THE BATTLE

WHEN YAHWEH SPOKE TO ME, WHEN I SAW HIS NAME SPELLED OUT IN BLOOD,THE POUNDING IN MY HEART SEPARATED BLOOD FROM INK AND INK FROM BLOOD,AND YAHWEH SAID TO ME "KNOW YOUR SOUL'S NAME IS BLOOD AND INK IS THE NAME OF YOUR SPIRIT. YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER LONGED WITH ALL THEIR HEARTS TO HERE YOUR MY NAME AND THE TITLE GIVEN TO EVERY GENERATION." WHEN I HEARD THE CLEAR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY SPIRIT AND MY SOUL, I WAS FILLED WITH GREAT JOY,THEN I KNEW MY SOUL TOOK THE HILLSIDE UNDER ITS OWN COLORS; IN THE MIRROR RED AS BLOOD,AND THAT MY SPIRIT STOOD ITS GROUND IN THE MIRROR THAT IS BLACK AS INK, AND THAT THERE RAGED A FEROCIOUS WAR IN MY HEART BETWEEN BLOOD AND INK.THE BLOOD WAS OF THE AIR AND THE INK OF THE EARTH AND THE INK DEFEATED THE BLOOD.AND THE SABBATH OVERCAME ALL THE DAYS OF THE WEEK. {ABRAHAM ABULAFIA C.1250}