The Forty Questions of the Soul
not the source thereof, for it is broken off from that in death: and the limit of the separation is a death; so that the sinking hfe pierceth through death, and sprouteth through death forth in another world, and hath another substantiality (viz. another water) wherein the light shineth; and therein is no wrathfulness.
1 Or pain.
2 sky, or receptacle.
* "which ariseth," lit., "which originateth."
144. For in the eternity * there is no death to detain anything with, but there is a kind of entering into several conditions: for that which hath no beginning, hath also no end nor * ground: and thus f the light ariseth from the source of the fire.
145. For the light dwelleth in the fire, and yet not in the fire; $it is another world, and it is another fire, called love, power, wonder, sweet, mild, pure; and it is no substance, also it is not nature, but 2 beyond nature, in another Principle.
146. It is nothing but a light-flaming powerful Majesty, and it hath its own spirit, which bringeth the sinking through death, and which sinking out of the anguish through death, maketh the sprouting forth through the death.
147. 3 It is free in itself, both from the fire and from the light; and it is not held or captivated by either of them both (any more than the fire detaineth the air): It proceedeth from the light, from the power of the light; and openeth all whatsoever is either in the source of the fire, or in the source of the hght.
1 foundation, or bottom.
2 extra, without.
3 The spirit.
* "there is no death to detain anything with," etc., lit., "there is no death to stop anything, but such an entrance" [as previously described].
t "the light ariseth," lit., "the light originateth."
X "it is another world," lit., "it is in another world."
- 148. Yet it hath no feeling of the fire in it; but it is a blower up of the fire of light,
- * a producer of the essences of love in the desiring power, and an opener of the essences of love.
149. And that we might be understood (speaking of the essences of love, as of another fire), let it be observed: behold, when the hght is so brought forth through the wrathfulness, that one fire goeth forth through the other, then the fire of hght desireth the wrathfulness no more, for it is dead to the wrathfulness, and it is a peculiar fire in itself, and it sendeth forth its life out of itself, which is a sprouting: for it is both desiring and attracting, whence essences proceed, and it hath all forms in it, as the fire-life hath also such a rising.
150. And yet the essences are born out of the * power of the hght; and when they fully taste one another, f there is a mere desire and satiety, and yet there is nothing that the desire of love can draw into itself, but it attracteth itself into itself, and maketh itself pregnant $with the power of the Majesty; so that this will becometh satiate, and yet it is nothing but this power, which is an image of the wonders: It is a similitude of the birth; and it is the power itself: it is the essence of the spirit, from whence the spirit hath its food; it goeth forth from the image, and 2 floateth as the air in this world doth.
1 Or virtue.
2 moveth, waveth.
* "a producer of the essences," lit., "a leader," i.e. an introducer (Fuhrer) of the essences. f "there is a mere desire and satiety," i.e. "there is only pure desire and satisfaction."
% "with the power of the Majesty," or, "in virtue of (aus Kraft) the Majesty."
151. Now the spirit finding nothing ilike itself, and so not finding itself but in the power, therefore it is desiring; for it dwelleth in the ground of the power, and yet is not the power itself, therefore its desiring maketh a similitude of itself
152. *For a desiring is a seeking, and the figure of the seeking is in the seeking; the figure maketh the seeking manifest: Thus the spirit also dwelleth in its own figure, in the power, and in the light of the Majesty; and 2 it is an image according to the property of the spirit.
not the source thereof, for it is broken off from that in death: and the limit of the separation is a death; so that the sinking hfe pierces through death, and sprouts through death forth in another world, and has another substantiality (viz. another water) wherein the light shines; and therein is no wrathfulness.
1 Or pain.
2 sky, or receptacle.
* "which arises," lit., "which originats."
144. For in the eternity * there is no death to detain anything with, but there is a kind of entering into several conditions: for that which has no beginning, has also no end nor * ground: and thus f the light arises from the source of the fire.
145. For the light dwells in the fire, and yet not in the fire; $it is another world, and it is another fire, called love, power, wonder, sweet, mild, pure; and it is no substance, also it is not nature, but 2 beyond nature, in another Principle.
146. It is nothing but a light-flaming powerful Majesty, and it has its own spirit, which brings the sinking through death, and which sinking out of the anguish through death, makes the sprouting forth through the death.
147. 3 It is free in itself, both from the fire and from the light; and it is not held or captivated by either of them both (any more than the fire detains the air): It proceeds from the light, from the power of the light; and opens all whatsoever is either in the source of the fire, or in the source of the hght.
1 foundation, or bottom.
2 extra, without.
3 The spirit.
* "there is no death to detain anything with," etc., lit., "there is no death to stop anything, but such an entrance" [as previously described].
t "the light arises," lit., "the light originats."
X "it is another world," lit., "it is in another world."
- 148. Yet it has no feeling of the fire in it; but it is a blower up of the fire of light,
- * a producer of the essences of love in the desiring power, and an opener of the essences of love.
149. And that we might be understood (speaking of the essences of love, as of another fire), let it be observed: behold, when the hght is so brought forth through the wrathfulness, that one fire goes forth through the other, then the fire of hght desires the wrathfulness no more, for it is dead to the wrathfulness, and it is a peculiar fire in itself, and it sends forth its life out of itself, which is a sprouting: for it is both desiring and attracting, whence essences proceed, and it has all forms in it, as the fire-life has also such a rising.
150. And yet the essences are born out of the * power of the hght; and when they fully taste one another, f there is a mere desire and satiety, and yet there is nothing that the desire of love can draw into itself, but it attracts itself into itself, and makes itself pregnant $with the power of the Majesty; so that this will becomes satiate, and yet it is nothing but this power, which is an image of the wonders: It is a similitude of the birth; and it is the power itself: it is the essence of the spirit, from whence the spirit has its food; it goes forth from the image, and 2 floats as the air in this world does.
1 Or virtue.
2 moves, wavs.
* "a producer of the essences," lit., "a leader," i.e. an introducer (Fuhrer) of the essences. f "there is a mere desire and satiety," i.e. "there is only pure desire and satisfaction."
% "with the power of the Majesty," or, "in virtue of (aus Kraft) the Majesty."
151. Now the spirit finding nothing ilike itself, and so not finding itself but in the power, therefore it is desiring; for it dwells in the ground of the power, and yet is not the power itself, therefore its desiring makes a similitude of itself
152. *For a desiring is a seeking, and the figure of the seeking is in the seeking; the figure makes the seeking manifest: Thus the spirit also dwells in its own figure, in the power, and in the light of the Majesty; and 2 it is an image according to the property of the spirit.
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