Incarnation: Wandering Stars Volume One (60 page)

13
. 
And I went off and sat down at the waters…  And behold a dream came to me, and visions fell down upon me… (The Book of Enoch
13
:7b
-
8a
)
.

14
. 
…in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the winds in the vision caused me to fly and lifted me upward, and bore me into heaven.  And I went in till I drew nigh to a wall which was built of crystals and drew nigh to a large house which was built of crystals
…
(The Book of Enoch 14:8b-10a)

15
. 
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance [was] like burning coals of fire, [and] like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
 
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning
(Ezekiel 1:13-14, KJV)
.

16
. 
The appearance of the wheels and their work [was] like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work [was] as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
 
When they went, they went upon their four sides: [and] they turned not when they went.
 
As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings [were] full of eyes round about them four
(Ezekiel 1:16-18)
.

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. 
And before the throne [there was] a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, [were] four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
 
And the first beast [was] like a lion
,
and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast [was] like a flying eagle.
  A
nd the four beasts had each of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] ful
l of eyes within (Revelation 4:6-8a)

18
. 
There were giants
[
Nephiylim
]
in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown
(Genesis 6:4, KJV)
.

19
. 
…whose height was three thousand ells, who consumed all the acquisitions of men.  And when men could no longer sustain them, the giants
[
Nephiylim
]
turned against them and devoured mankind.  And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood…
(The Book of Enoch 7:2-6)

20
. 
…and as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven...
(
The Book of Enoch 8:3)

21
. 
Therefore, I will raise up one from among those you despise.  And I will
awaken
his eyes to the mysteries which I have hidden from men since the foundations of the world.  His feet will I make to tread upon the paths of destruction and his hands to make war.  He will uproot the seeds of corruption which you have sown throughout the earth.  And then you will know that I am the Lord and my justice is everlasting
(
T
he
W
ritings of Ebnisha
).

22
. 
…
two wolves which he has
… 
The ravens sit on his shoulders and say into his ear all the tidings which they see or hear
…
(The Prose Edda
).

23
. 
These are the names of the
Æ
sir's steeds: Sleipnir is best
…
he has eight feet
(The Prose Edda
).

Artwork b
y Albino-Z

I would like to thank Carly Tesar, Jeff Boutwell, Becca Day, Cathy Walters, Chris Walters, Luke Flowers, and Mike Heath
,
for their creative energy in
developing an
art
concept for cover design on the
Wandering Stars
and
Awakened
series.

I would also like to thank Carly Tesar,
Cindy Tesar
,
Becca Day,
Marci
a
Fry, Joyce Paige, and Ronda Swolley
,
for donating their precious time and expertise in
editing the
Incarnation
manuscript.