(14) They are the Power of the seven Spirits of God; for when the Wrath of God was kindled by the Devil in this World, then the whole House of this World in Nature, or the outermost Birth or Geniture, was as it were benumbed or chilled in Death, from whence the Earth and Stones are come to be. But when this hard Dross or Scum was driven together into a Lump or Heap, then the Deep was cleared, but was very dark, for the Light therein was dead in the Wrath. But

(30) Spirit of Evil. The war in heaven relates to the destruction of the planet Ragnarok and to the fall of the angels. The virgin can be interpreted to signify the secret doctrine itself and her son the initiate born out of the "womb of the Mysteries." The Spirit of Evil thus personified in the great dragon attempted to control mankind by destroying the mother of those illumined souls who have labored unceasingly for the salvation of the world. Wings were given to the Mysteries (the virgin) and they flew into the wilderness; and the evil dragon tried to destroy them with a flood (of false doctrine) but the earth (oblivion) swallowed up the false doctrines and the Mysteries endured.

(13) Also the Devils tremble at the Kindling of the Wrath, whose Faces appear before the Eyes of the Ungodly; for they see the angelical World before them, and the hellish Fire in them; and they see how every Life burns, and every one in its own Source, in its own Fire. The angelical World burns in Triumph, in Joy, in the Light of the Glory, and it shines as the clear Sun, which neither Devil, nor any of the Wicked dare look upon, and there is Praise [and Hallelujahs] that the Driver is overcome.

(6) And between these two spirits the Demon-gods (and they who give them worship) can make no righteous choice , since we have beguiled them. As they were questioning and debating in their council the (personified ) Worst Mind approached them that he might be chosen. (They made their fatal decision.) And thereupon they rushed together unto the Demon of Fury, that they might pollute the lives of mortals .

(8) And (when the great struggle shall have been fought out which began when the Daêvas first seized the Demon of Wrath as their ally ), and when the (just) vengeance shall have come upon these wretches, then, O Mazda! the Kingdom shall have been gained for Thee by (Thy) Good Mind (within Thy folk). For to those, O living Lord! does (that Good Mind ) utter his command, who will deliver the Demon of the Lie into the two hands of the Righteous Order (as a captive to a destroyer).

(10) (And when perfection shall have been attained) then shall the blow of destruction fall upon the Demon of Falsehood, (and her adherents shall perish with her), but swiftest in the happy abode of the Good Mind and of Ahura the righteous saints shall gather, they who proceed in their walk (on earth) in good repute (and honour) .

(72) Now this animated or soulish Spirit was bound or united with the Deity, in Nature, and could qualify, mix or operate in and with the same, as if it were one and the same thing; and that now flung forth out of the Bodies of the Devils into the Nature of God, like a Thief and a Murderer, that desired to rob, murder, and spoil all, and bring all under its Power, and so kindled all the seven Spirits in Nature, and then there was nothing else but an astringent, bitter, fiery and cracking Burning, Tearing and Raging.

(31) The thirteenth chapter describes a great beast which rose out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns. Faber sees in this amphibious monster the Demiurgus, or Creator of the world, rising out of the Ocean of Chaos. While most interpreters of the Apocalypse consider the various beasts described therein as typical of evil agencies, this viewpoint is the inevitable result of unfamiliarity with the ancient doctrines from which the symbolism of the book is derived. Astronomically, the great monster rising out of the sea is the constellation of Cetus (the whale). Because religious ascetics looked upon the universe itself as an evil and ensnaring fabrication, they also came to regard its very Creator as a weaver of delusions. Thus the great sea monster (the world) and its Maker (the Demiurgus), whose strength is derived from the Dragon of Cosmic Power, came to be personified as a beast of horror and destruction, seeking to swallow up the immortal part: of human nature. The seven heads of the monster represent the seven stars (spirits) composing the constellation of the Great Dipper, called by the Hindus Rishis, or Cosmic Creative Spirits. The ten horns Faber relates to the ten primordial patriarchs. These may also denote the ancient zodiac of ten signs.

(50) On the day of affliction on which evil shall have been treasured up against the sinners. And the righteous shall be victorious in the name of the Lord of Spirits: And He will cause the others to witness (this) That they may repent And forgo the works of their hands.

(13) Now when these evil, devilish Spirits (understand the Center of the Genitrix) moved or boiled in God’s Salitter, and made havock, or spoiled all therein, then there was nothing but Stinging, Burning, Murdering, Robbing, and a mere opposite or contrary Will.

(94) that the Spirit first goes over the astringent and bitter Qualities unperceived, it signifies, that the Gate of God is every where in this World all over, wherein the Holy Ghost rules, and that the Heaven stands open every where, even in the Midst or Center of the Earth; and that the Devil no where can either see, comprehend, or apprehend the Heaven, but is a grumbling and snarling Hell-Hound, which afterwards first comes out from behind, when the Holy Ghost has built or raised to himself a Church and Temple, and destroys it in the Wrath, and bangs behind at the Word as an Enemy, who will not endure that a Temple of God should be raised or built in his Land or Country, whereby his Kingdom might be lessened or diminished. Of the Third Day.

(92) And from hence the wild, fierce, and evil Beasts have their Original in this World. For the Host or Army of Lucifer had kindled the Saltiter of the Stars and of the Earth, and half killed, spoiled and destroyed it.

(7) Which themselves shall suddenly be sure to see with great Terror, Anguish, and eternal Despair, as also to their Shame and Scorn: of which the Devils are a terrible Example, who were once the fairest and brightest Angels in Heaven, as I shall reveal, write, and manifest as follows. I will suffer God’s Impulse, I am not able to withstand it, Of the Divine Quality.