THE ANGEL OF WATER

From the Heavenly Sea

the Waters run and flow forward

from the never-failing Springs.

To the dry and barren desert

Have the Brothers brought the Angel of Water:

That she might bring forth a garden and a green place,

Tree-filled and fragrant with flowers.

Cast thyself into the enfolding arms

Of the Angel of Water:

For she shall cast out from thee

All that is unclean and evil.

Let my love flow toward thee, Heavenly Father,

As the river flows to the sea.

And let thy love flow to me, Heavenly Father,

A s the gentle rain doth kiss the earth.

As a river through the forest Is the Holy Law.

All creatures depend on it,

And it denieth nothing to any being.

The Law is to the world of men

What a great river is to streams and brooks.

As rivers Of water in a dry place

Are the Brothers who bringeth the Holy Law

To the world of men.In water mayest thou drown,

And in water mayest thou quench thy thirst.

Thus is the Holy Law a two-edged sword:

By the Law mayest thou destroy thyself,

And by the Law mayest thou see God.

Heavenly Father!

From thy Heavenly Sea flow all the Waters

That spread over all the seven Kingdoms.

This Heavenly Sea of thine alone

Goeth on bringing Waters

Both in summer and winter and in all seasons.

This Sea of thine purifteth the seed in males,

The womb in females,The milk in female's breasts.

Thy Heavenly Sea floweth down unrestrained

Unto the big-seeded corn fields,

Unto the small-seeded pasture fields,

And unto the whole of the Earthly World.

A thousand pure Springs run toward the pastures

That give food to the Children of Light.

If any one shall sacrifice unto thee,

O thou holy Angel of Water!

To that one dost thou give both splendor and glory,

With health and with vigor of the body.

To him dost thou give a long enduring life,

And the Heavenly Sea, thereafter.

We worship all the holy waters

Which do quench the thirst of the earth,

All the holy waters that the Creator hath made,

And all the plants which the Creator hath made,

All of which are holy.

We do worship the Water of Life,

And all waters upon the earth,

Whether standing, or running, or waters of the well,

Or spring-waters which perennially flow,

Or the blessed drippings of the rains,

We do sacrifice unto the good and holy waters

Which the Law hath created.

Let the sea roar, and all the waters,

The world, and they that dwell therein.

Let the floods clap their hands,

Let the hills be joyful together.

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters:

The God of Glory thundereth.

Heavenly Father! and thou, Angel of Water!

We are thankful to thee, and we bless thy name.

A flood of love welleth up

From the hidden places beneath the earth:

The Brotherhood is blessed forever

In the Holy Water of Life.