The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE EQUINOX seeks entrance to the Temple. Theoricus thus : The Hierophant rises, and facing the altar, addresses the “ Before you is represented the symbolism of the Garden of Eden, at the summit is Sigs. ual eo aes Sy flife took Lamp DAIS Pintacle iv) ot vA Hieveus| [Sm \/TM Hegemon) eof Lot My, Hier QD write emt tbe Meye a BY) D1AGRAM 31. ‘The Arrangement of the Temple for the Ceremony of Practicus in the 3° = 8° Ritual, represents the power of the spirit of life rising above the triangle of waters; and reflecting the triune therein, as further marked by the lamps at their angles : while the chalice of water placed at the junction of the cross and triangle represents the maternal letter Mem.” which, the tablet bearing the mystic seals and names drawn from the Kamea of Mercury * is shown the Theoricus, as well as the tablet of the seven planes of the Tree of Life, answering to the seven planets, the Supernal Eden containing the three Supernal Sephiroth... . And in the garden were the Tree of Life, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, which latter is from Malkuth .. . and a river Nahar went forth out of Eden, namely, from the Supernal Triad, to water the garden—the rest of the Sephiroth, And from thence it was divided into four heads, in Daath. . . . The first head is Pison, which flows into Geburah... . The second head is Gihor . . . flowing into Chesed. The third is Hiddekel . . . flowing into Tiphereth. And the Fourth . . . is Phrath, Euphrates, which floweth down upon Malkuth.” These four rivers form the Cross of the Great Adam. In Malkuth is Eve, the completion of All, the Mother of All. The Hierophant then gives the Theo- ricus the sign of this grade, and explains the Altar symbol: “The Cross above the triangle After ‘The Altar Symbol in the 3° = 8 Ritual. and the tablet showing the meaning of the Alchemical Mercury on the Tree of Life ; also the symbols of all the planets resumed in a Mercurial Figure. The Hierophant then congratulates the newly made Practicus, and confers upon him * A Kamea is a Magic square. Rouse Ball. 274 See “Mathematical Recreations,” by W. W.