"I approached the abode of death; with my foot I pressed the threshold of Proserpine's Palace. I was transported through the elements and conducted back again. At midnight I saw the bright light of the Sun shining. I stood in the presence of the Gods, the Gods of Heaven and of the Shades below. I stood near and worshiped. And now have I told thee such things that hearing, thou necessarily canst not understand; and being beyond the comprehension of the Profane, I can enunciate without committing a crime."