**The envy of the Elves for the Gift of Men: a literary inversion, as the 'superior' race envies the second-born, weaker race. "The Doom (or the Gift) of Men is mortality, freedom from the cycles of the world. Since the point of view of the whole cycle is the Elvish, mortality is not explained mythically: it is a mystery of God of which no more is known than that 'what God proposed for Men is hidden': a grief and envy to the immortal Elves." But is the implication here that the Fate of Men is sweeter than the immortal life within the circles of the world - or is he saying that that the lure of the Unknown, as seen by the Elves, is enough in itself in a curious and seeking mind to inspire the envy that they feel?

I depart from the home of desire, I flee forever the home of delusion; the open gates of eternal becoming I close behind me now: to the holiest chosen land, free from desire and delusion, the goal of the world's migration, redeemed from reincarnation, the enlightened woman now goes. The blessed end of all things eternal, do you know how I attained it? Grieving love's profoundest suffering opened my eyes for me: I saw the world end.

In the consciousness of the infinite, the conscious subject has for his object the infinity of his own nature.