THE BOOK OF THE HIGH PLACE

Adam and Eve covenant to the Law of Chastity, they receive the Law of Consecration, Satan is cast out of Adam’s and Eve’s midst, they receive the second token of the Melchizedek Priesthood.

1Peter: Each of you covenant to obey the Law of Chastity, whereby you understand that you shall have no sexual relations with anyone but the spouse whom the Lord has given you to wed. Each of you bow you head and say, Yes.

2Peter: That will do. We will now return and report.

3Peter: Jehovah, we have been down to the Man and the Woman in the world which we have created together. We have conferred upon the Man the Higher Priesthood and we have reminded the Woman of the priesthood she has already received of the Mother. We instructed the Man to place the robe on the left shoulder when administering the ordinances of the Higher Priesthood, and we have given the man and the Woman the token associated with it. We have taught them the Law of Chastity, which they have received by covenant. This is our report.

4Jehovah: It is well. Elohim Heavenly Father, Your messengers have been down to the Man and the Woman in the world we have created together, and have done all that You commanded. The Man has received the Higher Priesthood and the Woman has remembered it. They have received the Law of Chastity by covenant. They have been true and faithful in all that We command them to do.

5Elohim Heavenly Father: It is well. The woman is a right model for the man and they are ready to progress further.

6Elohim Heavenly Father: Jehovah, send My messengers, Peter, James and John, again down to the Man and the Woman in the world we have created together. Give them gifts of the Spirit, for they have remained faithful to the Laws and commandments We have given them. Teach them the Law of Consecration and have them receive it by covenant. Give them the second token of the Higher Priesthood. Introduce them into the Terrestrial World upon the Way. Then have them return and report.

7Jehovah: It shall be done.

8Jehovah: Peter, take James and John and go down to the Man and the Woman in the world which we have created together. Teach them the Law of Consecration and have them both receive it by covenant. Give them gifts of the Spirit and introduce them into the Terrestrial World upon the Way, where they may be instructed more fully and in safety.

9Peter: It shall be done, Jehovah. Come, James and John.

10James: We will go down.

11John: Yes, let us go down.

12Peter: Adam, what is the meaning of these war sounds?

13Adam: These things come of the teachings of Satan. We do not teach these things in the Thanksgiving Lodge, but the world bows at the feet of Satan. 60

14Narrator: Now, Satan was always very near whenever any visitors came to the Thanksgiving Lodge and this day was no exception. The three visitors had only to go back out the lodge flap to bump into him, the snooper.

15Peter: What have you been teaching this people?

16Satan: I have been teaching them the World Way.

17Peter: And how do they like what you have taught them?

18Satan: Many like it very much. Only the strongest rule and the weak serve them. It is just as it is with the Buffalo herd. The strong bulls dominate and the young wait their turn.

19Peter: Not so, evil one. In the great herds the strong protect the young and the weak. You have perverted the ways of the beasts and made men beastly.

20Peter: Do you believe what Lucifer teaches?

21Adam: I know that there are strong and there are weak, but I believe that we should bear each other’s burdens. The teachings of Satan turn in the hand. They sometimes seem right at first, but then they cause misery.

22Satan: I teach the lessons of nature!

23Adam: This is true. In nature, the strong survive and the weak perish. One need only observe the animals and plants to know that he speaks some truth. Even the perverse solutions he provides are seen in nature.

24Satan: That is right. My wisdom is proven by the test of time. What has always been, shall always be.

25Peter: Your words seem confused, Adam. How do you know which path to follow?

26Adam: The Creator taught me the Thanksgiving Way. He promised to teach me more if I stay in His Path.

27Peter: That is right, Adam, if you continue in this Path, you will learn to overcome even the natural man and become like Father.

28Adam: Satan, I will teach the people to avoid you and your counsel.

29Satan: See how powerful I am? I am the Chief of the Snake Lodge. My people will come and kill you and your weak ones. There is no one who can threaten us. My young men are strong and well trained and I am their teacher, not you, Adam.

30Satan: Now, Peter, James and John, what do you think you can do?

31Peter: I am Buffalo Spirit and these, my companions, are the Thunder Twins. These stones that I wear are the Earth Medicine. The lightning pattern on their cloaks is the Sky and the Wind Medicine. I will cause the earth to burn you when you expose yourself to the Sky. Hide yourself, you old serpent, or by the strength of the elements will your weakness be made known to man.

32Satan: How dare you threaten me? You may have power in the Thanksgiving Lodge, but my words are 61 my medicine, and my medicine is great in the Council! You banish me to the shadowy places, yet my words shall break the back of the earth! Yes, my young men will harness and control the power of the wind and the sky, and the more powerful they become, the greater will be my influence over them. You cannot imprison me, Peter, for I will cause man to cover the world in a mist of darkness. Then your strong medicine will have no power over me. Man’s nature will never change in this world and as long as that is so, I will be Chief over men!

33Peter: As we have cast you out from the midst of the Thanksgiving Lodge and from the door of the High Place, now we do cast you out from open communion with the children of men. Depart, Satan! From this day forever you shall have no more voice in the Council. Be gone!

34Satan: It is man who takes counsel. You cannot remove me or my voice! Nature governs men and nature will always speak!

35Peter: We are servants of the Creator!

36Narrator: Then Lucifer knew he was beaten, for all Nature obeys the voice of Him that created it. Slowly, he retreated into the rocks, but his words have echoed in every generation of time. Beware always that you do not take them up in your hearts.

37Adam: The words that Satan has spoken are true. Man will always have his nature and, even without the counsel of Satan himself, man will always be drawn to dominate and to enslave. How shall we overcome it?

38Peter: Eve has not the nature of Man. The Creator will provide guidance and a Way for man to learn to overcome his nature. You have both covenanted to obey the Law of Chastity and you have been faithful to that covenant. By the Holy Spirit of Promise, which is the Holy Ghost, your covenant one with another is sealed up unto Christ. It is made eternal.

39Peter: Adam, through the ways of your wife, you shall learn to nurture the weak and comfort the sick and the feeble. The Mother works for the benefit of the whole family. Her gift is an example of the sacrifice of the Son. This is the Plan of the Creator – that one shall take upon himself all things according to the consecration of all living. So that they may understand the consecration and atonement of the New and Everlasting Covenant, we have taught you and you must teach your children to consecrate their substance one to another. This ought to be an example to you in all areas of life. If you will consecrate all with which the Lord has blessed you, all with which He does now bless you, and all with which He will yet see fit to bless you, to the good of all His children, then the Creator will be your Teacher and He will provide you with counsel from your Grandfathers. By these things shall man learn to protect the weak rather than to enslave them. Be faithful in this teaching and you will receive all things.

40Adam: I now covenant before God, angels, and these witnesses, that I do consecrate all with which the Lord has 62 blessed me, all with which He does now bless me, and all with which He will yet bless me, to the good of all His children. I covenant that I will consider prayerfully that stewardship which the Lord has given me to determine the surplus of it by the promptings of the Holy Ghost, and that I will give freely of that surplus to the needy, to the unfortunate, and to the building up of the Lord’s Kingdom here on earth.

41Eve: I now covenant before God, angels, and these witnesses, that I do support and sustain my husband, and I do join with him in consecrating all with which the Lord has blessed me, all with which He does now bless me, and all with which He will yet bless me, to the good of all His children. I covenant that I will consider prayerfully that stewardship which the Lord has given me to determine the surplus of it by the promptings of the Holy Ghost, and that I will give freely of that surplus to the needy, to the unfortunate, and to the building up of the Lord’s Kingdom here on earth.

42Peter: That is enough. Yes, that will do.

43Peter: Adam, we are instructed to give unto you the gifts of the Spirit. Will you submit to this ordinance?

44Adam: I will submit to it.

45Peter: Adam, by the authority given us of Jesus Christ, and by the commission which we have received of Him, we set you apart from among all men, and we bestow upon you an endowment of power. By this endowment, you shall walk upon the Way and converse in the tongues of angels, for you shall be instructed by them. We give you the keys of the Priesthood and of the gifts of the Spirit. Seek now the face of your God! Amen.

46Peter: Eve, will you submit to this ordinance?

47Eve: I will submit to it.

48Peter: Eve, by the authority given us of Jesus Christ, and by the commission which we have received of Him, we set you apart from among all men, and we bestow upon you an endowment of power. By this endowment, you shall walk upon the Way and converse in the tongues of angels, for you shall be instructed by them. We give you the keys of the Priesthood and of the gifts of the Spirit. Seek now the face of your God! Amen.

49Peter: It is well. Although we have set you apart and given you the gifts of the Spirit by the laying on of hands, this is only the promise or the opportunity to receive them. The realization of this endowment depends entirely upon your faithfulness in seeking the face of God. Principle among these gifts is the gift of healing. The power of the Healer is in the hands. Its tokens are the many things on this earth that Elohim Heavenly Mother has provided for the healing of the body and the spirit. The sign of this gift is given by the Father so that you will always remember that the gifts of God work best when they are linked together, just as the health of the body is determined by the proper functioning of all the organs, and disease is defined by 63 the dysfunction of the organs, one or all. To remind you of this token, you shall always wear a continuous green thread around your waist, either in the form of an apron or sewn directly into your garments.

50Peter: We are instructed to give unto you the second token of the higher priesthood. It is the Sign of the Healer, the Patriarchal Grip or Sure Sign of the Nail. It has a name, but it will not be given to you until a time and place which shall be given to you hereafter. _(The assembly is now instructed as to the purpose of the Law of Consecration. The Law of Consecration is discussed. The men and the women receive it by covenant, along with the second token of the Higher Priesthood. The man representing Peter recites the Revelation on Consecration from the Book of Discipleship, which has been added to the Book of the High Place for this generation. The Way is discussed, as are the gifts of the Spirit.)_