“And those rays of light,[796] which are extended, when anyone draweth near unto them, so that they may be examined, are not found, and there is only the lantern alone.
“So also is He the Most Holy and Ancient One: He is that highest Light concealed with all concealments, and He is not found; those rays[797] (proceeding from Him) being excepted, which are extended, which are revealed, and which are hidden.
“And they are called the Holy Name, and therefore are all things One.
“Which truly our companions have said in former books, [pg 305] that certain paths have been created by the Most Holy Ancient One, who is revealed through them collectively and severally; since they are the conformations of the Most Holy Ancient One, concerning them now there is not time for examination.
“I have spoken concerning them in the Holy Assembly, and I have beheld that which before I did not understand in such a manner, and I have hidden the matter in my heart.
“But now I alone will describe these things before the Holy King, and all those assuredly just men who have assembled to hear these words.”
Chapter II: Concerning the Skull of the Ancient One, and Concerning His Brain; and Concerning the Three Heads, and the Hair, and the Discriminatory Paths
The skull of the White Head hath not beginning, but its end is the convexity of its joining together, which is extended, and shineth.
And from it the just shall inherit 400[798] desirable worlds in the world to come.