THE EQUINOX
imperfection, because through me descendeth the influence of
TARO. And that is also the number of Aiwass the mighty
Angel, the Minister of Silence.
And even as the shew-stone burneth thy forehead with its
intolerable flame, so he who hath known me, though but from
afar, is marked out and chosen from among men, and he shall
never turn back or turn aside, for he hath made the link that
is not to be broken, nay, not by the malice of the Four Great
Princes of the evil of the world, nor by Choronzon, that
mighty Devil, nor by the wrath of God, nor by the affliction
and feebleness of the soul.
Yet with this assurance be not thou content; for though
thou hast the wings of the Eagle, they are vain, except they
be joined to the shoulders of the Bull. Now, therefore, I send
forth a shaft of my light, even as a ladder let down from the
heaven upon the earth, and by this black cross of Themis that
I hold before thine eyes, do I swear unto thee that the path
shall be open henceforth for evermore.
There is a clash of a myriad silver cymbals, and silence.
And then three times a note is struck upon a bell, which
sounds like my holy Tibetan bell, that is made of electrum
magicum.
I am happily returned unto the earth.
Bou-SAapDa.
December 2, 1909. 12.15-2 a.m.
THE Cry OF THE 16TH AETHYR, WHICH IS CALLED LEA.
There are faint and flickering images in a misty landscape,
all very transient. But the general impression is of moon-
rise at midnight, and a crowned virgin riding upon a bull.
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