The Birth of Miriam

Then our Mother, the Lady Christ, entered the Womb of Zibiah; for, lo: though Her soul was the Daughter of Jah-Jah and Mother of our souls, Her body was the Daughter of Man.

And the birth of the Lady Christ was as follows.

Behold: At the time of the birth of the Lady Christ, most Nasarean encampments were in Judaea, Samaria, and Galilee. But at this time there also were small Nasarean encampments in India, Egypt, and Ethiopia.

And there were missions in other lands.

Lo: The Nasarean encampment in Ethiopia was called Eden in remembrance of the Garden of Eden, which had been in Kush.

For, behold: the land that was called Kush, which came to be called Ethiopia, has had many names and many boundaries. Even so, to Nasareans this land will always be Kush, for that name came from the tongue of Cherubim.

Behold: in the Nasarean village of Eden were some families long devoted to The Order of the Immaculate Conception.

For, lo: Eden was a tributary Home Campus of that order.

Now, besides the Nasareans, there were many Aaronite Jews in Ethiopia.

Yea, the Aaronites greatly outnumbered the Nasareans, and hated the Nasareans.

And the Aaronites were greatly outnumbered by the natives of Ethiopia, who were neither Nasarean nor Aaronite, but practiced their own Pagan rites of various varieties.

Like the Nasareans, some of the natives worshipped both a God and Goddess and venerated the nature spirits, wherefore they respected the Nasareans and felt kinship with them.

Yea, and these natives admired the discipline and holiness of the Nasareans.

Wherefore these natives tried to protect the Nasareans from the violence and persecution of the Aaronites.

Behold: within the Nasarean encampment were prophets.

And shortly before the birth of the Holy Babe Miriam, a prophet went forth from Eden and walked amongst the natives of Ethiopia.

And he prophesied the coming of a Queen, saying: "Behold, a Queen shall be born to an Ethiopian woman of the Nasareans.

Yea, not a Queen with a worldly kingdom, but the Queen of the All.”

Our Lady, our Goddess, shall enter the world through the purified womb of an Ethiopian woman and the purified seed of an Ethiopian man.

Behold: our Goddess comes not as a Goddess, but as a perfected woman.

And all women who embrace Her teachings will find perfection.

And all men who humble themselves to learn from Her will find wisdom, indeed.

"Behold: our Queen shall be birthed from an Ethiopian womb.

But the Holy Mother of our Goddess will flee to Galilee, for the Aaronites shall slay her holy husband in Ethiopia and will hunt her like an animal.

"And from that day unto the end of time, any Ethiopian who gives aid to the Nasarean remnant gives aid to our Goddess and Her holy mission. This aid is in deed and truth and will not go unrewarded."

And this prophet had no name, being called by the people simply "The Prophet".

Lo: the word of The Prophet was spread from village to village.

In the Nasarean encampment of Eden there was great excitement; for, behold: this was the sixth generation since the founding of The Order of the Immaculate Conception.

And according to the words of the angel Gabriel, this generation would give birth to the seventh generation bodies suitable for the incarnations of the Lord and Lady.

Though only Omen, our Jah-Jah, could know for certain, a number of bloodlines had apparently maintained the required level of purity for six consecutive generations.

One of the young women from such a bloodline was named Zibiah.

And Zibiah was of a pure Ethiopian bloodline, as was her husband Zemira, a harp player, though their names were Hebrew from Nasarean scriptures written in that tongue.

And lo: it was from the purified womb of Zibiah and the purified seed of Zemira that the Holy Babe Miriam came forth into the world.

And the birth of our Goddess Immanent, Jahnah, as Miriam was as follows.

Behold: The holy day ordained by Omen for the coming into the world of our Goddess had come.

Two Nasarean midwifes came to the home of Zibiah and Zemira. And a Nasarean prophet and a prophetess who were friends and teachers of the holy couple read from sacred scrolls.

Yea, the wise ones uttered words of prophecy. And all six who were present, including the holy couple, chanted prayers and sang songs. And Zemira played his harp, the sound of which was as though from heaven.

Lo: the home was filled with love and light. Yea, it was as though this home were a holy temple.

And when the time had come for Zibiah to give birth, she did so in the manner of the Nasareans, squatting, with her back leaning on Zemira who was on his knees behind her.

With great joy the holy Mother Zibiah gave birth to baby Miriam, Queen of the All.

And so it was that the Queen of Heaven came to earth in Ethiopia, the most ancient land of Eden.

The Holy Child grew strong, nourished first by the milk of the Holy Mother Zibiah, then by the fleshless foods of the Nasareans.

And that food was anointed with the oil of the holy hemp seed, after the manner of the Nasareans.

Yea, and She was nourished also by the celestial harp of the Holy Father Zemira.

For, lo: there had never been one who played the harp with the transcendental grace of this Ethiopian man.

And never was there a man who could sing as much like an angel as Zemira.

The Holy Child sat with Zemira each day, singing and learning to play the harp.

Her voice exceeded even his transcendental excellence. And soon even Her harp playing exceeded his.