The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

THE EQUINOX 29. The WISE ONES heed not the sweet-tongued voices of illusion. The wise ones heed not. They listen to them, but do not necessarily attach importance to what they say. 30. Seek for him who is to give thee birth, in the Hall of Wisdom, the Hall which lies beyond, wherein all shadows are unknown, and where the light of truth shines with un- fading glory. This apparently means that the only reliable Guru is one who has attained the grade of Magister Templi. For the attainments of this grade consult Equinox I. V. Supple- ment, etc. 31. That which is uncreate abides in thee, Disciple, as it abides in that Hall. If thou would’st reach it and blend the two, thou must divest thyself of thy dark garments of illu- sion. Stifle the voice of flesh, allow no image of the senses to get between its light and thine, that thus the twain may blend in one. And having learnt thine own Agnydna, flee from the Hall of learning. This Hallis dangerous in its per- fidious beauty, is needed but for thy probation. Beware, Lanoo, lest dazzled by illusive radiance thy Soul should linger and be caught in its deceptive light. This is a résumé of the previous seven verses. It incul- cates the necessity of unwavering aspiration, and in particu- lar warns the advanced Student against accepting his re- wards. There is one method of meditation in which the Student kills thoughts as they arise by the reflection, “That’s notit.” Frater P. indicated the same by taking as his motto, in the Second Order which reaches from Yesod to Chesed, “or MH,” “No, certainly not!” 20