Manly P. Hall Collection, Box 15

tiplied its previous force,
and the water lost its property of
extinguishing it.

The vivifying flames could not
devour the substance of the
animating powers that moved
through them.
They did not melt the
spiritual ice, so soft
nevertheless, which was the
nourishment of the powers.

Let one compare this with a
vulgar Common or unrefined. version.

Only an illuminated one could
describe the living
transmutation of the elements
in this way.