The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

THE EQUINOX “Now is the Pillar established in the Void; now is Asi ful- filled of Asar; now is Hoor-let down into the Animal Soul of Things like a fiery star that falleth upon the darkness of the earth. “Through the midnight thou art dropt, O my child, my conqueror, my sword-girt captain, O Hoor! and they shall find thee as a black gnarl’d glittering stone, and they shall worship thee.” 37. Step out from sunlight into shade, to make more room for others. The tears that water the parched soil of pain and sorrow bring forth the blossoms and the fruits of Karmic retribution. Out of the furnace of man’s life and its black smoke, winged flames arise, flames purified, that soaring onward, ’neath the Karmic eye, weave in the end the fabric glorified of the three vestures of the Path: Now the discourse turns to the question of the origin of Evil. The alchemical theory is here set forth. The first matter of the work is not so worthy as the elixir, and it must pass through the state of the Black Dragon to attain thereto. 38. These vestures are: Nirménakéya, Sambhogakéya, Dharmakéya, robe Sublime. The Nirmanakaya body is the ‘Body of Light’ as described in Book 4, Part III. But it is to be considered as having been developed to the highest point possible that is compatible with incarnation. The Sambhogakaya has ‘three perfections’ added, so- called. These would prevent incarnation. The Dharmakaya body is what may be described as the final sublimation of an individual. It is a bodiless flame on the point of mingling with the infinite flame. A description 54