THE EQUINOX
Eguinox I. V., Supplement) gives the clearest explanation
of this phrase.
22. Three Halls, O weary Pilgrim, lead to the end of toils.
Three Halls, O conqueror of Mara, will bring thee through
three states into the fourth, and thence into the seven
Worlds, the Worlds of Rest Eternal.
If this had been a genuine document I should have taken
the three states to be Srotapatti, etc., and the fourth Arhat,
for which the reader should consult ‘Science and Buddhism’
and similar treatises. But as it is better than ‘genuine,’ be-
ing, like ‘The Chymical Marriage of Christian Rosencreutz,’
the forgery of a great adept, one cannot too confidently refer
it thus. For the ‘Seven Worlds’ are not Buddhism.
23. If thou would’st learn their names, then hearken, and
remember. The name of the first Hall is IGNORANCE—
Avidyé. It is the Hall in which thou saw’st the light, in
which thou livest and shalt die.
These three Halls correspond to the Gunas: Ignorance,
Tamas; Learning, Rajas; Wisdom, Sattvas.
Again, Ignorance corresponds to Malkuth and Nephesh
(the animal soul), Learning to Tiphareth and Ruach (the
mind), and Wisdom to Binah and Neshamah (the aspira-
tion or Divine Mind).
24. The name of Hall the second is the Hall of LEARN-
ING. Init thy Soul will find the blossoms of life, but under
every flower a serpent coiled.
This Hall is a very much larger region than that usually
understood by the Astral World. It would certainly include
all states up to Dhyana. The Student will remember that
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