1Then another angel, who went with me spoke to me. *
2And he shewed me the first and last secrets in the height of heaven, and in the depths of the earth.
3And in the ends and foundations of heaven, and in the receptacles of the winds.
4He shewed me how their spirits were divided, how they were balanced, and how both the springs and the winds were numbered according to the strength of the spirits.
5He shewed me the power of the light of the moon, that its power is justice, and the divisions of the stars, their particular names;
6That every division is divided, that the thunder falls down, that every part which is parted is flash with flash;
7That their host immediately obey, that the thunder has a resting place, it is endowed with a perseverance in its sound, and the thunder and lightning are not divided, nor move they both with one spirit, yet they are not divided,
8For when the lightning lightens, the thunder gives a sound, and at its time the spirit rests, and makes an equal division between them, for the provision of their time is as sand, and each of them at its time is restrained with a bridle, and turned by the power of the spirit, which thus propels them according to the abundance of the land of the earth.
9The spirit of the sea also is powerful and strong, and like a strong power draws it back with a bridle, so it is driven forward, and dispersed against the mountains of the earth. The spirit of the frost has its angel, in the spirit of hail there is a good angel, the spirit of snow on account of its strength has a separate spirit, which ascends from it like vapour, and its name is refrigeration.
10The spirit of mist is not in union with them in their receptacle, but it has a receptacle by itself, for its mutation is in splendour.
11In light, and in darkness, in winter, and in summer, its receptacle is bright, and an angel is there.
12The spirit of dew has its place in the ends of heaven in connection with the receptacle of rain, and its mutation is in winter and in summer, and its cloud and the cloud of the mist are united, one gives to the other, and when the spirit of rain moves from its receptacle, angels come, and open its receptacle, and bring it forth.
13When it is scattered over all the earth, it unites at every time with the water on the earth, for the waters are a part which is found on the earth to be nourishment for the earth from the Most High, who is in heaven.
14Therefore there is a measure in the rain, which the angels receive.