The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE EQUINOX this is contrary. And the nave or axis of the wheel will be about the invisible station of Harpocrates ; as though that God stood there with the sign of Silence, and affirmed the concealment of that central atom of the wheel which alone revolveth not. The object of the Mystic Circumambulation is to attract and make connection between the Divine Light above and the Temple, and therefore the Hierophant quitteth his throne to take part therein, but remaineth there to attract by his sceptre the Light from beyond the Veils. Each member in passing the Throne of the East gives the sign of the enterer, pro- jecting forwards the light which cometh from the sceptre of the Hierophant. “ But Horus passes only once, for he is the son of Osiris, and inheriteth the Light, as it were by birthright from him; wherefore he goeth at once unto the station of the Hiereus to fix the light there. The Hegemon, the Goddess of Truth, passeth twice because her rule is of the Balance of the two Scales, and she retireth to her station there to complete the reflux of the Middle Pillar. But Anubis of the East and the others circumambulate thrice as affirming the completion of the reflexion of the perfecting of the white Triangle on the Altar.” * The circumambulation being completed, the members and remaining officers remain standing whilst the Hierophant repeats the Adoration : “HOLY ART THOU, LORD OF THE UNIVERSE! HOLY ART THOU, WHOM NATURE HATH NOT FORMED! HOLY ART THOU, THE VAST AND THE MIGHTY ONE! LORD OF THE LIGHT AND OF THE DARKNESS!” (At each of these sentences all bow and give the sign, the officers raising their banners, sceptres, sword and wand on high, and then sink them in salutation.) The Hierophant then orders the Kerux to declare the Hall of the Neophytes opened by him, which he does in the following words: “In the name of the Lord of the Universe, I declare that the Sun hath arisen, and that the Light shineth in Darkness.” After which the three chief officers repeat the mystic words : “KHABS AM PEKHT!” “ KONX OM PAX!” “LIGHT IN EXTENSION!” THE OPENING is then at an end, and the next ceremony is: THE ADMISSION.{ The Candidate is in waiting without the Portal, under the care of the sentinel, the “ Watcher Without,” that is, under the care of the form of Anubis of the West. "Zo + The following explanatory remarks on the Admission and Ceremony of the Neophyte are taken from the MS. called Z. 3. 252