 First edition title page | |
| Original title | Oahspe: A New Bible |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Spiritual-Religious |
| Publisher | Newbrough |
Publication date | 1882 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 890 |
Oahspe: A New Bible is a book published in 1882, purporting to contain "new revelations" from "...the Embassadors of the angel hosts of heaven prepared and revealed unto man in the name of Jehovih..."[1] It was produced by an American dentist, John Ballou Newbrough (1828–1891),[2] who reported it to have been written by automatic writing, making it one of a number of 19th-century spiritualist works attributed to that practice.[3] The text defines adherents of the disciplines expounded in Oahspe as "Faithists".[4]
Oahspe comprises a series of related interior books chronicling earth and its heavenly administrations, as well as setting forth teachings for modern times. Included are over 100 drawings.[5] The title page of Oahspe describes its contents with these words:
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 Cosmogony 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.
"The Great Spirit", "Ormazd", "Egoquim", "Agoquim", "Eloih", "The I Am", and "Jehovih" are some of the names used throughout Oahspe as the name of the Creator.
According to Oahspe, the Creator is both masculine and feminine. Om is one of the names used to refer to the feminine (mother) aspect. Other references include, "The All Person", "The unseen" and "The Everpresent", "The All Light", "The Highest Light". God and Lord are titles of office for a person in the spirit realm who began life as mortal/in corporeal form (spirit within a body). The Creator is all and was all and forever will be all; S/he was never born and is beyond all gods. The Creator is our father and mother, and all that are and were born are our brothers and sisters.[6]
- ^ Oahspe Introduction, verse 23
- ^ McConnell, Reed (Spring 2017). "Orphan Utopia". Cabinet. Brooklyn, NY: Immaterial Incorporated. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
- ^ "THE ORIGIN OF OAHSPE". www.sacred-texts.com.
- ^ "OAHSPE Standard Edition, start and books 01 02 03". oahspestandardedition.com.
- ^ The number of drawings in Oahspe depends upon what constitutes a separate drawing; for example, apart from the 100 or so drawings in the main text, there are 92 entries in the 1882 Glossary that each have drawings that depict its associated entry term.
- ^ "Book of Judgment; bk 32 of OAHSPE Standard Edition". oahspestandardedition.com.