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The Chronicle of Akakor
which, as if by magic, suspend the heaviest stones, fling lightning, or melt rocks. The Gods have not
divulged these secrets to us. In their bequest, only the laws of nature are reflected. But nature does not
know the passage of time nor development nor progress. The eternal circle of life determines all
being—plants, animals, and humans—as it is written in the Chronicle of Akakor:

"Everything exists and passes away. Thus speak the Gods. And so they taught the Chosen Tribes. All
men are subject to their laws, for there is an inner relation between the sky above and the earth below."

My people have submitted to the will of the Gods. This is obvious in all aspects of life, also within the
family. Every Ugha Mongulala must do his duty toward the community. He starts his own family at the
early age of eighteen. If a young man takes a liking to a girl, he lives with her for three months in the
house of his parents. During this period of testing, he is not permitted any intimacy. If he still wants to
marry her after the three months have passed, the priest declares their marriage. They exchange sandals
as a sign of mutual faithfulness in the presence of all members of the settlement community.

According to Lhasa’s laws, one family is allowed two children. After that, the woman is given a drug by
the high priest that makes her sterile. In this way, the Exalted Son of the Gods in his wisdom prevented
misery and starvation. My people do not believe in divorce. If man and wife insist, they may again live
separately, but under penalty of exile new marriages are prohibited. For only those who know only one
man or one woman can be truly happy.

"You have committed a sorry deed. Woe be upon you. Oh, that the Gods had shown you the light! What
have you done? Why have you disregarded the laws of the Ancient Fathers? You are guilty." Thus the
high priest spoke to Hama. And Hama, who had rejected his wife and taken a new young girl, admitted
his trespass. His heart was seized with anguish and terror. He wept bitter tears. But the high priest would
not be moved. "Neither death nor imprisonment has been reserved for you, Hama. You have broken our
most sacred law. You will be sent into exile. This is our judgment." And Hama, who had cast off his
wife, was now cast off himself. He lived beyond the border as a Degenerate. Nobody cared for his hut
any more. He roamed through the mountains. He ate the bark of trees and lichen, bitter lichen growing
on the rocks. He knew no good food. And there were never any women with him."

The Glory of the Gods

One hundred and thirty families of the Gods came to earth and selected the tribes. They made the Ugha
Mongulala their Chosen Servants and after their departure bequeathed their enormous empire to them.
With the first Great Catastrophe, the Gods’ empire disintegrated. The Allied Tribes left their old
territories and lived according to their own laws. Then Lhasa reestablished the empire in its former
glory and power. He subdued the Degenerated who had rebelled against Akakor and integrated many
savage tribes into his new developing empire. To safeguard unity, he obliged them to speak the
language of the Ugha Mongulala and to assume new names. He gave names to the Allied Tribes in the
provinces and in the surroundings of Akakor: the Tribe that Lives on the Water, the Tribe of Serpent
Eaters, the Tribe of the Wanderers, the Tribe of Refuse Eaters, the Tribe of Demons-Terror, and the
Tribe of Evil Spirits. He also bestowed names on the people who lived in the forests on the Great River:
the Tribe of Black Hearts, the Tribe of the Great Voice, the Tribe Where Rain Falls, the Tribe that Lives
in the Trees, the Tribe of Tapir Killers, the Tribe of Distorted Faces, and the Tribe of the Glory that
Grows. The savage tribes outside the empire were excluded from his honor.
With the arrival of the White Barbarians 500 years ago, Lhasa’s old order was destroyed. The majority
of the Allied Tribes betrayed the teaching of the Ancient Fathers and began to worship the sign of the
cross. Today, only the Ugha Mongulala live according to the bequest of the Gods. Our beliefs differ
fundamentally from the false faith of the White Barbarians who worship property, wealth, and power
and consider no sacrifice too great to obtain slightly more than the next man. But our Gods’ testament
teaches us how to live and how to die. It points the way to a life after death. It teaches how the body is
created, how it passes away, and how it is constantly changed by food. For this reason, it cannot
represent our real life. Our senses depend on our body and are carried by it like the flame of a candle.

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