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image in arrested rapture. “He is my mate, and the leader of the crew of the Big Dipper. But for them, we could not have made the trip we just completed. See how happy they are that we have emerged safely? Are they not like children? Their knowledge makes them appreciative of everything, thus they rise from childhood, and learn and learn. When they have learned enough, as children they become, but with knowledge. A child knows by natural intuition, and learning merely confirms his intuition. Has this not already been taught to your people by the illumined ones and by the scientific ones as well? But your people must learn to put it into practice. It is the only lasting truth. Yes, Adam, that is why you chose Dora. Because through her you once more become the physician you were, physician to her body and physician to her spirit. You will find awaiting you all that is yours.” The music stopped and there was a momentary silence. Eve looked up toward the Big Dipper ship. Then, turning to Adam, she said, “Watch. They will put on a demonstration for you.” There was music again and life came into motion all around them, with the thrilling background an abyss of star-studded wonderment. Adam and Eve laughed. They laughed like children as the Big Dipper veered leftward and began to perform. She weaved from side to side at millions of miles per hour, and rolled over and around, like a colt in the grass. She zoomed up and zoomed back down. She changed colors gracefully to the tune of music. Now flashes of lightning darted from her hull, now she became a mass of flaming glory, color merging into color. Adam felt sure she was burning herself up and would be expended in a burst of light, but she merely expanded her darting streaks of lightning and billowed out the colorful flame which enveloped her. The Big Dipper had become like a living artist, performing her graceful antics in the void of inter-stellar space. It was done as she traveled close to fifty million miles per hour. Every maneuver, every twist and turn, had consumed hundreds of miles, though the occupants of the 201 INTO THE SUN AND OUT AGAIN