One of the books I am reading right now, is the Quran, a translated English version. I have been reading the introduction and I have to say, that I am very impressed. According to the author(I will include the edition and etc. later) and the mythology is always what I thought it WOULD BE, to punish Satan, God gave Satan control over the planet earth. Mankind and the Jinn were put here, Mankind because they took a negative stance against God's authority, although they weren't totally convince by Satan and the Jinn because they were totally on the side of Satan. This is the Arab version of demons.

God put us in the middle of nowhere, because we cannot stand his physical presence. And Satan is in charge of earth. Everytime a human is born, there is also a Jinn born with them, that is to be their companion, that through their life, is to try and presuade them to follow Satan's side. However, the human can persuade the Jinn to take the side of God, so this works both ways.

I found two very interesting things. To a Muslim, first of all the most important commandment is destruction of the ego. That is what caused all of this to start with. The other thing is that, a person is allowed until the age of 40, to pick their beliefs, to delve into believes, study different things to try and find enlightenment. If someone dies before the age of 40, they automatically go to heaven anyway. However, the person at 40 must choose.

I see a lot of similar correspondences and similar beliefs that are directly comparible to Western Ceremonial Tradition. In fact I am becoming quite intrigued with the Islam faith. I am going to be reading the Quran from cover to cover. This was just the Introduction and already it has my undivided attention.

The actual book is: Quran the Final Testament; Authorized English Version Translated from the Original By Rashad Khalifa, Ph.D.(Revised Edition III), copyright 2001 Universal Unity.

Lilith Gigipah