To Mars, the ancient plane of cosmic energy, the Atlantean and Chaldean "star gazers" assigned Aries as a diurnal throne and Scorpio as a nocturnal throne. Those not raised to spiritual life by initiation are described as "dead from the sting of a scorpion," for they wander in the night side of divine power. Through the mystery of the Paschal Lamb, or the attainment of the Golden Fleece, these soul are raised into the constructive day Power of Mars in Aries--the symbol of the Creator.

In this revolution the planet Mars came to be, whose power stands in the bitter fire-crack, for Mars is a tyrant, rager, raver and stormer, like a...

That sprang up first, in the kindling of the sun out of the chamber of death, and was an awakener or rouser of death, and a beginner of life, and...

This is, and signifieth, the planet Mars, for thus is [or has] Mars come into being; and its own quality is nothing else but a poisonous, venomous,...