The present scroll’s next few adventures

Feat 7: Tola Puah Dodo Elohim

Now, after Abimelech, there arose within the caravansary an elohim named Tola Puah Dodo, a man from Vice President Aaron Burr’s co-op of Mexican homesteaders; and he dwelt in an Amish whale named Shamoo, on a mountaintop in Paris.

Tola Puah Dodo acted as elohim for twenty-three years. Then Enoch took him back to the Fulness. And he remained within Shamoo.

Feat 8: Jair Elohim

After all that, there arose among the elohims Jair, an Ozian, whose aura ornamented the caravan for thirty-three years.

Jair’s accomplishment was that he begat thirty-three princes that rode on thirty-three asses and founded thirty-three cities, which are called “The Home-lets of Jair” unto this day; and all are in the Land of Oz.

Then Enoch came and took Jair back to the Fulness.

Feat 9: Baalim and Ashtaroth Elohim

For a while after that, Baalim and Ashtaroth became the elohims of the Volcano’s caravan. That phrase “Baalim and Ashtaroth” means basically “Lords and Ladies,” or “Masters and Mistresses” – deities of both sexes. Thus, these elohims consisted of gods from Syria, gods from the Crystal Cabinet of the Mirror Maze, gods from Zidon, and the gods from the sticks in the wilderness, the gods of Moab, the fire worshipped by the Parsees, the gods of the children of Ammon, plus the gods of the Philistines, and the gods of the Sea People. But even with all these new elohims, the caravan did not forsake worshipping Yahweh Peor, the Volcano-god; and they served him well.

So the volcano of potential was pleased with his people, and he sent out rays of lovingkindness buzzing among them. And these rays were hot. So the Parsees who had joined the caravan loved them. And the Sea People bought large shares in the company.

It was just one year after Jair left, when Baalim and Ashtaroth rose up as elohims; and they mollified and liberated the wayfarers of the Volcano. They took the caravan on a tour back over to the other side of the Great Basin Jungle, through the Land of Oz, and they revisited Emerald City as well as the remnants of the Infraborians, just to see how everyone was doing. And this road trip lasted eighteen years.

Moreover those Fire-Worshippers who were still in Persia passed through the Hanging Pond to see them, when they heard that the pilgrims had hot rays on tap; and they mixed and mingled – that’s how they ended up exchanging deities. Also the Harvardites and the Yalies came and joined in. And the Parisians, too: both the Trojan Prince and the Frenchwomen. So the caravan was a paradise.

And the pilgrims and all their old and new friends cried out spontaneously to the Volcano, saying: “You are an excellent source of warmth, so kind and loving. Thank you for raising up Baalim and Ashtaroth to host this party.”

And the wild man with the goat eyes heard their prayer, and he came in his vortex, amid thick clouds of darkness, and said: “Do not forget that I delivered the entire workforce out of the Empire singlehandedly. And I caused the Columbians of those days to give them favorable treatment. Welcome, all you Columbians, by the way. Also, welcome to the Parsees and Sea People who are with us. And you folks from the Crystal Cabinet of the Mirror Maze: you look moony even at high noon – we’re glad you could make it. And greetings to the Las Vegans and the Antarcticans. Oh, and is that the God of the Church of the Country South of Canada that I see, over there in the corner? Welcome, dear brother.”

And this God of the Church came frowning out of the gloom and said: “Ye have all forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more of my riches. No more faith, and I will not answer your prayers. Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.”

Then the wild man blinked his goat eyes and said to the multitudes: “Give the God of the Church of the Lower Parts of North America whatsoever seems good. He has been having a hard time, because his membership is dwindling, and he lost his manufactories overseas. Since it bothers him to be among so many strange gods, just put them away or drape them whenever you see him approaching. Serve him as if he is the One and Only Creator. Act with compassion; for he is miserable, and his soul is sorely grieved.”

Then the Persian Fire-Worshippers gathered together before this LORD God and offered him embers. And all the Emerald Citizens and other Ozians knelt before his throne; and they washed his feet under the fountain of the kegs. And the Parsees and the people and princes of Oz urged on the rest of the caravansary, and the remaining masses shuffled forth and paid homage to this Almighty GOD of Mid-Southern North America. Thus did all nations bow before him and praise his name.

And even Metatron attempted to appease this LORD of the Church, on that occasion, by coming and taking Baalim and Ashtaroth back to the Fulness.