Excerpt from The Collected Poems of Arthur Edward Waite, Vol. 1 of 2 Many records of Eucbaristic grace and vision bear witness to tbc true inwardness of tbe experience mentioned at tbc close of tbis poem. W bat tbe Vision is and wby it connects witb rest are questions wbicb are tberefore answered simply. It is tbc awaking of our consciousness to an Eternal Presence witbin itself. Tbc rest is of tbat kind wbicb is at tbe source of activity, namely, tbc rest of tbe centre. A certain recognition of tbe state, wbicb is like a land tbat is very far away, may be attained by removing from tbc mind tbe conception of location or environment, and of time, by presenting to ourselves, as ourselves, tbc simple notion of activity functioning by an inberent necessity. T be vebicle of tbis sacramental experience is an intense ligbt, beat and rapture. T be sense of ex tension may be lost in a very curious manner by tbose wbo are sufliciently self-instructed to make tbe picture inward and not objective to tbe mind's eye, as tbe mind will invariably do witb a fatal facility unless tbere is a strong compulsion of tbe will drawing in tbe concept to tbe centre. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.