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Chapter 9 “His realization was such a simple truth. The complex part was to come. Could a mere bubble concept explain the grandeurs of nature? Not quite. Orfeo was momentarily in a world of his own, yet in communion with everything in the universe. He could see its pulsation, its rhythmic movement. “He was new to such experiences, and he felt God was blessing his discovery. In the broadest sense it was blessed, but there are hosts in the universe to whom God gives the sublime pleasure of being His intermediaries, and it was these whom Orfeo saw in the ether, floating around with the bubbles. cree eat . wert “We have perfect motion pictures of those minutes. What a transformation came over him! His eyes were transfixed in high rapture and, like a musical record, the cosmos revolved around and around, giving up one secret after another. The simple became complex, then returned to the purely simple state of complete oneness.” Adam did not hear these last words of Mercury’s. Both his hands were holding his glass. He was mesmerized by it. His right hand broke away and waved about as though leading an invisible orchestra, slowly and gracefully. It was not music he was directing, however. He was depicting to himself automatically what his mind was seeing abstractly, as though to capture each unveiling with confirmation of the hand. To him, at this moment, Launie and Mercury did not exist. Mercury kept silent. The faces which now looked in deep interest from every room within the many glass partitions knew what was going to transpire within Adam. These people lived in Cosmic Splendor. They could sense its dawning in any other being. Launie was the only Alpha Centaurian there who was beside herself with ecstasy. Her face did a dance in expressions that were utterly beautiful, and her ever-fresh spirit gushed like a fountain within her and sprayed its mists Cosmic its did dance was 134 ADAM’S MOMENT OF ILLUMINATION