He entereth the first sphere.
"And I left that region behind me and ascended to the first sphere, shining most exceedingly, forty-and-nine-times more brightly than I had shone in the firmament. It came to pass then, when I had reached the gate (of the first sphere), that its gates were shaken and opened (of themselves) at once.
2. The powers of the first sphere are amazed and fall down and adore him.
"I entered into the houses (of the sphere), shining most exceedingly, and there was no measure to the light that was about me. And all the rulers and all those who are in that sphere, fell into agitation one against another. And they saw the great light that was about me, and they gazed upon my vesture and saw thereon the mystery (of their name). And they fell into still greater agitation, and were in great fear, saying:
'How hath the lord (of the universe) passed through us without our knowing?'
And all their bonds were unloosed and their regions and their orders; and every one left his order, and they fell down all together, adored before me, or before my vesture, and all sang praises together to the interiors (of the interiors), being in great fear and great agitation.