THE EQUINOX
will absorb thy being before thou hast well realized the black
foul monster’s presence.
The text returns to the question of suppressing thoughts.
Verse 44 has been inserted where it is in the hope of deluding
the reader into the belief that it belongs to verses 43 and 45,
for the Arcanum which it contains is so dangerous that it
must be guarded in all possible ways. Perhaps even to call
attention to it is a blind intended to prevent the reader from
looking for something else.
46. Before the “mystic Power” can make of thee a God,
Lanoo, thou must have gained the faculty to slay thy lunar
form at will.
It is now evident that by destroying or slaying is not
meant a permanent destruction. If you can slay a thing at
will it means that you can revive it at will, for the word
“faculty” implies repeated action.
47. The Self of Matter and the SELF of Spirit can never
meet. One of the twain must disappear; there is no place for
both.
This is a very difficult verse, because it appears so easy.
It is not merely a question of Advaitism, it refers to the
spiritual marriage. [Advaitism is a spiritual Monism.—
Ep.]
48. Ere thy Soul’s mind can understand, the bud of per-
sonality must be crushed out; the worm of sense destroyed
past resurrection.
This is again filled with deeper meaning than that which
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