Love”. His fury fueled even further the hatred he kept hidden within himself. The thought that “Earth” could no longer be included in his plans infuriated him. He had heard that the Scarlet Shekinah was already at work upon “Earth” with her cherubim. He knew that a habitable planet was being built; it was the role of the One-who-Was to do this thing, just as He had done every time before a world was populated with its planetaries. What was nonetheless atypical this time was the fact that years had passed since the Scarlet Shekinah had been preparing “Earth”, under conditions where, usually, it lasted approximately one year (excluding the Sabbats and the hours when the tasks were assigned).

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It is not known what kind of year it might have been when the war began within the Citadel. Years had passed since the Citadel ceased to rotate, and upon the Throne upon the Mountain the succession of the One-who-Is had not changed for a long time. Now all the years were blue, for the Citadel had stopped from its rotation at noon. “Earth” was different now, yet it was not yet inhabited. It is known concerning it that now “darkness was upon the face of the deep waters and the Scarlet Shekinah moved upon the face of the waters.”

The war lasted a few years. It began on a Sabbat, when the Feast of the Beginning was starting. No one was harmed, yet the Purple Temple and a part of the Citadel were destroyed. The attack was in two directions: the Mountain and the Temple within the Citadel. The attack upon the Mountain was considered very grave, it was an act of madness, because the ex-cherubim had no chance whatsoever against the blue cherubim upon the Mountain. Lucifer wagered on the feast, on the song and on the surprise of an attack without precedent in the history of the Universe. The very idea of war was something new. The ex-cherubim who attacked the Mountain were imprisoned. It was a new measure, an adaptation to a new situation. They could have been exterminated on the spot if a Temple had not been built upon the Mountain, the place where the Blue Shekinah was. After this incident, around the Throne a Citadel was built, the Citadel upon the Mountain.

The Purple Temple and the Citadel were rebuilt, yet they bore the scars of the war. The place of the enemy, for thus was Lucifer now called, and the place of his ex-cherubim were no longer found within the Citadel inasmuch as the Jubilee year and the Feast of the Renewal were drawing near... On the one hand, twelve habitable worlds were to be built with their planetaries – “Earth” being one of them, being a jubilee planet, the hundredth habitable planet; on the other hand, at the Feast of the Renewal the planetaries also participated, material beings, vulnerable and fragile... The presence of the enemy and his acolytes was a mortal danger to them.

For a time, the ex-cherubim and ex-Lucifer were without a Citadel, without a Throne, without purpose and without a future... and yet the Archangel Miha-El, (the Purple One-who-Is) gave them one more chance. They only had to feel sorrow, to turn back from their path toward the abyss, to reposition their heart toward the Law and to recognize the Shekinah of the One-who-Was, the One-who-Is, the One-who-Comes once more as being their Love... but they would not...