GLOSSARY ONLY words nowhere explained in the preceding pages are given in this list. Several others, mentioned in passing in the early part of the book, are sufficiently dealt with later on. In these cases the references in the Index should be turned up. y/ .". A .'. The Great White Brotherhood which is giving this Method of Attainment to the world. See Equinox I. Adeptus Minor. A grade of adeptship, ^S^t'Equinox III. Aethyrs. See Equinox V and VII. Aima. The Great Fertile Mother Nature. Ama. The Great Mother not yet fertile. A?noufi. The God Amen = Zeus = Jupiter, etc., etc. Ankh. The Symbol of " Life." A form of the Rosy Cross. 6*6'^Equinox III. Apophis. The Serpent-God who slew Osiris. See Equinox III. Babalon., Our Lady. 5tv Equinox V, The Vision and the \'oice, 14th Aethyr. Babe of the Abyss. See Equinox VIII, Temple of Solomon. Bhagavadij^ita. Sacred Hymn of India, translated by Sir Edwin Arnold in the "Song Celestial." Bi7iah. Understanding, the 3rd "emanation"' of the Absolute. Caditceus. The Wand of Mercury. See Equinox II and III. 175