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Divine Comedy
Purgatorio: Canto XXVIII (6)
The water which thou seest springs not from vein Restored by vapour that the cold condenses, Like to a stream that gains or loses breath; But issues from a fountain safe and certain, Which by the will of God as much regains As it discharges, open on two sides. Upon this side with virtue it descends, Which takes away all memory of sin; On that, of every good deed done restores it. Here Lethe, as upon the other side Eunoe, it is called; and worketh not If first on either side it be not tasted. This every other savour doth transcend; And notwithstanding slaked so far may be Thy thirst, that I reveal to thee no more,
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter I: Preface. the Author's Object. the Utility of Written Compositions. (12)
"Ye that thirst, go to the waters," says Esaias, And "drink water from thine own vessels," Solomon exhorts. Accordingly in "The Laws," the philosopher...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Theory and Practice of Alchemy: Part Two (59)
"Prescription. 5 Drops of this Water taken inwardly strengthens the understanding and memory, and opens to us most wonderful and sweet things, of...
Chapter 9: Of the Gracious, amiable, blessed, friendly and merciful Love of God. The Great, Heavenly and Divine Mystery. (22)
Now this Fountain-spirit takes its Original at first out of the sweet Quality of the Water. Understand this, how it is, and observe it exactly.
Secret Teachings of All Ages
Wonders of Antiquity (51)
Near the cave of the oracle two fountains bubbled out of the earth within a few feet of each other. Those about to enter the cave drank first from...
Chaldean Oracles
Magical and Philosophical Precepts (187)
In the left side of Hecate is a fountain of Virtue, which remaineth entirely within her, not sending forth its virginity.
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (75)
Hearken, thou hast the sweet Water in thee, pour that into the Fire, and then it goes out: If thou lettest it burn, then it consumes in thee the Sap,...
Book of Enoch
Chapter XLVIII (1)
And in that place I saw the fountain of righteousness Which was inexhaustible: And around it were many fountains of wisdom; And all the thirsty drank ...
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (16)
Neither is the Water of such a Kind in God, but it is the Source or Fountain in the Powers, not of an elementary Kind, as in this World; if I should...
Chapter 13: Of the terrible, doleful, and lamentable, miserable Fall of the Kingdom of Lucifer. (102)
Spring or fountain-Water is generated by the driving about or rising up of the Spirits, for when the Light is generated in the Heat, then the astringe...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 4: Of the true Eternal Nature, that is, of the numberless and endless generating of the Birth of the eternal Essence, which is the Essence of all Essences; out of which were generated, born, and at length created, this World, with the Stars and Elements, and all whatsoever moves, stirs, or lives therein. The open Gate of the great Depth. (51)
And in this Joy, in the Water-Spring, [or Source,] the pleasant Source of the bottomless Love rises up, and all that rises up there is the second Prin...
The Masnavi
The Old Man who made no Lamentation at the Death of his Sons (21-30)
When they are swept aside, the water is seen; But when God unlooses not the hands of reason, The weeds on our water grow thick through carnal lust;...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 2: Of the first and second Principle, what God and the Divine Nature is; wherein is set down a further Description of the Sulphur and Mercurius. (11)
Behold now, when the Bitterness, or the bitter Sting [or Prickle,] (which in the Original was so very bitter, raging and tearing, when it took its...
Bundahishn
Chapter XIII (3)
Through the warmth and clearness of the water, purifying more than other waters, everything continually flows from the source Arêdvîvsûr.
Chapter 9: Of the Gracious, amiable, blessed, friendly and merciful Love of God. The Great, Heavenly and Divine Mystery. (51)
And first the Sweet. For in the sweet Water the bitter Spirit is refreshed, and therein it quenches its great Thirst; and its Bitterness is therein mi...
Chapter 24: Of the Incorporating or Compaction of the Stars. (39)
But it is in the Stars, as well as in all Ends, Corners, and Places, but not in any Place comprehensible or palpable, but fills or replenishes all ali...
Chapter 9: Of the Gracious, amiable, blessed, friendly and merciful Love of God. The Great, Heavenly and Divine Mystery. (33)
In this rising up, the astringent Quality becomes meek, light, thin, or transparent, and pleasant or lovely, and obtains its Life, whose Original...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 12: Of the Opening of the Holy Scripture, that the Circumstances may be highly considered. The golden Gate, which God affords to the last World, wherein the Lily shall flourish [and blossom.] (29)
Its Essence is the Flash in the Circle [or Circumference] of the Springing of the Life, which in the Water makes the Glance and Shining; and its Root...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Hermetic and Alchemical Figures of Claudius De Dominico Celentano Vallis Novi from a Manuscript Written and Illuminated at Naples A.D. 1606 (29)
Leaf 15. The first sentence reads: "The fruit of plants by virtue of the Sun, our Stone." The boy holding the dish is made to say: "Drink here all ye...
Chapter 23: Of the Deep above the Earth. (57)
For this is the Water of Life, wherein the Love in God, as also in Angels and Men, generates itself: For it is all of one Sort of Power, Virtue, and B...
Book of Enoch
Chapter XCVI (6)
Woe to you who drink water from every fountain, For suddenly shall ye be consumed and wither away, Because ye have forsaken the fountain of life.
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