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"Lord, when I went into the flesh; when I ith the woman, it was because she was fair, yes, and resembled us, and offered a species of pleasure in the flesh which to us is unknown Granted, Lord, that pleasure is inificence, but Lord, I tell you, in the moment when I lay with her, and she with ether, that ss of the Most High!

"Our hearts stopped together, Lord We knew in the flesh eternity, thethat rises above all earthly expectations, so that is purely Divine '

"I fell silent Whats I foldedto the souls in Sheol, and for one second their faint faraway cries distracted ht out of the heavenly presence for an instant of realization that they were calling onfor my return

"Lord God, forgiveif that was not your plan '

"Once again the silence was thunderous and soft and utterly empty It was an emptiness of which those on Earth cannot conceive

I stoodbut what I had done, and I felt in my heart that every word I'd spoken had been true and untainted by fear It occurred to me very clearly that if the Lord threw me out of Heaven, that whatever He did, really, I would deserve it I was His Created Angel, and His to Coain, I heard the cries of Sheol in ht, if He would sendfar more fearful, for in Nature there were countless exa destruction and catastrophe, and I as an Angel could be made by God to suffer whatever He wanted me to suffer, I knew

"I trust in you, Lord,' I said suddenly, thinking and speaking simultaneously 'Or else I would have fallen on my face as have the other Watchers And that is not to say that they do not trust But only to say that I believe you want me to understand Goodness, that your essence is Goodness, and you will not suffer these souls to cry in glooenious Hu of the Divine '

"For the first time, he spoke very softly and offhandedly

"Me '

"Yes, Lord, it is so But Lord, the souls of the dead have given theement, and those souls are out of Nature, as we have beheld it, and growing stronger by the day If there is a species of energy, Lord, natural and co, then I am totally taken by surprise For it seems they are made of e are made of, Lord, the invisible, and each is individual and has its oill '

"Silence again Then the Lord spoke:

"Very well I have heard your case Now I have for you a question

For all that you gave Huive you?'

"I was startled by the question

"And don't speak to me of love now, Memnoch,' He added 'Of their capacity to love one another On this the Heavenly Court is well inforive you, Meet in return for the risks you took by entering into their realm?'