THE EQUINOX
and Earth.” ‘The four Yodhs refer to the four letters of the Holy Name. The dogs
are the jackals of Anubis guarding the gates of the East and the West symbolised by the
two Towers. The cray-fish is the sign Cancer, the Scarabzeus or God Kephera. “The
emblem of the Sun below the horizon, as he ever is when the Moon
is increasing above.’
The Hierophant then leads the Practicus to the Serpent of Brass,
m2) and says:
“This is the Serpent Nehushtan, which Moses made. ‘And he
set it upon a Pole’ —that is, he twined
it about the middle pillar of the Se-
phiroth, because that is the reconciler
between the fires of Geburah (Sera-
phim, fiery serpents) or Severity, and
the Waters of Chesed or Mercy. This
serpent is also a type of Christ the
Reconciler, also it is known as Nogah
amongst the Shells, and the Celestial Serpent of Wisdom.
«But the Serpent of the Temptation was the Serpent
of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and of Evil, and
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Dracram 38.
The Calvary Cross
of Twelve Squares.
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‘The Serpent of Brass.
not the Serpent of the Tree
of Life.’”
After which the Hiereus
shows the Practicus “The
Qabalah of the Nine Num-
Dracram 40. L)
‘The Qabalah of Nine Diacram 41. bers,” and the tablet of the
Chambers, “Forming the Tree of Life
‘The Tablet of the
Three Columns, in the Tarot.” And the
Hegemon: The tablet repre-
senting the Formation of the Hexagram, and known as “ The tablet of the Three
Columns”; and also explains to him the mode of using the Talismanic Forms drawn
from the Geomantic Figures.
The Hierophant then confers upon the Practicus the title of « Lord of the Twenty-
ninth Path,” and the first part of the Ritual is ended.
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