THE EQUINOX
brethren, seeing the Sun disappear at night and rise again
in the morning, based all their religious ideas in this one con-
ception of a Dying and Re-arisen God. This is the central
idea of the religion of the Old Zon, but we have left it be-
hind us because although it seemed to be based on Nature
(and Nature’s symbols are always true), yet we have out-
grown this idea which is only apparently true in Nature.
Since this great Ritual of Sacrifice and Death was conceived
and perpetuated, we, through the observation of our men of
science, have come to know that it is not the Sun which rises
and sets, but the earth on which we live which revolves so
that its shadow cuts us off from the sunlight during what we
call night. The Sun does not die, as the ancients thought; It
is always shining, always radiating Light and Life. Stop for
a moment and get a clear conception of this Sun, how He is
shining in the early morning, shining at mid-day, shining in
the evening, and shining in the night. Have you got this idea
clearly in your minds? You have stepped out of the Old
Zon into the New. :
Now let us consider what has happened. In order to get
this mental picture of the ever-shining Sun, what did you
do? You identified yourself with the Sun. You stepped out
of the consciousness of this planet; and for a moment you
had to consider yourself as a Solar Being. Then why step
back again? You may have done so involuntarily, because
the Light was so great that it seemed as Darkness. But do
it again, this time more fully, and let us consider what the
changes in our concept of the Universe will be. ;
The moment we identify ourselves with the Sun, we real-
ize that we have become the source of Light, that we too are
now shining gloriously, but we also realize that the Sunlight
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