56 The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 



to the sky ! Overthrow these over- 

 weening giants, lest they pile mountain 

 upon mountain, and attempt to storm 

 heaven ! Protect the conscientious few 

 who quietly strive to discover the mys- 

 teries of Thy creation ! 



I will ask all my brothers in our 

 Monastery to unite with me in earnest 

 prayer, by day and by night, that God 

 may enlighten the ignorance of these 

 Pseudo- Doctors, that they may under- 

 stand the virtues which He has implanted 

 in created things, and may learn also 

 that they can become manifest and 

 operative only by means of that prepara- 

 tion which removes all harmful and 

 poisonous impurities. I trust that God 

 will answer our prayer, and that .some of 

 my brothers at least will survive to 

 witness the blessed change which shall 

 then take place on earth, when the thick 

 veil of ignorance shall have been re- 

 moved from the eyes of our opponents, 

 and their minds shall have been en- 

 lightened to find the lost piece of silver. 

 May God, who overrules the destinies of 



