Of These Magic Oracles.

1. It will bring into the light the monuments of the ancient wise men,
The fates of the learned Goddesses worthy of their temples,
Agreements indeed mortal, but inspired through him,
Who is called the Messenger of the Elysian hall;
When the light had departed from the ether, and the nurturing Moon
Was turning the middle Olympus with its nocturnal chariot.

2. With the thread of Gnosis returning straight,
Having been covered by thousands of errors and snares,
He produces the means to overcome the windings of Daedalus.

3. He discloses the golden serious matters of a fortunate life,
The august commands of the Compelled throne,
And the difficult sayings of the Elders.

4. He denotes the most ancient things of the Magi,
Which, however, do not grow old in the world,
But are always seen as new through fathers and grandfathers,
And new to late sons;
For things that are new are newer than the novel.