When before meant nothing, because there was only now, and the future was yet to be, the One unsullied by words, thoughts, or deeds, constricted into themself to make space to give birth. In a space so small it defies imagination, the creative energy of the One broke forth, shattering the endless silence. A great well of fire poured forth the power that is what is and what is not. They met, dancing in the void, each annihilating their companion, releasing their energy into the cosmos. Everything wasn’t destroyed, since there was more matter than its opposite. The cosmos was unseen and unformed, since all was light, and heat, and energy so dense the light could not be seen. The Spirit of God hovered over the face of the deep, and breathed the Word over creation. This word was Holy Wisdom, our Divine Mother who enlightens the minds and hearts of all her children, our sweet brother who would one day be born to guide us to the path of light. How can our mother Wisdom be our brother Christ? They are the font of all possibility and the one whose image and likeness we share. Our words fail to describe the Holy One, and not all the words that have ever been or ever will be written can contain the infinity of Holy Wisdom, let alone the fulness of the Godhead. Our words are feeble before the great mystery and are only a path to wisdom not a storehouse of understanding. Mother Wisdom danced before the Holy One with the vast expanse of the new cosmos (Proverbs 8:22-31) . She played and frolicked in the dark cloud that caged the light and held the cosmos so close. The Word said, "Behold the Seamlessness of all things. Nothing truly begins or ends, starts or stops, even though some will believe their are borders and edges, boundaries that separate this from that. These frontiers are illusions obscuring the interbeing and interconnectedness of the All in all. Blessed Seamlessness, may you be known in the cosmos and felt in the hearts and minds of all who are." The cosmos expanded, inflating like a great bubble carrying all that is, was and ever shall be out, so the fires might cool, and the great potential of creation might precipitate into the void. And the Word named this first power Centration, because it is the wholeness and unity of the great mystery who like God has its center everywhere and its circumference nowhere. Centration is the proof that God is in all things, and all things are in God, for creation is merely the [[Shadow of the Almighty]] (the [[Shadow of the Almighty|Zel Shaddai]]), formed and forged from the Light and Shadow of God at play as they dance in the cosmos. When the Holy One beheld Centration, they said, “It is good, for it is a mirror of my being. It is good.” Then the Word said, “Let there be light.” The great shroud of energy parted, and light shown for the first time. Atoms danced around each other, faster and faster, closer and closer, until the first stars lit. The Word named this second power, Allurement, because it attracts all things together, saying, “As I am love (1 John 4:7-21), you are the mirror of my nature in this cosmos. Allurement, like love is patient and kind (1 Cor 13:4). Never will you rush or hurry, but ever call elements together to make something new. Like us, Allurement never ends (1 Cor 13:8). It is good.” Wisdom danced among the stars as they burst into life and named this third power, Emergence, saying, "Our creativity indwells all that is, celebrating their Allurements as they organize themselves, giving rise to new forms in the cosmos. This creativity is life, and will grow and evolve as more complexity emerges. It is good." The stars played through the clouds of gas and other particles as the first galaxies joined the endless dance. The Word named this fourth power Homeostasis, saying, "From chaos you emerged, finding balance to maintain your stability. Your gravity draws your atoms in to the heart of your stars where in that great forge new atoms press their way out, but you hold them all together. The stars find balance as does their dance through the cosmos. It is good." In time, the stars hearts grew heavy with new elements and their balance was lost. They erupted in titanic showers of light, energy, and force as they tore themselves apart. The Word named this fifth power, Cataclysm, saying, "In this cosmos, everything lives, grows, and dies so the bounty of its life might disperse and add to the perfection and development of the whole. Your sacrifice maintains and restores the cosmos to its desired perfection. It is good." As the funeral pyres of these dying stars burst, the great pressure of these fires forged new elements. The pressure of the implosion allied with the force of the explosion, working together to create through the flames of destruction. The Word named this sixth power, Synergy, saying, "Together you are more than you are alone. In union, you collaborate to be and accomplish so much more than you could alone. It is good." Together with Synergy, other powers arose. The Word named the seventh power Transmutation, saying, "Presented with the choice of death or change, you have chosen to bring forth something new. Through the pain of your rebirth, you let go of the past. It is good." The word named the eighth power, Transformation, saying, "You worked together with your sibling powers to make something new through your collective action. As Transmutation changes one atom to another, you gather the atoms with Allurement, and through Synergy and Emergence, you combine this with that to make something new. It is good." All that is, was, and ever shall be came into being at the beginning, and thus everything is kin, interdependent on their actions and those of their fellows. They worked together with the other powers to be more than the sum of their parts. The Word named the ninth power, Interrelatedness, saying, "There is no separate self. Not a thing exists separate from anything else. Even the Holy One is in all things just as all things are in the Almighty. It is good." Energy moved through the cosmos through motion, heat, light, and a myriad other ways. This power belonged to not a single thing nor to a group, but shared from one to another as the energy moved between them. The Word named this tenth power, Radiance, saying, "As it is with all things the cosmos beats like a heart. Energy enters one thing or through Emergence arose from what is there and shines into the cosmos to shine upon others and share the heart of all that it has. It is good." Holy Wisdom called together the ten powers and said to them, "O, Angels of the Cosmos and of Her Creation, through your work is everything formed and undone. You hold everything in your invisible grip and guide all that is, was, and ever shall be. From the smallest to the largest scale, you are ever present manifesting the mystery that is fascinating and terrible for all to see in its ever evolving splendor. May your names ever be remembered and the work ever be called upon, seen, studied, and known by all that arise from your labors. We behold this cosmos, and behold, it is very good."