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112 To be brief: a perfect elixir however will cause the substance copper to attain the state of gold in an instant and to traverse the seventy-year stages in a moment. Could it be said that this gold is copper or that it hath not attained the condition of gold, while the test is at hand to differentiate and distinguish the qualities of gold from those of copper?

Likewise these souls have traversed the earth-world in an instant through the Divine Elixir, entered the worlds of sanctity, and in one step reached the Divine Placeless from the limited world of place. An effort is needed that thou mayest attain this Elixir which in an instant causes the west of ignorance to reach the east of Knowledge, makes the gloominess of the dark night attain to the brilliant morning, guides the remote one in the wilderness of doubt to the fountain of nearness and assurance, and directs the mortal temples to the Rizwan of immortality. Now if it be true to declare this gold copper, it will also be true and justifiable to declare these servants to be the same as before they had attained to the Faith.

O brother, through these clear, perfect and complete explanations, the mysteries of "new creation," "revival," and "resurrection" are manifest and evident without veil and covering. If it please God, thou wilt cast off the old garment from body and soul through the unseen confirmations, and be honored with the new and immortal robe.

Therefore in every succeeding Manifestation, those