The Sequel to the Count of Gabalis

on the Secret Sciences.

...and who spend their lives meditating on new Laws, a new Politics, a new Theology, a new Morality, a new Philosophy, always possess some good and some ridiculous qualities. They have certain lucid intervalsPeriods of sanity or clarity experienced by those otherwise considered mentally unstable., in which there is something to be gained; one laughs at the rest and wonders at just how far the imagination of a Man of Letters can be exalted.

Sir, I said to Joannes Brunus Latin for Giordano Bruno, a famous Renaissance philosopher and occultist., you shall not leave, if you please; you are tired from your long journey, you shall rest here. Here is a small day-bed where you may lie down for some time; and for the consultation you wish to make with the Lord, here is a prie-dieuA piece of furniture intended for private prayer, consisting of a kneeling rail and a small shelf for a prayer book.. I, meanwhile, shall go get dressed; we will confer afterwards on your holy projects, then we shall dine, if it pleases you.

Ah! Sir, he said to me while embracing me, there is nothing so noble as you; I hope that God will inspire me to admit you to the ApostolateA mission or group dedicated to a specific religious or moral cause; here, Brunus’s self-styled group of reformers. to which He has called me; go get dres—