John St. John

10. 50. 1.15. 1.40. JOHN ST. JOHN . The 3 Questions. z. The 4 ordeals. Warning and comfort as an appeal to the Officers. 3. The Threshold. The Chorus of Purification. The Hymn " My heart, my mother ! " as already written, years ago. 4. At the altar. The accusation and defence as antiphonies. 5. The journey. Bar and pass, and the 4 visions even as a mighty music. 6. The Hanged Man—the descent of Adonai. 7. The installation—signs, etc. ... Sealing as for opening; but insert Sacrament. During a lunch of 12 oysters, Cépes Bordelaise, Tarte aux Cerises, Cafe Noir, despatched without Yoga or ceremonial, I wrote the Ritual in verse, in the Egyptian Language. I don’t think very well. Time must show: also experience. I’d recite Tenny- son if I thought it would give Samadhil Now more mantra, though by the Lord I’m getting sick of it. It occurs to me, now that I am seeing my way in the Operation a little more clearly, that one might consider the First Day as Osiris Slain 44, the Second as that of the Mourning of Isis U, the third as that of the Triumph of Apophis V, and to-day that of Osiris Risen X ; these four days being perfect in themselves as a 5°=6° operation (or possibly with one or two more 41