THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING
The same remarks apply to the next three
sections in the other quarters.
At the great invocation following he extends
the Shivalingam to infinite height, each letter of
each word representing an exaltation of it by
geometrical
progression.
Having
seen
this
satisfactorily, he prostrates himself in adoration.
When consciousness begins to return, he uses
the final formula to raise that consciousness in
the Shivalingam, springing to his feet at the
moment of uniting himself with it, and lastly
uttering that
supreme song of the
Initiate
beginning: “I am He, the Borneless Spirit,
having
light in the feet;
strong,
and the
Immortal Fire! "
(Thus performed, the Invocation means about
half an hour of the most intense magical work
imaginable—a minute of it would represent the
equivalent of about twelve hours of Asana.)
April
10, A
no good (rather tired, especially at night).
,,
I I. A
very bad indeed: worried.
,,
12. A
better, but sleepy.
Not by any means good,
but more impersonal.
,,
13. A
sleepy: in fact dropped off.
(He had been
doing a magic for a Soror of the Great Order,
and exhausted himself.)
,,
I4. (Easter Eve).
An. mediocre.
The Op. of Abramelin being due to commence
on Easter Sunday, methinks it would be well to
make a certain profound conjuration of A
on
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