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He makes the clouds his chariot
and rides on the wings of the wind.
He makes winds his messengers,
flames of fire his servants.
The War In Heaven by Rebecca Guay
Charles le Brun c. 1685
Fall of the Rebel Angels
(Note: Le Brun,1619-1690, was a French painter and art theorist dominate in 17th century. This oil on canvas is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, Dijon, France. — shadesandshadows)
” ‘And I asked them, ‘does not God alone bear the title of the prolific? To which The Prophet answered, ‘God acts only in existing beings, or in men’.”
” ‘And in return, I spoke, ‘if you will but show me this void, then I would go, and in it, too, find what is infinite’”
~William Blake, A Marriage of Heaven and Hell
O, Mourning Star. . . 