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wisdom and utterance, to exist and be made manifest.
Thus it is that through the rise of these Luminaries
of God the world is made new, the waters
of everlasting life stream forth, the billows of loving-kindness
surge, the clouds of grace are gathered,
and the breeze of bounty bloweth upon all
created things. It is the warmth that these Luminaries
of God generate, and the undying fires they
kindle, which cause the light of the love of God to
burn fiercely in the heart of humanity. It is
through the abundant grace of these Symbols of
Detachment that the Spirit of life everlasting is
breathed into the bodies of the dead. Assuredly
the visible sun is but a sign of the splendour of that
Day-star of Truth, that Sun Which can never have
a peer, a likeness, or rival. Through Him all
things live, move, and have their being. Through
His grace they are made manifest, and unto Him
they all return. From Him all things have sprung,
and unto the treasuries of His revelation they all
have repaired. From Him all created things did
proceed, and to the depositories of His law they
did revert.
That these divine Luminaries seem to be confined
at times to specific designations and attributes,
