The moon was a fortune-teller; he looked in that divining cup of silver, the
cup of Joseph, and interpreted the dreams of the night.
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THE ORIGINAL GARDEN OF EDEN he could become invisible while standing before you face to face in broad daylight; he would die and come to life; he would be consumed by fire and rise the third day from the ashes, con- sequently must have an immortal soul. He kept a fountain of healing waters; was a physician and anointed with holy oil; he taught fasting for every month; he clothed in sack- cloth and went three days without food; he died daily and
yearly, and freely gave his life for others. He was an astronomer, for he was king of the night world, and chief star of the night; for the sun can never be an as- tronomer; his look annihilates the star world. The moon was a fortune-teller; he looked in that divining cup of silver, the
cup of Joseph, and interpreted the dreams of the night. He was clerk, bookkeeper, register, seribe and recorder, and kept the world's history and the deeds of kings and heroes in the archives of the moon vault. And that is how he became the god of wisdom, a living oracle and authority, consulted by all nations before engaging in any important undertaking; he was master of cunning and craft, a magician, knew all past, present and future, and became ambassador, counsellor, and right hand man of the gods; a Mimer or Regin or Ken- taur, to educate the young sun gods, Achilles, Hercules, and
Jason. We can see how the idea of knowledge originated and grew, from the observation of the moon; it first appeared as a spirit message from the land of darkness, and a revelation, and was
written in letters of gold The moon was that divine teacher who drew a panorama of the changing scenery of the year in cunning pictures, and
recorded the history of the revolving ages with a pen of fire. Well was the moon called the "deep thinker," the "inter- preter," the "story teller," the "harper," and the "his-
torian.