The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

THE EQUINOX A PSALM The Lord hath brought me into the House of Darkness; by stealth hath the Lord drawn me into Night. I beheld blackness that encompassed me; mine eyes were darkened in the house of darkness. There came into my nostrils the scent of a great river; even _ of a river that boileth secretly under the palm-trees. I lifted mine head, and behold, the Lord stood forth in the blackness. Asa pillar of fire shone the Lord; as a devil that whirleth in the wilderness of sand. The Lord hath veiled Himself in purple; the Lord hath ex- alted himself in manifestation. The Lord went before me into the darkness; the Lord hewed Him a way into the forest of Night. The Glory of the Lord was as the sunrise upon black moun- tains; the Lord shone forth as the full moon on the dark river. Then went I forth into the city, praising the Lord; I cried aloud in my joy, I made songs unto the Lord, the living God. I will follow the Lord all the days of my life, and in the hour of my death let the Lord lead me into the House Ever- lasting. 126