Whence did They come?
What are They ?" He looked down upon the cubes that held us; their hosts of tiny eyes shone up at him, enigmatically--as though they heard and understood.
"I do not forget," he said.

"At least not all do I forget of what I saw during that time when I seemed an atom outside space--as I told you, or think I told you, speaking with unthinkable effort through lips that seemed eternities away from me, the atom, who strove to open them.
"There were three--visions, revelations--I know not what to call them.
And though each seemed equally real, of two of them, only one, I think, can be true; and of the third--that may some time be true but surely is not yet." Through the air came a louder drum roll--in it something ominous, something sinister.

It swelled to a crescendo; abruptly ceased.

And now I saw Norhala raise her head; listen.
"I saw a world, a vast world, Goodwin, marching stately through space.
It was no globe--it was a world of many facets, of smooth and polished planes; a huge blue jewel world, dimly luminous; a crystal world cut out from Aether.

A geometric thought of the Great Cause, of God, if you will, made material.