will never arrive at any other final result than this; and so we always come back to that fundamental axiom which Jesus announced as the supreme statement of the LAW. This is the great truth enshrined in every form of the Sacred Name; and therefore it is that every form of the Great Name, when rightly understood, is found to be "the Word of Power".

Male AND Female

But we must never forget that the opening description of Man, as made in the image and likeness of God, has added to it the words "male and female created He them" [Gen 1:27 --- Ed.] and if we grasp the full significance of this statement, we shall see that the recognition of Truth is not complete unless we realise the place of the Passive or Feminine element in Being. It is for this reason that in ancient times initiation could be entered upon either along the Doric or Ionic line [i.e. in the tradition of the Greek Mysteries --- Ed.], the former being more especially for males and the latter for females; but by whichever line it was commenced, a perfect initiation implied a return along the opposite line, in accordance with St Paul's dictum that "neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord" (1 Cor. 11:2), and therefore there are not wanting in Scripture statements of the Sacred Name answering to this fact.

One of the most remarkable of these is found in Hosea 2:16: "And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, that thou shalt call Me Ishi, and shalt call me no