Seek ever the way of the soul,
Whereby or by what order, having served the body,
To the same order from which it did flow
That is may rise up again, joining action to sacred speech.
There be no other means for us to arrive at this source
But by strengthening the ‘vehiculum’ of the soul
By mystical rites;
For the trees know the soul to be purified by
Stones, herbs and waters,
And thereby soon rendered ripe unto harvest.
