John St. John

JOHN ST. JOHN worm I gave up, and tried playing the fool; got amused by the New Monster, but did not perform the “Vajroli Mudra.” [For this see the Shiva Sanhita, and other of the Holy Sanskrit Tantras.—ED.] However, having got rid of her for the moment, one may continue. 10.24— Py. [Prana Yama.—Ed.] 14 cycles. Some effort re- Io.39. quired ; sweating appears to have stopped and Bhuchari hardly begun, My head really aches a good deal. I must add one or two remarks, In my walk I dis- covered that my mantra Hua allahu, etc., really belongs to the Visuddhi Cakkram; so I allowed the thought to concentrate itself there. [The Visuddhi-Cakkram: the “nerve centre,” in Hindu mystic physiology, opposite the larynx.——ED.] Also, since others are to read this, one must mention that almost from the beginning of this Working of Magick Art the changed aspect of the world whose culmination is the keeping of the oath “ I will inter- pret every phenomenon as a particular dealing of God with my soul ” was present with me. This aspect is difficult to describe; one is indifferent to everything and yet interested in it. The meaning of things is lost, pending the inception of their Spiritual Meaning; just as, on putting one’s eye to the microscope, the drop of water on the slide is gone, and a world of life discovered, though the real import of that world is not apprehended, until one’s knowledge becomes far greater than a single glance can make it. 21