When the time comes for the embryo to receive the (vital) spirit, at that time the sun becomes its helper.
This embryo is brought into movement by the sun, for the sun is quickly endowing it with spirit.
From the other stars this embryo received only an impression, until the sun shone upon it.
By which way did it become connected in the womb with the beauteous sun?
By the hidden way that is remote from our sense-perception. The sun in heaven hath many ways:
The way whereby gold receives nourishment, and the way whereby the (common) stone is made a jacinth,
And the way whereby it makes the ruby red, and the way whereby it gives the lightning-flash to the (iron) horse-shoe,
And the way whereby it ripens the fruit, and the way whereby it gives heart to one distraught (with fear).
“Say it forth, O falcon with shining wings who hast learned (to be familiar) with the King and with his fore-arm.
Thou alone art the (whole) community, thou art one and a hundred thousand. Say it forth, O thou to whose falcon thy slave has fallen a prey.
Wherefore this mercy in the place of vengeance? Whose way is it to give the hand to a dragon?”
