Gifts of Heaven · Volume 3 · Chapter 469

To Justinus Kerner, the first publisher of the New Word

End of 1848

From a letter written by Anselm Hüttenbrenner to Justinus Kerner, doctor of medicine in Weinsberg near Heilbronn am Neckar, in the then Kingdom of Württemberg:

[1] You, beloved! In the accompanying writings(*1) you will find a great gift of God, namely the "history of the human race" revealed in our days, from the creation of the first human couple to the death of Noah and somewhat beyond.

[2] The Lord Jesus speaks in a poor, undemanding man living here, named Jakob Lorber, since March 15, 1840, almost every day. He writes down what he hears, or dictates it to one of his trusted friends.

[3] In addition to this enclosed work, we also have the complete revelation of our sun in more than 50 booklets, the revealed natural and spiritual earth, the description of the glorious planet Saturn, the complete youth history of the Lord, then a lot of explanations of important texts of the Old and New Covenant, a revelation about possession, 9 scenes from the spirit-realm, of which the last(*2), already amounting to more than a thousand quart-pages, is nearing completion; at last a lot of the Lord's answers to inquiries concerning the extraordinary events of our time, also several poems, of which the enclosed(*3) was recently published in the local Kienreich bookstore.

[4] We would have loved to share these sacred treasures with the world long ago, but we were not allowed to. Only recently did we receive the Lord's commission to publish them. It reads: "The time has come when the world will need this new word of Mine! The 'harlot' is cast down; the dragon's drool has become harmless. Therefore let the new, great day emerge!

[5] That I turn in this important matter firstly to you, beloved … [missing pages] … to live truly, my dear, good wife, with whom I … [missing words]… years very happily lived with. This event has shaken me tremendously and is the reason that my answer comes so late.

[6] If only I could be so happy before my end to pay you a visit in Weinsberg in peaceful days! All the many wondrous things that I have heard and seen during my twenty years as a magnetizer, I would like to share with you above all else, and then, at the grave of the pious tolerationist of Prevorst, to press the kiss of love and veneration to your noble brow!

[7] If you have a few free minutes in the coming year, which may be salutary for you and all your loved ones, you can only refresh your Anselm Hüttenbrenner with a few lines.

Footnotes (*1) "The household of God" (*2) "Bishop Martin" (Sunsets into Sunrises) (*3) "Pathiel” or “the great time of the ages"