Testament letter writers, John gives his readers’ location (1:4, 11) but not his own.3 A certain distance in time, and perhaps in space, can be assumed between the series of visions described and the writing of the book. The reason this is important is that the visions in their literary form may not be quite so spontaneous as they appear. In narrating his visions the author has adopted certain literary strategies. He has had time to reflect on his experiences and to put them into a form suited to