The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

THE EQUINOX silently, and at first I thought I must be mistaken, I had (it seemed) heard it so many times before. No other answer came, so I went out into the streets and along my way. Gradually the fuller meaning has dawned on me, and I have returned to make this entry. I need not add much more. I do not put the answer down. It was given in silence and must remain in Silence. Still there seemed to be just one little ripple of joy in the Great Silent Sea as another soul gently sank to its rest, and the silent voices whispered “Welcome brother.” Then all was calm and Peace as before. The little ripple flowed on to let the whole world know, then, having delivered its message, all was still. Amen. Whatever the nature of this Illumination, probably a state of Dhyana, it left a very marked result on the consciousness of Frater V.1.O., and gave him the necessary energy to con- tinue his Work through many a dark and dismal period. He himself could not gauge its value at all at the time. He was alone in Vancouver and out of touch with the Order, having received no further word from his Neophyte since he left England. In fact he heard nothing till January of the fol- lowing year. He however sent a post-card to say that he had obtained some result. About this same time I find an entry called “The Philos- ophy of V.I.0.” which seems of interest on account of some similarities to the Law of Thelema, of which he had heard nothing at that time. It reads as follows: Man is bound by but One Law. If he breaks a part of it, he hurts no one but himself. While he lives in unity with It, he is God. While he does not live in unity with It he is Man. While he lives in unity with it he becomes the Law. To realise the Law and live it is the Great Work. To break the Law after he has realized it is Sin. To endeavour to bring all to the knowledge of the Law, is to keep the Law. Seek ye the Law that ye may be Free. Wisdom, Love and Power, these three are One. That these should be One is the Law. 136