frequently mentions two or three _lights_. By these it understood
[Symbol: Sol] and [Symbol: Luna], [Symbol: Venus], [Symbol: Mercury],
[Symbol: Jupiter], light of grace and light of nature, etc. The
juxtaposition of [Symbol: Sol] [Symbol: Luna] and [Symbol: Hexagram] is
interesting; no one can attain the desired end before, through the
_circular wheel_ of the elements, the fatness or the blood of the _sun_,
and the dew of the _moon_ are by the action of _art_ and _nature_, united
in one body in the image of the _hexagram_; and this can take place only
by the will of the _Most High_, who alone imparts the unique boon of the
_Holy Ghost_ and _priceless treasure_ according to his especial mercy. The
above mentioned circular wheel is identical with the serpent that bites
its own tail; it is a power that always consumes and always renews itself.
This circle appears not to be lacking in the flaming star; it is the round
eye or the likewise round fashioned "G," which latter looks quite similar
to the snake hieroglyph. The reference to Genesis has a good reason.
Moreover, the hexagram represents in cabbalistic sense the mystical union
of the male with the female potence [Symbol: Fire] with [Symbol: Water].
According to a rabbinical belief a picture is supposed to be placed in the
ark of the covenant alongside of the tables of the laws, which shows a man
and a woman in intimate embrace, in the form of a hexagram. In cabbalistic
writings, as for instance, in those of H. C. Agrippa, we find the human
form in a star, generally inscribed in the pentagram. The genitals fall
exactly in the middle part and are often made prominent by an added
[Symbol: Mercury] as male-female or androgyne procreative power. One of
the snake shaped Egyptian hieroglyphs frequently turns into an Arabic
[Symbol: gimel], i.e., gimel. I do not know whether this fact has any
significance here. With respect to the above passages that mention the
"will of the Most High," I refer to the dialogue which concerns the "G";
e.g., "Does it mean nothing else?" "Something that is greater than you."
"Who is greater than I?" etc. "It is Gott, whom the English call God.
Consider this mysterious star; it is the symbol of the Spirit.... The
image of the holy fire, etc."

[Occult image.]

Figure 2.

REBIS is represented as an hermetic hermaphrodite. The already mentioned
figure with the two heads (figure 2) is fo