The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

THE EQUINOX middle size, and when that blazeth brightly, at the last the great logs, though they be utterly green, are nevertheless enkindled. Now, son, hearken unto this Our reproof, and lend the ear of thine understanding unto the parable of this Magick. We have for the whole Beginning of Our Work, praise be eternally unto His Holy Name, the Fire of our Father the Sun. The inspiration is ours, and ours is the Law of The- lema that shall set the world ablaze. And We have many small dry sticks, that kindle quickly and burn through quickly, leaving the larger Wood unlit. And the great logs, the masses of humanity, are always with us. But our edged need is of those middle fagots that on the one hand are read- ily kindled by the small Wood, and on the other endure until the great logs blaze. (Behold how sad a thing it is, quoth the Ape of Thoth, for one to be so holy that he cannot chop a tree and cook his food without preparing upon it a long and tedious Morality!) Let this epistle be copied and circulated among all those that have accepted the Law of Thelema. Receive now Our paternal benediction: the Benediction of the All-Begetter be upon thee. Love is the law, love under will. @HPION 9° =2° A..A.. Given under Our hand and seal this day of An XII, the Sun our Father being in 12° 42’ 2” of the sign Leo, and the Moon in 25° 39’ 11” of the sign Libra, from the House of the Juggler, that is by Lake Pasquaney in the State of New Hampshire. 182