Invoking then Jesus, the Paternal Light, the Real, the True, "which lighteth every man coming into the world," "through Whom we have access to the Father," Source of Light, let us aspire, as far as is attainable, to the illuminations handed down by our fathers in the most sacred Oracles, and let us gaze, as we may, upon the Hierarchies of the Heavenly Minds manifested by them symbolically for our instruction. And when we have received, with immaterial and unflinching mental eyes, the gift of Light, primal and super-primal, of the supremely Divine Father, which manifests to us the most blessed Hierarchies of the Angels in types and symbols, let us then, from it, be elevated to its simple splendour. For it never loses its own unique inwardness, but multiplied and going forth, as becomes its goodness, for an elevating and unifying blending of the objects of its care, remains firmly and solitarily centred within itself in its unmoved sameness; and raises, according to their capacity, those who lawfully aspire to it, and makes them one, after the example of its own unifying Oneness. For it is not possible that the supremely Divine Ray should otherwise illuminate us, except so far as it is enveloped, for the purpose of instruction, in variegated sacred veils, and arranged naturally and appropriately, for such as we are, by paternal forethought.

This light I call, in the human birth or geniture, the animated or soulish birth— ["Understand, the image which budded forth out of the essences of th...

But they saw only the light, which shot forth many light-rays. And the light-rays were not like one another, but the light was of divers kind, and it ...

The light, which generateth itself from the fire and becometh shining in the water, and replenisheth or filleth the whole geniture and enlighteneth...

Father begotten Light, which alone hath gathered from the strength of the Father the Flower of mind, and hath the power of understanding the Paternal...

From that power springeth up thy light, so that thou seest, understandest and knowest in the same power what thou art to do; for that light...

Then, as in striking upon burning logs Upward there fly innumerable sparks, Whence fools are wont to look for auguries, More than a thousand lights se...

For as the light goeth forth from the Son of God in the whole Father into all the powers, and affecteth all the powers of the Father, and on the other...

Therefore we say, that in the Soul of Christ, in its Essences, the clear Deity, viz. the Light of God, is comprehended, which has quenched the Anger i...

I returned to my position to pray to the exalted, infinite light that the power of the spirit might increase there and might be filled without dark de...

The Father's power is all, in and above all heavens, and the same power everywhere generateth the light. Now this UNIVERSAL POWER is, and is called,...

And they gazed at the radiant vesture of light with which I was clad, and they saw the mystery which contains their names, and they feared most exceed...

But the sharp birth or geniture of the stars cannot again apprehend the heart of God, nor the Holy Ghost; but the light of God, which riseth up in the...

For it [the Sun] is an Essence like the Light of God, which kindles and enlightens the dark Mind of the Father, from whence, by the Light, there arise...

This light is the true Son of God, whom we Christians worship and honour, as the second Person in the Holy Trinity.

A divine nature, therefore, whether it is allotted certain parts of the universe, such as heaven or earth, or sacred cities and regions, or certain...

Yet thou must not therefore think that the heavenly light in this world, in the qualifying or fountain spirits of God, is quite extinct: No; there is ...

For observe this mystery: The light, which is generated out of the powers of the Father, who is the true fountain of the Son of God, is generated also...

Then will this light itself be generated in thee, as in God, and rise up in thy astringent and bitter qualities, in thy sweet water, and triumph, as...

While they then said this and wept together, then, on the ninth hour of the morrow, the heavens opened, and they saw Jesus descend, shining most...

Behold, the first, innermost and deepest birth or geniture stands in the centre, and is the heart of the Deity, which is generated by the qualifying...