Angels and Women (1924)

152 ANGELS AND WOMEN
power. They must convert the Eternal’s
expected victory into failure, and thus aggrandize
their rank to the splendors of the
highest heaven.
The Strong One is bound by His own law,
was the argument; by that Law they must
precipitate the hour of doom! Then follow
words vague and awful, like rushing meteors
and roaring winds, not to be written,
not to be recalled, whose import I could
scarce comprehend. I only knew that by a
desperate plot which involved the destruction
of other planets, Earth’s calamity might
be averted.
Satanas ceased, and heavy thunder shook
the dome; fire and smoke filled the vault;
but, rising above the tumult, I heard this
dreadful blasphemy:
"Honor to our Light-Bearer !
Praise Preparer! to the Way-
Glory ! to the God-Darer
Satanas, our King!"