THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE
Swami has an excellent method on these lines: it is given, in
an improved form, in LIBER HHH. [See Tur Equinox
LV. 5.]
42. Before that path is entered, thou must destroy thy
lunar body, cleanse thy mind body, and make clean thy
heart.
The Lunar body is Nephesh, and the Mind body Ruach.:
The heart is Tiphareth, the centre of Ruach.
43. Eternal life’s pure waters, clear and crystal, with the
monsoon tempest’s muddy torrents cannot mingle.
We are now again on the subject of suppressing thought.
The pure water is the stilled mind, the torrent the mind in-
vaded by thoughts.
44. Heaven’s dew-drop glittering in the morn’s first sun-
beam within the bosom of the lotus, when dropped on earth
becomes a piece of clay; behold, the pearl is now a speck of
mire.
This is not a mere poetic image. This dew-drop in the
lotus is connected with the mantra “Aum Mani Padmen
Hum,” and to what this verse really refers is known only to
members of the ninth degree of O.T.O.
45. Strive with thy thoughts unclean before they over-
power thee. Use them as they will thee, for if thou sparest
them and they take root and grow, know well, these thoughts
will overpower and kill thee. Beware, Disciple, suffer not,
e’en though it be their shadow, to approach. For it will grow,
increase in size and power, and then this thing of darkness
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