REFLECTION
TABLET THE SEVENTH
The symbol of Nature's eternal war for the impossible equilibrium
between spirit and matter; the symbol, also, of Time, which is but
the illusion in which eternity clothes itself; forever putting on and
forever putting off new garments of matter. The crowned king is
the victorious soul, waiting, with the scythe of Time, to reap the harvest
of the world; while incarnated man, as represented in the wrestling
youths, is struggling for that which he did not produce, and which
only death can reap. The poppy reveals the secret of the illusions of
Nature's master-showman. All earthly things are unreal to the spirit,
which is the only real thing. Man's effort to hoard and save the things
of this world is injustice to others. The struggle
is eternal, and no
matter how careful or cunning man is to monopolize either power,
truth or wealth, swift-footed time will readjust all things without error.
O child of Adam! "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where
moth
and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal.''
