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…THE RITUAL OF THE 24TH, 25TH, AND 26TH PATHS Leading from the First Order of theG . +. D . + . in the Outer to the 5°=6° Officers: V. H. Hierophant Inductor ; V. H. Associate Adept OPENING The Hierophant Inductor first asks the Fratres and Sorores present to assist him to open the Portal of the Vault of the Adepts. The Fratres and Sorores then give the signs of the various grades from 0° = 0° to 4°= 7°. The Hierophant Inductor then says to the Associate Adept: V. H. Associate Adept, what is the additional mystic title bestowed upon a Philo- sop…
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THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING In and by this word the Hierophant Inductor declares the Portal of the Vault of the Adepts duly opened. THE CEREMONY At the bidding of the Hierophant Inductor the Associate Adept places the Candidate in the West between the Banner and the Black Pillar, before the Elemental Tablets, but facing the West. After which he presents him to the Hierophant Inductor. ~ - ~ - > The Hierophant Inductor then ad- Dy Ty oD Iq 1> dresses the Philosophus and points out Koay ot tohim that if in the previous grades much ES | & infor…
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…G hoodwink is slipped up to give a glimpse of the Light as dimly seen through Darkness yet heralding a Glory which is in the Beyond. The Hierophant, then slowly lowering his sceptre, says: “Child of Earth! remember that Unbalanced Force is evil. Unbalanced Mercy is but weakness: Unbalanced Severity is but oppression. Thou hast known me; pass thou on unto the Cubical Altar of the Universe.” Thus formulating the Force of the Hidden Central Pillar. The Hierophant then leaveth his throne and passeth between the pillars, halting at either the statio…
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… the last of the invisible stations and he standeth with the Hiero- phant as though representing him unto the Outer Order. For while the Hierophant is 5°=6°, yet he is only shown as a Lord of the Paths in the Portal of the Vault. So that when he moveth from his place on the throne of the East, the seat of Aeshuri, he is no longer Osiris but Arouerist. And the invisible station of Arouerist may therefore be said to be that of the immediate past Hierophant. THE OFFICERS AND THE STATIONS OF THE OFFICERS The Hierophant. The place of the Hierophant …
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… remember our pledge of secrecy.” (The Kerux proceeds to the Altar and ignites the spirit placed at the Southern angle of the Cross. The Hierophant, quitting his throne, goes to the West of the Altar, and facing East, salutes and continues :) “TJ invite you to inhale with me the perfume of this rose as a symbol of Air (smelling rose): To feel with me the warmth of this sacred Fire (spreading hands over it): To eat with me this Bread and Salt as types of earth (eats): and finally to drink with me this Wine, the consecrated emblem of Elemental Wa…
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…idate is conducted to the foot of the altar, the citrine portion of Malkuth, and the part receiving the impact of the Middle Pillar. The Hierophant then says to the Candidate: ‘Child of Earth! wherefore hast thou come to request admission to this Order ?” The Hegemon answers for the Candidate: “ My soul is wandering in the Darkness seeking for the light of Occult Knowledge, and I believe that in this Order the Know- ledge of that Light may be obtained.” Whereupon the Hierophant asks the Candidate whether he is willing “in the presence of this a…
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… Knowledge of Good and of Evil, whereon the bird of Hermes alights; therefore this Key represents the restored World. This finished, the Hierophant shows him the method of writing the Holy Name in each of the four Worlds ;* and also explains to him the method of writing Hebrew words by Yetziratic attribution of the Alphabet. The Hiereus unveils “The Lineal Figures attributed to the Planets,” showing dekagrams, hendekagrams, and dodekagrams; and explains to him the number of possible modes of tracing the lineal figures. The Hegemon informs him t…
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THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING The Hegemon, executing the Hierophant’s order, says: « By command of the Very Honoured Hierophant, I invest you with the distinguish- ing badge of the grade. It symbolises Light dawning in Darkness.” The four pillars being thus established, now only is the Candidate invested with the badge of the White Triangle of the Three Supernals formulating in Darkness ; and now only is the Higher Soul able to formulate a link with him if the human will of the natural man be in reality consenting thereto, For the free will of…
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…n the luminous Image of the Creator. Not as yet canst thou bear the dazzling radiance of that Light! Return, for thou canst not pass by! Hierophant: Let the Neophyte now advance by the Straight and Narrow way which inclineth neither to the right hand nor to the left. Hiereus and Hegemon: Whence comest thou? Kerux (for Neophyte) : Iam come from between the pillars and seek for the hidden Light of Occult Science. Hierophant; But the great Angel Sandalphon answered and said: ‘Iam the Reconciler for the Earth and the Soul of the Celestial therein. …
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…am the synthesis of the Elemental Forces: I am also the symbol of man: I am Life: and I am Death: I am the Child of the Night of Time.’” Hierophant : «The priest with the mask of Osiris spake and said: ‘Thou canst nN not pass the gate of the Eastern Heaven : except thou canst tell me my name.’” Tablet Kerux, for Zelator: “Thou art Nu: oes P The Goddess of the Firmament of Air, Thou love art Harmakhis, Lord of the Eastern Sun.” das Martecty Hierophant : “ In what sign and symbol CH for, dost thou come ?” Kervx,for Zelator: “Inthe letter Aleph, |…
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…object of the Mystic Circumambulation is to attract and make connection between the Divine Light above and the Temple, and therefore the Hierophant quitteth his throne to take part therein, but remaineth there to attract by his sceptre the Light from beyond the Veils. Each member in passing the Throne of the East gives the sign of the enterer, pro- jecting forwards the light which cometh from the sceptre of the Hierophant. “ But Horus passes only once, for he is the son of Osiris, and inheriteth the Light, as it were by birthright from him; whe…
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THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING The Hierophant informs the members assembled that he holds a dispensation from the greatly honoured chiefs of the Second Order, for the purpose of commencing the process of the initiation which shall ultimately lead the Candidate to the knowledge of his Higher Self, But he is first admitted to the Grade of Neophyte which hath no number, concealing the commencement of All-Things under the simulacrum of No-Thing. The Hegemon, the representative of the Gods of Truth and Justice, is consequently sent to superintend th…
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…ef exception being that this grade is more particularly attributed to the element of “ earth.” The Temple having been declared open, the Hierophant says : “ Except Adonai build the House their labour is but lost that build it. Except Adonai keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain! Frater Neophyte, oe aye by what aid do you seek admission to im) Pp the 1°= 10° Grade of Zelator of the G.:.D.+.?” The Hegemon, answering for him, says: Hueroppagt. “ By the guidance of Adonai; by the pos- Vv session of the requisite knowledge ; by the dispensa…
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THE EQUINOX seeks entrance to the Temple. Theoricus thus : The Hierophant rises, and facing the altar, addresses the “ Before you is represented the symbolism of the Garden of Eden, at the summit is Sigs. ual eo aes Sy flife took Lamp DAIS Pintacle iv) ot vA Hieveus| [Sm \/TM Hegemon) eof Lot My, Hier QD write emt tbe Meye a BY) D1AGRAM 31. ‘The Arrangement of the Temple for the Ceremony of Practicus in the 3° = 8° Ritual, represents the power of the spirit of life rising above the triangle of waters; and reflecting the triune therein, as furth…
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… by the Hicrophant saying: “TETRAGRAM- MATON TZEBAOTH! BLESSED BE THOU! THE LORD OF ARMIES IS THY NAME!” To this all answer “ Amen.” The Hierophant then orders all present to adore their Creator in the Name of Elohim, mighty and tuling, in the Name of Tetragrammaton Tzebaoth, and in the Name of the Spirits of Fire. Then in the Name of TETRAGRAMMATON TZEBAOTH he declares the Temple open. After the Adoration has taken place, the Advancement ritual of the Path of p is celebrated. ‘The Hegemon leads the Practicus through the pillars and then circum…
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…e Holy Name.” And the SZ Hegemon: “ The Seven Heavens of Assiah,” * and “ The 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 c…
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… explains to him «The Geometrical lineal figures attributed to the planets”; { and the Kerux “ The six- teen figures of Geomancy.” { The Hierophant congratulates the newly initiated Theoricus, and confers upon him the title of PORAIOS (or PORAIA) DE REJECTIS, which hath the signification: ‘brought from among the rejected ones,” and gives unto him the symbol of Ruach, which is the Hebrew for Air. The Closing then takes place. “Let us adore the Lord and King of Air!” says the Hierophant. The prayer of the Sylphs follows ; and in the Name of SHADD…
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…EMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING in order to warn the evil and uninitiated to retire so that the Triangle may be formulated upon the Altar. The Hierophant then calls upon all present to assist him in opening the Hall of the Neophytes, and bids the Kerux see that the Hall is properly guarded. The Fratres and Sorores of the Order then give the sign of the Neophyte, after which the Hiereus explains that the names of the three chief officers commence with “the letter of breath” H. But that in the name Osiris, the H is silent, and concealed, as it were shr…
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…n Cancer, the Scarabzeus or God Kephera. “The emblem of the Sun below the horizon, as he ever is when the Moon is increasing above.’ The Hierophant then leads the Practicus to the Serpent of Brass, m2) and says: “This is the Serpent Nehushtan, which Moses made. ‘And he set it upon a Pole’ —that is, he twined it about the middle pillar of the Se- phiroth, because that is the reconciler between the fires of Geburah (Sera- phim, fiery serpents) or Severity, and the Waters of Chesed or Mercy. This serpent is also a type of Christ the Reconciler, al…
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THE EQUINOX The Hierophant then continues: “Let the Candidate be conducted to the East of the Altar. Honoured Hiereus, I delegate to you the duty of entrusting the Candidate with the secret signs, grip, grand word and present pass-word of the o°=o° Grade of the Order of the Golden Dawn in the Outer, of placing him between the mystic pillars, and of superintending his fourth and final consecration.” The East of the Altar is the place of the Evil Triad, and he is brought there as though affirming that he will trample upon and cast out his evil pe…