The Thing Itself by Roberts Adam

Author:Roberts, Adam [Roberts, Adam]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Publisher: Orion
Published: 2015-12-17T05:00:00+00:00

At this time in my Account it behooves me to relate such things as passed in Common Exchange between myselfe &d these Sylphis, seeing as howe I am now arointed as Warlock, set to be hanged, &d meerly on account of my traffic with these Beings. But such, tho I shifte me to recall them all, &d tho I am resign’d to lay it all down, yet the taske is not so simpl as all that. For item primus, the appearance of these Beings was mutable &d strange, sometimes coming into my Minde as Devils, Black Bats, scal’d serpents &d Insectes of prodigious proportion, such as might be expected of the brood of Sathanas. But for item secundus, they would sometimes occur to me as strands of light all woven into a [k]not &d streaming radiance upon me, with strips of Luminance like limbs, as might be Legs, Arms, a Head &d such, &d from these beings would come great Comfort &d a great sense of wellbeing &d Hopefulness. &d nor is it true to say that these two manners of Manifestation were follow’d one on another, but Concurrent, in somewise I know not. The greatest length of our discourse together was concern’d with the Sylphis their anxietie about Time, by which worde they, it seem’d, meant divers matters, id. the time mark’d by Clock; the time marked by Sundiall; the time mark’d by Heartbeat &d by some obscure process of the Nerve or Brain of which, in truth, I wot not; &d in most particular Uncertaintie of theirs, the time mark’d by a Child, such as waits with agony for the Schoolmaster’s Lesson to end that they might runne out &d play with their fellows, as is compared with the time of the Olde Man, for whom Days fleet bye, as minutes might to a youngster, &d the years folde into one-the-other, &d time blurs like the wingbeat of a Kingfisher. For this matter perplexd the Sylphis very greatly, for why I know not in sooth, yet they tryed to plumb by thoughts on this matter in such wise as they were able.

Of divers other Matters, concerning the country of their origin (a Monstrous Spacious place), their hope in being Heere, their reasons for selecting me as their medium, &d the question which vexd the Parson so, as to whether they touched Redemption through CHRIST or through someother force, or whether Redemption was utterly deny’d them: these things I once knew, but with the passage of time (now amounting to almost a full Yeare) I find them more cloudy in my remembrance than hitherto. Yet I recall that once I knew of them, &d this thought comforteth me.

As the dawne turn’d the eastern sky from a broad shene of black to rose skinne of such pinkness as a young girl’s cheekes, so I found myself alone, for the Sylphis had departed. I was lying beside the river, amongst the dewy grass. Yet was I still strong, &d remaine so to this day: the mewling infans that had once been Me was now banish’d &d gone away.

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