The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) · 19 of 141 · tr. R.H. Charles
Chapter III
CHAPTER III. Observe and see how (in the winter) all the trees ⌈⌈ seem as though they had withered and shed all their leaves, except fourteen trees, which do not lose their foliage but retain the old foliage from two to three years till the new comes.
Themes
◆Active Contemplationpraxis
A form of meditation that uses imagery, imagination, or symbolic thought rather than purely empty stillness.
The imperative 'Observe and see' directs the reader to engage in contemplative observation of natural imagery.
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