VENUS
As evening approaches we reach the airport where the last final details
of checking the ship before taking off have been completed. From all
appearances this is a new ship and much larger than the one which
brought us here from the Moon. In response to our admiration, our host
tells us this is to be its maiden voyage. Upon entering, we find it to
be a luxurious palace within which is also a fully equipped scientific
laboratory.
This ship has been built in line with the latest Martonian
developments. It too is of the triple body structure, has a spear-type
nose and is equipped with an air system which automatically maintains
the air within the ship at a pressure and temperature most comfortable
to the occupants.
Two other scientists besides our host are accompanying us on this trip
to Venus. The ship's personnel numbers sixty, including these two
scientists.
The prospects of this trip fill us with thrilling excitement for on it
we are venturing still farther into space, to a planet that Earth men
had proclaimed as probably uninhabitable since they had never been able
to penetrate its surrounding atmosphere.
Many dignitaries are at the airport to wish us good luck on the trip.
Our takeoff was so smooth and noiseless that we were unaware of leaving
the ground. At an altitude of two thousand feet, the pilots level off
and glide for awhile that we may see more of planet Mars, her cities
and her countryside.
The surface appearance of Mars is very similar to that of Earth. There
are many large mountain ranges with very fertile valleys lying between
them. We also saw a flat area corresponding to our plains and many
rivers. We have passed over a few fair-sized cities and many hamlets.
Now we can see one of the polar caps in the distance. It looks like a
very large glacier, but we are not going closer to it for here is where
we get on the beam to Venus.
It is odd how they do this. On the instrument panel of the ship is
a small screen upon which the light of the planet to which they are
going is focused. The details of this instrument we don't know, but
the principle is the same as that used by an astronomer when he gets
an image in the dead center of the mirror of his telescope. Once the
planet is perfectly focused upon the screen, one of the pilots pushes a
button and the ship is definitely on the light lane towards its desired
destination.
Our host explains that once this is accomplished, no outside
interference can cause the ship to change its course for it is actually
being pulled forward by the light.
This explanation seemed to us to be in reverse, for we had been taught
that planets reflect light, having no light of their own; then the
light should be going away from them. Yet he tells us that we are
being pulled towards the planet by her light.
Noting our confusion, he continued, "the light does not go away from
the planet into space, but rather it comes from out of space towards
the planet. It is travelling towards the planet instead of from it.
For you see, the sun is in the center of a system and all planets
revolve around it in their respective orbits. That which you call light
is radiation from the sun and is actually travelling from the sun to
the planet. The reflection from the planet is short lived. It doesn't
penetrate into space very far. It really becomes dead within the
atmosphere of the planet."
"Why does the telescope seem to get the light direct from the planet?"
questioned Dr. Johnston.
"That is nothing but an illusion," replied our friend. "All that a
telescope does is reflect an image. A planet itself has no source of
light, so it cannot give out light; but it is illumined by the sun's
radiation which we call light. For this reason the same instrument
cannot be used in studying the sun that we use on the planets and
stars. The reflected image is a cold or negative light, while the
direct radiation is a hot or positive light. However, all light is an
electrical force or energy."
"Thus you can understand how the ship is actually being pulled as well
as pushed by the light or radiation which is steadily flowing from the
sun towards the planet, travelling with the speed of light, as Earth
men call it, while we say at the speed of the sun's radiation."
One thousand miles out from Mars we entered a shower of meteors of
various sizes. This we have been able to enjoy thoroughly, without
fear, for we know the ship is equipped with a repulsing power which
extends five hundred miles into space, thus protecting us from a
dangerous bombardment.
But five hundred miles is a long way, so Bob wanted to know why it was
necessary for the power to extend that far from the ship.
One of the ship's scientists answered Bob's question. "Meteors travel
so fast that were they not deflected so far from the ship, they would
be upon us before we knew it. Even so, there are some very large
meteors which are able to penetrate this outer wall of protection.
During the entire time of passing through these showers we observe
our screen closely so when we see a meteor continuing towards us, we
have time to throw our heavier power of protection into operation,
which is the middle wall of the ship. Its influence extends only two
hundred fifty miles into space but is so strong that no meteor yet has
ever been able to penetrate it. When we first attempted interplanetary
travelling our ships were built with only a single wall, but then we
lost many of them due to the heavy meteoric bombardment. Even then the
ships of other planets were constructed with three bodies and used the
law of repulsion for safe travelling. Since we learned this and built
our ships accordingly, we too have enjoyed safe travelling to Venus,
Saturn, and Jupiter. There are rather heavy meteoric showers between
the Earth and the Moon, and the Moon and Mars, but between Mars and the
other planets they are much heavier, with far larger meteors."
"Speaking of meteors, in our House of Records we have an account of a
meteor falling through space and getting caught in the magnetic field
of an almost neutral zone where it went whirling in a circle just
outside the borderline of the gravitational powers. Becoming so hot
through continuous action, it became a sun and is still serving as a
sun in one of our present solar systems. The records shows that this
took place three hundred million years ago. During this time, around
this particular meteor known today as a sun, a solar system has been
built upon which human life is just beginning."
"Since this has become known, scientists on other planets are beginning
to wonder if others of our suns have not come into being just that way."
"With the type of telescope your men on Earth have, they cannot see
this system, but with our telescope we can see it. Its distance is one
billion sextillion light years from Mars."
We are now half way to Venus and encountering so many meteors that
they almost illuminate our path. These are of various colors and look
much like different types of fireworks. Some appear to be cold as we
see them by the light of others. On this screen which we have been
watching, we can see meteors of different sizes, some would easily
weigh twenty to fifty tons. These large ones must call for a tremendous
repulsing power to turn them away from the ship. We wonder how strong
it really is.
Sensing the question in our minds, the scientist explains that it
doesn't take much power since it operates on what we would call a down
force. Once a meteor hits the repulsing wall it begins to fall, so
to speak, instead of continuing on its forward path. But we noticed
that when the fifty ton meteor was sighted they threw in the second
repulsing wall, probably just as a precaution. It really looked just
like a big ball of fire.
He is telling us that, "some meteors have fallen on Mars weighing
around fifteen million tons. Since all meteors are largely composed of
iron as well as other minerals, we Martonians have an electro-magnet
so powerful that we can pull them right out of the ground and then
cut them open to study their composition. Some of these meteors have
contained crystals so hard within their centers that we had nothing
which could cut them. One time an exceptionally large meteor hit our
planet which, because of its immense size and the force with which it
hit, we did not try to remove from the ground for twenty years. Even
after that length of time, when we pulled it out and cut it open, it
was still tremendously hot in the center. In cutting this one we were
lucky for we missed the pocket of crystals, otherwise we would never
have been able to cut it in half."
We have passed through the gap between Mars and Venus which was nine
million miles in width, but riding in this ship is so very smooth that
we didn't know we had entered it until we were told.
"Now we are within twenty million miles of Venus and are about to enter
the heavy atmosphere surrounding this planet. This is a sort of cloud
bank made up mostly of particles of dust. We have to use the repulsing
power on this too because travelling at the speed we are, those
particles would really sandblast our ship," explains the scientist.
"This cloud is produced mostly by satellites of Venus which are not
like the Earth's moon. They have terrific dust storms blowing over them
constantly which produce a dust belt around the planet half a million
miles in width. It is not a belt in the sense you use this word,
meaning a band which girds only a certain portion. We speak of it as a
belt because of its thickness, but it entirely envelopes the planet,
acting as a protective casing and shielding her from the intense heat
of the sun's bombardment, since she is so close to the sun."
We are now through the cloud and can see Venus as a planet perfectly.
The air from here it seems to be very clear but quite moist. The
instruments indicate an appreciable amount of moisture. They also had
indicated the presence of much moisture through the entire width of
the dust cloud. It seemed to us more like fog than dust. We thought
the presence of fog or moisture that far from a planet was quite a
distance, but the scientist says it is not, that planets in other solar
systems have similar conditions out that far and farther, but planet
Venus and planet Mercury are the only ones in our system having such
protective shields, but these two are of different consistency.
We are nearing Venus and the instruments continue to show the presence
of a great deal of moisture. The countryside has a lush green covering,
proving there is a lot of water on this planet, while the city we
are circling a thousand feet above seems more of a fantasy than a
reality. Our Martonian host tells us this is the capital of Venus and
the largest city on the planet, but to us it looks more like castles
built on clouds. The pilots have been circling to enable us to enjoy
this beauty to the utmost. Just as they were preparing to land, rain
began falling, a regular downpour, and we received a signal from the
ground to delay landing for a short time. Such rains seem to be a
regular occurrence for we are told by the scientist that they get these
downpours here about three times a day during certain seasons of the
year, but they are of very short duration.
Now the rain has stopped and we are signalled to land. Many large ships
are on the ground here at the airfield, all Venetian with the exception
of two: one of these has the insignia of planet Jupiter, while the
other has planet Saturn pictured on it.
There are many people at the airport to welcome us, the first Earth
men to set foot upon Venus in many centuries. They are cheering as the
doors of the ship are opened. Our Martonian host is leading us out. At
the door of the ship he is met by a Venetian scientist with whom he
shakes hands in greeting and then introduces us.
When Dr. Johnston is introduced as an Earth scientist, he is handed a
large bouquet of flowers, a gift from the scientists of Venus. Their
fragrance is exhilarating and their texture is as fragile as iridescent
webs.
Breathing at first was somewhat difficult since the air is so light but
we were able to quickly adjust ourselves so that we can now breathe
easily.
Our attention is turned to the people about us who are as beautiful and
fine in their form as the flowers in their kingdom. We feel as though
they are looking right through us and can actually read our minds. We
have been told they are experts in the field of mental telepathy, so we
will have to watch our thoughts carefully.
The women are so ethereal that there are not words to describe their
beauty and the men seem radiant with mental and physical alertness.
The children are joyous and free and remind us of cherubs. We seem to
be engulfed with a feeling of kindness and relaxation that comes from
these people.
The whole atmosphere is permeated with a prismatic radiation of color
that even the buildings reflect.
A magnificent conveyance is coming towards us and as it stops three men
step out to greet us. Our Martonian host introduces them to us as the
leaders of Venus, Saturn and Jupiter, adding, "Each of these planets,
as on Mars, knows no divisions as states or nations. Each planet has
one chosen leader who is assisted by a council of representatives of
the people. And here too, the leader recognizes his position as an
honor and a privilege to serve the people according to the will of the
Creator."
The cordial welcome of these men makes us feel that we are not
strangers but more as though we have always known them.
Upon invitation, we enter the vehicle and find it luxurious and
comfortable. It seems to operate much the same as the ones on Mars.
An attendant opens a back compartment and serves us each a drink.
Dr. Johnston proposes a toast "to the health of the Earth." It is
appropriate, for if Earth men could experience the wonderful things
that we have witnessed, it would seem very worth while.
The aroma of this drink is like fragrant roses, the taste like mint. It
is as clear as water and we are told that it is exhilarating but not
intoxicating.
When our drinks are finished, the head of Venus says they have come to
take us to their Council Building.
It is warm, for the recent rain combined with the heat which is
about eighty, makes the atmosphere stifling; but we are the only
ones who seem to notice it. As we ride through the streets towards
our destination, the buildings and the layout of the city resemble
a fairyland description of beauty and perfection. Everything is so
spotlessly clean that it seems to sparkle.
The foliage of the trees and shrubs is of lacy pattern, while those
that have blossoms are draped with garlands of flowers. There are
different varieties but they are all of lace-like structure.
The buildings glow with a soft iridescence. Along the wide boulevards
are statues of exquisite workmanship which act as illuminating
standards.
Our conveyance has stopped and we are in front of the Council Building.
It is dazzling to our sight for its rails and doors seem to be made of
gold.
Immediately in answer to our thought came the reply, "It is gold, what
you men of Earth call gold. Here on Venus gold and silver are more
abundant than any other metal. Since gold does not tarnish it is used
for ornamentation and many purposes. Because of their abundance, these
metals are used for pipe lines to carry water and utilities to homes
and buildings. They are alloyed with more scarce metals for hardening.
Should these ever become scarce in natural resources, we can easily
manufacture them."
To enter the building we ascend four wide stone terraces. On the first
is the symbol of the Earth; the Moon is on the second terrace; the
third symbolizes Mars, while the top terrace is of Venus. We now stand
upon a large veranda that seems to be made of Mother-of-Pearl, but it
is cushioned when we stop upon it. On either side of the massive gold
doors are pillars of alabaster while above the doors are symbols of
Saturn and Jupiter. Above these and to either side are symbols which we
cannot read.
Entering the building, we find ourselves in a round room of vast size.
There must be about ten thousand people seated in this room. In the
center of the room is a large round table at which we are seated. From
the center of this table extends a torch-like pedestal from which
brilliant lights go forth in four directions, focused upon statues of
the Deity like we saw on Mars. One is to the north, another to the
south, a third is to the east and the other to the west. In the center
of the torch is a ray shooting directly upward to a portrait of the
Deity beautifully painted at the top of the immense dome of gold and
silver inlay. About this figure are murals representing the vastness of
the universe with its many solar systems, with each solar system having
a mural of one of its planet's inhabitants.
The tables are set with gold service trimmed in intricately designed
silver. The napkins are embroidered with silver on cloth finer than
linen. A steaming hot fish on a large golden platter is placed in front
of each one. Chalices filled with a liquid that looks like wine, yet
doesn't smell like it, are being served. A fluffy bread of a rich
yellow color is placed upon the table, also a green vegetable. It looks
like there is more here than we will be able to eat.
The head spiritual leader has arisen to say grace. He is saying, "the
fish in front of each one represents symbolically the eternal quality
of purity, for its birth is given by the life-giving fluids known as
water, of which eighty percent or more, of all form-life is composed.
It is the purest of all liquids and without it no form could be."
"We give thanks unto the Great Creator of all creations for the
privilege and the honor bestowed upon us, the people of Venus, to come
face to face with our brothers from another Mansion of Thy planetary
House, known as Earth. This is the first time this privilege has been
granted since the race of wisdom known as the Triton race was on Earth.
The liquids which flow through the veins of every form in each Mansion
of the many within Thy House is the same in all, for it flows out of
the heart of the Creator into its creations. We are now gathered to
feast as one, to partake of the good things which the Creator has given
unto us, that our bodies and our minds shall be quickened to the wisdom
and the guidance that is yet to come."
We feel so still that we are hardly aware that those about us have
started to eat. As we regain our senses, we partake of the food as
though in a dream.
The fish is very tasty, white in color, light and fluffy in texture
and quite different from any that we have ever eaten. The bread is
more like cake, not sweet but not dull as Earth bread. The greens and
fruit are excellent. The drink that we thought might be wine, really
is not but it takes the place of tea or coffee. It is made from a bean
that grows on a tree and has the quality of replenishing the blood
corpuscles, keeping them up to a standard at all times. It tastes more
like an apple than anything else.
The feasting is finished and quiet fills the room as the head of Venus
rises to his feet to speak. On each side of him are seated the other
two leaders, the one from Saturn and the other from Jupiter. We are
seated opposite to them.
And this is what the speaker is saying:
"My brothers, you have journeyed a long way to visit our beloved
homeland which has been given unto us by the same Creator that has
given yours unto you. We, within our hearts and within every fiber of
our beings, rejoice in the name of the Universal Father for making it
possible to bring our distant brothers so near to us, that as forms we
may touch each other. For we are forbidden to venture out into lower
realms, while thou art privileged to rise from planet to planet, as
thou hast been given the birthright of thy Father's total Kingdom. For
each step that thou hast taken in the vast expanse of thy Father's
Kingdom are of strength and wisdom, growing as the lily in the field,
and thou, if thou continue, shall become as beautiful as the many
beautiful things in the Creator's allness. But thine people of Earth,
to know the greatness of their Father as we do here, must mend their
ways before they be given the right to venture into the eternal palace.
For when thou cast the precious fluid of thine brother upon the earth
upon which thou trod, thou then walketh upon the fluid that has flowed
unto thine brother from the heart of thine Father. When thou despiseth
thine brother, thou too despiseth thine Father, for it is thine
Father's breath that thine brother eateth daily. But when thou learneth
the ways of our Father, when once thou proceedeth to dwell with all
thine brothers that thou hast met on the way, as thou dost dwell with
thineself, thou shalt not be long journeying to His Palace, as it did
not take thee long to come unto us."
"We all have gathered here at this time, have gathered in the greatest
humbleness, and yet with a joy unexpressible, because of the journey
which thou have made. May thine brothers of Earth, when thou hast
returned to them, open their minds and their hearts that the knowledge
that thou will give unto them of the things that thou hast been
privileged to see and to know, may be a feast of strength and faith,
and beyond all, love unto all as unto thineself, of a pure heart and a
pure mind, as thou thineself hast partaken upon this table."
Now the Saturn man has risen.
"My brothers, I cannot express the joy within my being for your
presence here. As you by now do know, I have made the journey to the
planet of Councils, the planet of love for all creations, only to be
with you. For as you know, I am from the planet known to you as Saturn,
largely misunderstood by the Earth men, for some upon your Earth say
that we are, because of the name, satanic. Yes, to some we may be so,
for we are as just as justice could ever be. We mete out influence
of justice to all of the system, and since the Earth men have been
disobeying all laws of thine Infinite Father, we have according to
justice, given them what they asked for, which has not been pleasant,
once they have received it. But when they have awakened through these
unpleasant conditions, they will realize the justice of ours. Then the
greater blessings from the Central Throne of the Creator will begin
to flow unto them and their advancement unto us will become steady.
For that reason I came to this planet to speak unto you, for you are
forbidden to enter ours until you have proven yourselves to be like
all the rest of us. For the advancement in many things is far beyond
the dream of Earthly men, which we on planet Saturn have. And should
they once learn of these things from us by viewing them, Earth men, in
their present state of mind would use it for no good purpose. That is
the reason you brothers have not been allowed to enter our ship when it
reached the Moon, for there are many things that you could have used
for no good purpose. But when you become ready, by living as the Father
intended you to live, all these things and more shall be revealed unto
you. May the knowledge and the wisdom that you learn on this journey be
of writing for the people of Earth. And we shall be waiting for all the
Earth people to visit us at some future day, as we have always waited
for that time to come."
Now the Jupiter leader gets up.
"I, too, have come to see you, for distance to us is none, for totality
is our home in our system in which thine home lies too. We are the
Creator's interpreters of law, for from His Throne flows the knowledge
and the wisdom unto us that we may in turn give unto those who hunger
for it. We are ready at all times to become servants unto the Earthly
ones, guiding them if they but let us, to joys and happiness undreamt
of by men on Earth. But the unification of thine household must come
first. Thine right for servants must be earned. We too have much to
give, but what we have, through lack of knowledge and wisdom, can be
to the detriment of the children of Earth. But when they have proven
themselves worthy, all of the golden gates of thy Father's Heavenly
Kingdom shall be opened unto them and the blessings which they shall
not be able to count shall be bestowed upon them. But until such a
time, we shall wait until man of Earth is ready to be served. May the
wisdom and the knowledge that thou hast learned to know in this House
of many Mansions be of renewal of the spirit of the Earthly man. For
nine times now he has been, through his own conditions, an outcast of
the House."
And with this the three of them came around the table and placed their
hands upon us and blessed us. We could feel the power go right through
each one of us.
Then the whole of the people within the building rise to their feet as
one and in unison say, "Brothers of Earth, awaken unto thyself, awaken
unto thy Father that thou may come and make His House as one. For up
till now the House is complete for all the Mansions within it, with
the exception of one, are united unto the Father's will, except thine
Mansion of Earth."
And they seat themselves again.
Now the head of Venus has risen once again and says:
"My brothers, we have gathered in the Temple of Councils, which is the
House of all thine Houses within which Mansions brothers dwell. For
here we have gathered for ages to consult one another in the knowledge
received from our Father of His Infinite Kingdom and this is the first
time whereby we have sat at the Council Table with a representative of
one of the Mansions known as Earth planet. And so therefore, we will
open the Book of Secrets within this Planet of Councils to the degree
of the understanding nature that ye brethren are endowed with. We, as
a House of many Mansions are but just one House of the vast Kingdom
within which are countless Houses, each greater than the other. And
as the knowledge has been given unto us by the great messenger from
thy Father's Throne, that the Kingdom within which are many Houses
and within them the many Mansions, is one for His children to know
continuous happiness by advancing from one unto the other, which is
done by the guidance of His Will and not the will of the form. The
will of the form was given unto the form, only to will its will unto
the Will that gives it breath, and by so doing become a channel for
the Father's expression throughout His vast Kingdom. And the rewards
for becoming such a channel, no form can conceive, for they surpass
all that a form-will can imagine, for they bring forth the absolute
certainty of eternity and the needs for such a manifestation as each
moment of eternal time passes. A form that serveth the Will of the
Father never knows any sorrows or any wants of any nature, for it is
glorified every moment of its being by the Father Himself. This is the
purpose of the form-life known as man and the purpose of all form life
known in lesser names. What a foolish form they be, acknowledging the
Father that gives them birth and eyes to see, and yet provisions for
it to be He did not make, as men on Earth today do say. And because all
this absolute truth not within him be, he strives for self and supports
himself by the law he so made, the survival of the fittest, the only
law he can see. And because of this, darkness is where light should be.
When asked if he believes in Divinity, by all means, he says, I do.
Yet this is not true, for if it was so, he long ago one with us would
have been. For we throughout this House do His Will and as one we have
come to be, with the exception of the Earth's humanity, where we wish
he, the truth did see, that the Will of Divinity was his way. The House
would have been complete with lasting happiness among them, instead of
conquest and defeat. And this, my brethren, we reveal unto thee in the
Temple of Councils, that the whole Infinite Kingdom may someday rejoice
when our long lost brothers will mend their ways and forever be allowed
to council with us as now."
After finishing this saying he opens a large book lying before him and
as he opens it he says, "here is the record of the Earthly men from
which they must repent."
And as he said that, the man of Saturn read the page that he turned and
he said, "when he does, this is what he will earn," and there on that
page promises so great that our human minds could not conceive.
But one thing we did realize that on Earth sorrow would be no more, but
happiness everlasting born upon the human kind, coming forth directly
from the Hands of the Divine. But this must be earned by faith so firm
in the giver Divine that no longer would man say 'this is mine, but
what is mine is also thine'.
And with this another page is turned and the Jupiter one speaks.
"This vast Kingdom of our Father Divine is for all and not yours and
mine, for great you may say we here at present be, but we just have
begun to serve Divinity. For billions of Earthly years are just but
a fleeting moment in the eternal span, which realization awaits the
Earthly man. And his mind at the present date, is nothing but in a
slumbering state, which accounts for no faith in the Giver of life for
all his needs each day. And when the Earthly brethren have learned this
well, and serve as all the rest within the House do serve, they will no
longer be the two, but all as one, for one is all there is. For we as
forms could not be, without His Holy Breath be given unto you and me."
And with this the book was closed.
We ask if we can say something. We really didn't ask. We thought we
would like to ask and the privilege has been granted without us saying
a word, for the answer from them came as the question was in our own
minds.
"How come in the gatherings so far we have been given the philosophy of
life, some more deep than others?"
The Jupiter man is answering our question, saying that unless we learn
these ways and do them as they are done throughout the Kingdom of the
Infinite Father, we too are doomed to go as other civilizations that
preceded us have gone. That the "advancement in mechanical instruments
which are mostly used for destructive purposes on Earth is no
advancement toward eternity but rather the satisfaction of egotistical
men who are trying, and in some cases have done so, exalting themselves
even above the Creator's consciousness. They are living by the law
of conquest rather than the law of faith, not trusting to the Divine
Father who gives them birth for their daily needs, but rather providing
for themselves, making that way sure that they would have, while not
sure that the Father would provide. Having the inherited birthright
within their being of the Infinite Father which is above all things,
yet not understanding what the feeling actually is, they are trying to
exalt themselves above their fellow man, one over another, and thereby
enslaving one another unto their will."
"That is the reason for us giving you the philosophy of the House of
our Father by which all its inhabitants do live. If thou art to become
one of us, thou too must live this philosophy."
There is no clapping nor noise making here at the completion of these
speeches, but rather an intense feeling of joy and reverence and
oneness.
Now all at our table have risen and we are leaving this Temple of
Councils. We have stopped just outside the building to admire the
beauties we are able to see from here.
We must say that we have seen some beautiful and magnificent things
up to this point and we have used the word indescribable before, but
how we can describe what we are seeing here is puzzling us right now,
for the beauty of this city and its inhabitants excels anything and
everything we have thus far seen.
The people here seem to know what we are about to say before we say it.
If one doesn't want them to know what he is thinking, he had better
quit thinking, that is if he can do it. That is all we can say. They
not only know the human mind, but they are able to commune with all
other forms as well. They seem to be living by a feeling. That is
correct, for in response to our thought one of the men explains that
feeling is the universal language. This we have acknowledged before.
"This is the way it works," he tells us, which we can easily
understand. "Before you can express a thought, you must feel it
first. And let me explain this word 'feeling' just a little better,
what it might be like. It is sort of an alertness of what the thought
represents. For an example: you conceive a thought. That thought is
actually felt by you in the full representation of what it might be.
Then you give utterance to it, which is thought expressed of your own
language. And that is the way our people here are schooled. We feel
your thought as you feel it, the moment that you conceive it. In that
way we can commune with any and all forms, and distance as space is not
a barrier to it. For you see, a conscious thought travels fifty times
faster than light travels. In this way we don't have to do much sound
talking since we get each other's thought in the virgin state when
it is first conceived. This is why our city and everything about it,
including all of our people are beyond your power of word description.
For these are all a representation, more, they are all a virgin
thought, and since thought is felt, our expressing through the feeling
channel of which you men from Earth have such little understanding,
makes you feel that the buildings, the statues, in fact all of man's
creations on this planet are endowed with a feeling, almost as if they
were humans. In other words they are endowed with life that seems to be
emanating from them to you. This is easily understood since the thought
was a feeling and created as a feeling in creating that thought into
form."
Here we are shown by one of the ladies, we would say around nineteen
years of age, how this form of communication works, for she walked up
to a beautiful flower growing here in front of this building and had
the flower, through thought feeling, turn completely around in a circle
and then made it bow and even went so far as to command its petals to
close for us. On Earth we would call this magic. Here it is a natural
field of expression, a communion with all forms of creation.
She tells us that, "if you on Earth would develop that inherent quality
within you and had full faith in it, you could have a communication
with us or with others in any part of the universe at will. People here
use this method of communication throughout the system as well as among
ourselves. If we want to meet someone someplace or tell him something,
where you Earthly people use telephones, we use our minds and it never
fails. We even use this same channel of feeling to the extent that we
listen to the beautiful symphonies on other planets in any part of the
universe and there are many other powers that we exercise which are
a natural inheritance of man, of which you Earth men as yet have no
knowledge."
These people on Venus are very remarkable people. They seem to look
right through us. They know us from the very minute part of us and no
matter how bad they find us to be, due to our method of bringing up,
they still look upon us in a very loving manner. They don't seem to
hold anything against us regardless of our lower thoughts, and we know
that they know what we are thinking by this time. Also we know that
once in a while a thought creeps into our minds that is not of their
standard. And realizing what they know makes us kind of feel ashamed of
ourselves, but they don't show any recognition of it.
We learn that the unity of living and serving among all inhabitants is
pretty much the same as we found on Mars and even on the Moon.
The life span here is one thousand to fifteen hundred years and they
tell us that some have lived longer than that. Aging begins around
eight hundred years yet their aging would be our youth on Earth.
The mothers look no different regardless of the size of their families,
than a young lady does. They always maintain their beautiful forms.
There is no kind of sickness nor unhappiness on this planet any more
than on any of the others. They really don't know the words 'bad
health'. Neither do they know anything of such words as 'envy',
'jealousy', 'hate' or 'greed'.
Now we are getting into the vehicle of transportation in which we were
brought to this building and we are going for a tour of the city.
The city, homes, playgrounds and even their amusements are beyond
imagination of men on Earth. You will have to see it to believe it, but
they really do appear like a fairyland in the clouds.
The whole utility system of the planet is operated by light energy, we
are told.
In the city and in the homes they dress with gorgeous, gown-like
effects but very light, almost transparent. The people themselves are
almost that.
They are all remarkable singers, voices like we have never heard
anywhere and they sing a lot. The most beautiful part of it is that
when they sing the whole nature seems to join them, for here in the
park right now there must be five thousand voices singing for us and
all the birds are in on it too, just as if they were trained.
There seems to be about six different races of people on this planet
but we are told that there are twelve. No race predominates over the
other. The forms, you might say, are a perfect geometrical pattern. The
complexion of the white people is not the kind of dirty white we have
on Earth, but pure white with a rose cast to it, like on their cheeks,
just as if they were painted. Most of the white people have light sandy
hair, very fine at that and all seem to be wavy.
One of the other races is somewhat like our complexion, a little darker
than the real whites are. On Earth we would call it a ruddy complexion.
Then there is a brown race. This brown race is slightly shorter in
height than the whites and their coloring is almost of a bronze color.
There is another race we see around here. These people are reddish
color, almost copper, tall, firmly built.
And we are told that up in the southern part there are some whites but
mostly they are darker people, almost black, and that their eyes slant
a little, while the eyes of the people here are very much like our own.
From what we have seen thus far on Mars and here, as well as on the
Moon, it seems that the geometrical pattern of the human form is
universal, the only variations is in height, taller or shorter. Birds
and animals too are pretty much of a universal pattern. These vary in
color and size sometimes quite a bit from those on Earth.
Right here on Venus they seem to have more singing birds than we have
on Earth or than we have seen anywhere else so far.
We asked if there are any wild beasts of any kind?
They ask, "what do you mean, primitive animals?" And then replied that
there were many of them.
So we asked if they ever harm anybody?
They said, "no, there has never been anyone harmed by anything yet."
They added that a Divine creation harms nothing if it is not ignored.
Then we asked if they ever do any hunting or anything like that?
They didn't know what that was even, that is they didn't know what the
word meant, but they did get our thought and said, "by hunting you mean
killing. We don't do such things here. What we must eat we get and no
more, but every time we do, we thank the Creator for the gift in the
form it gives itself unto us."
We haven't seen any large manufacturing plants of any kind or anything
that would suggest it, but they tell us there are many, but the
manufacturing places, we would call them factories, are built just as
beautiful as homes or business buildings, so we couldn't tell them
apart.
They tell us they have nine oceans, many lakes and rivers, majestic,
towering mountains and very beautiful woodlands. On their oceans they
have very large ships. For overland transportation they have a system
similar to our railways but since they use light for energy, they need
no rails for their cars as we do. The power engine pulls thirty to
forty cars, what we would call cars, yet they don't look like any that
we have. They seem to be gliding right over the surface of the ground.
In other words they have all the modern conveniences so far ahead of us
that we haven't even begun.
The atmosphere here is very, very pleasant. This day, according to
our own thermometer which we have with us, the temperature registers
ninety-seven degrees. At first, as we mentioned, it was a little stuffy
because of the heat and the rain that had come just before we landed
here. The humidity is around ten on the average but at times it goes up
to eighty. That is when it is really stifling, yet they don't mind at
all.
In other words, everything is so beautiful here that we begin to think
this might be heaven.
But again our thoughts are read for they tell us that there are
billions of solar system beyond this one, and each solar system is
greater than the one preceding it, so that when man goes through all
the phases of our system and learns what he is supposed to learn in
our system, he goes on to the next one and forever keeps on going that
way eternally, from system to system.
They tell us that many great souls of Earth have been reborn on one or
the other planets, depending on what they have learned while they were
on Earth in reference to the universal life.
We are now taken to one of their art galleries. In an outer room quite
a number of artists are at work but they are so engrossed in their
creations that they don't even know we are present. And the art seems
to be something out of any world, for remember planet Mars is also
a world. A sculptor or a painter seems to put his whole life into
whatever he is doing. Art seems to be their favorite occupation. There
is no honorship given in any field of endeavor whether it be art or
anything else. The main object of art seems to be the service that is
rendered unto the people in a steady advancement.
The structural pattern of their pictures and statues do not vary from
those of Earth or any other planet within our system. The difference
lies in their method of living, for they feel and portray living
feeling in all that they create. Their unit life of service to all
is the reason for their great advancement beyond that of the Earth's
inhabitants.
We enter a large domed gallery. Around the walls are paintings so real
that we think we must be looking through windows to vast panoramas
beyond. In the center of the room are statues that appear to be made
of marble, but they are radiant with life animation. Here is a young
mother holding an infant child in her arms. At one knee stands a small
child and upon her lap is an open book. Across the top of the pages is
embossed "The Universal Life." Her lips are parted and her eyes cast
upon the book. The young child portrays the simplicity of love and
adoration.
Now we stand before a statue of a young male child. It resembles
in features the portrayals of the Deity that we have seen; here is
innocence and purity combined with wisdom.
There is a figure made of gold, of a workman fashioning tools. Even
this form seems alive and gives the feeling of moulding the foundation
structure of the Universe.
Every phase of human expression is represented here, dancing, music,
literature and drama. This is not a gallery of statues: it is an
exposition of life's natural functioning.
Even their worshipping is superior to all worshipping by man on Earth.
The slight difference of atmospheric conditions which we have found
here would not be a barrier to any of the Earth's people, should they
be allowed to enter and stay. It might call for a little time of
adjustment, but that could be made quite easily.
As we have stated before, the form pattern seems to be universal. And
that is not only in the human form, but we speak of all forms, except
that as we view these planets finding each one ahead of the other in
advancement, so each is ahead of the other in the quality of form
structure, which seems to have a tendency towards perfection, making
towards its ultimate beauty, which is incomprehensible.
We are now returning to the airport where we are to be taken up in one
of their ships to fly over some of their territory. We have reached
the airport and are going to the ship we are to fly in. It is much
smaller than the Martonian ship we came here in. This Venetian ship
is a cruiser type and built purposely for this kind of cruising. We
are entering it now and find in here the most luxuriously comfortable
seats. This is more of an observation type ship since it is all glass,
or some material like glass, where we can see below us and to the sides
and above us.
The takeoff of this ship too was so smooth that we didn't know we were
moving except as we saw the ground moving away from beneath us, and
as with all these ships, there was absolutely no noise. We are now
cruising very slowly, viewing the city from five hundred feet above it
and let us say again that it actually appears as though it was so many
castles floating on a cloud, very neat and clean, actually spotless.
We have turned and are now heading for one of the oceans. We have
reached it and are flying along its shore. There are many people on the
beach enjoying their outing. This beach seems to be of very white sand
which looks like salt and is very beautiful. Accommodations for bathers
and outers, or what we might call picnickers are all along the shore.
These are beautifully crowned with a magnificent display of flowers of
different colors as well as different kinds of shrubs.
"We will now show you some of our planet's majestic mountains. That
which you see in the distance is snow and the temperature gets as low
as eighty degrees below zero in that region." There are many beautiful
valleys between these mountains, all very fertile.
The rural life, like that of their farmers is a settlement of a
hamlet-like nature where schools and everything are within this
settlement. Here they have all the conveniences of any large city, yet
they are not crowded. The pattern of the land in layout is a circle
formation and in each section like this, we are told, there are from
fifty to one hundred families. Each family possesses its own parcel
of land and home. The back yard, as we may say here, is the beginning
of their acreage. The acreage is uniform, consisting of what would be
twenty-five Earthly acres. By this method, the inhabitants are just as
well off as anyone in the city could be. In fact better in some cases
since they have a lot more territory on which to live.
The farm houses, as we might call them, are built around the hub of
business or where the stores and shops are that carry all their needs.
Also here are schools and places of worship as well as scientific
laboratories, plus their exchange warehouses, parks and places of
amusement. Let us give you some idea how it is built. You picture a
wagon wheel. The hub represents the business section. A short distance
from the hub is a circling row of homes of the so-called farmers. Back
of their homes toward the rim of the wheel is their land, equivalent to
twenty-five acres each. The spokes in the wheel represents a division
of land.
During the season of sowing or harvesting they work as a unit helping
one another. This sort of a layout, we are told, keeps their producing
community close together enabling the people of the community to enjoy
the things of life as the people in the city do. At the same time this
plan makes the maintenance of utilities practically nil, due to its
concentration at one point, whereas in scattered farming communities
the utilities such as these are impossible to have, and yet if had,
much time and material are wasted. On Earth it is costly.
In this little valley over which we are flying there are eight such
communities. In other valleys there are communities much larger than
these. They are all closely concentrated yet not crowded. The purpose
is that they may all enjoy life equally. And we learn that not only
on Venus but pretty much the same system operates on Mars and other
planets, some a little more in advancement than others as they are each
ahead of the other.
We are now flying over a section of very level land not far out from
the city. Here there are twenty-five such units operating.
We have asked the question now in reference to the population of planet
Venus. There are two and a half billion people, including all races,
while Saturn has four and a half billion and Jupiter has five billion.
Now we are swinging out a little farther over the mountains. This is in
the southern part of Venus. Here are some majestic mountains covered
with beautiful foliage and much timber. We see a large waterfall coming
out of one of the crevices where two mountains join in a V-like shape.
At the widest part of the V is a very nice settlement. We are told it
is an outing place, what we would call on Earth, a resort. It seems to
be made up of materials gathered from these mountains, very artistic.
In the distance not far from this resort, we would say about half a
mile, there is a beautiful blue lake. There seem to be some people
around, a good many of them and they seem to be fishing.
As we swing back towards the city, from this height we see another
settlement. It looks like a city but we are told it is what we would
call a small town in the Earth language, and there is a river close by.
We are now over the city again travelling over a very large and
beautiful park. We are returning to the airport and are about to come
in for a landing. We have landed.
We haven't spoken all this time in reference to the time we have been
in Venus. We have been so taken up with the beautiful things here that
we forgot to mention this. We have been here three days and three
nights but now it is the morning of the fourth day and we are leaving
soon on our return trip to Mars.
The first night we rested very peacefully.
The second night we were entertained at a big banquet with a dance
afterward. Here all such entertainment is open to the citizenry as a
whole, so many of the citizens were enjoying themselves at what we
would call a dance, except the dancing on this planet is of an art
nature. Each movement of the dance has a meaning of life in it and it
is very graceful. If such were to take place on Earth it could be seen
only in amusement houses like theatres.
The afternoon of the third day we spent with a gathering of Venetian
scientists where many things have been talked about, and especially
the purpose of life, like that of human and the billions upon billions
of systems through which the humans now on the different planets in
our system will pass. And that each system varies slightly from all
the others, just as each planet in each system varies from all other
planets, in that system. It was brought out that no where in the
vast universe that they have thus far penetrated have they found an
exact duplication. There is much similarity but infinite variety. It
seems that the whole thing sums up into one, and that is like a vast
university of endless numbers of grades.
And they really did give us a laugh in a good natured way of course,
when they told us that we are so far back and that we have become so
egotistical through that unenlightened mind of ours that we believe
our planet to be the only one inhabited by human form in the whole
unlimited universe which is made up of an eternal number of systems.
One of the scientists spoke up and said, "if you knew your Creator
as well at heart as you speak of Him with your lips, you would not
belittle Him such as that, that He would create such a vast kingdom
and yet place His children in the darkest corner of it, leaving the
greatest and most beautiful part of it vacant. It is just as if
an Earthly man would build a castle of one thousand rooms only to
keep it standing empty while his children would be kept living in a
deteriorating dwelling. No, my brothers, the Creator is wiser than the
Earthly man gives Him credit for being."
This discussion with these wise men had lasted for many hours and much
was talked about that gave us increasingly greater revelations of
ourselves and all forms as merely channels of service through which
the Creator is able to express Himself to the degree in which we, the
keepers of our forms, keep the channel open for His expressing. So much
of this was given through feeling, somewhat like an awakening, that
we are unable to put it down in words, but our hosts informed us that
as we thought along these lines, words would be given us that we may
pass our revelations on to our brothers on Earth after we had returned
to them. Also that as our brothers thought along these lines, with
a sincere desire in their hearts to know and to serve their Father,
revelations of beauty beyond words would be given to each that he too
might grow and travel throughout the Father's vast kingdom.
Finally the meeting with the scientists came to an end. From this
meeting we were taken to our dwelling to rest up a little and then to
be the guests of the head of Venus for the evening. He was giving an
open banquet in our honor as in the morning we were departing for Mars.
So here is early morning. We are taking what little luggage we had with
us and are being taken to the airport.
The head of Venus, the man from Saturn and the one from Jupiter, along
with two of the leading scientists of Venus are escorting us to the
ship. We have now arrived at the ship and are being wished the best of
journeys back to Earth by all of these men. They tell us that as one,
they sincerely hope we will be able to do some good with the little
philosophy of our neighbors that we have been given throughout our trip
and that the people of Earth will apply it so that they can become one
with the rest of the system as a harmonious unit of the House, towards
progress. For the fulfilling of the purpose of life cannot be made
without this philosophy, even though there be progress made in the
opposite direction.
They all bid us well and said that they will be in contact with us,
though we may not know it, and watching the best they know how over us
to see that we will successfully return to Earth.
"The only token that you will take from us is what you have learned
of us. But the most outstanding of all, which shall make your return
journey still a greater success, is that which you have learned of
the kind of ship that it will take to bring you here without the help
of the Martonians or anyone else. And we do hope that you alter your
ways and come here as one of us, for any planet in the House is as
much yours as it is ours, without conquest, for it is all the Divine
Father's and we are all His children."
Then they shook our hands and we entered the ship. The doors of the
ship are closed and we are taking off on the start of our return trip
to planet Mars.