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And somehow I imagined my way back, and only just in time, for my body was already stiffening in a chair in my room; and the fire had gone out and everything was cold, and I had to move each finger one by one, and there were pins and needles in them, and dreadful pains in the nails, which began to thaw; and at last I could move one arm, and reached a bell, and for a long time no one came, because every one was in bed. AND SOMEHOW I IMAGINED MY WAY BACK AND ONLY JUST IN TIME FOR MY BODY WAS ALREADY STIFFENING IN A CHAIR IN MY ROOM AND THE FIRE HAD GONE OUT AND EVERYTHING WAS COLD AND I HAD TO MOVE EACH FINGER ONE BY ONE AND THERE WERE PINS AND NEEDLES IN THEM AND DREADFUL PAINS IN THE NAILS WHICH BEGAN TO THAW AND AT LAST I COULD MOVE ONE ARM AND REACH THE BELL AND FOR A LONG TIME NO ONE CAME BECAUSE EVERY ONE WAS IN BED
found out the secret of the universe. I have forgotten what it was, but I know that the Creator does not take Creation seriously, for I remember that He sat in Space with all His work in front of Him and laughed. I have seen incredible things in fearful worlds. As it is your imagination that takes you there, so it is only by your imagination that you can get back. Once out in aether I met a battered, prowling spirit, that had belonged to a man whom drugs had killed a hundred years ago; and he led me to regions that I had never imagined; and we parted in anger beyond the Pleiades, and I could not imagine my way back. And I met a huge grey shape that was the Spirit of some great people, perhaps of a whole star, and I besought It to show me my way home, and It halted beside me like a sudden wind and pointed, and, speaking quite softly, asked me if I discerned a certain tiny light, and I saw a far star faintly, and then It said to me, 'That is the Solar System,' and strode tremendously on.  OTHER WORLDS ONCE I THOUGHT OUT THE SECRET OF THE UNIVERSE I HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT WAS BUT I KNOW THAT THE CREATOR DOES NOT TAKE CREATION SERIOUSLY FOR I REMEMBER THAT HE SAT IN SPACE WITH ALL HIS WORK IN FRONT OF HIM AND LAUGHED I HAVE SEEN INCREDIBLE THINGS IN FEARFUL WORLDS AS IT IS YOUR IMAGINATION THAT TAKES YOU THERE SO IT IS ONLY BY YOUR IMAGINATION THAT YOU CAN GET BACK ONCE OUT IN THE ETHER I MET A BATTERED PROWLING SPIRIT THAT HAD BELONGED TO A MAN WHOM DRUGS HAD KILLED A HUNDRED YEARS AGO AND HE LED ME TO REGIONS THAT I HAD NEVER IMAGINED AND WE PARTED IN ANGER BEYOND THE PLEIADES AND I COULD NOT IMAGINE MY WAY BACK AND I MET A HUGE GREY SHAPE THAT WAS THE SPIRIT OF SOME GREAT PEOPLE PERHAPS OF A WHOLE STAR AND I BESOUGHT IT TO SHOW ME MY WAY HOME AND IT HALTED BESIDE ME LIKE A SUDDEN WIND AND POINTED AND SPEAKING QUITE SOFTLY ASKED ME IF I DISCERNED A CERTAIN TINY LIGHT AND I SAW A FAR STAR FAINTLY AND THEN IT SAID TO ME THAT IS THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND STRODE TREMENDOUSLY ON
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