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but emitting a green lustre each
When at length there was complete darkness, Sophia herself became radiant, and brilliantly illuminated the grotto with an intense white light; five enormous hands could then be seen floating in space, also intensely [159] luminous, but emitting a green lustre; each hand went wandering in search of its prey, ultimately seizing a brother, whom it drew irresistibly forward in the direction of Sophia.
— from Devil-Worship in France; or, The Question of Lucifer by Arthur Edward Waite

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