THE EQUINOX
of truth, and all that power and beauty that they have made
of themselves, is cast from them, as itis written, “ I saw Satan
like lightning fall from Heaven.” And as a flaming sword is
it dropt through the abyss, where the four beasts keep watch
and ward. And it appeareth in the heaven of Jupiter as a
morning star, or as an evening star. And the light thereof
shineth even unto the earth, and bringeth hope and help to
them that dwell in the darkness of thought, and drink of the
poison of life. Fifty are the gates of understanding, and one
hundred and six are the seasons thereof. And the name of
every season is Death.
During all this speech, the figure of the Angel has dwindled
and flickered, and now it is gone out.
And I come back in the body, rushing like a flame in a
great wind. And the shew-stone has become warm, and in it
is its own light.
Bou-SAaDa.
December 3, 1909. 9.50-11.15 p.m.
Tue Cry OF THE 13TH AETHYR, WHICH IS CALLED ZIM
Into the Stone there cometh an image of shining waters,
glistening in the sun. Unfathomable is their beauty, for they
are limpid, and the floor is of gold. Yet the sense thereof is
of fruitlessness.
And an Angel cometh forth, of pure pale gold, walking
upon the water. Above his head is a rainbow, and the water
foams beneath his feet. And he saith: Before his face am I
come that hath the thirty-three thunders of increase in his
hand. From the golden water shalt thou gather corn.
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