THE EQUINOX
understanding. And thou shalt give all that thou hast unto
them that have need unto this end.
And because I am with thee, and in thee, and of thee, thou
shalt lack nothing. But who lack me, lack all. And I swear
unto thee by Him that sitteth upon the Holy Throne, and
liveth and reigneth for ever and ever, that I will be faithful
unto this my promise, as thou art faithful unto this thine
obligation.
Now another voice sounds in the Aethyr, saying: And
there was darkness over all the earth unto the ninth hour.
And with that the Angel is withdrawn, and the pyramid of
light seems very far off.
And now I am fallen unto the earth, exceeding weary.
Yet my skin trembles with the impact of the light, and all my
body shakes. And there is a peace deeper than sleep upon my
mind. It is the body and the mind that are weary, and I
would that they were dead, save that I must bend them to
my work.
And now I am in the tent, under the stars.
THE DESERT BETWEEN BOU-SAADA AND BISKRA.
December 8, 1909. 7+10-9.10 p.m.
THE CRY OF THE 7TH AETHYR, WHICH IS CALLED DEO
The stone is divided, the left half dark, the right half
light, and at the bottom thereof is a certain blackness, of three
divergent columns. And it seems as if the black and white
halves were the halves of a door, and in the door is a little
key-hole, in the shape of the Astrological symbol of Venus.
And from the key-hole issue flames, blue and green and
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