In the New Testament canon, it is considered prophetical or apocalyptic literature. Each fire represents a prophetical age, marking phases or epochs of Turtle Island. The prophetical office ("munus", or "officium propheticum") includes teaching and the miracles of Christ. Being a novel written in the early 1920s, it's almost prophetical. It contains the Prophetical Lessons, epistles, and Gospels for the year from Christmas Eve onwards.