The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING May 26. A same as yesterday. Must meditate on cause. (Sailed for Liverpool.) ,, 27. A Got through after incredible struggle of πὲhours. ,, 28. Α just a shade better. But my cabin is a little Hell. ,, 29. A shade better; but still very poor. ,, 30. A very good indeed. Renewed the terrible vows of this initiation, and was rewarded by the Divine Kiss. 0 self-glittering one, be ever with mel Amen. ,, 3x. A better than ever yet. Vision quite perfect ; I tasted the sweet kiss and gazed in the clear eyes of that Radiant One. My own face became luminous. June I. A good but interfered with by fatigue. Used much resolution. (And now Fra. Ρ. was to be struck down by an overwhelming blow. It seems almost as if the experiences of May 30 and 31 were to prepare him to meet it.) ,, 2. Arrived Liverpool. Heard of Baby’s death by letter from —— and v—. Arrived London, perfectly stunned. (He travelled to London with the friends he had made on the voyage, refusing to allow them to suspect that anything was wrong.) A appropriate in tone, though of course mechanical. I solemnly reaffirmed the oath of mine obligation to perform the operation, 27