Angels and Women (1924)

CHANGE 69nificent proportions of the Deva--the massivehead crowned with golden curls, thepowerful shoulders and shapely limbs, thegrace and harmony of every motion, thestrength and elasticity of the figure, scarcelyconcealed by folds of a cerulean robe thicklyset with silver stars.Did my eyes deceive me ? Upon his shouldersappeared something like transparentwings, which vanished into the flowingdrapery. Verily this was a son of God--hewho had once been a Light-bearer, a son ofthe morning of creation l With quickenedsense I could distinguish every word. "Letme persuade you," he was saying, "I havenow held possession of the earth for manycycles, and am still unconquered, yea,stronger and more secure than of old; forHeaven abandons the strife. Satanas willreign in perennial manhood forever, but notalone. Power for his strong hand, love forhis heart, he desires. Among all of mortalmould, never, until the happy hour in which