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THE EQUINOX I am come forth from the Gates of the Glory; Around me are breaking the waters of the Primal Sea: My path is in the Deep Waters, And my footsteps are in the Unknown. Vast before me is the Portal of Geburah : Behind it is gleaming the Fire of the Wrath of God: I cry against Thee in the name of Elohim Gibor: Open unto me, Gateway of God the Mighty! Lift up your heads, O ye Gates, &c. Iam come forth from the Path of the Waters: I stand in the World of the Power of God: I turn my face to the Right, and the Gate of the Lion is before me—…
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… of Twenty- The Garden of Eden and two Squares. the Holy City. Positive and Negative currents. She is the synthesis of the Thirty-second Path uniting Malkuth and Yesod, The Hegemon then explains his tablet, which contains the occult symbolism of the Garden of Eden and the Holy City of the Apocalypse; and the Kerux also his—the seven Infernal Mansions and the four Seas.* After which the Hierophant confers on the Zelator the title of the Thirty-second Path; the Zelator then quits the Temple for a short time before passing to the Grade of Theoricu…
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THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Cause ye the Paths of Wrath to be opened unto me; that I may advance over the Tree of Life unto the Place of the River. I stand upon the Northern Quarter of the Universe of Matter, and around me glows the Ruddy Flame of Earth. Before me is the Portal of the Path of the Spirit of the Primal Flame: Thence gleameth the Red Glory into the World of Assiah. Lift up your Heads O ye Gates! And be ye lifted up, ye Everlasting Doors! And the King of Glory shall come in. I am come forth from the Gates of Matter: I advance ov…
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THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING The Second Part The Second Part, the passage of the Path of y begins by the Hierophant saying to the Practicus : “Frater Monokeros de Astris, the Path now open to you is the Twenty-eighth, leading from the 2° = 9° of Theoricus tothe 4° = 7° of Philosophus. Take in your right hand the Solid pyramid of the Elements and follow your guide through the Path.” D vy Then, as before, the Hierophant raises his red lamp, and cries : mae] “The Priestess with the Mask of Isis Frorsu] Lemp cheeee frtsivat| spake and said: ‘Iam …
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THE EQUINOX “ Regarding these five Paths, I will now ask you to observe that the Tarot Keys attached to four of them, viz., The Wheel of Fortune, Death, the Devil, and the Hanged Man, are of more or less sinister and terrible import, and that only the symbol of Temperance appears to promise aid. ‘Therefore by this straight and narrow Path of D let the Philosophus advance like the arrow from the centre of wp (Qsheth) the Bow of Promise; for by this hieroglyphic of the arrow hath Sagittarius ever been represented. And as this sign of Sagittarius …
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…he Ten (Tei (o) ri] evil Sephiroth of the Qliphoth.”+ V3) The Hierophant then confers on the Theoricus the title of Ke} the Thirty-first Path, which ends the first part of the Ceremony TM of 3° = 8°. Dia GRAM 29. The second part consists of the ritual of the Thirtieth Path. The Hierophant explains the Solar Greek Cross, and then says: “The Thirtieth Path of the Sepher Yetzirah, which answereth unto the letter ‘Resch,’ is called the collecting intelligence; and it is so called because from it astrologers deduce the judgment of the stars, and of …
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THE EQUINOX OF THE PLACE OF HARPOCRATES The next invisible station is in the path of D between the place of Thmaist and that of the Evil Triad: and it is the place of the Lotus-throned Lord of Silence, even that Great God Harpocrates, the younger brother of Horus. OF ISIS AND NEPHTHYS The stations are the places of the Pillarsin Netzach and Hod respectively; wherefore these great goddesses are not otherwise shown in this grade, save in connection with the Premonstrator and Imperator. OF AROUERIST His secret place is the last of the invisible st…
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…he Kerux then bars the Candidate’s passage to the West, saying : «Child of Earth! unpurified and unconsecrated! Thou canst not enter the Path of the West !” Thus indicating that the natural man cannot even obtain the understanding of the Son of Osiris, except by purification and equilibrium. The Candidate is then purified with water and consecrated by fire; after which he is allowed to approach the Place of the Twilight of the Gods. And now only is the hood- wink slipped up for a moment to obtain a glimpse of the Beyond, The Hiereus then challe…
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…ep brings him under the unstable condition of Water and the seemingly unbalanced influences of Mercury. But if he has passed through the paths of w and 4 with cunning and earnestness he will understand why it is necessary to enter the grade of the Element of Water by the paths of the Sun and of Fire, as he will in his next step understand why it is that the paths of p and x, that is, of Pisces and Aquarius, lead him to the Fire of Netzach and not to the Water of Hod. The path which connects Hod with Netzach is the 27th path of the Sepher Yetzir…
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THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING de Astris, the Path now open to you is the Twenty-seventh, which leads from the 3°=8° degree of Practicus to the 4° = 7° degree of Philosophus. Take in your right hand the Calvary Cross of ten squares and follow your guide through the Path of Mars.” After which the Hierophant explains the Calvary Cross of ten squares: “ The Calvary Cross of ten squares refers to the ten Sephiroth in balanced disposition ; before which the formless and the void rolled back. It is also the opened-out form of the double cube, and of …
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…death, and rebirth; and as we realise this we sink down in despair; and through our tears more clouds arise still further to obscure our path. What is the use then of doing anything if we are but as drops of water which are splashed between the wanton hands of the Sun, the Wind, and the Ocean ?—indeed the ways of God are inscrutable and past finding out. Thus the Unobtainable tempts us, and the little segments of God that we see become to us the fiercest and most terrible of the Dog- faced Demons which seduce us from the path. He is always at o…
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…wledge space, or Chidakasa.” As in the Ascent of the Central Column of the Tree of Life, there are certain centres, such as Malkuth, the Path of Tau, Yesod, the Path of Samech, Tiphereth, the Path of Gimel, Daith, and Kether; so in the Sushumna are there certain centres or Chakkras, viz., Muladhara, Svadistthana, Manipura, Anahaba, Visuddhi, Ajna, and Sahasara. For further attributions See 777. 325
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…fections of their science, according to the rules of their resolutions. It is therefore the reflection of the Sphere of the Sun; and the Path connecting Yesod with Hod, the Foundation with Splendour.” And then enters upon the symbolism of the Nineteenth Key of the Tarot, which resumes these ideas: The Sun has twelve principal rays which represent the Zodiac ; these are divided into thirty-six rays to ft fot fot Vv represent the thirty-six Decanates; and then again into seventy-two Quinaries. RETO Thus the Sun itself embraces the whole we * Pent…
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… heat: Aud, PAT ake, awake Se Active ; Aub, Passive ; * Aur, the Equili- brated; while wy (Ash) is the name of Fire.” “ The Thirty-first Path of the Sepher Yetzirah, which answereth to the letter yy, is called the Perpetual Intelligence ; and it is socalled because it regulateth the motions of the Sun and Moon in their proper order ; each in an orbit convenient for it. Itis, therefore, the reflection of the sphere of Fire; and the path connecting the material universe, as depicted in Malkuth, with the Pillar of Severity and the side of Geburah …
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…DE OF THEORICUS This grade is particularly attributed to the element of Air; it refers to the Moon, and is attached to the Thirty-second Path of Tau, which alludes to the Universe as composed of the four elements, to the Kerubim, the Qliphoth, the Astral Plane, and the reflection of the Sphere of Saturn. After this has been explained, the Advancement of the Zelator takes place, after which the Ritual of the Thirty-second Path is celebrated. Hierophant, to Zelator: ‘Facing you are the Portals of the thirty-second, thirty- first, and twenty-ninth…
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…kness compared with the radiance of the Light Divine. The Ritual then continues : Hegemon : “ Child of Earth ! arise, and enter into the Path of Darkness!” The Hierophant then gives his permission, ordering the Stolistes and Dadouchos to assist the Kerux in the reception ; but the Kerux bars the way saying: “Child of Earth! unpurified and unconsecrated! Thou canst not enter our Sacred Hall.” Whereupon the Stolistes purifies the Candidate by Water, and the Dadouchos consecrates him by Fire. Then the Hierophant speaks : he does so not as to an as…
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…ers the first sphere of the Elements, the Element of Earth, and is at once liable to fall prey to the terrible worldly obsessions of the path of n. This dark path he journeys up only to become child of the 292
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…t, congratulating him, finally says: “ Let the Neophyte enter the Rea Ab tagp. Banger of the West Bagper of the Cost Ligpts Unspede eens path of Evil.” Then the following takes place. Stolistes: | Kerux. Dadouchos, Hiereus; Whence comest thou? | Kerux (for Neophyte): Iam come from between the pillars and seek the hidden knowledge in the Name of Adonai. Hiereus : And the Angel Samael (Angel of Evil) answered and said : Iam the Prince of Darkness and of Night. The wicked and rebellious man gazeth upon the face of Nature and he findeth therein nau…
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…tion all-devouring. I give thy sign, Asar re-risen :— Break, O my spirit, from thy prison ! I match, &c. GimEL (with the crossing of the path of Teth) Hail, virgin Moon, bright Moon of Her That is God’s thought and minister! Snow-pure, sky-blue, immaculate Hecate, in Thy book of Fate Read thou my name, the soaring soul That seeks the supreme, sunless goal! And thou, great Sekhet, roar! Arise, Confront the lion in the way! Thy calm indomitable eyes Lift once, and look, and pierce, and slay! Iam past. Hail, Hecate! Untrod Thy steep ascent to God,…
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…thin him on the ordered spheres Of nature that he hideth ; and in stead Of mouth he hath One minute point of jet; silence, the lightning path! XXVI Also his nostrils are shut up; for he Hath not the need of any breath; Nor can the curtain of eternity Cover that head with life or death. So all his body, a slim almond-tree, Knoweth no bough Nor branch nor twig nor bud, from never until now. XXVII This thought I bred within my bowels, I am. I am in him, as he in me; 101