East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-05

Genie June Nissen. in Ghourki Mag
azine.)
And the Great Spirit said Let there
be light" and the armament OF
heaven shown with the sun of day,
and the beautiful world that had been
hidden by a great mist stood revealed.
And the Great Spirit rejoiced in the
splendOr and greatness and in the
beauty of his creation.
And he planted a garden on the
eastern side of Adelis, and, from the
sweep of the wind, the strength of
the living trees, from the sublimity of
the great ocean created he. living
man, into whose being he planted the
seed of the Divine Urge" into whose
being he breathed spark Of "Di-
vine Fire" and, he became a living
soul and the Great Spirit called this
man Leonardis, strength.
And he said TO the man You are
king of it all, you. the highest ex-
preston of my creation; king of the
earth, the sea, the air."
And the Great Spirit looked upon
the man, and fell into deep thought
and he then knew that the hues of
the sunset, the sparkle of the foun-
tains, the song Of the birds, ah, they
must be shared. How could he.
Leonardis, even though a king, know
Paradise alone; the joys of beauty
the joy of earth. the joy of life, must
be shared to know all of its meaning
and glory.
so the Great Spirit caused a deep
sleep to come upon the man; and
then, from the song OF the birds, the
perfume of the flowers, from the
overhanging lights and shadows
Of the forest, from the flutter Of
leaves in the evening winds, from the
elusive winds themselves, he created
a living woman, and, into her soul
he breathed the Divine Light" of love
and fidelity and he named this wo-
man "Aide."
Then calling upon Leonards to
awake he cried, Behold this sharer
Of thy Paradise"
And he blessed them, they, the
highest expressions Of creative Love,
the man and the woman.
And the Great Spirit said, "Of all
the fruit you may freely eat, Of all
the flowers you may freely pluck and
enjoy, save here where have plant
ed this Altar"
Here the river flows out of Adelis
that waters the garden; and where it
is parted into four heads, here, have
raised an Altar.
Here / have caused to grow the
Lilies OF knowledge, the pure white
Lilies Of Desire, whose perfume is
only breathed from the broken stem,
and these you may not touch.
So, here shone the Pure White AL
tar, here forever bloomed the Lilies
Of Divinity that yield no fragrance
until plucked.
And life and love began. Life and
love. the primeval mystery Of the one
woman and the one man, and all their
days were filled with the Joy OF liv-
ing.
And the nightengales sang in the
trees. the moon shone upon them
hand in hand and Paradise was all
their own.
But, all day the woman ever turned
her face toward the sacred Altar; all
day when the soft winds played with
her hair and the sunlight lay about
her feet, her eyes sought the glow
Of the Pure White Lilies; and, into
her heart crept subtitle longing, for,
out Of the everchanging lights and
shadows. out Of the breath Of the
winds Of evening. from which the
Great Spirit had created her had
crept the alluring breath Of desire.
And the voice Of desire said to the
woman, See, the Great Spirit made
the Lilies that you may not touch
the fairest of all the flowers"
But, the woman said, "All OF earth