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The Book of Enoch the Prophet (1883)
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[1]Then another angel, who proceeded with me, spoke to me; [No book]
[2]And showed me the first and last secrets in heaven above, and in the depths of the earth: [No book]
[3]In the extremities of heaven, and in the foundations of it, and in the receptacle of the winds. [No book]
[4]He showed me how their spirits were divided; how they were balanced; and how both the springs and the winds were numbered according to the force of their spirit. [No book]
[5]He showed me the power of the moon's light, that its power is a just one; as well as the divisions of the stars, according to their respective names; [No book]
[6]That every division is divided; that the lightning flashes; [No book]
[7]That its troopsⓘ immediately obey; and that a cessation takes place during thunder in continuance of its sound. Nor are the thunder and the lightning separated; neither do both of them move with one spirit; yet are they not separated. [No book]
[8]For when the lightning lightens, the thunder sounds, and the spirit at a proper period pauses, making an equal division between them; for the receptacle, upon which their periods depend, is loose as sand.ⓘ Each of them at a proper season is restrained with a bridle; and turned by the power of the spirit, which thus propels them according to the spacious extent of the earth. [No book]
[9]The spirit likewise of the sea is potent and strong; and as a strong power causes it to ebb,ⓘ so is it driven forwards, and scattered against the mountains of the earth. The spirit of the frost has its angel; in the spirit of hail there is a good angel; the spirit of snow ceases in its strength, and a solitary spirit is in it, which ascends from it like vapour, and is called refrigeration. [No book]
[10]The spirit also of mist dwells with them in their receptacle; but it has a receptacle to itself; for its progress is in splendour, [No book]
[11]In light, and in darkness, in winter and in summer. It receptacle is bright, and an angel is in it. [No book]
[12]The spirit of dew has its abode in the extremities of heaven, in connection with the receptacle of rain; and its progress is in winter and in summer. The cloud produced by it, and the cloud of the mist, become united; one gives to the other; and when the spirit of rain is in motion from its receptacle, angels come, and opening its receptacle, bring it forth. [No book]
[13]When likewise it is sprinkled over all the earth, it forms an union with every kind of water on the ground; for the waters remain on the ground, because they afford nourishment to the earth from the Most High, who is in heaven. [No book]
[14]Upon this account therefore there is a regulation in the quantity of rain,ⓘ which the angels receive. [No book]
[15]These things I saw; all of them, even paradise.ⓘ [No book]
Footnotes
[59:7] Their host.
[59:8] the receptacle of their times is what sand is.
[59:9] turns it back with a bridle.
[59:14] a measure in the rain.
[59:15] even to the garden of the righteous.
Translation: Richard Laurence (1883)
Source: sacred-texts.com
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