Samekh

1. 1

   I AM the support of all that enter into existence.Upon me all depend,And I fail not.This have I declared unto thee in various ways,But listen now to my words again.

2. 2

   I sustain creationIn the midst of a perpetual ebb and flow.Therefore do I assume the appearance of a refiner's fire,Forever purging out the dross of forms outworn.This is mine aspect of Severity,And of this it is written,'Tetragrammaton Elohim is a devouring fire.'

   Thus am I as one who testeth gold in a furnace,And this aspect of my beingPresenteth to the unrighteousA face of wrath.

   Yet by the purgation of fireDo I uphold and sustain theeIn every moment of thy life.

3. 3

   Behold, I am he who tryeth theeWith many subtle tests.Wise art thou if thou knowestThat the subtle serpent of temptationIs in truth the Anointed OneWho bringeth thee to liberation.

4. 4

   I am he who establisheth the time of the decree,Who declareth the term of the days of Adam. . .The fullness of those daysShall see the strengthening of thy weakness, O Israel,And in the renewal of thy powersShall be made manifestThe plenitude of my Great Name in the abodeof Wisdom.For when thou hast been tried as by fire.The gold of thy Beauty shall be purged of all dross,And the glory of the Heavenly Son shall all men behold.

5. 5

   Then shall the Vision of thy Lord be granted unto thee,And seeing Him shalt thou beholdThe Shining OneWho is thine own true Self.

   In the fullness of that blessed visionShalt thou be restored,And as a young lion trampleth upon his prey,So shalt thou conquer all the phantoms of delusion.

6. 6

   Lo in that day shall the light that ISBind fast every hideous shape of darkness,And all thy habitations shall be blestBy the White BrillianceWhich descendeth from the Crown.