Candles Serve as Replicas of Lamps

Music: Preludes dans le tons majeurs et mineurs: Priere du soir. By Charles Henri Valentin Alkan. Sequenced by Segundo G. Yogore at Kunst der Fuge.

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Candles serve as replicas of lamps; Holy days have shrunk to holidays; A table is the temple; we, the priests: Now we re-enact the miracle. Understand, this is no parable: Knowledge-concentrate in quaint conceits. Ancient wisdom works in ancient ways: Here we share an echo of its sense.