The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

THE EQUINOX the secrets that ever were or shall be; therefore let the prudent Yogi keep it with the greatest secrecy possible.” It consists chiefly in uniting the linga and yoni, but in restraining the vindu.* If by chance the Vindu begins to move let him stop it by practice of the Yoni Mudra. ... After a while let him continue again . . . and by uttering the sound Zoom, let him forcibly draw up through the contraction of the Apana Vayu the germ cells... . Know Vindu to be moon-like, and the germ cells the emblem of the sun; let the Yogi make their union in his own body with great care.t I am the Vindu, Shakti is the germ fluid; when they both are combined, then the Yogi reaches the state of success, and his body becomes brilliant and divine. Ejaculation of Vindu is death, preserving it within is life. . . . Verily, verily, men are born and die through Vindu. . . . The Vindu causes the pleasure and pain of all creatures living in this world, who are infatuated and subject to death and decay.} There are two modifications of the Vajroli Mudra; namely, Amarani and Sahajoni. The first teaches how, if at the time of union there takes place a union of the sun and moon, the lunar flux can be re-absorbed by the lingam. And the second how this union may be frustrated by the practice of Yoni Mudra. These practices of Hatha Yoga if zealously maintained bring forth in the aspirant psychic powers known as the Siddhis,§ the most important of which are (1) Anima (the * On the doctrines of this Mudra many popular American semi-occult works have been written, such as “ Karezza,” “Solar Biology,” and “The Goal of Life.” + It is to be noted here that the union is again that of the mystical Shakti and Shiva, but now within the man. All this symbolism is akin to that made use of by the Sufis. + “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. iv, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63. § “Any person if he actively practises Yoga becomes a Siddha; be he 96