The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING “Terrible was the silence of an uncreated world. Immeasurable the depth of that Abyss. And the Countenances of Darkness half-formed arose. “They abode not; they hasted away; and in the vastness of vacancy the Spirit moved; and the light-bearers were for a space. “T have said: Darkness of the Dark- ness ; are not the Countenances of Dark- ness fallen with the kings that were? Do Ww nN » the Sons of the Night of Time endure for j ever? Not yet are they passed away. ob ES8 “ Before all things are the waters; and the Darkness and the Gates of the land Bopad |_| of Night. Barnet tose. “And the Chaos cried aloud for the wl | VV unity of Form, and the Face of the Eternal | temp. aa fe} arose, prereaw ey Wate” “ EEN, incense © And before the Glory of That Coun- Om Gen MeAY tenance the Night rolled back, and the ||Geay| WP | fete | | tome Mor Darkness hasted away. U “In the Waters beneath was that Face | 7°" x reflected in the Formless Abyss of theVoid. | iweTM* ES ytesed “Forth from those eyes darted rays tls R Bammer of wast. 3 Millers, of terrible splendour which crossed with [asta] NY‘ the currents reflected. pon ese «That Brow and those Eyes formed the Triangle of the measureless Heavens, and their reflection formed the Triangle of the measureless waters. “And thus was formulated in Eter- nity the External Hexad ; and this is the number of the Dawning Creation !” The Hegemon having illuminated the Temple, the Hierophant then explains to the Practicus the Calvary Cross of twelve squares : “The Calvary Cross of twelve squares fitly represents the Zodiac ; which embraces the Waters of Nu, as the Ancient Egyptians termed the Heavens, the waters which be above the Firmament. It also alludes to the Eternal River of Eden, divided into four heads, which find their correlation in the four triplicities of the Zodiac.” After which he explains to him the Eighteenth Key of the Tarot. It represents the Moon in its increase in the side of Gedulah; it has sixteen principal, and sixteen secondary rays. Four Hebrew Yodhs fall from it. There are also two Watch-towers, two dogs, and a cray-fish, ‘‘ She is the Moon at the feet of the Woman of the Revelations, ruling equally over the cold and moist natures, and the passive elements of Water 277 DiAGRAM 37. ‘The Arrangement of the Temple for the 29th Path in the 4° = 7° Ritual.