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Page 1 of 11910 · PDF PAGE 15
…, Westminster, as follows : THE RITE OF SATURN 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19th. THE RITE OF JUPITER 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26th. THE RITE OF MARS 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2nd. THE RITE OF SOL 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9th. THE RITE OF VENUS 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16th. THE RITE OF MERCURY 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23rd. THE RITE OF LUNA 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30th. Tickets will not be sold separately ; the rent for the series is Five Guineas. Tickets are, however, transferable. Doors will be open at 8.30 ; they will be closed and locked at Nine o’clock pre…
1910 · PDF PAGE 13
8 the pure idea of austerity and melancholy which we call Saturn, or with the idea of force and fire which we call Mars, or with the idea of nature and love which we call Venus, and so for the others, if he becomes identified with this idea the union is one of ecstatic bliss, and its only imperfection is due to the fact that the idea in question, whatever it may be, is only partial. Ecstasy is therefore progressive. Gradually the adept unites himself with holier and higher ideas until he becomes one with the Universe itself, and even with That …
1910 · PDF PAGE 7
…lippered pantaloon,” or sad old age. Jupiter the solemn and portentous justice, the serious and serene man who has arrived and controls. Mars the soldier, full of energy and life, vigorous and formidable. Sol the man who has still something of his youth left, and is gay betimes and serious betimes, the man who loves and the man who works. Venus explains itself in Shakespeare’s words, “ the lover with a woeful ballad.” Mercury the schoolboy, happy, careless and gay, mischievous and full of animal life. Luna the age of childhood and innocence, un…
1910 · PDF PAGE 14
9 Mars, invoked, is indeed capable of victory : but he has already lost the controlled wisdom of age ; in the moment of conquest he wastes the fruits of it, in the arms of luxury. It is through this weakness that the perfected man, the Sun, is of dual nature, and his evil twin slays him in his glory. So the triumphant Lord of Heaven, the beloved of Apollo and the Muses is brought down into the dust, and who shall mourn him but his Mother Nature, Venus, the lady of love and sorrow ? Well is it if she bears within her the Secret of Resurrection !…