THE EQUINOX
I was saved from that Horror bya black shining Triangle,
with apex upwards, that came upon the face of the sun.
And now the shew-stone is all clear and beautiful again.
The pure pale gold of a fair maiden’s hair, and the green
of her girdle, and the deep soft blue of her eyes.
Note.—In this the gold is Kether, the blue is Chokmah,
the green is Binah.
Thus she appeareth in the Aethyr, adorned with flowers
and gems. It seems that she hath incarnated herself upon
earth, and that she will appear manifest in a certain office in
the Temple.
I have seen some picture like her face; I cannot think
what picture. It is a piquant face, with smiling eyes and lips;
the ears are small and pink, the complexion is fair, but not
transparent; not as fair as one would expect from the hair and
eyes. It is rather an impudent face, rather small, very pretty;
the nose very slightly less than straight, well-proportioned,
rather large nostrils. Full of vitality, the whole thing. Not
very tall, rather slim and graceful; a good dancer.
There is another girl behind her, with sparkling eyes, mis-
chievous, a smile showing beautiful white teeth; an ideal
Spanish girl, but fair. Very vivacious. Only her head is
visible, and now it is veiled by a black sun, casting forth dull
rays of black and gold.
Then the disk of the sun is a pair of balances, held steady;
and twined about the central pole of the balance is the little
green poisonous snake, with a long forked tongue rapidly
darting.
And the Angel that hath spoken with me before, saith to
me: The eye of His benignancy is opened; therefore veileth
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