SAINT SYMEON THE NEW THEOLOGIAN I Know That He Reveals Himself I sit alone apart from all the world and see before me Him who transcends the world. I see Him and He sees me; I love Him and I believe that He loves me; I am nourished and satisfied only with His vision. United with Him I go beyond heaven. All this I know beyond any doubt, but where my body is I do not know. I know that He who is immovable descends; I know that He who is invisible appears to me; I know that He who transcends all creation takes me into Himself and hides me in His arms apart from all the world; and then I, small and
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