He passes beyond the projections and thought forms of his own creation to the wholly other and independent world of the angelic intelligences.

I could not behold him without emotion; when he accosted me, his well-known voice made my heart vibrate, like a musical chord, when its unison is struck.

By careful adjustment of the focus of the instrument, with a power proportioned to the size of the areolæ, the granules can be seen in the centre of the hexagons  ; care must, however, be taken not to confound an optical effect with the appearance of the granules ; each areola is a minute lens, and so refracts the light as to give a bright or dark dot as the focus is changed, and the granules themselves contribute to this effect.

Let us consider a few examples of regimina and similar works in various literatures. The earliest to draw our attention in this period are the Greek.