The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Little by little it eats away the former, as a strong acid would eat away a piece of steel, and ultimately when the last atom has been destroyed it ceases to exist as a science, or as a method, and becomes the Aim, z.e., Knowledge. This is most beautifully described in the above-mentioned work as follows: 34. That Intelligence which incites the functions into the paths of virtue and vice “am I.” All this universe, moveable and immoveable, is from me; all things are seen through me; all are absorbed into me;* because there exists nothing but spirit, and “I am that spirit.” There exists nothing else. 35. As in innumerable cups full of water, many reflections of the sun are seen, but the substance is the same; similarly individuals, like cups, are innumerable, but the vivifying spirit like the sun is one. 49. All this universe, moveable or immoveable, has come out of Intelligence. Renouncing everything else, take shelter of it. 50. As space pervades a jar both in and out, similarly within and beyond this ever-changing universe there exists one universal Spirit. 58. Since from knowledge of that Cause of the universe, ignorance is destroyed, therefore the Spirit is Knowledge; and this Knowledge is everlasting. 59. That Spirit from which this manifold universe existing in time takes its origin is one, and unthinkable. 62. Having renounced all false desires and chains, the Sannydsi and Yogi see certainly in their own spirit the universal Spirit. 63. Having seen the Spirit that brings forth happiness in their own spirit, they forget this universe, and enjoy the ineffable bliss of Samadhi.t As in the West there are various systems of Magic, so in the East are there various systems of Yoga, each of which purports to lead the aspirant from the realm of Maya to that of Truth in Samadhi. The most important of these are: 1. Gnana Yoga. Union by Knowledge. 2. Raja Yoga. Union by Will. 3. Bhakta Yoga. Union by Love. to withdraw into solitude and meditate. (4) To live as a Sannydsin—to await the spirit’s release into the Supreme Spirit. * At the time of the Pralaya. + “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. i. Iv E 65