8

8 IS THE NUMBER OF THE CREATOR,
WHO DESCENDS FROM UP ABOVE.
MANKIND WILL WONDER,
ITS NAME UNINSCRIBED
INTO THE BOOK OF LIFE SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN,
AS IT LOOKS UP TO HIM
WHO WAS AND IS NOT

OF THE INFINITE,

OF HE WHO COMES AND GOES,

HE WITH WHOM EVERYTHING RISES

AND WITH WHOM
EVERYTHING FALLS.


AND EARTH MAY GAPE OPEN,
AND SALVATION MAY BLOOM.
EIGHTFOLD THE LOTUS LEAVES UNCURL,
WHEREVER THE WIND BLOWS,
EIGHTFOLD LIKE THE WIND ROSES'S ARROWS,
ITS POLLEN SPREADS,
SPEWED SKYWARDS WITH RELISH

EYES, LEGS, EVERYTHING EIGHTFOLD,

SHE RISES FROM THE DARK

CLIMBS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS,

AND BLOCKS THE DEEPEST VALLEYS,

HUNTS FOR THE SIXFOLD ONES,

8 IS HER NUMBER