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NOTES 45 Cor. CLXXXI. (continued)— LinE 12.—His attitude suggests the shape of the Swastika or thunderbolt, the message of God. Linge 13.—She is reading intently in an open book. Line 14.—She bears a sceptre and a shield, whereon is figured a dove as symbol of the male and female forces. Linz 15.—His attitude suggests - , and he is seated upon the Cubical Stone, whose sides show the Green Lion and White Eagle. Line 16.—He is crowned, sceptred, and blessing, all in a threefold manner, Four living creatures adore him, the whole suggesting a pentagram by its shape. Line 17.—He is inspired by Apollo to prophesy concerning things sacred and profane: repre- sented by a boy with his bow and two women, a priestess and an harlot. Line 18.—He drives furiously a chariot drawn by two sphinxes. As Levi drew it. Line 20.—Before him goeth upright the Royal Uraus t. LinE 21.—[ fo) , 3 » and 6, or Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas). Line 23.—From a gallows shaped like the letter “1 hangs by one foot a young fair man. His other leg forms a cross with the suspending one. His arms, clasped behind his head, form an upright ZL, and this radiates light. His mouth is resolutely closed. Line 25.—A winged and crowned goddess, with flashing golden belt, stands, and pours from her right hand the flame of a torch upon an Eagle, while from her left hand she pours water from an horn upon a Lion. Between her feet a moon- shaped cauldron of silver smokes with perfume. Cot. CLXXXI. (continued)— Line 26.—Levi’s Baphomet is sound commentary on this Mystery, but should not be found in the text. Linz 27.—Human figures thrown thence suggest the letter y by their attitude. Ling 28.—A woman, naked, and kneeling on her left knee, pours from a vase in her right hand silver waters into a river, by which grow roses, the haunts of coloured butterflies. With her left hand she pours golden waters over her head, which are lost in her long hair. Her attitude suggests the Swastika. Above flames a great star of seven rays. Ling 29.—Below, a path leads between two towers, arded by jackals, from the sea, wherein a Scara- Becus marcheth landwards. Lint 30.—Below is a wall, in front of which, in a fairy ring, two children wantonly and shamelessly embrace. Ling 31.—An angel blowing a trumpet, adorned with a golden banner bearing a white cross. Below a fair youth rises from a sarcophagus in the attitude of the god Shu supporting the Firmament. On his left a fair woman, her arms giving the sign of Water—an inverted V on the breast. On his right a dark man giving the sign of Fire—an upright L\ on the forehead. Linz 82.—An ellipse, composed of 400 lesser circles. At the corners of the card a Man, an Eagle, a Bull, and a Lion. Within the circle a naking shining figure with female breasts, with closed eyes in the sign of Earth —right foot advanced, right hand advanced and raised, left hand lowered and thrown back. The hands grip each a ray of dazzling light, spiral, the right hand being dextro- and the left hand lzvo-rotary. A red scarf conceals the fact of male genital organs, and suggests by its shape the letter 5. Such is the conventional hieroglyph.