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"I who saw all this, not without great horror and loathing of soul, here write my name, declaring all that I have set on this paper to be true. I WHO SAW ALL THIS NOT WITHOUT GREAT HORROR LOATHING OF SOUL HERE WRITE MY NAME DECLARING ALL THAT I HAVE SET ON THIS PAPER TO BE TRUE
the depths, even to the abyss of all being. The principle of life, which makes organism, always remained, while the outward form changed. “The light within the room had turned to blackness, not the darkness of night, in which objects are seen dimly, for I could see clearly and without difficulty. But it was the negation of light; objects were presented to my eyes, if I may say so, without any medium, in such a manner that if there had been a prism in the room I should have seen no colours represented in it. “I watched, and at last I saw nothing but a substance as jelly. Then the ladder was ascended again... [_here the_ MS. _is illegible_] ...for one instance I saw a Form, shaped in dimness before me, which I will not farther describe. But the symbol of this form may be seen in ancient sculptures, and in paintings which survived beneath the lava, too foul to be spoken of... as a horrible and unspeakable shape, neither man nor beast, was changed into human form, there came finally death. THAT WHICH WAS ON THE HEIGHTS GO DOWN TO THE DEPTHS EVEN TO THE ABYSS OF ALL BEING THE PRINCIPLE OF LIFE WHICH MAKES ORGANISM ALWAYS REMAINED WHILE THE OUTWARD FORM CHANGED THE LIGHT WITHIN THE ROOM HAD TURNED TO BLACKNESS NOT THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT IN WHICH OBJECTS ARE SEEN DIMLY FOR I COULD SEE CLEARLY AND WITHOUT DIFFICULTY BUT IT WAS THE NEGATION OF LIGHT OBJECTS WERE PRESENTED TO MY EYES IF I MAY SAY SO WITHOUT ANY MEDIUM IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IF THERE HAD BEEN A PRISM IN THE ROOM I SHOULD HAVE SEEN NO COLOURS REPRESENTED IN IT I WATCHED AND AT LAST I SAW NOTHING BUT A SUBSTANCE AS JELLY THEN THE LATTER WAS ASCENDED AGAIN HERE THE UNASS IS ILLEGIBLE FOR ONE INSTANCE I SAW A FORM SHAPED IN DIMNESS BEFORE ME WHICH I WILL NOT FARTHER DESCRIBE BUT THE SYMBOL OF THIS FORM MAY BE SEEN IN ANCIENT SCULPTURES AND IN PAINTINGS WHICH SURVIVED BENEATH THE LAVA TOO FOUL TO BE SPOKEN OF AS A HORRIBLE AND UNSPEAKABLE SHAPE NEITHER MAN NOR BEAST WAS CHANGED INTO HUMAN FORM THERE CAME FINALLY DEATH
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