In the Transforming Light

At once we felt a certain force descend

That touched upon disciples seated there,

As if a great-winged bird of Paradise

Descended from a far supernal air.

In the simple light of evening we endured

The power and the plenitude of Grace

And blessings that in sacred stillness wrapped

The yearning soul and brightened every face.

All with an inner radiance shone, a glow,

A warmth and sweetness born of one desire,

To live forever in that atmosphere

That fills our lives and lifts us ever higher.

With the acquiescence of the vital force

And with the heart's consent, the body's cells

From the chains of our mortality now free

A consecration where the psychic dwells,

The recognition of the Infinite

At work creating beauty that shall be,

A loveliness on earth not seen before,

The Transfiguration and the Ecstasy.

The sun had set upon the fields of God.

Gathered as one being in the night,

Made new by the living Presence and the Peace

We sat, Her children, in the transforming light.