THE EQUINOX
of the great mountain upon which he was standing the
summit seemed but a furlong above him, it was in truth many
a year’s weary march away, and ridge upon ridge lay con-
cealed, and each as it was gained presented an increasing
difficulty.
This Silence or Equilibrium is described in the “ Shiva
Sanhita” * as Samadhi:
“When the mind of the Yogi is absorbed in the Great
God,{ then the fulness of Samadhi t is attained, then the
Yogi gets steadfastness.§
Though Frater P. had not attained to this Steadfastness,
he had won a decisive victory over the lower states of Dhyana
as far back as October 1901, which shows that though he was
still distant he was by degrees nearing a state in which he
would find no more Worlds to Conquer.
However, up to this point, there are several results to
record, which are of extreme importance to the beginner, in so
much that some of them are arrived at by methods diametric-
ally opposed to those held by the dogmatic Yogins.
At the very commencement of his Yoga exercises Frater P.
discovered, that in so lecherous a race as the Hindus it is
absolutely necessary before a Chela can be accepted bya Guru
to castrate him spiritually and mentally.|| This being so, we
* “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. v, 155.
+ Atman, Pan, Harpocrates, whose sign is silence, etc., etc. See 777.
t The Vision of the Holy Guardian Angel—Adonai.
§ Equilibrium, Silence, Supreme Attainment, Zero.
|| As for women they are considered beyond the possibility of redemption,
for in order of re-incarnation they are placed seven stages below a man, three
below a camel, and one below a pig. Manu speaks of “the gliding of the soul
through ten thousand millions of wombs.” And ifa man steal grain in the husk,
he shall be born a rat; if honey, a great stinging gnat; if milk,a crow; if woven
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