faculty,
which apprehends general ideas and things intelligible and perceptible.

Now these "spirits" are not reckoned as Spirit in the terminology of the
Scriptures and the usage of the people of the Truth, inasmuch as the laws
governing them are as the laws which govern all phenomenal being (i.e.,
all existences belonging to the phenomenal or material universe, called
"the world of generation and corruption"), in respect to generation,
corruption, production, change and reversion, as is clearly indicated in
the Gospel where it says: "Let the dead bury their dead;" "That which is
born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is
Spirit"; inasmuch as he who would bury these dead was alive with the
vegetative, animal and rational human soul, yet did Christ--to whom be
glory! --declare such dead and devoid of life, in that this person was
devoid of the Spirit of Faith, which is of the Kingdom of God.

In brief, for these three spirits there is no restitution or "return," but
they are subordinate to reversions and production and corruption.

But the Spirit of Faith which is of the Kingdom (of God) consists of the
all-comprehending Grace and the perfect attainment (or salvation,
fruition, achievement) and the power of sanctity and the divine effulgence
from the Sun of Truth on luminous light-seeking essences from the presence
of the divine Unity. And by this Spirit is the life of the spirit of man,
when it is fortified thereby, as Christ saith: "That which is born of the
Spirit is Spirit." And this Spirit hath both restitution and return,
inasmuch as it consists of the Light of God and the unconditioned Grace.
So, having regard to this state and station. Christ announced that John
the Baptist was Elias, who was to come before Christ (Matt. 11:14). And
the likeness of this station is as that of lamps kindled (from one
another): for these in respect to their glasses and oil-holders, are
different, but in respect to their light, One, and in respect to their
illumination, One; nay, each one is identical with the other, without
imputation of plurality, or diversity or multiplicity or separateness.
This is the Truth and beyond the Truth there is only error.

But as to the question of the Trinity, know, O advancer unto God, that in
each one of the cycles wherein the Lights have shone forth upon the
horizons (i.e., in each prophetic dispensation) and the Forgiving Lord
hath revealed Himself on Mount Paran (see H