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of an eagle. "11. Thus were their faces; and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and the two covered their bodies. "12. And they went everyone straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. "13. As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. "16. The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of beryl: and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. "18. As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. It may be that Ezekiel interpreted what he saw in terms of his religious, natural and material world. It has been suggested that the curious description of the creatures' heads, with the faces of animals, may have been the only imagery the prophet had to describe a rather complex space helmet with a visor, earphones, antenna, and so forth. The wings may have been similar - though perhaps more advanced - to the portable rockets which have been strapped to men's backs to allow them to fly for short distances. These devices are very noisy, as the activities of the creatures seen by Ezekiel seemed to be noisy. "And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters ..." (1:24). Further, a craft seems to be included in this account. Ezekiel describes it, not clearly, as a wheel which Ezekiel's account is just about what one would expect from a "primitive man" called upon to describe higher technology. Any advanced apparatus involved would be quite beyond him, and he would describe it in familiar terms, such as the faces of animals, the wings of birds, etc. An event based on technology beyond his imagination might well be attributed to the magical, supernatural or miraculous. a lion, on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face "14. And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of the flash of lightning. "15. Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. "17. When they went, they went upon the four sides; and they turned not when they went. "19. And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up." travelled along with the strange beings he observed.