The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE SHIP Scene I1—7Zhe Temple of the Sun. BEHIND a veil is a column, on which ave poised two intersecting disks, terrestrial and celestial, the cut-off part Sorming a true Vesica, fitting which is a shrine, capable of being opened and removed at will, The column is of gold and ivory. The veil is of azure blue. Before this column, but without the veil, is a single candle by whose side stands the high priest John. He is of mature age, and has a black beard. He is dressed in robes of gold and scarlet embroidery. A crown is on his head; in one hand he holds a sceptre, in the other an orb. In front of him are two thrones, vight and left, each with column and candle. In the first sits a youth in white garments, his head bare; his left hand holds a dagger. In the second sits a grown man in black garments, his head covered with a hood, and in his right hand a coin. Steps covered with seaweed lead up to the stage from the orchestra (or auditorium), and the edge of the stage gives the appearance of a wharf. In the north are trees; in the south a heap of builder's refuse. Within the veil, one on each side the shrine, ave two women, one (Julia) in a low-cut vobe of green, broidered with voses, the skirt much slit, with a girdle of rose and gold, the other (Joanna) in a deep full robe of blue, covered completely 59