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This city will ultimately be united with the spirit of God and absorbed into the Divine Effulgency.
And St.
John beheld a river, the Water of Life, which proceeded out of the throne of the Lamb.
The river represents the stream pouring from the First Logos, which is the life of all things and the active cause of all creation.
There also was the Tree of Life (the spirit) bearing twelve manner of fruit, whose leaves were for the healing of the nations.
By the tree is also represented the year, which every month yields some good for the maintenance of existing creatures.
Jesus then tells St.
John that He is the root and the offspring of David and the bright and morning star (Venus).
St.
John concludes with the words, "The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Amen."
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Logoscosmology
The divine reason, word, or ordering principle through which the universe was created; mediates between the transcendent God and the material world.
The passage explicitly identifies the 'First Logos' as the life of all things and the active cause of creation.
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The merging of the individual soul or self with the divine, transcending personal identity.
The text states that the city will be united with the spirit of God and absorbed into the Divine Effulgency.
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