Salon de la Rose + Croix. Règles et monitoires

FINE ARTS

In (1) the pure ether, where no wing vibrates, — beyond the nine choirs and the third heaven, — there is a splendor so radiant and so sublime that no spirit can contemplate it.
The nine choirs refer to the traditional celestial hierarchy of angels.

This subtle fire, this divine clarity separates the Absolute from the created.

Countless rays spread out from this hearth and go to entrance the souls of the blessed, or extend toward the earth, illuminating the creative geniuses with the Abstract.

When these daughters of the Word, the August Ideas, descend from the heights to be incarnated here, then an unspeakable hosanna rises, and the entire celestial world prostrates itself.

(1) Written after a performance of Lohengrin.
Lohengrin is an opera by Richard Wagner, whose music and mythic themes deeply influenced Péladan and the Symbolist movement.