Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Nick Mezins born in Riga, Latvia, in 1936, Nick Mezins immigrated to the U.S. in 1950. The translator earned a degree in Electrical Engineering from the City College pd New York in 1959 and a Master's in Engineering from the University of Pittsburg in 1973. Also, to his credit are eleven years of active service in the U.S. Army, three of which were in Vietnam.

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THE TIDINGS

Trafford Publishing

Contents

Foreword.......................................................................................................................................viiIntroduction to REVELATIONS....................................................................................................................ixIntroduction to Volume Two.....................................................................................................................xiChapter I, January 1945 Ali, Shota, Friedrich Schiller, Indra (2), Aurora.....................................................................1Chapter II, February 1945 - Part 1 Ilgya (3), Indra (3), Mortifero (2), Montavior, Likodio....................................................17Chapter III, February 1945 - Part 2 Ilgya (3), Likodio, Montaviro,Ali, Santorino, Aurora, Indra...............................................39Chapter IV, March 1945 Likodio, Sotoss,Ali (4), Sineokia, Ilgya (2), Santorino, Indra.........................................................74Chapter V, April 1945 Ilgya (2),Ali (3), Montaviro (2), Santorino, Friedrich Schiller, Nakcia.................................................99Chapter VI, May 1945 Volturnato, Ilgya (3),Ali (3), Shota, Santorino, Argus...................................................................118Chapter VII, June 1945 Io (2), Santorino, Mortifero,Alvisego (2),Ali (2), Nakcia..............................................................134Chapter VIII, July 1945 - Part 1 Nakcia (2), Ilgya (2), Temio, Ali, Argus, Aurora.............................................................157Chapter IX, July 1945 - Part 2 Shota, Nakcia (2),Aurora,Argus, Ilgya, Friedrich Schiller, Montaviro,Ali, Ilgya, Santorino.....................177Chapter X, August 1945 - Part 1 Nakcia (2),Alexander, Santorino (2),Ai-Iaia, Ilgya (4), Sineokia, Alpha, Argus, Mortifero.....................199Chapter XI, August 1945 - Part 2 Nakcia (2), Ilgya (4), Ilpan (4), Mortifero, Io..............................................................232Chapter XII, September 1945 Ali, Indra, Ilgya (2), Nakcia,Aurora..............................................................................266Chapter XIII, October 1945 - Part 1 Shota (2), Argus, Ali (2), Indra, Babushka................................................................274Chapter XIV, October 1945 - Part 2 Ilpan, Ilgya (2), Shota (2),Argus, Santorino (2)...........................................................305Chapter XV, November 1945 - Part 1 Mortifero (2), Otranto, Shota, Ilgya.......................................................................328Chapter XVI, November 1945 - Part 2 Shota (2), Ortega, Ilgya (3), Santorino...................................................................333Chapter XVII, December 1945 Indra, Fricis Bahrda (2), Ilgya, Alexander Pushkin (2)............................................................353Chapter XVIII, January 1946 Fricis Bahrda (3), Dante, Petrarca (2), Shota.....................................................................364Epilogue.......................................................................................................................................391

Chapter One

Ali 01/22/45 1625

I introduce myself - old Ali. You, my friends, are beginning not to believe the dates [which I set]. What can one do? An old head becomes forgetful - Janoss knows that best, even though he is slightly younger than I. The situation is like this - I do want to talk with you, but I do not always manage to utilize the projected time the way I want to. Old Ali has buried himself rather too much in work and has been too far away from you, speaking in the Turkish language, but perhaps it was the Latvian language? Oh well, I'm already beginning to confuse the languages of Earth, even though I have been there so recently.

My good friends have started telling you all kinds of stories about the affairs of Earth. Let us commence then, I'll join in as well! I will not manage quite as well as Friedrich [Schiller], for all kinds of sins had beset me during my long lifetime, only, thank God, not the sin of producing poetry. I have nevertheless succumbed to sin because of that, since I have not broken in my hand in writing as those two, Friedrich and Shota [Rustaveli], have.

Now then, I will also begin my story of Earth. It will probably turn out the wrong way for me again. What a wonder! No matter what subject I might broach, everything turns out differently for me than for others. Just like a Turk - you will claim. Now comes a serious question, though. Why do the spirits want to tell you specifically about the affairs of Earth, and to talk about man in terms of a man? This time I will go the other way around again and will ask Alexander to answer this question for me.

[[Alexander replies.]]

You said that an individual who is evil toward his fellow humans cannot be a good subject for God either. Therefore one has to initially bring up people to be good in the full meaning of the word. Once they have become like that then, simultaneously with that, they will also become the executors of God's will. I did not repeat your words, but merely your thought, which is correct.

The priest of a faithful and God abiding congregation has little joy if a thief or a robber visits his church. Generally, after this "pleasant" visit the need arises to replace the silver and gold objects in the church.

Now that some important preliminary words have been expressed, we can turn to the story itself. I begin it! Listen!

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Shota 01/27/45 1730

I, Shota, am talking with you. What can you say when Ali challenges you to respond? Friedrich and I understand Ali's paradoxes, but they may seem strange and dumbfounding to some human child. This unique old man turns everything around. He turns the master into a servant, and a cow into a lady. He tells you a paradox, that if there were no violators of the law there would not be any guardians of the law either. If there were no dishonest people, there would not be honest ones either. If there were no criminals, a large majority of the representatives of your most honorable professions would starve to death. That's what this Turk is like! He reminds me of a country bumpkin who once attended a theater in a city. Would you like to hear this anecdote?

[[The heralds respond, "Please."]]

Peter, with his relatives and friends from a village rather remote from any center of culture, came to a city once. The whole day long, they emptied the city's stores, and [drank many] steins of beer. In the evening, they happened to walk past some sort of an unusual building. Huge posters hung on both sides of its door.

Peter stopped, read these, and then said, "Dear people, but, after all, there's something here for us as well. Just listen what these guys have written here, `The famous play "The Little Orphan Girl's Tears" or "The Midnight Song of the Cricket" is being shown tonight. The audience has never yet seen such an excellent play. Life itself has climbed on the stage and our famous performers surpass themselves. They not only live but even die on the stage, and no one can tell whether they are living people or corpses. They appear that natural and real.'

"We'll have to go in there. We,...