My Babylon - Book Four: Host

But the king answering, said: Belteshazzar, let not the dream and the interpretation thereof trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered, and said: My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thy enemies. Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, and let it be bound with iron and brass among the grass without, and let it be sprinkled with the dew of heaven, and let his feeding be with the wild beasts, till seven times pass over him.

Is not this the great Babylon, which I have built to be the seat of the kingdom, by the strength of my power, and in the glory of my excellence? To thee, O king Nebuchadnezzar, it is said: Thy kingdom shall pass from thee, 29 And they shall cast thee out from among men, and thy dwelling shall be with cattle and wild beasts: Why hast thou done it?

And the king spoke, and said to the wise men of Babylon: Whosoever shall read this writing, and shall make known to me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with purple, and shall have a golden chain on his neck, and shall be the third man in my kingdom. Now therefore let Daniel be called for, and he will tell the interpretation.

And the king spoke, and said to him: Art thou Daniel of the children of the captivity of Juda, whom my father the king brought out of Judea?

Thy rewards be to thyself, and the gifts of thy house give to another: God hath numbered thy kingdom, and hath finished it. We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, unless perhaps concerning the law of his God. King Darius, live for ever: That whosoever shall ask any petition of any god, or man, for thirty days, but of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.

O king, hast thou not decreed, that every man that should make a request to any of the gods, or men, for thirty days, but to thyself, O king, should be cast into the den of the lions? And the king answered them, saying: The word is true according to the decree of the Medes and Persians, which it is not lawful to violate. Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, hath not regarded thy law, nor the decree that thou hast made: Know thou, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, that no decree which the king hath made, may be altered.

And the king said to Daniel: Thy God, whom thou always servest, he will deliver thee. Daniel, servant of the living God, hath thy God, whom thou servest always, been able, thinkest thou, to deliver thee from the lions? PEACE be multiplied unto you. For he is the living and eternal God for ever: I beheld till her wings were plucked off, and she was lifted up from the earth, and stood upon her feet as a man, and the heart of a man was given to her.

Arise, devour much flesh. The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be greater than all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

VISIONS OF DANIEL

I Daniel was much troubled with my thoughts, and my countenance was changed in me: No beast could withstand it or be rescued from its power; it did what it pleased and became very powerful. It threw the ram, which had not the force to withstand it, to the ground, and trampled upon it; and no one could rescue it from its power. It cast truth to the ground, and was succeeding in its undertaking.

But he said to me, "Understand, son of man, that the vision refers to the end time. He shall destroy powerful peoples; 25 his cunning shall be against the holy ones, his treacherous conduct shall succeed.

He shall be proud of heart and destroy many by stealth. But when he rises against the prince of princes, he shall be broken without a hand being raised. But I was appalled at the vision, which I could not understand. Yet we rebelled against you 10 and paid no heed to your command, O LORD, our God, to live by the law you gave us through your servants the prophets. As we did not appease the LORD, our God, by turning back from our wickedness and recognizing his constancy, 14 so the LORD kept watch over the calamity and brought it upon us.

On account of our sins and the crimes of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become the reproach of all our neighbors. When we present our petition before you, we rely not on our just deeds, but on your great mercy. O Lord, be attentive and act without delay, for your own sake, O my God, because this city and your people bear your name! Therefore, mark the answer and understand the vision.

My Babylon - Book Three: Risen

Then transgression will stop and sin will end, guilt will be expiated, Everlasting justice will be introduced, vision and prophecy ratified, and a most holy will be anointed. From the utterance of the word that Jerusalem was to be rebuilt Until one who is anointed and a leader, there shall be seven weeks.

During sixty-two weeks it shall be rebuilt, With streets and trenches, in time of affliction. Then the end shall come like a torrent; until the end there shall be war, the desolation that is decreed. The revelation was certain: No strength remained in me; I turned the color of death and was powerless. Because of it I started out, 13 but the prince of the kingdom of Persia stood in my way for twenty-one days, until finally Michael , one of the chief princes, came to help me.

I left him there with the prince of the kings of Persia, 14 and came to make you understand what shall happen to your people in the days to come; for there is yet a vision concerning those days. For now no strength or even breath is left in me.

My Babylon - Book Three: Risen by James L. Wilber

Soon I must fight the prince of Persia again. When I leave, the prince of Greece will come; 21 but I shall tell you what is written in the truthful book. No one supports me against all these except Michael , your prince,. Strengthened by his riches, he shall rouse all the kingdom of Greece. But her bid for power shall fail: But later 7 a descendant of her line shall succeed to his rank, and shall come against the rampart and enter the stronghold of the king of the north, and conquer them. For years he shall have nothing to do with the king of the north.

When it returns and surges around the stronghold, 11 the king of the south, provoked, shall go out to fight against the king of the north, whose great host shall make a stand but shall be given into his hand 12 and be carried off. In the pride of his heart, he shall lay low tens of thousands, but he shall not triumph. The power of the south shall not withstand him, and not even his picked troops shall have the strength to resist.

He shall stop in the glorious land, dealing destruction. He shall conclude an agreement with him and give him a daughter in marriage in order to destroy the kingdom, but this shall not succeed in his favor. By stealth and fraud he shall seize the kingdom. Then he shall direct his rage and energy against the holy covenant; those who forsake it he shall once more single out. He shall prosper only till divine wrath is ready, for what is determined must take place. Whoever acknowledges him he shall provide with abundant honor; he shall make them rule over the many and distribute the land as a reward.

At that time your people shall escape, everyone who is found written in the book. Iniquity came out from Babylon from the ancient judges, that seemed to govern the people. And one said to the other: So going out they departed one from another. Bring me oil, and washing balls, and shut the doors of the orchard, that I may wash me. I am straitened on every side: And on the next day, 28 When the people were come to Joakim her husband, the two elders also came full of wicked device against Susanna, to put her to death.

Send to Susanna daughter of Helcias the wife of Joakim. And presently they sent. As we walked in the orchard alone, this woman came in with two maids, and shut the doors of the orchard, and sent away the maids from her. O eternal God, who knowest hidden things, who knowest all things before they come to pass, 43 Thou knowest that they have borne false witness against me: What meaneth this word that thou hast spoken? Are ye so foolish, ye children of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth, you have condemned a daughter of Israel?

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Come, and sit thou down among us, and shew it us: Separate these two far from one another, and I will examine them. O thou that art grown old in evil days, now are thy sins come out, which thou hast committed before: The innocent and the just thou shalt not kill. Under a mastic tree.

Well hast thou lied against thy own head: O thou seed of Chanaan, and not of Juda, beauty hath deceived thee, and lust hath perverted thy heart: Under a holm tree. Well hast thou also lied against thy own head: And the king said to him: Why dost thou not adore Bel? Because I do not worship idols made with hands, but the living God, that created heaven and earth, and hath power over all flesh. The story of a cursed young man who has an intimate view of the end of the world as we know it.

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My Babylo n weaves elements of urban fantasy, erotic horror, and real-world occult practices, to form a unique personal tale that thrills, terrifies, and even enlightens. In My Babylon , the magus, consumed with longing, seeks to create a replacement for his lost love using a grisly ritual that requires the theft of a body. Through her creation, he learns that he has a much bigger role to play, and that she may be a form of salvation not only for him but for others. Get a copy of Book One: You can purchase each novella of the My Babylon series individually on Amazon Kindle, or buy the Complete Edition containing all five books on Kindle or in print.

In this book, the magus reveals the source of his longing and depths to which he has fallen. Both his strength and his weakness come from a girl named Rose. Risen , the magus gains the object of his desire.

Her presence n ot only changes him and his life forever, but attracts the notice of enemies he never knew he had. Host , the magus learns about the powers that are arrayed against him, and that which he has carried all along. In this final episode, the magus unleashes the power that lurks within him and is consumed by it. Through the flames he is reborn to his destiny. A collection of essays by the author on the magical symbolism and thoughts behind the series.