VI :1 ο. Deeper and deeper into the mire of things ! Farther and farther into the never-ending Expansion of the Abyss. I. The great goddess that bendeth over the Universe is my mistress; I am the winged globe at her heart. 2. I contract ever as she ever expandeth; 3. At the end it is all one. 4. Our loves have brought to birththe Father and Creator of all things. 5. He hath established the elements; the aether, the air, the water, the earth, and the fire. 6. He hath established the wandering stars in their courses. 7. He hath ploughed With the seven stars of his Plough, that the Seven might move in- deed, yet ever point to the unchanging One. 61