The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE EQUINOX “The Priest with the mask of Osiris spake and said: ‘I am the water, stagnant, and silent, and still; reflecting all, concealing am the inundation. name. Hail unto ye! unto ye! for the rending of the darkness is nigh!’” The Hiereus says: “The Priest with the mask of Horus spake and said: «I am the Water, turbid, and troubled, and deep. Iam the Banisher of Peace in the vast abode of Waters! None is so strong that can withstand the Strength of the great Waters : the Vastness of their Terror: the Magnitude of their Fear: the Roar of their thundering Voice. Iam the +O dO 20 oO : Dracram 34. VY+x all, Iam the Past! I He that ariseth from the great waters is my O dwellers in the land of Night. Hail O O e) ©) (©) e) DracraM 35. O Attribution of the Al. Future,mist-clad andshrouded The Seven Planes of the Tree chemical Mercury. S) fo) oO 2 + R Dracram 36. The Unification of the Planets in Mercury. in gloom. Iam the recession of the torrent, the Storm veiled in Terror is my Name. Hail unto the mighty Powers of Nature and the chiefs of the whirling Storm.’” The Hegemon then says : “The priestess with the mask of Isis spake and said: ‘The traveller through the gates of Anubis is my Name. I am the water perfect, and limpid, and pure, ever flowing out towards the silver sea. Iam the ever- passing Present, which stands in the place of the Past ; Iam the fertilised land. Hail unto the dwellers of the wings of the Morning!’” The Hierophant then delivers the following ora- tion : «T arise in the Place of the Gathering of the Waters through the rolled-back clouds of Night. From the Father of Waters went forth the Spirit rending asunder the veils of the Darkness. And there was but a vastness of Life. of Silver and of Depth in the place of the Gathering of Waters, 276