The Tree
1. In this Book we made one Tree called the Tree or Candelabrum of Light, with nine flowers as shown, and these flowers are named after the nine letters of the Alphabet, namely B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.K. To know this Art, one must know this Alphabet by heart.

B. means Goodness, Difference, Light and Whether.
C. means Greatness, Concordance, Light and What.
D. means Duration or Eternity, Contrariety, Light and Of What.
E. means Power, Beginning, Light and Why.
F. means Wisdom, Middle, Light and How much.
G. means Will, End, Light and What kind.
H. means Virtue, Majority, Light and When.
I. means Truth, Equality, Light and Where
K. means Glory, Minority, Light, How and With what.

2. This Tree with its flowers is general for illuminating other sciences with the light that the intellect receives from it for seeing the other sciences.

3. Here are the Conditions of this Art's Candelabrum: if there is some doubtful issue that has to do with B, we investigate it with whatever B contains, and if this is not sufficient, we then apply C to B and scrutinize the content of B in conjunction with the content of C, and if C is not sufficient, we go on to D and all the way to K, combining letters with each other; this will necessarily clarify the issue because this set of combinations with B is both implicitly and explicitly general to all the particular lights that can generally be mentioned with reference to B.

4. Any investigation using the conditions of the Tree is general to every kind of light because the Tree is general, due to the above conditions. Nonetheless, before the Artist of light can do anything with this Tree, he must read the entire Book from beginning to end and become thoroughly conversant with it because the entire Book is implicitly contained in the Tree.
If the doubtful issue has more to do with C than with B, then it is applied to C and if BC does not yield any explicit results, D is then applied and so on in sequence all the way to CK; and the things said here about B and C apply to all other letter combinations.

COMBINING THE FLOWERS IN THE TREE
5. In this part we give a doctrine that will enable Artists of this Art to use the Flowers of the Tree. first let us deal with the first Flower called B. Here we consider the things contained in B and if there is any doubt about anything contained in B, the doubtful issue is treated with the questions "Whether" or "What" and with reference to the things said about the Definitions of Goodness, Difference and Rule B; after this, conclusions can be drawn by making affirmative or negative statements following the above meanings brought to bear on the issue at hand without distorting or destroying the definitions of Goodness, Difference and Rule B.

6. If the doubtful issue relates to something contained in Flower C, the Artist will proceed in the way described for Flower B, namely he will refer to the definitions of Greatness and Concordance and to Rule C and assert whatever appears in the light of the above terms brought to bear on the issue, using simple or compound definitions as he sees fit.
7. If the doubtful issue has to do with terms represented by B and C, he will refer to the content of Flowers B and C, namely the Definitions and Rules in the first and second Distinctions, and assert the things he sees in the light of the said terms applied to the issue; whatever we said about BC also applies to the other flowers.

8. Let us use the Flowers to deal with doubtful issues, beginning with with Flower B, for instance, let us ask: "Can the Goodness of light be a reason for good to do good without any distinction or motion?" And it seems that it cannot, as signified by the definitions of Goodness, Difference and Rule B.

9. Now if the question has to do with the content of C, for instance, if we ask: "What is candlelight in terms of Greatness and Concordance, and what does it contain in itself? And what is it in other things, and what does it have in other things?" Here we apply Rule C and base the answer on what the first and second Distinctions say about the definitions of Greatness and Concordance.

10. And if the question has to do with BC, for instance if we ask: "When the light of a candle lights a lamp, does it cause good motion as the lamp receives its influx; and what motion do they cause and compose?" Now heating is caused by the heater and what is heated, and running by the runner and what is run, and an arrow's motion by the mover and the movable, and so forth. And here the answer is given in accordance with the things signified by BC about light in the first and second distinctions. The above examples of questions made with BC are valid for making questions with BD, or CD and so forth.

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