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have
complexity,
which
have
dimension,
which
change
and
may
be
changed.
When the eyes
of the
Magus
are
fixed
upon
this Lamp naught
else
exists.
The
Instruments
lie
idle
on
the
Altar;
that
Light
alone
burns
eternally.
The Divine Will
that
was the Wand
is no
more;
for
the
path
has
become
one with the Goal.
The
Divine
Understanding
that
was the Cup
is
no
more;
for
the
subject
and Object of intelligence
are one.
The Divine Reason
that was the Sword
is no more : for the complex
has been resolved
into
the Simple.
And the Divine Substance
that was the Pantacle
is no more;
for the
many has become
the One.
Eternal,
unconfined,
unextended,
without
cause
and
without
effect,
the Holy
Lamp
mysteriously
burns.
Without
quantity
or quality,
un-
conditioned
and sempiternal,
is this Light.
It is
not
possible
for anyone
to advise or approve;
for this Lamp is
not
made
with
hands;
it
exists
alone
for
ever;
it
has
no
parts,
no
person;
it is before " I am."
Few can
behold
it,
yet
it
is
always there.
For
it
there
is
no here nor
there
^
no
then
nor
now,
all
parts of speech
are abolished,
save
the
noun
:
and
this
noun
is
not
found
either
in