The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING May; but this date seems to have been anticipated, for two days later we read the following: 10 p.m. Enclosing myself in an egg of white light I travelled to Hong- Kong. This city is white and on a rocky hill, the lower part is narrow and dirty. I found F, in a room of white and pale green. She was dressed in a white soft stuff with velvet lapels, We conversed awhile. I remember trying to lift a cloisonné vase from the shelf to a table, but cannot remember whether I accom- plished the act or not. I said “Ave Soror” aloud (and I think audibly) and remained some time.* This astral projection is an operation of Chokmah; for the Chiah must vivify the Nephesch shell. After returning P. records that on his journey back he saw “ his Magical Mirror of the Universe very clearly in its colours.” Towards the end of April P. drew up for himself the fol- lowing daily Task: (1) To work through the first five of the seven mental operations. (2) The assumption of God forms.t (3) To meditate on simple symbols with the idea of discovering their meaning. (4) Rising on planes. (5) Astral Visions.§ (6) Adonai ha Aretz,|] * This description of Hong-Kong is as correct as can be expected from so short a visit. The conversation was subsequently verified by letter, and also again when they met several years later. + He resolved the w of w Operation into seven parts. t The w of w Operation, see also the Magical Invocation of the Higher Genius: chapter “The Sorcerer.” And Liber O iii THE EQUINOx, vol. i, No. 2. § See chapter, “ The Seer,” also Liber O v THE EQUINOX, vol. i, No. 2. || The invocation of the Guardian Angel under the form of a talisman. How to draw it. Draw the name ‘18 as follows: x=A winged crown radiating white brilliance. = The head and neck of a beautiful woman with a stern and fixed expres- sion, and hair long dark and waving. (Malkuth.) i=The arms and hands, which are bare and strong, stretched out to the Iv H 113