The Equinox (Volume III, Number I)

THE EQUINOX 15. Also he taught me the holy unutterable word Ararita, so that I melted the sixfold gold into a single invisible point, whereof naught may be spoken. 16. For the Magistry of this Opus is a secret magistry; and the sign of the master thereof is a certain ring of lapis- lazuli with the name of my master, who am I, and the Eye in the Midst thereof. 17. Also He spake and said: This is a secret sign, and thou shalt not disclose it unto the profane, nor unto the neo- phyte, nor unto the zelator, nor unto the practicus, nor unto the philosophus, nor unto the lesser adept, nor unto the greater adept. 18. But unto the exempt adept thou shalt disclose thyself if thou have need of him for the lesser operations of thine art. 19. Accept the worship of the foolish people, whom thou hatest. The Fire is not defiled by the altars of the Ghebers, nor is the Moon contaminated by the incense of them that adore the Queen of Night. 20. Thou shalt dwell among the people as a precious dia- mond among cloudy diamonds, and crystals, and pieces of glass. Only the eye of the just merchant shall behold thee, and plunging in his hand shall single thee out and glorify thee before men. 21. But thou shalt heed none of this. Thou shalt be ever the heart, and I the serpent will coil close about thee. My coils shall never relax throughout the ons. Neither change nor sorrow nor unsubstantiality shall have thee; for thou art passed beyond all these. 22. Even as the diamond shall glow red for the rose, and green for the rose-leaf; so shalt thou abide apart from the Impressions. 92