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furnish all the mind (the thought) for all the matters at which I 

 worked here on this earth here below. So then you shall assist one 

 another, all you who move about up above and who attend to the 

 whole of my handiwork." Now at that time De'hao^'hwendjiyawa'- 

 kho°' replied and said, "All is correct in the manner in which thou 

 hast considered it. Now, then, I will volunteer so that in truth it 

 will thus come to pass. Now, then, I will tell thee that now thou 

 thyself hast personally fidfilled all that was needful, that thou hast 

 done all things that were needful to be done. So then I wUl tell 

 thee one other thing, and that is that when thy brother shall come 

 here only that will result in good that you two shall keep together, 

 that continuously thou must watch him. The next thing, that when 

 thou wilt go elsewhere from the earth here present, do thou not 

 consent if so it be that he will say, 'Let me, personally, go about here 

 upon the earth.' Do thou not consent to that. Indeed it would 

 not result in good should that thus come to pass; actually he desires 

 that by all means possible that he will be revenged in the matter; 

 he means by that that he desires to destroy all that thou hast com- 

 pleted; so then it will result in good if by all means thou wilt insist 

 that you two, thou and he, will go together when you depart hence. 

 Presumably, if it so be that when you two will set your feet again in 

 the other world above, if it so be that still he will attempt again to 

 harm you in some way, then thou wilt be able to control that; and 

 the next thing is, that when you two depart from here the way will 

 be plainly visible. There will be a pathway (the Milky Way);^^ and 

 next in order it will be plain that your two minds wUl differ, in that 

 the path will be divided. So then that will always be visible in the 

 sky, and it will always stand revealed to be seen by those who will 

 severally dwell here upon the earth when it will become night, and 

 at that time, and when they look, they will see the path (the Milky 

 Way) very plainly; so then thus will it continue so long as the earth 

 will last." 



Now at that time De'hae'"hiyawa"kho'" said, "Verily now the 

 matter has been adjusted as to what shall take place. Now, then, 

 I confirm the matter; the whole matter will thus come to pass, and 

 that by itself will become the very last one. So then I now turn 

 over to thy^^ care that matter; when the daj^ will be dawning thou 

 shalt show thyself for a short time only. Thei'e will be opportunity 

 for the human beings that dwell upon the earth to see thee. Thou 

 habitually shalt be the first one to see all that I have completed. 

 Secondly, on the diurnal Orb of Light (the Sun) shall depend its 

 duration, and he, it shall be, will attend to all that I have finished so 

 long as he will cause it to be light. They two shall follow the one 

 the other, he and the nocturnal Orb of Light (the Moon). When it 



See note on p. 610. 



