What can all this mean, but that love itself is the legitimate object oi love? It is a divine, eternal, and infinite power, a light, which reflects itself in every object while it seeks not the object, but merely its own reflection therein.It is an indestructible fire and the brighter it burns, the stronger will be the light and the clearer will its own image appear. Love falls in love with nothing but its own self, it is free from all other attractions. A love which becomesattached to objects of sense, ceases to be free, ceases to be love, and becomes mere desire.Pure and eternal love asks for nothing, but gives freely to all who are willing to take. Earthly love is attracted to persons and things, but Divine spiritual love seeks only that which is divine in everything, and this can be nothing else but love, for love is the supreme power of all.Itholds together the worlds in space, it clothes the earth in bright and beautiful colours, it guides the instincts of animals and links together the hearts of human beings. Acting upon the lower planes of existence it causes terrestrial things to cling to each other with fondembrace ;but love on the spiritual plane is free.Spiritual love is a goddess, who continually sacrifices herself for herself and who accepts no other sacrifice but her own self, gtvmg for whatever she may receive, herself in return. Love is an universal power and therefore immortal, it can never die . We cannot believe that even the smallest particle of love ever died, only the instruments through which it becomes manifest change their form ;nor will it ever be born, for it exists from eternity, only the bodies into which it shines are born and die and are born again. A Love which is not manifest is non-existent for us, to come into existence means to b ecome manifest.How then could we possibly imagine ahuman being possessed of a Jove which never becomes manifest ;how can we possibly conceive of a light which never shines and of a fire which does not...