The other part of the early-lore ¹

Among Finda’s folk are the ignorant, who through their overinventiveness are thus evil, that they deceive themselves and who devoutly attest, that they are the best part of Wr-alda; that their ghosts are the best part of Wr-alda’s and that Wr-alda may only think through the help of their brain.

That every creature is a part of Wr-alda’s unending being; that have they stolen from us.
But their false speech and their unbridled pride have brought them upon the wrong way.⁵
Were their ghost Wr-alda’s ghost, so should Wr-alda be all dumb instead of light and wise.

For their ghost enslaves himself ever to make beautiful images, which ye afterwards pray to.
But Finda’s folk is an evil folk, for however the fools fool themselves that they are gods, so have they created the unhallowed gods beforehand, to say always, that these gods have created the world and all that is therein, greedy gods full of envy and wrath, who will be honoured and served by the people, who want blood and offerings and ask treasure.

But the foolish false men who have themselves called god’s henchmen or priests, receive and collect and gather all that which is before the gods of which there are none, in order to keep it themselves.
All this, they undertake with an expansive mood, through which they ween themselves gods, who are beholden to no one else.¹⁰

Be there some who surmise and make bare their trickery, so are they caught by their rascals and burned for their blasphemy, all with stately ritual to honour their false gods.
But in truth, only so that they should not scathe them.

So that our children now may be armed against their godlike lore, so should the maids take care to teach about what here shall follow.

Wr-alda was before all things and after all things shall he be.

Wr-alda is thus eternal and he is unending therefore isn’t there naught but him.¹⁵

Throughout Wr-alda’s life was time and all things born, and his life takes all things away.

These things must be made clear and bare by all means.
When that much is accomplished, (lit: Is it so far won,) so says one further:

What thus concerns our form, thus are we a deal of Wr-alda’s unending being, also the shape of all the creatures, though what concerns our shape, our properties and all our thoughts, these belong not to the essence.

These are all fleeting things which appear throughout Wr-alda’s life.
But through which his life always goes forth, thus may not there naught in his stead not abide.²⁰
Therefore all created things change place, shape and way of thinking.

Therefore may not earth herself, nor any creature say: I am, but well I was.
Also may no person say I think, but only, I thought.
The young man is greater and different than he was as a child.
He has other desires, inclinations and ways of thinking.²⁵
The man is a dad and thinks otherwise than when he was a youth. Likewise the old of days.
That wot all mankind.

Thus must everyone now wit and must admit, that he always changes every instant, also while he says: I am, and that his thought-images change while he says: I think.

Instead that we thus repeat unworthily the evil of Finda’s and say, I am, or well, I am the best part of Wr-alda’s, yea through us alone may he think, so we announce everywhere and always where it be needed: we Frya’s children are apparitions through Wr-alda’s life;³⁰
at the beginning small and bare, though ever becoming and inclining to perfection, without ever becoming as good as Wr-alda himself.

Our ghost is not Wr-alda’s ghost, he is thereof alone a manifestation.

When Wr-alda created us, has he through his wisdom-brain, lent us sense memory and many good traits.

Herewith might we consider his creatures and laws.
Thereof might we teach and thereof might we speak, all and only for our own well being.³⁵
Had Wr-alda given us no sense, so should we wit of nothing and we should be yet more irredeemable than a jelly fish, which is driven forth through ebb and through flood.