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364 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. PJTF
chains upon thy neck in token of our penitence, and
go unto Moses our leader, and beseech him to pray
unto Adonai that he take away the serpents from
us
; " and I have done as they desired.
My brother, life is a war, in which one must prove
his soldiership, in order to rise in rank. Force is
not given. It has to be seized.
He only is worthy of initiation in the profounder
mysteries who has overcome the fear of death, and is
ready to hazard his life when the welfare of his coun-
try or the interests of humanity require it ; and to
die even an ignoble death, if thereby the people may
be benefited.
I have prayed for the people, and Adonai hath
said unto me : " Make thee an image of a venomous
springing serpent, and set it upon a pole ; and
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it
shall come to pass that every one that is bitten, when
he looketh upon it, shall live."
The plague of serpents is stayed; and as they
have fled to their caves, so the celestial serpent flees,
with the scorpion, before the glittering stars of Orion.
The great festival of the vernal equinox approaches,
and it is time to prepare ourselves by purification for
the Passover. Light will soon prevail once more
over darkness ; and the pulses of life again beat in