The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING THE TEMPLE «The Templeas arranged in the o° = 0° Grade of Neophyte of the order of the G.-. D.-:. in the Outer is placed looking towards the 7° of MM’ (J.H.V.H.) in Malkuth of Assiah. That is, that as ? and i answer unto the Sephiroth Chokmah and THE VEIL OF THE SANCTUARY. Binah in the Tree,* unto Aba and Aima,t Paint of * Rending through whose knowledge that of Kether — may be obtained; even so, the sacred rites “Toe Wail of Nevptbys mba weih of te of the Temple may gradually, and as it were Bates in spite of themselves, raise the Neophyte unto the knowledge of his Higher Self.t « Like the other Sephiroth Malkuth hath also its subsidiary Sephiroth and paths.§ Of these ten Sephiroth the Temple as arranged in the o°=o0° of Neophyte in- cludeth only the four lower Sephiroth in the Tree of Life, viz.: Malkuth, Jesod, Hod, and Netzach, and the outer side of Paro- keth,|| which latter formeth the East of the Temple.” The plan of the Temple as arranged in this grade is shown on the adjoining dia- gram; therein it will be seen that it contains weray Azubis of € ow two pillars or obelisks. These two pillars, enbinst which are respectively in Netzach and Hod, Diacran 3. need careful explanation. Arrangement of the Temple in the They represent Mercy and Severity, the one . former being white and in Netzach, the latter black and in Hod. Their bases are cubical and black to represent the Earth Element in Malkuth; the columns are respectively white and black to manifest eternal Balance of the Scales of Justice. [Concatari [Hicroppert |[ Pose ][Promenstval Thoth || Oscees | |'sarebpant] [tow toes * Stands for Chokmah, and 77 for Binah, } for the rest except Malkuth which is the final 7. } Father, and (Glorified) Mother. } The Theosophical term ‘Higher Self,” is usually termed in the G.+. D.-. “Genius.” Abramelin calls it “ Holy Guardian Angel,” vide Preface. § The Sephirotic Scheme, it will be remembered, is divided into four worlds: Atziloth; Briah; Yetzirah and Assiah. Each world contains ten Sephiroth, and each of these Sephira again ten, making the total number four hundred. || “Paroketh ” is the Veil which separates Hod and Netzach from Tiphereth ; and as we shall see later on, in the Portal Ritual, the First Order from the Second Order. 245