The Equinox (Volume I, Number IV)

THE EQUINOX One hundred indrawn breaths in reclining position with belt on. 7 minutes 50 seconds. (4.7 secs. per breath.) Ten indrawn breaths as slow as possible 7 m. 26 sec. (44.6 secs. per breath.) July 31st, Went to sleep doing Buddha. Buddha. 32m, It seemed much more. Pendulum 1,000 23}m. The pendulum kept in its plane.* At single strokes. end of 940 strokes pendulum wanted to swing right over several times. Calvary Cross. Too tired to settle at all. August Ist. Position 1. 1om. Not bad. 2nd. Buddha, 8m. It seems very difficult nowadays to settle down. Red Cross, 22m. Ten breaks. Nirvana.t 13m. Not bad. I tried to put (astrally) a fly on a man’s nose. It seemed to disturb him much; but he did not try to brush it off. Tried the same with Chinaman, great success. Tried to make a Chinaman look round, instant success. Tried the same with a European, but failed. 3rd. Tried in vain two “practical volitions” but was too unwell to do any work. 4th, Nirvana,Selfish- 28 m. ness, Magical Power Hiero- phantship, etc. After this meditation I arrived at the following decision: I must not cling to the Peace.t It certainly has become real to me, but if * In this exercise the pendulum tends to swing out of plane. Here are Frater P.’s two methods of correcting it: (a) Fix mind on the two points of a pendulum-swing and move pendulum sharply like chronograph hand, keeping them fixed and equal in size. Pendulum recovers its plane. (4) Follow swing carefully throughout keeping size exact. This more legitimate but more difficult. + Invoked angel of Nirvana as H.P.K. on lotus. Note P.’s complete ignor- ance of Buddhism, at this date. } Ze. the Peace which had been enfolding him for so many days. See entry July 14th. 122