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51. Then after that, It is thoroughly dried by fire and a force is exerted upon It from this spirit once more. Then kindle a consistent fire upon it until this fluid ariseth above from the crimson treasuries of oil. So by God! This is produced from the Philosopher’s Gold by which souls are perplexed and the minds of the wise are baffled. And unto this very moment, even those among mankind whom the world’s adornments hath not distracted from the remembrance of God, the Help in Peril, the Self Subsisting, hath not attained unto it. This is the Soul, the Blood, and the Crimson Gum through which the rotted corpses are quickened were a breath from this Spirit to be blown into it. Wherefore, O ye Concourse of Creation, set ye out after It but be cautiously concerned about the fire and do not exert a force through It which would bring about harm, for the fire may either corrupt or ameliorate, could ye but comprehend. Such is the Fire, the Gold, and the Soul; and the Water of Sulfur, the Water of Divinity, and the Water of the Firmament, by virtue of which every divine Name and Attribute is released according to Its own rank and degree through the relationships of that which appeareth with respect to the properties and reactions of itself. Thus do We inform thee so that the entire creation may be well assured that this ‘Iráqí Soul is well acquainted with that which preceded the Ancients and even that which those of latter times hath not known, that haply they may seek to understand within their own selves and cease to imagine that which they falsely imagine today. Therefore, O My Brother, this Enlightened Youth and this Spiritual Babe hath appeared unto thee over the surface of the water, and He removeth the veil little by little, until He should perfect for thee thy Cause.