THE EQUINOX
cunning Kundry, but of his own nature, the sacrifice may be
accomplished.
So, as previously explained, it is important not to keep on
worrying about one’s progress; otherwise all the concentra-
tion is lost, and a mood of irritability rises, work is given up,
and the student becomes angry with his Teacher. His Mind-
Soul becomes as a mad elephant that rages in the jungle.
He may even obtain the Vision of the Demon Crowley.
But by persistence in the appointed Path, by avoiding dis-
appointment through not permitting the fiend Hope to set
its suckers on your Soul, by quietly continuing the appointed
discourse in spite of Mara and his hosts, the wheel comes
full circle, the hour strikes, the talipot palm blossoms, and
all is fun and feasting, like Alice when she got to the Eighth
Square.
It is my daily prayer that I may be spared to write a com-
plete commentary on the extremely mystical works of the
Rev. C. L. Dodgson.
Please note the two lines of dots for the last paragraph of
this verse. It is that final scene of Parsifal, which words
are unfitted to express.
71. Henceforth thy way is clear right through Virya gate,
the fifth one of the Seven Portals. Thou art now on the
way that leadeth to the Dhyana haven, the sixth, the Bodhi
Portal.
72. The Dhyana gate is like an alabaster vase, white and
transparent; within there burns a steady golden fire, the
flame of Pragnyé that radiates from Atmé.
Thou art that vase.
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