In a dream of the night season ...I found myself living... as it was... in a parking lot of a dark and stormfull city ... and all that I had was a window and of the window ...a hiddeness roundabout me ...and within the darkness of the city the only light there was...was the light of their own doing ...as it is ...the light of the world ...that comes from the power of the world ...and the houses of men were lit... only by the power of the world ...and by the power of the world only was their light ...and this they had purchased of their own ...by their labor they purchased it ...by their own labor they had power ...and none other power did they have ...
And I looked and behold there was a huge church ...and it was lit up with more light than any other place in the city of the dark and dreadfull storm ... yet Behold it had few walls left ...(as it had in the past many walls) yet few walls left was there of the church ...and the face of it was intirely gone ...all together ...and not one thing of the face of it remained ...no more the the front of it appeared ...and I looked in the gapping cavern of the church and it was as if I could see every corner of it ...every corner of every room ...and the goings on of the place ...and here too ...all the light of it ...was the light of the world ...as it is ...of the power of the world ...and by the power that was of the world it had light ...and they had shined such a light on themselves ...and that so much so ...that was that nothing was hidden in the church ...not a single thing ...neither one speck was hidden ...as those that served in the church when about ...the doings of the matters of the church ...and every thing was seen plainly ...for the face of the church was gone and nothing could be hidden there ...for the light from the power of the world shined so brightly within it ...that nothing could be hidden ...
And I turned and looked at the houses of men ...yeecck and even the house of the habitation ...wherein my family dwelt ...and all were lit with the light that comes from the power of the world ...and it was that if they were bent (all the peoples of the dark city ) to submit to the power of the world ...or the world would give them no light ...
And it seemed that I had told them all ...the whole of the city ...that the light they have was of the power of the world ...and not of God...and yee even that the place most lit up ...of the power of the world ...namely the church ...was also the of the power of the world and of nothing else ... and warned them of the dark and dreadfull storm ...that had shown it self over the city. Yet few saw it ...
Nevertheless most laughed and scorned and made mockery ...saying oh ya ...look at you ...you have no place to live ...and not even any light ...for you are in the parking lot and have no place like us ...were we are protected from the dark and dreadfull storm ...yet you are not ...for you live out in the open ...and have not an habitation like ours ...and look at you you only have that window ...and what help will that be when the storm comes ?? and so and so on ...said the people against me ...and their mocking laughter rose up and the filled the air of the dark city ...with scorn ...
And I turned again to look at the church (who's face was gone so it appeared as a wide mouthed cave ) ...and they were all laughing also ...and they mused themselves as they prided in their own works ...(they of the church) and they went about to prepare a big light show and a play ...an acting out ...for all the peoples of the darkened city to come into...so that the peoples of the dark city would come to the festivity of their works ...to be innertained (inner..obtained) and forget about the dark and dreadfull storm that was over the city ...and the big light show they had planned ...was of their own making ...and all within the church made their preparing for their own awe-inspiring light show ...
And I looked ...and all the peoples within the church appeared to be women ...and all who served within were like women ...as they were serving the matters of the world ...and as women they served the priest of the church ...who appeared to be the only man therein ...and he was dressed in black ...and was young ...and handsome ...and those that served the church served him ...and he directed their goings on and the paths of their feet ...
Nevertheless it came to the priests attention that the peoples had been interrupted from their enchanted work ...by my witness to them ...and he came down from the high and exalted stage of the church ...and sought me out ...musing and thinking in himself ...this message is but a fantasy of a fool ...and that he would invite me in ...into the festivities of the church ...and he hoped that I would be caught up by the spirit of the church ...and be gathered up in the clouds of their spectacle ...that I might forget in the frivolity ..the message
Nevertheless the message could not be set aside ...even the message ...that was laughed and scorned and made mockery of ... And he came to the place were I was hidden ...and he looked into the window of the place ...yet he could not see through it ..and could not see me ...yet I could see him plainly ...through the window I could see him perfectly ...and I spoke to him ...and he heard me ...and I told him of all the matters that had been given me ...that I might message to the peoples ...and to him ...of all that was shown me did I witness to him ...
Yet he considered it not ...neither took any of it seriously to mind or heart ...but mused himself of it... and thought only of the works of the church and the making of the spectacle ...which would take the minds and hearts of people a way ...to make them feel safe and saved ...and keep them from thinking about the dark and dreadfull storm ...that day that was coming ...
And a great and mighty moving of the world stunnded the dark city ...and of the hole of the world took it shook ...and the foundations of the world were cast down ...yet all I had to hold on to was... the window ...that was given me ...as darkness fell over the hole of the world ...that man had made of it ...
For only through the window that was given me ...an by it I was also hidden ...through this window could I see anything ...as the lights from the power of the world went out ...because of the storm ...
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