Joanna Southcott: Unpublished Manuscripts
On a dream of her Brother John when Joanna is milking (1796)
The following Communication was given to Joanna Southcott in 1796. I dreamed of my Brother John who was at the time dead and I went into my Brother's ground a milking in two different fields. I thought I took a ladle of the mass what comes from the acorn, and eat my milk and after that I wished my Brother John to taste it, as I tasted it, and it was so sweet and good I wished to have it all, but could not get it from him.
Answer of the Spirit
And now the dream I will explain
And to the purpose come
The Milk that was so very sweet
Must unto thee be known
It is the Milk from heaven come
Thy Brother he is there
And when the sweets with him thou’st taste
Thy joys will then appear
But soon thy Milk thou’st surely eat
For back thou must return
And with thy Brother wish to stay
For then the heart will burn
Thy longing soul will wish to abide
And leave the Mass behind
But like thy pail thou must return
And say not thou art dead
Because thy Ghost will come again
Then lay thee in a bed
And let them keep thy body warm
With oil anoint thy feet
And wait with patience then they’ll see
The Mystery is great
For then the Comforter will come
Much like the Holy Ghost
For like thy Father now I say
For Women I do feel
I know they’ve suffer’d much for Me
And I their wound will heal
For all they dreams I shall explain
For all will ripen fast
The sunshine soon will call them all
Just like the morning blast
When thou return’st thoult surely mourn
The empty pail to see
And wish thy Brothers milk to steal
And in his room to be
But this I tell thee is denied
For thou must tarry here
Till all my Bible is applied
Thou art the Bride most clear
For deeper mysteries are behind
Than ever yet was found
And deeper mysteries thou shalt find
Then e’er was known to man
For of the Woman I was born
Mans nature to assume
Why hast thou now put down thy pen
Then take it up again
For now the mystery I’ll explain
Why women have my heart
Because I know when Satan came
Her husband made her smart
And equally guilty sure he was
And that mankind shall know
And if true pardon they obtain
They all shall own ‘tis true
Another day I’ll tell thee more
Thy nature soon will shake
For when my key unlocks the door
The bolts will surely break.
(Finis).