The Kolbrin Bible - Book of the Silver Bough: Chapter 7 - Teaching of Elidor
SVB:7:18 “…I am the prophet to tell men of The Frightener, though many generations will pass before it appears. It will be a thing of monstrous greatness arising in the form of a crab; first its body will be red, then green, then blue. It will spread destruction across the Earth, running from sunrise to sunset. It will come in the Days of Decision, when men walk in darkness and call it light. In those days, men will go down roads of ease, encouraged by women incapable of inspiring them towards the upward path.
SVB:7:19 There will be disbelief in spiritual things, but this will proceed from ignorance; it will be a thing of the lips, for disbelief is not in the heart and nature of man. No matter how much a man cries out his disbelief, in times of turmoil, in strange and unfamiliar surroundings, when frightened by the unknown, he turns to spiritual things for comfort and strength.
SVB:7:20 In the days of the great conflict, do not pray that The Supreme Spirit be on your side, this would be a futile waste of time. Pray rather that you be on the right side, the side of The Supreme Spirit.
SVB:7:21 Hear my voice, for I tell of things to come. There will be no great signs heralding the coming of The Frightener; it will come when men are least prepared. It will come when they seek only worldly things. In those days, men will be falling away from manliness and women from womanliness. It will be a time of confusion and chaos.
SVB:7:22 I have warned of The Frightener; I have done what I am charged to do. Now, one asks where he shall seek for Truth. I say this; They who set about it rightly will find Truth, no matter where their mortal bodies are located. It is never far from men. Truth is everlasting unchangeable, Earth is false, because it changes and passes away. Truth and The Supreme Spirit are one, because they are eternal things.
SVB:7:23 Things as you see them and things as they really are, are in no way alike; illusion is the environment of Earth and it deludes the inner eyes with outward impressions. As a needle pricks a blister to let out the water, so does the sharp point of Truth pierce the veil of illusion and let out ignorance.”
SVB:7:24 “…The man who burns hotly within himself sees the world about him as a fierce fire seeking to consume him; but the man who is calm and quiet within sees all about him as tranquil and peaceful.”
SVB:7:25 “…Calmness, love, steadfastness and tenacity are the sentinels outside the first gate of spiritual development.”
SVB:7:26 “…Only when the eye becomes incapable of some tears does it really see fully.”