I clearly perceive that the infinity of matter is no dream.

'Agathos'.

There are no dreams in Aidenn--but it is here whispered that, of this

infinity of matter, the _sole_ purpose is to afford infinite springs

at which the soul may allay the thirst _to know_ which is forever

unquenchable within it--since to quench it would be to extinguish the

soul's self. Question me then, my Oinos, freely and without fear.

Come! we will leave to the left the loud harmony of the Pleiades, and

swoop outward from the throne into the starry meadows beyond Orion,

where, for pansies and violets, and heart's-ease, are the beds of the

triplicate and triple-tinted suns.

'Oinos'.

And now, Agathos, as we proceed, instruct me!--speak to me in the

earth's familiar tones! I understand not what you hinted to me just

now of the modes or of the methods of what during mortality, we were

accustomed to call Creation. Do you mean to say that the Creator is

not God?

'Agathos'.

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