John St. John

JOHN ST. JOHN ”.5. According to the Ritual, Ο.Μ. withdrew himself from the Vision; the Vision of the Universe, at whirling abyss of coruscating suns in all the colours, yet informed and dominated by that supernal brilliance. Yet 0. M. refused the Vision; and a conflict began and was waged through many ages—so it seemed. And now all the enemies of Ο. Μ. banded themselves against him. The petty affairs of the day; even the irritations of his body, the emotions of him, the plans of him, worry about the Record and the Ritual and—- O! everything l—then, too, the thoughts which are closer yet to the great Enemy, the sense of separate- ness ; that sense itself at last—~50 O. M. withdrew from the conflict for a moment so that the duty of this Record done might leave him free for the fight. It may have been a snare—~may the Lord Adonai keep him in the Path. Adonai! Adonai! (P.S.—Add that the “ultra-violet” or “astral” light in the room was such that it seemed bright as daylight. He hath never seen the like, even in the ceremony which he performed in the Great Pyramid of Gizeh.) 11.14- Ο. Μ. then passed from vision unto vision of un— II.34. exampled splendour. The infinite abyss of space, a rayless orb of liquid and colourless brilliance fading beyond the edges into a flame of white and gold. . . . The Rosy Cross flashing with lustre ineflable. . . . and more, much more which ten scribes could hardly catalogue in a century. 109