THE RITE OF SATURN
AQUARIUS aha! [952%/?ש”קdance wild/yforjoy to the
sound ofthe [vm-tom.]
[During the eonfnsion BRo.
CAPRICORNUS EMISSARIUS
slits into the temlfile and hides hehino’ the veil, where
he removes his disguise and dons his dancing robe]
MAGISTER TEMPLI. Silencel
[A pause.
MAGISTER TEMPLI.
I.
AQUARIUS. I.
MAGISTER TEMPLI.
Ι. Holy be the Lamps οἱJoy!
AQUARIUS. Holy be the Lamps of Sorrow!
MAGISTER TEMPLI. Let us enter the ark οἱ
Increased
Knowledge!
CAPRICORNUS. Hail, thou that sittest in the City of the
Pyramids!
AQUARIUS. Hail, thou that art encamped upon the Great
Sea!
MAGISTER TEMPLI. Hail, brethren!
CAPRICORNUS. Master, what is Increased Knowledge?
MAGISTER TEMPLI. Death.
AQUARIUS. Master, what is the Ark thereof?
MAGISTER TEMPLL The grave.
AQUARIUS and CAPRICORNUS. Master, how shall we enter it?
MAGISTER TEMPLI. Arise and follow me!
[He rises and eircninamhn/ates the 6/?!שושwiddershins.
CAPRICORNUS flutes forth every third flerson and
makes themfol/ow hiinY continuing this girum-s nntil
one
only is
left.
T0 this
one
MAGISTER TEMPLI
addresses the allata/ion, as he hates himforth]
MAGISTER TEMPLI. Thou also must die !
[MAGISTER TEMPLI staþ: in Ε.
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