The Book of the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf CHAPTER SIXTY TWO 18 страница
if, that is, he bloweth thereon with this [life-giving] Spirit.
395.
Then thou, O Assemblage occupied with Alchemical practise,
Seek ye fervently!
396.
yet be thou conscious of the [dangers of the cosmic] Fire
such that thou shalt not bring it to bear upon [the proto-"Gold"]
to the extent which results in injury
for this [ethereal] Fire doth both decompose and restore
as thou wouldst know if thou wert befittingly aware.
397.
Such is that which We mentioned about the Fire, the Gold, the Soul,
the sulphurous Water, the Divine Water and the Airy Water.
398.
And there applieth unto this [Elixir] all the divine Names and Attributes
in its various inner grades and levels in the light of their appropriate correspondences
as indicated by the manifestation of [miscellaneous] hues [colours] and modes of activity.
399.
Wherefore do We instruct thee to the end that all may attain certitude
through this unlettered Iraqi Youth [Bahā'-Allāh] possessed of such sciences
as surpass those of the ancients and have never been comprehended by those of this latter period.
400.
This perchance their souls might thereby inwardly comprehend,
and they desist from such idle speculationsas they indulge in this day.
Tablet on the Isolated Letters [of the Light] CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Divisions 401-425
THE ISOLATED LETTERS [OF THE LIGHT]
401.
Wherefore, O my Brother!
should there be manifested for thee upon the surface of the [cosmic] Water
this Luminous Child and this Spiritual Infant,
then little by little remove it until thy [alchemical] charge shall be completed for thee.
402.
By God! If this [image on the surface of the water] should be envisioned,
the [fervent] heat of the [cosmic] Fire would bedazzle the sight.
403.
Then exalted be the [Divine] [Fashioner] Alchemist, the Creator,
the Omnipotent, the Ruler, the Mighty, the Awesome.
404.
This [visage] is indeed of the substance [foundation] of the Spirit as well as an established reality.
405.
And if it should be designated something else it would [again] be [something] metaphorical.
406.
Through it the bodies of the dead would be brought to life,
and would rise up from their tombs, and be gathered in the domain of reconstitution.
407.
Then shall the resurrection of bodies be manifest for thee
on the Day in which He shall sound the Trumpet,
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408.
the day on which the [bodily] garment of the creatures shall be renewed
and all [present] be confrontedby their [past] deeds in the Sanctified Presence.
409.
And they shall be punished for all that they have committed of falsehood
during their wayward lifetime;
they shall discover that they will in every respect be fully recompensed.
410.
Wherefore shall the melodies of the Dove be renewed
and He replace all [that exists] in the heavens and on the earth.
411.
He shall spread out the earth of mystic knowledge [gnosis],
the Bird of the Divine Oneness shall loll [stick its tongue out]
and the [true] believers shall at this moment ride upon the Burāq [Steed] of Light.
412.
Should We divulge for thee all that shall take place on this [eschatological] Day the [Sacred] Tablets would prove unable to bear it and souls would be convulsed thereby.
413.
Thus do We refrain from mention thereof and return to Our previous theme
to the end that the [Divine] Bounty which derives from God
might take precedence and surround such as are clothed in the garment of existence.
414.
Know then, that thou, if thou combine this [alchemical] Oil which We have,
in truth disclosed for thee, with this [Snow-White] Earth,
415.
it would assuredly unite to the extent that it [the Elixir] would be produced;
it would indeed be most proximate,
closer than if it had been disclosed for thee before thine own vision!
416.
This, if, that is, thou should befittingly carry out this [alchemical] task.
417.
Wherefore know thou [appropriately the secrets of] the "Gold" and the "Silver",
then the "Sun" and the "Moon",
and the "White Gum" and the "Red [Gum]" perchance that thou might be befittingly informed.
418.
And regarding this they [alchemists] say,
`The alchemical work is naught save the [mystery of] the two most great luminaries' [= the Sun and the Moon]; just as thou art aware from the books of the people.
419.
And in this respect know thou also, that they say that our "Gold" is not the common gold
and likewise the "Silver" that thou do ordinarily know about.
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420.
Such "Gold" is indeed that which We have named `Possessed of Dual Wings' for it was a bird soaring in all of the bodies and [something] designated with all the [various alchemical] names.
421.
It [the Bird] so designates, for example, the [element] Water to the end that it might stream and flow and it designates Fire so that it might, by its own nature, heat things up.
422.
It likewise, [designates the element] the Earth [such that it may might prove inwardly solidified].
423.
Similarly again, it [so designates] the [element] Air
such that it might effect combination; a uniting of what is within it. [?]
424.
All such as are perceptive of the mysteries of nature bear witness [unto] the [truth of] this matter.
425.
Such are among those who have attained detachment from what is other than God
and have been enabled to orient themselves towards Him;
towards attaining unto a transcendent station.
Tablet on the Isolated Letters [of the Light] CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Divisions 426-450
THE ISOLATED LETTERS [OF THE LIGHT]
426.
Then know furthermore that this radiant [elixiroial], fiery Oil is assuredly
the Crown of Crowns, the Divine Crown, and the Crown of Victory
since, by virtue of it, all of the bodies are regenerated [transmuted, transformed].
427.
That is to say, through it are all bodies made to recover
from oozing, decayed moisture and the abysmal, base drying out.
428.
Through it also, all that hath been created upon the earth will be cured from all diseases.
429.
It is assuredly the quintessence of [the divine, Cosmic] Activity
from which are established the foundations of the world.
430.
It is [also] the "Heat" without which there would be no motion;
for motion is a result of the action which is engendered thereby.
431.
Wherefore know ye that all science [knowledge] is by virtue of the heat [as thou would realise]
if, that is, thou should ponder the essences of the science [knowledge] of reality.
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432.
Assuredly is it the resting-place of the valiant,
[as well as] the Male Organ, the Youth, Hermes, the Orient, and the Spirit
which bloweth over the mouldering bones causing them, with the permission of God,
the King, the Powerful, the Self-Subsistent, to rise up.
433.
Then know thou that the Spirit is nothing except
the increased density [of the ethereal] Water upon the face of the snow-white Earth.
434.
This results from a directive [Cause-Logos] from which it doth suddenly appear;
even as rapid divine revelation.
435.
And God made it [the Spirit] to be triumphant over all things
for this is assuredly that which, from time immemorial
overshadoweth all things through the shadow of the name of God, the Triumphant, the Powerful.
436.
Manifest therefrom are the traces of power
[as thou wouldst observe] if thou should attain unto this station.
437.
And this snow-white Earth is assuredly a [philosopher's] Stone
from which gusheth forth streams which are the same in their species [gender, class]
and likewise identical in their organized mode
if thou would multiply this similarity thou wouldst witness four.
438.
It's similitude is the [isolated letter] "A", the like of which We have already made mention
for this [letter] "A" is one in its "Soul".
439.
It is not subject to enumeration though enumeration does result from it.
440.
Multiplicity emergeth therefrom though thou do yet observe the multiplicity of the worlds of numbers through the Visage of the One.
441.
This ["A"] is [indeed] the [Philosopher's] Stone, in which the three types are combined
as thou do assuredly testify with thine own eyes,
if, that is, thou art experienced in the knowledge [science] of God.
442.
It [the "A" = Elixir= Stone =Spirit] is certainly evocative of the "night of Destiny" Quran 97:1f
for thereon is a thing determined according to a hidden knowledge.
443.
God concealeth it from the inmost hearts of His servants just as the "night of Destiny" is concealed from such as fail to gaze with the vision of God into the realities of things.
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444.
And We compare it [the hidden decree?] to the "night" because darkness and shadows become manifest therein after the primordial structuring [regulation of fate?].
445.
This resulteth from the shadows within which was determined the Water of Life.
Such is of the Reality about which thou hast heard aforetime.
Tablet on the Isolated Letters [of the Light] CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Divisions 446-480
THE ISOLATED LETTERS [OF THE LIGHT]
446.
Now Hearken thou, O concourse of the Bayān!
Then ponder upon that which hath been sent down aforetime in the Criterion
[regarding the] determination of the threefold shadows;
this to the end that thine eyes might be solaced thereby
and thou attain unto the acme of that after which the people hath striven in their search.
447.
And thou, O thou servant!
Know thou that Bahā' [-Allāh] was immortalized (`rendered verdent')
when he attained unto the Dawning-Place of Eternal Subsistence near the Source of this Water;
448.
[though] he was not concerned therewith neither did he drink therefrom
inasmuch as the Spirit [Soul] reoriented him through his own Logos-Persona
in a Mighty, Beloved, Right-Handed direction. Quran 18:18
449.
This inasmuch as this Youth [Bahā'-Allāh] desireth not Eternal Subsistence for his [own] Self in this earthly domain; [nay, rather!] he extendeth his Logos-Spirit and all that is before him for the sake of all that inhabit the heavens and the earth.
450.
Such is what he hath chosen for his own Self in a state of love before God,
the King, the Help in Peril, the Powerful, the Praised.
451.
Say.
O people!
By God! This servant desireth nothing at all for himself
and seeketh assistance from nobody in the earthly domain except God alone.
452.
Unto the truth of this testifieth the Tongue of the Divine Oneness in a concealed, Unseen Pavilion.
453.
Say,
This is the "Lamp" which hath not sought the "Niche" from anyone;
He doth not take exclusive possession within his own Logos-Persona of the [theophanic] Fire
and hath not beamed forth by virtue of anything other than God,
the Unique, the Mighty, the Transcendent, the Self-Subsistent.
454.
Then thank thou God, thy Creator!
in that he hath unveiled for thee the mysteries through this resplendent, delimited Pen.
455.
It [revelation of the Pen] was indeed a thing delimited only by virtue of its self-generated delimitation
although God maketh to flow therefrom what is unlimited, what hath no extremity,
for therein thou should indeed witness the mysteries of
the [transcendent divine] abstraction in this delimited reality.
456.
Such is of the knowledge which God hath taught My Pen!
457.
This to the end that all might attain certitude
since (with His permission) are the heavens of knowledge folded up in His right-hand
and the earth of wisdom (again, with His permission) deposited therein.
458.
Yet do all [still wonder whether to] enquire [of Us/Him]after the wonders of His knowledge!
459.
Know then that the first thing that was originated
from the genesis of pre-existent Eternity in the worlds of creation, were the four Elements.
460.
According to thy time-honoured and current designation they are Fire, Air, Water, and Earth.
461.
Thereafter appeared the four Natures (Greek: stoicheia) [or elements]
which, as thou do enumerate and know [them], are "Heated", “Cold”, "Wet", "Dry".
462.
Hence, when thou do mix and combine them there is manifested for every one of them two pillars; thus, relative to the Fire, it is [the two `elements'] Hot and Dry.
463.
And it is likewise for the three remaining Elements,
about which fundamentals thou shouldst acquaint thyself.
464.
Through them did God create all that does exist in the worlds of creation be they transcendental realities or things mundane, which is all that maintains through time due [equilibrium] [the] balance of their natures just as thou witnesseth in the sun and the moon.
465.
And whatever fails to maintain [the] requisite balance of their natures
does speedily perish just as thou can observe in the lower worlds of creation.
466.
Strive thou then to become aware of the diverse aspects
of the harmonious balance associated with the metals [and minerals].
467.
Such will prove more straightforward of being regulated relative to the [accomplishment of the alchemical] task;
if that is, thou act appropriately for the [alchemical] process is not actualized
save through separation, purification, and [re-]combination.
468.
This is in conformity with the reality about which all the Prophets have spoken forth.
469.
And thou, when thou become aware of the foundational reality of nature pertaining to the divine metal [mineral] take therefrom only according to thy requirement then refine [distill] it though the Water of Life which lieth within its nature and is the very closest of things within and relative to it.
470.
This such that the foundational nature is transmuted and becomes snow-white, of pristine purity.
471.
Then allow the [internal] "water" to empower it (the transformed foundational reality)
and produce condensation [of moisture] therefrom,
until, to a limited extent, this [resultant] foundational reality is subject to transmutation.
472.
And [thus will] this [interactive cosmic] Spirit [ = "Water"] reconfigure this "Earth".
473.
After that place it (the reconfigured `Earth') is in darkness until it is mixed and reconstituted
into a single reality whereupon [thou should] coagulate it upon a gentle fire
and repeat this [process] twice or even more times;
474.
the process, that is, of coagulation and differentiation
for such is especially in conformity with reality if thou desire to operate in this way.
475.
If thou should prove incapable of this,
then cause this [instrisic] "water" to empower this "earth" substance
then maintain it in the differentiated state
until this [internal] Water is reconstituted [as something] snow-white, of pristine purity.
476.
Thereafter wax this [new] "earth" with this [instrinsic] "water"
such that thou shalt attain to the utmost degree according to thy desire.
477.
Then differentiate it after the waxing process,
for the final stage of the waxing process was the first state of differentiation.
478.
After the differentiation thou shalt coagulate it
and then shall the [alchemical] work of the Moon be completed
and thou shalt witness the power of God with thine own vision;
479.
if that is, thou wouldst come to realization
in accordance with that which We have stipulated in this Tablet.
480.
In such manner shalt thou perform the [alchemical] task,
for knowledge [necessarily] preceeds the [alchemical] work.
Tablet on the Isolated Letters [of the Light] CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Divisions 481-500
THE ISOLATED LETTERS [OF THE LIGHT]
481.
Heed ye! Heed ye! O Concourse of the Bayān!
Before ye take [alchemical] action with respect to all that We have taught thee,
do not carry out this matter.
482.
Such is My [Our] advice unto thee so hearken ye!
if that is, thou desire to tread the paths of Reality.
483.
Then know thou that foundational reality [is a term which] might designate the "water" for the "water" is the basis of the [alchemical] operations from which cometh the pure Oil;
whatsoever is oiled therewith shall never be [destructively] set ablaze.
484.
This is indeed of the "Water" through which God giveth life unto the "earth" after its death
and from which the revivification [resurrection] is realized.
485.
Some there are among the Prophets who are sages (and alchemical initiates)
such as were wholly self-sufficient through this "water"
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