The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE EQUINOX OF THE PLACE OF HARPOCRATES The next invisible station is in the path of D between the place of Thmaist and that of the Evil Triad: and it is the place of the Lotus-throned Lord of Silence, even that Great God Harpocrates, the younger brother of Horus. OF ISIS AND NEPHTHYS The stations are the places of the Pillarsin Netzach and Hod respectively; wherefore these great goddesses are not otherwise shown in this grade, save in connection with the Premonstrator and Imperator. OF AROUERIST His secret place is the last of the invisible stations and he standeth with the Hiero- phant as though representing him unto the Outer Order. For while the Hierophant is 5°=6°, yet he is only shown as a Lord of the Paths in the Portal of the Vault. So that when he moveth from his place on the throne of the East, the seat of Aeshuri, he is no longer Osiris but Arouerist. And the invisible station of Arouerist may therefore be said to be that of the immediate past Hierophant. THE OFFICERS AND THE STATIONS OF THE OFFICERS The Hierophant. The place of the Hierophant is in the East of the Temple on the outer side of Paroketh to rule the temple under the presidency of the Chiefs. He fills the place of the Lord of the Path, acting as inductor into the sacred mysteries. His symbols and insignia are: The throne of the East in the path of D without the Veil. The mantle of bright flame-red ; the Crown-headed sceptre; the Banner of the East ; the Great Lamen. « Expounder of the Sacred Mysteries” is the name of the Hierophant: and he is Aeshuri-st, “The Osiris in the Nether World.” * The Banner of the East should contain a white Tau in its centre. 248