“It is to assist thee in this endeavor that I am come. When once thou art ascended to the teocalli heights, thou mayst not return again until thou art fully prepared. Thy next labor is to quash doubtful inspiration. Thou art still leaning on thy earth loves, when thou art commanded to have but one ideal—”
“I stand face to face with inner consciousness, and hear the still small voice.”
“He hears the bells, but he does not know where they hang,” commented the priests of the Brotherhood, smiling at each other.
“Seclusion in rarefied atmosphere, where the whole basin of the earth has been purified, will give peace beyond thy present capacity for understanding,” returned Gautama.
“Thy will be done!” responded Yermah.
“Thou art a doer of penance, and must be able to say literally, ‘Thy will be done!’”
The devotees were nearing the pyramid, when they were met by a delegation of priests, who crowned them with garlands, and conducted them up the first flight of steps. On the truncated face of the terrace was the inscription:
BEFORE THE LIGHT WAS OBSCURED
THIS MEMENTO FOR GENERATIONS
WAS BUILT BY SERPENT KINGS