THE EQUINOX
I opened mine eyes, and all around me was as a dense fog;
thus I returned into my body.”
The vision being at an end, a thanksgiving was offered.
No. 7. This vision was undertaken by P. for strength
to aid his cousin, who was in distress. As in No. 5, it
commenced with a prayer, a circle being drawn around the
Skryer.
“As I prayed, a feeling of drowsiness possessed me, and I
found myself swinging backwards and forwards ; then after a
little while I grew steady, and speedily ascended. As I soared
up through the air, I saw above me a great circle; this I
passed through, only to behold another one greater still. As
I approached it I perceived an angel coming towards me ; there-
fore I entered the circle and knelt down.
“ The angel, seeing me kneeling before him, approached me,
and taking me by the hand, raised me up, kissing me as he
did so. And having thus greeted me, he bade me tell him
what I sought; this I did. And when I had finished speak-
ing, he took me by the right hand and flew obliquely upwards.
And as I was carried through the air, I looked down, and felt
reluctant at leaving the great circle, which had now become as
a point below me. And as I thought of it, of a sudden I
found myself standing upon a marble floor, from out of which
rushed up into the heavens a great pillar of fire. And as I
gazed wonderingly at it, though on account of its brightness
I could see no one, I became conscious that many people were
worshipping around me. Then slowly, as my eyes became
accustomed to the light, I saw that the great pillar of fire was
in truth the right leg of an immense figure.
“On becoming aware of this, a great awe filled me, and
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