he found himself on the banks of the sea...
beyond the sand, where there were many bushes and rocks, and he came to a small hill. Looking around, he saw many little snakes of various pretty colors, similar to those of the little fish he had just seen. They twisted around each other, and as they swayed towards him, they seemed to be dancing in a marvelous way.
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Then in the distance, on that little and pleasant hill...
he saw a very large and long snake, that aroused fear in him as soon as he saw it.
He kept turning away from it, in order to avoid confronting it, but that snake somehow kept always in front of him. Finally, Daniele was forced to ask it, “Perhaps you too wish to talk to me? Maybe you also are going to tell me that you snakes praise the Creator? But how can you praise the Creator, if the devil has your appearance?”
The great snake replied, “No, the devil does not look like us. It is mankind that has ascribed to the devil the appearance of a snake.”
Then Daniele asked...
“What is your praise, how do you praise the Creator?”
“By our sounds.”
Immediately the serpents began to harmonize with each other, and Daniele heard a sweet, penetrating melody. Once again, as with the enchanting sound made by the waterfall, he had to shout out, “Enough, enough!”
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After ascending the little hill...
he walked ahead and entered a forest.
The plants there gave the impression that they were moving together with their leaves, and vibrating, as if they were expressing joy. Daniele thought to himself, “Will not they also tell me that they are praising the Creator?” Then he heard a voice responding to his unspoken question. “Certainly! Yes, we praise the Creator!”
He asked, “How, in what way do you do so?” Their reply: “With our beauty, to purify the air and provide oxygen for people, the people that are so ungrateful towards our Creator.”
Daniele's impression upon hearing this...
was that all creation is reproving [terechtwijzen] mankind!
~bron~
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