Oracle of the Guardian Oak
There is beyond the celestial lights
An incorruptible flame
Always sparking—the spring of life
The pattern of all beings—the original of all things!
It makes itself known by itself.
It cannot be contained in any place.
It is without body and without matter
And there issue from it little sparks
Which beget all…
None can hide himself from this presence.
There exists in the beyond
An immense fathomless ocean of flame!
Nonetheless, the heart should not fear
To approach this venerable fire, nor to be touched by it.
One will never be consumed by this amiable fire
Whose mind and tranquil heat
Maketh the binding, the harmony and the duration of
The world.
Strive not to know more than this,
For that is beyond your capacity.
And as for us who are its messengers—
We are but a little part of God
