There is a power by means of which Matter may be ingested into its original Substance. He who possesses this power is Christ, and He has the devil under foot. For He reduces chaos to order, and indraws the external to the centre. He has learnt that Matter is illusion, and that Spirit alone is real. He has found His own Central Point; and all power is given unto Him in heaven and on earth. Now, the Central Point is the number Thirteen: it is the number of the Marriage of the Son of God. And all the members of the microcosm are bidden to the banquet of the marriage. But if there chance to be even one among them which has not on a wedding garment, Such a one is a Traitor, and the microcosm is found divided against itself. And that it may be wholly regenerate, it is necessary that Judas be cast out. Now the members of the microcosm are Twelve: of the Senses three, of the Mind three, of the Heart three, and of the Conscience three. For of the Body there are four elements; and the sign of the four is Sense, in the which are three Gates, The gate of the Eye, the gate of the Ear, and the gate of the Touch[74]. Renounce vanity, and be poor: renounce praise, and be humble: renounce luxury, and be chaste. Offer unto God a pure oblation: let the fire of the altar search thee, and prove thy fortitude. Cleanse thy sight, thine hands, and thy feet: carry the censer of thy worship into the courts of the Lord; and let thy vows be unto the Most High. And for the magnetic man[75] there are four elements: and the covering of the four is mind, in the which are three gates; The gate of desire, the gate of labour, and the gate of illumination. Renounce the world, and aspire heavenward: labour not for the meat which perishes, but ask of God thy daily bread: beware of wandering doctrines, and let the Word of the Lord be thy light. Also of the soul there are four elements: and the seat of the four is the heart, whereof likewise there are three gates; The gate of obedience, the gate of prayer, and the gate of discernment. Renounce thine own will, and let the law of God only be within thee: renounce doubt: pray always and faint not: be pure of heart also, and thou shalt see God. And within the soul is the Spirit: and the Spirit is One, yet has it likewise three elements. And these are the gates of the oracle of God, which is the ark of the covenant; The rod, the host[76], and the law: The force which solves, and transmutes, and divines: the bread of heaven which is the substance of all things and the food of angels; the table of the law, which is the will of God, written with the finger of the Lord.