Beatrice's three-mirrors experiment supplies the key for interpreting the vision: the candle reflected in three mirrors also reflects the human holder, producing an image of the Godhead that includes the human within it.
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"She says, take three mirrors, okay, and then shine a mirror, shine a candle, so that the candle is reflected in three mirrors. And..."
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