And if thou dost not fail thou shalt sit upon that kingly throne and restore my ancient worship in its purity, and sweep my temples from their defilements.

But if thou dost fail, then shall the eternal Spirit Isis become but a memory in Egypt." The Voice paused; and, gathering up my strength, at length I spoke aloud: "Tell me, O Holy," I said, "shall I then fail ?" "Ask Me not," answered the Voice, "that which it is not lawful that I should answer thee.

Perchance I can read that which shall befall thee, perchance it doth not please Me so to read.

What can it profit the Divine, that hath all time wherein to await the issues, to be eager to look upon the blossom that is not blown, but which, lying a seed in the bosom of the earth, shall blow in its season?
Know, Harmachis, that I do not shape the Future; the Future is to thee and not to Me; for it is born of Law and of the rule ordained of the Invisible.

Yet thou art free to act therein, and thou shalt win or thou shalt fail according to thy strength and the measure of thy heart's purity.