THE EQUINOX
of her throne are sculptured the Ram, and the Sparrow, and
the Cat, and a strange fish. Behold! How she shineth!
Behold! How her glances have kindled all these fires that
have blown about the heavens! Yet remember that in every
one there goeth forth for a witness the justice of the Most
High. Is not Libra the House of Venus? And there goeth
forth a sickle that shall reap every flower. Is not Saturn
exalted in Libra? Daleth, Lamed, Tau.
And therefore was he a fool who uttered her name in his
heart, for the root of evil is the root of breath, and the speech
in the silence was a lie.
Thus is it seen from below by them that understand not.
But from above he rejoiceth, for the joy of dissolution is ten
thousand, and the pang of birth but a little.
And now thou shalt go forth from the Aethyr, for the voice
of the Aethyr is hidden and concealed from thee because thou
hadst not the key of the door thereof, and thine eyes were not
able to bear the splendour of the vision. But thou shalt
meditate upon the mysteries thereof, and upon the lady of the
Aethyr; and it may be by the wisdom of the Most High that
the true voice of the Aethyr, that is continual song, may be
heard of thee.
Return therefore instantly unto the earth, and sleep not for
a while; but withdraw thyself from this matter. And it shall
be enough.
Thus then was I obedient unto the voice, and returned into
my body.
W’AIN-T-AISSHA, ALGERIA.
December 9, 1909. 8.10-10 p.m.
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