The Equinox (Volume I, Number II)

THE EQUINOX figure Samael, the ruler of Volcanic Fire—he is also Axiokersos ; the right-hand figure is Axiokersa. « These three principal figures form the Triangle of Fire ; and they further represent Fire operating in the other three elements of Earth, Water and Air.” The central lower figure is Erd, the ruler of latent heat, he is the candidate in the Samothracian mysteries, and rises from the Earth as if to receive and absorb the properties of the D1acraM 27, Dracram 28. The Ten Sephiroth in the Seven The Attributions of the Ten Sephiroth Palaces. to the Four Letters, other three. The three lower figures form the Hebrew letter schin, to which Fire is especially referred ; the seven Hebrew Yodhs refer to the Sephiroth operating in each of the seven planets, and also to the Schemhamphorasch.” The Hiereus then explains the two tablets: “The Ten Ex Sephiroth in Seven Palaces,” and “The attribution of the Ten ty Sephiroth to the four letters of the Holy Name.” And the SZ Hegemon: “ The Seven Heavens of Assiah,” * and “ The Ten (Tei (o) ri] evil Sephiroth of the Qliphoth.”+ V3) The Hierophant then confers on the Theoricus the title of Ke} the Thirty-first Path, which ends the first part of the Ceremony TM of 3° = 8°. Dia GRAM 29. The second part consists of the ritual of the Thirtieth Path. The Hierophant explains the Solar Greek Cross, and then says: “The Thirtieth Path of the Sepher Yetzirah, which answereth unto the letter ‘Resch,’ is called the collecting intelligence; and it is so called because from it astrologers deduce the judgment of the stars, and of the The Solar Greek Cross. * See 777, cols. xciii., xciv., xcv., pp. 21, 20. + See 777, col. viii., p. 2. 272