All (swaying their bodies in unison, respond):
"Kyrie eleison!"
The Inspired Brother. "Then was Man created by the infamous God of Israel, aided by those who are these (pointing to the medallions)—Astophaios, Oraios, Sabaoth, Adonai, Eloi, Iao!
"And Man, hideous, feeble, formless and thoughtless, lay upon the slime of the earth."
All (in plaintive accents):
"Kyrie eleison!"
The Inspired Brother. "But Sophia, compassionating him, vivified him with a spark of her own soul.
"Then God, beholding Man so beautiful, waxed wroth; and imprisoned him within His own kingdom, forbidding him to touch the Tree of Knowledge.
"Again did the other succor him. She sent to him the Serpent, who, by many long subterfuges, made him disobey that law of hate.