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forms
a link between the two symbols.
The Pantacle
is the food of the
Magus; and some of it
he
gives up in order to give light to that which
is
without.
For
these
lights
are
only
apparently
hostile
to
intrusion
;
they
serve
to
illuminate
the
Circle
and
the
Names
of God, and so to bring the first and outmost sym-
bols of initiation
within the view of the profane.
These
candles
stand
upon
pentagrams,
which
symbolize
Geburah,
severity,
and give protection;
but
also
represent
the
microcosm,
the
four elements
crowned
by Spirit,
the Will of man perfected
in its aspira-
tion
to the Higher.
They are
placed
outside
the Circle
to
attract the
hostile
forces, to give
them
the first inkling of the Great
Work, which
they too must some day perform.