MUTZAAD ON TEXT FIVE: THE SEVEN MAJOR MODES
LINE 1: "The Seven Major Modes are the seven major ways of engaging with or reading JAH’S BOOK, each with a different purpose."
What prayer is to the soul, the Modes are to the Book. They are the sacraments of approach. Seven—like the days of creation, like the gifts of the Spirit—each Mode is not just a technique but a form of spiritual life. They are not options on a menu. They are the seven winds that blow through the soul when JAH’S BOOK is opened.
Each mode serves a purpose. And while some seem contemplative and others seem performative, all are holy. All are transformative. This is not about preference but about completeness. To live fully in Yehoshuai is to know all seven.
LINE 2: "These modes are effective and gratifying for their own reasons, often reasons that humans can’t understand."
We do not always know why a Mode works. But it does. This mystery is part of the sacred architecture. Sometimes the act of reciting aloud while alone breaks a spiritual chain. Sometimes hearing one’s voice in headphones causes a flood of repentance. Sometimes singing a line turns anger into tears. We do not always know how.
This line reminds us: the Book is alive. It does not operate by rational rules alone. It is a living organism, and the Modes are how it breathes through us.
LINE 3: "In fact, we know very little about this because GOD has only made some of this clear."
Humility is embedded into the theology. We are not experts of the sacred—we are pilgrims. GOD has shown us these modes, but not all their mechanics. We are to obey, not dissect. Engage, not conquer.
This protects the Faith from arrogance and opens the door for further revelation. As we practice these modes, more may be revealed. And new Modes may yet emerge.
LINE 4: "TELL THEM, MR DAMIAN, MY SCRIVENER, TELL THEM NOW THE 7 PATHS OF READING JAH’S BOOK."
The imperative bursts in like thunder. JAH commands testimony. This line is more than transition—it is commissioning. The Scrivener is now charged to proclaim the Paths.
This is the prophetic charge. Not to speculate. Not to theorize. But to tell them now. There is urgency in spiritual literacy. You do not wait to teach a drowning man to swim.
LINE 5: "But, JAH, how do you define the words 'mode' and 'path'?"
This question is the soul of exegesis. The Scrivener does not assume. He asks. He slows the momentum for clarity. This teaches all students of the Faith: ask for the meaning of sacred terms. The holiness is not just in the answer—it’s in the asking.
LINE 6: "IN THIS CONTEXT, MODE AND PATH DESCRIBE THE WAY ONE READS JAH’S BOOK."
Here the divine voice offers the definition. Way is the key word. A Mode is not a format—it is a journey. A posture. A stance of the soul. To read in a given Mode is to walk a certain spiritual terrain. Each Mode is a trailhead into the mountain of revelation.
MODE ONE: Read Silently Alone with GOD
LINE 7-8: "Mode One: Read it silently to yourself alone with GOD. This is reading THE QUODLIBET or POEMS FOR EARTH silently to yourself with just you and JAH, either reading from a physical copy or in an ePub or PDF or on Storyspace."
This Mode is contemplative solitude. The reader retreats inward with the text and GOD alone. No sound. No show. Just the interior world ignited by the Book.
Reading in any format is valid—print or digital—because the Spirit moves not through the paper but through the words. This Mode is about intimacy. Sacred privacy. It is spiritual centering.
This is where many first encounter JAH’S BOOK.
MODE TWO: Read Silently with Others
LINE 9-13: "MODE TWO: Read It Silently with Others. In MODE TWO, you read The Quodlibet or POEMS FOR EARTH silently with others present. You and the others there can read different passages or the same, contemplating silently and then discussing with the others what all of you read."
Mode Two is communion without speech. There is a unique holiness in shared silence. Many modern spiritual traditions lack this—but Yehoshuai restores it. Each person has their private engagement, yet all are bound together by sacred proximity.
Then, discussion. This isn’t debate or sermon. It’s mutual unveiling. Everyone brings what they heard, what stirred them. It is the building of community through sacred reading.
MODE THREE: Read and Recite Aloud Alone
LINE 14-17: "MODE THREE: To Read and recite aloud THE QUODLIBET or POEMS FOR EARTH alone with JAH. When you are alone and you recite JAH’S BOOK aloud, JAH in CHRIST will be there with you. This is called 'The Numinous Mode', or sometimes it’s called 'Reading Face to Face'. This is the truest way to read THE QUODLIBET or POEMS FOR EARTH."
This is the sacred duet. The reader’s voice becomes an offering, and the room becomes a sanctuary. The Numinous Mode is the most powerful because it combines body, voice, soul, and spirit in full presence.
The phrase “Reading Face to Face” reveals the mystery: JAH listens. CHRIST joins. You are not alone when you read aloud. The act is performative for an audience of One, who is All.
This Mode changes you.
MODE FOUR: The Speaker’s Fever
LINE 18-21: "MODE FOUR is when either THE QUODLIBET or POEMS FOR EARTH are compulsively recited and recorded and listened to while memorizing the Book. When someone becomes imbued with a geyser of energy and passion for JAH’S BOOK and works all the time reading it, recording it, listening to it, driven by GOD to memorize THE QUODLIBET or POEMS FOR EARTH (PPL). This is sometimes called 'The Speaker’s Fever'. When a person memorizes the entire QUODLIBET or POEMS FOR EARTH (PPL), they are called 'Speakers of the Book'."
This is spiritual obsession—not pathological, but prophetic. When a soul is lit ablaze with divine urgency, they enter Mode Four. They cannot stop. Reciting. Recording. Listening. Day and night.
This is the holy fire that forged prophets. It is what turns disciples into Speakers of the Book. It is not for everyone, but if it comes, do not resist it. JAH is working through your madness.
MODE FIVE: Performance
LINE 21-22: "MODE FIVE is when you perform JAH’S BOOK, for an audience or a recording, through spoken word or performance art or in Ritual Drama."
This Mode is artistic proclamation. It is where Scripture becomes theater. Word becomes body. The reader becomes the vessel.
This Mode is not entertainment. It is ritual. Performed recitation sanctifies space. In a culture that undervalues art, Mode Five declares: art is sacred. This is scripture with breath and gesture.
MODE SIX: Singing
LINE 23: "MODE SIX is when you perform JAH’S BOOK for an audience or a recording by singing."
Mode Six opens the lungs of Heaven. When the Book is sung, it touches dimensions unspoken. Melody is memory’s ally. Song is spirit’s language.
Whether chanted, harmonized, or wailed in ecstatic jazz—this is sacred. This is Psalms reborn. This is the voice anointed with rhythm and resonance.
Mode Six teaches: your voice, no matter how flawed, is worthy of praise.
MODE SEVEN: The Miracle
LINE 24-26: "MODE SEVEN is The Miracle. The Miracle is when you recite or read aloud the entire POEMS FOR EARTH(PPL) in a 72-hour period, taking few breaks only to eat, drink, smoke, go to the bathroom or sleep. Everything else you do during that 72-hour period must be spent recording your reading of JAH’S BOOK aloud."
This is the apex of all Modes. The once-every-four-months firewalk. This is not performance—it is sacrifice. It is prayer as marathon. It is madness become devotion.
This Mode breaks the self. It shows what the body can endure in service of the spirit. The Miracle is earned. It sanctifies memory, time, and voice.
To undertake this is to become a living scroll. To exit it is to emerge changed.
THEOLOGICAL THEMES:
JAH’S BOOK is not just to be studied—it is to be lived, performed, memorized, sung, and shared.
These Modes form the backbone of Yehoshuai praxis. They are how scripture breathes.
SPIRITUAL PRACTICE:
Choose one Mode per day for a week.
Reflect on how each Mode feels different—what stirs? What resists?
Ask JAH to show you your primary Mode—and challenge you with others.
FINAL REFLECTION: The Seven Modes are not rituals for ritual’s sake. They are roads to encounter. Each one brings you face to face with JAH in a different light.
Whether silent, spoken, sung, or shouted—the Book wants to be in you. Through you. With you.
Let the Mode find you. Let it carry you.
Amen.