The Law is for All

Chapter II A Verses 5—7 93 Nor is this thought, here conveyed, more than one ray of my Orb; and even that whole Orb is but the garment of Me. The analogy is precise; therefore when one becomes “the knower”, it involves the “death” of all sense of the Ego. One perceives one’s personal­ ity precisely as I now do these printed letters; and they are forgot­ ten, just as, absorbed in my thought, the trained automatism of my mind and body expresses that thought in writing, without attention on my part, still less with identification of the extremes involved in the process. 7. I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go. Commentary: “it is I that go.” The Book Aleph must be consulted for a full demonstration of this truth. We may here say briefly that Hadit is Motion, that is, Change or “Love.” The symbol of Godhead in Egypt was the ankh, which is a sandal­ strap, implying the Power to Go; and it suggests the Rosy Cross, the Fulfilment of Love, by its shape. The Wheel and the Circle are evidently symbols of Nuit; this sentence insists upon the conception of liriga-yoni. But beyond the obvious relation, we observe two geometrical definitions. The axle is a cylinder set perpendicularly to the plane of the wheel; thus Hadit supplies the third dimension to Nuit. It suggests that Matter is to be conceived as two-dimensional; that is, perhaps, as possessed of two qualities, extension and potentiality. To these Hadit brings motion and position. The wheel moves; manifesta­ tion now is possible. Its perception implies three-dimensional space, and time. But note that the Mover is himself not moved. The “cube in the circle” emphasizes this question of dimensions. The cube is rectilinear (therefore phallic no less than the axle); its unity suggests perfection projected as a “solid” for human percep­ tion; its square faces affirm balance, equity, and limitation; its six- sidedness sets it among the solar symbols. It is thus like the Sun in the Zodiac, which is no more than the field for His fulfilment in His going. He, by virtue of his successive relations with each degree of the circle, clothes Himself with an appearance of