FRATER PARZIVAL Xø

                                  Horus, Isis
                                  and Osiris
                                 in the Q.B.L.

      Charles Stansfeld Jones (well-known as Frater Achad) remains one of
     the most influential modern Qabalists--his Liber XXXI held the key to
       The Book of the Law. As Parzival Xø he founded the first regular
       O.T.O. lodge in North America--AgapŠ Lodge in Vancouver, British
     Columbia, from which the modern AgapŠ Grand Lodge derives. While his
    Qabalistic teachings are sometimes ``unorthodox'' (the attributions of
    the Paths to the Tree of Life referred to in the following article are
       his own), they are unfailingly self-consistent--for example, the
      process described in this article may be followed using traditional
       attributions with interesting results. For an explanation of his
       system see his Q.B.L. (Chicago: 1923; reprinted New York: Weiser,
        1969). The Equinox  will carry selections from his unpublished
                       writings in future issues.--H.B.


LET US EXAMINE THE TREE OF LIFE again in order that we may further  grasp  its 
mystery,  and  how it comes about  that  the  New Aeon is  possible  in  Human 
Consciousness.  We must  use  the language of time and space,  but we shall be 
informed of the Spirit if our minds are open to the Truth.

Horus, the Ever-Coming Son, is said to have appeared under many forms,  as the 
Great Cycle of the Precession of the Equinoxes progressed.  The Complete Cycle 
is said to be 25,868 years;  though  in  more  ancient reckoning it was 26,000 
years, when the year was taken to  represent  360 days. 2,155 years represents 
one Sign of the Grand Zodiac,  and  every  2,155  years Horus appears in a new 
guise.  About  11,030 B.C. he would have appeared in the Sign of  Leo,  as the 
Lion God.  If  we  examine the position of this Path on the Tree,  we  find it 
unites Tiphereth and Netzach.  It  is  my  opinion  that  the consciousness of 
Humanity during that period would be particularly influenced by that Path, and 
that the flower of the race could not have held conceptions  above  Tiphereth. 
They may have obtained a glimpse of the Sun as Ruler  of  the  Elements. About 
8,875 B.C., Horus would manifest through Cancer, as the Beetle, and the summit 
of  Human  consciousness  would be lowered.  Thus,  the  age would seem one of
retrogression,  until  Horus,  dipping down to Yesod,  re-ascended  under  the 
Moon's Influence thus entering Gemini. This seems indicated in the Tarot Trump 
``The Moon'' where we notice the Beetle coming up  from  the  Pool beneath the 
Moon. About 6,720 B.C. he entered Gemini and appeared  as  one  of  the Twins. 
Consciousness would balance that of the Leo  period,  and  tend  to  ascend to 
Tiphereth.

In 4,565 B.C. Horus entered Taurus, appearing  as  a  Calf.  Moses  seemed  to 
consider the worship of the Calf a retrogression, and we see that  the Path of 
Taurus is again below Tiphereth. In 2,410 B.C. we find Him appearing in Aries, 
as the Lamb. This represented a distinct rise in the Race Consciousness, which 
however took on the Strong but Severe  aspect  of  Geburah.  This period was a 
Natural One, for the Consellation Aries, would coincide with the Sign of Aries 
in  the  Earth's  Aura  or  Elliptic.  The  conflicting  Time  Cycles would be 
reconciled.  Then in 255 B.C. we find him as the Fish, the Path balancing that 
of Aries,  and  having  the Influence of Mercy predominating. Thus it was till 
1900 A.D.  when  He  appeared to enter Aquarius.  But what a startling change.
Suddenly we find Him on a Path uniting the Supernals of Wisdom and Understand-
ing, and Their direct Influence made possible in the Minds  of  the Race.  Not 
since the previous Golden Age 25,000 years ago had  the Influence of this Path 
been felt.  No wonder men looked to the Sun as the Father,  and  even  in  the 
Pisces period only understood the lower Aspect of Jupiter.  Once again in this 
Aeon we are able to recognize the Great Mother of the Stars, and  to  discover 
the Secret of the Lost Father.

There is also a Trinitarian Cycle of Father, Mother, Child, running
parallel, so to speak,   with this Tradition of the Evercoming Horus. It
is the Natural Formula of Isis, Osiris, Horus, and is of Solar Origin.
From 2,419 B.C. to 255 B.C. Isis the Mother was said to be the
Predominant Aspect of the Trinity. Hers was the Office of Nature. She
presided over the Natural opening of the Great and Little Years which
both coincided. Then Osiris, Dead and Re-arisen, was the predominant
object of Worship till 1900 A.D., and self-sacrifice and Renunciation
were the principal esoteric formulae. In this present Cycle Horus is
doubly predominant, so we see Him in his Dual Nature as Horus-
Harpocrates.

It is also interesting to note the character of Horus as Apophis the
Avenger. The Isis, Osiris, Horus arrangement is quite the natural one
for the course of events. Isis (The Moon) having taken the place of
the Great Mother Nuit. But what of the Formula Iao, as Isis, Apophis,
Osiris?

If we make a list of several repetitions of the series thus:

Isis

Osiris

Horus

Isis

Osiris

Horus

Isis. etc.

and trace them back, we find the order Isis, Horus, Osiris, etc.; or
Isis, Apophis, Osiris. Horus appears as the avenger Apophis to those
who try to Go Back, or retrogress. He has to destroy them in order
that they may be renewed. But as long as we go forward, we travel with
the Ever Coming Son, who is after all our Destiny, since He is within
each of us as the True Urge of our Being. This, then, is the secret of
the Way of the Tao; step boldly out on the Path of Destiny, having
aligned the personal with the Divine Will, and thus prepared ourselves








for the acceptance of that Destiny. Keep ahead of the urge from
behind, and it will not fret us.

Then we become Free, Goers, Doing the Will of God upon Earth, Ever-
Coming Sons of God.

But if we attempt to lag behind to carry out some personal whims and
wishes, Destiny catches up with us and forces us on. To those who
willfully turn back and seek to avoid cooperating with the Divine
Plan, Horus is the Great Avenger. Has he not said ``I am a God of War
and of Vengeance. I will deal hardly with them.'' Thus at his Coming
in 1904 he found the Race in a state of definite retrogression.
``Civilization'' met him as he advanced in triumph, and millions fell,
without understanding what was happening. He still drives ahead in His
Chariot, and millions more will feel his Force and Fire, until the
Race recognizes that it must right about face, and cheer the
Conquering Hero on. Then we shall have Peace and Rejoicing, and the
Stern Warrior will seem as the Gentlest Child.