NEUOFFENBARUNG← The Childhood and Youth of Jesus · Part 2 · Contents
The hole-game – a game of the human drive. The rules given by the Infant as king of the game. 25 April 1844
01] And the Infant said further to Cyrenius: "Now that I am the king, each one of you must obey Me as you would a king!
02] And now hear my laws! – The priest hole should have wisdom and earnest goodness!
03] If you laugh when another laughs, then you err and will be removed from your post and thereby punished.
04] The farmer hole should have action; if you are indifferent, then you will have to starve!
05] The father hole should be full of love for your children; raise them properly and righteously, otherwise you will be a laughing stock to them!
06] The mother hole should be domestic and filled with fear of God, so that your infants become wise!
07] And you, my good and dear child hole, should remain as you are: a constant teacher of wise men towards God's wisdom!
08] Now these are the laws; they must be faithfully obeyed!
09] However, if anyone wants a favour from Me, he must come to Me for it on his knees!
10] Now go and proceed with the game, and leave Me alone! But you, Cyrenius, must go with the father and the mother, because you are a child!"
11] Now a girl and a boy, as priests, solemnly walked off and positioned themselves in a somewhat elevated spot.
12] Then two girls and one boy, as farmers, walked off and romped about busily on the ground, as if they had to do the most important work.
13] Then again a boy and a girl, both very serious in demeanour, went off and represented the father, who, in order to be a proper father, should also be like a mother at heart.
14] Hereupon the sole mother went to the child, that is, Cyrenius; but the mother was shy of her child and did not trust herself to speak to him and give him wise instruction.
15] She therefore turned to the King and asked Him for the grace of being given another position.
16] The King, however, advised her to go to the priests, who began to laugh when they saw the mother coming towards them.
17] So the King immediately called the priests and dismissed them, because they should have behaved in a more earnest and wise manner, and put them among the farmers.
18] The farmers, however, soon began to argue and quarrel with each other, and the King called them and settled the issues and restored peace among them.
19] Now the mother came again and wanted another post.
20] The King spoke: "As you represent love in its wisdom, you may be the priest!"
21] But now the father came and complained that he had no wife, because the mother was a priest.
22] And the King spoke: "So take the child and go there and become what the mother is!"
23] And so it was; but the priests now demanded more respect from the farmers.
24] Soon there was confusion, and the King called everyone back again and spoke: "I see that you are all at odds; therefore let us proceed to a new toss!" –