The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

THE EQUINOX 51. The dreary task is done, thy labour well-nigh o’er. The wide abyss that gaped to swallow thee is almost spanned. It should be noticed that this verse has rows of dots both above and below it. There is a secret meaning to verse 51 which will be evident to anyone who has properly under- stood our comment on verse 49. The highest marriage, that between Neshamah and Chiah, is accomplished—again, after another manner! 52. Thou hast now crossed the moat that circles round the gate of human passions. By “human passions” must be understood every kind of attraction, not merely gross appetites—which have been long ago conquered, not by excluding, but by regulating them. On the plane of mind itself all is in order; everything has been balanced by its opposite. 53. Thou hast now conquered Mara and his furious host. The seeker has now passed through the Abyss where dwells Choronzon whose name is Legion. All this must be studied most carefully in Liber 418. 54. Thou hast removed pollution from thine heart and bled it from impure desire. But, O thou glorious Combatant, thy task is not yet done. Build high, Lanoo, the wall that shall hedge in the Holy Isle, the dam that will protect thy mind from pride and satisfaction at thoughts of the great feat achieved. Here again is one of those unfortunate passages which enable the superficial to imagine that the task of the Adept IIo