The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

THE EQUINOX Initiation, and it will be noticed that even in the 22nd AZthyr the Samahdi of Atmadarshana occurs, while in the 21st A2thyr is the vision of Kether, and in the 20th Shivadarshana, although not perfect. In the 19th, then, the Angel of Initiation appears, and in the 18th, Shivadarshana, in its new and higher form—“ Shiva” being replaced by “Horus ””—takes place. In the 17th the Initiation continues. The Angel took him into the Pylon of the threshold in the 19th. In the 17th he is balanced. In the 16th is the first dim dawn of the Great Ones of Liber Legis as Lords of the Initiation, and something of the nature of the ceremony is foreshadowed. In the 15th the Adept is examined, and permission is given to pass him fully to the grade of Magister Templi, but admission to any further grade refused. It will be noticed, further, that this all takes place in a Temple of the Rosy Cross. In the 14th A:thyr we get the initiation itself. Fra. P. and his Chela, who was acting as his scribe, were upon Da'leh Addin, a mountain in the desert a few miles from Bou-Saada. It was found impossible to reach that A2thyr, and the Angel said, “ Depart, for thou must invoke me only in the darkness, for the mystery cannot be spoken in sight of the sun.” Frater Perdurabo therefore withdrew from the Vision. It was then that a strange thing happened. Impelled by some instinct or inspiration, it came to them that they must then and there build a Temple to the Most Holy Exalted One, and in this Temple invoke Him. The top of the mountain was covered with large loose stones entirely suitable for this purpose. In the course of an hour or so it was built, 114