Chapter 19: The Book of Watchers - The Descent of the Watchers
Book of the Watchers
And it came to pass after this that my spirit was translated and it ascended into the heavens: and I saw the holy sons of God. They were stepping on flames of fire: their garments were white and their raiment, and their faces shone like snow.
Parallels with Canonical Texts
I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True... The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
Connection: Heavenly beings in white
And I saw two of the stars of heaven being bound together with a filament of fire, and they ceased to run on their courses.
And the angels, the children of heaven, began to teach the sons of men the ways of unrighteousness and wickedness.
And they taught them to break the covenant that was made with their fathers.
And they revealed unto them the secrets of heaven, and taught them to make swords and armor.
And they taught them the art of making cosmetics, and the knowledge of precious stones and metals.
And they taught them the signs of the sun, the moon, and the stars, and the causes of earthquakes and tempests.
And they taught them evil enchantments and the properties of roots and herbs.
And sin increased upon the earth, and all the inhabitants thereof began to do evil.
And the earth cried out for redeeming from the evil that was done upon her, and she called upon the archangels for help.