Book 4 (Part II)

134 have complexity, which have dimension, which change and may be changed. When the eyes of the Magus are fixed upon this Lamp naught else exists. The Instruments lie idle on the Altar; that Light alone burns eternally. The Divine Will that was the Wand is no more; for the path has become one with the Goal. The Divine Understanding that was the Cup is no more; for the subject and Object of intelligence are one. The Divine Reason that was the Sword is no more : for the complex has been resolved into the Simple. And the Divine Substance that was the Pantacle is no more; for the many has become the One. Eternal, unconfined, unextended, without cause and without effect, the Holy Lamp mysteriously burns. Without quantity or quality, un- conditioned and sempiternal, is this Light. It is not possible for anyone to advise or approve; for this Lamp is not made with hands; it exists alone for ever; it has no parts, no person; it is before " I am." Few can behold it, yet it is always there. For it there is no here nor there ^ no then nor now, all parts of speech are abolished, save the noun : and this noun is not found either in