the Equinox - The Hermetic Library

September
9th. 9.50-10.20
a.m. a.m.
160
2.10-2.45
p.m. p.m.
THE EQUINOX
seen behind, after my nose had vanished, i.e. altar, etc.: and (b)
conscious that I was not conscious of these things. These two
consciousnesses being simultaneous. This seems absurd and
inexplicable, it is noted in Buddhist Psychology, yet I know it.
Prânâyâma. Ten minutes 5. 10. 20; 4 minutes 10. 25. 30;
6 minutes 10. 25. 30. Looking at the light at the top of my
head. It was of a misty blue colour, its shape was that of an
ordinary cone of flame, long and homogeneous. At intervals it
dropped and opened out like a flower, its texture was that of
fine hair. Mâitrânanda told me that this result was very good,
and that these petals are of the Ajna Chakkra.*
Prânâyâma. Seven minutes 5. 10. 20.; Dhâranâ on nose
thirteen minutes. During this Prânâyâma I heard the Astral
Bell twice or thrice. Prânâyâma 8 minutes. 10. 20. 30.
Perspiration which has been almost suppressed of late has
reappeared to excess.
Prânâyâma. Four minutes and 6 minutes 10. 20. 30.
6.12-6.38
p.m. p.m.
Late Dhâranâ. Become quite unconscious. Recovered saying:
“and not take the first step on Virtue’s giddy road,” with the
idea that this had some reference to the instruction to begin
Suddhi with Ida. Forgot that I had been doing Dhâranâ; but
I felt quite pleased and a conviction that my thoughts had
been very important.
10th. 7.12-7.34 Prânâyâma. Seven minutes 5. 10. 20; and 10 minutes
a.m. a.m. 10. 20. 30. The was was very good and regular.
11.50-12.5
a.m. p.m.
Prânâyâma. Fourteen minutes 5. 10. 20. Ida stopped up.
6.15-6.50 Dhâranâ on nose 22 minutes.
p.m. p.m. Prânâyâma. 10. 20. 30.
9.15-9.34 Dhâranâ on nose. During this I heard a Siren-cooing
p.m. p.m. Nâda; it sounded very audible and continuous; but loudest
during Rechaka.
1.23 a.m. I awoke, lying on left side. This being unusual. . . . I did
not know I had been asleep, and the time much surprised
me. The one dominant thought in my brain was: “That is it,”
* When Gods are near, or Kundalini arises thither, the petals bend down
and out: thus is the Winged-Globe of Egypt formed. These petals are the same
as the horns of Pan which open out as the God descends.