"As matter of some sort must be consumed to cause fire, so certainly can no true life begin without some previous death. The candle must lose itself, its substance, if it is to give light . . . The greater the fire, the greater the light to arise from it, for divine fire is a cause of the light . . . But in love, the fire dies and transmutes itself into the kingdom of joy.
Jacob Boehme, 17th century German mystic
Photo: Horsetooth Reservoir glows with a strange ethereal light caused by the High Park Fire, near Fort Collins, CO; June 11, 2012
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