The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

THE RITE OF VENUS VENUS. Brother Taurus, art thou faithful, thou alone? TAURUS. [Sedaelivelyyet innita/ly.] Knowest thou not me ? VENUS. Yea, my beloved, Lord of all my doves. TAURUS. Venus, our Lady! VENUS. Come unto me! [She half rises and aii/aws him ta hei/. TAURUS. Within the veil? VENUS. There is no veil before my Shrine! [She anfastens his mbe. As it falls he leafs up with Με Cadmeia, as MERCURY, and (!?₪/!15125 her beneath hisfeeL] TAURUS. In the Beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God; and the Word was God! [All eomeferwam’; SATURN and LIBRA linked; LUNAana' PISCES linked; and?!לעשla him,] LUNA. The Treason is accomplished. PISCES. The mind is nobler than the body. SATURN. Friendship is holier than love. LIBRA. Nature is overcome by wit. PISCES. How shall we adore thee? TAURUS. As you like it. SATURN. What shall we sacrifice? TAURUS. What you will. [LUNAplays a meto "811203?/??מוALL bowing in adoration to MERCURVJ LIBRA. Brother, what is the hour? PISCES. Dawn. LIBRA. Let us depart unto the work of the clay. ALL. Amen. * Moto perpetuo: Ries. g 9Ι