THE EQUINOX
For the latchet of his sandal is more than the helmet of the
Most High. Who shall reach up to him in supplication, save
those that he shall set upon his shoulders? Would God that
my tongue were torn out by the roots, and my throat cut
across, and my heart torn out and given to the vultures, before
I say this that I must say: Blessing and Worship to the
Prophet of the Lovely Star!
And now he is fallen quite to the ground, in a heap, and
dust is upon his head; and the throne upon which he sat is
shattered into many pieces.
And dimly dawning in this unutterable gloom, far, far
above, is the face that is the face of a man and of a woman,
and upon the brow is a circle, and upon the breast is a circle,
and in the palm of the right hand is a circle. Gigantic is his
stature, and he hath the Uraeus crown, and the leopard’s skin,
and the flaming orange apron of a god. And invisibly about
him is Nuit, and in his heart is Hadit, and between his feet is
the great god Ra Hoor Khuit. And in his right hand is a
flaming wand, and in his left a book. Yet is he silent; and
that which is understood between him and me shall not be
revealed in this place. And the mystery shall be revealed to
whosoever shall say, with ecstasy of worship in his heart, with
a clear mind, and a passionate body: It is the voice ofa god,
and not of a man.
And now all that glory hath withdrawn itself; and the old
King lies prostrate, abject.
And the virgin that rode upon the bull cometh forth, led
by all those Angels of the Holy Sevenfold Table, and they are
dancing round her with garlands and sheaves of flowers, loose
robes and hair dancing in the wind. And she smiles upon me
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