Continuing, G. quoted some very interesting examples of the explanations of various parts of orthodox LITURGY. Unfortunately no notes were made at the time and I will not undertake to reconstruct them from memory. Fragments: Fifteen

The idea was that, beginning with the first words, the LITURGY so to speak goes through the process of creation, recording all its stages and transitions. What particularly astonished me in G.’s explanations was the extent to which so much has been preserved in its pure form and how little we understand of all this. His explanations differed very greatly from the usual theological and even from mystical interpretations. And the principal difference was that he did away with a great many allegories. I mean to say that it became obvious from his explanations that we take many things for allegories in which there is no allegory whatever and which ought to be understood much more simply and psychologically. What he said before about the Last Supper serves as a good example of this. Fragments: Fifteen