Oahspe is a book announcing new revelations from God, which was produced by John Ballou Newbrough (1828-1891) by automatic writing, and which was first published by Newbrough in 1882. The title page of Oahspe describes the content of the book with these words: John Ballou Newbrough: 19th Century Cult Leader When you meet the friendliest people you have ever known, who introduce you to the most loving group of people youve ever encountered, and you find the leader to be the most inspired, caring, compassionate and understanding person youve ever met. ... Year 1828 (MDCCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For the article about the album by Ataxia, see Automatic Writing (album). ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

A New Bible in the Words of Jehovih and His Angel Ambassadors. A Sacred History of the Dominions of the Higher and Lower Heavens on the Earth for the Past Twenty-Four Thousand Years together with a Synopsis of the Cosmology of the Universe; the Creation of Planets; the Creation of Man; the Unseen Worlds; the Labor and Glory of Gods and Goddesses in the Etherean Heavens; with the New Commandments of Jehovih to Man of the Present Day.

According to the glossary in the book, 1882 version, the meaning of the word used in the title is:

Oahspe. Sky, earth (corpor) and spirit. The all; the sum of corporeal and spiritual knowledge as at present. [1]

The revelation of Oahspe

The practice of automatic writing was well known during the period in which Oahspe was revealed; and the author, John Newbrough, said that his book was the result of that Spiritualist technique. Newbrough described the presence of angels and lines of light which controlled his hands as they "automatically" typed the text of Oahspe (see External links below for more details in the Pamphlet on the Origin of Oahspe). Most of the manuscript, which included drawings and caligraphic ink script also said by Newbrough to be the result of angelic control, were produced by Newbrough using the, then, recently invented typewriter. For the article about the album by Ataxia, see Automatic Writing (album). ... By 1853, when the popular song Spirit Rappings was published, Spiritualism was the object of intense curiosity. ...

What the Revelation says

Oahspe's stated purpose is given in "Oahspe vse 24": "Not infallible is this Book, Oahspe; but to teach mortals how to attain to hear the Creator's voice, and see His heavens, in full consciousness, whilst still living on the earth; and to know of a truth the place and condition awaiting them after death.".

The voice of the Creator, named Jehovih, is not an audible sound but rather a subtle impression to the soul... "my voice is not a sound but comes to the soul from all sides." "I am the Creator, and am sufficient to all the living." Clairvoyance and clairaudience, the seeing and hearing of spiritual and heavenly things, are extensively addressed within Oahspe,

As well as containing books on a spiritually based explanation of physical science, Oahspe contains chronologically ordered accounts that are cosmological revelations concerning the evolution of the human race from 78,000 years ago, and life on Earth, from its start as a planet being formed from its beginnings as a comet, to its first lifeforms and finally to the appearance of Man and his progression from beast to spiritual maturity. Esoteric cosmology is cosmology that is an intrinsic part of an esoteric or occult system of thought. ... Revelation This article is about prophecy. ... This article is about evolution in biology. ... Homo sapiens (Latin: wise man) is the scientific name for the human species. ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ...

The text describes the existence of cyclical events that occur within a range of greater and smaller cycles. For instance, according to Oahspe, the Earth is travelling with the Sun and its planets through regions of space in a large circuit of 4,700,000 years, which is divided into sections of 3,000 years (average), which also occur within larger cycles of 24,000 years and 72,000 years and so on. Each of these regions has variations in density and so engender conditions of more or less light and dark to the Earth, which has spiritual and physical consequences for Earth and its inhabitants, whereby civilizations have risen and fallen accordingly.

These various regions are under the administration of spiritual or "Etherean" beings with titles such as "God" and "Chief" and whose and ranks and ages vary in ascending grade, from tens of thousands of years to hundreds of thousands of years old and older, and whose dominions cover vast distances and many spiritual and corporeal worlds of various grades and densities. They are designated "Sons and Daughters of Jehovih," and in accordance, the text of Oahspe contains separate books such as the "Book of Cpenta-Armij, Daughter of Jehovih" and also includes familiar names such as the Books of "Apollo" and "Thor", "Sons of Jehovih." Thors battle against the giants, by Mårten Eskil Winge, 1872 Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) is the red-haired and bearded god of thunder and war in Norse Mythology and more generally Germanic mythology (Old English: Þunor, Old Dutch and Old High German: Donar, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz). ...

One typographical peculiarity of these books is that many of them are printed on pages divided in two, top to bottom. In these, the top half of the page contains a narrative of celestial events, while the bottom half describes the corresponding events on Earth. Included in its contents, Oahspe contains a body of information that purports to provide explanations that cover events in the spirit worlds and their corresponding effects on events in the physical world dating back from pre-historical events and includes missing details to known historical accounts regarding the origins of all of Earth's religions.

While the text is written in a style that is similar to early modern/Elizabethan English, it was written around 1881. This interesting quirk of language explains itself in Oahspe by its even more extraordinary direction of address. It directly addresses not only humanity on the Earth but also, the inhabitants of the "lower heavens" or spirit world who would have lived on earth when language was less contemporary.

Oahspe has many graphics which include symbols purported to be of ancient languages and an original language of "Pan" or "Panic Language" meaning "Earth Language". It also contains many unfamiliar words whose meanings and origins are not fully explained or mentioned in the accompanying glossary. Many of the strange words are purported to be derived from ancient mortal languages which were inspired through the presence of spiritual beings. And, further, many of the words are physical constructions of spirit words and meanings not originated on Earth. A sub-book, Book of Saphah, has details of the meanings and roots of many of the unfamiliar words and symbols. Such aspects mean that Oahspe is a book that requires more than casual reading to begin to understand and digest.

A sample of the text of Oahspe will give an impression of its style:

1. JEHOVIH said: By virtue of My presence created I the seen and the unseen worlds. And I commanded man to name them; and man called the seen worlds Corper, and the unseen worlds Es; and the inhabitants of Corpor, man called corporeans. But the inhabitants of Es he called sometimes es'eans and sometimes spirits, and sometimes angels.

2. Jehovih said: I created the earth, and fashioned it, and placed it in the firmament; and by My presence brought man forth a living being. A corporeal body gave I him that he might learn corporeal things; and death I made that he might rise in the firmament and inherit My etherean worlds.

3. To es I gave dominion over corpor; with es I filled all place in the firmament. But corpor I made into earths and moons and stars and suns; beyond number made I them, and I caused them to float in the places I allotted to them.

4. Es I divided into two parts, and I commanded man to name them, and he called one etherea and the other atmospherea. These are the three kinds of worlds I created; but I gave different densities to atmospherean worlds, and different densities to the etherean worlds.

5. For the substance of My etherean worlds I created Ethe, the MOST RARIFIED . Out of ethe made I them. And I made ethe the most subtle of all created things, and gave to it power and place, not only by itself, but also power to penetrate and exist within all things, even in the midst of the corporeal worlds. And to ethe gave I dominion over both atmospherea and corpor.

--- From The Book of Jehovih, chapter II

Oahspe is available in a current edition printed by the Universal Faithists of Kosmon, CO. USA; and as an e-text now in the public domain. Oahspe is a text studied by individuals around the world, in English and Dutch languages. A number of groups have formed in response to Oahspe, whose teachings include the virtue of the unity of group efforts to achieve good works. Presently, among these, is a small religious denomination that now calls itself the Faithists of Kosmon. A religious denomination (also simply denomination) is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, tradition, and identity. ... The Universal Faithists of Kosmon, or simply the Faithists of Kosmon, is a legally recognized religion that espouses as their holy book Oahspe. ...

External links

• Oahspe Quotations
• Oahspe: A Kosmon Bible in the Words of Jehovih and his Angel Embassadors, revised 1912 third edition
• OAHSPE is SKY-EARTH-SPIRIT
• Pamphlet on the Origin of Oahspe
• Shalam Colony, A utopian community founded by Oahspe believers
• Oahspe Resources
• The Eloists