THE EQUINOX
the Rivers have rushed together and the Name mn? is broken
in a thousand pieces (against the Cubic Stone).
Tremble ye, O Pillars of the Universe, for Eternity is in
travail of a Terrible Child; she shall bring forth an universe
of Darkness, whence shall leap forth a spark that shall put
his father to flight.
The Obelisks are broken; the stars have rushed together:
the Light hath plunged into the Abyss: the Heavens are
mixed with Hell.
My Father shall not hear their Noise: His ears are closed:
His eyes are covered with the clouds of Night.
The End! the End! the End! For the Eye of Shiva He
hath opened: the Universe is naked before Him: for the Aeon
of Saturn leaneth toward the Bosom of Death.
The Angel of the East hath a book of red written in
letters of Blue A.B.F.M.A. in Enochian. The Book grows
before my eyes and filleth the Whole Heaven.
Within: “It is Written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord
Thy God.”
I see above the Book a multitude of white-robed Ones
from whom droppeth a great rain of Blood: but above them
is a Golden Sun, having an eye, whence a great Light.
I turned me to the South: and read therein:
Seal up the Book! Speak not that which thou seest and
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