The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING the mystic title of “MONOKEROS DE ASTRIS,” which means “The Unicorn from the Stars,” and gives him the symbol of Maim—water. The closing of the Temple now takes place, and the prayer to the Undines is tehearsed, and in thename of ELOHIM TZABAOTH is the Dismissal pro- nounced, In May, 1899, three months after P. had passed through the ceremony of 3°=8°, he was sufficiently prepared for the further advancement to the grade of 4°=7°. RITUAL OF THE 4° = 7° GRADE OF PHILOSOPHUS The First Part This Ritual is particularly attributed to the Element of Fire, and refers to the planet Venus, and the Twenty-ninth, Twenty-eighth, and Twenty-seventh paths of Qoph, Tzaddi and Pé. The Adoration commences by the Hicrophant saying: “TETRAGRAM- MATON TZEBAOTH! BLESSED BE THOU! THE LORD OF ARMIES IS THY NAME!” To this all answer “ Amen.” The Hierophant then orders all present to adore their Creator in the Name of Elohim, mighty and tuling, in the Name of Tetragrammaton Tzebaoth, and in the Name of the Spirits of Fire. Then in the Name of TETRAGRAMMATON TZEBAOTH he declares the Temple open. After the Adoration has taken place, the Advancement ritual of the Path of p is celebrated. ‘The Hegemon leads the Practicus through the pillars and then circumambu- lates the Temple. As they approach the Hierophant, he rises, holding aloft the red lamp, and says: 275