JOHN
STA ]ΟΗΝ
12.17. began as recorded above, to inflame myself in praying,
calling upon my Lord
; and I burned in the Lamp that
Pantacle which I had made of Him, renouncing the
Images, destroying the Images, that Himself might
arise in me.
And the Chamber was filled with that wondrous glow
of ultra-violet light self-luminous, without a source,
that hath no counterpart in Nature unless it be in that
Dawn of the North.
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And there were revealed unto me certain Words of
Power
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.
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And I invoked my Lord and recited the Book Ararita
at the Altar
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This holy inspired book (delivered unto me in the
winter of last year) was now at last understanded of
me; for it is, though I knew it not, a complete scheme
of this Operation.
For this cause I will add this book Ararita at the end
of the Manuscript.
[This has not been permitted.
The Book Ararita will be issued by the Α.“. Α:. in
due course—En]
I also demanded of mine Angel
the Writing upon the Lamen of Silver;
21 Writing
of the veritable Elixir and supernal
Dew.
And it
was granted unto me.
Then subtly, easily, simply, imperceptibly gliding, I
passed away into nothing.
And I was wrapped in the
black brilliance of my Lord, that interpenetrated me
in every part, fusing its light with my darkness, and
leaving there no darkness, but pure light.
Also 1 beheld my Lord in afigure and Ifelt the interior
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