Radical
That is one obvious thing about fire. It is very radical. As
soon as it touches something it leaves its mark. If what fire touches has not
been tempered (touched by fire before) it leaves its mark in a
very radical way. That is totally consuming it.
Fire and Earth
Earth seeks to contain fire, and when fire acts on Earth
fire, further solidifies earth. Fire tempers Earth and makes Earth able to
resists its future advances.
Metals are made stronger by being tempered by the fire. Metals
in Alchemy were known as values of the essence. Every value that we have is
made stronger though the various tests and trials.
There is no test or trial or temptation without the intervention
of fire.
Temptation is Fire!
Master Samael said that temptation is fire and triumph over
temptation is light.
Temptation is fire because it impels, it energises, it
revolutionises, it puts us at the gate of being burnt or being transformed and
liberated. There is also no light without fire. Fire produces light. With
temptation we have the two options of fire before us: to be burnt by failing or
be shown the light by not succumbing.
End (1670).
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