The Equinox (Volume I, Number VI)

THE RITE OF MERCURY Power of the making of fair things. Sing ye unto your Shepherd! FR. GEMINI. [Rises and stands 62/07/12 MERCURY.] 0 Spirit, Ο Divine Messenger, Mighty One, most mighty circling and all comprehending Divine Bearer of the Wand, hail! Coelestial, aethereal, inter-aethereal, water like, air like, fire like, earth like, like unto light, like unto darkness, shining as do the Stars, moist, hot, cold Spirit, hail to Thee, ever laughing Child-God, all-knowing. Through Thee alone can we hope to reach Light and Truth. [Returns to his seal. [SOR. GEMINI þlays una;/dingk? [A Mea/[fame. MERCURY. At the Ending of the Light, At the Limits of the Night, Stood Mercury before the Unborn ones of Time. Then was formulated the Universe; Then came forth the Gods thereof, The aeons of the Bornless Beyond. Then was the Voice vibrated ; Then was the Name declared. At the Threshold of Entrance, Between the Universe and the Infinite, In the Sign of the Enterer Stood Mercury, as before him The æons were proclaimed In Symbols did he record them ; In Breath did he vibrate them ; For between the Light and the Darkness did he stand. * Hungarian Dance No. 2 : Brahms. 99