THE EQUINOX
(d) Give an account of the sign Aquarius in the 4 Worlds, Assiah, Yetzirah,
Briah, and Atziluth.
(e) Visit and describe fully the Qliphoth of Aries.
(f) Visit Iophiel and Hismael, and report their appearance, mode of life, and
conversation.
Observe. The A.’.A.'. work throughout is definite and directed. There is no
room for a single loose thought.
(3) You must be perfectly stern and austere about the sanctity of the Work.
You wouldn’t allow your wife to come to the office and talk: you must make her
respect your hour of work at home. Here I foresee trouble: with rarest excep-
tions a woman objects to a man doing anything of which she is not the centre.
His business is only allowable because it provides for her. Herein no compro-
mise is possible. You must be master or slave; and the truest kindness is to
be master once and for all, whatever the cost. O.M.
In this defile we must leave our Pilgrim for the present.
He is about to confront the denizens of the Astral World,
menacing or seducing in turn; and, following the bold
Rosicrucian rule, he remains in the current of life, without
the safeguard of an absolute external retirement and re-
nunciation, such as is advocated by Eastern teachers. But
in the Way of the A..A.. externals are of less account than
essentials, and V.I.O. was under the guidance and guardian-
ship of an Order whose Omniscience is impeccable, and
Its ward sure.
(To be continued)
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