Libra 149student taking to the practice of occultism. When
concentration of mind is practised, man may go towards
the merging of his consciousness into the kingdom of the
black magician. Ecstasies, emotional outbursts, astral
indulgences and apparent miracles may bury the student
in the lower centre and make him think that the personal
and individual man in him is the Lord of all these things.
The mutual attraction of man and woman through
the polarity of the animal magnetism in the astral, mental
and the etheric planes is miSunderstood as the worship
of Prakrithi and Purusha. This leads to “the idolatry of
Egypt” which leads the disciple to the lowest level of
aspiring for “the flesh pots of Egypt”. Sincere phallic
worship has its origin in Libra. Venus worship (the ruler
of Libra) of the many religions in the ancient days led to
the debased levels of craving for women and wine. All
the affections of man are naturally tinged with emotions
and the whole clouded effect is wrongly called love in
this world. The pure love of Venus can be got only by a
process of constant filtration, just as pure intellect is got
only by a process of constant distillation in the alchemy
of man. The sign Gemini stands exactly at the centre
between Aries and Libra. It warns the student of the
filtration and distillation, when only it promises the
coming down of the Saviour “who walks on earth with
man” in the opposite sign Sagittarius in the shape of the
Man of the Horse. Much can be explained about this aspect
in a pretty good volume. “Miracles” of divine love through
man are called divine. Supposed miracles shown by man
through practice, to gain supremacy over his fellow-
beings are called diabolical.
The splendours of the modern civilization, big cities,
industries and the finest luxuries of life are expressed
through the sign Libra. Photography (reflection of the