Salem College - Sights and Insights Yearbook (Winston-Salem, NC)

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T HEY met her at the door of the Temple, and stripped her of the garments she wore, and of her helmet, and of all which she had but her golden belt and her silver boots. Then the - co ered her with a cloak of lambs ' wool that was dyed in many colors, and took her to the teacher Ega; and he ga e her the key to her bedchamber, that she might dwell amongst them, and be in- structed. And Evol was filled with happiness, and a great quiet: and women came to minister unto her. They bathed her in the waters of purification, until her skin gave up no more evil; then they gave her to eat of food that brings thought. They spoke to her of wisdom, and pressed with their fingers upon the seven mountains of her being: that these might also hear. They sang to her, and taught her the harmonies of the stars, and let her listen to them with her heart. They wrote numbers, and showed her the truth in them, and marked her with them, that she might know herself. They took her to look at the heavens at night, and read them to her as one reads a book, that she might know that everything is of God, and is ordered by God ' s law, and can in no way escape from it. They placed her before mirrors at noon, and showed her to herself, that she might know that she was of God, and was ordered by God ' s law, and might in no way escape it. Thev bathed her in the waters of beauty, and rubbed her skin with oils, and removed from her all blemishes and all that was not symmetrical and true, so that now she was more beautiful: now she was {perfect. All day she spoke with her teachers, studying man, and God, and earth, and herself: making music, and shaping in clay and words and paint the images that lived in her spirit. All night she slept with her head toward the Pole Star, and her couch was flooded in blue light, and the planets sang to her as they rose in the sky. Thus did she grow in grace and in knowledge, and Ega told her the story of Man, and how he went from God: And how God sought him, that he might return, and gave him grace, and wisdom, and even more: His Only Begotten Son, Who came into the world and died for it, that a way might be made for salvation. And how man had been blind, and God had been patient, and the Spirit of Truth had been denied: until God moved the mountains, and parted the seas, and banished those who did not seek His face: for this was the law. And Evol listened, and pondered what she heard, and prayed that she might not do evil. D U o

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ORY OF MAN, AND HOW » - HE WENT FROM GOD.