Mantic uttaïr, Saying of 'abbâçah on love

“O man of love!” said ’Abbâçah one day to someone, “he in whom the passion of true love shines ever so faintly can, if he be a man, become a woman, and, if she be a woman, become a man. Thou hast seen a woman come forth from Adam; and hast thou not heard tell of a man (J. C.) who was born of Mary (without the cooperation of a man)? Until what must be done has been accomplished entirely, thou shalt never wholly succeed. When the kingdom (of God) shall come, thou shalt then obtain the result thou desirest; all that is in thy heart shall come to pass. Know that this kingdom is the true one, and that this empire is the real one. Regard this world only as an atom of the spiritual world. If thou art content with the kingdom of this world, thou shalt lose that of eternity. True kingship lies in spiritual knowledge; strive to attain it. He who has become intoxicated with the contemplation of spiritual things is king over