The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING The Hiereus, The station, of the Hiereus is at the extreme West of the Temple at the lowest point of Malkuth, and in the black portion thereof, representing a terrible and avenging God at the confines of Matter at the borders of the Qliphoth. He is throned DiaGRaM 7. upon Matter and robed in Darkness ; and about his feet are the thunder and the lightning, which two forces are symbolised by the impact of the paths of W and P (Fire, Pisces), terminating respectively in the russet and olive quarters of Malkuth. There, therefore, is he placed as a mighty and avenging guardian unto the Sacred Mysteries. His symbols and insignia are : The throne of the West at the limits of Malkuth; the robe of Darkness ; the sword; the Banner of the West; the Lamen. “* Avenger of the Gods,” is the name of the Hiereus, and he is “ Horus in the City of Blindness ” and of ignorance unto the Higher. The Hegemon. The place of the Hegemon is between the two pillars, whose bases are in Netzach and Hod at the intersection of the paths of ) and D in the symbolic gateway of Occult Science: as it were at the beam of the Balance at the equilibrium of the Scales of Justice, at the point of the intersection of the lowest recipro- cal path with that of D, which latter forms a part of the Middle Column, being there placed as the guardian of the threshold of Entrance, and the preparer of the ways for the Enterer thereby. Therefore the Re- conciler between the Light and the Darkness, and the DraGRaM 9. ‘The Lamen of the Hegemon. Mediator between the stations of the Hierophant and the Hiereus. His symbols and insignia are : The robe of pure Whiteness; the Mitre-headed sceptre; the Lamen. 249