THE EQUINOX
Sephiroth, as if to declare that this verse from beginning to
end thereof reflected the Voices from Kether even unto
Malkuth: and 6 — 4=2 again, the Central Will, 2, Thoth,
in the Heart of the Universe (as in the centre of the verse).
Note, then, this perfect equilibrium of the verse, and remember
that Mystery—that equilibrium is strength.
Let us now look at the letters themselves. Counting
them, we find that the two central ones are x», the Supernal
Mother ; even as the number of letters had the dual symbol in
their midst. Now their numeration is 41, yielding by Gema-
tria »x = Force: Might: Power: 5x»x2, Divine Majesty:
and abnx. = Fecundity, all symbolic of the attributes of the
Dual Polar Force and Mother. Moreover, 4+ 1=5 =n,
Mother Supernal once again—and in its geometric symbol
the Pentagram—the Star of Unconquered Will. Add the
Pahinl
next two letters on either side, and we get AVA?
ora
concealed Tetragrammaton.
And this also reads 0», the Great Sea, nx, Alpha and Omega,
or Essence. Add the next two, so that the six central letters
are obtained ; and we read mnxo, which signifies orn, swollen,
extended, or expanded; and hence Zhou (¢.e., God, Ateh, the
All) a extension. But by Metathesis of these six letters is
obtained nox mn = “Truth Was,” as if affirming solemnly
the presence in the Creation of the Supernal Truth.
Now let us take the first and last letters of the verse and
“cast into the midst thereof the Fire of the Sun "—z.e., y (6),
“ the Seal of Creation ”—and we have y12,an Egg. Where we
see the whole universe enclosed in the Cosmic Egg of Hindu
and Egyptian Mythology : and the Formulation of the Sphere
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