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…ibutions see “ 777,” lines 9 and 11.) Tue Pentacrams or Earta Name: A D N I (Adonai). Invoking Surysyuog The sign of 1°=10°: Advance the right foot, stretch out the;right hand upwards and forwards, the left hand downwards and backwards, the palms open. (The Grade of 1°=10° is particularly attributed to the element of Earth. See “777,” lines 10 and 32 bis.) The Lesser Ritual of the Hexagram This ritual is to be performed after the “ Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram.” (i) Stand upright, feet together, left arm at side, right arm across body, holdin…
1909 · PDF PAGE 61
… But unfortunately the “common sense” of mankind retorted that after all the interior angles of every triangle ave together equal to two right-angles ; and that a mental process which deduced this so accurately from a few simple axioms and definitions must be trustworthy; adding something uncomplimentary about Germans and Metaphysics. Both are right, and both are wrong. In the world of common sense, reason works ; in the world of philosophy, it doesn’t. The metaphysical deadlock is a real and not a verbal one. The inner nature of things is not …
1909 · PDF PAGE 86
…ugh sleep, back, back, through birth and previous states until (saith Bhikhu Ananda Metteyya) going ever back through the past one comes right round to the future—‘ Which is pretty, but I don’t know what it means!” I think it right to mention that I never obtained any sort of success in this meditation, and only give it on hearsay. The real key to the stage is Sammasati—Right Recollec- tion. One considers all known factors which have gone to make one up such as one is, oneself and not another. Clearly the omission of a single minute item must a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 29
…f the Pentagram (i) Touching the forehead, say Ateh (Unto Thee). (ii) Touching the breast, say Malkuth (The Kingdom). (iii) Touching the right shoulder, say ve-Geburah (and the Power). (iv) Touching the left shoulder, say ve-Gedulah (and the Glory). (v) Clasping the hands upon the breast, say le-Olahm, Amen (to the Ages, Amen.) (vi) Turning to the East, make a pentagram (that of Earth) with the proper weapon (usually the Wand). Say (¢.e., vibrate) IH V H. (vii) Turning to the South, the same, but say A D N I. (viii) Turning to the West, the sam…
1909 · PDF PAGE 277
…The letters, he then points out to him, form the symbol of the Serpent of Wisdom, and the Sephiroth the Flaming Sword. « The two pillars right and left of the Tree are the symbols of the active and passive, male and female—Adam and Eve. . . . The pillars further represent the two Kerubim of the Ark; the right, male—Metatron ; and the left, female—Sandalphon. Above them ever burn the lamps of their Spiritual Essence, the Higher Life, of which they are the partakers in the Eternal Uncreated One.” The Zelator is then instructed in the sign, grip, …
1909 · PDF PAGE 295
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING a cubical altar. In his left hand, which points downwards, he holds a lighted torch, and in his right hand, which is elevated, a horn of water. The cubical Altar represents the Universe. The whole figure shows the gross generating powers of nature on the material plane, and is analogous to the Pan of the Greeks and the Egyptian Goat of Mendes. As his hands bear the torch and the horn, the symbols of Fire and Water, so does his form unite the Earth in his hairy and bestial aspect, and the Air in his bat-like wings.…
1909 · PDF PAGE 262
…he Evil Triad and that of the Candidate. At the same time the Hiereus advanceth on the Candidate’s left, and the Hegemon standeth at his right, as formulating about him the symbol of the Triad, before he be permitted to place his right hand in the centre of the White Triangle of the Three Supernals on the Altar. And he first kneeleth in adoration of that symbol, as if the natural man abnegated his will before that of the Divine Consciousness. The Hierophant now orders the Candidate to kneel (in the midst of the triad Arouerist, Horus and Themis…
1909 · PDF PAGE 130
…ther’s furs! “Tt must be,’ I said firmly. “*Go, brave knight !’—a delicate smile lit up her face— ‘I trust myself to you.’ “T bent on my right knee to her. ‘I take you,’ I said, ‘to be my lady, to fight in your cause, to honour and love you for ever.’ “She put out her right hand—oh, the delicate beauty of it | I kissed it. ‘My knight,’ she said, ‘Jean is below; he may hear you; you go perhaps to your death—kiss me!’ “With a sob I caught her once full in my arms, and our mouths met. I closed my eyes in trance ; my muscles failed; I sank, my fore…
1909 · PDF PAGE 314
…did so. And having thus greeted me, he bade me tell him what I sought; this I did. And when I had finished speak- ing, he took me by the right hand and flew obliquely upwards. And as I was carried through the air, I looked down, and felt reluctant at leaving the great circle, which had now become as a point below me. And as I thought of it, of a sudden I found myself standing upon a marble floor, from out of which rushed up into the heavens a great pillar of fire. And as I gazed wonderingly at it, though on account of its brightness I could see…
1909 · PDF PAGE 35
…om the point which is attri- buted to theplanet you are dealing with. (See “777,” col. Ixxxiii.) Thus to invoke Ju- piter begin from the right-hand point of the lower triangle, dextro- rotary, and complete; then trace the upper triangle from its left- hand point and com- plete. Trace the astrolo- gical sigil of the planet in the centre of your hexagram. For the Zodiac use the hexagram of the planet which rules the 25
1909 · PDF PAGE 289
…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 the Altar of Incense.” And the Sixteenth Key of the…
1909 · PDF PAGE 338
…rus sped the flame, Harpocrates Receive the flame, and set the soul at ease. I who was One am One, all light Balanced within me, ordered right, As it was ever to the initiate’s ken, Is now, and shall be evermore. Amen. THE ASCENT UNTO DAATH Come unto Me, ye, the Divine Lords of the Forces of In- telligence: Whose Abode is in the Place of the Gathering of the Waters: Come unto Me, ye in whom the Secrets of Truth have their Abiding. Come unto Me, O Tzaphqial, Aralim, Qashial, by the white Threefold Star, and in the Name of IHVH ELOHIM. 330
1909 · PDF PAGE 106
…he light Broke in that space and wrapped it in a robe Of glory; of how One most white Withdrew that Whole, and hid it in the lobe Of his right Ear, So that the Universe one dewdrop did appear. XI Yea! and the end revealed a word, a spell, An incantation, a device Whereby the Eye of the Most Terrible Wakes from Its wilderness of ice To flame, whereby the very core of hell Bursts from its rind, Sweeping the world away into the blank of mind. XII So then I saw my fault; I plunged within The well, and brake the images That I had made, as I must mak…
1909 · PDF PAGE 273
…. ST non o 3 fein [Se TAS A sical — | —> qb Beteg Bor] DeRisht Bor ae FSHDA WSs fe) ) nome : J0Rings left The Body of theALtay| TwoRings right} Diacram 18. ita ‘The Heptagram of the Seven Days, Tanstcorerarste The Heptagram itself refers to the seven eimai days of the week, and may also be made to show how their order is derived from the planets when placed at the angles of the Heptagram. =@ @ “ .. The lamp within the centre re- presents the Astral Light of the Universe concentrated into a focus by the Planets. .. .” } The Hierophant then resum…
1909 · PDF PAGE 334
…inge As if some echo of red, gold, and blue Chimed on the night and let its shadow through. Yet I who am thus prisoned and exiled Am the right heir of glory, the crowned child. I match my might against my Fate’s, I gird myself to reach the ultimate shores, I arm myself the war to win :— Lift up your heads, O mighty gates | Be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors ! The King of Glory shall come in. Tau I pass from the citrine; deep indigo Is this tall column. Snakes and vultures bend Their hooded hate on him that would ascend. O may the Four avail me…
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LIBER O (iii) Extend the arms in the form of a cross, and say: “The sign of Osiris Slain.” (See Illustra- tion.) (iv) Raise the right arm to point upwards, keeping the elbow square, and lower the left arm to point downwards, keeping the elbow square, while turning the head over the left shoulder looking down so that the eyes follow the left forearm, and say: “The sign of the Mourning of Isis.” (See Illustration.) (v) Raise the arms at an angle of sixty degrees to each other above the head, which is thrown back, and say: ‘“ The sign of Apophis a…
1909 · PDF PAGE 9
…orse and settle the question. Now, there was no precedent for so bold a method, and we are not to be surprised that those holy men arose right wrath- fully and fell upon the youth and beat him sore. Having further immured him in a solitary cell, they resumed debate; but ultimately “in the grievous dearth of theological and historical opinion” declared the problem insoluble, an everlasting mystery by the Will of God. To-day, their successors adopt the same principles with regard to that darkest of horses, the A... A... They have fed A I
1909 · PDF PAGE 31
…). Invoking Sutysiung Tue PeNnTAGRAMS OF AIR «N= w/> a4 The signs of 2°=9°: Stretch both arms upwards and out- wards, the elbows bent at right-angles, the hands bent back, the palms upwards as if supporting a weight. (See Illustration.) 21 Name: I H V H (Ye-ho- wau). Invoking Fuyystung
1909 · PDF PAGE 339
…him Tzebaoth. Lift up your Heads, O ye gates, &c. Behind me is the Portal of the Primal Fire: Behind me is the Golden Path of Sol: At my right hand is the Ruddy Light of Mars: And before me is the Gateway of the Waters of the Primal Sea. In the Vast Name of AL the All Enduring Let me pass through the gate of the Waters of the Primal Sea. Lift up your Heads, O ye Gates, &c. 331
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… 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— Gate of the Path of the Lion, in the Sign of the Lion do thou open before my face. Lift up your Heads, O ye Gates, &c. I advance over the Path of the Leader of the Lion, By the Power of the Daughter of the Flaming Sword. About me the Lions are roaring for their prey; But I am Sekhet, of the Flaming Eyes. Turned is my face to the left, And the Priestess of the Silve…