PREFACE

This drama takes place within the Ineffable The "Ineffable" refers to the Divine or spiritual experiences that are too great to be expressed in human words.. It is a flash of lightning that tears through a thick cloud. Angela's language is a hand-to-hand struggle with things that cannot be spoken. In the atmosphere into which she is introduced—like a common person terrified by the proximity of the sanctuary—human vocabulary retreats in silence. Held captive within human speech, Angela acts like Samson. Manoah original: "Manué" in Hebrew means "rest." Like Samson, the son of Manoah, Angela—the daughter of Ecstasy—takes the gates of her prison upon her shoulders and carries them up to the Heights This is a reference to the biblical story in Judges 16:3, where Samson carries away the gates of the city of Gaza; Hello uses this as a metaphor for Angela breaking through the "prison" of human language to reach God..

— You who read this book, do not look upon it with the cold gaze of curiosity. Remember the glorious realities, remember the terrible realities, and pray to Angela's God for the translator of her book.

ERNEST HELLO