The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

THE EQUINOX OBJECT MEDITATED UPON. TIME, REMARKS, Pendulum* (E).t ry Good as regards plane kept by the pendulum; but thoughts wandered. Winged-Globe. ry The result was pretty good. Tejas-Vayu (E): >, Fair. Ankh ¢ (a green). ry Not bad. Pentagram (E). ry Rather good. The L. I. L§ (E). ry Burning till extinct. Rather good, but oil level descended very irre- gularly,|| Cross. ry Result fair. Cross. 10m. 15s, Three breaks, Isis1 (E). 18 m. 30s. Five breaks. A very difficult prac- tice, as Isis behaved like a living object.** Winged-Globe. 29 m. Seven breaks. Result would have been much better but for an epi- cene eunuch with an alleged flute. My mind revolved various methods of killing it. Tejas-Akasa. 18 , Seven breaks. R.R. et A. C.tt 19 ,, Seven breaks. Pendulum. roy After 3 m. lost control and gave up. Winged-Globe (E).j 10 Ten breaks.t{ * By this is meant watching the swing of an imaginary pendulum. The difficulty is to keep it in one plane, as it tries to swing round; also to change its rate. + In these records “M” means morning and “ E” evening. } The Egyptian Key of Life. See Diagram 61. § Lamp of the Invisible Light. || In the mind. {1 The visualized form of the goddess Isis. ** That is to say she kept on moving out of the line of mental sight. tt See Diagram 80. A scarlet rose on a gold cross. tf At this point P. made the following resolve: “I resolve to increase my powers very greatly by the aid of the Most High, until I can meditate for twenty-four hours on one object.” 108