4 The masters went in haste; and when they came to Delphi, great excitement reigned.
5 And when Apollo stood before the Oracle it spoke and said:
6 Apollo, sage of Greece, the bell strikes twelve; the midnight of the ages now has come.
7 Within the womb of nature ages are conceived; they gestate and are born in glory with the rising sun, and when the agic sun goes down the age disintegrates and dies.
8 The Delphic age has been an age of glory and renown; the gods have spoken to the sons of men through oracles of wood, and gold, and precious stone.
9 The Delphic sun has set; the Oracle will go into decline; the time is near when men will hear its voice no more.
10 The gods will speak to man by man. The Living Oracle now stands within these sacred groves; the Logos from on high has come.
11 From henceforth will decrease my wisdom and my power; from henceforth will increase the wisdom and the power of him, Immanuel.
12 Let all the masters stay; let every creature hear and honor him, Immanuel.
13 And then the Oracle spoke not again for forty days, and priests and people were amazed. They came from near and far to hear the Living Oracle speak forth the wisdom of the gods.