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Opening the Hall

of the Neophytes
Het Nuit Redaction V5.1June, 2006
OPEN SOURCE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN DAWN
Opening the Hall of the Neophytes

The 0=0 Hall of the Neophytes

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OFFiCERS:
On The Dais:
Officer
Attire and Equipment
Imperator
Red Robe and Tabard, Lamen, Sword
Cancellarius
Yellow Robe and Tabard, Lamen, Scepter
Hierophant
Red Robe and Tabard, Lamen, Scepter
Past Hierophant
Green Robe and Tabard, Lamen, Scepter
Praemonstrator
Blue Robe and Tabard, Lamen, Scepter
In The Hall:
Officer
Stolistes
Dadouchos
Hegemon
Rose
Bread
& Salt
Red
Lamp
Hiereus
Black Robe and Tabard, Lamen, Sword
Hegemon
White Robe and Tabard, Lamen, Scepter
Kerux
Black Robe, Yellow Collar, Lamen, Lamp and Wand
Stolistes
Black Robe, Blue Collar, Lamen, Cup of Lustral Water
Dadouchos
Black Robe, Red Collar, Lamen, Thurible
Sentinel
Lamen, Sword
REqUiRED:
Wine
For the Altar
Cross and Triangle, Red or Yellow Rose, Red Lamp,

Cup of Wine or Carafe with Communion Cups and Tray, Paten of Bread and Salt
For the Aspirant
Black Garb and Red Shoes, Hoodwink, Rope, Sash, Chair, Kneeler
Opening the 0=0 Hall
Hiereus
EAST
This shading indicates

the energy form of the hall,
an equal-armed cross.
Kerux
Sentinel
When members are assembled and clothed, Hierophant gives one knock
and the Officers rise. Whenever officers address the Throne of the East, or
enter or leave the Temple, they give the Sign of the Enterer (SoE) towards
the Throne while speaking, followed by the Sign of Silence (SoS). In moving
about the hall, the Sign of the Enterer is given while passing the Throne,
as below, and the Sign of Silence upon returning to seat. Members wear
black with red footgear. They do not rise except for Adorations to the East
or when asked for the Signs, but when they have occasion to move in the
Temple, they do so in the direction of the SUN. Members make the Neophyte
Signs on passing the Throne of the East whether the Hierophant is there
or not. The Grade Sign is made in the direction of movement except when
entering or leaving the Hall, when it is made towards the East.
Neophyte
! This sign represents one knock made by rapping the base or shaft of
wand or the pommel of sword on a table.
S/he makes the Sign of Silence and sits.

Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, how many Officers are there in this Hall?
Greeting
Hiereus:
Take Refuge by three Ahs. All visualize the Hall surrounded with the black
egg Tattwa of Spirit.
There are three Principal Officers;

the Hierophant, the Hiereus, and the Hegemon.
Hiero:
Is there any peculiarity in these Names?
Hiero:
Hiereus:
They all commence with the letter H.
Hiero:
Of what is this Letter a symbol?
Hiereus:
Of Life; because the Letter H is our mode of representing

the ancient Greek aspirate or breathing,
and Breath is the evidence of Life.
Hiero:
How many supporting Officers are there?
Hiereus:
There are three besides the Sentinel;

the Kerux, the Stolistes, and the Dadouchos.
The Sentinel is without the Portal of the Hall
and has a Sword in him/her hand to keep out intruders.
It is him/her duty to prepare the Aspirant.
Hiero:
BAR THE DOOR! ANPU EN AMENTA,

WATCHER AT THE THRESHOLD.
Fr./Sr. Dadouchos, your station and duties?
Dad:
(SoE) My station is in the South to symbolize Heat and

Dryness, and my duty is to see that the Lamps and Fires of
the Temple are ready at the opening, to watch over the Censer
and the Incense, and to consecrate the Hall and the Fraters
and Sorors and the Aspirant with Fire.
Hiero:
KINDLE THE FIRES, THAUM-AESCH-NIAETH,

GUARDIAN OF THE HIDDEN FLAME (Dadouchos give SoS)
Sr/Fr. Stolistes, your station and duties?
Stol:
(SoE) My station is in the North to symbolize Cold and

Moisture. My duty is to see that the Robes and Insignia of
the Officers are ready at the opening, to watch over the Cup
of Lustral Water, and to purify the Hall and the Fraters and
Sorors and the Candidate with Water.
Hiero:
POUR FORTH THE WATERS, AUR-A-MO-OOTH,

GUARDIAN OF THE CAULDRON, UN-DRY (Stolistes give SoS)
Fr./Sr. Kerux, your station and duties?
(Knock)
Kerux on hearing the Hierophants knock, goes to the North East, to

Hierophants right, faces West, raising the Lamp and Wand and says:
Kerux:
HEKAS, HEKAS, ESTE BEBELOI!
Kerux returns to place. Hierophant rises with one knock.

Hiero:
Fraters and Sorors of Het Nuit

of the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn,
Please assist me to open the Hall of the Neophytes.
Fr./Sr. Kerux, please see that the Hall is properly guarded.
Kerux goes to the door and gives one knock. Sentinel replies with one knock.
Kerux:
(SoE) Fr./Sr. Hierophant, the Hall is properly guarded. (SoS)
Kerux remains by door.

Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, please guard the hither side of the portal and
assure yourself that all present have witnessed the Golden Dawn.
Hiereus goes to the door, stands before it with Sword erect, Kerux being on
the right with Lamp and Wand, and says:
Hiereus:
Fraters and Sorors of the Order of the Golden Dawn,

Please rise and give the signs of a Neophyte.
All, including the Dais officers, make Signs (SoE SoS) towards Altar while
Hiereus observes. This done, Hiereus gives Signs towards Hierophant, and says:
Hiereus:
(SoE) Fr./Sr. Hierophant, all present have been so honored. (SoS)
The Officers
Hiereus and Kerux return to their places. Hierophant gives the Sign of the
Enterer towards the West, but NOT the Sign of Silence.
Hiero:
Neophyte
Let the number of Officers in this degree and the nature of

their Offices be proclaimed once again, that the Powers whose
images they are may be re-awakened in the spheres of those
present and in the sphere of this Orderfor by Names and by
Images are all Powers awakened and re-awakened.
Neophyte
Kerux:
(SoE) My place is within the portal. My duties are to see that

the furniture of the Hall is properly arranged at the Opening,
to guard the inner side of the portal, to admit the Fraters
and Sorors, and to watch over the reception of the Aspirant;
to lead all Mystic Circumambulations carrying the Lamp
of my Office; and to make all reports and announcements.
My Lamp is the symbol of Hidden Knowledge,
and my Wand is the symbol of its directing power.
Hiero:
COME FORTH, APUAT, OPENER OF THE WAYS (Kerux gives S0S)

Fr./Sr. Hegemon, your station and duties?
Heg:
(SoE) My station is between the Two Pillars of Hermes

and Solomon and my face is towards the cubical Altar of
the Universe. My duty is to watch over the Gateway of the
Hidden Knowledge for I am the reconciler between Light and
Darkness. I watch over the preparation of the Aspirant
and assist in his reception, and I lead him in the Path that
conducts from Darkness to Light. The White Color of my
Robe is the color of Purity, my ensign of office is the Feathercrowned scepter to symbolize balance which guides and regulates life, and my Office symbolizes those higher aspirations
of the soul which should guide its action.
All:
Hiero:
HOLD THE CENTER, MAAT, KEEPER OF THE BALANCE

(Hegemon gives SoS)
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, your station and duties?
Hiereus:
(holds Sword and Banner) (SoE)

My station is on the Throne of the West and is a symbol
of the increase of Darkness and the decrease of Light
and I am the Master of Darkness. I keep the Gateway
of the West and watch over the reception of the Aspirant
and over the Supporting Officers in the doing of their work.
My black Robe is an image of the Darkness that was upon
the Face of the Waters. I carry the Sword of Judgment and the
Banner of the Evening Twilight, which is the Banner of the
West, and I am called Fortitude.
During the following action, the Hegemon holds the center. The Dadouchos
and Stolistes always move directly opposite each other as if each were
attached to the end of a long beam that pivots around the center of the hall.
Dadouchos goes to West doing nothing but maintain the balance until s/he
reaches the East. Stolistes goes to the East, faces Hierophant, and sprinkles
a few drops of Water towards the East three times in the pattern of the
Supernal Triangle. Moving deosil s/he continues the purification in each
quarter silently intoning the elemental God names: ASHERAH in the East,
ELOHIM in the South, EL in the West, and ADONAI in the North. When
the Dadouchos reaches the East, s/he begins the same action as the Stolistes
but uses the Censer. The Stolistes returns to the East to complete the circle,
traces a cross and circle in the air, then holds the Cup on high and says;
Hiero:
WARD THE HALL, SET, MASTER OF DARKNESS (Hiereus gives SoS)
Hierophant stands, holding Scepter and Banner of the East.
Hiero:
My station is on the Throne of the East in the place where

the Sun rises, and I am the Captain of the Hall,
guiding it according to the Laws of the Cosmos,
as that which Image I am, is the Guide of all who work
for the Hidden Knowledge. My robe is the red of Created Fire
and Uncreated Fire, My scepter is the Hierphants Cross, and
I hold the Banner of the Morning Light which is the Banner
of the East. I am called Light, Power, Mercy, and Wisdom,
and I am the Expounder of the Mysteries.
Hierophant sits down.

(Taking lead from Hiereus)
TAKE THY SEAT IN THE EAST, RA-HOOR-KHUIT,
IN THY SECRET NAME AND SPLENDOUR
ART THOU LORD INITIATING.
Purification & Consecration

Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Stolistes and Fr./Sr. Dadouchos, will you purify and

consecrate the Hall with Water and with Fire.
Dadouchos and Stolistes rise and salute (SoE).

S & D:
Stol:
I will (in unison)
I purify with Water.
Stolistes now moves to the South and for the remainer of the action simply balances the Dadouchos. The Dadouchos continues censing around the
circle until s/he returns to the East, traces a cross and circle in the air, then
raises the Censer on high and says:
Dad:
I consecrate with Fire
Stolistes and Dadouchos return to their places. (SoS)

Neophyte
Neophyte
Circumambulation
Hiero:
Let the Mystic Circumambulation take place

in the Pathway of LIGHT
Hierophant stands holding the Scepter in his/her right hand, the Banner
of the East in his/her left. Kerux goes to the Northeast with Lamp and
Wand. Then, each with his/her implement(s), line up in order: the Hegemon,
Hiereus, Members (if space permits), Stolistes, Dadouchos, and Sentinel.
Once all are in place, the Kerux leads the procession past Hierophant,
each Officer making the Sign of the Enterer as s/he passes. Hiereus falls
out as soon as s/he reaches his/her Throne. S/he stands mirroring the
Hierophant in a Yin state. Hegemon returns to his/her place after passing
Hierophant twice (one full orbit). The rest continue until they have passed
the Hierophant three times and then take their places as they come to them.
Hiereus:
Heg:
Hiero:
(!) KONX
(!) OM
(!) PAX
Heg:
Hiero:
Hiereus :
(!) LIGHT
(!) IN
(!) EXTENSION
All make Signs (SoE) towards Altar and are seated.
The Initiation
Hiero:
DO WHAT THOU WILT SHALL BE THE WHOLE OF THE

LAW. Fraters and Sorors of Het Nuit, of the Open Source
Order of the Golden Dawn, by virtue of our ability to wield a
current of initiation, I would undertake to receive _________,
into the 0=0 Degree of Neophyte. What is your will?
All:
(Respond)
Members rise. All face East and make the Sign of the Enterer following the
lead of Hierophant. The Sign of Silence is made at the end of the Prayer.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hegemon, bid the Aspirant to prepare for the Ceremony

of his/her Reception, and superintend his/her preparation.
ALL:
Hegemon rises, removes his/her chair from between the Pillars, and goes out
followed by Sentinel, who carries the Hoodwink and Rope. Hegemon sees
that the Aspirant is properly dressed in black clothes and preferably with red
shoes or socks. The rope goes three times around his/her waist or is tied with
three ropes. Hegemon leads Aspirant to door and gives one knock. Meanwhile
the Kerux removes the Elements from the Altar, dispersing them to the Four
Winds, one at a time in a spiral motion.
Hiero:
The Mystical Circumambulation, symbolic of the Rise of

Light, is accomplished. Let us adore the Universe and Space.
Holy art Thou, who art Universe! (SoE)

Holy art Thou, who art in Nature Formed! (SoE)
Holy art Thou, the Vast and the Mighty! (SoE)
Source of Darkness, Source of Light! (SoS)
Only the Hierophant, Hiereus and Hegemon raise Wands and Sword in
salute, and sink them in unison. Other officers do not salute. All face as
usual, but remain standing.
Charge to the Hall

Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Kerux, in the Name of the Lord of Initiation,

I ask you to declare that we have opened
the Hall of the Neophytes.
Heg:
(Knocks)
Kerux:
(Knocks from within) (SoE) The Aspirant seeks for entrance. (SoS)
All visualize the Aspirant surrounded with the black egg Tattwa of Spirit.
Hiero:
Kerux goes North-East, faces West, and raising his/her Wand says:
Kerux:
(SoE) In the Name of the Lord of Initiation,

Lord of Silence and of Strength,
I declare that the Sun has arisen and the Shadows flee away.
Kerux returns to his/her place. (SoS)

Kerux knocksHiereus knocksHegemon knocks.
Hiero:
Hiereus:
Heg:
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(!) KHABS
(!) AM
(!) PEKHT
Bring him/her upon the threshold. (done)

You who stand upon the threshold of this hall
Know that to enter herein is to undergo certain change!
Is it your will to enter?
Aspirant: (Responds)
Hiero:
Therefore I call ___________ to enter, (Aspirant is brought

within and the door closed behind him/her.) Who now loses
his/her name to be henceforth known among us as ________.
Let the Stolistes and the Dadouchos assist in the reception.
Neophyte
11
When the Stolistes and Dadouchos are in their places,

the Kerux admits Aspirant. The three then form a
Triangle. When Aspirant is within hall, Hegemon
stands on one side and the Sentinel on the other forming a matching triangle. The Officers speak in turn.
Entry
Asp.
Heg:
Inheritor of a Dying World,

arise and enter the Darkness.
Stol:
The Mother of Darkness

hath blinded him/her with Her Hair.
Dad:
The Father of Darkness

hath hidden him/her under His Wings.
Hiero:
His/Her limbs are still weary from the wars which are in Heaven.
Kerux:
Unpurified and Unconsecrated, thou canst not enter our

Sacred Hall.
Stolistes comes forward and marks Aspirants brow with cross and circle,
then sprinkles water thrice, saying:
Stol:
Asp:
(Hegemon prompting if needed) I am.
Hiero:
Then you will kneel on both your knees. (done)

The powers of Mercy and Severity have brought you to this
place. Are you willing to take this supreme vow?
Asp:
Hiero:
Fr/Sr Hiereus and Fr/Sr Hegemon, control the Aspirant.
Hiereus, at the Aspirants left, places his/her sword on the nape of the
Aspirants neck and Hegemon, at the Aspirants right, places his/her wand at
the base of the Aspirants throat.
Hiero:
This Vow binds you in your Civic, Religious and Moral life.
It touches on every aspect of your being. No one can ever release
you from this vow. Is it your will to take this ultimate vow?
Asp:
It is. (or some such, Hegemon prompting as needed.)
Hiero:
Give me your right hand, which I place upon this Holy

Symbol, the Sign of Our Order. Place your left hand in mine.
You will say, I, pronounce your full name by which you are
known in the world, and repeat after me: I, _______________,
So with my all; I have no right but to do my will; I shall do
that, and no other shall say nay.For pure will unassuaged of
purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.
ALL:
THE PERFECT AND THE PERFECT ARE ONE PERFECT AND

NOT TWO; NAY, ARE NONE!
Hiero:
(knock) Remove the Sword and Wand.

Fr./Sr. Hegemon, please place the Aspirant in the Northern
part of the Hall: The place of Forgetfulness, Dumbness and
Necessity, and the greatest symbolic Darkness.
In thy Name, _______________, I purify Thee with Water.
Dadachous comes forward and signs before Aspirant with cross and circle,
then waves thrice, saying:
Dad:
In thy Name, _______________, I consecrate Thee with Fire.
Traveling sunwise, the Dadouchos and Stolistes return to their stations.

Hiero:
Conduct the Aspirant to the foot of the Altar. (done)

Inheritor of a Dying World, Why seekest thou to enter our
Sacred Hall? Why seekest thou admission to our Order?
Asp:
(Hegemon prompting as needed) My Soul wanders in Darkness

and seeks the Light of Hidden Knowledge, and I believe
that in this Order Knowledge of that Light may be obtained.
Hiero:
I hold your pledge to keep sacred everything that relates to

this Order. I now ask you, are you willing to take a profound
Obligation in the presence of this Assembly,
to keep the Mysteries of our Order inviolate?
Asp:
Hiero:
Although the Magickal virtues can indeed awaken

into momentary life in the mean and malicious heart,
they cannot reign in any heart that hath not the natural
virtues to be their throne. Are you ready to take this Oath?
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Hegemon takes Aspirant to North and faces him/her East. Kerux goes with
Lamp and Wand to the North East. Stolistes & Dadouchos follow Aspirant
at the ready.
Heg:
The voice of my Undying and Secret Soul said unto me:

Let me enter the Path of Darkness and,
peradventure, there shall I find the Light.
I am the only Being in an Abyss of Darkness:
from an Abyss of Darkness came I forth ere my birth,
from the Silence of a Primal Sleep.
And the Voice of Ages answered to my soul:
Neophyte
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Hiero:
I am That which formulates in Darkness,

the Light that shineth in Darkness,
yet the Darkness comprehendeth it not (knock)
in the Path of Knowledge that leads unto Light,
with the Lamp of Hidden Knowledge to guide us.
Kerux leads, followed by Hegemon with Aspirant, Stolistes and Dadouchos

last. [Exception: If space is too tight let the Stolistes and Dadouchos precede
the Aspirant.] As they pass, Hierophant gives one knock, just as the Aspirant
passes. They travel sunwise, and passing Hiereus s/he similarly knocks.
Kerux stops in the South after the second passing of Hierophant, barring the
way with his/her Wand, saying:
Kerux:
Unpurified and Unconsecrated,

thou canst not enter the path of the West!
Stolistes and Dadachous Lustrate and Consecrate as before
Stolistes and Dadachous Lustrate and Consecrate as before.

Stol:
In thy Name, ____________________, I purify Thee with
Dad:
In thy Name, ____________________, I consecrate Thee with
Heg:
Child of Earth, thrice purified and thrice consecrated,

thou mayest approach the Gateway of the East.
Water.
Fire.
Kerux leads procession to the throne of the Hierophant Connecting his/her

aura with the Banner of the East, Hierophant stands and stops Aspirant with
wand across his/her chest. Hegemon raises hoodwink momentarily to provide
a glimpse of Hierophant holding his/her wand before Aspirants eyes.
Thou canst not pass by me, saith the Guardian of the East,
unless thou canst tell me my name.
Asp:
Child of Earth, twice purified and twice consecrated,

thou mayest approach the Gateway of the West.
(Hegemon prompting) Light dawning in Darkness is thy Name,

the Light of a Golden Day!
Hiero:
Unbalanced Power is the ebbing away of Life.

Unbalanced Mercy is weakness and the fading out of the Will.
Unbalanced Severity is cruelty and the barrenness of Mind.
Thou hast known me now, so pass thou on to the Cubical
Altar of the Universe.
Dad:
Heg:
Kerux leads procession to the throne of the Hiereus. Connecting his/her

aura with the Banner of the West, Hiereus stands and stops Aspirant with
sword across his/her chest. Hegemon raises hoodwink momentarily to provide a glimpse of Hiereus holding his/her sword before Aspirants eyes.
Hiereus:
Thou canst not pass by me, saith the Guardian of the West,
Asp:
(Hegemon prompting) Darkness is thy Name,

thou Great One of the Paths of the Shades.
Fear not at all. Fear neither men nor Fates nor gods nor anything. Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly,
nor any other power in heaven or upon the earth
or under the earth. Nu is your refuge as Hadit your light;
and Ra-Hoor-Khu is the strength, force, vigour of your arms.
Thou hast known me now, so pass thou on.
Kerux leads, followed by Hegemon with Aspirant, Stolistes and Dadachous

last. As they pass, Hierophant gives one knock, just as the Aspirant passes.
They travel sunwise, and passing Hiereus s/he similarly knocks. Kerux
stops in the North after passing the Hiereus, barring the way with his/her
Wand, saying:
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thou canst not enter the path of the East!
Hiero:
Stol:
Hiereus:
Kerux:
Hoodwink is replaced. Kerux leads to the Altar. Aspirant placed due West,
Hiereus on North, Hegemon on South, Kerux behind the Aspirant forms a
supporting triangle with the Stolistes and Dadouchos. Hierophant descends
Samekh holding wand in right hand and Banner of the East in left, coming
between pillars to the East of the Altar, saying:
Hiero:
I come in the Power of the Light;

I come in the Light of Wisdom;
I come in the Mercy of the Light;
The Light hath Healing in its Wings.
Hierophant makes Sign of the Enterer towards

Aspirant, then Sign of Silence. The two triangles of
Officers are united forming a hexagram with the
Aspirant at its center. Hierophant invokes:
Asp.
Altar
Neophyte
1
Hiero:
O Nuit! continuous one of Heaven, let it be ever thus

that men speak not of Thee as One but as None;
and let them speak not of thee at all, since thou art continuous!
All:
(whispering) NONE, BREATHED THE LIGHT, FAINT &

FAERY, OF THE STARS AND TWO.
FOR I AM DIVIDED FOR LOVES SAKE,
FOR THE CHANCE OF UNION.
THIS IS THE CREATION OF THE WORLD,
THAT THE PAIN OF DIVISION IS AS NOTHING,
AND THE JOY OF DISSOLUTION ALL.
Done, but Neophyte is not yet between the Pillars. Hegemon takes his/her
place outside White Pillar.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, will you give the Neophyte the Word, Grip
and Signs as well as the current password of the 0=0 Hall
of the Neophytes of the Open Source Order of the Golden
Dawn.
Hiereus:
(SoE) I will. (SoS)
Handing sword and Banner to the Hegemon, Hiereus steps between the two
pillars.
Hierophant, Hiereus, and Hegemon form Tetrahedron over Aspirant with

tools.
Hiereus:
Fr./Sr. ________, I shall now instruct you in the Step, Signs,

Grip and Words of this Grade.
Heg:
Inheritor of a Dying World, we call thee to the Living Beauty
Hiereus:
Hiereus:
Wanderer in the Wild Darkness, we call thee to the Gentle Light.
Hiero:
Long hast thou dwelt in Darkness: Quit the Night

and seek the Day.
First, advance your left foot a short pace, as if stepping

through a doorway. (done) This is the Step. It symbolizes that
you have taken the first step on the path to Adepthood.
The Signs are two. The first is the Sign of the Enterer: take
the Step, then thrust out both your hands forward, palms
down, hands level with your eyes. (done) It alludes to reaching out from the darkness toward the Light, and for sending
the power of your own Light out from the darkness.
Hoodwink is swiftly removed by the Kerux.

Hiero:
(Aspirants motto)
H&H&H: (together) We receive thee into the Order of the Golden Dawn!
Hiero:
Hiereus:
Heg:
KHABS
AM
PEKHT
Hiereus:
Heg:
Hiero:
KONX
OM
PAX
Heg:
Hiero:
Hiereus:
LIGHT
IN
EXTENSION
Hiero:
(knock)
The second sign is the Sign of Silence: step back firmly so

that the left heel touches the right instep, and place the tip
of your finger to your lips. (done) It alludes to grounding,
to hermetically sealing your energy within yourself. The first
sign is always answered with the second.
The Grip or Token is this: take the Step and place your left
foot next to mine, heel to toe. (done) Then reach for my right
hand with yours, and touch your fingers to mine, draw back,
then catch my fingers in yours. (done) It alludes to reaching
for guidance in the darkness, and finding it.
Hiero:
Officers lower their wands. Kerux moves to North East holding Lamp aloft,
Hierophant directs Aspirants attention there.
Hiero:
In all thy wandering in Darkness, the Lamp of the Kerux

went before thee, though it was not seen by thine eyes.
It is the Symbol of the Light of the Hidden Knowledge
Officers return to their places, except for Hegemon, Hiereus and Aspirant.
Hiero:
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The Words are delivered along with the Grip, whispered from
mouth to ear, one syllable at a time. The Grand Word of this
Grade is HAR PAR KRATexchange it with me. (done)
The password of the current Equinox is __________. Exchange
it with me. (done)
Maintaining the Grip, the Hiereus draws the Neophyte between the two pillars:
Hiereus:
I now place you between the two Pillars of Hermes and of

Solomon in the symbolic Gateway of Hidden Knowledge.
Let the Neophyte be led to the East of the Altar.

Neophyte
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Hiereus reclaims sword and banner.

Hiereus:
Hiero:
Let the final Consecration take place.
Stolistes and Dadachous proceed around hall as in opening but upon

returning to the East, instead of facing East and saying lines, turn and
anoint/lustrate or cense/consecrate the Neophyte with cross and circle.
Stol:
Dad:
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hegemon, will you please remove the Rope,

the last remaining symbol of the Path of Darkness,
and invest our Fr./Sr. with the Badge of this degree.
Heg:
(SoE) I will. (SoS)
Hegemon hands wand to Hiereus to hold. S/he removes Rope from the
Aspirant and throws it away in a suitable direction.
Heg:
(investing the Aspirant with the sash) The Badge of this degree
is a solid black sash which goes from the left shoulder to the
right hip. Upon the breast is a white triangle symbolizing
Light dawning in Darkness.
Fr./Sr. Kerux will you declare that our Fr./Sr. Neophyte

has been initiated into the Mysteries of the 0=0 Hall?
Kerux:
(SoE) I will. (SoS)

In the Name of the Lord of Initiation,
The Lord of Silence and of Strength,
I proclaim that
(worldly name)
, who will henceforth
be known among us by the Motto _____________________,
has been duly admitted to the 0=0 Hall
as a Neophyte of the Order of the Golden Dawn.
All:
LOVE IS THE LAW, LOVE UNDER WILL.
Note: If more than one aspirant is to be initiated in this session stop here
and perform the next initiation(s) up to this point. Conclude the initiations
with the following speeches with all new Initiates present.
Hiereus:
(stands and faces newest initiate(s))

Aum! All words are sacred and all prophets true;
save only that they understand a little;
solve the first half of the equation,
leave the second unattacked.
But thou hast all in the clear light, and some, though not all,
in the dark. Love is the law, love under will.
Nor let the fools mistake love, for there are love and love.
There is the dove, and there is the serpent. Choose ye well!
Hiero:
There is a word to say about the Hierophantic task.

Behold! there are three ordeals in one,
and it may be given in three ways.
The gross must pass through fire;
let the fine be tried in intellect,
and the lofty chosen ones in the highest.
Hegemon reclaims wand.

Hiereus:
Let the Mystical Circumambulation take place

in the Path-way of Light.
Kerux leads in North East, Hegemon guides Neophyte back behind Black
Pillar to follow Kerux. Hiereus follows then, next, Stolistes and Dadachous
Circumambulate as at opening, Neo. directed by Hegemon to follow Kerux
and then to be seated in North East. Once all are in place Hegemon recovers chair and is seated. Kerux replaces Rose, Lamp, Cup and Paten in their
places on the Altar as at opening. All are seated.
Hiero:
Welcome among us. (applause)

We will not regale you with lengthy explanations
of the symbolism of this Hall, that is published
and for you to study. It is well worth the effort. But know
this: In the time of the writing of one of our many scriptures
there was a priest-scribe who had been given the task
of writing that scripture. In the midst of that writing
the priest fell into a deep trance or swoon
and and said unto the Queen of Heaven;
Write unto us the ordeals; write unto us the rituals;

write unto us the law! But she said: the ordeals I write not:
the rituals shall be half known and half concealed:
the Law is for all.
Before you lies the task of committing certain rudiments of

Magickal knowledge to memory. When you have satisfied
yourself with your attainment, arrangements will be made for
you to sit for examination. Upon passing, you will be ready at
your discretion for the next Degree.
Kerux moves to Heraldic Post and faces the new Neophyte(s).
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Neophyte
1
Kerux:
Saith Nuit:
Now, therefore, I am known to ye by my name Nuit,
and to him by a secret name which I will give him
when at last he knoweth me. Since I am Infinite Space,
and the Infinite Stars thereof, do ye also thus. Bind nothing!
Let there be no difference made among you
between any one thing & any other thing;
for thereby there commeth hurt.
But whoso availeth in this, let him be chief of all!
Obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals of my knowledge!
seek me only! Then the joys of my love
will redeem ye from all pain.
This is so: I swear it by the vault of my body;
by my sacred heart and tongue; by all I can give,
by all I desire of ye all.
S/he sits down.

Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Stolistes and Fr./Sr. Dadouchos, will you purify

and consecrate the Hall with Water and with Fire.
S&D:
(SoE) I will. (in unison)
As with opening,
Stol:
As with opening,
Dad:
Stolistes and Dadouchos return to their places.
Circumambulation
Closing
Hiero:
Hiereus
(knock)
Hiero:
Let the Mystic Reverse Circumambulation

take place in the Pathway of Light

This is done.
Kerux:
Hiero:

Hiero:

Please assist me to close the Hall of the Neophytes.
Fr./Sr. Kerux, see that the Hall is properly guarded.
ALL:
Kerux:
The Mystical Reverse Circumambulation symbolic

of the Fading of Light is accomplished.
Let us adore the Universe and Space.

S/he salutes the Hierophants Throne, Remains by door.
Mystic Repast
Hiero:
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, guard the hither side of the portal and assure
yourself that all present have witnessed the Golden Dawn.
his/her right with Lamp and Wand, and says:
Hiereus:

give the signs of a Neophyte.
All make Signs towards Altar while Hiereus observes.This done, Hiereus
gives Signs towards Hierophant, and says:
20 Neophyte
Nothing now remains but to partake together in silence of the

Mystic Repast, composed of the symbols of the Four Elements,
and to remember the call to do our will.
All are seated.

Hierophant puts down scepter and returns the Banner of the East to its
place. Hierophant goes to the West of the Altar and facing East gives the
Saluting Sign, but withholds the Sign of Silence, and taking up the Rose
says:
Neophyte
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Hiero:
I invite you to inhale with me

the perfume of this Rose, as a symbol of Air.
To feel with me the warmth of this sacred Fire,
To eat with me this Bread and Salt as types of Earth
And finally to drink with me this wine, the consecrated
emblem of Elemental Water. (makes a grand cross on self.)
Placing the Cup on the altar between the Cross and Triangle, Hierophant
then comes east of the Altar and faces West, all others partake as per custom, giving the Sign of Enterer approaching altar, and answered by Sign of
Silence. The sacrament is taken in this order: Imperator, Praemonstrator,
Cancellarius, Past Hierophant, Hiereus, Hegemon, Stolistes, Dadouchos,
Sentinel, the members, guests, new Neophytes, and ends with the Kerux.
Kerux:
(drains cup and inverts it in the center of the altar) It is finished! (S/he then replaces cup aright, re-joins cross and triangle, and places the cup to West side of the altar)
The Closing Charge

Hiero:
(!) TETELESTAI.
Hiereus:
(!)
Heg:
(!)
Hiero:
May what we have partaken bring us to the Quintessence,

the accomplishment of our true wills, the Great Work, the
Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness.
Hiero:
Hiereus:
Heg:
(!) KHABS
(!) AM
(!) PEKHT
Hiereus:
Heg:
Hiero:
(!) KONX
(!) OM
(!) PAX
Heg:
Hiero:
Hiereus:
(!) LIGHT
(!) IN
(!) EXTENSION
All make Signs towards Altar (SoE - SoS).
Dedication of Merit
ALL:
May the benefit of this act, and all acts, be dedicated unto
the Complete Liberation and the Supreme Enlightenment of
all beings everywhere pervading space and time. So mote it be.
May the benefits of practice, ours and others, come to fruition,
ultimately and immediately, and we remain in the state
of presenceAh!
Optional Mentor Introduction

To be inserted before the Closing of the Hall when needed.
Hiero:
Fraters and Sorors, As you all know, our journey together is

not easy. This Way is traveled only by hard labor of mind,
flesh and soul. It is beset with pitfalls and distractions and
the value of a steadying hand for the new traveler cannot be
overvalued.
We have set ourself the task of making Adepts,
the administration of the Way should not be an
impediment to attainment.
We have initiated a/_(#)_ new Frater(s)/Soror(s).
The Philosophi are especially charged to help the new members.
From among you Philosophi, Who will step up and assist
our new Frater/Soror Neophyte _____(name)____?
Who will be there to answer questions and provide guidance
from your experience of our Order?
Who will Mentor Fr./Sr. _____(name)____?
(Thanks all who speak up. One is selected from those who offer.)
Very well then, Fr./Sr. _____(name)____
(and Fr./Sr. _____(name)____), approach the East.
Fr./Sr. _____(name)____, the order honors you for having
taken up the duty to mentor. Allow me to introduce to you
our new(est) member, Fr./Sr. _____(name)____.
Fr./Sr. _____(name)____, please allow me to introduce to you
Fr./Sr. _____(name)____, a Philosophus of the Order who has
offered to be your Mentor during your career through the
First Order. Will you accept them as your Mentor? (assents)
Then I wish upon you both, All Success. Please be seated.
(next introduction)
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Neophyte
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0=0
Opening the Hall
of the Neophytes

center projection
Stolistes
Dadouchos
Hegemon
Rose
Bread
& Salt
Red
Lamp
Wine
Hiereus

Kerux
Sentinel
Opening the Hall of the Neophytes

OFFiCERS:
On The Dais:
Officer
Imperator
Cancellarius
Hierophant
Past Hierophant
Praemonstrator
In The Hall:
Officer
Hiereus
Hegemon
Kerux
Stolistes
Dadouchos
Sentinel
Lamen, Sword
REqUiRED:
For the Altar

For the Aspirant
Black Garb and Red Shoes, Hoodwink, Rope, Sash, Chair, Kneeler
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enter or leave the Temple, they give the Sign of the Enterer (SoE) towards
Temple, they do so in the direction of the SUN. Members make the Neophyte
Signs on passing the Throne of the East whether the Hierophant is there
or not. The Grade Sign is made in the direction of movement except when
entering or leaving the Hall, when it is made towards the East.
Neophyte
! This sign represents one knock made by rapping the base or shaft of
wand or the pommel of sword on a table.
Dedication of Merit
ALL:
Greeting
Take Refuge by three Ahs. All visualize the Hall surrounded with the black
egg Tattwa of Spirit.
Hiero:
Kerux:

Hiero:

Fr./Sr. Kerux, please see that the Hall is properly guarded.
Kerux:

Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, please guard the hither side of the portal and
assure yourself that all present have witnessed the Golden Dawn.
the right with Lamp and Wand, and says:
Hiereus:

All, including the Dais officers, make Signs (SoE SoS) towards Altar while
Hiereus observes. This done, Hiereus gives Signs towards Hierophant, and says:
Hiereus:
The Officers
Hiereus and Kerux return to their places. Hierophant gives the Sign of the
Enterer towards the West, but NOT the Sign of Silence.
Hiero:
4 Neophyte

ultimately and immediately, and we remain in the state
of presenceAh!
(Knock)

Let the number of Officers in this degree and the nature of

their Offices be proclaimed once again, that the Powers whose
images they are may be re-awakened in the spheres of those
present and in the sphere of this Orderfor by Names and by
Images are all Powers awakened and re-awakened.
May the benefit of this act, and all acts, be dedicated unto
the Complete Liberation and the Supreme Enlightenment of
all beings everywhere pervading space and time. So mote it be.
Optional Mentor Introduction

To be inserted before the Closing of the Hall when needed.
Hiero:
Fraters and Sorors, As you all know, our journey together is

not easy. This Way is traveled only by hard labor of mind,
flesh and soul. It is beset with pitfalls and distractions and
the value of a steadying hand for the new traveler cannot be
overvalued.
We have set ourself the task of making Adepts,
the administration of the Way should not be an
impediment to attainment.
We have initiated a/_(#)_ new Frater(s)/Soror(s).
The Philosophi are especially charged to help the new members.
From among you Philosophi, Who will step up and assist
our new Frater/Soror Neophyte _____(name)____?
Who will be there to answer questions and provide guidance
from your experience of our Order?
Who will Mentor Fr./Sr. _____(name)____?
(Thanks all who speak up. One is selected from those who offer.)
Very well then, Fr./Sr. _____(name)____
(and Fr./Sr. _____(name)____), approach the East.
Fr./Sr. _____(name)____, the order honors you for having
taken up the duty to mentor. Allow me to introduce to you
our new(est) member, Fr./Sr. _____(name)____.
Fr./Sr. _____(name)____, please allow me to introduce to you
Fr./Sr. _____(name)____, a Philosophus of the Order who has
offered to be your Mentor during your career through the
First Order. Will you accept them as your Mentor? (assents)
Then I wish upon you both, All Success. Please be seated.
(next introduction)
Neophyte
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Hiero:
I invite you to inhale with me

the perfume of this Rose, as a symbol of Air.
To eat with me this Bread and Salt as types of Earth
emblem of Elemental Water. (makes a grand cross on self.)

Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, how many Officers are there in this Hall?
Hiereus:

Hiero:
Placing the Cup on the altar between the Cross and Triangle, Hierophant
then comes east of the Altar and faces West, all others partake as per custom, giving the Sign of Enterer approaching altar, and answered by Sign of
Silence. The sacrament is taken in this order: Imperator, Praemonstrator,
Cancellarius, Past Hierophant, Hiereus, Hegemon, Stolistes, Dadouchos,
Sentinel, the members, guests, new Neophytes, and ends with the Kerux.
Hiereus:
Hiero:
Hiereus:

Kerux:
Hiero:
How many supporting Officers are there?
Hiereus:

and has a Sword in him/her hand to keep out intruders.
It is him/her duty to prepare the Aspirant.
Hiero:

Fr./Sr. Dadouchos, your station and duties?
Dad:

Dryness, and my duty is to see that the Lamps and Fires of
the Temple are ready at the opening, to watch over the Censer
and the Incense, and to consecrate the Hall and the Fraters
and Sorors and the Aspirant with Fire.
(drains cup and inverts it in the center of the altar) It is finished! (S/he then replaces cup aright, re-joins cross and triangle, and places the cup to West side of the altar)
The Closing Charge

Hiero:
(!) TETELESTAI.
Hiereus:
(!)
Heg:
(!)
Hiero:
May what we have partaken bring us to the Quintessence,

the accomplishment of our true wills, the Great Work, the
Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness.
Hiero:
Hiereus:
Heg:
(!) KHABS
(!) AM
(!) PEKHT
Hiereus:
Heg:
Hiero:
(!) KONX
(!) OM
(!) PAX
Hiero:

GUARDIAN OF THE HIDDEN FLAME (Dadouchos give SoS)
Heg:
Hiero:
Hiereus:
(!) LIGHT
(!) IN
(!) EXTENSION
Stol:

Moisture. My duty is to see that the Robes and Insignia of
the Officers are ready at the opening, to watch over the Cup
of Lustral Water, and to purify the Hall and the Fraters and
Sorors and the Candidate with Water.
Hiero:

GUARDIAN OF THE CAULDRON, UN-DRY (Stolistes give SoS)
Fr./Sr. Kerux, your station and duties?
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Neophyte
Kerux:
Hiero:
Heg:
Hiero:
Hiereus:
Hiero:
(SoE) My place is within the portal. My duties are to see that

the furniture of the Hall is properly arranged at the Opening,
to guard the inner side of the portal, to admit the Fraters
and Sorors, and to watch over the reception of the Aspirant;
and my Wand is the symbol of its directing power.
S/he sits down.

Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Stolistes and Fr./Sr. Dadouchos, will you purify

S&D:
COME FORTH, APUAT, OPENER OF THE WAYS (Kerux gives S0S)

Fr./Sr. Hegemon, your station and duties?
As with opening,

and Solomon and my face is towards the cubical Altar of
the Universe. My duty is to watch over the Gateway of the
Hidden Knowledge for I am the reconciler between Light and
Darkness. I watch over the preparation of the Aspirant
and assist in his reception, and I lead him in the Path that
conducts from Darkness to Light. The White Color of my
Robe is the color of Purity, my ensign of office is the Feathercrowned scepter to symbolize balance which guides and regulates life, and my Office symbolizes those higher aspirations
of the soul which should guide its action.
As with opening,
HOLD THE CENTER, MAAT, KEEPER OF THE BALANCE

(Hegemon gives SoS)
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, your station and duties?
of the increase of Darkness and the decrease of Light
and I am the Master of Darkness. I keep the Gateway
of the West and watch over the reception of the Aspirant
and over the Supporting Officers in the doing of their work.
the Face of the Waters. I carry the Sword of Judgment and the
Banner of the Evening Twilight, which is the Banner of the
West, and I am called Fortitude.
WARD THE HALL, SET, MASTER OF DARKNESS (Hiereus gives SoS)
6 Neophyte
Hiereus
Stol:
Dad:

Circumambulation
Hiero:

take place in the Pathway of Light
This is done.
Hiero:

of the Fading of Light is accomplished.
ALL:

Mystic Repast
Hiero:
Nothing now remains but to partake together in silence of the

Mystic Repast, composed of the symbols of the Four Elements,
and to remember the call to do our will.
All are seated.

Hierophant puts down scepter and returns the Banner of the East to its
place. Hierophant goes to the West of the Altar and facing East gives the
Saluting Sign, but withholds the Sign of Silence, and taking up the Rose
says:
Neophyte
19
Kerux:
Saith Nuit:
Now, therefore, I am known to ye by my name Nuit,
and to him by a secret name which I will give him
when at last he knoweth me. Since I am Infinite Space,
and the Infinite Stars thereof, do ye also thus. Bind nothing!
Let there be no difference made among you
between any one thing & any other thing;
for thereby there commeth hurt.
But whoso availeth in this, let him be chief of all!
Obey my prophet! follow out the ordeals of my knowledge!
seek me only! Then the joys of my love
will redeem ye from all pain.
This is so: I swear it by the vault of my body;
by my sacred heart and tongue; by all I can give,
by all I desire of ye all.
My station is on the Throne of the East in the place where

the Sun rises, and I am the Captain of the Hall,
as that which Image I am, is the Guide of all who work
for the Hidden Knowledge. My robe is the red of Created Fire
and Uncreated Fire, My scepter is the Hierphants Cross, and
I hold the Banner of the Morning Light which is the Banner
of the East. I am called Light, Power, Mercy, and Wisdom,

All:
(Taking lead from Hiereus)

Closing
Hiero:
Hiero:
(knock)
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Stolistes and Fr./Sr. Dadouchos, will you purify and

consecrate the Hall with Water and with Fire.

Kerux:
S & D:

Hiero:

Fr./Sr. Kerux, see that the Hall is properly guarded.
Kerux:

Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, guard the hither side of the portal and assure
yourself that all present have witnessed the Golden Dawn.
his/her right with Lamp and Wand, and says:
Hiereus:

All make Signs towards Altar while Hiereus observes.This done, Hiereus
gives Signs towards Hierophant, and says:
I will (in unison)
During the following action, the Hegemon holds the center. The Dadouchos
and Stolistes always move directly opposite each other as if each were
attached to the end of a long beam that pivots around the center of the hall.
Dadouchos goes to West doing nothing but maintain the balance until s/he
reaches the East. Stolistes goes to the East, faces Hierophant, and sprinkles
a few drops of Water towards the East three times in the pattern of the
Supernal Triangle. Moving deosil s/he continues the purification in each
quarter silently intoning the elemental God names: ASHERAH in the East,
ELOHIM in the South, EL in the West, and ADONAI in the North. When
the Dadouchos reaches the East, s/he begins the same action as the Stolistes
but uses the Censer. The Stolistes returns to the East to complete the circle,
traces a cross and circle in the air, then holds the Cup on high and says;
Stol:
Stolistes now moves to the South and for the remainer of the action simply balances the Dadouchos. The Dadouchos continues censing around the
circle until s/he returns to the East, traces a cross and circle in the air, then
raises the Censer on high and says:
Dad:

18 Neophyte
Neophyte
Circumambulation
Hiero:

Hierophant stands holding the Scepter in his/her right hand, the Banner
of the East in his/her left. Kerux goes to the Northeast with Lamp and
Wand. Then, each with his/her implement(s), line up in order: the Hegemon,
Hiereus, Members (if space permits), Stolistes, Dadouchos, and Sentinel.
Once all are in place, the Kerux leads the procession past Hierophant,
each Officer making the Sign of the Enterer as s/he passes. Hiereus falls
out as soon as s/he reaches his/her Throne. S/he stands mirroring the
Hierophant in a Yin state. Hegemon returns to his/her place after passing
Hierophant twice (one full orbit). The rest continue until they have passed
the Hierophant three times and then take their places as they come to them.
Hiero:
Hiero:
The Mystical Circumambulation, symbolic of the Rise of

Light, is accomplished. Let us adore the Universe and Space.
Write unto us the ordeals; write unto us the rituals;

write unto us the law! But she said: the ordeals I write not:
the rituals shall be half known and half concealed:
the Law is for all.
Fr./Sr. Kerux will you declare that our Fr./Sr. Neophyte
has been initiated into the Mysteries of the 0=0 Hall?
Kerux:
(SoE) I will. (SoS)

I proclaim that
(worldly name)
, who will henceforth
be known among us by the Motto _____________________,
has been duly admitted to the 0=0 Hall
as a Neophyte of the Order of the Golden Dawn.
All:
Note: If more than one aspirant is to be initiated in this session stop here
and perform the next initiation(s) up to this point. Conclude the initiations
with the following speeches with all new Initiates present.
ALL:
Hiereus:
(stands and faces newest initiate(s))

Aum! All words are sacred and all prophets true;
save only that they understand a little;
solve the first half of the equation,
leave the second unattacked.
But thou hast all in the clear light, and some, though not all,
in the dark. Love is the law, love under will.
Nor let the fools mistake love, for there are love and love.
There is the dove, and there is the serpent. Choose ye well!
Hiero:
There is a word to say about the Hierophantic task.

Behold! there are three ordeals in one,
and it may be given in three ways.
The gross must pass through fire;
let the fine be tried in intellect,
and the lofty chosen ones in the highest.

Only the Hierophant, Hiereus and Hegemon raise Wands and Sword in
salute, and sink them in unison. Other officers do not salute. All face as
usual, but remain standing.
Charge to the Hall

Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Kerux, in the Name of the Lord of Initiation,

Kerux:


Kerux knocksHiereus knocksHegemon knocks.
Hiero:
Hiereus:
Heg:
8 Neophyte
(!) KHABS
(!) AM
(!) PEKHT
Before you lies the task of committing certain rudiments of

Magickal knowledge to memory. When you have satisfied
yourself with your attainment, arrangements will be made for
you to sit for examination. Upon passing, you will be ready at
your discretion for the next Degree.
Kerux moves to Heraldic Post and faces the new Neophyte(s).
Neophyte
17
Hiereus reclaims sword and banner.

Hiereus:
Stolistes and Dadachous proceed around hall as in opening but upon

returning to the East, instead of facing East and saying lines, turn and
anoint/lustrate or cense/consecrate the Neophyte with cross and circle.
Stol:
Dad:
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hegemon, will you please remove the Rope,

the last remaining symbol of the Path of Darkness,
and invest our Fr./Sr. with the Badge of this degree.
Heg:
(SoE) I will. (SoS)
Hiereus:
Heg:
Hiero:
(!) KONX
(!) OM
(!) PAX
Heg:
Hiero:
Hiereus :
(!) LIGHT
(!) IN
(!) EXTENSION
The Initiation
Hiero:
Hegemon hands wand to Hiereus to hold. S/he removes Rope from the
Aspirant and throws it away in a suitable direction.
DO WHAT THOU WILT SHALL BE THE WHOLE OF THE

LAW. Fraters and Sorors of Het Nuit, of the Open Source
Order of the Golden Dawn, by virtue of our ability to wield a
current of initiation, I would undertake to receive _________,
into the 0=0 Degree of Neophyte. What is your will?
All:
(Respond)
Heg:
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hegemon, bid the Aspirant to prepare for the Ceremony

of his/her Reception, and superintend his/her preparation.
(investing the Aspirant with the sash) The Badge of this degree
is a solid black sash which goes from the left shoulder to the
right hip. Upon the breast is a white triangle symbolizing
Light dawning in Darkness.
Hegemon reclaims wand.

Hiereus:
Let the Mystical Circumambulation take place

in the Path-way of Light.
Hegemon rises, removes his/her chair from between the Pillars, and goes out
followed by Sentinel, who carries the Hoodwink and Rope. Hegemon sees
that the Aspirant is properly dressed in black clothes and preferably with red
shoes or socks. The rope goes three times around his/her waist or is tied with
three ropes. Hegemon leads Aspirant to door and gives one knock. Meanwhile
the Kerux removes the Elements from the Altar, dispersing them to the Four
Winds, one at a time in a spiral motion.
Kerux leads in North East, Hegemon guides Neophyte back behind Black
Pillar to follow Kerux. Hiereus follows then, next, Stolistes and Dadachous
Circumambulate as at opening, Neo. directed by Hegemon to follow Kerux
and then to be seated in North East. Once all are in place Hegemon recovers chair and is seated. Kerux replaces Rose, Lamp, Cup and Paten in their
places on the Altar as at opening. All are seated.
All visualize the Aspirant surrounded with the black egg Tattwa of Spirit.
Hiero:
Hiero:
16 Neophyte
Welcome among us. (applause)

We will not regale you with lengthy explanations
of the symbolism of this Hall, that is published
and for you to study. It is well worth the effort. But know
this: In the time of the writing of one of our many scriptures
there was a priest-scribe who had been given the task
of writing that scripture. In the midst of that writing
the priest fell into a deep trance or swoon
and and said unto the Queen of Heaven;
Heg:
(Knocks)
Kerux:
(Knocks from within) (SoE) The Aspirant seeks for entrance. (SoS)
Bring him/her upon the threshold. (done)
You who stand upon the threshold of this hall
Know that to enter herein is to undergo certain change!
Is it your will to enter?
Aspirant: (Responds)
Hiero:
Therefore I call ___________ to enter, (Aspirant is brought

within and the door closed behind him/her.) Who now loses
his/her name to be henceforth known among us as ________.
Neophyte
When the Stolistes and Dadouchos are in their places,

the Kerux admits Aspirant. The three then form a
Triangle. When Aspirant is within hall, Hegemon
stands on one side and the Sentinel on the other forming a matching triangle. The Officers speak in turn.
Entry
Done, but Neophyte is not yet between the Pillars. Hegemon takes his/her
place outside White Pillar.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, will you give the Neophyte the Word, Grip
and Signs as well as the current password of the 0=0 Hall
of the Neophytes of the Open Source Order of the Golden
Dawn.
Hiereus:
(SoE) I will. (SoS)
Asp.
Heg:
Inheritor of a Dying World,

arise and enter the Darkness.
Stol:
The Mother of Darkness

hath blinded him/her with Her Hair.
Dad:
The Father of Darkness

hath hidden him/her under His Wings.
Hiero:
His/Her limbs are still weary from the wars which are in Heaven.
Kerux:
Unpurified and Unconsecrated, thou canst not enter our

Sacred Hall.
Handing sword and Banner to the Hegemon, Hiereus steps between the two
pillars.
Hiereus:
Fr./Sr. ________, I shall now instruct you in the Step, Signs,

Grip and Words of this Grade.
Hiereus:
First, advance your left foot a short pace, as if stepping

through a doorway. (done) This is the Step. It symbolizes that
you have taken the first step on the path to Adepthood.
The Signs are two. The first is the Sign of the Enterer: take
the Step, then thrust out both your hands forward, palms
down, hands level with your eyes. (done) It alludes to reaching out from the darkness toward the Light, and for sending
the power of your own Light out from the darkness.
Stolistes comes forward and marks Aspirants brow with cross and circle,
then sprinkles water thrice, saying:
Stol:
Dadachous comes forward and signs before Aspirant with cross and circle,
then waves thrice, saying:
Dad:
The second sign is the Sign of Silence: step back firmly so

that the left heel touches the right instep, and place the tip
of your finger to your lips. (done) It alludes to grounding,
to hermetically sealing your energy within yourself. The first
sign is always answered with the second.
Traveling sunwise, the Dadouchos and Stolistes return to their stations.

Hiero:
Conduct the Aspirant to the foot of the Altar. (done)

Inheritor of a Dying World, Why seekest thou to enter our
Sacred Hall? Why seekest thou admission to our Order?
Asp:
(Hegemon prompting as needed) My Soul wanders in Darkness

and seeks the Light of Hidden Knowledge, and I believe
that in this Order Knowledge of that Light may be obtained.
Hiero:
I hold your pledge to keep sacred everything that relates to

this Order. I now ask you, are you willing to take a profound
Obligation in the presence of this Assembly,
to keep the Mysteries of our Order inviolate?
Asp:
Hiero:
Although the Magickal virtues can indeed awaken

into momentary life in the mean and malicious heart,
they cannot reign in any heart that hath not the natural
virtues to be their throne. Are you ready to take this Oath?
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The Grip or Token is this: take the Step and place your left
foot next to mine, heel to toe. (done) Then reach for my right
hand with yours, and touch your fingers to mine, draw back,
then catch my fingers in yours. (done) It alludes to reaching
for guidance in the darkness, and finding it.
Hiero:
The Words are delivered along with the Grip, whispered from
mouth to ear, one syllable at a time. The Grand Word of this
Grade is HAR PAR KRATexchange it with me. (done)
The password of the current Equinox is __________. Exchange
it with me. (done)
Maintaining the Grip, the Hiereus draws the Neophyte between the two pillars:
Hiereus:
I now place you between the two Pillars of Hermes and of

Solomon in the symbolic Gateway of Hidden Knowledge.
Neophyte
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Hiero:
All:

and let them speak not of thee at all, since thou art continuous!
(whispering) NONE, BREATHED THE LIGHT, FAINT &
FAERY, OF THE STARS AND TWO.
Hierophant, Hiereus, and Hegemon form Tetrahedron over Aspirant with

tools.
Asp:
Hiero:
Then you will kneel on both your knees. (done)

The powers of Mercy and Severity have brought you to this
place. Are you willing to take this supreme vow?
Asp:
Hiero:
Fr/Sr Hiereus and Fr/Sr Hegemon, control the Aspirant.
Hiereus, at the Aspirants left, places his/her sword on the nape of the
Aspirants neck and Hegemon, at the Aspirants right, places his/her wand at
the base of the Aspirants throat.
Hiero:
This Vow binds you in your Civic, Religious and Moral life.
It touches on every aspect of your being. No one can ever release
you from this vow. Is it your will to take this ultimate vow?
Heg:
Inheritor of a Dying World, we call thee to the Living Beauty
Hiereus:
Wanderer in the Wild Darkness, we call thee to the Gentle Light.
Asp:
It is. (or some such, Hegemon prompting as needed.)
Hiero:
Long hast thou dwelt in Darkness: Quit the Night

and seek the Day.
Hiero:
Give me your right hand, which I place upon this Holy

Symbol, the Sign of Our Order. Place your left hand in mine.
You will say, I, pronounce your full name by which you are
known in the world, and repeat after me: I, _______________,
So with my all; I have no right but to do my will; I shall do
that, and no other shall say nay.For pure will unassuaged of
purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.
ALL:
THE PERFECT AND THE PERFECT ARE ONE PERFECT AND

NOT TWO; NAY, ARE NONE!
Hiero:
(knock) Remove the Sword and Wand.

Fr./Sr. Hegemon, please place the Aspirant in the Northern
part of the Hall: The place of Forgetfulness, Dumbness and
Necessity, and the greatest symbolic Darkness.
Hoodwink is swiftly removed by the Kerux.

Hiero:
(Aspirants motto)
H&H&H: (together) We receive thee into the Order of the Golden Dawn!
Hiero:
Hiereus:
Heg:
KHABS
AM
PEKHT
Hiereus:
Heg:
Hiero:
KONX
OM
PAX
Heg:
Hiero:
Hiereus:
LIGHT
IN
EXTENSION
Hiero:
(knock)
Officers lower their wands. Kerux moves to North East holding Lamp aloft,
Hierophant directs Aspirants attention there.
Hiero:
In all thy wandering in Darkness, the Lamp of the Kerux

went before thee, though it was not seen by thine eyes.
It is the Symbol of the Light of the Hidden Knowledge
Officers return to their places, except for Hegemon, Hiereus and Aspirant.
Hiero:
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Hegemon takes Aspirant to North and faces him/her East. Kerux goes with
Lamp and Wand to the North East. Stolistes & Dadouchos follow Aspirant
at the ready.
Heg:

Let the Neophyte be led to the East of the Altar.

Neophyte
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Hiero:

yet the Darkness comprehendeth it not (knock)
Kerux leads, followed by Hegemon with Aspirant, Stolistes and Dadouchos

last. [Exception: If space is too tight let the Stolistes and Dadouchos precede
the Aspirant.] As they pass, Hierophant gives one knock, just as the Aspirant
passes. They travel sunwise, and passing Hiereus s/he similarly knocks.
Kerux stops in the South after the second passing of Hierophant, barring the
way with his/her Wand, saying:
Kerux:

thou canst not enter the path of the West!
Stolistes and Dadachous Lustrate and Consecrate as before
Stolistes and Dadachous Lustrate and Consecrate as before.

Stol:
In thy Name, ____________________, I purify Thee with
Dad:
In thy Name, ____________________, I consecrate Thee with
Heg:
Child of Earth, thrice purified and thrice consecrated,

thou mayest approach the Gateway of the East.
Water.
Fire.
Kerux leads procession to the throne of the Hierophant Connecting his/her

aura with the Banner of the East, Hierophant stands and stops Aspirant with
wand across his/her chest. Hegemon raises hoodwink momentarily to provide
a glimpse of Hierophant holding his/her wand before Aspirants eyes.
Thou canst not pass by me, saith the Guardian of the East,
Asp:
Child of Earth, twice purified and twice consecrated,

thou mayest approach the Gateway of the West.
(Hegemon prompting) Light dawning in Darkness is thy Name,

the Light of a Golden Day!
Hiero:
Unbalanced Power is the ebbing away of Life.

Unbalanced Mercy is weakness and the fading out of the Will.
Thou hast known me now, so pass thou on to the Cubical
Altar of the Universe.
Dad:
Heg:
Kerux leads procession to the throne of the Hiereus. Connecting his/her

aura with the Banner of the West, Hiereus stands and stops Aspirant with
sword across his/her chest. Hegemon raises hoodwink momentarily to provide a glimpse of Hiereus holding his/her sword before Aspirants eyes.
Hiereus:
Thou canst not pass by me, saith the Guardian of the West,
Asp:
(Hegemon prompting) Darkness is thy Name,

thou Great One of the Paths of the Shades.
Fear not at all. Fear neither men nor Fates nor gods nor anything. Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly,
and Ra-Hoor-Khu is the strength, force, vigour of your arms.
Thou hast known me now, so pass thou on.
Kerux leads, followed by Hegemon with Aspirant, Stolistes and Dadachous

last. As they pass, Hierophant gives one knock, just as the Aspirant passes.
They travel sunwise, and passing Hiereus s/he similarly knocks. Kerux
stops in the North after passing the Hiereus, barring the way with his/her
Wand, saying:
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thou canst not enter the path of the East!
Hiero:
Stol:
Hiereus:
Kerux:
Hoodwink is replaced. Kerux leads to the Altar. Aspirant placed due West,
Hiereus on North, Hegemon on South, Kerux behind the Aspirant forms a
supporting triangle with the Stolistes and Dadouchos. Hierophant descends
Samekh holding wand in right hand and Banner of the East in left, coming
between pillars to the East of the Altar, saying:
Hiero:
I come in the Power of the Light;

I come in the Light of Wisdom;
I come in the Mercy of the Light;
The Light hath Healing in its Wings.
Hierophant makes Sign of the Enterer towards

Aspirant, then Sign of Silence. The two triangles of
Officers are united forming a hexagram with the
Aspirant at its center. Hierophant invokes:
Asp.
Altar
Neophyte
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Advancement into
the Hall of the Zelatori

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ADVANCEMENT INTO THE 1=10 HALL OF THE ZELATORI

Het Nuit Redaction v4.1, January, 2007
The 1=10 Hall of the Zelatori, Part 1

center projection
MATERIALS:
Opening/Ceremony of Three Paths
Entering the Temple in Malkuth
Letters:
S,T,q
S,T,q
On Altar:
Cross, Triangle, Red Lamp,

Flaming Sword diagram
Cross, Triangle, Cup, Red Lamp, Tile for Censer
Admission Badges:
Fylfot Cross of 12 Squares
For the Hall:

North
East
West
Westsouthwest
Earth Tablet
censer
green lamp
bowl of salt
Diagrams:
NNE
Scales of THELI
SSE
Lamps of HERU
Miscellaneous: hoodwink, flat container of earth.

Red
Lamp
Hegemon
Hiereus
Flaming Sword
Temple arranged as in diagram. Members assembled and clothed. Lamp

on Altar lighted. Members present, but not taking office, rise at the words
Let us adore the Archon of Earth and face North, remaining so to the
end of the invocation. They do the same at the closing, but otherwise do
not move from their places. Alter genders as appropriate. (! = One knock)
Opening
All visualize the Hall surrounded with the yellow square Tattwa of Earth.
Stolistes
EAST
Kerux

the Fylfot Cross of 12 Squares.
Dadouchos
Hiereus: (knock)
Hiero:
(sitting) Fraters and Sorors of the Open Source Order of

the Golden Dawn in the Outer, Please assist me to open the
Temple of the Zelatori.
Fr./Sr. Kerux, see that the Temple is properly guarded.
Kerux:
(goes to door, knocks)
Sentinel: (knocks)
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Kerux:
r./Sr. Hierophant, the Temple is properly guarded. (returns

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to his/her place)
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, see that the Zelatori are assembled.
Hiereus: F
raters and Sorors Zelatori, give the Signs of the 1=10 Hall.
(done)
Hierophant leaves throne and goes to the North. Standing facing the center
of the Tablet of the North. Hiereus to Hieros right hand, Hegemon on the
left; Stolistes behind Hiereus, Dadouchos behind Hegemon, all officers
facing North. Kerux returns to place. Hierophant makes signs in front
of and concentric with Tablet of the North, making an invoking Earth
Pentagram saying:
r./Sr. Hierophant, the Zelatori are assembled. (Salutes with

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1=10 sign)
Hiero:
Hiero:
(giving sign)
let the Temple be purified and consecrated
with Fire and with Water. (all others sit)
Behold! From the Ten ineffable Sephiroth doth proceed:

the One Spirit of the Elohim of the living, Air, Water, Fire,
and also Height, Depth, East, West, North and South.
In the Name of ADONAI MElEKH and of the Bride and
Queen of the Kingdom, Spirits of Earth adore ADONAI!
Kerux advances between the Pillars. Stolistes and Dadouchos, one on each
side of the Pillars, advance to the center of the Hall. All salute.
Hiero hands Scepter to Hiereus and taking the Sword, makes sign of the
Ox in the center of the Pentagram saying:
Dadouchos makes cross in air with Censer, and swings it forward three
times, saying:
Hiero:
Dad:
I purify with Fire.
I n the Name of AurIEl, the Great Archangel of Earth,

and by the sign of the the Head of the OX:
Spirits of Earth adore ADONAI!
Stolistes makes cross with Cup, and sprinkles thrice towards the East, saying:
Hiero returns Sword and takes Hegemons Scepter makes Cross in the air
saying:
Stol:
I consecrate with Water.
Hiero:
Kerux:
The Temple is cleansed. (All step backward to stations)
Hiero:
et the Element of this Hall be named that it may be

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awakened in the spheres of those present and
in the sphere of the Order.
Heg:
Hiero:
All:
Hiero returns Scepter and takes Cup from Stolistes makes cross and sprinkling thrice to North saying:
Hiero:
The Element of Earth.
Hiereus: (!) let us adore the Archon of Earth (All face East)
ADONAI HA-ArETZ. ADONAI MElEKH.
(making cross on self,)
unto Thee be the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory.
(While making cross and circle before him/her, s/he says)
Malkuth, Geburah, Gedulah.
The rose of Sharon and the lily of the Valley.
Amen.
In the Names and letters of the Great Northern Quadrangle,

Spirits of Earth adore ADONAI!
In the Three Great Secret Names of God, bourne upon the

Banners of the North: EMOr DIAl HECTEGA: Spirits of
Earth adore ADONAI!
Hiero returns Cup and takes Censer from Dad makes cross and three
swings towards tablet saying:
Hiero:
I n the name of IC ZOD HEH CHAl,

Great Archon of the North, Spirits of Earth adore ADONAI!
Hiero returns Censer, reclaims Scepter and returns to Throne. All officers
return to their places and all face as usual.
Hiero:
!!!! !!! ! ! !
All give Zelator Sign,
Hiereus: !!!! !!! ! ! !
Kerux goes to North and sprinkles Salt before Tablet saying
Heg:
Kerux:
All sit.
let the Earth adore ADONAI!
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!!!! !!! ! ! !
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Ceremony of the Three Paths
Kerux:
A flat container of earth is placed at the base of the white pillar.

Hiero:
(knocks) Fraters and Sorors, our Fr./Sr. ______ ,

having made such progress in the Paths of Magick
as has enabled him/her to pass an examination in the
requisite knowledge, is thus eligible for advancement into the
1=10 Hall of the Zelatori. Therefore, by our power to wield a
current of initiation I would undertake to advance him/her
in due form. What is your will?
All:
(respond)
Hiero:
oror Hegemon, will you superintend the preparation of the

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Neophyte and give the customary alarm?
Heg:
(responds by saluting 1=10)
Hegemon leaves room by South and West. Sentinel prepares Neophyte who
may wear the sash of his grade and is hoodwinked. S/he carries the Fylfot
Cross in his/her right hand. Hegemon gives the knocks of the Hall. Kerux
opens the door to be just ajar in response to knocks.
All visualize the Aspirant surrounded by the yellow square Tattwa of Earth.
Heg:
let me enter the Portal of Wisdom
Kerux:
I will.
ive me the Grip or Token. (done)

G
Give me the Grand Word. (Haar-paar-kraat) (done)
Give me the Pass Word. (done)
This is done, Hegemon prompting if necessary.

Kerux:
Fr./Sr. Hierophant, I have received them.
Kerux places container of Earth at base of the white pillar.

Hiero:
Fr./Sr. ________ , Do you solemnly pledge yourself to aspire

to penetrate the Mysteries of this 1=10 Hall of the Zelatori,
as you have already sworn to regarding the 0=0 Hall?
Neo:
I do.
Hiero:
hen you will lay your right hand upon the Earth and say:
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I swear by the Earth on which I live.
This is done, Neophyte repeating the words. Neophyte remains kneeling

with his/her hand upon the Earth.
Hiero:
let the symbol of blindness be removed.
Done by Hegemon, who then returns to his/her place in the South. Kerux
takes salt from north altar and holds it in front of Neophyte who is still
kneeling.
Hiero:
ake Salt with your left hand and cast it to the North saying:
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let the Powers of Earth witness my pledge. (done)
Kerux opens door and admits them. Lights are dimmed in hall.
Kerux replaces salt and returns to seat.
Hiero:
Hiero:
Neo:
xcept ADONAI HA-ArETZ build the house,

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their labour is but lost that build it.
Except ADONAI HA-ArETZ keep the City, the Watchers
wake in vain. Fr./Sr. Neophyte, by what aid dost thou seek
admission to the 1=10 Hall of the Zelatori?
y the guidance of ADONAI HA ArETZ, (assisted)
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by the possession of the necessary knowledge,
by the signs and tokens of the 0=0 Grade.
By this symbol of the Hermetic Cross. (Kerux takes Hermetic
Cross from him/her)
Kerux leads him/her between the Pillars

Hiero:
ive the step and signs of a Neophyte (done)

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Fr./Sr. Kerux, receive from the Neophyte the Token,
Grand Word and Password of the 0=0 Hall.
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let the Neophyte rise and be purified with fire and consecrated with water in confirmation of his pledge, and in the
Name of the lord of Initiation.
Dadouchos comes round South Pillar, stands before Neophyte and makes
three forward swings with censer, saying:
Dad:
I n the name of the lord of Initiation, the lord of Silence and

of Strength, I purify thee with Fire.
Dadachos returns the way s/he came. Stolistes comes round North Pillar,
stands before Neophyte and sprinkles thrice, saying:
Stol:
I n the name of the lord of Initiation, the lord of Silence and

of Strength, I consecrate thee with Water. (Stolistes returns
the way s/he came)
Hiereus and Hegemon rise and face West, Hiereus to the North of the
Altar, Hegemon to the South.
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Hiero:
he 0=0 Hall of Neophyte is a preparation for other Halls, It

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is a threshold before our discipline, and shows by its imagery,
the light of the Hidden Knowledge dawning in the Darkness
of Creation; and you are now to begin to analyze and comprehend the Nature of that light. To this end, you stand
between the Pillars, in the Gateway where the mysteries
of the 0=0 Hall were communicated to you. PrEPArE TO
ENTEr THE IMMEASurABlE rEGION.
I n the midst of Eternal Night
Arose the limitless light as a Winged Globe
Embraced by Infinite Space
Where they touched, lightnings hung
in the form of a great Tree.
Its roots reaching into Eternity
Its crown basking in radiant Now.
From its branches grew all of the Sephiroth,
Manifesting form unto the light.
ow, the Eternal Night of Space is embodied by NuIT
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And the limitless light by HADIT
And between them is BABAlON, the Malkah,
the Bride enthroned upon Binah
Who keeps watch and gives guidance
to those who seek the Hidden Knowledge
let the Neophyte enter the left-hand Path.
Kerux takes his/her place in front of Neophyte, and leads him/her in a

NE Direction towards the Hiereus, halts, and steps out of the direct line
between Hiereus and Neophyte.
Hiereus: Whence comest thou?
Neo:
(Prompted as necessary by Kerux)

I come from between the two Pillars
and I seek the light of the Hidden Knowledge
in the Name of ADONAI HA-ArETZ.
Kerux leads Neophyte back as he came, to between the Pillars.

Hiero:
let the Neophyte enter the right-hand Path.
Heg:
Whence comest thou?
Neo:
I come from between the two Pillars (as before)

in the Name of ADONAI HA ArETZ.
Heg:
And HADIT answered and said:
I am the flame that burns in every heart of man,

and in the core of every star.
The wise gaze upon the World
and behold there the dazzling image of the utmost Divine.
Not yet can thy eyes bear that vision.
return, for thou canst not pass by.

Hiero:
Kerux leads Neophyte directly up the center of the Hall until he is near the
Altar, halts, and steps aside.
Hiereus (speaking together and crossing tools before Altar)
& Heg: Whence come thou?
Neo:
I am the Void of Empty Space and Eternal Night.

The foolish and ignorant gaze upon the face of the World
and find therein nothing but terror and obscurity.
It is to them the Terror of Darkness
and they are as drunken folk stumbling in the Darkness.
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I come from between the two Pillars (as before)

in the Name of Adonai ha Aretz.
Hierophant advances to East of Altar, thrusting Scepter between tools of

Hiereus and Heg, making the 1=10 Sign. Hiereus and Heg step back to the
North and South of Altar, respectively.
Hiero:
But BABAlON spoke and said:
I am the reconciler for Earth, and the Celestial Soul therein.

Form is invisible alike in Darkness and in blinding light.
I am the ANIMA MuNDI. I prepare the way to the Celestial
light.
he Elohim placed Kerubim about the Cosmos and a Flaming

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Sword which turned every way to keep the Path of the Tree
of life, for Nature exists that life may not be lost in the Void.
Hiereus: And NuIT answered and said:

let the Neophyte enter the straight and narrow Pathway

which turns neither to the right nor to the left.
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Hiero:
he Divine may be found in all things, calling all that lives

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to participate in Creating. It scribes mysteries in the Infinite
Stars. It allures us with Scattered Signs of the Divine Body
in bird and beast and flower and Stone, and speaks to us in
Wind and Wave and Flame and with our fellows tongues.
And when the time of ignorance is done all again will be
seen as it ever was, infinite and holy
receive now the Mysteries of this Hall.
The Step is given by taking two steps,
showing that you have passed the threshold.
The Sign is given by raising the right hand until it is pointing upward while the left points downward.
It signifies the union of Heaven and Earth.
It is the sign in which the Hierophant interposed for you
between the Hiereus and the Hegemon.
he Token is given by grasping the fingers thumb touching

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thumb to form a triangle. It refers to the Ten Sephiroth.
he Word is ADONAI HA-ArETZ, and means lord of the

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Earth, to which Element this Hall is allotted
The Mystic Number is 55, being the Sum of 1 to 10,

and from it is formed the Pass-word Nun-Heh. This means
ornament in Hebrew, and when given is lettered
separately.
he Badge of this Hall, is the sash of the Neophyte, with a

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narrow white border, a red cross within the Triangle, and
the number 1 within a circle and 10 within a square, one on
each side of the triangle.
Neophyte is invested with sash and attention is directed to the Three Portals,
saying:
Hiero:
he Three Portals facing you in the East are the Gates of the
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Paths leading to the three further Halls with which the Zelator
and the Neophyte form the first Order of our Fellowship.
Furthermore, they represent the Paths which connect
the Tenth Sephira Malkuth with the other Sephiroth.
The letters Tov, Qoph and Shin make the word Qesheth:
a Bow, the reflection of the rainbow of Promise stretched
over our Earth and which is about the realm of the Elohim.
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Hegemon points out the Flaming Sword saying:

Heg:
his Drawing of the Flaming Sword of the Kerubim

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is a representation of the Guardians of the Tree;
just as the Hiereus and Hegemon symbolize
the Two Paths of light and Darkness.
Hiereus: In this Hall, the red Cross is placed within the White
Triangle upon the Altar, and is thus the symbol of the
Banner of the West. The Triangle refers to the Three Paths
and the Cross to the Hidden Knowledge. The Cross and the
Triangle together represent life and light.
Hiero:
his Hall is especially referred to the Element of Earth,

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and therefore one of its principle emblems is the Great Watch
Tower or Terrestrial Tablet of the North. It is the Third or
Great Northern Quadrangle or Earth Tablet, and it is one
of the four Great Tablets of the Elements said to have been
given to Enoch by the Great Angel Ave. It is divided within
itself into four lesser angles. The letters upon it form various Divine and Angelic Names in what our tradition calls
the Angelic secret language. From it are drawn the Three
Holy Secret Names that are borne upon the Banners of the
North-EMOr DIAl HECTEGA, and there are also numberless names of Angels, Archangels, and spirits of the Nature
of Elemental Earth.
Kerux comes forward with the Fylfot Cross, hands it to Hierophant, and
stands by the Neophyte.
Hiero:
he Hermetic Cross, which is also called Fylfot, Hammer of

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Thor and Swastika, is formed of 17 Squares out of a Square
of 25 lesser squares. These 17 represent the Sun, the Four
Elements, and the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac.
I n this Hall, the lights on the Pillars are unshaded, showing

that you have quitted the Darkness of the outer world. You
will leave the Temple for a short time.
Kerux leads Neophyte out.
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Hiero:

center projection
r./Sr. Kerux, when the Neophyte gives the proper alarm,

F
please admit him/her. Frs./Srs. Stolistes and Dadouchos,
assist the Kerux in the reception.
Sentinel goes out and instructs Neophyte in the knocks, (4-3-1-1-1).

Stolistes and Dadouchos take up positions so as to face Neophyte as he
enters the Hall. Kerux opens the door and admits Neophyte but does not
stand in front of him/her.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. _________, as in the Grade of Neophyte, you came

from the Wide World to the Gateway of Hidden Knowledge,
so in this Hall you pass through that Gateway
and enter into the Temple.
Dadouchos steps forward and whispers in the Neophytes ear:

Scales of
THELI
Lamps of
HERU
Stolistes
Red
Lamp
Hegemon
Hiereus
before challenge
Kerux
Hiereusafter challenge
Dadouchos
Cup
Dad:
(while fumigating) Inflame thyself with prayer. (retires)
Stolistes steps forward and whispers in the Neophytes ear:

Stol:
(while aspurging) Solve et Coagula. (retires)
Hiero:
o now to the Gateway of Hidden Knowledge.

G
Enter in and become a partaker of the Mysteries
of the light Divine.
Kerux leads Neophyte to the Gateway motioning him/her to pass through.

Hiereus blocks his passage while Hiereus is standing exactly between
Pillars.
Hiereus: T
hou canst not pass the Gateway of Hidden Knowledge
which is between the Pillars, unless thou canst give
the Signs and Words of the Neophyte.
Neophyte gives them, with help from Kerux if needed.
Hiereus: E
nter thou in and become a partaker of the Mysteries of
the light Divine.
Hiereus motions him/her past, as s/he does so, Heg. stops him/her while
Neophyte is exactly between the pillars and says,
EAST

Heg:
hou canst not enter into the Temple unless thou canst give
T
the Sign and Grip of the Zelator.

Heg:
elcome thou in. Become a partaker of the Mysteries of the

W
light Divine.
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If there are multiple aspirants, they are situated in the North until all have
entered.
Kerus leads Neophyte to the North altar then retires. Hiereus prceeds to
diagram in the South.
Heg:
he Outer-most walls of the Temple are twelve-fold and they

T
are formed by the Girdle of NuIT. This drawing before you
represents their occult meaning. The 12 circles are the 12
signs of the Zodiac, while the lamp in the center is symbolic
of the Sun, which is the source of heat and life. The Four
Triangles whose twelves angles touch one of the 12 circles
are those of Fire, Earth, Air and Water and allude to the
four Triplicities of the Zodiacal Signs. The Triangle inscribed
within each of the 12 circles alludes to the 3 Decanates, or
phases of ten degrees of each sign.
Know that the 22 sounds and letters of the Hebrew Alphabet

are the foundation of all things. Three Mothers, Seven
Doubles and Twelve Simples. The Twelve Simple letters are
allotted to the 12 directions in space, and those diverge to
Infinity and are in the Arms of the Eternal. These Twelve
letters so designed and combined form the Twelve Celestial
Constellations of the Zodiac and they are also the Girdle of
Nuit. They are about the universe as Sovereigns enthroned.
They are in the revolution of the Year as Sovereigns
traversing their Dominions, and they are in the heart
of All as a Sovereign in Combat.
nd the twelve Jewels are the images of those ideas; while

A
within are the the Four Archangels ruling over the Four
Quarters, and the Kerubic emblems of the lion, Human, Bull
and Eagle.Around the great central lamp, which is an image
of the Sun, is the Great Mother of Heaven, symbolized by the
letter Heh, the first of the Simple letters. She is the number
5 and the Pentagram. She is Malkah the Bride, ruling in he
Kingdom Malkuth, crowned with a crown of Twelve Stars.
Hegemon leads Neophyte to Hiereus in South and returns to his/her place.

Hiereus: I lluminating the Temple are the lamps of HADIT,
the Mystery of the Elohim, the Seven Creative Ideas.
This drawing before you represents its meaning.
The Seven Circles which surround the Heptagram represent
the Seven Planets and the Seven Qabalistic Palaces of Assiah,
the Material World.
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Hiereus: W
ithin each circle is a triangle to represent
the Three-Fold Creative Idea operating in all things.
About it is the Hebrew Name of the Angel of the Planet,
the Hebrew Name of the Planet,
and one of the Double letters of the Hebrew Alphabet.
The Seven Double letters each have two sounds associated
with them, one hard and one soft.
In this they show forth the dualities of the world.
These Seven letters also point out the 7 localities:
Zenith, Nadir, East, West, North and South,
and the Place of Holiness in the Center sustaining all things.
With them were designed, produced, combined and formed
the Planets of the universe, the Days of the Week
and in the Human the Gates of the Soul.
It is said that the number seven is blessed above all others.
Hiereus leads Neophyte to the West of Altar and is seated. Hierophant
approaches the altar. Dadouchos hands him/her the censer.
Hiero:
I n the Center of the Temple, before the Veil of the Sanctum

Sanctorum, stands the Altar of Incense of which this Altar is
an image. It is of the form of a double cube, thus representing That Which is Below as a reflection and duplication of
That Which is Above, except after another manner. The sides
of the Altar, together with the top and bottom of the Altar,
consist of ten squares, thus symbolizing the Ten Sephiroth
of which the basal one is Malkuth, the realization of the
rest upon the material plane, behind which the others are
concealed. For were this double cube raised in the air immediately above your head, you would but see the single square
forming the lowest side, the others from their position being
concealed from you. Just so, behind the material universe lies
the concealed form of the Majesty of the Divine.
The Altar here is black to represent the terrestrial Earth.

s Cosmos was of Chaos formed, and the light arose in the
A
Midst of Space, learn thou to refine the Gold of the Spirit
from the Black Dragon. upon the Cubical Altar are Fire,
Water, and Air in the form of Incense, the Three Mother
letters of the Hebrew Alphabet, Aleph, Mem and Shin. Mem
is silent, Shin is sibilant, and Aleph is the tongue of balance
between these contraries in equilibrium, reconciling and
mediating between them.
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Hiero:
his is a great Mystery, very admirable and recondite. The

T
Fire produced the Heavens as the Water the Earth, and the
Air is the reconciler between them. In the year, they bring
forth the hot, the cold and the temperate seasons. In the
human they are imaged in the head, the chest and the trunk.
Kerux:
In the Name of ADONAI MElEKH, hear ye all that I proclaim that Fr./Sr. _________ has been duly admitted to the
1=10 Hall of the Zelatori, and that he has obtained the
Mystic Title of Periclinus (Pericline) de Faustus and the symbol of Aretz.
Hierophant places censer on tile on the altar and recovers wand.
Kerux retires via the East, saluting, and continues South and West.
Hiero:
I n the Zelator Hall, the symbolism of the Tenth Sephirah

Malkuth is especially shown, as well as the Tenth Path of
the Sepher Yetsirah. Among other Mystic Titles, Malkuth
is called SHAAr, the Gate, which by metatheses becomes
ASHur, the number ten. Also in Chaldee it is called
THrAA, the Gate which has the same numeration as
ADONI, when written in full.
Hiero:
he Tenth Path of the Sepher Yetzirah which answers

T
to Malkuth is called The resplendent Intelligence,
rEMEMBEr THIS, because it exalts above every head and
sits upon the Throne of Binah. It illuminates the Splendour
of all the lights, the Zohar me-ourouth and causes the current of Divine Influx to descend.
he Special Practice for the Neophyte is the two-fold practice

T
of refuge and the Dedication of Merit. For the Zelator it the
lesser Banishing ritual of the Pentagram which is to be performed thrice daily for 30 days.
I now confer upon you the Mystic Title of Periclinus

(Pericline) de Faustus, meaning Blessed Adventurer, signifying your entrance into the Immeasurable region. And I
give you the symbol of ArETZ which is the Hebrew name
for Earth, to which the 1=10 Hall of Zelator is referred. The
word Zelator is derived from the ancient Egyptian Zaruator,
signifying Searcher of Athor, Goddess of Nature; but others
see in it the meaning of the zealous student whose first duty
was to blow the Athanor of Fire which heated the Crucible of
the Alchemist.
Fr./Sr. ______, before your advancement to the next Hall lies

the task of committing certain rudiments of Magickal knowledge to memory. When you have satisfied yourself with your
attainment, arrangements will be made for you to sit for
examination. upon passing you will be ready at your discretion for the next Degree.
Hierophant resumes seat, Kerux seats Zelator in the Northwest.

Hiero:
r./Sr. Kerux, will you declare that our Fr./Sr.

F
has been duly admitted to 1=10 Hall of the Zelatori?
Kerux:
responds saluting 1=10
Kerux comes to NW of Hiero, faces West, raises Wand and Lamp and says:
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Closing
Hiero:
(knocks) Please assist me to close the Temple of the Hall of

the Zelatori. Fr./Sr. Kerux, please see that the Temple is
properly guarded.
Kerux:
(knocks)
Sentinel: (knocks)
Kerux:
Fr./Sr. Hierophant, the Temple is properly guarded.
Hiero:
(knocks) let us adore the Archon of Earth.
Hierophant makes with Scepter the Banishing Circle and Pentagrams in the
air before the Tablet.
Hiero:
epart ye in peace unto your habitations. May the blessing

D
of ADONAI be upon you. (Pentagram) Be there peace between
us and you, and be ye ready to come when ye are called.
All return to their places.

Hiero:
In the Name of ADONAI MElEKH,

I declare this Temple closed in the 1=10 Grade of Zelator.
Hiero:
!!!! !!! ! ! !
All face East. New Zelator is directed to stand facing east.
Hiereus: !!!! !!! ! ! !
Hiero:
ADONAI HA-ArETZ, ADONAI MElEKH, Blessed be Thy

Name unto the countless ages.
Heg:
All:
Amen.
All salute. Officers form in the North as in Opening. Members stand facing
North.
Hiero:
(knocks) let us rehearse the Prayer of the Gnomes or

Earth Spirits.
All:
Invisible Queen, Who taking the Earth for Foundation,

O
Didst hollow its depths to fill them with Thy Almighty Power.
Thou Whose Name shaketh the Arches of the World, Thou
who causest the Seven Metals to flow in the veins of the
rocks, Queen of the Seven lights, rewarder of the subterranean Workers, lead us into the desirable Air and into the
realm of Splendour. We watch and we labour unceasingly,
we seek and we hope, By the twelve stones of the Holy City,
By the buried Talismans, By the Axis of the loadstone which
passes through The center of the EarthHear us! liberate
those who suffer. Expand our hearts, unbind and upraise
our minds, enlarge our natures. Stability and Motion! O
Darkness veiled in Brilliance! O Day clothed in Night! O
Mistress who never dost withhold the wages of Thy Workers!
O Silver WhitenessO Golden Splendour!
Crown of living and Harmonious Diamond! Thou who

O
wearest the Heavens on Thy Finger like a ring of Sapphire!
Thou who hidest beneath the surface of the Earth, In the
Kingdom of the Gems, the marvelous Seed of the Stars! live,
reign, and be Thou the Eternal Dispenser of the Treasures
whereof Thou hast made us the Wardens.
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!!!! !!! ! ! !
Dedication of Merit
ALL:
ay the benefit of this act, and all acts, be dedicated

M
unto the complete liberation and the supreme enlightenment
Of all beings everywhere pervading space and time.
So mote it be.
May the benefits of practice, ours and others, come to fruition, ultimately and immediately, and we remain in the state
of presenceAh!
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Advancement into
the Hall of the Zelatori

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Hierophant makes with Scepter the Banishing Circle and Pentagrams in the
air before the Tablet.
Hiero:
center projection
epart ye in peace unto your habitations. May the blessing

D
of ADonAi be upon you. (Pentagram) Be there peace between
us and you, and be ye ready to come when ye are called.
All return to their places.

Hiero:
in the name of ADonAi Melekh,

i declare this Temple closed in the 1=10 Grade of Zelator.
Hiero:
!!!! !!! ! ! !
Hiereus: !!!! !!! ! ! !

Heg:
!!!! !!! ! ! !
Dedication of Merit
ALL:

M
Unto the complete liberation and the supreme enlightenment
of all beings everywhere pervading space and time.
So mote it be.
May the benefits of practice, ours and others, come to fruition, Ultimately and immediately, and we remain in the state
of presenceAh!
Red
Lamp
Hegemon
Hiereus
Flaming Sword
Stolistes
EAST
Kerux
Dadouchos

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ADVANCEMENT INTO THE 1=10 HALL OF THE ZELATORI
Closing
Hiero:
Kerux:
(knocks) Please assist me to close the Temple of the hall of

the Zelatori. Fr./Sr. kerux, please see that the Temple is
properly guarded.

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MATERIALS:
Letters:
S,T,q
S,T,q
On Altar:
Cross, Triangle, Red Lamp,

Flaming Sword diagram
Cross, Triangle, Cup, Red Lamp, Tile for Censer
Admission Badges:
Fylfot Cross of 12 Squares
(knocks)
Sentinel: (knocks)
Kerux:
Fr./Sr. hierophant, the Temple is properly guarded.
Hiero:
(knocks) let us adore the Archon of earth.
All face East. New Zelator is directed to stand facing east.

Hiero:
ADonAi hA-AreTZ, ADonAi Melekh, Blessed be Thy

name unto the countless ages.
All:
Amen.
All salute. Officers form in the North as in Opening. Members stand facing
North.
Hiero:
All:
For the Hall:
Crown of living and harmonious Diamond! Thou who

o
wearest the heavens on Thy Finger like a ring of Sapphire!
Thou who hidest beneath the surface of the earth, in the
kingdom of the Gems, the marvelous Seed of the Stars! live,
reign, and be Thou the eternal Dispenser of the Treasures
whereof Thou hast made us the Wardens.
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East
West
Westsouthwest
Earth Tablet
censer
green lamp
bowl of salt
Diagrams:
(knocks) let us rehearse the Prayer of the Gnomes or

earth Spirits.
invisible Queen, Who taking the earth for Foundation,
o
Didst hollow its depths to fill them with Thy Almighty Power.
Thou Whose name shaketh the Arches of the World, Thou
who causest the Seven Metals to flow in the veins of the
rocks, Queen of the Seven lights, rewarder of the subterranean Workers, lead us into the desirable Air and into the
realm of Splendour. We watch and we labour unceasingly,
we seek and we hope, By the twelve stones of the holy City,
By the buried Talismans, By the Axis of the loadstone which
passes through The center of the earthhear Us! liberate
those who suffer. expand our hearts, unbind and upraise
our minds, enlarge our natures. Stability and Motion! o
Darkness veiled in Brilliance! o Day clothed in night! o
Mistress who never dost withhold the wages of Thy Workers!
o Silver Whitenesso Golden Splendour!
North
NNE
Scales of THELI
SSE
Lamps of HERU
Miscellaneous: hoodwink, flat container of earth.

Temple arranged as in diagram. Members assembled and clothed. Lamp
on Altar lighted. Members present, but not taking office, rise at the words
Let us adore the Archon of Earth and face North, remaining so to the
end of the invocation. They do the same at the closing, but otherwise do
not move from their places. Alter genders as appropriate. (! = One knock)
Opening
All visualize the Hall surrounded with the yellow square Tattwa of Earth.
Hiereus: (knock)
Hiero:
(sitting) Fraters and Sorors of the open Source order of

the Golden Dawn in the outer, Please assist me to open the
Temple of the Zelatori.
Fr./Sr. kerux, see that the Temple is properly guarded.
Kerux:
(goes to door, knocks)
Sentinel: (knocks)
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r./Sr. hierophant, the Temple is properly guarded. (returns

F
to his/her place)
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. hiereus, see that the Zelatori are assembled.
Hiereus: F
raters and Sorors Zelatori, give the Signs of the 1=10 hall.
(done)

r./Sr. hierophant, the Zelatori are assembled. (Salutes with

F
1=10 sign)
Hiero:
(giving sign)
let the Temple be purified and consecrated
with Fire and with Water. (all others sit)
Kerux advances between the Pillars. Stolistes and Dadouchos, one on each
side of the Pillars, advance to the center of the Hall. All salute.
Kerux:
in the name of ADonAi Melekh, hear ye all that i proclaim that Fr./Sr. _________ has been duly admitted to the
1=10 hall of the Zelatori, and that he has obtained the
Mystic Title of Periclinus (Pericline) de Faustus and the symbol of Aretz.
Kerux retires via the East, saluting, and continues South and West.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. ______, before your advancement to the next hall lies

the task of committing certain rudiments of Magickal knowledge to memory. When you have satisfied yourself with your
attainment, arrangements will be made for you to sit for
examination. Upon passing you will be ready at your discretion for the next Degree.
Dadouchos makes cross in air with Censer, and swings it forward three
times, saying:
Dad:
i purify with Fire.
Stolistes makes cross with Cup, and sprinkles thrice towards the East, saying:
Stol:
i consecrate with Water.
Kerux:
The Temple is cleansed. (All step backward to stations)
Hiero:
et the element of this hall be named that it may be

l
awakened in the spheres of those present and
in the sphere of the order.
Heg:
The element of earth.
Hiereus: (!) let us adore the Archon of earth (All face East)
Hiero:
ADonAi hA-AreTZ. ADonAi Melekh.

(making cross on self,)
Unto Thee be the kingdom and the Power and the Glory.
(While making cross and circle before him/her, s/he says)
Malkuth, Geburah, Gedulah.
The rose of Sharon and the lily of the Valley.
All:
Amen.
All give Zelator Sign,

Kerux goes to North and sprinkles Salt before Tablet saying
Kerux:
let the earth adore ADonAi!
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Hiero:
his is a great Mystery, very admirable and recondite. The

T
Fire produced the heavens as the Water the earth, and the
Air is the reconciler between them. in the year, they bring
forth the hot, the cold and the temperate seasons. in the
human they are imaged in the head, the chest and the trunk.
Hierophant places censer on tile on the altar and recovers wand.
Hierophant leaves throne and goes to the North. Standing facing the center
of the Tablet of the North. Hiereus to Hieros right hand, Hegemon on the
left; Stolistes behind Hiereus, Dadouchos behind Hegemon, all officers
facing North. Kerux returns to place. Hierophant makes signs in front
of and concentric with Tablet of the North, making an invoking Earth
Pentagram saying:
Hiero:
i n the Zelator hall, the symbolism of the Tenth Sephirah

Malkuth is especially shown, as well as the Tenth Path of
the Sepher Yetsirah. Among other Mystic Titles, Malkuth
is called ShAAr, the Gate, which by metatheses becomes
AShUr, the number ten. Also in Chaldee it is called
ThrAA, the Gate which has the same numeration as
ADoni, when written in full.
Hiero:
he Tenth Path of the Sepher Yetzirah which answers

T
to Malkuth is called The resplendent intelligence,
reMeMBer ThiS, because it exalts above every head and
sits upon the Throne of Binah. it illuminates the Splendour
of all the lights, the Zohar me-ourouth and causes the current of Divine influx to descend.
Hiero:
he Special Practice for the neophyte is the two-fold practice

T
of refuge and the Dedication of Merit. For the Zelator it the
lesser Banishing ritual of the Pentagram which is to be performed thrice daily for 30 days.
i now confer upon you the Mystic Title of Periclinus
(Pericline) de Faustus, meaning Blessed Adventurer, signifying your entrance into the immeasurable region. And i
give you the symbol of AreTZ which is the hebrew name
for earth, to which the 1=10 hall of Zelator is referred. The
word Zelator is derived from the ancient egyptian Zaruator,
signifying Searcher of Athor, Goddess of nature; but others
see in it the meaning of the zealous student whose first duty
was to blow the Athanor of Fire which heated the Crucible of
the Alchemist.
Behold! From the Ten ineffable Sephiroth doth proceed:

the one Spirit of the elohim of the living, Air, Water, Fire,
and also height, Depth, east, West, north and South.
in the name of ADonAi Melekh and of the Bride and
Queen of the kingdom, Spirits of earth adore ADonAi!
Hiero hands Scepter to Hiereus and taking the Sword, makes sign of the
Ox in the center of the Pentagram saying:
i n the name of AUriel, the Great Archangel of earth,
and by the sign of the the head of the oX:
Spirits of earth adore ADonAi!
Hiero returns Sword and takes Hegemons Scepter makes Cross in the air
saying:
Hiero:
in the names and letters of the Great northern Quadrangle,

Spirits of earth adore ADonAi!
Hiero returns Scepter and takes Cup from Stolistes makes cross and sprinkling thrice to North saying:
Hiero:
in the Three Great Secret names of God, bourne upon the

Banners of the north: eMor DiAl heCTeGA: Spirits of
earth adore ADonAi!
Hiero returns Cup and takes Censer from Dad makes cross and three
swings towards tablet saying:
Hiero:
i n the name of iC ZoD heh ChAl,

Great Archon of the north, Spirits of earth adore ADonAi!
Hiero returns Censer, reclaims Scepter and returns to Throne. All officers
return to their places and all face as usual.
Hierophant resumes seat, Kerux seats Zelator in the Northwest.
Hiero:
Hiero:
r./Sr. kerux, will you declare that our Fr./Sr.

F
has been duly admitted to 1=10 hall of the Zelatori?
Hiereus: !!!! !!! ! ! !
Kerux:
responds saluting 1=10
Kerux comes to NW of Hiero, faces West, raises Wand and Lamp and says:
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Heg:
!!!! !!! ! ! !
!!!! !!! ! ! !
All sit.
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A flat container of earth is placed at the base of the white pillar.
Hiero:
(knocks) Fraters and Sorors, our Fr./Sr. ______ ,

having made such progress in the Paths of Magick
as has enabled him/her to pass an examination in the
requisite knowledge, is thus eligible for advancement into the
1=10 hall of the Zelatori. Therefore, by our power to wield a
current of initiation i would undertake to advance him/her
in due form. What is your will?
All:
(respond)
Hiero:
oror hegemon, will you superintend the preparation of the

S
neophyte and give the customary alarm?
Heg:
(responds by saluting 1=10)
Hegemon leaves room by South and West. Sentinel prepares Neophyte who
may wear the sash of his grade and is hoodwinked. S/he carries the Fylfot
Cross in his/her right hand. Hegemon gives the knocks of the Hall. Kerux
opens the door to be just ajar in response to knocks.
Hiereus: W
ithin each circle is a triangle to represent
the Three-Fold Creative idea operating in all things.
About it is the hebrew name of the Angel of the Planet,
the hebrew name of the Planet,
and one of the Double letters of the hebrew Alphabet.
The Seven Double letters each have two sounds associated
with them, one hard and one soft.
in this they show forth the dualities of the world.
These Seven letters also point out the 7 localities:
Zenith, nadir, east, West, north and South,
and the Place of holiness in the Center sustaining all things.
With them were designed, produced, combined and formed
the Planets of the Universe, the Days of the Week
and in the human the Gates of the Soul.
it is said that the number seven is blessed above all others.
Hiereus leads Neophyte to the West of Altar and is seated. Hierophant
approaches the altar. Dadouchos hands him/her the censer.
Hiero:
i n the Center of the Temple, before the Veil of the Sanctum

Sanctorum, stands the Altar of incense of which this Altar is
an image. it is of the form of a double cube, thus representing That Which is Below as a reflection and duplication of
That Which is Above, except after another manner. The sides
of the Altar, together with the top and bottom of the Altar,
consist of ten squares, thus symbolizing the Ten Sephiroth
of which the basal one is Malkuth, the realization of the
rest upon the material plane, behind which the others are
concealed. For were this double cube raised in the air immediately above your head, you would but see the single square
forming the lowest side, the others from their position being
concealed from you. Just so, behind the material Universe lies
the concealed form of the Majesty of the Divine.
The Altar here is black to represent the terrestrial earth.

s Cosmos was of Chaos formed, and the light arose in the
A
Midst of Space, learn thou to refine the Gold of the Spirit
from the Black Dragon. Upon the Cubical Altar are Fire,
Water, and Air in the form of incense, the Three Mother
letters of the hebrew Alphabet, Aleph, Mem and Shin. Mem
is silent, Shin is sibilant, and Aleph is the tongue of balance
between these contraries in equilibrium, reconciling and
mediating between them.
Heg:
let me enter the Portal of Wisdom
Kerux:
i will.
Kerux opens door and admits them. Lights are dimmed in hall.
Hiero:
xcept ADonAi hA-AreTZ build the house,

e
their labour is but lost that build it.
except ADonAi hA-AreTZ keep the City, the Watchers
wake in vain. Fr./Sr. neophyte, by what aid dost thou seek
admission to the 1=10 hall of the Zelatori?
Neo:
y the guidance of ADonAi hA AreTZ, (assisted)

B
by the possession of the necessary knowledge,
by the signs and tokens of the 0=0 Grade.
By this symbol of the hermetic Cross. (Kerux takes Hermetic
Cross from him/her)
Kerux leads him/her between the Pillars

Hiero:
ive the step and signs of a neophyte (done)

G
Fr./Sr. kerux, receive from the neophyte the Token,
Grand Word and Password of the 0=0 hall.
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If there are multiple aspirants, they are situated in the North until all have
entered.
Kerux:
ive me the Grip or Token. (done)

G
Give me the Grand Word. (haar-paar-kraat) (done)
Give me the Pass Word. (done)
Kerus leads Neophyte to the North altar then retires. Hiereus prceeds to
diagram in the South.
Heg:
he outer-most walls of the Temple are twelve-fold and they

T
are formed by the Girdle of nUiT. This drawing before you
represents their occult meaning. The 12 circles are the 12
signs of the Zodiac, while the lamp in the center is symbolic
of the Sun, which is the source of heat and life. The Four
Triangles whose twelves angles touch one of the 12 circles
are those of Fire, earth, Air and Water and allude to the
four Triplicities of the Zodiacal Signs. The Triangle inscribed
within each of the 12 circles alludes to the 3 Decanates, or
phases of ten degrees of each sign.
Kerux:
now that the 22 sounds and letters of the hebrew Alphabet

k
are the foundation of all things. Three Mothers, Seven
Doubles and Twelve Simples. The Twelve Simple letters are
allotted to the 12 directions in space, and those diverge to
infinity and are in the Arms of the eternal. These Twelve
letters so designed and combined form the Twelve Celestial
Constellations of the Zodiac and they are also the Girdle of
nuit. They are about the Universe as Sovereigns enthroned.
They are in the revolution of the Year as Sovereigns
traversing their Dominions, and they are in the heart
of All as a Sovereign in Combat.
This is done, Neophyte repeating the words. Neophyte remains kneeling

with his/her hand upon the Earth.
nd the twelve Jewels are the images of those ideas; while

A
within are the the Four Archangels ruling over the Four
Quarters, and the kerubic emblems of the lion, human, Bull
and eagle.Around the great central lamp, which is an image
of the Sun, is the Great Mother of heaven, symbolized by the
letter heh, the first of the Simple letters. She is the number
5 and the Pentagram. She is Malkah the Bride, ruling in he
kingdom Malkuth, crowned with a crown of Twelve Stars.
Hegemon leads Neophyte to Hiereus in South and returns to his/her place.

Hiereus: i lluminating the Temple are the lamps of hADiT,
the Mystery of the elohim, the Seven Creative ideas.
This drawing before you represents its meaning.
The Seven Circles which surround the heptagram represent
the Seven Planets and the Seven Qabalistic Palaces of Assiah,
the Material World.
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Fr./Sr. hierophant, i have received them.
Kerux places container of Earth at base of the white pillar.

Hiero:
Fr./Sr. ________ , Do you solemnly pledge yourself to aspire

to penetrate the Mysteries of this 1=10 hall of the Zelatori,
as you have already sworn to regarding the 0=0 hall?
Neo:
i do.
Hiero:
hen you will lay your right hand upon the earth and say:
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i swear by the earth on which i live.
Hiero:
let the symbol of blindness be removed.
Done by Hegemon, who then returns to his/her place in the South. Kerux
takes salt from north altar and holds it in front of Neophyte who is still
kneeling.
Hiero:
ake Salt with your left hand and cast it to the north saying:
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let the Powers of earth witness my pledge. (done)
Kerux replaces salt and returns to seat.

Hiero:
let the neophyte rise and be purified with fire and consecrated with water in confirmation of his pledge, and in the
name of the lord of initiation.
Dadouchos comes round South Pillar, stands before Neophyte and makes
three forward swings with censer, saying:
Dad:
i n the name of the lord of initiation, the lord of Silence and

of Strength, i purify thee with Fire.
Dadachos returns the way s/he came. Stolistes comes round North Pillar,
stands before Neophyte and sprinkles thrice, saying:
Stol:
i n the name of the lord of initiation, the lord of Silence and

of Strength, i consecrate thee with Water. (Stolistes returns
the way s/he came)
Hiereus and Hegemon rise and face West, Hiereus to the North of the
Altar, Hegemon to the South.
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Hiero:
he 0=0 hall of neophyte is a preparation for other halls, it

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is a threshold before our discipline, and shows by its imagery,
the light of the hidden knowledge dawning in the Darkness
of Creation; and you are now to begin to analyze and comprehend the nature of that light. To this end, you stand
between the Pillars, in the Gateway where the mysteries
of the 0=0 hall were communicated to you. PrePAre To
enTer The iMMeASUrABle reGion.
in the midst of eternal night
Arose the limitless light as a Winged Globe
embraced by infinite Space
Where they touched, lightnings hung
in the form of a great Tree.
its roots reaching into eternity
its crown basking in radiant now.
From its branches grew all of the Sephiroth,
Manifesting form unto the light.
Sentinel goes out and instructs Neophyte in the knocks, (4-3-1-1-1).

Stolistes and Dadouchos take up positions so as to face Neophyte as he
enters the Hall. Kerux opens the door and admits Neophyte but does not
stand in front of him/her.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. _________, as in the Grade of neophyte, you came

from the Wide World to the Gateway of hidden knowledge,
so in this hall you pass through that Gateway
and enter into the Temple.
Dadouchos steps forward and whispers in the Neophytes ear:

Dad:
(while fumigating) inflame thyself with prayer. (retires)
let the neophyte enter the left-hand Path.
Kerux leads Neophyte to the Gateway motioning him/her to pass through.

Hiereus blocks his passage while Hiereus is standing exactly between
Pillars.
(Prompted as necessary by Kerux)

i come from between the two Pillars
and i seek the light of the hidden knowledge
in the name of ADonAi hA-AreTZ.
Hiereus: And nUiT answered and said:
r./Sr. kerux, when the neophyte gives the proper alarm,

F
please admit him/her. Frs./Srs. Stolistes and Dadouchos,
assist the kerux in the reception.
Stolistes steps forward and whispers in the Neophytes ear:
Hiereus: Whence comest thou?
Hiero:
ow, the eternal night of Space is embodied by nUiT

n
And the limitless light by hADiT
And between them is BABAlon, the Malkah,
the Bride enthroned upon Binah
Who keeps watch and gives guidance
to those who seek the hidden knowledge
Kerux takes his/her place in front of Neophyte, and leads him/her in a

NE Direction towards the Hiereus, halts, and steps out of the direct line
between Hiereus and Neophyte.
Neo:
Second Part, entering The Temple in Malkuth
i am the Void of empty Space and eternal night.

The foolish and ignorant gaze upon the face of the World
and find therein nothing but terror and obscurity.
it is to them the Terror of Darkness
and they are as drunken folk stumbling in the Darkness.
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Stol:
(while aspurging) Solve et Coagula. (retires)
Hiero:
o now to the Gateway of hidden knowledge.

G
enter in and become a partaker of the Mysteries
of the light Divine.
Hiereus: T
hou canst not pass the Gateway of hidden knowledge
which is between the Pillars, unless thou canst give
the Signs and Words of the neophyte.
Hiereus: e
nter thou in and become a partaker of the Mysteries of
the light Divine.
Hiereus motions him/her past, as s/he does so, Heg. stops him/her while
Neophyte is exactly between the pillars and says,
Heg:
hou canst not enter into the Temple unless thou canst give
T
the Sign and Grip of the Zelator.

Heg:
elcome thou in. Become a partaker of the Mysteries of the

W
light Divine.
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center projection
Hiero:
let the neophyte enter the right-hand Path.
Heg:
Whence comest thou?
Neo:
i come from between the two Pillars (as before)

in the name of ADonAi hA AreTZ.
Heg:
And hADiT answered and said:
i am the flame that burns in every heart of man,

and in the core of every star.
The wise gaze upon the World
and behold there the dazzling image of the Utmost Divine.
not yet can thy eyes bear that vision.

Scales of
THELI
Lamps of
HERU
Hiero:
let the neophyte enter the straight and narrow Pathway

which turns neither to the right nor to the left.
Kerux leads Neophyte directly up the center of the Hall until he is near the
Altar, halts, and steps aside.
Stolistes
Red
Lamp
Hegemon
Hiereus
before challenge
Kerux
EAST
Hiereusafter challenge

Dadouchos
Cup
Hiereus (speaking together and crossing tools before Altar)

& Heg: Whence come thou?
Neo:
i come from between the two Pillars (as before)

in the name of Adonai ha Aretz.
Hierophant advances to East of Altar, thrusting Scepter between tools of

Hiereus and Heg, making the 1=10 Sign. Hiereus and Heg step back to the
North and South of Altar, respectively.
Hiero:
But BABAlon spoke and said:
i am the reconciler for earth, and the Celestial Soul therein.

Form is invisible alike in Darkness and in blinding light.
i am the AniMA MUnDi. i prepare the way to the Celestial
light.
he elohim placed kerubim about the Cosmos and a Flaming

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Sword which turned every way to keep the Path of the Tree
of life, for nature exists that life may not be lost in the Void.
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Hiero:
he Divine may be found in all things, calling all that lives

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to participate in Creating. it scribes mysteries in the infinite
Stars. it allures us with Scattered Signs of the Divine Body
in bird and beast and flower and Stone, and speaks to us in
Wind and Wave and Flame and with our fellows tongues.
And when the time of ignorance is done all again will be
seen as it ever was, infinite and holy
receive now the Mysteries of this hall.
The Step is given by taking two steps,
showing that you have passed the threshold.
The Sign is given by raising the right hand until it is pointing upward while the left points downward.
it signifies the union of heaven and earth.
it is the sign in which the hierophant interposed for you
between the hiereus and the hegemon.
he Token is given by grasping the fingers thumb touching

T
thumb to form a triangle. it refers to the Ten Sephiroth.
he Word is ADonAi hA-AreTZ, and means lord of the

T
earth, to which element this hall is allotted
The Mystic number is 55, being the Sum of 1 to 10,

and from it is formed the Pass-word nun-heh. This means
ornament in hebrew, and when given is lettered
separately.
he Badge of this hall, is the sash of the neophyte, with a

T
narrow white border, a red cross within the Triangle, and
the number 1 within a circle and 10 within a square, one on
each side of the triangle.
Neophyte is invested with sash and attention is directed to the Three Portals,
saying:
Hiero:
he Three Portals facing you in the east are the Gates of the
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Paths leading to the three further halls with which the Zelator
and the neophyte form the first order of our Fellowship.
Furthermore, they represent the Paths which connect
the Tenth Sephira Malkuth with the other Sephiroth.
The letters Tov, Qoph and Shin make the word Qesheth:
a Bow, the reflection of the rainbow of Promise stretched
over our earth and which is about the realm of the elohim.
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Hegemon points out the Flaming Sword saying:

Heg:
his Drawing of the Flaming Sword of the kerubim

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is a representation of the Guardians of the Tree;
just as the hiereus and hegemon symbolize
the Two Paths of light and Darkness.
Hiereus: in this hall, the red Cross is placed within the White
Triangle upon the Altar, and is thus the symbol of the
Banner of the West. The Triangle refers to the Three Paths
and the Cross to the hidden knowledge. The Cross and the
Triangle together represent life and light.
Hiero:
his hall is especially referred to the element of earth,

T
and therefore one of its principle emblems is the Great Watch
Tower or Terrestrial Tablet of the north. it is the Third or
Great northern Quadrangle or earth Tablet, and it is one
of the four Great Tablets of the elements said to have been
given to enoch by the Great Angel Ave. it is divided within
itself into four lesser angles. The letters upon it form various Divine and Angelic names in what our tradition calls
the Angelic secret language. From it are drawn the Three
holy Secret names that are borne upon the Banners of the
north-eMor DiAl heCTeGA, and there are also numberless names of Angels, Archangels, and spirits of the nature
of elemental earth.
Kerux comes forward with the Fylfot Cross, hands it to Hierophant, and
stands by the Neophyte.
Hiero:
he hermetic Cross, which is also called Fylfot, hammer of

T
Thor and Swastika, is formed of 17 Squares out of a Square
of 25 lesser squares. These 17 represent the Sun, the Four
elements, and the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac.
i n this hall, the lights on the Pillars are unshaded, showing

that you have quitted the Darkness of the outer world. You
will leave the Temple for a short time.
Kerux leads Neophyte out.
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diagrams of the
Zelator Hall
1=bl
The Fylfot Cross
The Hermetic Cross, which is also called Fylfot, Hammer of Thor and Swastika, is formed of 17 Squares out of a
Square of 25 lesser squares. These 17 represent the Sun, the Four Elements, and the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac.
The Flaming Sword

Mh
la
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hnyb
hmkc
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TrapT
dvh
dvsy
cxn
Tvklm
This Drawing of the Flaming Sword of the Kerubim is a representation of the Guardians of the Tree; just as the
Hiereus and Hegemon symbolize the Two Paths of Light and Darkness.
The Girdle of Nuit
The Girdle of Nuit

ynb
Kx
S
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Hn
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Sh ar
Nym
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Nl
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Nbvar
Nv
raS h
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la y r v a
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ah
ha
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Mda
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The Outer-most walls of the Temple are twelve-fold and they are formed by the Girdle of Nuit
This drawing before you represents their occult meaning. The 12 circles are the 12 signs of the Zodiac, while the
Lamp in the center is symbolic of the Sun, which is the source of heat and life.
The Four Triangles whose twelves angles touch one of the 12 circles are those of Fire, Earth, Air and Water and
allude to the four Triplicities of the Zodiacal Signs. The Triangle inscribed within each of the 12 circles alludes to the
3 Decanates, or phases of ten degrees of each sign. Know that the 22 sounds and letters of the Hebrew Alphabet are
the foundation of all things. Three Mothers, Seven Doubles and Twelve Simples. The Twelve Simple letters are allotted
to the 12 directions in space, and those diverge to Infinity and are in the Arms of the Eternal. These Twelve Letters
so designed and combined form the Twelve Celestial Constellations of the Zodiac and they are also the Girdle of Nuit.
They are about the Universe as a Sovereign enthroned. They are in the revolution of the Year as Sovereigns traversing
their Dominions, and they are in the heart of All as a Sovereign in Combat.
And the twelve Scales are the images of those ideas; while within are the the Four Archangels ruling over the Four
Quarters, and the Kerubic emblems of the Lion, Human, Bull and Eagle.Around the great central Lamp, which is an
image of the Sun, is the Great Mother of Heaven, symbolized by the letter Heh, the first of the Simple letters. She is
the number 5 and the Pentagram. She is Malkah the Bride, ruling in he Kingdom Malkuth, crowned with a crown of
Twelve Stars.
bk
vk
la
mk
Myd
l a k ym
The Lamps of Hadit
layrb
yaTbS
la
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pr
Sm
la
px
hnb
Illuminating the Temple are the Lamps of Hadit, the Mystery of the Elohim, the Seven Creative Ideas. This drawing
before you represents its occult meaning.
The Seven Circles which surround the Heptagram represent the Seven Planets and the Seven Qabalistic Palaces of
Assiah,the Material World.
Within each circle is a triangle to represent the Three-Fold Creative Idea operating in all things. About it is the
Hebrew Name of the Angel of the Planet, the Hebrew Name of the Planet, and one of the Double letters of the Hebrew
Alphabet.The Seven Double Letters each have two sounds associated with them, one hard and one soft. In this they
show forth the dualities of the world. These Seven letters also point out the 7 localities: Zenith, Nadir, East, West,
North and South, and the Place of Holiness in the Center sustaining all things.With them were designed, produced,
combined and formed the Planets of the Universe, the Days of the Week and in the Human the Gates of the Soul. It is
said that the number seven is blessed above all others.
2=9
Advancement into
the Hall of the Theorici

Het Nuit Redaction, v6.2, March, 2007
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ADVANCEMENT INTO
THE 2=9 HALL OF THE THEORICI
The 2=9 Hall of the Theorici, Part 1: Opening & Tav

center projection

Materials:
Fan
Het Nuit Redaction, v6.2, May, 2007

Opening/Path of Tau
S,T,q
r,s,x,T
On Altar:
Tarot Trump XXI, Fan, Red Lamp, Cup, Salt
Cross, Triangle, Cup, Red Lamp,

Serpent of Wisdom, Flaming Sword
Admission Badges:
Cubical Cross
Lamen of the Kerux
Letters:
North
East
West
Southwest
Earth Tablet
Air Tablet
censer
green lamp
yellow lamp
bowl of salt
fan, feather, or flower
Opening/Path of Tau
Entrance into Yesod
NNW
Seven Infernal Mansions & the Four Seas
Geomantic Figures
SSE
City of Adocentyn
Geometric Lineal Figures
ESE
Luna on the Tree of Life
Kamea of Luna
ENE
Sigils of Luna
WSW
Alchemical Sephiroth
Miscellaneous: hoodwink
Hiereus

a cubical cross.
For the Hall:
Diagrams:
Seven Infernal
Mansions
Kerux
City of
Adocentyne
Hegemon
Tarot
XXI
Entrance into Yesod
EAST
Theoricus
Opening
Temple arranged as in diagram for the 32nd Path. Members assembled and clothed. Lamp on Altar lighted. Members present, but not
taking office, rise at the words Let us adore the Archon of Air
and face East, remaining so to the end of the invocation. They do
the same at the closing, but otherwise do not move from their places.
Alter genders as appropriate. (!=one knock)
All visualize the Hall surrounded with the blue circle Tattwa of Air.
Hiero:
(knocks) Fraters and Sorors
of the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn in the

Outer,
assist me to open the Hall of the Theorici.
Kerux goes to door, sees that it is closed, knocks, and says:

Kerux:
(knocks) Fr./Sr. Hierophant, the Temple is properly
Hiereus: To the Universe as composed of the Four Elements,

to the KERUBIM, the QLIPPOTH and the Astral Plane,
and the reflection of the sphere of SATURN.
Hiero:
All rise and face East. Hierophant makes circle and cross with scepter
towards East.
Hiero:
SHADDAI EL CHAI, Almighty and EverLastingEverLiving be Thy name, Ever Magnified in the Life of All.
All:
Amen.
All salute. Hiero remains facing East. Hiereus advances to West of

Altar. Hegemon and Kerux advance and stand at the outer sides of
the Pillars. All face East. Hiero makes invoking Pentagrams (Spirit &
Air) within a circle before the Air Tablet
Hiero:
guarded.
Returns to his/her place
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, see that the Theorici are assembled.
(Salute with 2=9 sign).
Fr./Sr. Hegemon, to what particular Element

is this Hall attributed?
Heg:
To the Element of Air.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, to what Planet does this Hall especially

refer?
Hiereus: To the Moon.

Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hegemon, what path is attached to this Hall?
Heg:
The 32nd Path of Tau.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, to what does it allude?
Theoricus
One mounteth unto the Crown by the moon and by the

Sun, and by the arrow, and by the Foundation, and by
the dark home of the stars from the black earth. In the
Name ASHERAH and in the Name of SHADDAI EL
CHAI, Spirits of Air, Rise up & awake!
In the Name of RAPHAEL, the Great Archangel of Air,
and in the Sign of the Head of the Human (signing
AQUARIUS with Septer), Spirits of Air, Rise up & awake!
(Making Cross) In the Name and Letters of the Great
Eastern Quadrangle, revealed unto Enoch by the Great
Angel Ave, Spirits of Air, Rise up & awake!
In the Three Great Secret Names of the One,
borne on the Banners of the East, ORO IBAH AOZPI,
Spirits of Air, rise up and awake!
In the Name of BATAIVAH,
Great King of the East, Spirits of Air, Rise up & awake!
Hiereus: Fraters and Sorors Theorici, give the Signs of the 2=9
Grade. (done)
Fr./Sr. Hierophant, the Theorici are assembled.
Hiero:
(knocks) Let us invoke the Archon of Air!
All give 2=9 sign, then return to places.

Hiero:
In the Name of SHADDAI EL CHAI, I declare this

Temple opened as the 2=9 Hall of the Theorici.
Theoricus
Hiero:
!!! !!! !!!
Hiereus: !!! !!! !!!
Heg:
!!! !!! !!!
Hiero:
Ceremony of Advancement in the Path of TAU
Give me the Step and Sign of a Zelator. (done)

Give me the Grip or Token. (done)
Give me the Grand Word. (Adonai ha Aretz)
Mystic Title (Periclinus/Pericline de Faustis)
and the Mystic Number (55) of a Zelator.
What is the Password formed from the Mystic Number?
Hiero:
(Nun Heh)
All salute.
(knocks) Fraters and Sorors, our Fr./Sr. ______ hav-
ing made such progress in the Paths of Magick as has

enabled him/her to pass an examination in the requisite
knowledge, is thus eligible for advancement into the 2=9
Hall of the Theorici. Therefore, by our power to wield a
current of initiation I would undertake to advance him/
her in due form. What is your will?
All:
(Respond)
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hegemon, will you superintend the preparation of

the Zelator and give the customary alarm?
Hegemon rises and responds saluting then quits the Temple. S/he
prepares the Zelator by seeing s/he is robed and wearing his/her
sash, presents him/her with Greek Cubical Cross, Hoodwinks him/
her and comes to the door, giving the knock.
Meanwhile, Kerux places Fan by Hierophant; Lamp by Hegemon; Cup
by Hiereus; Salt by his/her own placeall were on central altar. On
hearing the alarm, Kerux opens the door and allows Hegemon to enter
with Zelator, and then closes it.

Hiero:
Zelator: I do.
Kerux gives back Cross to Zelator.
Hiero:
QUIT THE MATERIAL AND SEEK THE SPIRITUAL.
Hiero:
Conduct the Zelator to the East.
Zelator is led between the Pillars to Hierophants Throne, Kerux

standing on his/her right, Hegemon on his/her left. Kerux takes
Cubical Cross from him/her.
Theoricus
Then you will stretch out your hand(s), holding the

Cubical Cross towards the heavens and say:
I swear by the Vault of the Body of Nuit.
This is done, Zelator repeating the words.

Hiero:
Let the Hoodwink be removed.
Done. Hegemon returns to his/her place in the South.

Kerux now takes charge of Zelator.
Hiero:
Stretch forth your right hand, holding the cubical cross

towards the East, in the position of the Zelator Sign,
saying: Let the Powers of Air witness my pledge. (done)
Hiero:
Facing you are the Portals of the 31st, 32nd, and 29th
Paths leading from the Hall of the Zelatori to the three
other Halls which are beyond. The Path now open to
you, however, is the 32nd, which leads to the 2=9 Hall
of the Theorici, and which you must traverse before
arriving at that Hall. Take in your right hand the
Cubical Cross and in your left the Banner of Light and
follow your Guide, Anubis, the Opener of the Way, who
leads from the material to the spiritual.
All visualize the Aspirant surrounded with the blue circle Tattwa of Air.
Heg:
Fr./Sr. Periclinus/Pericline de Faustis, do you solemnly

pledge yourself to aspire to penetrate the Mysteries of the
32nd Path and of the 2=9 Hall of the Theorici, as you
have already sworn regarding those of the preceding Halls?
Theoricus
Kerux:
Anubis the Guide said to the Aspirant,

Let us enter the Presence of the Lord of Truth.
Arise and follow me.
Kerux turns to the right, and leads Zelator round the Hall once slowly, while Hiereus reads. Hierophant rises with Banner of West in left
hand, Fan in right.
Hiereus: The Sphinx of Egypt spake and said:
I am the synthesis of the Elemental Forces.
I am also the symbol of Humanity.
I am Life and I am Death.
I am the Child of the Night of Time.
As Kerux and Zelator approach the East, Hierophant bars the way
with Banner of the West and Fan.
Hiero:
The Priest with the Mask of the Man spake and said:
Thou canst not pass the Gate of the Eastern Heaven
unless thou canst tell me my Name.
Zelator: (assisted) Thou art SHU, God of the Firmament of Air.

Thou art KHEPERA, Lord of the Eastern Sun.
Hiero:
In what Signs and Symbols do ye come?

What Letter is the Key of my Element?
The aspirant is given some time to remember the Hebrew Letter

learned in the Zelator Hall attributed to the element. Aspirant is only
assisted if truly stumped.
Zelator: (assisted) The Letter Aleph. I come in the Banner of
Light, and the symbol of the Equated Forces.
Hierophant stands back and, with the Fan, signs Aquarius before
Zelator.
Hiero:
In the Sign of the Man, Child of Air, thou art purified.

Pass Thou on.
Gives Banner of the West to Kerux who leads Zelator on, and hands
the Banner to Hegemon in passing, while Hiereus again reads:
Hiereus: I am AUSAR UN NEFER, the Soul in twin aspect,
united to the Higher by purification, perfected by suffer Theoricus
ing, glorified through trial. I have come where the Great

Gods are, through the Power of the Mighty Name.
After Hiereus speech Kerux and Zelator continue around until reaching Hegemon who bars their way Lamp in right hand, Banner of
West in left hand.
Heg:
The Priest with the mask of the Lion, spake and said:
Thou canst not pass by the Gate of the Southern
Heaven unless thou canst tell me my Name.
Zelator: MAU the Lion, Very Powerful, Lord of Fire, is Thy

Name. (assisted) Thou art RA, the Sun in his Strength.
Heg:


Zelator: (assisted) The Letter Shin; and I come in the banner of
the East, and the Symbol of the Cubical Cross.
Heg:
(standing back and, with the Lamp, signs Leo before Zelator)
In the Sign of the Lion, Child of Fire, thou art purified.

Pass thou on.
S/he replaces Lamp and takes the place of Kerux, who returns to
his/her seat in the North. Hegemon leads Zelator past Hiereus, to
whom s/he hands Banner of the West. Meanwhile, Hiereus reads for
the third time, Hegemon being careful to lead Zelator slowly round
the Temple, returning to Hiereus when the speech is finished.
Hiereus: (as they go around for the third time)
I have passed through the gates of the Firmament.
Give me your hands, for I am made as ye,
Ye Lords of Truth! For Ye are the formers of the Soul.
Hiereus puts down Sword and stands with Cup in right hand, Banner
of West in left, barring the way of Hegemon and Zelator.
Hiereus: The Priest with the Mask of the Eagle spake and said:
Thou canst not pass the Gate of the Western Heaven,
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Zelator: (assisted) NUN, the Infinite Waters, is Thy Name.

Thou art ATUM, the setting Sun.
Hiereus: In what Signs and Symbols do ye come?
Aspirant is given time to remember the Hebrew Letter learned in the
Zelator Hall attributed to the element. Aspirant is only assisted if
truly stumped.
Zelator: (assisted) The Letter Mem; in the banner of the East,
and I come in the Symbol of the Cubical Cross.
Hiereus: (standing back and, with the Cup, makes sign of Scorpio over
Zelator) In the Sign of the Eagle art thou purified, Child
of Water. Pass thou on.
Kerux:
Hiero
Hiereus: (as they go around) O Lord of the Universe

thou art above all things and Thy Name is in all things;
and before Thee, the Shadows of Night roll back
and the Darkness hasteth away.
(barring the way with Salt and Banner of West)
The Priest with the Mask of the ox spake and said:

Thou canst not pass the gate of the Northern Heaven,
Zelator: (assisted) GEB, the Bull of Earth, is Thy Name.

Thou art AUSAR, the Sun at Night.
Kerux:


assisted is truly stumped.
Zelator: (assisted) The Letters Aleph, Mem, and Shin,
and I come in the symbols of Banner and Cross.
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In the Sign of Head of the Ox, Child of the elements,

thou art purified. Pass thou on.
Hegemon leads the Zelator to Hierophant between the Pillars, Kerux

accompanies them with Banner of West, which s/he hands to
Hierophant to replace on stand. Hegemon now hands up Banner of
East which Zelator has been holding. This is also replaced. Hegemon
hands Cubical cross to Hierophant. Kerux collects the Fan, lamp, Cup
and salt and replaces them in their right places on the Altar, round
the Diagram.
S/he gives Banner of West to Hegemon who continues to circumambulate with Zelator, giving Banner of West to Kerux as s/he passes
him/her. Hiereus reads as they go round the fourth time, while Kerux
rises with SALT in his/her right hand, the Banner of the West in
left.
Kerux:
(stands back and, with Salt, signs Taurus over Zelator)
(holding Cubical Cross ) The Cubical Cross is a fitting
emblem of the equilibriated and balanced forces of the

Elements. It is composed of 22 squares externally,
thus referring them to the 22 letters that are placed
thereon. Twenty-two are the letters of the Eternal Voice,
in the Vault of Heaven, in the Depth of Earth; in the
Abyss of Water; in the All-Presence of Fire. Heaven
cannot speak their fullness; Earth cannot utter it. Yet,
the Creator-Creatrix has bound them in all things. They
are mingled in the Water. They are whirled aloft in Fire.
They are sealed in the Air of Heaven. They are
distributed through the Planets. They are assigned
unto the Twelve Constellations of the Universe.
Places Cross aside.
Hiero:
The 32nd Path of the Sepher Yetzirah, which answers

to MALKUTH and the Letter TAU, is called the
Administrative Intelligence, remember this, for it directs
and associates all of the operations of the Heavens.
Hiero rises and leads Zelator to the West of the Altar, drawing attention to the Key of the Universe.
Hiero:
These Ideas are symbolically united in the Twenty First

Key of the Tarot, before you. Study this and all the symbolism of this Hall, both here and in the classic text.
This knowledge will continually prove its worth during
your Magickal study.
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The Fan, Lamp, Cup and Salt represent the four

Elements themselves whose inhabitants are the Sylphs,
Salamanders, Undines, and Gnomes.
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Hiero returns to throne. Hegemon leads Aspirant to his/her Tablet in

The South.
Heg:
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On the eastern gate he placed the form of an Eagle; on

the western gate the form of a Bull, on the southern
gate the form of a Lion, and on the northern gate he
constructed the form of a Dog. Into these images he
introduced spirits which spoke with voices, nor could
anyone enter the gates of the City except by their permission.
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The drawing before you represents the Seven Infernal

Mansions and the four Seas. The first circle represents
the Waters of Tears; the second circle represents the
Waters of Creation; the third circle represents the Waters
of Ocean; and the fourth circle represents the False Sea.
In the inner circles are on the right hand the seven
Earths, which are:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
There are among the Chaldeans very perfect masters in

the magickal art and they affirm that Hermes, in the
east of Egypt constructed a City twelve miles long within
which he constructed a castle which had four gates at
each of its four parts.
There he planted trees in the midst of which was a great

tree which bore the fruit of all generation. On the summit
of the castle he caused to be raised a light house the color
of which changed every day until the seventh day after
which it returned to the first color, and so the City was
illuminated with these colors. Near the City there was an
abundance of waters in which dwelt many kinds of fish.
Around the circumference of the City he placed engraved

images and ordered them in such a manner that by
their virtue the inhabitants were made virtuous and
withdrawn from all wickedness and harm. The name of
the City was Adocentyn.
Kerux leads Aspirant to his/her Tablet in the North.
Be thou, therefore, prompt and active as the Sylphs,

but avoid capriciousness.
Be thou energetic and strong as the Salamanders,
but avoid irritability.
Be flexible and attentive to images, like the Undines,
but avoid indolence.
Be industrious and patient like the Gnomes,
but avoid avarice.
So shalt thou gradually develop the powers of thy soul
and fit thyself to wield the Spirits of the Elements.
Heg:
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Hiero:
Aretz
Adamah
Gia
Neschiah
Tziah
Arega and
Thebel or Cheled.
On the left hand are the seven Infernal Habitations

which are:
1) Sheol
2) Abaddon
3) Titahion
4) Bar Schauchath
5) Tzelmoth
6) Shari Moth and
7) Gehinnom.
Aspirant is lead to the West of the altar.
Hiereus: The Sphinx of Egypt again spake and said:
I am the synthesis of the Elemental Forces
and four are my Powers.
All rise.
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The 2=9 Hall of the Theorici, Part 2: Yesod

center projection
Sigils of Luna
To Know! (knocks)
Heg:
To Will! (knocks)
Hiereus: To Dare! (knocks)
Luna on
The Tree of Life
Kamea of Luna
Hiero:
Kerux:
And to Keep Silent! (knocks and makes sign of silence)
Hiero:
I have much pleasure in conferring on you the Title of

Initiate of the 32nd Path. You will now quit the Temple
for a short time and on your return your reception into
the 2=9 Hall of the Theorici will commence.
Fan
Kerux leads Zelator out.

Second Part entering The Temple in Yesod
Kerux takes up Caduceus Badge.
Hiero:
Serpent of
Wisdom
Kerux
Hegemon
Kerux takes Caduceus Admission Badge and brings Zelator to the

door to give the knocks. Hegemon opens the door and leads Zelator in
a little way and faces him/her towards Hierophant.
All visualize the Aspirant surrounded with the blue circle Tattwa of
Air.
Flaming Sword
Hiero:
Geometric
Lineal Figures
Hiereus
Geomantic
Figures
EAST
Fr./Sr. Kerux, please instruct the Zelator in the proper

alarm, and please present him/her with the necessary
admission Badge. Fr./Sr. Hegemon, guard the Portal
and admit them on giving the proper alarm.
Alchemical
Sephiroth
the Caduceus of Hermes.
Fr./Sr. Periclinus/Pericline de Faustis, as in the Zelator

Hall there were given symbolic representations of the
Paths of Light, of Darkness and of Balance in the Outer
Temple, so in this Hall of the Theorici, the Sanctum
Sanctorum, the Inner Temple is shown; while in the
32nd Path leading hereunto and through which you
have symbolically passed, its Guardians, the Kerubs, are
represented.
Fr./Sr. Hegemon, please conduct the Zelator to the West,
and place him/her before the Path of TAU
by which s/he has symbolically entered this Hall.
This is done so that the Zelator is standing before the Hiereus and
facing him/her. Kerux returns to place.
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Hiereus: By what symbol dost thou enter herein?

Asp:
Hiero:
(Hegemon prompting) By the Lamen of the Kerux,
which is the Caduceus of Hermes.
This diagram shows the Tree of Life in all of its Glory,

the Hebrew Names of God, Archangels and Choirs of
Angels are represented in the Sepheroth, while the
Letters are upon the Paths between them.
Hiereus takes the Lamen, indicates the Caduceus diagram on the

wall, and says:
Hiereus: The Tree of Life and the Three Mother Letters are the
Keys with which to unlock the Caduceus of Hermes and
the Caduceus of Hermes is the Key with which to unlock
this Hall.
Here also is the descending Lightning Flash which is also

the Flaming Sword, marking the natural succession of
the Sepheroth, and the ascending Serpent of Wisdom,
touching all of the Paths in order.
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The Caduceus of Hermes can be placed on Tree of Life

by laying the Crowning Orb of the Shaft at Kether, The
Wings then fall at Chokmah and Binah, The Heads of
the Twin Serpents at Chesed and Geburah, The Bodies
cross the Shaft at Tiphareth and Yesod while touching
Netzach and Hod as they twine the Shaft. The Base of
the Shaft is in Malkuth.
The Tree of Life is the Structure upon which our rituals

and myths are built. It shows the Way of Creation and
is the Union of Heaven and Earth enabling the Mage to
ascend to the utmost heights.
Hiero:
Hiereus: One can also find the Three Mother letters of the
Hebrew Alphabet in the Caduceus, the Shin formed by
the Wings and Orb, the Aleph in the Twining Serpents
and the Mem in the Descending Tails.
Glory be unto Thee, Giver of Life, for Thy Splendor fills

the Universe! (pause) The sacrament of this hall is the
living experience of the Tree of Life. This can be received
in many ways. Today we invite you to receive into yourself the Light of the Tree by joining us in the invocation of the Middle Pillar by the Divine Names of the
Sepheroth. This is the special Practice of the Theorici.
The Serpents also represent the twin Serpents of Egypt,

the positive and negative flux of the Light, as well as the
Pillars of Hermes and Solomon in an active manifestation, and the Ida and Pingala of the Chakrah system.
Hiero comes East of the Altar. Heg directs Zelator to face Hiero from
the West of the Altar and returns to her throne.
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The Cross within the Triangle, down pointing, represents

the Power of the Tree of Life in the midst of the Waters
of Creation, the Void of the Unmanifest.
The Cup and Flame represent the Pylons of the Middle
Way through which you passed upon entering the
Temple in the Hall of the Zelatori and which guide you
in your Journey. (And then standing in the Sign of Shu, say:)
Altogether the Caduceus forms an active fusion of the

whole of the Tree of Life and to wield it is to wield the
whole Tree.
The Caduceus is the Key to this Hall for this Hall is the
entrance into the Sanctum Sanctorum, and the Sanctum
Sanctorum is the Tree of Life. Through the Caduceus,
the Tree is grasped as a Whole.
The symbols before you represent alike the Inner Temple

and the Holy of Holies, and this is the Tree of Life.
This is done, with all present joining in the vibration of Divine

Names, viz:
All:
1EHEIEH
DELOHIM
6ELOAH VE DAATH
9SHADDAI EL CHAI
10ADONAI HA ARETZ
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Pause, and Hiero comes West of Altar to instruct.

Hiero:
Hiero:
This Hall especially refers to the Element of Air, and

therefore the Great Watchtower or Terrestrial Tablet of
the East forms one of its principle emblems. It is the First
or Great Eastern Quadrangle or Air Tablet, and it is one
of the four Great Tablets of the Elements said to have
been given to Enoch by the Great Angel Ave. From it are
drawn the Three Holy Secret Names that are borne upon
the Banners of the East, ORO IBAH AOZPI, and there are
also numberless names of Angels, Archangels, and spirits
of the Nature of Elemental Air.
The 2=9 Hall of the Theorici is referred to YESOD, as

the Zelator Hall is to MALKUTH, The Path between
them is assigned to the Letter TAU, whose portal you
now see in the West, and through which you have just
symbolically passed. (Give Word, Grip, and Sign: Shaddai El
Chai, 1st Order, Sign of Shu, #45, MEM HEH; secret name of
Yetzerah.)
The Sign represents you in the Path of Yesod, supporting the Pillars of Mercy and Severity. It is the classical
Atlas supporting the Universe on his shoulders, whom
Hercules has to emulate. It is the Isis of Nature supporting the Heavens.
37 78 29 70 21 62 13 54 5
6 38 79 30 71 22 63 14 46
47 7 39 80 31 72 23 55 15
16 48 8 40 81 32 64 24 56
57 17 49 9 41 73 33 65 25
26 58 18 50 1 42 74 34 66
67 27 59 10 51 2 43 75 35
36 68 19 60 11 52 3 44 76
77 28 69 20 61 12 53 4 45
Unto this Hall and the Sepherah YESOD, the Ninth Path
of the Sepher Yetzirah is referred. It is called the PURE
and CLEAR INTELLIGENCE, remember this, for it purifies
and clarifies all of the Sepheroth, proving and amending
the forming of their representation, and disposes their
duties or harmonies in their combinations without mutilation or division.
This Tablet (indicating it) shows the mystical Seals and

Names drawn from the Kamea of the Moon. The Seals
are formed from lines drawn to and from certain numbers in the square. The name answering to 9 is Hod
meaning Glory; that answering to 81 is Elim the plural of the Divine Name El, that answering to 369 is
Chasmodai, the Spirit of the Moon. The other names are
those of the Intelligences and Spirits of the Moon.
Hierophant then describes and invests the Zelator with the 2=9 sash,
points out the Earth Tablet which the new Theoricus has previously
seen, brings Zelator to the East end of the Hall, then says:
Hiero:
The three Portals facing you are the Gates of the Paths
leading from this Grade. That on the right connects it
with the 4=7 Grade of Philosophus while that on your
left with the 3=8 Grade of Practicus, while the central
one leads to the Higher.
To the Moon also is this Grade related. Its Kamea or

Mystical square is formed of 81 squares containing the
numbers from 1 to 81 arranged so as to show the same
sum each way. Its ruling numbers are 9, 81, 369 and
3321.
On this Tablet are shown the meanings of the Lunar

symbol when inscribed upon the Tree of Life. Thus its
crescent in increase represents the side of Mercy; and its
crescent in decrease the side of Severity; while at full it
reflects the Sun of Tiphareth.

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Hiero. resumes his/her seat. Hegemon conducts Aspirant to Hiereus

in The West.
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Hiereus:
The Tablet before you shows the duplicated form of
the alchemic Sephiroth. In the first the Metallic root
is in Kether, Lead in Chokmah, Tin in Binah, Silver in
Chesed, Gold in Geburah, Iron in Tiphareth, Netzach and
Hod are the places of Hermaphroditical Brass, Yesod is
Mercury and Malkuth is the Medicine of Metals.
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1
Hiereus: In the second form the Mercury, Sulphur and Salt are
referred to the three Supernal Sephiroth, and the Metals
to the seven lower but in a rather different order. For in
all things as Supernal so Terrestrial, is the Tree of Life
to be found, whether it be in animal, in vegetable, or in
mineral natures.
(knocks) Fr./Sr. Kerux, will you now declare that the
Zelator has been duly advanced to the Hall of the

Theorici?
Kerux:
I will.
In the name of SHADDAI EL CHAI,
and by the power of the initiatory current that we wield,
here ye all that I proclaim that our Fr./Sr. _______,
having made such progress in the Study of Magick, has
been duly advanced to the Grade of 2=9 of Theoricus,
Initiate of the 32nd Path, and that he has received the
Mystic Title of PORAIOS/PORIA DE REJECTUS, and the
symbol of RUACH.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. ______, before your advancement to the next

Hall lies the task of committing certain rudiments of
Magickal knowledge to memory. When you have satisfied yourself with your attainment, arrangements will be
made for you to sit for examination. Upon passing you
will be ready at your discretion for the next Degree.
Hegemon leads Aspirant to his own Tablet in South.

Heg:
This Tablet shows you the Geometrical Lineal Figures

attributed to the Planets. They are thus referred: The
Number 3 and the Triangle to Saturn. The Number
4 and the Square to Jupiter. The Number 5 and the
Pentagram to Mars. The Number 6 and the Hexagram
to the Sun. The Number 7 and the Heptagram to Venus.
The Number 8 and the Octagram to Mercury. The
Number 9 and the Enneagram to the Moon. Of these
the heptagram and the octagram can be traced in two
modes and the enneagram in three; the first in each case
being most consonant to the nature of the Planet.

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2=9/Yesod(Se)
Hegemon resumes his/her seat. Kerux comes forward and conducts

the Aspirant to his/her Tablet in the North.
Kerux:
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Before you are represented the sixteen Figures of

Geomancy, which are formed from all the combinations
of single and double points in 4 lines which can possibly
occur. Two are attributed to each of the seven Planets,
and the remaining two to Caput and Cauda Draconis.
Some of them are also attributed to Fire, others to Air,
others to Earth and Water. They are also classed under
the signs of the Zodiac.
Kerux conducts Aspirant to foot of Hierophants throne in the East.

Hiero:
I now congratulate you on having attained

to the Hall of the Theorici and in recognition thereof
I confer upon you the Mystic Title PORAIOS DE
REJECTIS, which means Brought from among the
Rejected, and I give you the Symbol of RUACH, which
is the Hebrew name for Air.
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21
Closing
Hiero:
(knocks) Assist me to close the Temple in the Hall of the
Kerux:
(knocks) Fr./Sr. Hierophant, the Temple is properly guarded.
Hiero:
(knocks) Let us adore the Archon of AIR.
And we shall direct the course of the Evening Breeze to fly

before Thee!
O SPIRIT of Spirits! O Eternal Soul of souls!
O IMPERISHABLE Breath of Life! O Creative Sigh!
O mouth which breathest forth and withdrawest the
life of all beings, in the flux and reflux of Thine Eternal
Word, which is the Divine Ocean of Movement and of
Truth.
Theorici. Fr./Sr. Kerux, see that the Temple is properly

guarded.
All face East. New Theoricus is directed to stand facing east.

Hiero:
SHADDAI EL CHAI, Almighty and Everliving,

blessed be Thy Name unto the countless ages. Amen.
All salute. Officers form in the East as in Opening. Members stand

facing East. Hiereus remains standing just behind new Theoricus.
Hiero:
(knocks) Let us join with the Sylphs in their continual
All:
SPIRIT OF LIFE! Spirit of wisdom! Whose breath giveth

forth and withdraweth the form of all things:
THOU, before Whom the life of beings is but a shadow
which changeth, and a vapor which passeth:
THOU, Who mountest upon the clouds, and Who walkest upon the Wings of the Wind.
THOU, Who breathest forth Thy Breath, and endless space
is peopled:
THOU, Who drawest in Thy Breath, and all that cometh
from Thee, returneth unto Thee!
Prayer
CEASELESS MOTION, in Eternal Stability, be Thou

eternally blessed! We praise Thee and we bless Thee in
the Changeless Empire of Created Light, of Shades, of
Reflections, and of Images. And we aspire without cessation unto Thy Immutable and Imperishable Brilliance.
Let the ray of Thy Intelligence and the Warmth of Thy
Love penetrate even unto us! Then that which is Volatile
shall be Fixed; the shadow shall be a body; the Spirit of
Air shall be a Soul; the Dream shall be a Thought.And
no more shall we be swept away by the Tempest, but we
shall hold the Bridles of the Winged Steeds of Dawn.
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Hierophant makes with Scepter the Banishing Circle and Pentagrams

in the air before the Tablet.
Hiero:
Depart ye in peace unto your habitations.

May the blessing of ASHERAH rest with ye.
Be there peace between us and you,
and be ye ready to come when ye are called.
All give 2=9 and return to their places.

In the Name of SHADDAI EL CHAI,
I declare this 2=9 Hall of the Theorici duly closed.
Hiero:
!!! !!! !!!
Hiereus: !!! !!! !!!

Heg:
!!! !!! !!!
Dedication of Merit
ALL:
May the benefit of this act, and all acts, be dedicated

Unto the complete liberation and the supreme enlightenment Of all beings everywhere pervading space and
time.So mote it be.
May the benefits of practice, ours and others, come to
fruition, Ultimately and immediately, and we remain in
the state of presenceAh!
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2=9
Advancement into
the Hall of the Theorici

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The 2=9 Hall of the Theorici, Part 1: Opening & Tav
And we shall direct the course of the Evening Breeze to fly before
Thee!
O SPIRIT of Spirits! O Eternal Soul of souls!
O IMPERISHABLE Breath of Life! O Creative Sigh!
O mouth which breathest forth and withdrawest the
life of all beings, in the flux and reflux of Thine Eternal
Word, which is the Divine Ocean of Movement and of
Truth.
center projection
Fan
Hierophant makes with Scepter the Banishing Circle and Pentagrams

in the air before the Tablet.
Hiero:
Kerux
City of
Adocentyne
Hegemon
Tarot
XXI
Depart ye in peace unto your habitations.

May the blessing of ASHERAH rest with ye.
and be ye ready to come when ye are called.
All give 2=9 and return to their places.

In the Name of SHADDAI EL CHAI,
I declare this 2=9 Hall of the Theorici duly closed.
Hiero:
!!! !!! !!!
Hiereus: !!! !!! !!!

Heg:
!!! !!! !!!
Dedication of Merit
Seven Infernal
Mansions
ALL:
Hiereus

Unto the complete liberation and the supreme enlightenment Of all beings everywhere pervading space and
time.So mote it be.

a cubical cross.
EAST
2007 The Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn. All rights reserved. The rituals of the Open
Source Order of the Golden Dawn may be freely used, distributed, and modified with the following
restrictions: These rituals may not be sold or performed for profit even in modified form. If published
and/or distributed, they must carry this notice.
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Closing
Hiero:
(knocks) Assist me to close the Temple in the Hall of the
Kerux:
(knocks) Fr./Sr. Hierophant, the Temple is properly guarded.
Hiero:
(knocks) Let us adore the Archon of AIR.
All face East. New Theoricus is directed to stand facing east.

Hiero:
ADVANCEMENT INTO
THE 2=9 HALL OF THE THEORICI
Theorici. Fr./Sr. Kerux, see that the Temple is properly

guarded.
SHADDAI EL CHAI, Almighty and Everliving,

blessed be Thy Name unto the countless ages. Amen.
All salute. Officers form in the East as in Opening. Members stand

facing East. Hiereus remains standing just behind new Theoricus.
Hiero:
(knocks) Let us join with the Sylphs in their continual
All:
SPIRIT OF LIFE! Spirit of wisdom! Whose breath giveth

forth and withdraweth the form of all things:
THOU, before Whom the life of beings is but a shadow
which changeth, and a vapor which passeth:
THOU, Who mountest upon the clouds, and Who walkest upon the Wings of the Wind.
THOU, Who breathest forth Thy Breath, and endless space
is peopled:
THOU, Who drawest in Thy Breath, and all that cometh
from Thee, returneth unto Thee!
Prayer
CEASELESS MOTION, in Eternal Stability, be Thou

eternally blessed! We praise Thee and we bless Thee in
the Changeless Empire of Created Light, of Shades, of
Reflections, and of Images. And we aspire without cessation unto Thy Immutable and Imperishable Brilliance.

Materials:

Opening/Path of Tau
Entrance into Yesod
S,T,q
r,s,x,T
On Altar:
Tarot Trump XXI, Fan, Red Lamp, Cup, Salt
Cross, Triangle, Cup, Red Lamp,

Serpent of Wisdom, Flaming Sword
Admission Badges:
Cubical Cross
Lamen of the Kerux
Letters:
For the Hall:

North
East
West
Southwest
Earth Tablet
Air Tablet
censer
green lamp
yellow lamp
bowl of salt
fan, feather, or flower
Diagrams:
Opening/Path of Tau
Entrance into Yesod
NNW
Seven Infernal Mansions & the Four Seas
Geomantic Figures
SSE
City of Adocentyn
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Kamea of Luna
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Sigils of Luna
WSW
Miscellaneous: hoodwink
Let the ray of Thy Intelligence and the Warmth of Thy

Love penetrate even unto us! Then that which is Volatile
shall be Fixed; the shadow shall be a body; the Spirit of
Air shall be a Soul; the Dream shall be a Thought.And
no more shall we be swept away by the Tempest, but we
shall hold the Bridles of the Winged Steeds of Dawn.
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Opening
(knocks) Fr./Sr. Kerux, will you now declare that the
Temple arranged as in diagram for the 32nd Path. Members assembled and clothed. Lamp on Altar lighted. Members present, but not
taking office, rise at the words Let us adore the Archon of Air
and face East, remaining so to the end of the invocation. They do
the same at the closing, but otherwise do not move from their places.
Alter genders as appropriate. (!=one knock)
Zelator has been duly advanced to the Hall of the

Theorici?
Kerux:
I will.
In the name of SHADDAI EL CHAI,
and by the power of the initiatory current that we wield,
here ye all that I proclaim that our Fr./Sr. _______,
having made such progress in the Study of Magick, has
been duly advanced to the Grade of 2=9 of Theoricus,
Initiate of the 32nd Path, and that he has received the
Mystic Title of PORAIOS/PORIA DE REJECTUS, and the
symbol of RUACH.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. ______, before your advancement to the next

Hall lies the task of committing certain rudiments of
Magickal knowledge to memory. When you have satisfied yourself with your attainment, arrangements will be
made for you to sit for examination. Upon passing you
will be ready at your discretion for the next Degree.
All visualize the Hall surrounded with the blue circle Tattwa of Air.
Hiero:
(knocks) Fraters and Sorors
of the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn in the

Outer,
assist me to open the Hall of the Theorici.
Kerux goes to door, sees that it is closed, knocks, and says:

Kerux:
(knocks) Fr./Sr. Hierophant, the Temple is properly
guarded.
Returns to his/her place
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, see that the Theorici are assembled.
Hiereus: Fraters and Sorors Theorici, give the Signs of the 2=9
Grade. (done)
Fr./Sr. Hierophant, the Theorici are assembled.
(Salute with 2=9 sign).
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hegemon, to what particular Element

Heg:
To the Element of Air.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, to what Planet does this Hall especially

refer?
Hiereus: To the Moon.

Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hegemon, what path is attached to this Hall?
Heg:
The 32nd Path of Tau.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, to what does it allude?
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Hiereus: In the second form the Mercury, Sulphur and Salt are
referred to the three Supernal Sephiroth, and the Metals
to the seven lower but in a rather different order. For in
all things as Supernal so Terrestrial, is the Tree of Life
to be found, whether it be in animal, in vegetable, or in
mineral natures.
Hegemon leads Aspirant to his own Tablet in South.
Heg:
This Tablet shows you the Geometrical Lineal Figures

attributed to the Planets. They are thus referred: The
Number 3 and the Triangle to Saturn. The Number
4 and the Square to Jupiter. The Number 5 and the
Pentagram to Mars. The Number 6 and the Hexagram
to the Sun. The Number 7 and the Heptagram to Venus.
The Number 8 and the Octagram to Mercury. The
Number 9 and the Enneagram to the Moon. Of these
the heptagram and the octagram can be traced in two
modes and the enneagram in three; the first in each case
being most consonant to the nature of the Planet.

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Hiereus: To the Universe as composed of the Four Elements,

to the KERUBIM, the QLIPPOTH and the Astral Plane,
and the reflection of the sphere of SATURN.
Hiero:
All rise and face East. Hierophant makes circle and cross with scepter
towards East.
Hiero:
SHADDAI EL CHAI, Almighty and EverLastingEverLiving be Thy name, Ever Magnified in the Life of All.
All:
Amen.
All salute. Hiero remains facing East. Hiereus advances to West of

Altar. Hegemon and Kerux advance and stand at the outer sides of
the Pillars. All face East. Hiero makes invoking Pentagrams (Spirit &
Air) within a circle before the Air Tablet
Hiero:
Hegemon resumes his/her seat. Kerux comes forward and conducts

the Aspirant to his/her Tablet in the North.
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I now congratulate you on having attained

to the Hall of the Theorici and in recognition thereof
I confer upon you the Mystic Title PORAIOS DE
REJECTIS, which means Brought from among the
Rejected, and I give you the Symbol of RUACH, which
is the Hebrew name for Air.
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One mounteth unto the Crown by the moon and by the

Sun, and by the arrow, and by the Foundation, and by
the dark home of the stars from the black earth. In the
Name ASHERAH and in the Name of SHADDAI EL
CHAI, Spirits of Air, Rise up & awake!
In the Name of RAPHAEL, the Great Archangel of Air,
and in the Sign of the Head of the Human (signing
AQUARIUS with Septer), Spirits of Air, Rise up & awake!
(Making Cross) In the Name and Letters of the Great
Eastern Quadrangle, revealed unto Enoch by the Great
Angel Ave, Spirits of Air, Rise up & awake!
borne on the Banners of the East, ORO IBAH AOZPI,
Spirits of Air, rise up and awake!
In the Name of BATAIVAH,
Great King of the East, Spirits of Air, Rise up & awake!
Before you are represented the sixteen Figures of

Geomancy, which are formed from all the combinations
of single and double points in 4 lines which can possibly
occur. Two are attributed to each of the seven Planets,
and the remaining two to Caput and Cauda Draconis.
Some of them are also attributed to Fire, others to Air,
others to Earth and Water. They are also classed under
the signs of the Zodiac.
Kerux conducts Aspirant to foot of Hierophants throne in the East.

Hiero:
(knocks) Let us invoke the Archon of Air!
All give 2=9 sign, then return to places.

Hiero:
In the Name of SHADDAI EL CHAI, I declare this

Temple opened as the 2=9 Hall of the Theorici.
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Hiero:
This Hall especially refers to the Element of Air, and

therefore the Great Watchtower or Terrestrial Tablet of
the East forms one of its principle emblems. It is the First
or Great Eastern Quadrangle or Air Tablet, and it is one
of the four Great Tablets of the Elements said to have
been given to Enoch by the Great Angel Ave. From it are
drawn the Three Holy Secret Names that are borne upon
the Banners of the East, ORO IBAH AOZPI, and there are
also numberless names of Angels, Archangels, and spirits
of the Nature of Elemental Air.
All salute.
Ceremony of Advancement in the Path of TAU

(knocks) Fraters and Sorors, our Fr./Sr. ______ hav-
ing made such progress in the Paths of Magick as has

enabled him/her to pass an examination in the requisite
knowledge, is thus eligible for advancement into the 2=9
Hall of the Theorici. Therefore, by our power to wield a
current of initiation I would undertake to advance him/
her in due form. What is your will?
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All:
(Respond)
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hegemon, will you superintend the preparation of

the Zelator and give the customary alarm?
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This Tablet (indicating it) shows the mystical Seals and

Names drawn from the Kamea of the Moon. The Seals
are formed from lines drawn to and from certain numbers in the square. The name answering to 9 is Hod
meaning Glory; that answering to 81 is Elim the plural of the Divine Name El, that answering to 369 is
Chasmodai, the Spirit of the Moon. The other names are
those of the Intelligences and Spirits of the Moon.
Hegemon rises and responds saluting then quits the Temple. S/he
prepares the Zelator by seeing s/he is robed and wearing his/her
sash, presents him/her with Greek Cubical Cross, Hoodwinks him/
her and comes to the door, giving the knock.
Meanwhile, Kerux places Fan by Hierophant; Lamp by Hegemon; Cup
by Hiereus; Salt by his/her own placeall were on central altar. On
hearing the alarm, Kerux opens the door and allows Hegemon to enter
with Zelator, and then closes it.
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Hiero:
Conduct the Zelator to the East.
On this Tablet are shown the meanings of the Lunar

symbol when inscribed upon the Tree of Life. Thus its
crescent in increase represents the side of Mercy; and its
crescent in decrease the side of Severity; while at full it
reflects the Sun of Tiphareth.

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Hiero. resumes his/her seat. Hegemon conducts Aspirant to Hiereus

in The West.
Hiereus:
The Tablet before you shows the duplicated form of
the alchemic Sephiroth. In the first the Metallic root
is in Kether, Lead in Chokmah, Tin in Binah, Silver in
Chesed, Gold in Geburah, Iron in Tiphareth, Netzach and
Hod are the places of Hermaphroditical Brass, Yesod is
Mercury and Malkuth is the Medicine of Metals.
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Zelator is led between the Pillars to Hierophants Throne, Kerux

standing on his/her right, Hegemon on his/her left. Kerux takes
Cubical Cross from him/her.
To the Moon also is this Grade related. Its Kamea or

Mystical square is formed of 81 squares containing the
numbers from 1 to 81 arranged so as to show the same
sum each way. Its ruling numbers are 9, 81, 369 and
3321.
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Hiero:
Hiero:
!!! !!! !!!
Hiereus: !!! !!! !!!
Heg:
!!! !!! !!!
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Pause, and Hiero comes West of Altar to instruct.

Hiero:
The 2=9 Hall of the Theorici is referred to YESOD, as

the Zelator Hall is to MALKUTH, The Path between
them is assigned to the Letter TAU, whose portal you
now see in the West, and through which you have just
symbolically passed. (Give Word, Grip, and Sign: Shaddai El
Chai, 1st Order, Sign of Shu, #45, MEM HEH; secret name of
Yetzerah.)
The Sign represents you in the Path of Yesod, supporting the Pillars of Mercy and Severity. It is the classical
Atlas supporting the Universe on his shoulders, whom
Hercules has to emulate. It is the Isis of Nature supporting the Heavens.
Unto this Hall and the Sepherah YESOD, the Ninth Path
of the Sepher Yetzirah is referred. It is called the PURE
and CLEAR INTELLIGENCE, remember this, for it purifies
and clarifies all of the Sepheroth, proving and amending
the forming of their representation, and disposes their
duties or harmonies in their combinations without mutilation or division.
Hierophant then describes and invests the Zelator with the 2=9 sash,
points out the Earth Tablet which the new Theoricus has previously
seen, brings Zelator to the East end of the Hall, then says:
Hiero:
Hiero:
The three Portals facing you are the Gates of the Paths
leading from this Grade. That on the right connects it
with the 4=7 Grade of Philosophus while that on your
left with the 3=8 Grade of Practicus, while the central
one leads to the Higher.
18 Theoricus
Give me the Step and Sign of a Zelator. (done)

Give me the Grip or Token. (done)
Give me the Grand Word. (Adonai ha Aretz)
Mystic Title (Periclinus/Pericline de Faustis)
and the Mystic Number (55) of a Zelator.
What is the Password formed from the Mystic Number?
(Nun Heh)

Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Periclinus/Pericline de Faustis, do you solemnly

pledge yourself to aspire to penetrate the Mysteries of the
32nd Path and of the 2=9 Hall of the Theorici, as you
have already sworn regarding those of the preceding Halls?
Zelator: I do.
Kerux gives back Cross to Zelator.
Hiero:
Then you will stretch out your hand(s), holding the

Cubical Cross towards the heavens and say:
I swear by the Vault of the Body of Nuit.
This is done, Zelator repeating the words.

Hiero:
Let the Hoodwink be removed.
Done. Hegemon returns to his/her place in the South.

Kerux now takes charge of Zelator.
Hiero:
Stretch forth your right hand, holding the cubical cross

towards the East, in the position of the Zelator Sign,
saying: Let the Powers of Air witness my pledge. (done)
Hiero:
Facing you are the Portals of the 31st, 32nd, and 29th
Paths leading from the Hall of the Zelatori to the three
other Halls which are beyond. The Path now open to
you, however, is the 32nd, which leads to the 2=9 Hall
of the Theorici, and which you must traverse before
arriving at that Hall. Take in your right hand the
Cubical Cross and in your left the Banner of Light and
follow your Guide, Anubis, the Opener of the Way, who
leads from the material to the spiritual.
Theoricus
Kerux:
Anubis the Guide said to the Aspirant,

Let us enter the Presence of the Lord of Truth.
Arise and follow me.
Hiero:
This diagram shows the Tree of Life in all of its Glory,

the Hebrew Names of God, Archangels and Choirs of
Angels are represented in the Sepheroth, while the
Letters are upon the Paths between them.
Kerux turns to the right, and leads Zelator round the Hall once slowly, while Hiereus reads. Hierophant rises with Banner of West in left
hand, Fan in right.
Hiereus: The Sphinx of Egypt spake and said:
I am the synthesis of the Elemental Forces.
I am also the symbol of Humanity.
I am Life and I am Death.
I am the Child of the Night of Time.
Here also is the descending Lightning Flash which is also

the Flaming Sword, marking the natural succession of
the Sepheroth, and the ascending Serpent of Wisdom,
touching all of the Paths in order.
The Tree of Life is the Structure upon which our rituals
and myths are built. It shows the Way of Creation and
is the Union of Heaven and Earth enabling the Mage to
ascend to the utmost heights.
As Kerux and Zelator approach the East, Hierophant bars the way
with Banner of the West and Fan.
Hiero:
The Priest with the Mask of the Man spake and said:
Thou canst not pass the Gate of the Eastern Heaven
Hiero:
Zelator: (assisted) Thou art SHU, God of the Firmament of Air.

Thou art KHEPERA, Lord of the Eastern Sun.
Hiero:

Glory be unto Thee, Giver of Life, for Thy Splendor fills

the Universe! (pause) The sacrament of this hall is the
living experience of the Tree of Life. This can be received
in many ways. Today we invite you to receive into yourself the Light of the Tree by joining us in the invocation of the Middle Pillar by the Divine Names of the
Sepheroth. This is the special Practice of the Theorici.
Zelator: (assisted) The Letter Aleph. I come in the Banner of

Light, and the symbol of the Equated Forces.
Hierophant stands back and, with the Fan, signs Aquarius before
Zelator.
In the Sign of the Man, Child of Air, thou art purified.
Pass Thou on.
Gives Banner of the West to Kerux who leads Zelator on, and hands
the Banner to Hegemon in passing, while Hiereus again reads:
Hiereus: I am AUSAR UN NEFER, the Soul in twin aspect, united to the Higher by purification, perfected by suffer8 Theoricus
The Cross within the Triangle, down pointing, represents

the Power of the Tree of Life in the midst of the Waters
of Creation, the Void of the Unmanifest.
The Cup and Flame represent the Pylons of the Middle
Way through which you passed upon entering the
Temple in the Hall of the Zelatori and which guide you
in your Journey. (And then standing in the Sign of Shu, say:)

Hiero:
The symbols before you represent alike the Inner Temple

and the Holy of Holies, and this is the Tree of Life.
This is done, with all present joining in the vibration of Divine

Names, viz:
All:
1EHEIEH
DELOHIM
6ELOAH VE DAATH
9SHADDAI EL CHAI
10ADONAI HA ARETZ
Theoricus
17
Hiereus: By what symbol dost thou enter herein?

Asp:
(Hegemon prompting) By the Lamen of the Kerux,
which is the Caduceus of Hermes.
Hiereus takes the Lamen, indicates the Caduceus diagram on the

wall, and says:
Hiereus: The Tree of Life and the Three Mother Letters are the
Keys with which to unlock the Caduceus of Hermes and
the Caduceus of Hermes is the Key with which to unlock
this Hall.
ing, glorified through trial. I have come where the Great Gods are,
through the Power of the Mighty Name.
After Hiereus speech Kerux and Zelator continue around until reaching Hegemon who bars their way Lamp in right hand, Banner of
West in left hand.
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The Caduceus of Hermes can be placed on Tree of Life

by laying the Crowning Orb of the Shaft at Kether, The
Wings then fall at Chokmah and Binah, The Heads of
the Twin Serpents at Chesed and Geburah, The Bodies
cross the Shaft at Tiphareth and Yesod while touching
Netzach and Hod as they twine the Shaft. The Base of
the Shaft is in Malkuth.
Hiereus: One can also find the Three Mother letters of the
Hebrew Alphabet in the Caduceus, the Shin formed by
the Wings and Orb, the Aleph in the Twining Serpents
and the Mem in the Descending Tails.
Altogether the Caduceus forms an active fusion of the
whole of the Tree of Life and to wield it is to wield the
whole Tree.
The Serpents also represent the twin Serpents of Egypt,
the positive and negative flux of the Light, as well as the
Pillars of Hermes and Solomon in an active manifestation, and the Ida and Pingala of the Chakrah system.
The Caduceus is the Key to this Hall for this Hall is the
entrance into the Sanctum Sanctorum, and the Sanctum
Sanctorum is the Tree of Life. Through the Caduceus,
the Tree is grasped as a Whole.
Hiero comes East of the Altar. Heg directs Zelator to face Hiero from
the West of the Altar and returns to her throne.
16 Theoricus
The Priest with the mask of the Lion, spake and said:
Thou canst not pass by the Gate of the Southern
Heaven unless thou canst tell me my Name.
Zelator: MAU the Lion, Very Powerful, Lord of Fire, is Thy

Name. (assisted) Thou art RA, the Sun in his Strength.
Heg:


Zelator: (assisted) The Letter Shin; and I come in the banner of
the East, and the Symbol of the Cubical Cross.
Heg:
(standing back and, with the Lamp, signs Leo before Zelator)
In the Sign of the Lion, Child of Fire, thou art purified.

Pass thou on.
S/he replaces Lamp and takes the place of Kerux, who returns to
his/her seat in the North. Hegemon leads Zelator past Hiereus, to
whom s/he hands Banner of the West. Meanwhile, Hiereus reads for
the third time, Hegemon being careful to lead Zelator slowly round
the Temple, returning to Hiereus when the speech is finished.
Hiereus: (as they go around for the third time)
I have passed through the gates of the Firmament.
Give me your hands, for I am made as ye,
Ye Lords of Truth! For Ye are the formers of the Soul.
Hiereus puts down Sword and stands with Cup in right hand, Banner
of West in left, barring the way of Hegemon and Zelator.
Hiereus: The Priest with the Mask of the Eagle spake and said:
Thou canst not pass the Gate of the Western Heaven,
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Zelator: (assisted) NUN, the Infinite Waters, is Thy Name.

Thou art ATUM, the setting Sun.
Hiero:
To Know! (knocks)
Hiereus: In what Signs and Symbols do ye come?

Heg:
To Will! (knocks)
Hiereus: To Dare! (knocks)
Aspirant is given time to remember the Hebrew Letter learned in the

Zelator Hall attributed to the element. Aspirant is only assisted if
truly stumped.
Zelator: (assisted) The Letter Mem; in the banner of the East,
and I come in the Symbol of the Cubical Cross.
Hiereus: (standing back and, with the Cup, makes sign of Scorpio over
Zelator) In the Sign of the Eagle art thou purified, Child
of Water. Pass thou on.
S/he gives Banner of West to Hegemon who continues to circumambulate with Zelator, giving Banner of West to Kerux as s/he passes
him/her. Hiereus reads as they go round the fourth time, while Kerux
rises with SALT in his/her right hand, the Banner of the West in
left.
Hiereus: (as they go around) O Lord of the Universe
thou art above all things and Thy Name is in all things;
and before Thee, the Shadows of Night roll back
and the Darkness hasteth away.
Kerux:
(barring the way with Salt and Banner of West)
The Priest with the Mask of the ox spake and said:

Thou canst not pass the gate of the Northern Heaven,
Zelator: (assisted) GEB, the Bull of Earth, is Thy Name.

Thou art AUSAR, the Sun at Night.
Kerux:


assisted is truly stumped.
Zelator: (assisted) The Letters Aleph, Mem, and Shin,
and I come in the symbols of Banner and Cross.
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Kerux:
And to Keep Silent! (knocks and makes sign of silence)
Hiero:
I have much pleasure in conferring on you the Title of

Initiate of the 32nd Path. You will now quit the Temple
for a short time and on your return your reception into
the 2=9 Hall of the Theorici will commence.
Kerux leads Zelator out.

Second Part entering The Temple in Yesod
Kerux takes up Caduceus Badge.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Kerux, please instruct the Zelator in the proper

alarm, and please present him/her with the necessary
admission Badge. Fr./Sr. Hegemon, guard the Portal
and admit them on giving the proper alarm.
Kerux takes Caduceus Admission Badge and brings Zelator to the

door to give the knocks. Hegemon opens the door and leads Zelator in
a little way and faces him/her towards Hierophant.
All visualize the Aspirant surrounded with the blue circle Tattwa of
Air.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Periclinus/Pericline de Faustis, as in the Zelator

Hall there were given symbolic representations of the
Paths of Light, of Darkness and of Balance in the Outer
Temple, so in this Hall of the Theorici, the Sanctum
Sanctorum, the Inner Temple is shown; while in the
32nd Path leading hereunto and through which you
have symbolically passed, its Guardians, the Kerubs, are
represented.
Fr./Sr. Hegemon, please conduct the Zelator to the West,
and place him/her before the Path of TAU
by which s/he has symbolically entered this Hall.
This is done so that the Zelator is standing before the Hiereus and
facing him/her. Kerux returns to place.
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15
Kerux:
The 2=9 Hall of the Theorici, Part 2: Yesod

center projection
Sigils of Luna
Fan
Hiero
Serpent of
Wisdom
Hegemon
Kerux
In the Sign of Head of the Ox, Child of the elements,

thou art purified. Pass thou on.
Hegemon leads the Zelator to Hierophant between the Pillars, Kerux

accompanies them with Banner of West, which s/he hands to
Hierophant to replace on stand. Hegemon now hands up Banner of
East which Zelator has been holding. This is also replaced. Hegemon
hands Cubical cross to Hierophant. Kerux collects the Fan, lamp, Cup
and salt and replaces them in their right places on the Altar, round
the Diagram.
Luna on
The Tree of Life
Kamea of Luna
(stands back and, with Salt, signs Taurus over Zelator)
Flaming Sword
(holding Cubical Cross ) The Cubical Cross is a fitting
emblem of the equilibriated and balanced forces of the

Elements. It is composed of 22 squares externally,
thus referring them to the 22 letters that are placed
thereon. Twenty-two are the letters of the Eternal Voice,
in the Vault of Heaven, in the Depth of Earth; in the
Abyss of Water; in the All-Presence of Fire. Heaven
cannot speak their fullness; Earth cannot utter it. Yet,
the Creator-Creatrix has bound them in all things. They
are mingled in the Water. They are whirled aloft in Fire.
They are sealed in the Air of Heaven. They are
distributed through the Planets. They are assigned
unto the Twelve Constellations of the Universe.
Places Cross aside.

Geometric
Lineal Figures
Hiereus
Hiero:
Hiero rises and leads Zelator to the West of the Altar, drawing attention to the Key of the Universe.
Hiero:
Geomantic
Figures
EAST
The 32nd Path of the Sepher Yetzirah, which answers

to MALKUTH and the Letter TAU, is called the
Administrative Intelligence, remember this, for it directs
and associates all of the operations of the Heavens.
Alchemical
Sephiroth
the Caduceus of Hermes.
These Ideas are symbolically united in the Twenty First

Key of the Tarot, before you. Study this and all the symbolism of this Hall, both here and in the classic text.
This knowledge will continually prove its worth during
your Magickal study.
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The Fan, Lamp, Cup and Salt represent the four

Elements themselves whose inhabitants are the Sylphs,
Salamanders, Undines, and Gnomes.
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Hiero returns to throne. Hegemon leads Aspirant to his/her Tablet in

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On the eastern gate he placed the form of an Eagle; on

the western gate the form of a Bull, on the southern
gate the form of a Lion, and on the northern gate he
constructed the form of a Dog. Into these images he
introduced spirits which spoke with voices, nor could
anyone enter the gates of the City except by their permission.
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The drawing before you represents the Seven Infernal

Mansions and the four Seas. The first circle represents
the Waters of Tears; the second circle represents the
Waters of Creation; the third circle represents the Waters
of Ocean; and the fourth circle represents the False Sea.
In the inner circles are on the right hand the seven
Earths, which are:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
There are among the Chaldeans very perfect masters in

the magickal art and they affirm that Hermes, in the
east of Egypt constructed a City twelve miles long within
which he constructed a castle which had four gates at
each of its four parts.
There he planted trees in the midst of which was a great

tree which bore the fruit of all generation. On the summit
of the castle he caused to be raised a light house the color
of which changed every day until the seventh day after
which it returned to the first color, and so the City was
illuminated with these colors. Near the City there was an
abundance of waters in which dwelt many kinds of fish.
Around the circumference of the City he placed engraved

images and ordered them in such a manner that by
their virtue the inhabitants were made virtuous and
withdrawn from all wickedness and harm. The name of
the City was Adocentyn.
Kerux leads Aspirant to his/her Tablet in the North.
Be thou, therefore, prompt and active as the Sylphs,

but avoid capriciousness.
Be thou energetic and strong as the Salamanders,
but avoid irritability.
Be flexible and attentive to images, like the Undines,
but avoid indolence.
Be industrious and patient like the Gnomes,
but avoid avarice.
So shalt thou gradually develop the powers of thy soul
and fit thyself to wield the Spirits of the Elements.
Heg:
Tvm
Mn h
Hiero:
Aretz
Adamah
Gia
Neschiah
Tziah
Arega and
Thebel or Cheled.
On the left hand are the seven Infernal Habitations

which are:
1) Sheol
2) Abaddon
3) Titahion
4) Bar Schauchath
5) Tzelmoth
6) Shari Moth and
7) Gehinnom.
Aspirant is lead to the West of the altar.
Hiereus: The Sphinx of Egypt again spake and said:
I am the synthesis of the Elemental Forces
and four are my Powers.
All rise.
Theoricus
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diagrams of the
Theoricus Hall
2=9
The Cubical Cross
Expanded
View
The Cubical Cross is a fitting emblem of the equilibriated and balanced forces of the Elements. It is composed of 22
squares externally, thus referring them to the 22 letters that are placed thereon. Twenty-two are the letters of the
Eternal Voice, in the Vault of Heaven, in the Depth of Earth; in the Abyss of Water; in the All-Presence of Fire.
Heaven cannot speak their fullness; Earth cannot utter it. Yet, the Creator-Creatrix has bound them in all things.
They are mingled in the Water. They are whirled aloft in Fire. They are sealed in the Air of Heaven. They are distributed through the Planets. They are assigned unto the Twelve Constellations of the Universe.
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The
City of Adocentyn
There are among the Chaldeans very perfect masters in the magickal art and they affirm that Hermes, in the east
of Egypt constructed a City twelve miles long within which he constructed a castle which had four gates at each of its
four parts.
On the eastern gate he placed the form of an Eagle; on the western gate the form of a Bull, on the southern gate
the form of a Lion, and on the northern gate he constructed the form of a Dog. Into these images he introduced spirits which spoke with voices, nor could anyone enter the gates of the City except by their permission.
There he planted trees in the midst of which was a great tree which bore the fruit of all generation. On the summit of
the castle he caused to be raised a light house the color of which changed every day until the seventh day after which it
returned to the first color, and so the City was illuminated with these colors. Near the City there was an abundance of
waters in which dwelt many kinds of fish.
Around the circumference of the City he placed engraved images and ordered them in such a manner that by their
virtue the inhabitants were made virtuous and withdrawn from all wickedness and harm. The name of the City was
Adocentyn.
The
Seven Infernal Mansions & Four Seas
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The drawing before you represents the Seven Infernal Mansions and the Four Seas. The first circle represents the
Waters of Tears; the second circle represents the Waters of Creation; the third circle represents the Waters of Ocean;
and the fourth circle represents the False Sea. In the inner circles are on the right hand the seven Earths, which are:
1) Aretz 2) Adamah 3) Gia 4) Neschiah 5) Tziah 6) Arega and 7) Thebel or Cheled. On the left hand are the seven
Infernal Habitations which are: 1) Sheol 2) Abaddon 3) Titahion 4) Bar Schauchath 5) Tzelmoth 6) Shari Moth and 7)
Gehinnom.
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The Lamen of the Kerux
The Tree of Life and the Three Mother Letters are the Keys with which to unlock the Caduceus of Hermes and the
Caduceus of Hermes is the Key with which to unlock this Hall.
The Caduceus of Hermes can be placed on Tree of Life by laying the Crowning Orb of the Shaft at Kether, The
Wings then fall at Chokmah and Binah, The Heads of the Twin Serpents at Chesed and Geburah, The Bodies cross the
Shaft at Tiphareth and Yesod while touching Netzach and Hod as they twine the Shaft. The Base of the Shaft is in
Malkuth.One can also find the Three Mother letters of the Hebrew Alphabet in the Caduceus, the Shin formed by the
Wings and Orb, the Aleph in the Twining Serpents and the Mem in the Descending Tails. Altogether the Caduceus
forms an active fusion of the whole of the Tree of Life and to wield it is to wield the whole Tree. The Serpents also
represent the twin Serpents of Egypt, the positive and negative flux of the Light, as well as the Pillars of Hermes and
Solomon in an active manifestation, and the Ida and Pingala of the Chakrah system. The Caduceus is the Key to
this Hall for this Hall is the entrance into the Sanctum Sanctorum,and the Sanctum Sanctorum is the Tree of Life.
Through the Caduceus, the Tree is grasped as a Whole.
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The Tree of Life

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Nvr m
hyha
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dq
Pillar of
Severity
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Pillar of
Mercy
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la
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hrSa
Myhla
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My
Myn va
p
lara
la m k
yq d x
la
Myhla
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la
My
MyprS
lmSc
l ap r
hrSa
Tidv hvla
Myklm
lakym
la
yn a h
yh
Myhla
la yn
Myhla
Tvabx
hrSa
Tvabx
la
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My
bvrk
ldns
Nvp
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Xrah
MySa
Pillar of Mildness
The symbols before you represent alike the Inner Temple and the Holy of Holies, and this is the Tree of Life.
This diagram shows the Tree of Life in all of its Glory, the Hebrew Names of God, Archangels and Choirs of Angels
are represented in the Sepheroth, while the Letters are upon the Paths between them. Here also is the descending
Lightning Flash which is also the Flaming Sword, marking the natural succession of the Sepheroth, and the ascending
Serpent of Wisdom, touching all of the Paths in order. The Tree of Life is the Structure upon which our rituals and
myths are built. It shows the Way of Creation and is the Union of Heaven and Earth enabling the Mage to ascend to
the utmost heights.The Cross within the Triangle, down pointing, represents the Power of the Tree of Life in the midst
of the Waters of Creation, the Void of the Unmanifest. The Cup and Flame represent the Pylons of the Middle Way
through which you passed upon entering the Temple in the Hall of the Zelatori and which guide you in your Journey.
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Kamea of the Moon

37 78 29 70 21 62 13 54 5
6 38 79 30 71 22 63 14 46
47 7 39 80 31 72 23 55 15
16 48 8 40 81 32 64 24 56
57 17 49 9 41 73 33 65 25
26 58 18 50 1 42 74 34 66
67 27 59 10 51 2 43 75 35
36 68 19 60 11 52 3 44 76
77 28 69 20 61 12 53 4 45
To the Moon also is this Grade related. Its Kamea or Mystical square is formed of 81 squares containing the numbers from 1 to 81 arranged so as to show the same sum each way. Its ruling numbers are 9, 81, 369 and 3321.
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Luna Seal & Names
Seal of the Planet
Spirit: CHASHMODAI
Spirit of the Spirits of the Moon:

SHAD BARSCHEMOTH HA-SCHARTATHAN
Intelligence of the Intelligences of the Moon:

MALCAH BETARSHISIM VE-AD RUACHOTH HASCHECHALIM
This Tablet shows the mystical Seals and Names drawn from the Kamea of the Moon. The Seals are formed from lines
drawn to and from certain numbers in the square. The name answering to 9 is Hod meaning Glory; that answering
to 81 is Elim the plural of the Divine Name El, that answering to 369 is Chasmodai, the Spirit of the Moon. The
other names are those of the Intelligences and Spirits of the Moon.
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The Luna
Moonononthethe
of Life
TreeTree
of Life
k
b
c
T
n
y
m
On this Tablet are shown the meanings of the Lunar symbol when inscribed upon the Tree of Life. Thus its crescent in
increase represents the side of Mercy; and its crescent in decrease the side of Severity; while at full it reflects the Sun
of Tiphareth.
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M AP
RODITI
GOL D
MET
LIC R
NE
CURY
OF M
ER
IRON
AL
LVER
RODITI
SI
LE A D
PPE R
CO
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P H UR
UL
CURY
ORUM
LE A D
IRON
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O S OP
E RC U R
AL S
ET
LVER
TIN
SI
SALT
2=/Yesod(Sw)
The Tablet before you shows the duplicated form of the alchemic Sephiroth. In the first the Metallic root is in Kether, Lead in Chokmah, Tin in Binah, Silver in
Chesed, Gold in Geburah, Iron in Tiphareth, Netzach and Hod are the places of Hermaphroditical Brass, Yesod is Mercury and Malkuth is the Medicine of Metals.
In the second form the Mercury, Sulphur and Salt are referred to the three Supernal Sephiroth, and the Metals to the seven low but in a rather different order.
For in all things as Supernal so Terrestrial, is the Tree of Life to be found, whether it be in animal, in vegetable, or in mineral natures.
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TIN
B R AS S
D
M E I CI
M AP
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B R AS S
PH
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This Tablet shows you the Geometrical Lineal Figures attributed to the Planets. They are thus referred: The
Number
2=/Yesod(Se)
3 and the Triangle to Saturn. The Number 4 and the Square to Jupiter. The Number 5 and the Pentagram to Mars.
The Number 6 and the Hexagram to the Sun. The Number 7 and the Heptagram to Venus. The Number 8 and the
Octagram to Mercury. The Number 9 and the Enneagram to the Moon. Of these the heptagram and the octagram
can be traced in two modes and the enneagram in three; the first in each case being most consonant to the nature of
the Planet.
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Geomantic Figures
PLANET
ELEMENT
FIGURE
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DRACONIS
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NAME &
ZODICAL
SIGN
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Before you are represented the sixteen Figures of Geomancy, which are formed from all the combinations of single and
double points in 4 lines which can possibly occur. Two are attributed to each of the seven Planets, and the remaining
two to Caput and Cauda Draconis. Some of them are also attributed to Fire, others to Air, others to Earth and Water.
They are also classed under the signs of the Zodiac.
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3=8
Advancement into
the Hall of the Practici

Het Nuit Redaction, v5.1, June, 2006
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With his/her Scepter the Hierophant makes the Banishing Circle and
Pentagrams in the air before the Tablet.
Hiero:
Depart ye in peace unto your Habitations.

May the blessing of the Elohim Tzabaoth be upon you.
and be ye ready to come when ye are called! (knocks)
All return to their places Practicus being directed to West of Altar, facing
West.
Fan
Hiero:
! !!! ! !!!
Hiereus: ! !!! ! !!!

Heg:
! !!! ! !!!
Dedication of Merit
ALL:

M
So mote it be.
May the benefits of practice, ours and others, come to fruition, Ultimately and immediately,
and we remain in the state of presenceAh!
10 Sephiroth
& Holy Name
EAST

the Tetrahedron of Fire.
Practicus
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CLOSING
Hiero:
(knocks) Assist me to close this 3=8 Hall of the Practici.
All rise. The new Practicus is signed to rise.

Sr./Fr. Hegemon, see that the Temple is properly guarded.
Heg:
Sr./Fr. Hierophant, the Temple is properly guarded.
Hiero:
Let us adore the Spirit of Water! (knock)
Advancement into the 3=8 Hall of the Practici

Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn
v5.1 ed. June, 2006
Materials:
Opening/Path of Shin
Path of Resh
Entrance into Hod
All face East.
Letters:
Hiero:
S, T, q
r, s, i, T
m, x, p,r, S
On Altar:
Trump XXJudgement/Aeon
Trump XIXThe Sun
10 small white stones
Admission
Badges:
Tetrahedron of Fire
Greek Cross of 13 Squares
Lamen of the Stolistes
Path of Resh
Entrance into Hod
Triangles on the Tree
et ELOHIM TZABAOTH
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be praised unto the countless Ages of Time, Amen!
Hegemon removes the seat of Practicus to the North, and leads Practicus to
the East of Altar, where s/he stands facing West. Hierophant goes to the
West before the Tablet of Water. All face West Members arranging themselves in balanced disposition, facing West.
Hiero:
All:
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(knocks) Let us join together with the Undines or Water

spirits in their Prayer!
errible King of the Sea, Thou who holdest the Keys of the
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Cataracts of Heaven, and who enclosest the subterranean
Waters in the cavernous hollows of Earth,
King of the Deluge and of the Rains of Spring.
Thou who openest the sources of the rivers and of the
fountains; Thou who commandest moisture which is, as it
were, the Blood of the Earth, to become the sap of the plants.
We adore Thee and we invoke Thee.
Speak Thou unto us, Thy Mobile and Changeful creatures,
in the Great Tempests, and we shall tremble before Thee.
Speak to us also in the murmur of the limpid Waters,
and we shall desire Thy love.
Vastness!
O
Wherein all the rivers of Being seek to lose themselves
which renew themselves ever in Thee!
O Thou Ocean of Infinite Perfection!
O Depth which exhalest into the Height!
Lead us into the true life, through intelligence, through love!
Lead us unto immortality through Union,
That our Wills be made Pure,
Unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the Lust of Result;
Every way Perfect. Amen.
Diagrams:
SSE
SSW
Qabalah of 9 Chambers
Olympic Spirits
WSW
10 Sephiroth & Holy Name
Planetary Symbols
WNW
10 Sephiroth in 7 Palaces
Tarot Attributions
Tree in Daath
NNW
10 Averse Sephiroth
Geomantic Figures
Sephiroth in a Mercurial Figure
ENE
Sigels of Mercury
Kamea of Mercury
ESE
Mercury on the Tree of Life
Challenges:
Heirophant
red lamp
piece of wood
Hiereus
crystal
Zippo-type lighter
Hegemon
dish of hot spice
bowl of seeds
For the Hall:

North
East
West
Earth Tablet
Air Tablet
Water Tablet
green lamp
yellow lamp
blue lamp
bowl of salt
fan or feather or flower
cup of water
Recommended: fire extinguisher.
Practicus
Opening
Hiero:
All visualize the Hall surrounded with the silver crescent Tattwa of Water.
Hiero:
Heg:
Hiero:
(knocks) Fraters and Sorors of Het Nuit

please assist me to open the Temple
as the 3=8 Hall of the Practici.
(done)
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, see that the Practici are assembled.
DAATH
n this Tablet is shown the meaning of the symbol of

O
Mercury when inscribed upon the Tree of Life. It embraces all
but Kether and the horns spring from Daath, which is not
properly speaking a Sephira, but rather the conjunction of
Chokmah and Binah.
Hierophant resumes his seat. Hegemon goes to the East and leads Theoricus
to Hiereus who takes him/her to the West.
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n this Tablet are shown the Paths when arranged with
DAATH added to the Sephirotic Tree. It differs from the other
and more usual attributions. Furthermore, it assumes Daath
is a Sephira which some dispute.
Kether
Binah
Chokmah
Daath
Geburah
Chesed
Tiphareth
Hiereus: F
raters and Sorors Practici, give the Sign of the Practicus.
(all officers and members of Practicus grade and above, including the Dias, rise and give sign)
Sr./Fr. Hierophant, the Practici are assembled.
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, to what particular Element

Heg:
To the Element of Water.
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, to what Planet does this Hall especially refer?
Hod
Netzach
Yesod
Malkuth
Heg:
Hiereus: To the Planet Mercury.

Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, what Paths are attached to this Hall?
Heg:
The 31st and 30th Paths of SHIN and RESH.
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, to what does the 31st Path refer?

Sr./Fr. Hegemon, to what does the 30th Path allude?
Heg:
To the Reflection of the Sphere of the SUN.
All rise and face East.

Hiero:
Let us adore the Spirit of Water.

ELOHIM TSABAOTHYe Gods of Hosts!
Glory be unto the RUACH ELOHIM, the spirit
who moved upon the Face of the Waters of Creation,
All:
(salute) Amen!
Hierophant quits his/her Throne and goes to the West. Hegemon and Hiereus
move clockwise and form a triangle with the Hierophant. S/he stands before
the Tablet of Water before which is a Cup of Water. S/he makes in the air
over the Tablet the Invoking Circle and Pentagrams of Water.
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his Tablet shows you the meaning of the alchemical Mercury

T
on the Tree of Life of the first form of the Alchemical
Sephiroth. Here again it embraces all but Kether. The Radix
Metallorum, the triple foliation at the bottom of the Cross
refers to Fire symbolized by the addition of the sign Aries
thereto; and it further alludes to the 3 principles of Sulphur,
Mercury and Salt.
Hegemon leads Theoricus to Tablet in the North.
Heg:
Hiereus: To the Reflection of the Sphere of FIRE.

Hiero:
Hegemon leads Theoricus to Tablet in South.
he Tablet before you represents the symbol the Planets

T
resumed in a Mercurial Figure. In gradual descent we obtain
Luna, Mars, Sol, Venus, and below Saturn and Jupiter, right
and left.
Hegemon seats Theoricus in West facing East and returns to own
seat. All sit.
Hiero:
I now congratulate you on having passed through

the Ceremony of 3=8 of Practicus, and in recognition thereof,
I confer upon you the Mystic Title of Monocris De Astris,
which means Unicorn from the Stars;
and I give you the Symbol of MAIM
which is the Hebrew Name for Water.
(knock) In the Name of ELOHIM TZABAOTH,
I now proclaim that you have duly entered and been welcomed
into the 3=8 Hall of Practicus, and that you are Initiate
of the Thirtieth and Thirty First Paths.
Practicus
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Hierophant leads Aspirant to the Water Tablet in the West.

his Hall is especially referred to the Element of Water and

T
therefore the Great Watchtower or Tablet of the West forms
one of its principle emblems.
Hiero:
It is known as the Second or Great Western Quadrangle or

Tablet of Water, and it is one of the Four Great Tablets delivered unto Enoch by the Great Angel Ave. From it are drawn
the Three Holy Secret NamesEMPEH ARSEL GAIOL
which are borne upon the Banners of the West,
and the Name of the Elemental King of the Waters
RAAGIOSELand numberless Divine and Angelic Names
which appertain unto the element of Water.
The meaning of the Tablet of Earth and Air
were explained to you in the preceding halls
Hiero:
Takes Cup from before the Tablet and makes therewith the Sign of Scorpio
in the air before it.

he Cross above the Triangle represents

T
the power of the Spirit of Life rising above
the triangle of the Waters and reflecting the Triune therein
and is so marked by the Lamps at the angles.
While the Cup of Pure Water placed at the junction
of the Cross and Triangle represents the maternal Letter Mem.
Hiero:
he Portals in the East and South East are the Paths which
T
conduct to the Higher while that in the South leads to the
Grade of Philosophus, the highest Grade of the First Order.
Hierophant and Theoricus proceed to the East.

Hiero:
8 58 59 5
4 62 63 1
49 15 14 52 53 11 10 56
41 23 22 44 45 19 18 48
32 34 35 29 28 38 39 25
40 26 27 37 36 30 31 33
17 47 46 20 21 43 42 24
9 55 54 12 13 51 50 16
64 2
3 61 60 6
8 58 59 5
7 57
4 62 63 1
49 15 14 52 53 11 10 56
41 23 22 44 45 19 18 48
32 34 35 29 28 38 39 25
40 26 27 37 36 30 31 33
17 47 46 20 21 43 42 24
9 55 54 12 13 51 50 16
64 2
3 61 60 6
7 57
The Spirit of Mercury

8 58 59 5
4 62 63 1
49 15 14 52 53 11 10 56
41 23 22 44 45 19 18 48
32 34 35 29 28 38 39 25
40 26 27 37 36 30 31 33
17 47 46 20 21 43 42 24
9 55 54 12 13 51 50 16
64 2
3 61 60 6
his Grade is also related to the planet Mercury. Its Kamea or

T
mystical square is formed of 64 squares containing the numbers from 1 to 64 arranged so as to show the same sum each
way. Its ruling numbers are 8, 84, 260 and 2080.
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his Tablet shows the mystical seals and Names drawn

T
from the Kamea of Mercury. The seals are formed from
lines drawn to certain numbers upon the square. The name
answering to 8 is ASBOGA, those answering to 64 DIN,
Judgement and DONI, that answering to 260 is TIRIEL the
Intelligence of Mercury and lastly, that answering to 2080 is
TAPHTHARTHARATH the name of the Spirit of Mercury.
The Intelligence of Mercury
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I n the Name of GABRIEL, the Great Archangel of Water,

and in the Sign of SCORPIO,
Spirits of Water, Rise up & awake!
Makes a Cross with the Cup.

Hiero:
Hierophant directs the Aspirants attention to the Altar.

rom the Air, the Elohim formed the Waters,

F
and from the formless and void made mire and clay,
designed surfaces upon them, and hewed recesses in them,
and formed the strong material foundation
In the Name of AL Strong and Powerful, and in the name of
ELOHIM TSABAOTH, Spirits of Water, Rise up & awake!
In the Name and letters of the Great Western Quadrangle

revealed unto Enoch by the Great Angel Ave,
borne upon the banners of the West
EMPEH ARSEL GAIOLSpirits of Water, Rise up & awake!
In the Name RAAGIOSEL, Great King of the West,
Hierophant replaces the Cup and returns to his/her place All return to their
places.

I n the name of ELOHIM TSABAOTH,

I declare the Temple opened in the 3=8 Hall of the Practici.
Hiero:
! !!! ! !!!
Hiereus: ! !!! ! !!!

Heg:
! !!! ! !!!
All salute and are seated.
The Thirty-first Path of Shin

Hiero:
raters and Sorors, our Sr./Fr. _______,

F
having made such progress in the Path of Magick
as has enabled him/her to pass an examination
in the requisite knowledge,
is thus now eligible to enter into the Hall of the Practici.
Therefore, by our power to wield a current of initiation
I would undertake to advance him/her in due form.
What is your will?
Practicus
All:
(respond)
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, will you superintend the preparation of the

Theoricus and give the customary alarm?
Heg:
(responds saluting)
Tetraktys also contains the symphonic ratios that underlie the mathematical harmony of the musical scale; 1:2, the octave, 2:3, the perfect fifth;
and 3:4, the perfect fourth.

e might further note that the Tetraktys, being a Triangular

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number, is composed of consecutive integers, incorporating
both the Odd and the Even, whereas Square number (Limited
or peras) is composed of consecutive odd integers, and oblong
number of consecutive even integers (Indefinite or aperion).
Since the universe is comprised of peras and aperion woven
together through mathematical harmonia, it is easy to see
from these considerations why the Tetraktys, or the Decad, was
called Kosmos (world-order), Ouranos (heaven), and Pan (the
All). Upon the Tetraktys the Pythagoreans took their oath.
Hiero:
he 3=8 Hall of the Practici is referred to the Sepherah Hod

T
and the Thirtieth and Thirty First Paths
those of Resh and Shin, are bound thereto.
The Sign of this Hall is given by making a triangle
on your belly with the thumbs and fingers, apex downwards.
(giving it) This forms the Triangle of the Element of Water,
to which this Hall is attributed.
The Grip is the general Grip of the First Order.
he Grand Word is a name of ten letters, ELOHIM TSAT

BAOTH, which means Gods of Hosts.
he Mystic Number is 36, and from it is formed the Password

T
of this Hall which is ELOAH, one of the Divine Names. It
should be lettered separately when givenAleph Lamed Heh.
nto this Hall and unto the Sephirah Hod,

U
the Eighth Path of Sepher Yetsirah is referred.
It is called the ABSOLUTE or PERFECT PATH, remember this,
because it is the means of the Primordial,
which hath no root to which it may be established,
except in the inmost core of that Gedulah, that Magnificence,
which emanate from the inherent properties of Hod.
he distinguishing badge of the Practicus which you are now

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entitled to wear, is the sash of the Theoricus with the addition of an orange cross above the purple cross and the numbers 3 and 8 respectively, left and right of its summit, and
below the number 32, the numbers 30 and 31 in orange
between two narrow orange lines.
Hegemon rises. S/he proceeds to leave the Temple, giving 0=0 sign in passing the Hierophants throne. The Theoricus should be robed and wearing the
Sash of his grade. Hegemon gives him/her the BadgeThe Solid Triangular
Pyramidhoodwinks him/her, and leads him/her to the door. Hegemon gives
the alarm! !!! ! !!!. Hiereus opens the door, admits them, and returns to
his/her seat.
All visualize the Aspirant surrounded by the silver crescent Tattwa of Water.
Heg:
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so that the initiation might be complete
Hegemon conducts the Theoricus to the WEST and takes the Pyramid.
Theoricus is faced towards Hiereus who rises.
Hiereus: G
ive me the sign of the Theoricus. (done)
Give me the Grip. (done)
Hiereus: G
ive the Grand Word. (This is given, Hegemon prompting if
necessary. Shaddai EL Chai.)
The Mystic Number (45),
and Pass word (Mem-He).
Give me also the Mystic Title and Symbol
you received in that Hall. (done)
Theo:
Poraios de Rejectis. Ruach. (Prompted if necessary)
Hiero:
Poraios de Rejectis, do you solemnly pledge yourself

in aspiration to participate in the Mysteries
of the 31st and 30th Paths of this Hall of the Practici
as you have already sworn respecting the preceding Halls?
Theo:
I do. (Theoricus is faced West before Tablet by Hegemon)
Hiero:
Then you will stretch forth your hands in the position

of the Saluting Sign of a Neophyte and say:
I swear by the Abyss of the Waters. (Theoricus repeats the
words)
Hiero:
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Let the Hoodwink be removed. (done. Hegemon places in his

hand the cup of Water from before the Tablet)
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Hiero:
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he Special Practice for the Neophyte is the two-fold practice
of Refuge and the Dedication of Merit, for the Zelator the
Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, for the Theoricus,
the Middle Pillar. For the Practicus it is the Dissolution into
Shunyata or the Absolute.
his is a meditation. While sounding Ah, visualize the

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Universe collapsing into your body. Sound a second Ah, and
visualize your body collapsing into a brilliant white letter A
at your heart. It is the brilliance of sunlight on snow. Sound
Ah a third time and visualize the letter A slowly dissolving from the bottom upward. As it disappears, you become
emptiness. Remain in that state as long as possible.
Hiero:
In the preceding halls you were introduced to the Tree of Life

as the Lighting Flash of creation and the Complete Tree as a
model of the Cosmos. In this hall you will be introduced to
the most fundamental form and basis of the Tree:
On the altar is a pile of 10 white stones.
The Tetraktys of Pythagoras

(author: David Fideler, The Pythagorean Source book and Library, introduction, p28,
Phanes Press, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1987, with minor edits.)
Hiero:
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In addition to seeing it as a formative agent active in nature,

the Pythagoreans perceived a principal of Number, best exemplified in the figure of the Tetraktys which, we might say in
the present century, stood as a numerical paradigm of whole
systems.
or the Pythagoreans the Tetraktys symbolized the perfection of
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Number and the elements that comprise it. In one sense it would
be proper to say that the Tetraktys symbolizes, like the musical
scale, a differentiated image of Unity; in the case of the Tetraktys,
it is an image of unity starting at One, proceeding through four
levels of manifestation, and returning to unity, i.e., ten.
I n the sphere of geometry, One represents the point [place one
stone on the altar], Two represents the line [2nd & 3rd stone],
Three represents the surface [3 more stones], and Four the
tetrahedron [4 more stones], the first three-dimensional form.
Hence, in the realm of space the Tetraktys represents the continuity linking the dimensionless point with the manifestation of
the first body; the figure of the Tetraktys itself also represents
the vertical hierarchy of relation between Unity and emerging
Multiplicity. In the realm of music, it will be seen that the
Hiero:
prinkle with your hand a few drops of Water towards

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the Tablet of Water in the West and say:
Let the powers of Water witness my pledge. (done. Theoricus
repeats the words. Hegemon replaces Cup)
onduct the Theoricus to the East

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and place him/her between the Mystical Pillars.
Before you are the Portals of the 31st, 32nd, and 29th Paths.
Of these, as you already know, the central one leads to the
Hall of the Theorici from that of Zelator.
The one on your left hand now open to you, is the 31st,
which leads from the 1=10 of Zelator to the 3=8 of Practicus.
Take in your right hand the Pyramid of Flame,
and follow your Guide, AXIOKERSA, the KABIR,
who leads you through the Path of FIRE.
Hegemon leads the Theoricus between the Pillars, past Hiero. making the
Saluting Sign of a Neophyte in passing, circumambulates the Hall and halts
at Hierophants Throne. Hierophant rises as they approach, red lamp in
hand.
Hiero:
Axieros, the FIRST KABIR,

spake unto Kasmillos the Aspirant, and said:
I am the Apex of the Pyramid of Flame.
I am the Solar Fire pouring forth its beams
upon the lower World Life-giving, Light-producing.
By what symbol dost thou seek to pass by?
Theo:
By the symbol of the Pyramid of Flame. (assisted)
Hiero then offers the Theoricus his/her lamp, saying

Hiero:
You cannot pass me by without gazing into my fire

and telling me of my nature.
S/he waits until the Theoricus has made a connection between the symbolism of Solar Fire and the Lamp Flame.
Hiero:
Pass on then. (indicating for Theo to circumambulate w/ Heg)

Hear Thou the voice of AXIEROS, the First KABIR;
The Mind of the Father whirled forth in reechoing roar
comprehending by invincible Will, ideas omniform,
which flying forth from that One Fountain issued.
For, from the Father alike were the Will and the End,
by which yet they are connected with the Father,
according to alternating Life through varying vehicles.
But as they were divided asunder, being by Intellectual Fire
distributed into other Intellectuals.
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Hiero:
or the King of all previously placed before the polymorphous

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World, by which the Universe shines forth decked with ideas
all various, of which the Foundation is one and Alone.
From this: the others rush forth distributed and separated
through the various bodies of the Universe and are borne
in swarms through its vast Abysses, ever whirling forth in
Illimitable Radiation.
They are Intellectual Conceptions from the Paternal Fountain,
partaking abundantly of the Brilliance of Fire
in the culmination of Unresting Time.
But the Primary, Self-Perfect Fountain of the Father
pours forth these Primogenial Ideas.
These being many, ascend flashingly into the Shining World
and in them are contained the Three supernals
because it is the Operator
because it is the Giver of the Life-bearing Fire
because it filleth the Life-producing Bosom of Hecate
and it instilleth into the Synoches,
the enlivening strength of Fire, imbued with Mighty Power.
he Creator of all, Self-operating, formed the World,
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and there was a certain mass of fire,
and all these self-operating He produced,
so that the Cosmic Body might be completely conformed
that the Cosmos might be manifest and not appear membranous.
And He fixed a vast multitude of in-wandering stars,
not by a strain laborious and hurtful,
but to uphold them with stability, void of movement
forcing Fire forward into Fire.
Hereunto is the speech of AXIEROS. (knock)
Hegemon leads Theoricus to the seat of Hiereus who rises holding his/her
Crystal. They halt before him/her.
Hiereus: A
XIOKERSOS,the Second KABIR,
spake to Kasmillos the Aspirant and said:
I am the left basal angle of the Triangle of Flame.
I am the Fire Volcanic and Terrestrial,
flashingly flaming through Abysses of Earth
Fire rendingFire penetrating
tearing asunder the curtain of Matter
Fire constrainedFire tormented
raging and whirling in lurid storm.

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By what sign dost thou seek to pass by?
The Entrance into Hod

All visualize the Aspirant surrounded with the silver crescent Tattwa of Water.
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, will you instruct the Theoricus in the Proper

alarm, present him/her with the necessary Admission Badge,
and admit him/her?
Heg:
I will.
Hegemon takes Badge, the Lamen of the Stolisties, and brings Theoricus,
telling him/her to knock ! !!! ! !!!.
Hiero:
lace the Theoricus before the Portal of the 31st path by which
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s/he has symbolically entered this Hall from the 1=10 of Zelator.
(done) Place the Theoricus now before the portal of the 30th Path
by which s/he has symbolically entered this Hall from the 2=9 of
Theoricus. (done)
Hiereus: By what Symbol dost thou enter herein?

Asp:
(presenting the Lamen of the Stolistes and assisted in reply by

the Hegemon) By the Particular Emblem of the Stolistes, the
Cup of Water.
Hiereus offers cup from West Altar. Aspirant drinks from the cup. If there
are multiple aspirants, the others wait their turn.
Hiereus: (indicating the diagram of the Cup of the Stolistes)
The Cup of the Stolistes partakes in part of the Symbolism
of the Laver of Moses and the Sea of Solomon.
On the Tree of Life, it embraces nine of the Sephiroth,
exclusive of Kether, thus indicating its receptive
and embodying nature.
Yesod and Malkuth form the triangle below,
the former the apex, the latter the base.
Like the Caduceus, it further represents
the Three Elements of Water, Air and Fire.
The Crescent is the Water which is above the Firmament,
the Circle is the Firmament,
and the Triangle, the consuming Fire below,
which is opposed to the Celestial Fire
symbolized by the upper part of the Caduceus.
Hiereus puts admission badge aside. Hegemon directs Theoricus to Hiero.
Hiereus and Hegemon stand at either side of the Altar, facing it, and with
the Hiero forming the triangle of water. Hiero. explains the special practice, Dissolution into Shunyata or the Absolute.
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Theo:
By the Symbol of the Pyramid of Flame. (assisted)
Hiereus then offers the Theoricus his/her Crystal, saying:

Hiereus: Y
ou cannot pass me by without gazing into my fire
S/he waits until the Theoricus has made a connection between the symbolism of Terrestrial Fire and the Crystal.
Hiereus: P
ass on then. (indicating for Theo to circumambulate w/ Heg)
Hear thou the voice of AXIOKERSOS, the Second KABIR:
For not in Matter did the Fire which is in the Beyond
First enclose His Power in acts, but in Mind;
for the Former of the Fiery World is the Mind of Mind,
Who first sprang from Mind, clothing the one Fire with the
other Fire, binding them together so that He might mingle
the fountainous craters while preserving unsullied
the brilliance of His own Fireand thence a Fiery Whirlwind
drawing down the brilliance of the Flashing Flame
penetrating the Abysses of the Universe;
thence from downwards all extend their wondrous rays,
abundantly animating Light, Fire, Aether and the Universe.
From Him leap forth all relentless thunders,
and the whirlwind-wrapped, storm-enrolled
Bosom of the All-splendid Strength of Hecate,
and He who encircleth the Brilliance of Fire
and the Strong spirit of the Poles, all fiery beyond.
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Hereunto is the speech of AXIOKERSOS. (knock)
Hegemon leads Theoricus round to his/her own seat whereupon s/he takes
up his/her bowl of cayenne pepper, or other red, hot spice or sauce.
Heg:
XIOKERSA, the third KABIR,

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spake to Kasmillos the Aspirant, and said:
I am the Right Basal Angle of the Triangle of Flame.
Heg:
I am the Fire astral and fluid,

winding and coruscating through the Firmament.
I am the Life of beingsthe vital heat of existence.
By what Sign dost thou seek to pass by?
The Cup
of the Stolistes
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the Lamen of the Stolistes.
Hiereus comes forward to prompt Theoricus and act as Guide.

Theo:
By the Symbol of the Pyramid of Flame.
Hegemon then offers the Theoricus his/her Spice, saying

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ou cannot pass me by without tasting of my fire

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his shows one of the true and genuine attributions of the

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among the Initiates and now published and for you to study.
S/he waits until the Theoricus has made a connection between the symbolism of Astral Fire and the Pepper.
Heg:
ass on then. (indicates for Theo. to circumambulate with the Hiereus)

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Hear Thou the voice of AXIOKERSA, the Third KABIR:
The Father hath withdrawn Himself
but hath not shut up His Own Fire in His Intellectual Power.
All things are sprung from that One Fire,
for all things did the Father of all things perfect,
and delivered them over to the Second Mind
Whom all humankind call First.
The Mind of the Father riding on the subtle girders
which glitter with the tracing of inflexible and relentless Fire.
he Soul, being a brilliant Fire, by the Power of the Father
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remaineth immortal and is Mistress of Life,
and filleth up the many recesses of the Bosom of the World,
the channels being intermixed,
wherein she performeth the works of Incorruptible Fire.
Hereunto is the speech of AXIOKERSA. (knock)
Hiereus seats Aspirant in the West. If there are multiple aspirants, the next
is brought in.
Hiero:
Stoop not down unto that darkly splendid World

wherein continually lieth a faithless Depth,
and Hades wrapped in clouds delighting in unintellegible images,
precipitous, winding, a black ever rolling Abyss,
ever espousing a Body, unluminous, formless and void.
ature persuadeth us that there are pure Daemons
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and that even the evil germs of Matter may alike
become useful and good. But these are Mysteries
which are evolved in the profound abyss of the Mind.
Hegemon leads Theoricus to Tablet of Olympic Spirits in the SSW.
Heg:
Hiereus leads Theoricus around to the Triads on the Tree diagram in the SSE.
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his Tablet represents the Triad operating through the
Sephiroth, and reflected downwards in the four Triangles of the
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from Kether through Tiphareth to Yesod. Water is reflected
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or even a flashing Light, abounding, whirling forth, crying aloud.
Also there is the vision of the Fire-flashing courser of Light,
or of a Child borne aloft on the shoulders of the Celestial steed,
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Intelligences, and Genii; also the talismanic Symbols allotted
to each Geomantic figure. These are derived from them by
drawing lines to the points composing them, so as to form
geometric figures therefrom.
Hegemon leads Theoricus to the East.
I have much pleasure in conferring upon you the title of
Initiate of the Thirtieth Path. You will now quit the Temple
for a short time, and on your return the Ceremony of your
reception into the 3=8 Hall of the Practici will take place.
Hegemon leads Theoricus out.

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Hegemon conducts Theoricus to Hierophant, to whom s/he hands the Solar

Greek Cross,
But if thy meditation prolongeth itself,

thou shalt unite all these symbols in the form of a LION.
Hiero:
The solar Greek Cross is formed of thirteen squares

which fitly refer to the Suns motion through the Zodiac,
these Signs being further arranged in the arms of the Cross
according to the Four Elements with the sun in the center
and representing that luminary as the center of the whole.
The Thirtieth Path of the Sepher Yetzirah which answereth
to the Letter Resh is called the COLLECTING INTELLIGENCE,
remember this, and it is so called because from it
the Astrologers deduce the judgment of the Stars
and of the Celestial Signs, and the perfections 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 HODFoundation with
Splendor.
Hierophant rises. Hegemon and Theoricus step back and follow hiM/her to
the Altar where s/he places Theoricus in the West, Hierophant stands to the
North, Hegemon to the South.
Labour thou around the Strophalos of Hecate.

Which is to say: whirl Her Jynx wheel in invocation, and
When thou shalt see a terrestrial Dmon approaching,
cry aloud and sacrifice the Stone MNI-ZOU-RIN.
hange not the barbarous Names of Evocation,

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for they are Names Divine,
having in the Sacred Rites a power ineffable.
And when, after all the phantoms have vanished,

thou shalt see that Holy and Formless Fire
that Fire which darts and flashes
through the Hidden Depths of the Universe,
Hear Thou the voice of Fire.
Hereunto is the speech of Kabir. (knell)
Hiero:
Before you upon the Altar is the Nineteenth Key of TAROT

which symbolically unites these ideas. Study it well.
Take note of these two children who resemble the Sign Gemini
which unites the Earthy Sign of Taurus with the Watery Sign
Cancer, and that the Sign Gemini was by the Greeks and
Romans referred to Apollo and the Sun.
So therefore first the priest who governeth the works of Fire

must sprinkle with the lustral water of the Loud, Resounding Sea.
Hierophant returns to his/her Throne. Theoricus remains in the West.

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he Astrological symbols of the planets are derived from the 3
primary forms of the circle, the crescent and the cross, either
singly or in combination. The circle denotes the Sun and gold,
the crescent the Moon and silver, respectively, analogous to
the Red and the White alchemical natures. The cross is the
symbol of corrosion and the corrosion of metals is usually of
the complementary color to that which they naturally approximate. Mercury is the only one which unites these primary
forms in one symbol.
Hegemon indicates the Tablet of Tarot Attributions.
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Then when no longer are visible to thee

the Vault of the Heavens and the Mass of the Earth;
when to Thee, the Stars have lost their light
and the Lamp of the Moon is veiled;
when the Earth abideth not and around thee
is the Lightening Flame
then call not before thyself the Visible Image of the Soul of
Nature, for thou must not behold it ere thy body is purged
by the Sacred Ritessince, ever dragging down the Soul
and leading it from the Sacred Things,
from the confines of Matter, arise the terrestrial Dog-faced
Demons, never showing true sign unto mortal gaze.
Hegemon conducts the Theoricus to the foot of Hierophants Throne, and

taking the Triangular Pyramid, hands it to Hierophant.
Hiero:
The solid Triangular Pyramid is an appropriate hieroglyph of Fire.

It is formed of four triangles, three visible and one concealed,
which yet is the synthesis of the rest.
The three visible triangles
represent Fire, Solar, Volcanic, and Astral,
while the fourth represents the latent Heat.
AUD, active, AUB, passive, AUR, equilibrated
while ASCH is the name of Fire.
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Puts Pyramid aside.

Hiero:
The Thirty First Path of the Sepher Yetsirah which answereth

unto the letter SHIN is called the PERPETUAL INTELLIGENCE,
remember this, and it is so called because it regulates the proper
motion of the sun and the Moon in their proper order, each in
an orbit convenient for it.
It is therefore a 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, through the Sephirah HOD.
Heg:
S/he waits until the Theoricus has made a connection between the symbolism of Equinoctal Solar Fire and the Seed.
Heg:
Before you upon the altar,

is the Twentieth Key of the TAROT,
which symbolically resumes these Ideas. Study it well.
Sr./Fr. Hierus, please introduce the Aspirant to
The Book of ThothChapter of the Golden Dawn.
Hierophant returns to his/her Throne. Hegemon comes round to the North of the
Altar, and leads Theoricus to West. Hiereus comes forward and explains the two
Sephirotic Tablets.
Hiereus: T
he Tablet before you represents the 10 Sephiroth combined
in seven palaces. The first Palace contains Kether, Chokmah
and Binah, the 2nd Chesed, the 3rd Geburah, the 4th
Tiphareth, the 5th Netzach, the 6th Hod, the 7th Yesod and
Malkuth.

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his second Tablet represents the attribution of the 10

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Sephiroth to the 4 letters of the Holy Name of ASHERAH.
Kether as you will observe, is not included therein, but
it is symbolized by the centermost point of the Aleph.
It is MACROPROSOPUS or ARIKH ANPIN, the Vast
Countenance.
Thus far the voice of AXIOKERSA! (knock) Pass on!
is brought in.
Hiero:
The Father of all congregated the Seven Firmaments

of the Cosmos, circumscribing the Heaven with convex form.
He constituted a Septenary of Wandering Existences,
suspending their disorder in well disposed zones.
He made them six in number and for the seventh,
he cast into the midst thereof the Fire of the sun
into that Center from which all lines are equal
that the Swift Sun may come around that Center
eagerly urging itself towards that Center of Resounding Light.
s rays of light, His locks flow forth,

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stretching to the confines of space, and of the solar Circles,
and of the Lunar flashings and of the Aerial Recesses,
the Melody of the Aether and of the Sun
and of the Passages of the Moon and of the Air.
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for therein a Solar World and endless Light subsist.
The Sun more true measures all things by time,
for he is the Time of Time, and his disc is in the Starless
above the inerratic Sphere, and he is the center
of the Triple World. The Sun is Fire and the Dispenser of Fire.
He is also the channel for the Higher Fire.
O Aether, Sun and Spirit of the Moon,
ye are the Leaders of Air.
nd the Great Goddess brings forth the vast Sun

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and the brilliant Moon and the wide Air,
and the Lunar Course and the Solar Pole.
She collects it, receiving the melody of the Aether and of
the Sun and of the Moon and of whatsoever is contained in air.
Unwearied doth Nature rule over the Worlds and Works.
So that the Period of all things may be accomplished.
And above the shoulders of the Great Goddess,
is Nature in her vastness exalted.
Thus far the voice of the Kabiri. (knock)
Hierophant rises. Hegemon steps back and when s/he has descended from the
Dais, indicates to Theoricus to follow him/her. S/he leads Theoricus to the
West of the altar, Hegemon follows and stands on the South SideHierophant
being on the North.
Hiero:

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Binah is attributed to Shin or AIMA, the Mother;
Resh embraces the six next Sephiroth, which together
form MICROPROSOPUS or ZAUIR ANPIN, the Lesser
Countenance. Malkuth is referred to the Heh or the Bride of
the Apocalypse.
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Hiero:
I am the Sun in greatest elevation, bringing upon Earth

the ripening heatfructifying all things
urging forward the growth of vegetable nature, Lifegiving,
Light-producingcrowning summer with golden harvest,
and filling the lap of plenteous Autumn
with the Purple vintage of the Vine.
Hegemon leads Theoricus to Qaballah of 9 Chambers in the SSW.

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numbers. Thus, in one chamber you will see Gimel, Lamed
and Shin classed together, whose numbers are similar 3, 30,
300 and so on. The uppermost is the most usual form of the
diagram. In the lower the chambers are arranged according to
the Sephiroth.
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Dispersing Ravens
laylmg
Obscene
Ones
m
Tylyl
Evil
Woman
Hiereus: A
XIOKERSOS, the Second Kabir,
spake unto KASMILLOS the Aspirant, and said:
I am the sun in greatest depression beneath the Equator
when cold is greatest and heat is least
withdrawing his light in darkening winter,
the Dweller in mist and storm.
Hiereus then offers the Theoricus his/her lighter making sure s/he smells it
and then lights it, saying:
Hiereus: Y
S/he waits until the Theoricus has made a connection between the symbolism of Winter Solstice Solar Fire and the Naphtha.
he tenth is the realm of Lilith, also called Ki-si-kil-lil-la-ke,

T
the Queen of the Night and of the Dark Moon, whose powers
are Enticement, Provocation and Domination.
or ages in the lands by the Western Gate the Qlippoth

F
were considered evil and poisons to the soul. Know then, O
Theoricus, each of these poisons is of the same taste as the
Gods of the Sephiroth. On the road to your complete liberation and supreme enlightenment you will need to realize this
identity and aquire the power of their transformation, one to
the other.
Hegemon leads Theoricus to his/her own seat, takes bowl of seeds, and
says:
XIOKERSA, the Third Kabir
A
spake to Kasmillos the Candidate and said:
I am the Sun in Equinox, initiating Summer
or heralding Wintermild and genial in operation,
giving forth or withdrawing the vital heat of life.
Hegemon then offers the Theoricus his/her bowl of seeds, saying:

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hey are:
T
Ke-reth-i-el, the Two Contending Forces;
Gho-gi-el, the Hinderers;
Sa-tor-i-al, the Concealers;
Gagh Shek-e-lah, the Smiters or the Breakers in Pieces;
Go-la-hab, the Burners with Fire;
Zo-mi-el, the Disputers;
Qetz-eph-i-el, the Ravens of Dispersion;
Sam-i-el, the Jugglers of Truth; and
Nach-ash-i-el, the Obscene Ones.
Hiereus: Thus far the voice of AXIOKERSOS! (knock) Pass on!
Heg:
I n the dim past the Qlippoth were shrouded in superstition

and called evil by the unknowing, but be not deceived, for
within them lie great powers and mysteries for the enlightened. Fear them not!
Theoricus is lead to the East facing the Hierophant.

Hiero:
I have much pleasure in conferring on you

the Title of Initiate of the Thirty First Path.
You will now quit the Temple for a short time,
and on your return the ceremony of your passage
of the Thirtieth Path will take place.
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13
Theoricus is lead out by Hegemon who makes the Neophyte sign on passing
Hierophants throne. Theoricus should also do this.
The Thirtieth Path of Resh

Temple arranged as in diagram. Portal RESH shown.
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, will you present the Theoricus with the

necessary admission Badge and instruct him/her in the
knocks of this hall?
Heg:
assents
Hiero:
r./Fr. Hiereus, on receiving the proper alarm, will you please

S
admit the Aspirant?
Fan
Hiereus: assents
Hegemon rises and salutes in the 3=8. Asp. gives the alarm: ! !!! ! !!!,
then admits Theoricus after having given him/her The Greek Cross of
Thirteen Squares. All visualize the Aspirant surrounded by the silver
crescent Tattwa of Water.
As s/he brings him/her in, the Hegemon says:
Heg:
hen the sun did appear unclouded,

T
and the mouth of Asi was on the mouth of Asar
S/he leads Theoricus to the North East, and places him/her facing the
Pillars.
Hiero:
(knocks) Sr./Fr. Porais/Poraia de Rejectis, before you in the

East lie the Portals of the 30th, 25th, and 28th Paths
leading from the 2=9 Hall of the Theorici to those Halls
which are beyond. Of these, the only one now open to you,
is the Thirtieth which leads to the 3=8 Hall of the Practici.
Take in your right hand the Solar Greek Cross,
and follow your Guide through the Pathway of the Sun.
Heg:
efore the Intellectual Whirlings of Intellectual Fire,

B
all things respond through the Will of the Father of All.
Hegemon leads Theoricus between Pillars and halts before Hierophant, who
rises, piece of wood in hand.
the Greek Cross of 13 Squares.
Hiero:
XIEROS. the First Kabir,

A
spake unto Kasmillos the Aspirant and said:
EAST
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3=8
Advancement into
the Hall of the Practici

Het Nuit Redaction, v5.1, June, 2006
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Advancement into the =8 Hall of the Practici

v5.1 ed. June, 2006
Materials:
Fan
Path of Resh
Entrance into Hod
Letters:
S, T, q
r, s, i, T
m, x, p,r, S
On Altar:
Trump XXJudgement/Aeon
Trump XIXThe Sun
10 small white stones
Admission
Badges:
Tetrahedron of Fire
Greek Cross of 13 Squares
Path of Resh
Entrance into Hod
Triangles on the Tree
Diagrams:
SSE
SSW
Qabalah of 9 Chambers
Olympic Spirits
WSW
10 Sephiroth & Holy Name
Planetary Symbols
WNW
10 Sephiroth in 7 Palaces
Tarot Attributions
Tree in Daath
NNW
10 Averse Sephiroth
Geomantic Figures
Sephiroth in a Mercurial Figure
ENE
Sigels of Mercury
Kamea of Mercury
ESE
Challenges:
Heirophant
red lamp
piece of wood
Hiereus
crystal
Zippo-type lighter
Hegemon
dish of hot spice
bowl of seeds
For the Hall:
10 Sephiroth
& Holy Name
North
East
West
Earth Tablet
Air Tablet
Water Tablet
green lamp
yellow lamp
blue lamp
bowl of salt
fan or feather or flower
cup of water
Recommended: fire extinguisher.
EAST

the Tetrahedron of Fire.
Practicus
Opening
Hiero:
All visualize the Hall surrounded with the silver crescent Tattwa of Water.
Hiero:
(knocks) Fraters and Sorors of Het Nuit

please assist me to open the Temple
as the 3=8 Hall of the Practici.
(done)
Heg:
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, see that the Practici are assembled.
Hiereus: Fraters and Sorors Practici, give the Sign of the Practicus.
(all officers and members of Practicus grade and above, including the Dias, rise and give sign)
Sr./Fr. Hierophant, the Practici are assembled.
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, to what particular Element

Heg:
To the Element of Water.
Hiero:
Hiereus: To the Planet Mercury.

Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, what Paths are attached to this Hall?
Heg:
The 31st and 30th Paths of SHIN and RESH.
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, to what does the 31st Path refer?
Hiereus: To the Reflection of the Sphere of FIRE.

Hiero:
Heg:
To the Reflection of the Sphere of the SUN.
All rise and face East.

Hiero:
Let us adore the Spirit of Water.

ELOHIM TSABAOTHYe Gods of Hosts!
Glory be unto the RUACH ELOHIM, the spirit
who moved upon the Face of the Waters of Creation,
All:
(salute) Amen!
Hierophant quits his/her Throne and goes to the West. Hegemon and Hiereus
move clockwise and form a triangle with the Hierophant. S/he stands before
the Tablet of Water before which is a Cup of Water. S/he makes in the air
over the Tablet the Invoking Circle and Pentagrams of Water.
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From the Air, the Elohim formed the Waters,

and from the formless and void made mire and clay,
designed surfaces upon them, and hewed recesses in them,
and formed the strong material foundation
In the Name of AL Strong and Powerful, and in the name of
ELOHIM TSABAOTH, Spirits of Water, Rise up & awake!
Takes Cup from before the Tablet and makes therewith the Sign of Scorpio
in the air before it.
In the Name of GABRIEL, the Great Archangel of Water,
and in the Sign of SCORPIO,
Makes a Cross with the Cup.
Hiero:
In the Name and letters of the Great Western Quadrangle

revealed unto Enoch by the Great Angel Ave,
borne upon the banners of the West
EMPEH ARSEL GAIOLSpirits of Water, Rise up & awake!
In the Name RAAGIOSEL, Great King of the West,
Hierophant replaces the Cup and returns to his/her place All return to their
places.
In the name of ELOHIM TSABAOTH,
I declare the Temple opened in the 3=8 Hall of the Practici.
Hiero:
!!!
!!!
Hiereus: !
!!!
!!!
Heg:
!!!
!!!
All salute and are seated.
The Thirty-first Path of Shin

Hiero:
Fraters and Sorors, our Sr./Fr. _______,

having made such progress in the Path of Magick
as has enabled him/her to pass an examination
in the requisite knowledge,
is thus now eligible to enter into the Hall of the Practici.
What is your will?
Practicus
All:
(respond)
Hiero:

Theoricus and give the customary alarm?
Heg:
(responds saluting)
Hiero:
Conduct the Theoricus to the East

and place him/her between the Mystical Pillars.
Before you are the Portals of the 31st, 32nd, and 29th Paths.
Of these, as you already know, the central one leads to the
Hall of the Theorici from that of Zelator.
The one on your left hand now open to you, is the 31st,
which leads from the 1=10 of Zelator to the 3=8 of Practicus.
Take in your right hand the Pyramid of Flame,
and follow your Guide, AXIOKERSA, the KABIR,
who leads you through the Path of FIRE.
Hegemon rises. S/he proceeds to leave the Temple, giving 0=0 sign in passing the Hierophants throne. The Theoricus should be robed and wearing the
Sash of his grade. Hegemon gives him/her the BadgeThe Solid Triangular
Pyramidhoodwinks him/her, and leads him/her to the door. Hegemon gives
the alarm! !!! ! !!!. Hiereus opens the door, admits them, and returns to
his/her seat.
All visualize the Aspirant surrounded by the silver crescent Tattwa of Water.
Heg:
Then also the Pyramid was builded

so that the initiation might be complete
Hegemon conducts the Theoricus to the WEST and takes the Pyramid.
Theoricus is faced towards Hiereus who rises.
Hiereus: Give me the sign of the Theoricus. (done)
Give me the Grip. (done)
Sprinkle with your hand a few drops of Water towards

the Tablet of Water in the West and say:
Let the powers of Water witness my pledge. (done. Theoricus
repeats the words. Hegemon replaces Cup)
Hegemon leads the Theoricus between the Pillars, past Hiero. making the
Saluting Sign of a Neophyte in passing, circumambulates the Hall and halts
at Hierophants Throne. Hierophant rises as they approach, red lamp in
hand.
Hiero:
Hiereus: Give the Grand Word. (This is given, Hegemon prompting if

necessary. Shaddai EL Chai.)
The Mystic Number (45),
and Pass word (Mem-He).
you received in that Hall. (done)
Axieros, the FIRST KABIR,

spake unto Kasmillos the Aspirant, and said:
I am the Apex of the Pyramid of Flame.
I am the Solar Fire pouring forth its beams
upon the lower World Life-giving, Light-producing.
By what symbol dost thou seek to pass by?
Theo:
By the symbol of the Pyramid of Flame. (assisted)
Theo:
Poraios de Rejectis. Ruach. (Prompted if necessary)
Hiero then offers the Theoricus his/her lamp, saying
Hiero:
Poraios de Rejectis, do you solemnly pledge yourself

in aspiration to participate in the Mysteries
of the 31st and 30th Paths of this Hall of the Practici
as you have already sworn respecting the preceding Halls?
Hiero:
Theo:
I do. (Theoricus is faced West before Tablet by Hegemon)
Hiero:
Then you will stretch forth your hands in the position

of the Saluting Sign of a Neophyte and say:
I swear by the Abyss of the Waters. (Theoricus repeats the
words)
Hiero:
Let the Hoodwink be removed. (done. Hegemon places in his

hand the cup of Water from before the Tablet)
Practicus

S/he waits until the Theoricus has made a connection between the symbolism of Solar Fire and the Lamp Flame.
Hiero:
Pass on then. (indicating for Theo to circumambulate w/ Heg)

Hear Thou the voice of AXIEROS, the First KABIR;
The Mind of the Father whirled forth in reechoing roar
comprehending by invincible Will, ideas omniform,
which flying forth from that One Fountain issued.
For, from the Father alike were the Will and the End,
by which yet they are connected with the Father,
according to alternating Life through varying vehicles.
But as they were divided asunder, being by Intellectual Fire
distributed into other Intellectuals.
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Hiero:
For the King of all previously placed before the polymorphous

World, by which the Universe shines forth decked with ideas
all various, of which the Foundation is one and Alone.
From this: the others rush forth distributed and separated
through the various bodies of the Universe and are borne
in swarms through its vast Abysses, ever whirling forth in
Illimitable Radiation.
They are Intellectual Conceptions from the Paternal Fountain,
partaking abundantly of the Brilliance of Fire
in the culmination of Unresting Time.
But the Primary, Self-Perfect Fountain of the Father
pours forth these Primogenial Ideas.
These being many, ascend flashingly into the Shining World
and in them are contained the Three supernals
because it is the Operator
because it is the Giver of the Life-bearing Fire
because it filleth the Life-producing Bosom of Hecate
and it instilleth into the Synoches,
the enlivening strength of Fire, imbued with Mighty Power.
The Creator of all, Self-operating, formed the World,
and there was a certain mass of fire,
and all these self-operating He produced,
so that the Cosmic Body might be completely conformed
that the Cosmos might be manifest and not appear membranous.
And He fixed a vast multitude of in-wandering stars,
not by a strain laborious and hurtful,
but to uphold them with stability, void of movement
forcing Fire forward into Fire.
Hereunto is the speech of AXIEROS. (knock)
Hegemon leads Theoricus to the seat of Hiereus who rises holding his/her
Crystal. They halt before him/her.
Hiereus: AXIOKERSOS,the Second KABIR,
spake to Kasmillos the Aspirant and said:
I am the left basal angle of the Triangle of Flame.
I am the Fire Volcanic and Terrestrial,
flashingly flaming through Abysses of Earth
Fire rendingFire penetrating
tearing asunder the curtain of Matter
Fire constrainedFire tormented
raging and whirling in lurid storm.
Theo:
By the Symbol of the Pyramid of Flame. (assisted)
Hiereus then offers the Theoricus his/her Crystal, saying:

Hiereus: You cannot pass me by without gazing into my fire
S/he waits until the Theoricus has made a connection between the symbolism of Terrestrial Fire and the Crystal.
Hiereus: Pass on then. (indicating for Theo to circumambulate w/ Heg)
Hear thou the voice of AXIOKERSOS, the Second KABIR:
For not in Matter did the Fire which is in the Beyond
First enclose His Power in acts, but in Mind;
for the Former of the Fiery World is the Mind of Mind,
Who first sprang from Mind, clothing the one Fire with the
other Fire, binding them together so that He might mingle
the fountainous craters while preserving unsullied
the brilliance of His own Fireand thence a Fiery Whirlwind
drawing down the brilliance of the Flashing Flame
penetrating the Abysses of the Universe;
thence from downwards all extend their wondrous rays,
abundantly animating Light, Fire, Aether and the Universe.
From Him leap forth all relentless thunders,
and the whirlwind-wrapped, storm-enrolled
Bosom of the All-splendid Strength of Hecate,
and He who encircleth the Brilliance of Fire
and the Strong spirit of the Poles, all fiery beyond.
Hereunto is the speech of AXIOKERSOS. (knock)
Hegemon leads Theoricus round to his/her own seat whereupon s/he takes
up his/her bowl of cayenne pepper, or other red, hot spice or sauce.
Heg:
AXIOKERSA, the third KABIR,

spake to Kasmillos the Aspirant, and said:
I am the Right Basal Angle of the Triangle of Flame.
Heg:
I am the Fire astral and fluid,

winding and coruscating through the Firmament.
I am the Life of beingsthe vital heat of existence.
By what Sign dost thou seek to pass by?
Hiereus comes forward to prompt Theoricus and act as Guide.

Theo:
By the Symbol of the Pyramid of Flame.
Hegemon then offers the Theoricus his/her Spice, saying
By what sign dost thou seek to pass by?

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Practicus
Heg:
But if thy meditation prolongeth itself,

thou shalt unite all these symbols in the form of a LION.
You cannot pass me by without tasting of my fire

Then when no longer are visible to thee

the Vault of the Heavens and the Mass of the Earth;
when to Thee, the Stars have lost their light
and the Lamp of the Moon is veiled;
when the Earth abideth not and around thee
is the Lightening Flame
then call not before thyself the Visible Image of the Soul of
Nature, for thou must not behold it ere thy body is purged
by the Sacred Ritessince, ever dragging down the Soul
and leading it from the Sacred Things,
from the confines of Matter, arise the terrestrial Dog-faced
Demons, never showing true sign unto mortal gaze.
S/he waits until the Theoricus has made a connection between the symbolism of Astral Fire and the Pepper.
Heg:
Pass on then. (indicates for Theo. to circumambulate with the Hiereus)

Hear Thou the voice of AXIOKERSA, the Third KABIR:
The Father hath withdrawn Himself
but hath not shut up His Own Fire in His Intellectual Power.
All things are sprung from that One Fire,
for all things did the Father of all things perfect,
and delivered them over to the Second Mind
Whom all humankind call First.
The Mind of the Father riding on the subtle girders
which glitter with the tracing of inflexible and relentless Fire.
So therefore first the priest who governeth the works of Fire

must sprinkle with the lustral water of the Loud, Resounding Sea.
The Soul, being a brilliant Fire, by the Power of the Father

remaineth immortal and is Mistress of Life,
and filleth up the many recesses of the Bosom of the World,
the channels being intermixed,
wherein she performeth the works of Incorruptible Fire.
Labour thou around the Strophalos of Hecate.

Which is to say: whirl Her Jynx wheel in invocation, and
When thou shalt see a terrestrial Dmon approaching,
cry aloud and sacrifice the Stone MNI-ZOU-RIN.
Hereunto is the speech of AXIOKERSA. (knock)
Change not the barbarous Names of Evocation,

for they are Names Divine,
having in the Sacred Rites a power ineffable.
is brought in.
Hiero:
Stoop not down unto that darkly splendid World

wherein continually lieth a faithless Depth,
and Hades wrapped in clouds delighting in unintellegible images,
precipitous, winding, a black ever rolling Abyss,
ever espousing a Body, unluminous, formless and void.
Nature persuadeth us that there are pure Daemons
and that even the evil germs of Matter may alike
become useful and good. But these are Mysteries
which are evolved in the profound abyss of the Mind.
Such a fire existeth extending through the rushings of Air
or even a fire formless whence cometh the Image of a Voice,
or even a flashing Light, abounding, whirling forth, crying aloud.
Also there is the vision of the Fire-flashing courser of Light,
or of a Child borne aloft on the shoulders of the Celestial steed,
fiery or clothed in gold, or naked and shooting with a bow,
shafts of light, and standing on the shoulders of a horse.
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And when, after all the phantoms have vanished,

thou shalt see that Holy and Formless Fire
that Fire which darts and flashes
through the Hidden Depths of the Universe,
Hear Thou the voice of Fire.
Hereunto is the speech of Kabir. (knell)
Hegemon conducts the Theoricus to the foot of Hierophants Throne, and
taking the Triangular Pyramid, hands it to Hierophant.
Hiero:
The solid Triangular Pyramid is an appropriate hieroglyph of Fire.

It is formed of four triangles, three visible and one concealed,
which yet is the synthesis of the rest.
The three visible triangles
represent Fire, Solar, Volcanic, and Astral,
while the fourth represents the latent Heat.
AUD, active, AUB, passive, AUR, equilibrated
while ASCH is the name of Fire.
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Puts Pyramid aside.

Hiero:
Hegemon leads Theoricus to Qaballah of 9 Chambers in the SSW.
The Thirty First Path of the Sepher Yetsirah which answereth

unto the letter SHIN is called the PERPETUAL INTELLIGENCE,
remember this, and it is so called because it regulates the proper
motion of the sun and the Moon in their proper order, each in
an orbit convenient for it.
It is therefore a 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, through the Sephirah HOD.
Heg:
Hierophant rises. Hegemon steps back and when s/he has descended from the
Dais, indicates to Theoricus to follow him/her. S/he leads Theoricus to the
West of the altar, Hegemon follows and stands on the South SideHierophant
being on the North.
Heg:
Slg
666
Msv
999
Xxt
222
111
rkb
qya
555
444
Knh
Tmd
888
777
Ppc
Niz
II
hnyb
rTk
hmkc
Slg
qya
rkb
333
111
222
hrvbg TrapT
555
666
dsc
444
Knh
Msv
Tmd
dvh
dvsy
cxn
Ppc
Xxt
Niz
888
999
777
Hegemon leads Theoricus to Tablet of 10 Averse Sephiroth in the NNW.

k
laymvaT
Dual
Contending
Forces
c
laygvi
Hinderers
b
layrTs
Concealers
bhlvg
Burners
hlkSig
Breakers in Pieces
T
NvryrygT
Disputers
h
lams
Deceivers
n
y
laylmg
Obscene
Ones
Hiero:
Before you upon the altar,

is the Twentieth Key of the TAROT,
Sr./Fr. Hierus, please introduce the Aspirant to
The Book of ThothChapter of the Golden Dawn.
Tylyl
Evil
Woman
Hierophant returns to his/her Throne. Hegemon comes round to the North of the
Altar, and leads Theoricus to West. Hiereus comes forward and explains the two
Sephirotic Tablets.
Hiereus: The Tablet before you represents the 10 Sephiroth combined
in seven palaces. The first Palace contains Kether, Chokmah
and Binah, the 2nd Chesed, the 3rd Geburah, the 4th
Tiphareth, the 5th Netzach, the 6th Hod, the 7th Yesod and
Malkuth.
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Dispersing Ravens
In the dim past the Qlippoth were shrouded in superstition

and called evil by the unknowing, but be not deceived, for
They are:
Thau-mi-el, the Two Contending Forces, which go by the
second name of Ker-eth-i-el, which means Cut Off from God;
Og-i-el, the Hinderers;
Sa-tar-i-el, the Concealers;
Gash ka-lah, the Smiters or the Breakers in Pieces;
Go-lah-ab, the Burners with Fire;
Tag-ir-ir-on, the Disputers;
Or-eb Za-raq, the Ravens of Dispersion;
Sam-a-el, the Deceivers or the Poison of God; and
Ga-mal-i-el, the Obscene Ones, which go by the second
name Na-chash-i-el, the Serpents of God.
The tenth is the realm of Lilith, also called Ki-si-kil-lil-la-ke,
the Queen of the Night and of the Dark Moon, whose powers
are Enticement, Provocation and Domination.
This second Tablet represents the attribution of the 10

Sephiroth to the 4 letters of the Holy Name of ASHERAH.
Kether as you will observe, is not included therein, but
it is symbolized by the centermost point of the Aleph.
It is MACROPROSOPUS or ARIKH ANPIN, the Vast
Countenance.
Chokmah is attributed to Aleph, or the Father ABBA;
Binah is attributed to Shin or AIMA, the Mother;
Resh embraces the six next Sephiroth, which together
form MICROPROSOPUS or ZAUIR ANPIN, the Lesser
Countenance. Malkuth is referred to the Heh or the Bride of
the Apocalypse.
This is the so-called Qabalah of Nine Chambers. In it the letters are classed together, according to the similarity of their
numbers. Thus, in one chamber you will see Gimel, Lamed
and Shin classed together, whose numbers are similar 3, 30,
300 and so on. The uppermost is the most usual form of the
diagram. In the lower the chambers are arranged according to
the Sephiroth.
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For ages in the lands by the Western Gate the Qlippoth

were considered evil and poisons to the soul. Know then, O
Theoricus, each of these poisons is of the same taste as the
Gods of the Sephiroth. On the road to your complete liberation and supreme enlightenment you will need to realize this
identity and aquire the power of their transformation, one to
the other.
Theoricus is lead to the East facing the Hierophant.
Hiero:
I have much pleasure in conferring on you

the Title of Initiate of the Thirty First Path.
You will now quit the Temple for a short time,
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1
and on your return the ceremony of your passage

of the Thirtieth Path will take place.
Theoricus is lead out by Hegemon who makes the Neophyte sign on passing
Hierophants throne. Theoricus should also do this.
The Thirtieth Path of Resh

Fan
Temple arranged as in diagram. Portal RESH shown.

Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, will you present the Theoricus with the

necessary admission Badge and instruct him/her in the
knocks of this hall?
Heg:
assents
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, on receiving the proper alarm, will you please

admit the Aspirant?
Hiereus: assents
Hegemon rises and salutes in the 3=8. Asp. gives the alarm: ! !!! ! !!!,
then admits Theoricus after having given him/her The Greek Cross of
Thirteen Squares. All visualize the Aspirant surrounded by the silver
crescent Tattwa of Water.
As s/he brings him/her in, the Hegemon says:
Heg:
Then the sun did appear unclouded,

and the mouth of Asi was on the mouth of Asar
S/he leads Theoricus to the North East, and places him/her facing the
Pillars.

the Greek Cross of 13 Squares.
Hiero:
(knocks) Sr./Fr. Porais/Poraia de Rejectis, before you in the

East lie the Portals of the 30th, 25th, and 28th Paths
leading from the 2=9 Hall of the Theorici to those Halls
which are beyond. Of these, the only one now open to you,
is the Thirtieth which leads to the 3=8 Hall of the Practici.
Take in your right hand the Solar Greek Cross,
and follow your Guide through the Pathway of the Sun.
Heg:
Before the Intellectual Whirlings of Intellectual Fire,

all things respond through the Will of the Father of All.
Hegemon leads Theoricus between Pillars and halts before Hierophant, who
rises, piece of wood in hand.
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Hiero:
AXIEROS. the First Kabir,

spake unto Kasmillos the Aspirant and said:
Hiero:
I am the Sun in greatest elevation, bringing upon Earth

the ripening heatfructifying all things
urging forward the growth of vegetable nature, Lifegiving,
Light-producingcrowning summer with golden harvest,
and filling the lap of plenteous Autumn
with the Purple vintage of the Vine.
Hiero then offers the Theoricus the piece of Wood, saying

Hiero:

S/he waits until the Theoricus has made a connection between the symbolism of Summer Solstice Solar Fire and the Wood.
Hiero:
Thus far the voice of AXIEROS! (knock) Pass on!
Hegemon leads Theoricus to the Seat of Hiereus who rises with Zippo-type
lighter.
Hiereus: AXIOKERSOS, the Second Kabir,
spake unto KASMILLOS the Aspirant, and said:
I am the sun in greatest depression beneath the Equator
when cold is greatest and heat is least
withdrawing his light in darkening winter,
Hiereus then offers the Theoricus his/her lighter making sure s/he smells it
and then lights it, saying:
Hiereus: You cannot pass me by without gazing into my fire
S/he waits until the Theoricus has made a connection between the symbolism of Winter Solstice Solar Fire and the Naphtha.
Hiereus: Thus far the voice of AXIOKERSOS! (knock) Pass on!
Hegemon leads Theoricus to his/her own seat, takes bowl of seeds, and
says:
Heg:
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AXIOKERSA, the Third Kabir

spake to Kasmillos the Candidate and said:
I am the Sun in Equinox, initiating Summer
or heralding Wintermild and genial in operation,
giving forth or withdrawing the vital heat of life.

Hegemon then offers the Theoricus his/her bowl of seeds, saying:
Heg:

S/he waits until the Theoricus has made a connection between the symbolism of Equinoctal Solar Fire and the Seed.
Heg:
Thus far the voice of AXIOKERSA! (knock) Pass on!
is brought in.
Hiero:
The Father of all congregated the Seven Firmaments

of the Cosmos, circumscribing the Heaven with convex form.
He constituted a Septenary of Wandering Existences,
suspending their disorder in well disposed zones.
He made them six in number and for the seventh,
he cast into the midst thereof the Fire of the sun
into that Center from which all lines are equal
that the Swift Sun may come around that Center
eagerly urging itself towards that Center of Resounding Light.
As rays of light, His locks flow forth,
stretching to the confines of space, and of the solar Circles,
and of the Lunar flashings and of the Aerial Recesses,
the Melody of the Aether and of the Sun
and of the Passages of the Moon and of the Air.
The wholeness of the Sun is in the supermundane orders,
for therein a Solar World and endless Light subsist.
The Sun more true measures all things by time,
for he is the Time of Time, and his disc is in the Starless
above the inerratic Sphere, and he is the center
of the Triple World. The Sun is Fire and the Dispenser of Fire.
He is also the channel for the Higher Fire.
O Aether, Sun and Spirit of the Moon,
ye are the Leaders of Air.
And the Great Goddess brings forth the vast Sun
and the brilliant Moon and the wide Air,
and the Lunar Course and the Solar Pole.
She collects it, receiving the melody of the Aether and of
the Sun and of the Moon and of whatsoever is contained in air.
Unwearied doth Nature rule over the Worlds and Works.
So that the Period of all things may be accomplished.
And above the shoulders of the Great Goddess,
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is Nature in her vastness exalted.

Thus far the voice of the Kabiri. (knock)
Hegemon conducts Theoricus to Hierophant, to whom s/he hands the Solar
Greek Cross,
Hiero:
The solar Greek Cross is formed of thirteen squares

which fitly refer to the Suns motion through the Zodiac,
these Signs being further arranged in the arms of the Cross
according to the Four Elements with the sun in the center
and representing that luminary as the center of the whole.
The Thirtieth Path of the Sepher Yetzirah which answereth
to the Letter Resh is called the COLLECTING INTELLIGENCE,
remember this, and it is so called because from it
the Astrologers deduce the judgment of the Stars
and of the Celestial Signs, and the perfections 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 HODFoundation with
Splendor.
Hierophant rises. Hegemon and Theoricus step back and follow hiM/her to
the Altar where s/he places Theoricus in the West, Hierophant stands to the
North, Hegemon to the South.
Hiero:
Before you upon the Altar is the Nineteenth Key of TAROT

which symbolically unites these ideas. Study it well.
Take note of these two children who resemble the Sign Gemini
which unites the Earthy Sign of Taurus with the Watery Sign
Cancer, and that the Sign Gemini was by the Greeks and
Romans referred to Apollo and the Sun.
Hierophant returns to his/her Throne. Theoricus remains in the West.

Hiereus: The Astrological symbols of the planets are derived from the 3
primary forms of the circle, the crescent and the cross, either
singly or in combination. The circle denotes the Sun and gold,
the crescent the Moon and silver, respectively, analogous to
the Red and the White alchemical natures. The cross is the
symbol of corrosion and the corrosion of metals is usually of
the complementary color to that which they naturally approximate. Mercury is the only one which unites these primary
forms in one symbol.

Hegemon indicates the Tablet of Tarot Attributions.
Heg:
This shows one of the true and genuine attributions of the

Tarot trumps to the Hebrew alphabet which was long a secret
among the Initiates and now published and for you to study.
Hegemon leads Theoricus to Tablet of Olympic Spirits in the SSW.
Heg:
Before you is the Tablet of the Olympic or Aerial Planetary

Spirits with their Seals,
Aratron of Saturn,
Bethor of Jupiter,
Phalegh of Mars,
Och of the Sun,
Hagith of Venus,
Ophiel of Mercury and
Phul of the Moon.
Hiereus leads Theoricus around to the Triads on the Tree diagram in the SSE.
Hiereus: This Tablet represents the Triad operating through the
Sephiroth, and reflected downwards in the four Triangles of the
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This shows you the Geomantic Figures with their ruling

Intelligences, and Genii; also the talismanic Symbols allotted
to each Geomantic figure. These are derived from them by
drawing lines to the points composing them, so as to form
geometric figures therefrom.
Hegemon leads Theoricus to the East.
I have much pleasure in conferring upon you the title of
Initiate of the Thirtieth Path. You will now quit the Temple
for a short time, and on your return the Ceremony of your
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reception into the 3=8 Hall of the Practici will take place.
Hegemon leads Theoricus out.
The Entrance into Hod

All visualize the Aspirant surrounded with the silver crescent Tattwa of Water.
Fan
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, will you instruct the Theoricus in the Proper

alarm, present him/her with the necessary Admission Badge,
and admit him/her?
Heg:
I will.
Hegemon takes Badge, the Lamen of the Stolisties, and brings Theoricus,
telling him/her to knock ! !!! ! !!!.
Hiero:
Place the Theoricus before the Portal of the 31st path by which
s/he has symbolically entered this Hall from the 1=10 of Zelator.
(done) Place the Theoricus now before the portal of the 30th Path
by which s/he has symbolically entered this Hall from the 2=9 of
Theoricus. (done)
Hiereus: By what Symbol dost thou enter herein?

Asp:
(presenting the Lamen of the Stolistes and assisted in reply by

the Hegemon) By the Particular Emblem of the Stolistes, the
Cup of Water.
Hiereus offers cup from West Altar. Aspirant drinks from the cup. If there
are multiple aspirants, the others wait their turn.
The Cup
of the Stolistes
EAST

the Lamen of the Stolistes.
Hiereus: (indicating the diagram of the Cup of the Stolistes)

The Cup of the Stolistes partakes in part of the Symbolism
of the Laver of Moses and the Sea of Solomon.
On the Tree of Life, it embraces nine of the Sephiroth,
exclusive of Kether, thus indicating its receptive
and embodying nature.
Yesod and Malkuth form the triangle below,
the former the apex, the latter the base.
Like the Caduceus, it further represents
the Three Elements of Water, Air and Fire.
The Crescent is the Water which is above the Firmament,
the Circle is the Firmament,
and the Triangle, the consuming Fire below,
which is opposed to the Celestial Fire
symbolized by the upper part of the Caduceus.
Hiereus puts admission badge aside. Hegemon directs Theoricus to Hiero.
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nuity linking the dimensionless point with the manifestation of

the first body; the figure of the Tetraktys itself also represents
the vertical hierarchy of relation between Unity and emerging
Multiplicity. In the realm of music, it will be seen that the
Tetraktys also contains the symphonic ratios that underlie the
mathematical harmony of the musical scale; 1:2, the octave,
2:3, the perfect fifth; and 3:4, the perfect fourth.
Hiereus and Hegemon stand at either side of the Altar, facing it, and with
the Hiero forming the triangle of water. Hiero. explains the special practice, Dissolution into Shunyata or the Absolute.
Hiero:
The Special Practice for the Neophyte is the two-fold practice

of Refuge and the Dedication of Merit, for the Zelator the
Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, for the Theoricus,
the Middle Pillar. For the Practicus it is the Dissolution into
Shunyata or the Absolute.
We might further note that the Tetraktys, being a Triangular

number, is composed of consecutive integers, incorporating
both the Odd and the Even, whereas Square number (Limited
or peras) is composed of consecutive odd integers, and oblong
number of consecutive even integers (Indefinite or aperion).
Since the universe is comprised of peras and aperion woven
together through mathematical harmonia, it is easy to see
from these considerations why the Tetraktys, or the Decad, was
called Kosmos (world-order), Ouranos (heaven), and Pan (the
All). Upon the Tetraktys the Pythagoreans took their oath.
This is a meditation. While sounding Ah, visualize the

Universe collapsing into your body. Sound a second Ah, and
visualize your body collapsing into a brilliant white letter A
at your heart. It is the brilliance of sunlight on snow. Sound
Ah a third time and visualize the letter A slowly dissolving from the bottom upward. As it disappears, you become
emptiness. Remain in that state as long as possible.
Hiero:
In the preceding halls you were introduced to the Tree of Life

as the Lighting Flash of creation and the Complete Tree as a
model of the Cosmos. In this hall you will be introduced to
the most fundamental form and basis of the Tree:
On the altar is a pile of 10 white stones.
The Tetraktys of Pythagoras

(author: David Fideler, The Pythagorean Source book and Library, introduction, p28,
Phanes Press, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1987, with minor edits.)
Hiero:
In addition to seeing it as a formative agent active in nature,

the Pythagoreans perceived a principal of Number, best exemplified in the figure of the Tetraktys which, we might say in
the present century, stood as a numerical paradigm of whole
systems.
For the Pythagoreans the Tetraktys symbolized the perfection of
Number and the elements that comprise it. In one sense it would
be proper to say that the Tetraktys symbolizes, like the musical
scale, a differentiated image of Unity; in the case of the Tetraktys,
it is an image of unity starting at One, proceeding through four
levels of manifestation, and returning to unity, i.e., ten.
In the sphere of geometry, One represents the point [place one
stone on the altar], Two represents the line [2nd & 3rd stone],
Three represents the surface [3 more stones], and Four the
tetrahedron [4 more stones], the first three-dimensional form.
Hence, in the realm of space the Tetraktys represents the conti-
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Hiero:
The 3=8 Hall of the Practici is referred to the Sepherah Hod

and the Thirtieth and Thirty First Paths
those of Resh and Shin, are bound thereto.
The Sign of this Hall is given by making a triangle
on your belly with the thumbs and fingers, apex downwards.
(giving it) This forms the Triangle of the Element of Water,
to which this Hall is attributed.
The Grip is the general Grip of the First Order.
The Grand Word is a name of ten letters, ELOHIM TSABAOTH, which means Gods of Hosts.
The Mystic Number is 36, and from it is formed the Password
of this Hall which is ELOAH, one of the Divine Names. It
should be lettered separately when givenAleph Lamed Heh.
Unto this Hall and unto the Sephirah Hod,
the Eighth Path of Sepher Yetsirah is referred.
It is called the ABSOLUTE or PERFECT PATH, remember this,
because it is the means of the Primordial,
which hath no root to which it may be established,
except in the inmost core of that Gedulah, that Magnificence,
which emanate from the inherent properties of Hod.
The distinguishing badge of the Practicus which you are now
entitled to wear, is the sash of the Theoricus with the addiPracticus
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tion of an orange cross above the purple cross and the numbers 3 and 8 respectively, left and right of its summit, and
below the number 32, the numbers 30 and 31 in orange
between two narrow orange lines.
Hierophant leads Aspirant to the Water Tablet in the West.
answering to 8 is ASBOGA, those answering to 64 DIN,

Judgement and DONI, that answering to 260 is TIRIEL the
Intelligence of Mercury and lastly, that answering to 2080 is
TAPHTHARTHARATH the name of the Spirit of Mercury.
DAATH
Hiero:
On this Tablet is shown the meaning of the symbol of

Mercury when inscribed upon the Tree of Life. It embraces all
but Kether and the horns spring from Daath, which is not
properly speaking a Sephira, but rather the conjunction of
Chokmah and Binah.
This Hall is especially referred to the Element of Water and

therefore the Great Watchtower or Tablet of the West forms
one of its principle emblems.
Hiero:
It is known as the Second or Great Western Quadrangle or

Tablet of Water, and it is one of the Four Great Tablets delivered unto Enoch by the Great Angel Ave. From it are drawn
the Three Holy Secret NamesEMPEH ARSEL GAIOL
which are borne upon the Banners of the West,
and the Name of the Elemental King of the Waters
RAAGIOSELand numberless Divine and Angelic Names
which appertain unto the element of Water.
The meaning of the Tablet of Earth and Air
were explained to you in the preceding halls
Kether
Binah
Geburah
Chesed
Tiphareth
Hod
Malkuth
The Portals in the East and South East are the Paths which
conduct to the Higher while that in the South leads to the
Grade of Philosophus, the highest Grade of the First Order.
4 62 63 1
49 15 14 52 53 11 10 56
41 23 22 44 45 19 18 48
32 34 35 29 28 38 39 25
40 26 27 37 36 30 31 33
Hierophant and Theoricus proceed to the East.

17 47 46 20 21 43 42 24
64 2
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7 57
4 62 63 1
49 15 14 52 53 11 10 56
41 23 22 44 45 19 18 48
32 34 35 29 28 38 39 25
40 26 27 37 36 30 31 33
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This Grade is also related to the planet Mercury. Its Kamea or

mystical square is formed of 64 squares containing the numbers from 1 to 64 arranged so as to show the same sum each
way. Its ruling numbers are 8, 84, 260 and 2080.
9 55 54 12 13 51 50 16
64 2
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7 57

8 58 59 5
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41 23 22 44 45 19 18 48
32 34 35 29 28 38 39 25
40 26 27 37 36 30 31 33
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9 55 54 12 13 51 50 16
64 2
3 61 60 6
7 57
This Tablet shows the mystical seals and Names drawn

from the Kamea of Mercury. The seals are formed from
lines drawn to certain numbers upon the square. The name
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This Tablet shows you the meaning of the alchemical Mercury on the Tree of Life of the first form of
the Alchemical Sephiroth. Here again it embraces
all but Kether. The Radix Metallorum, the triple
foliation at the bottom of the Cross refers to Fire
symbolized by the addition of the sign Aries thereto; and it further alludes to the 3 principles of
Sulphur, Mercury and Salt.
Hegemon leads Theoricus to Tablet in the North.

Heg:
9 55 54 12 13 51 50 16
Hiero:
On this Tablet are shown the Paths when arranged

with DAATH added to the Sephirotic Tree. It differs from the other and more usual attributions.
Furthermore, it assumes Daath is a Sephira which
some dispute.
Hegemon leads Theoricus to Tablet in South.

Heg:
The Cross above the Triangle represents

the power of the Spirit of Life rising above
the triangle of the Waters and reflecting the Triune therein
and is so marked by the Lamps at the angles.
While the Cup of Pure Water placed at the junction
of the Cross and Triangle represents the maternal Letter Mem.
8 58 59 5
Hiereus:
Netzach
Yesod
Hierophant directs the Aspirants attention to the Altar.
Hiero:
Hierophant resumes his seat. Hegemon goes to the East and

leads Theoricus to Hiereus who takes him/her to the West.
Chokmah
Daath
The Tablet before you represents the symbol the Planets

resumed in a Mercurial Figure. In gradual descent we obtain
Luna, Mars, Sol, Venus, and below Saturn and Jupiter, right
and left.
Hegemon seats Theoricus in West facing East and returns to own seat. All sit.
Hiero:
I now congratulate you on having passed through

the Ceremony of 3=8 of Practicus, and in recognition thereof,
I confer upon you the Mystic Title of Monocris De Astris,
which means Unicorn from the Stars;
and I give you the Symbol of MAIM
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which is the Hebrew Name for Water.

(knock) In the Name of ELOHIM TZABAOTH,
I now proclaim that you have duly entered and been welcomed
into the 3=8 Hall of Practicus, and that you are Initiate
of the Thirtieth and Thirty First Paths.
CLOSING
Hiero:
(knocks) Assist me to close this 3=8 Hall of the Practici.
All rise. The new Practicus is signed to rise.
Lead us into the true life, through intelligence, through love!

Lead us unto immortality through Union,
That our Wills be made Pure,
Unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the Lust of Result;
Every way Perfect. Amen.
With his/her Scepter the Hierophant makes the Banishing Circle and
Pentagrams in the air before the Tablet.
Hiero:

Heg:
Hiero:
Let us adore the Spirit of Water! (knock)
All face East.

Hiero:
Let ELOHIM TZABAOTH

be praised unto the countless Ages of Time, Amen!
Hegemon removes the seat of Practicus to the North, and leads Practicus to
the East of Altar, where s/he stands facing West. Hierophant goes to the
West before the Tablet of Water. All face West Members arranging themselves in balanced disposition, facing West.
Hiero:
(knocks) Let us join together with the Undines or Water

spirits in their Prayer!
All:
Terrible King of the Sea, Thou who holdest the Keys of the
Cataracts of Heaven, and who enclosest the subterranean
Waters in the cavernous hollows of Earth,
King of the Deluge and of the Rains of Spring.
Thou who openest the sources of the rivers and of the
fountains; Thou who commandest moisture which is, as it
were, the Blood of the Earth, to become the sap of the plants.
We adore Thee and we invoke Thee.
Speak Thou unto us, Thy Mobile and Changeful creatures,
in the Great Tempests, and we shall tremble before Thee.
Speak to us also in the murmur of the limpid Waters,
and we shall desire Thy love.
O Vastness!
Wherein all the rivers of Being seek to lose themselves
which renew themselves ever in Thee!
O Thou Ocean of Infinite Perfection!
O Depth which exhalest into the Height!
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Depart ye in peace unto your Habitations.

May the blessing of the Elohim Tzabaoth be upon you.
and be ye ready to come when ye are called! (knocks)
All return to their places Practicus being directed to West of Altar, facing
West.
Hiero:
!!!
!!!
Hiereus: !
!!!
!!!
Heg:
!!!
!!!
Dedication of Merit
ALL:

So mote it be.
May the benefits of practice, ours and others, come to fruition, Ultimately and immediately,
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diagrams of the
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The Tetrahedron of Fire
The solid Triangular Pyramid is an appropriate hieroglyph of Fire. It is formed of four triangles, three visible and one
concealed, which yet is the synthesis of the rest. The three visible triangles represent Fire, Solar, Volcanic, and Astral,
while the fourth represents the latent Heat. AUD, active, AUB, passive, AUR, equilibratedwhile ASCH is the name
of Fire.
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The Ten Sephiroth Combined in the Seven Palaces
The Tablet before you represents the 10 Sephiroth combined in seven palaces. The first Palace contains Kether,
Chokmah and Binah, the 2nd Chesed, the 3rd Geburah, the 4th Tiphareth, the 5th Netzach, the 6th Hod, the 7th
Yesod and Malkuth.
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The Ten Sephiroth Attributed to the Holy Name
This second Tablet represents the attribution of the 10 Sephiroth to the 4 letters of the Holy Name of Asherah.
Kether as you will observe, is not included therein, but it is symbolized by the centermost point of the Aleph. It is
MACROPROSOPUS or ARIKH ANPIN, the Vast Countenance.
Chokmah is attributed to Aleph, or the Father Abba; Binah is attributed to Shin or Aima, the Mother; Resh
embraces the six next Sephiroth, which together form MICROPROSOPUS or ZAUIR ANPIN, the Lesser Countenance.
Malkuth is referred to the Heh or the Bride of the Apocalypse.
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The Qabalah of Nine Chambers

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their numbers. Thus, in one chamber you will see Gimel, Lamed and Shin classed together, whose numbers are similar
3, 30, 300 and so on. The uppermost is the most usual form of the diagram. In the lower the chambers are arranged
according to the Sephiroth.
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The Qlippoth in Seven Palaces

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In the dim past the Qlippoth were shrouded in superstition and called evil by the unknowing, but be not deceived, for
They are: Thau-mi-el, the Two Contending Forces, which go by the second name of Ker-eth-i-el, which means Cut Off
from God; Og-i-el, the Hinderers; Sa-tar-i-el, the Concealers; Gash ka-lah, the Smiters or the Breakers in Pieces;
Go-lah-ab, the Burners with Fire; Tag-ir-ir-on, the Disputers; Or-eb Za-raq, the Ravens of Dispersion; Sam-a-el, the
Deceivers or the Poison of God; and Ga-mal-i-el, the Obscene Ones, which go by the second name Na-chash-i-el, the
Serpents of God.
The tenth is the realm of Lilith, also called Ki-si-kil-lil-la-ke, the Queen of the Night and of the Dark Moon, whose
powers are Enticement, Provocation and Domination.
For ages in the lands by the Western Gate the Qlippoth were considered evil and poisons to the soul. Know then,
O Theoricus, each of these poisons is of the same taste as the Gods of the Sepheroth. On the road to your complete
liberation and supreme enlightenment you will need to realize this identity and aquire the power of their transformation, one to the other.
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The Greek Cross of 13 Squares
The solar Greek Cross is formed of thirteen squares which fitly refer to the Suns motion through the Zodiac, these
Signs being further arranged in the arms of the Cross according to the Four Elements with the sun in the center and
representing that luminary as the center of the whole. The Thirtieth Path of the Sepher Yetzirah which answereth
to the Letter Resh is called the COLLECTING INTELLIGENCE, remember this, and it is so called because from it the
Astrologers deduce the judgment of the Stars and of the Celestial Signs, and the perfections 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 HODFoundation with Splendor.
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Formation of the Planetary Symbols
The Astrological symbols of the planets are derived from the 3 primary forms of the circle, the crescent and the cross,
either singly or in combination. The circle denotes the Sun and gold, the crescent the Moon and silver, respectively,
analogous to the Red and the White alchemical natures. The cross is the symbol of corrosion and the corrosion of
metals is usually of the complementary color to that which they naturally approximate. Mercury is the only one
which unites these primary forms in one symbol.
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Tarot Attributions
0. Fool: The Crown of Wisdom, the Primum Mobile, acting through the Air on the Zodiac.
1. Juggler: The Crown of Understanding, the beginning of Material production, the Primum Mobile, acting through
the Moon on the Sun.
2. High Priestess: The Crown of Beauty, the beginning of Soverignty and Beauty, the Primum Mobile, acting
through the Moon on the Sun.
3. Empress: The Wisdom of Understanding, the Union of the powers of origination and Production; the Sphere of the
Zodiac acting through Venus on Saturn.
4. Emperor: The Wisdom of Soverignty and beauty, and the originator of them; the Sphere of the Zodiac acting
through Aries on the Sun, and initiating Spring.
5. Hierophant: The Wisdom and fountain of Mercy, the Sphere of the Zodiac acting through Taurus on Jupiter.
6. Lovers: The Understanding of Beauty and production of Beauty and Sovereignty. Saturn acting through Gemini
upon Sol.
7. Chariot: Understanding acting upon Severity. Saturn through Cancer upon Mars.
8. Strength: Fortitude. Mercy tempering Severity. The Glory of Strength. Jupiter acting through Leo upon Mars.
9. Hermit: The Mercy of Beauty, the Magnificence of Sovereignty, Jupiter acting through Virgo upon Sol.
10. Wheel of Fortune: The Mercy and Magnificence of Victory. Jupiter acting through Jupiter direct upon Venus.
11. Justice: The Severity of Beauty and Soverignty. Mars acting through Libra upon Sol.
12. Hanged Man: The Severity of Splendour. Execution of Judgement. Mars acting through Water upon Mercury.
13. Death: The Soverignty and results of Victory. Sol acting through Scorpio upon Venus, or Osiris under the
destroying power of Typhon afflicting Isis.
14. Temperance: The Beauty of a firm Basis. The Soverignty of Fundamental Power. Sol acting through Sagittarius
upon Luna.
15. Devil: The Sovereignty and Beauty of Material (and therefore false) splendour. Sol acting through Capricorn
upon Mercury.
16. Tower: The Victory over Splendour. Venus acting through Mars upon Mercury. Avenging force.
17. Star: The Victory of Fundamental Strength. Venus acting through Aquarius upon Luna. Hope.
18. Moon: The Victory of the Material. Venus acting through Pisces upon the Cosmic Elements, deceptive effect of
the apparent power of the Material Forces.
19. Sun: The Splendour of the Material Worid. Mercury acting through the Sun upon the Moon.
20. Judgement: The Splendopur of the Material Worid. Mercury acting through Fire upon the Cosmic Elements.
21. Universe: The Foundation of the Cosmic Elements and of the. Material Worid. Luna acting through Saturn upon
the Elements.
This shows one of the true and genuine attributions of the Tarot trumps to the Hebrew alphabet which was long a
secret among the Initiates and now published and for you to study.
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Olympic Planetary Spirits
Before you is the Tablet of the Olympic or Aerial Planetary Spirits with their Seals, Aratron of Saturn, Bethor of
Jupiter, Phalegh of Mars, Och of the Sun, Hagith of Venus, Ophiel of Mercury and Phul of the Moon.
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Triangles on the Tree of Life
M
P
P
M
N
P
M
O
This Tablet represents the Triad operating through the Sephiroth, and reflected downwards in the four Triangles of the
Elements, through the Tree of Life. Notice that Air is reflected from Kether through Tiphareth to Yesod. Water is reflected from Binah through Chesed to Hod; and Fire is reflected from Chokmah through Geburah to Netzach. While Malkuth
is Earth, the receptacle of the other three.
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Geomantic Figures
NAME
Puer
Amissio
Albus
Populus
Fortuna
Major
Conjunctio
Fortuna
Minor
Caput
Draconis
FIGURE
SIGN
B
%
$
)
C
^
#
E
A
B
C
D
E
F
E
<
INTELLIGENCE
NAME
Malcjidael
Puella
Asmodel
Rubues
Ambriel
Acquisitio
Muriel
Carcer
Verchiel
Tristitia
Hamaliel
Laetitia
Verchiel
Via
Advachiel
Zuriel
Cauda
Draconis
FIGURE
SIGN
INTELLIGENCE
D
@
A
(
*
!
F
&
Zuriel
Barchiel
I
J
K
L
D
>
Advachiel
Hanael
Cambiel
Amnixiel
Muriel
Hanael
Barchiel
Intelligences Presiding Over the Planets in Geomancy
W
V
U
Q
Zazel
Hismael
Bartzabel
T
S
R
Kedemel
Taphthartharath
Chasmodai
Sorath
This shows you the Geomantic Figures with their ruling Intelligences, and Genii; also the talismanic Symbols allotted
to each Geomantic figure. These are derived from them by drawing lines to the points composing them, so as to form
mathematical figures therefrom.
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The Cup of the Stolistes on the Tree of Life
The Cup of the Stolistes partakes in part of the Symbolism of the Laver of Moses and the Sea of Solomon. On the
Tree of Life, it embraces nine of the Sepheroth, exclusive of Kether, thus indicating its receptive and embodying
nature. Yesod and Malkuth form the triangle below, the former the apex, the latter the base. Like the Caduceus,
it further represents the Three Elements of Water, Air and Fire. The Crescent is the Water which is above the
Firmament, the Circle is the Firmament, and the Triangle, the consuming Fire below, which is opposed to the Celestial
Fire symbolized by the upper part of the Caduceus.
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The Kamea & Seals of Mercury

8 58 59 5
4 62 63 1
8 58 59 5
4 62 63 1
49 15 14 52 53 11 10 56
49 15 14 52 53 11 10 56
41 23 22 44 45 19 18 48
41 23 22 44 45 19 18 48
32 34 35 29 28 38 39 25
32 34 35 29 28 38 39 25
40 26 27 37 36 30 31 33
40 26 27 37 36 30 31 33
17 47 46 20 21 43 42 24
17 47 46 20 21 43 42 24
9 55 54 12 13 51 50 16
9 55 54 12 13 51 50 16
64 2
64 2
3 61 60 6
7 57
The Kamea of Mercury
8 58 59 5
3 61 60 6
7 57
The Seal of Mercury
4 62 63 1
8 58 59 5
4 62 63 1
49 15 14 52 53 11 10 56
49 15 14 52 53 11 10 56
41 23 22 44 45 19 18 48
41 23 22 44 45 19 18 48
32 34 35 29 28 38 39 25
32 34 35 29 28 38 39 25
40 26 27 37 36 30 31 33
40 26 27 37 36 30 31 33
17 47 46 20 21 43 42 24
17 47 46 20 21 43 42 24
9 55 54 12 13 51 50 16
9 55 54 12 13 51 50 16
64 2
64 2
3 61 60 6
7 57
3 61 60 6
7 57
This Grade is also related to the planet Mercury. Its Kamea or mystical square is formed of 64 squares containing the
numbers from 1 to 64 arranged so as to show the same sum each way. Its ruling numbers are 8, 84, 260 and 2080.
Also shown are the mystical seals and Names drawn from the Kamea of Mercury. The seals are formed from lines
drawn to certain numbers upon the square. The name answering to 8 is ASBOGA, those answering to 64 DIN,
Judgement and DONI, that answering to 260 is TIRIEL the Intelligence of Mercury and lastly, that answering to 2080
is TAPHTHARTHARATH the name of the Spirit of Mercury.
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DAATH
On this Tablet is shown the meaning of the symbol of Mercury when inscribed upon the Tree of Life. It embraces all
but Kether and the horns spring from Daath, which is not properly speaking a Sephira, but rather the conjunction of
Chokmah and Binah.
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Tree of Life with Daath

Kether
Binah
Chokmah
Daath
Geburah
Chesed
Tiphareth
Hod
Netzach
Yesod
Malkuth
On this Tablet are shown the Paths when arranged with DAATH added to the Sephirotic Tree. It differs from the
other and more usual attributions. Furthermore it is not so correct, as Daath is not properly speaking, a Sephira.
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Alchemical Sephiroth on the Tree of Life
This Tablet shows you the meaning of the alchemical Mercury on the Tree of Life of the first form of the Alchemical
Sephiroth. Here again it embraces all but Kether. The Radix Metallorum, the triple foliation at the bottom of the
Cross refers to Fire symbolized by the addition of the sign Aries thereto; and it further alludes to the 3 principles of
Sulphur, Mercury and Salt.
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The Planets in the Mercurial Figure
The Tablet before you represents the symbol the Planets resumed in a Mercurial Figure. In gradual descent we obtain
Luna, Mars, Sol, Venus, and below Saturn and Jupiter, right and left.
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4=7
Advancement into
the Hall of the Philosophi

N
The 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi, part 1: Opening & Qoph

center projection
Advancement into the 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi

v1.9 ed. May, 2004
MATERIALS:
Pentacle
Blue
Cup
Blue
Cup
Opening/Path of Qoph
Path of Tzaddi
Path of Peh
Entrance into Netzach
Letters:
S,T,q
r,s,x
m,x,p,r,S
k,x,p,n,q,S
On Altar:
Tarot Trump XVIII
Tarot Trump V & XVII
Tarot Trump XVI
Cross, Triangle, 3 red lamps

Alchemical Plate: Conjunction
Admission
Badges:
Latin Cross
of 12 Squares
Solid Pyramid
of the Elements
Latin Cross
of 10 Squares
Lamen of the Hegemon
Diagrams:
Fire Tablet
Tarot
XVIII
Path of Tzaddi
Path of Peh
Ne
Holy Name in Four Worlds
nE
Sulphur on the Tree
Venus Kamea, Seals, & Sigil
sE
Salt on the Tree
Venus on the Tree
Se
Sw
Three Pillars
Seven Yetziratic Palaces
sW
Tarot Trumps on the Tree
Tree in Seven Planes
Tree in Four Worlds
nW
Geomantic Talismans
Planetary Lineal Figures
Tree in Four Planes
Nw
Serpent of Brass
Geomantic Figures on the Tree
Three
Pillars
Serpent
of Brass
Challenges:
Blue
Cup
Geomantic
Talismans
Tarot Trumps
on the Tree
Heirophant
Path of Tzaddi
Path of Peh
cup of salt water
cup of water
Hiereus
empty cup
cup of wine
Hegemon
cup of sugar water
cup of milk
ImpJacin
bell
ImpBoaz
pot lid
For the Hall:

North
East
West
South
Earth Tablet
Air Tablet
Water Tablet
Fire Table
green lamp
yellow lamp
blue lamp
red lamp
bowl of salt
pentagram
cup of water
censer
The Opening
There are three OfficersHierophant, Hiereus and Hegemon. The Throne of the
Hierophant, beside which is a Cup of Salt Water and the Banner of the East, is
placed before the Dais N.E. The seat of the Hegemon is before the Dais in the S.E.,
that of Hiereus in the West. Each Officer has a Cup of Water, Hiereus, empty and
Hegemon sugared. The Pillars are placed about three feet in front of Hegemons
seat, and behind him/her is displayed the Letter Qoph.
The Altar in the Center of the Hall is supplied with a candle on either side. On it
is the Tarot Key of the PathTHE MOON. The Elemental lights are lit. Incense is
burning in the South. This Sign ! represents one knock. The Grade Knock is !!! !!! !.
All salute. Hiero quits his/her Throne and goes to the South. Hegemon stands
behind him/her in the S.E., Hiereus in the S.W. Hierophant makes Portal opening
motion and the invoking Pentagrams in a circle before the Fire Tablet.
Hiero:
Hierophant takes incense from before Fire Tablet, and makes the sign Leo in the air
before it.
Hiero:
Members are assembled and robed. Hierophant knocks. All rise.

Hiero:
(knocks) Fratres and Sorors of Het Nuit

please assist me to open the Temple as the 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi.
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, please see that the Temple is properly guarded. (done)
And The RUACH ELOHIM moved upon the Face of the Waters.
In the Name of the ELOHIM, Mighty and Ruling,
and in the Name of ASHERAH TZABAOTH,
Spirits of FIRE, Rise Up and Awake!
In the Name of MICHAEL, the Great Archangel of Fire,

and in the Sign of the Lion,
Makes Cross with Incense.

In the Names and letters of the Great Southern Quadrangle
revealed unto ENOCH by the Great Angel AVE,
Heg:
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, see that the Philosophi are assembled.
Hiereus:
Fraters and Sorors Philosophi, give the Sign of the Philosophus.

(all officers and members of Philosophus grade and above, including
the Dias, rise and give sign)
Sr./Fr. Hierophant, the Philosophi are assembled.
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, to what particular element is this Hall attributed?
Heg:
To the Element of FIRE.
Hiero:
Hiereus:
To the Planet VENUS.
Hiero:
!!! !!! !
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, what Paths are attached to this Grade?
Hiereus:
!!! !!! !
Heg:
The 29th, 28th, and 27th Paths of Qoph, Tzaddi, and Peh.
Heg:
!!! !!! !
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, to what does the 29th Path allude?
Hiereus:
To the reflection of the sphere of PISCES.
The Twenty-ninth Path of Qoph
Hiero:
Heg:
To the Reflection of the Sphere of AQUARIUS.
Hiero:
Hiereus:
To the Reflection of the Sphere of MARS.
Hiero:
(knock) Let us adore the Archon of FIRE. (rises and faces East)
ASHERAH TZABAOTH! Blessed be thou
Goddess of Armies is Thy Name, Amen!
Holds Incense on high.

In the Three Great Secret Names of the One
borne upon the Banners of the SouthOIP TEAA PEDOCE
Spirits of FIRE Rise Up and Awake!
In the Name of EDELPERNA, Great King of the South,
Replaces Incense and returns to place. All return to places.
In the name of ASHERAH TZABAOTH,
I declare this Temple opened in the 4=7 Grade of PHILOSOPHUS.
Hiero:
Fraters and Sorors, our Sr./Fr. _______, having made such

progress in the Paths of Magick as has enabled him/her
to pass the examination in the requisite knowledge,
is now eligible for advancement to the Grade of Philosophus.
What is your will?
All:
(respond)
Hiero:

Practicus and give the customary alarm?
Hegemon rises, salutes Hierophant, with 4=7 grade sign, quits the Temple, and
sees that the Practicus is robed and wearing the sash of the 3=8 Grade. S/he hoodwinks him/her and places in his hand the admission badge. She leads him/her to
the Temple door and gives the alarm saying, as they enter:
Heg:
Hegemon circumambulates Temple once with Practicus, having given him/her the
Latin Cross to carry. Hiereus begins to read:
Hiereus:
Verily and Amen! I passed through the deep sea,

and by the rivers of running water that abound therein,
and I came unto the Land of No Desire.
Wherein was a white unicorn with a silver collar, whereon was
graven the aphorism Linea viridis gyrat universa.
Hiero:
Then the word of Adonai came unto me by the mouth of the

Magister mine, saying:
By her spells she invoked the Scarab, the Lord Keph-Ra,

so that the waters were cloven
and the illusion of the towers was destroyed.
Hiereus admits them and returns to his/her place. Hegemon leads Practicus to the
South by the Tablet of Fire, faces him/her East and takes away Cross.
Hiero:
Give the Hegemon the Signs and Words of the Practicus.
Heg:
(standing between the pillars) Give me the Sign of the 3=8 Grade. (done)
The Grip, (done)
the Grand Word (this is given, Hegemon prompting if necessary.
Elohim Tzabaoth)
The Mystic Number (36)
and the Pass-word of the Grade of Practicus (Aleph Lamed He).
Hiero:

you received in that Grade (Monocris de Astris, Maim)
O heart that art girt about with the coils of the old serpent,
lift up thyself unto the mountain of initiation!
But I remembered. Yea, THAN, yea, THELI, yea, LILITH! these three
were about me from of old. For they are one.
Beautiful wast thou, O Lilith, thou serpent-woman!
Thou wast lithe and delicious to the taste,
and thy perfume was of musk mingled with ambergris.
Close didst thou cling with thy coils unto the heart,
and it was in the joy of all the spring.
But I beheld in thee a certain taint
even in that wherein I delighted.
I beheld in thee the taint of thy father the ape,
of thy grandsire the Blind Worm of Slime.
I gazed upon the Crystal of the Future,
and I saw the horror of the End of thee.
Further, I destroyed the time Past,
and the time to Comehad I not the Power of the Sand-glass?
But in the very hour I beheld corruption.
This done, Hegemon faces Practicus to the Fire Tablet.

Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Monocris de Astris, do you solemnly pledge yourself to

aspire to penetrate the mysteries of the 29th, 28th, and 27th Paths
and of the 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi as you have already sworn
respecting those of the preceding Halls?
Practicus: I do.
Hiero:
Then you will stretch your arms above your head to their full limit
and say: I swear by the Torrent of FIRE.
Practicus repeats words.
As they approach the East for the second time, Hierophant rises holding up Cup of
Salt Water. Hegemon and Practicus halt.
Hegemon gives Practicus the incense from before the Tablet.
Hierophant confronts Practicus and halts his/her progress, improvising a speech

containing the following elements: Than of the Abyss, Stagnant, still water, the
Past, in a form similar to:
Hiero:
Hiero:
Hiero:
Let the hoodwink be removed.

Wave the incense before the Tablet of Fire and say:
Let the Powers of Fire witness my pledge.
Done. Hegemon replaces incense before the Tablet.

Conduct the Practicus to the East and place him/her between the
Mystic Pillars. (done) Before you are the Portals of the 31st, 32nd,
and 29th PATHS as in the Grade of Zelator. The two former you
have already traversed, and the Portal of the 29th PATH leading to the Grade of Philosophus is now open to you. Take in your
right hand the Latin Cross of Twelve Squares and follow your guide
through the Path of the Waters.
Halt! I am Than of the Abyss!

Stagnant and Still Waters are Mine! In me is all of the Past.
(s/he then offers the Practicus a drink of his/her cup, saying:)
You cannot pass me by without drinking of my cup
S/he waits until the Practicus has noted that the water in the cup is salted and
makes a connection between the symbolism of Than, i.e., stagnant water and the
past, and the salt water of the cup. Hegemon leads Practicus around one circumambulation while Hiero. reads:
Hiero:
Then I said: O my beloved, O Lord Adonai,

I pray thee to loosen the coils of the serpent!
But she was closed fast about me,
so that my Force was stayed in its inception.
Also I prayed unto the Elephant God,
the Lord of Beginnings, who breaketh down obstruction.
These gods came right quickly to mine aid.
I beheld them; I joined myself to unto them;
I was lost in their vastness.
Then I beheld myself compassed about with
the Infinite Circle of Emerald that encloseth the Universe.
O Snake of Emerald, Thou hast no time Past,
no time To Come. Verily Thou art not.
Thou art delicious beyond all taste and touch,
Thou art not-to-be-beheld for glory,
Thy voice is beyond the Speech and the Silence and the Speech
therein, and Thy perfume is of pure ambergris,
that is not weighed against the finest gold of the fine gold.
Also Thy coils are of infinite range;
the Heart that Thou dost encircle is an Universal Heart.
Thou art Matter and Motion;

and Thou art the negation of all these things.
For there is no Symbol of Thee.
Upon approaching the East for the second time Hegemon leads Practicus to his/her
throne where she takes up his/her cup and halts the Practicus.
Hegemon confronts Practicus and halts his/her progress, improvising a speech containing the following elements: Theli Coruscant, Smooth flowing water, the Present,
in a form similar to:
Heg:
S/he waits until the Practicus has noted that the water in the cup is sugared and makes
a connection between the symbolism of Theli, i.e., sweet water and the present, and the
sugared water of the cup. Heg. replaces Cup and leads Practicus to stand West of the
Altar, and returns to his/her place.
Hiero:
As they approach the West for the second time Hiereus rises, cup in hand, to stop
them. Practicus is halted before him/her.
Hiereus confronts Practicus and halts his/her progress, improvising a speech containing the following elements: Lilith the Lamia, Turbulent Dark Water, the Future,
similar to:
Hiereus:
Halt! I am Lilith the Lamia!

Turbulent and Dark Waters are Mine!
In me is all of the Future.
S/he waits until the Practicus has noted that the cup is empty and makes a connection between the symbolism of Lilith, i.e., absent water and the future, and the
empty cup. (i.e. the future is as yet unwritten)
Hegemon leads Practicus round one circumambulation while Hiereus reads:
Hiereus:
I, and Me, and Mine were sitting with lutes in the market-place
of the great city, the city of the violets and the roses.
The night fell, and the music of the lutes was stilled.
The tempest arose, and the music of the lutes was stilled.
The hour passed, and the music of the lutes was stilled.
But Thou art Eternity and Space;
Halt! I am Theli Coruscant!

Smooth and Flowing Waters are Mine!
In me is all of the Present.
(offering him/her a drink of his/her cup)
(rising) If I say Come up upon the mountains!

the celestial waters shall flow at my word.
But thou art the Water beyond the waters.
The red three-angled heart hath been set up in Thy shrine;
for the priests despised equally the shrine and the god.
Yet all the while Thou wast hidden therein,
as the Lord of Silence is hidden in the buds of the lotus.
Thou art Sebek the crocodile against Asar;
thou art Mati; the Slayer in the Deep;
Thou art Typhon, the Wrath of the Elements,
O Thou who transcendest the Forces in their
Concourse and Cohesion, in their Death and Disruption.
Thou art Python, the terrible serpent about the end of all things!
Hegemon conducts the Practicus to the foot of Hieros throne, handing to Hiero the
Latin Cross of twelve squares.
Hiero:
The Latin Cross of Twelve Squares fitly represents the ZODIAC

which embraces the Waters of Nu, as the ancient Egyptians called
the Heavens, the Waters which are above the Firmament. It also
alludes to the Eternal River, divided into four streams which find
their correlations in the four triplicities of the Zodiac.
Places cross aside.
Hiero:
Nehushtan here twines about a thrice crossed shaft which you

recognise as the Wand of the Hierophant and tells of its meaning
and powers: For the Wand of the Hierophant is the Whole of the
Tree, the entire Cosmos, which, wielded by a True Adept, confirs
the Blessing of the Whole which is the essence of the Neophyte
initiation. The Serpent Nehushtan is the Power that twines about
the Wand as it does the Tree and leaps forth at the Hierophants
comand to bestow that Blessing.
The 29th PATH of the Sepher Yetzirah which answers unto the letter QOPH is called the Corporeal Intelligenceremember this it is so
called because it forms every body which is formed in All the Worlds
and the reproduction of them. It is therefore the reflection of the
Watery Sign of Pisces and the Path connecting the material universe as depicted in Malkuth with the Pillar of Mercy, through the
Sephirah NETZACH, and through it do the Waters of Chesed flow
down.
Hiero, Heg, and Practicus come to the West of the Altar.

Before you upon the Altar is the 18th Key of TAROT
Hierophant resumes his/her seat. Hegemon leads Practicus to Hiereus.

Hiereus:
Hierophant leads Practicus to Tablet of the Serpent of Brass in East.

Hiero:
This is an image of the Serpent Ne-hush-tan which Moses made to

heal all who looked upon it when YHVH/Yahweh set the Seraphim
upon the Children of Israel and were bitten by the Serpents of Fire
in the wilderness for complaining.
The name is said to mean Of Brass and the original image was
shattered by Hezekiah for it was worshiped by the People of Israel
until that day.
Yet this serpent is the ancient consort of the Goddess with whom
She created the Worlds. The ancient Greek Pelasgian creation myth
tells of the goddess Eurynome who divided the waters from the
heavens. As she danced upon the waves, she created the great serpent Ophion who coiled about her and coupled with her. Eurynome
became a dove and laid the universal egg. The serpent coiled around
the egg until it hatched. Out of the egg emerged all of creation.
[source: http://www.susanlevitt.com/ar-serpwis.html]
This serpent is also Shiva to Shakti, and the Vedic serpent-king
Na-hu-sha, that once ruled all the gods, and the Kundalini Serpent
awaiting to rise. And so is also found in innumerable other cultures, such as the Aztec Quetz-al-co-at-l, the Mayan Cul-cul-can,
the African Dam-bal-la We-do. and the rainbow serpent Ngaq-lijod of aboriginal Australia, This serpent is none other than Hadit,
consort of Nuit, and and crowns the brows of initiates.
For us it is the Serpent of the Paths of the Tree of Life: Nahushtan
twines about Asherah who is the Tree, as force and form do twine
and bring forth manifestation. As such he is the Celestial Serpent
of Wisdom.
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This Tablet (indicating it) represents the method of forming the Tree
of Life in the Tarot. The four Aces are placed on the Throne of Kether.
The remaining small cards of each suit desired are then placed on the
respective Sephiroth, 2 on Chokmah, 3 on Binah and so on. The 22
Trumps are then arranged on the letters of the Paths between them.
The King and Queen of the Suit are placed beside Chokmah and
Binah respectively, the Knight beside Tiphareth and the Knave beside
Malkuth, thus representing the attribution of the Sephiroth to the
four letters of the Holy Name in the World wherein they operate.
Hegemon leads Practicus to Tablet of The Pillars in South.

Heg:
This Tablet represents the formation of the Hexagram of Tiphareth

from the Pillars on each side. In Chesed is the Water and in
Geburah is the Fire, and in Tiphareth is the uniting and reconciliation of both Triangles in the Hexagram, as Aleph forms the reconciliation between Mem and Shin so thus stands the reconciling
Pillar between the Pillars of Fire and of Cloud; the Jakin and Boaz
of Solomons Temple.
Hegemon leads Practicus to Tablet in North.

Heg:
The mode of using the Talismanic forms drawn from the Geomantic
figures, is to take those formed by the figures under the Planet
required and place them at the opposite ends of a wheel of 8 radii
as shown. A versicle suitable to the matter is then written within
the double circle.
Hegemon conducts Practicus West of altar.

I have now much pleasure in conferring upon you the title of LORD
of the 29th PATH. You will now quit the Temple for a short time,
and on your return the Ceremony of your passage of the 28th PATH
will take place.
Heg conducts Practicus out.
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The Twenty-eighth Path of Tzaddi
The 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi, part 2: Tzaddi
Hegemon requires the Admission Badge of the Solid Pyramid of the Elements.
center projection
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, will you present the Practicus with the necessary
Admission Badge, instruct him/her in the proper alarm, and admit
him/her?
Hegemon responds saluting. S/he then goes out, presents Practicus with the solid
pyramid of the Elements, and admits him/her, saying;
Pentacle
Heg:
Leads Practicus to the S.E. between Pillars.
Blue
Cup
Blue
Cup
Transformed, the holy virgin appeared as a fluidic fire,

making her beauty into a thunderbolt.
Also is the Star of the Flame exalted,
bringing benediction to the universe.
Holy Name
in Four Worlds
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Monocris de Astris, the Path now open to you is the 28th
leading from the 2=9 grade of Theoricus to the 4=7 of Philosophus.
Take in your right hand the solid pyramid of the Elements and follow the Guide of the Path.
Hegemon and Practicus circumambulate the Hall once as Hiereus reads.

Hiereus:
Geomantic Figures
on the Tree
Fire Tablet
Tarot
V&
XVII
Blue
Cup
Lineal Figures
Planetary
Tree in
Seven Planes
I turned me about thrice in every way;

and always I came at last unto Thee.
Many things I beheld mediate and immediate;
but beholding them no more, I beheld Thee.
Come thou, O beloved One, O Lord God of the Universe,
O Vast One, O Minute One! I am Thy beloved.
All day I sing of Thy delight;
all night I delight in Thy song.
There is no other day or night than this.
Thou art beyond the day and the night; I am Thyself,
O my Maker, my Master, my Mate!
I am like the little red dog
that sitteth upon the knees of the Unknown.
Thou has brought me into great delight.
Thou hast given me of Thy flesh to eat
and of Thy blood for an offering of intoxication.
Thou hast fastened the fangs of Eternity in my soul,
and the Poison of the Infinite hath consumed me utterly.
As they approach Hiero. the second time, s/he rises Cup of Water in hand. They halt.
Hiero:
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(improvising similar to:) I am Lorelei,

Goddess of the River Alpheus,
the sacred and invisible river of Europe.
Mine are the Waters of Earth.
Offering his/her a drink of his/her cup. You cannot pass me by
without drinking of my cup and telling me of my nature.
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Behold! I am a butterfly at the Source of Creation;

let me die before the hour,
falling dead into Thine infinite stream!
Also the stream of the stars floweth ever majestical into the Abode;
bear me away upon the Bosom of Nuit!
As in Qoph.
Hegemon leads Practicus to seat of Hiereus as Hiero reads.
Hiero:
Hiereus:
I am become like a luscious devil of Italy;

a fair strong woman with worn cheeks,
eaten out with hunger for kisses.
She hath played the harlot in diverse places;
she hath given her body to the beasts.
She hath slain her kinsfolk with strong venom of toads;
she hath been scourged with many rods.
She hath been broken in pieces upon the Wheel;
the hands of the hangman have bound her unto it.
The fountains of water have been loosed upon her;
she hath struggled with exceeding torment.
She hath burst in sunder with the weight of the waters;
she hath sunk into the awful Sea.
So am I, O Adonai, my lord,
and such are the waters of Thine intolerable Essence.
So am I, O Adonai, my beloved,
and Thou hast burst me utterly in sunder.
I am shed out like spilt blood upon the mountains;
the Ravens of Dispersion have borne me utterly away.
Therefore is the seal unloosed,
that guarded the Eighth abyss;
therefore is the vast sea as a veil;
therefore is there a rending asunder of all things.
(Hiereus rises, Cup of Wine in hand. They halt.)
(improvising similar to:) I am Laxmi,
Goddess of the River that bears my name,
the sacred and invisible river of India.
Mine are the Waters of Life. (offering him/her a drink of his/her cup)
You cannot pass me by without drinking of my cup and telling me
of my nature.
As in Qoph.
Hegemon leads Practicus to his/her own seat as Hiereus reads.
Hiereus:
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Yea, also verily Thou art the cool still water of the wizard fount.
I have bathed in Thee, and lost me in Thy stillness.
That which went in as a brave boy of beautiful limbs
cometh forth as a maiden, as a little child for perfection.
O Thou light and delight,
ravish me away into the milky ocean of the stars!
O Thou Son of a light-transcending mother, blessed be Thy name,
and the Name of the Name, throughout the ages!
Hegemon takes up Cup of Milk and says:

Heg:
(improvising similar to:) I am Lilith,

Goddess of the River Naher,
the sacred and invisible river river of Chaldee.
Mine are the Celestial Waters. (offering him/her a drink of his/her cup)
As in Qoph.
Replaces Cup and leads Practicus to a place West of the Altar, facing Hiero. and
returns to place.
Hiero:
This is the world of the water of Maim;

this is the bitter water that becometh sweet.
Thou art beautiful and bitter, O golden one,
O my Lord Adonai, O thou Abyss of Sapphire!
I follow Thee, and the waters of Death fight strenuously against me.
I pass unto the Waters beyond Death and beyond Life.
How shall I answer the foolish man?
In no way shall he come to the Identity of Thee!
But I am the Fool that heedeth not the Play of the Magician.
Me doth the Woman of the Mysteries instruct in vain;
I have burst the bonds of Love and Power and Worship.
Therefore is the Eagle made one with the Man,
and the gallows of infamy dance with the fruit of the just.
I have descended, O my darling, into the black shining waters,
and I have plucked Thee forth as a black pearl of infinite preciousness.
I have gone down, O my God, into the abyss of the all,
and I have found Thee in the midst under the guise of No Thing.
But as Thou art the Last, Thou art also the Next,
and as the Next do I reveal Thee to the multitude.
They that ever desired Thee shall obtain Thee,
even at the End of their Desire.
Glorious, glorious, glorious art Thou,
O my lover supernal, O Self of myself.
For I have found Thee alike in the Me and the Thee;
there is no difference, O my beautiful, my desirable One!
In the One and the Many have I found Thee;
yea, I have found Thee.
Hegemon conducts Practicus to the foot of Hieros Throne and hands to Hiero the
Solid Pyramid of the Elements.
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Hiero:
This Pyramid is attributed to the Four Elements.

On the four truncated triangles are their Hebrew Names:
AschFire; MaimWater; RuachAir; AretzEarth.
On the apex is the word ETH composed of the first and last letters
of the Alphabet and implying Essence.
The square base represents the Material Universe and on it is the
word OLAM meaning World.
Hiereus:
Hierophant puts Pyramid aside..

Hiero:
The 28th Path of the Sepher Yetzirah which answers unto the Letter
TSADDI, though some say HEH, is called the Natural Intelligence
Remember this for by it is completed and perfected the nature of
everything under the Sun.
It is therefore the reflection of the Airy Sign Aquarius,
the Water-bearer, the Sign of the Man.
Hiero., Heg., and Practicus come West of the Altar.

Before you upon the Altar are the 17th & 5th Keys of Tarot, the
Star, the Font of Initiation, and the Hierophant, who is the revealer
of the mysteries, each which symbolically resumes these ideas.
Note also that the Greek word signifying initiation, teleste, means
to bring to perfection or completion. Study them well.
One of the key elements of our Open Source tradition is the recognition of the multitude of attributional systems applied to the Tree of
Life and in other places.
O Practicus, know that a True Adept of our order can work any
attributional system as required for that Adept sees beyond the
symbol to the Truth and so can wrap that Truth in any useful
form.
Hierophant and Practicus go to North.
Hiero:
Before you is shown the manner of writing one Holy Name in each
of the four Worlds at length, by giving the spelling of each letter.
You will note that the spelling of the letter Yod alone alters not. It
is a symbol of the unchangeableness of the First Cause. The total of
the spelling in each World, is then expressed in Hebrew letters and
makes the Secret name of that World. Thus, in Atziluth the total
is 72, and the Secret name AUB, in Binah 63 SEG, in Yetzirah 45
MAH and in Assiah 52 BEN.
In the Theoricus grade you were shown the lineal figures attributed to the planets. The figures as shown consist of the Dekagram,
Endekagram and Dodekagram, together with the two forms
of the Enneagram and the remaining forms of the Heptagram
and Octogram, which are not so consonant to the Planet. The
Heptagram traced in a continuous figure, reflected from every
third point, relates to the 7 planets. The Octagram formed of
two squares, to the eight lettered Name. The two forms of the
Enneagram refer to the Triple Ternary. The three forms of the
Dekagram relate to the duplicated Heh, to the Ten Sephiroth and
to Malkuth. The three forms of the Endekagram are referred to the
Qlippoth. The four forms of the Dodekagram are referred to the
Zodiac, the three Quaternions of angular, succedent, cadent and
movable, fixed and common. the 4 Triplicities and the 24 thrones
of the Elders.
(Going to the second Tablet) This Tablet before you shows the Seven
Planes of the Tree of Life answering to the Seven Planets. Thus,
Saturn answers to Kether, Jupiter to Chokmah, and Binah; Mars to
Chesed and Geburah; The Sun to Tiphareth; Venus to Netzach and
Hod, Mercury to Yesod and Luna to Malkuth.
Hegemon leads Practicus to Tablet in the North.

Heg:
Before you are the Geomantic figures arranged according to their

planetary attribution, in the Tree of Life. You will note that Saturn
represents the three Supernal Sephiroth summed up in Binah. while
Caput and Cauda Draconis are referred to Malkuth.
Hiero returns to his/her place.

Hiero:
I have much pleasure in conferring upon you the Title of Initiate of

the 28th Path. You will now quit the Temple for a short time and
on your return the Ceremony of your passage of the 27th Path will
take place.
Hegemon leads Practicus out.
Hierophant returns to his seat. Hegemon leads Practicus to West.
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The Twenty-seventh Path of Peh

The admission Badge is the Latin Cross of Ten Squares. Jacin and Boaz are at ready.
The 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi, part 3: Peh
Hiero:
center projection
Admission Badge and to admit him/her?
Hegemon responds saluting. Hegemon goes out, gives the Latin Cross of Ten
Squares to the Candidate who knocks and is admitted by the Hiereus.
Sulphur on the Tree
Pentacle
Salt on the Tree
Heg:
He smote the towers of wailing;

he brake them in pieces
in the fire of his anger,
so that he alone did escape
from the ruin thereof.
Hegemon leads Practicus to the South, and places him/her before the Pillars.
Fire Tablet
Tarot
XVI

in the 10 Sephiroth
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Hiero:
(knocks) Sr./Fr. Monocris de Astris, the Path now open to you is

the 27th, which leads from the 3=8 Hall of the Practici to the 4=7
of the Philosophi. Take in your right hand the Latin Cross of Ten
squares and follow your guide through the Pathway of Mars.
Heg:
Herein is the forge of Hephestus, the smithy of Ptah.
As Hiero begins to read, Hegemon leads Practicus between the Pillars and around
Hall. The imps, Jacin and Boaz, who were stationed on the south sides of their
respective pillars, begin to follow the Practicus very closely. Jacin strikes the bell she
carries as she follows, and Boaz the cook-pot likewise. As Hegemon approaches the
east s/he motions the Practicus to continue orbiting, as s/he takes his/her place for
the following choral reading. The imps may harry the Practicus until Now! It is
done! Death. is read, at which time they stop making noise. The effect should be
cacophonous but one should just be able to hear the Reading over the din.
Hiero:
My God, how I love Thee!
Hiereus:
With the vehement appetite of a beast

I hunt Thee through the Universe.
Heg:
Thou art standing at it were upon a pinnacle at the edge of some

fortified city. I am a white bird, and perch upon Thee.
Hiero:
Thou art My Lover; I see Thee as a nymph

with her white limbs stretched by the spring.
Hiereus:
She lies upon the moss; there is none other than she;
Heg:
Art thou not Pan?
Hiero:.
I am He. Speak not, O my God!

Let the work be accomplished in silence.
Hiereus:
Let my cry of pain be crystallized into a little white faun

to run away into the forest!
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Hiero:
Thou art harder than tempered steel;

there is no diamond beside thee.
O how I love Thee, O my God!

Especially is there a vehement parallel light from infinity,
vilely diffracted in the haze of this mind.
Hiereus:
I love Thee. I love Thee. I love Thee.
Hiereus:
Did I not yield this body and soul?
Heg:
Heg:
I woo thee with a dagger drawn across my throat.
Thou art a beautiful thing whiter than a woman

in the column of this vibration.
Hiero:
Let the spout of blood quench Thy blood-thirst, O my God!
Hiero:
I shoot up vertically like an arrow, and become that Above.
Hiereus:
Thou art a little white rabbit in the burrow Night.
Hiereus:
But it is death, and the flame of the pyre.
Heg:
I am greater than the fox and the hole.
Heg:
Hiero:
Give me Thy kisses, O Lord God!
Ascend in the flame of the pyre, O my soul!

Thy God is like the cold emptiness of the utmost heaven,
into which thou radiatest thy little light.
Hiereus:
The lightening came and licked up the little flock of sheep.
Hiero:
Heg:
There is a tongue and a flame;

I see that trident walking over the sea.
When Thou shall know me, O empty God,

my flame shall utterly expire in Thy great N.O.X.
Hiereus:
A phoenix hath it for its head; below are two prongs.

They spear the wicked.
What shalt Thou be, my God,

when I have ceased to love Thee?
Heg:
A worm, a nothing, a niddering knave!
Hiereus:
I will spear Thee, O Thou little gray god, unless Thou beware!
Hiero:.
But Oh! I love Thee.
Heg:
From the gray to the gold;

from the gold to that which is beyond the gold of Ophir.
Hiereus:
Hiero:
My God! but I love Thee!
Hiereus:
Why has Thou whispered so ambiguous things?

Wast Thou afraid, O goat-hoofed One,
O horned one, O pillar of lightening?
I have thrown a million flowers from

the basket of the Beyond at Thy feet,
I have anointed Thee and Thy staff
with oil and blood and kisses.
Heg:
I have kindled Thy marble into lifeay! into death.
Hiero:
From the lightening fall pearls;

from the pearls black specks of nothing.
I have been smitten with the reek of Thy mouth,

that drinketh never wine but life.
Hiereus:
How the dew of the Universe whitens the lips!
Hiero:
I based all on one, one on nought.
Heg:
Ah! trickling flow of the stars of the mother Supernal, begone!
Hiereus:
Afloat in the ther, O my God, my God!
Hiero:
I Am She that should come, the Virgin of all men.
Heg:
O Thou great hooded sun of glory, cut off these eyelids!
Hiereus:
I am a boy before Thee, O Thou satyr God.
Hiero:
Nature shall die out; she hideth me, closing my eyelids with fear,
she hideth me from My destruction, O Thou open eye.
Heg:
Thou wilt inflict the punishment of pleasureNow! Now! Now!
Hiereus:
O ever-weeping One!
Hiero:
Io Pan! Io Pan! I love Thee. I love Thee.
Heg:.
Not Isis my mother, nor Osiris my self;

but the incestuous Horus given over to Typhon, so may I be!
Hiereus:.
O my God, spare me!
Heg:
Now! It is done! Death. (imps stop their racket)
Hiero:
There thought; and thought is evil.
Hiereus:
Pan! Pan! Io Pan! it is enough.
Heg:
Fall not into death, O my soul!

Think that death is the bed into which you are falling!
Heg:
Thou art a centaur, O my God,

from the violet-blossoms that crown Thee to the hoofs of the horse.
Hiero:
Hiero:
Heg:.
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Hiero, Heg, and Hiereus stand, lamps in hand

All:
I cried aloud the word

and it was a mighty spell to bind the Invisible,
an enchantment to unbind the bound; yea, to unbind the bound.
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Hegemon leads Practicus to Hiero and gives Hiero the Latin Cross.
Hiero:
The Latin 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 Change, the Anvil of the Universe.
The 27th Path of the Sepher Yetzirah which answers unto PEH is
called the Exciting Intelligence,
because by it is created the Intellect or Spirit of all created Beings
under the Highest Heaven, and their motion.
It is therefore the Reflection of the Sphere of Mars, and the reciprocal path connecting Hod with Netzach, Splendor with Victory. It is
the lowermost of the three Reciprocal Paths.
Hiero, Heg, and Practicus come to the West of Altar.

Hiero:
The 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi, part 4: Netzach

center projection
Pentacle
Seals of Venus
Kamea of Venus
Venus on the Tree
Before you upon the Altar is the 16th Key of Tarot,

which symbolically resumes these ideas.
It is called the Blasted Tower, or the House of God, or War.
Study it well.
Hiero, Heg, and Practicus move to the Tablets in the East.

Heg:
This represents the Alchemical symbol of Sulphur on the Tree of

Life. It does not touch the 4 lower Sephiroth. The Cross terminates
in Tiphareth, whereby as it were the Supernal Triangle is to be
grasped, and Tiphareth is the purified Man.
Alchemical Emblem
Conjunction
Fire Tablet
The symbol of Salt embraces all the Sephiroth but Malkuth, and is as
it were, the reconciler between the Sulphur and the Mercury. The horizontal dividing line implies the precept of Hermes as above, so below.
Hiero resumes his place. Heg conducts Practicus to Tablet of Yetziratic Palaces in the
South and is joined by the Hiereus.
Hiereus:
These are the Seven Yetziratic Palaces, containing the 10 Sephiroth.

In each Palace are six letters from the Divine Name of 42 letters.
Thus, the Name of 42 letters has been taken from the 42 first letters of the History of Creation, as far as Beth of the word Bohu
by various transmutations which are described at length in the
Sepher Pardes.
Tree in
Four Planes
Tree in
Four Worlds
Hiereus returns to his/her throne. Hegemon and Practicus return West of Altar.
Hiero:
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on your return, the Ceremony of your Reception into the 4=7 Grade
of Philosophus will take place.
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The Entry into Netzach
Second, please note the words on the steps into the chamber in the
middle of the mount of initiation. They give the seven stages of the
alchemical process. What you must know is that these stages have
been intentionally scrambled and garbled.
Hegemon requires the Sash of the grade, and badge or Lamen on Hegemon.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hegemon, will you present the Practicus with the necessary
Admission Badge and admit him/her?
Hiero:
Hegemon responds, saluting. Hegemon quits the hall, instructs Practicus to knock
and gives him/her Lamen. Hiereus admits them.
Hiereus:
The Sign of this Hall is given by raising the hands to the forehead,
and with the thumbs and index fingers forming a triangle, apex up
thus (demonstrating) this represents the element of Fire to which
this Grade is allotted, and also the spirit which moved upon the
Waters of Creation.
By what symbol dost thou enter herein?
Practicus: By the particular Emblem of the Hegemon which is the Latin Cross
of Six Squares. (assisted by Hegemon)
Hiereus:
If placed upon the Tree of Life this Cross embraces, as you see,
Tiphareth, Netzach, Hod and Yesod, and rests upon Malkuth. Also,
the Latin Cross of Six Squares forms the Cube, and is thus referred
to the six Sephiroth of Microprosopus which are Chesed, Geburah,
Tiphareth, Netzach, Hod and Yesod.
The Grip or token is the general Grip of the First Order. The Grand
Word is a name of nine lettersASHERAH TZABAOTH, which
means God of Hosts.
The Mystic Number is 28 and from it is formed the Password Kaph
Cheth, which should be lettered separately when given. It means Power.
Hegemon faces Practicus to the Diagram at the Altar and resumes seat. Hiero
comes East of altar and points to Diagram.
Hiero:
Before you is the Alchemical Emblem Conjunction, which is the

Middle or 3rd diagram of Cabala: Speigel der kunst und Nature,
in Alchymia meaning Cabala, The Mirror of Art and Nature, in
Alchemy a set of four plates designed and published by Stephan
Michelspacher and drawn by Raphael Custodis in Augsberg,
Germany in 1616 of the common era.
In the Hall of the Practici you were introduced to the Tetraktys,
the most essential form of the Tree of Life, as is appropriate to the
Absolute Intelligence of Hod.
Netzach is the sphere of the Recondite or that which is difficult to
penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or
knowledge. from the latin for hidden away. Therefore in this hall
of the Philosophi you are introduced to one of the most abstruse
forms of the Tree of Life, Cabala: Speigel der Kunst und Nature,
in Alchymia. With diligent study all of the aspects of the Tree to
which you were introduced in Yesod will be found in this alchemical
emblem but after the manner of the Alchemists, this being a presentation of the Alchemical Cabala, the Kabalah of the Hebrews, or
the Qabalah of the Hermeticists.
This being said I must warn you now, and advise that you keep this
warning close to your heart for you will be met with this challenge
forever forward on your Magickal Journey:
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First, that the authors given for this image are pseudonyms. We
have little idea as to who they are or their capacity to produce a
diagram like this.
(after a pause) The 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi is referred unto the
Sephira Netzach and the 27th, 28th, and 29th Paths are bound
thereto.
Unto this Grade, and unto the Sephira Netzach, the Seventh Path of
the Sepher Yetzirah is referred.
It is called the Occult Intelligence because it pours out
a brilliant splendor on all the Intellectual Virtues
which are perceived by the Eye of the Mind
and by the contemplation of Faith alone.
Hiero:
The distinguishing badge of this Grade which you will now be

entitled to wear, is the sash of a Practicus, with the addition of a
bright green cross above the orange cross and the numbers 4 in a
circle and 7 in a square on either side of its summit, and below the
number 31, the numbers 27, 28, and 29 in bright green, between
narrow bars of the same color.
This Grade is especially referred to Fire, and therefore, the Great
Watch Tower of Terrestrial Tablet of the south forms one of its
principal Emblems. It is known as the fourth of Great southern
Quadrangle and is one of the four Great Tablets delivered unto
Enoch by the Great Angel Ave. From it are drawn the Three Holy
Secret Names OIP TEAA PEDOCE, which are borne upon the
Banners of the South, and the Name of EDELPERNA, the Great
King of the South, as well as numberless divine and angelic names
which appertain unto the element of Fire. The meanings of the
other Tablets have already been explained to you.
Aspirant is instructed in invocation by Hebrew God-Name, Pentagram, Archangel,

Threefold-Name and King, using Signs of Enterer and Silence with Grade Sign. The
Aspirant is requested to perform this invocation a few times now to acquaint him/herself
with the energy. Turning back to the Altar, Hierophant indicates the Cross and Triangle.
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Hiero:
And, as having attained at length to the highest Grade of the First

Order, and being, as it were, the connecting link with the Second
Order, I give you the further symbol of Phrath or Euphrates, the
Fourth River flowing from the Celestial Stream.
(knocks) In the Name of ASHERAH TSABAOTH,
I now proclaim that you have been duly advanced to the 4=7 Grade of
Philosophus and are an Initiate of the 27th, 28th, and 29th Paths.
The Triangle surmounting the Cross upon the Altar represents the
Fire of the Spirit surmounting the Cross of Life and of the Waters
of Creation. You will note that it thus forms the Alchemical Emblem
of Sulphur. The Red Lamps at the angles of the Triangle are the
Three-fold form of Fire.
The Special Practice for the Neophyte is the two-fold practice of
Refuge and the Dedication of Merit, for the Zelator the Lesser
Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, for the Theoricus, the Middle
Pillar, for the Practicus, the Dissolution into Shunyata or the
Absolute. For the Philosophus the Special Practice is the Four
Immesurables.
Hiereus:
Hiero resumes his/her seat. Hegemon conducts Practicus to him/her.

Hiero:
The Portals in the East and North East conduct to higher Grades.
The others are those of Paths you have already traversed.
This Grade is also related to the Planet Venus. Its Kamea or mystical square is formed of 49 squares containing the numbers from 1
to 49 arranged so as to show the same sum each way. The ruling
numbers are 7, 49, 175 and 1252. This Tablet (indicating it) shows
the mystical Names and Seals drawn from the Kamea of Venus. The
Seals are formed by lines drawn from and to, certain numbers upon
the Square. The name answering to 7 is AHA, that answering to
49 is HAGIEL, the Intelligence of Venus; that answering to 175 is
QEDEMEL the Spirit of Venus and lastly that answering to 1252 is
BENI SERAPHIM the name of the Intelligence of Venus.
On this Tablet is shown the meaning of the symbol of Venus on the
Tree of Life. It embraces all the Sephiroth, and is therefore the fitting symbol of the Isis of Nature. Hence also its circle is always represented larger than that of Mercury.
Hiero resumes his seat. Heg leads Practicus to West.

Hiereus:
This Tablet (indicating it) shows the Four Planes corresponding to

the elements; the four Worlds and the letters of the Holy Name.
On this Tablet (indicating it) is shown the arrangement of the
Sephiroth in the Four Worlds, each Sephira with its own 10
Sephiroth inscribed inside, so that the total number is 400, the
number of Tau the last letter of the alphabet.
Practicus faces Hierophant.

Hiero:
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I now congratulate you Frater/Soror, on having passed through

the Ceremony of the 4=7 Grade of Philosophus and in recognition
thereof, I confer upon you the Mystic Title Pharos Illuminans, which
means Illuminating Tower of Light, and I give you the symbol of
Asch, which is the Hebrew Name for Fire.
Frater/Sorer, as a Member of this important Grade, you are explicitly suited for the post of Hiereus when a vacancy occurs. You are
furthermore expected, as having risen so high in the Order, to aid
to your utmost the Members of the Second Order in the working
of the Temple to which you are attached; to study thoroughly the
Mysteries which have been unfolded to your view in your progress
from the embryonic position of Neophyte, so that yours may not
be the merely superficial knowledge which marks the conceited and
ignorant, but that you may really and thoroughly understand what
you profess to know.
Your duty is also to supervise the studies of less advanced Fraters
and Sorors, and to make yourself as far as possible an Ornament,
alike to your Temple and to your Order.
Closing
Hiero:
(knocks) Assist me to close the Hall of the Philosophi.

Heg:
Hiero:
Let us adore the Archon of Fire. (knocks)
All face East.

Hiero:
ASHERAH TZABAOTH, Mighty and Terrible!

Commander of the Ethereal Hosts art thou! Amen!
All salute. Hiero goes to Fire Tablet. Hiereus stands behind him/her SW, Hegemon
places Practicus in the North facing south, and goes SE. Any members present
should arrange themselves in balanced formation behind Hiereus and Hegemon.
Hiero:
Let us rehearse the Prayer of the Salamanders or fire Spirits. (knocks)
ALL:
Immortal, Eternal, Ineffable and Uncreated Mother of all,

Borne upon the Chariot of Worlds which ever roll in ceaseless motion.
Ruler over the Ethereal Vastness where the Throne of thy Power is raised,
from the summit of which Thine Eyes behold all,
and Thy Pure and Holy Ears hear all
help us, thy children, whom Thou hast loved since the birth
of the Ages of Time! Thy Majesty, Golden, Vast and Eternal,
shineth above the Heaven of Stars. Above them art Thou exalted.
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O Thou Flashing Fire. There Thou illuminateth all things

with Thine Infinite Spirit. This Infinite Spirit nourisheth all,
and maketh that inexhaustible treasure of generation
which ever encompasseth Thee, replete with the numberless forms
wherewith Thou hast filled it from the beginning.
which nourish Thine Infinite Spirit.
From this Spirit arise those most holy Kings,
who are around Thy Throne and who compose Thy Court.
O Universal Mother, One and alone!
Mother alike of Immortals and of Mortals.
Thou hast specially created Powers
similar unto Thy Thought Eternal and unto Thy Venerable Essence.
Thou hast established them above the Angels
who announce Thy Will to the World.
Lastly, Thou hast created us as a third Order in our Elemental Empire.
There our continual exercise is to praise and to adore Thy Desires:
There we ceaselessly burn with Eternal Aspirations unto Thee,
O Mother of Mothers! O Archetype Eternal of Maternity and Love!
O Sun, the Flower of all Sons! Form of all Forms!
Soul, Spirit, Harmony and Numeral of all things! Amen!
Hiero makes Banishing circle and Pentagrams with scepter before Tablet.
Depart Ye in peace unto your habitations. May the blessing of
ASHERAH TSABAOTH be upon ye! Be there peace between us and
you, and be ye ready to come when ye are called.
Hiero returns to his/her place. The others follow. Hegemon leads Philosophus to
his/her seat.
In the name of ASHERAH TSABAOTH,
I declare this Temple closed in the 4=7 Grade of Philosophus.
Hiero:
!!! !!! !
Hiereus:
!!! !!! !
Heg:
!!! !!! !
Dedication of Merit
ALL:

So mote it be.
Ultimately and immediately,
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O Thou Flashing Fire. There Thou illuminateth all things

with Thine Infinite Spirit. This Infinite Spirit nourisheth all,
and maketh that inexhaustible treasure of generation
which ever encompasseth Thee, replete with the numberless forms
wherewith Thou hast filled it from the beginning.
which nourish Thine Infinite Spirit.
From this Spirit arise those most holy Kings,
who are around Thy Throne and who compose Thy Court.
O Universal Mother, One and alone!
Mother alike of Immortals and of Mortals.
Thou hast specially created Powers
similar unto Thy Thought Eternal and unto Thy Venerable Essence.
Thou hast established them above the Angels
who announce Thy Will to the World.
Lastly, Thou hast created us as a third Order in our Elemental Empire.
There our continual exercise is to praise and to adore Thy Desires:
There we ceaselessly burn with Eternal Aspirations unto Thee,
O Mother of Mothers! O Archetype Eternal of Maternity and Love!
O Sun, the Flower of all Sons! Form of all Forms!
Soul, Spirit, Harmony and Numeral of all things! Amen!
Hiero makes Banishing circle and Pentagrams with scepter before Tablet.
Depart Ye in peace unto your habitations. May the blessing of
ASHERAH TSABAOTH be upon ye! Be there peace between us and
you, and be ye ready to come when ye are called.
Hiero returns to his/her place. The others follow. Hegemon leads Philosophus to
his/her seat.
In the name of ASHERAH TSABAOTH,
I declare this Temple closed in the 4=7 Grade of Philosophus.
Hiero:
!!! !!! !
Hiereus:
!!! !!! !
Heg:
!!! !!! !
Dedication of Merit
ALL:

So mote it be.
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4=7
Advancement into
the Hall of the Philosophi

N
And, as having attained at length to the highest Grade of the First

Order, and being, as it were, the connecting link with the Second
Order, I give you the further symbol of Phrath or Euphrates, the
Fourth River flowing from the Celestial Stream.
(knocks) In the Name of ASHERAH TSABAOTH,
I now proclaim that you have been duly advanced to the 4=7 Grade of
Philosophus and are an Initiate of the 27th, 28th, and 29th Paths.
The 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi, part 1: Opening & Qoph

center projection
Pentacle
Hiereus:
Blue
Cup
Blue
Cup
Frater/Sorer, as a Member of this important Grade, you are explicitly suited for the post of Hiereus when a vacancy occurs. You are
furthermore expected, as having risen so high in the Order, to aid
to your utmost the Members of the Second Order in the working
of the Temple to which you are attached; to study thoroughly the
Mysteries which have been unfolded to your view in your progress
from the embryonic position of Neophyte, so that yours may not
be the merely superficial knowledge which marks the conceited and
ignorant, but that you may really and thoroughly understand what
you profess to know.
Your duty is also to supervise the studies of less advanced Fraters
and Sorors, and to make yourself as far as possible an Ornament,
alike to your Temple and to your Order.
Closing
Fire Tablet
Tarot
XVIII
Hiero:
(knocks) Assist me to close the Hall of the Philosophi.

Heg:
Hiero:
Let us adore the Archon of Fire. (knocks)
Three
Pillars
Serpent
of Brass
All face East.

ASHERAH TZABAOTH, Mighty and Terrible!
Commander of the Ethereal Hosts art thou! Amen!
All salute. Hiero goes to Fire Tablet. Hiereus stands behind him/her SW, Hegemon
places Practicus in the North facing south, and goes SE. Any members present
should arrange themselves in balanced formation behind Hiereus and Hegemon.
Blue
Cup
Geomantic
Talismans
Hiero:
Tarot Trumps
on the Tree
Hiero:
Let us rehearse the Prayer of the Salamanders or fire Spirits. (knocks)
ALL:
Immortal, Eternal, Ineffable and Uncreated Mother of all,

Borne upon the Chariot of Worlds which ever roll in ceaseless motion.
Ruler over the Ethereal Vastness where the Throne of thy Power is raised,
from the summit of which Thine Eyes behold all,
and Thy Pure and Holy Ears hear all
help us, thy children, whom Thou hast loved since the birth
of the Ages of Time! Thy Majesty, Golden, Vast and Eternal,
shineth above the Heaven of Stars. Above them art Thou exalted.
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Hiero:
The Triangle surmounting the Cross upon the Altar represents the
Fire of the Spirit surmounting the Cross of Life and of the Waters
of Creation. You will note that it thus forms the Alchemical Emblem
of Sulphur. The Red Lamps at the angles of the Triangle are the
Three-fold form of Fire.
The Special Practice for the Neophyte is the two-fold practice of
Refuge and the Dedication of Merit, for the Zelator the Lesser
Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, for the Theoricus, the Middle
Pillar, for the Practicus, the Dissolution into Shunyata or the
Absolute. For the Philosophus the Special Practice is the Four
Immesurables.
Hiero resumes his/her seat. Hegemon conducts Practicus to him/her.

Hiero:
The Portals in the East and North East conduct to higher Grades.
The others are those of Paths you have already traversed.
This Grade is also related to the Planet Venus. Its Kamea or mystical square is formed of 49 squares containing the numbers from 1
to 49 arranged so as to show the same sum each way. The ruling
numbers are 7, 49, 175 and 1252. This Tablet (indicating it) shows
the mystical Names and Seals drawn from the Kamea of Venus. The
Seals are formed by lines drawn from and to, certain numbers upon
the Square. The name answering to 7 is AHA, that answering to
49 is HAGIEL, the Intelligence of Venus; that answering to 175 is
QEDEMEL the Spirit of Venus and lastly that answering to 1252 is
BENI SERAPHIM the name of the Intelligence of Venus.
On this Tablet is shown the meaning of the symbol of Venus on the
Tree of Life. It embraces all the Sephiroth, and is therefore the fitting symbol of the Isis of Nature. Hence also its circle is always represented larger than that of Mercury.
Hiero resumes his seat. Heg leads Practicus to West.

Hiereus:
This Tablet (indicating it) shows the Four Planes corresponding to

the elements; the four Worlds and the letters of the Holy Name.
On this Tablet (indicating it) is shown the arrangement of the
Sephiroth in the Four Worlds, each Sephira with its own 10
Sephiroth inscribed inside, so that the total number is 400, the
number of Tau the last letter of the alphabet.
Practicus faces Hierophant.

Hiero:
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I now congratulate you Frater/Soror, on having passed through

the Ceremony of the 4=7 Grade of Philosophus and in recognition
thereof, I confer upon you the Mystic Title Pharos Illuminans, which
means Illuminating Tower of Light, and I give you the symbol of
Asch, which is the Hebrew Name for Fire.
Advancement into the 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi

v1.9 ed. May, 2004
MATERIALS:
Path of Tzaddi
Path of Peh
Letters:
S,T,q
r,s,x
m,x,p,r,S
k,x,p,n,q,S
On Altar:
Tarot Trump XVIII
Tarot Trump V & XVII
Tarot Trump XVI
Cross, Triangle, 3 red lamps

Alchemical Plate: Conjunction
Admission
Badges:
Latin Cross
of 12 Squares
Solid Pyramid
of the Elements
Latin Cross
of 10 Squares
Lamen of the Hegemon
Diagrams:
Path of Tzaddi
Path of Peh
Ne
Holy Name in Four Worlds
nE
Sulphur on the Tree
Venus Kamea, Seals, & Sigil
sE
Salt on the Tree
Venus on the Tree
Se
Sw
Three Pillars
sW
Tarot Trumps on the Tree
Tree in Seven Planes
Tree in Four Worlds
nW
Geomantic Talismans
Planetary Lineal Figures
Tree in Four Planes
Nw
Serpent of Brass
Geomantic Figures on the Tree
Challenges:
Heirophant
Path of Tzaddi
Path of Peh
cup of salt water
cup of water
Hiereus
empty cup
cup of wine
Hegemon
cup of sugar water
cup of milk
ImpJacin
bell
ImpBoaz
pot lid
For the Hall:

North
East
West
South
Earth Tablet
Air Tablet
Water Tablet
Fire Table
green lamp
yellow lamp
blue lamp
red lamp
bowl of salt
pentagram
cup of water
censer
The Opening
There are three OfficersHierophant, Hiereus and Hegemon. The Throne of the
Hierophant, beside which is a Cup of Salt Water and the Banner of the East, is
placed before the Dais N.E. The seat of the Hegemon is before the Dais in the S.E.,
that of Hiereus in the West. Each Officer has a Cup of Water, Hiereus, empty and
Hegemon sugared. The Pillars are placed about three feet in front of Hegemons
seat, and behind him/her is displayed the Letter Qoph.
Second, please note the words on the steps into the chamber in the
middle of the mount of initiation. They give the seven stages of the
alchemical process. What you must know is that these stages have
been intentionally scrambled and garbled.
Hiero:
The Sign of this Hall is given by raising the hands to the forehead,
and with the thumbs and index fingers forming a triangle, apex up
thus (demonstrating) this represents the element of Fire to which
this Grade is allotted, and also the spirit which moved upon the
Waters of Creation.
The Altar in the Center of the Hall is supplied with a candle on either side. On it
is the Tarot Key of the PathTHE MOON. The Elemental lights are lit. Incense is
burning in the South. This Sign ! represents one knock. The Grade Knock is !!! !!! !.
Members are assembled and robed. Hierophant knocks. All rise.
Hiero:
(knocks) Fratres and Sorors of Het Nuit

please assist me to open the Temple as the 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi.
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, please see that the Temple is properly guarded. (done)
Heg:
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, see that the Philosophi are assembled.
Hiereus:
Fraters and Sorors Philosophi, give the Sign of the Philosophus.

(all officers and members of Philosophus grade and above, including
the Dias, rise and give sign)
Sr./Fr. Hierophant, the Philosophi are assembled.
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, to what particular element is this Hall attributed?
Heg:
To the Element of FIRE.
Hiero:
Hiereus:
To the Planet VENUS.
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, what Paths are attached to this Grade?
Heg:
The 29th, 28th, and 27th Paths of Qoph, Tzaddi, and Peh.
Hiero:
Hiereus:
To the reflection of the sphere of PISCES.
Hiero:
Heg:
To the Reflection of the Sphere of AQUARIUS.
Hiero:
Hiereus:
To the Reflection of the Sphere of MARS.
Hiero:
(knock) Let us adore the Archon of FIRE. (rises and faces East)
ASHERAH TZABAOTH! Blessed be thou
Goddess of Armies is Thy Name, Amen!
(after a pause) The 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi is referred unto the
Sephira Netzach and the 27th, 28th, and 29th Paths are bound
thereto.
The Grip or token is the general Grip of the First Order. The Grand
Word is a name of nine lettersASHERAH TZABAOTH, which
means God of Hosts.
The Mystic Number is 28 and from it is formed the Password Kaph
Cheth, which should be lettered separately when given. It means Power.
Unto this Grade, and unto the Sephira Netzach, the Seventh Path of
the Sepher Yetzirah is referred.
It is called the Occult Intelligence because it pours out
a brilliant splendor on all the Intellectual Virtues
which are perceived by the Eye of the Mind
and by the contemplation of Faith alone.
Hiero:
The distinguishing badge of this Grade which you will now be

entitled to wear, is the sash of a Practicus, with the addition of a
bright green cross above the orange cross and the numbers 4 in a
circle and 7 in a square on either side of its summit, and below the
number 31, the numbers 27, 28, and 29 in bright green, between
narrow bars of the same color.
This Grade is especially referred to Fire, and therefore, the Great
Watch Tower of Terrestrial Tablet of the south forms one of its
principal Emblems. It is known as the fourth of Great southern
Quadrangle and is one of the four Great Tablets delivered unto
Enoch by the Great Angel Ave. From it are drawn the Three Holy
Secret Names OIP TEAA PEDOCE, which are borne upon the
Banners of the South, and the Name of EDELPERNA, the Great
King of the South, as well as numberless divine and angelic names
which appertain unto the element of Fire. The meanings of the
other Tablets have already been explained to you.
Aspirant is instructed in invocation by Hebrew God-Name, Pentagram, Archangel,

Threefold-Name and King, using Signs of Enterer and Silence with Grade Sign. The
Aspirant is requested to perform this invocation a few times now to acquaint him/herself
with the energy. Turning back to the Altar, Hierophant indicates the Cross and Triangle.
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The Entry into Netzach

Hegemon requires the Sash of the grade, and badge or Lamen on Hegemon.
All salute. Hiero quits his/her Throne and goes to the South. Hegemon stands
behind him/her in the S.E., Hiereus in the S.W. Hierophant makes Portal opening
motion and the invoking Pentagrams in a circle before the Fire Tablet.
Hiero:
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Hegemon, will you present the Practicus with the necessary
Admission Badge and admit him/her?
Hegemon responds, saluting. Hegemon quits the hall, instructs Practicus to knock
and gives him/her Lamen. Hiereus admits them.
Hiereus:
By what symbol dost thou enter herein?
Practicus: By the particular Emblem of the Hegemon which is the Latin Cross
of Six Squares. (assisted by Hegemon)
Hiereus:
If placed upon the Tree of Life this Cross embraces, as you see,
Tiphareth, Netzach, Hod and Yesod, and rests upon Malkuth. Also,
the Latin Cross of Six Squares forms the Cube, and is thus referred
to the six Sephiroth of Microprosopus which are Chesed, Geburah,
Hegemon faces Practicus to the Diagram at the Altar and resumes seat. Hiero
comes East of altar and points to Diagram.
Hiero:
Before you is the Alchemical Emblem Conjunction, which is the

Middle or 3rd diagram of Cabala: Speigel der kunst und Nature,
in Alchymia meaning Cabala, The Mirror of Art and Nature, in
Alchemy a set of four plates designed and published by Stephan
Michelspacher and drawn by Raphael Custodis in Augsberg,
Germany in 1616 of the common era.
In the Hall of the Practici you were introduced to the Tetraktys,
the most essential form of the Tree of Life, as is appropriate to the
Absolute Intelligence of Hod.
Netzach is the sphere of the Recondite or that which is difficult to
penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or
knowledge. from the latin for hidden away. Therefore in this hall
of the Philosophi you are introduced to one of the most abstruse
forms of the Tree of Life, Cabala: Speigel der Kunst und Nature,
in Alchymia. With diligent study all of the aspects of the Tree to
which you were introduced in Yesod will be found in this alchemical
emblem but after the manner of the Alchemists, this being a presentation of the Alchemical Cabala, the Kabalah of the Hebrews, or
the Qabalah of the Hermeticists.
This being said I must warn you now, and advise that you keep this
warning close to your heart for you will be met with this challenge
forever forward on your Magickal Journey:
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First, that the authors given for this image are pseudonyms. We
have little idea as to who they are or their capacity to produce a
diagram like this.
And The RUACH ELOHIM moved upon the Face of the Waters.
In the Name of the ELOHIM, Mighty and Ruling,
and in the Name of ASHERAH TZABAOTH,
Hierophant takes incense from before Fire Tablet, and makes the sign Leo in the air
before it.
Hiero:
In the Name of MICHAEL, the Great Archangel of Fire,

and in the Sign of the Lion,
Makes Cross with Incense.

In the Names and letters of the Great Southern Quadrangle
revealed unto ENOCH by the Great Angel AVE,
Holds Incense on high.
In the Three Great Secret Names of the One
borne upon the Banners of the SouthOIP TEAA PEDOCE
Spirits of FIRE Rise Up and Awake!
In the Name of EDELPERNA, Great King of the South,
Replaces Incense and returns to place. All return to places.
In the name of ASHERAH TZABAOTH,
I declare this Temple opened in the 4=7 Grade of PHILOSOPHUS.
Hiero:
!!! !!! !
Hiereus:
!!! !!! !
Heg:
!!! !!! !
The Twenty-ninth Path of Qoph

Hiero:
Fraters and Sorors, our Sr./Fr. _______, having made such

progress in the Paths of Magick as has enabled him/her
to pass the examination in the requisite knowledge,
is now eligible for advancement to the Grade of Philosophus.
What is your will?
All:
(respond)
Hiero:

Practicus and give the customary alarm?
Hegemon rises, salutes Hierophant, with 4=7 grade sign, quits the Temple, and
sees that the Practicus is robed and wearing the sash of the 3=8 Grade. S/he hoodwinks him/her and places in his hand the admission badge. She leads him/her to
the Temple door and gives the alarm saying, as they enter:
Heg:
The 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi, part 4: Netzach

center projection
By her spells she invoked the Scarab, the Lord Keph-Ra,

so that the waters were cloven
and the illusion of the towers was destroyed.
Hiereus admits them and returns to his/her place. Hegemon leads Practicus to the
South by the Tablet of Fire, faces him/her East and takes away Cross.
Hiero:
Give the Hegemon the Signs and Words of the Practicus.
Heg:
(standing between the pillars) Give me the Sign of the 3=8 Grade. (done)
The Grip, (done)
the Grand Word (this is given, Hegemon prompting if necessary.
Elohim Tzabaoth)
The Mystic Number (36)
and the Pass-word of the Grade of Practicus (Aleph Lamed He).
Hiero:
Pentacle
Seals of Venus
Venus on the Tree

you received in that Grade (Monocris de Astris, Maim)
This done, Hegemon faces Practicus to the Fire Tablet.

Hiero:
Kamea of Venus
Alchemical Emblem
Conjunction
Fire Tablet
Sr./Fr. Monocris de Astris, do you solemnly pledge yourself to

aspire to penetrate the mysteries of the 29th, 28th, and 27th Paths
and of the 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi as you have already sworn
respecting those of the preceding Halls?
Practicus: I do.
Hiero:
Then you will stretch your arms above your head to their full limit
and say: I swear by the Torrent of FIRE.
Practicus repeats words.

Hiero:
Let the hoodwink be removed.
Hegemon gives Practicus the incense from before the Tablet.

Hiero:
Wave the incense before the Tablet of Fire and say:

Let the Powers of Fire witness my pledge.
Tree in
Four Planes
Tree in
Four Worlds
Done. Hegemon replaces incense before the Tablet.

Conduct the Practicus to the East and place him/her between the
Mystic Pillars. (done) Before you are the Portals of the 31st, 32nd,
and 29th PATHS as in the Grade of Zelator. The two former you
have already traversed, and the Portal of the 29th PATH leading to the Grade of Philosophus is now open to you. Take in your
right hand the Latin Cross of Twelve Squares and follow your guide
through the Path of the Waters.
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Hegemon leads Practicus to Hiero and gives Hiero the Latin Cross.
Hiero:
The Latin 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 Change, the Anvil of the Universe.
The 27th Path of the Sepher Yetzirah which answers unto PEH is
called the Exciting Intelligence,
because by it is created the Intellect or Spirit of all created Beings
under the Highest Heaven, and their motion.
It is therefore the Reflection of the Sphere of Mars, and the reciprocal path connecting Hod with Netzach, Splendor with Victory. It is
the lowermost of the three Reciprocal Paths.
Hegemon circumambulates Temple once with Practicus, having given him/her the
Latin Cross to carry. Hiereus begins to read:
Hiereus:
Verily and Amen! I passed through the deep sea,

and by the rivers of running water that abound therein,
and I came unto the Land of No Desire.
Wherein was a white unicorn with a silver collar, whereon was
graven the aphorism Linea viridis gyrat universa.
Hiero:
Then the word of Adonai came unto me by the mouth of the

Magister mine, saying:
O heart that art girt about with the coils of the old serpent,
lift up thyself unto the mountain of initiation!
But I remembered. Yea, THAN, yea, THELI, yea, LILITH! these three
were about me from of old. For they are one.
Beautiful wast thou, O Lilith, thou serpent-woman!
Thou wast lithe and delicious to the taste,
and thy perfume was of musk mingled with ambergris.
Close didst thou cling with thy coils unto the heart,
and it was in the joy of all the spring.
But I beheld in thee a certain taint
even in that wherein I delighted.
I beheld in thee the taint of thy father the ape,
of thy grandsire the Blind Worm of Slime.
I gazed upon the Crystal of the Future,
and I saw the horror of the End of thee.
Further, I destroyed the time Past,
and the time to Comehad I not the Power of the Sand-glass?
But in the very hour I beheld corruption.
Hiero, Heg, and Practicus come to the West of Altar.

Hiero:
Before you upon the Altar is the 16th Key of Tarot,

which symbolically resumes these ideas.
It is called the Blasted Tower, or the House of God, or War.
Study it well.
Hiero, Heg, and Practicus move to the Tablets in the East.

Heg:
This represents the Alchemical symbol of Sulphur on the Tree of

Life. It does not touch the 4 lower Sephiroth. The Cross terminates
in Tiphareth, whereby as it were the Supernal Triangle is to be
grasped, and Tiphareth is the purified Man.
The symbol of Salt embraces all the Sephiroth but Malkuth, and is as
it were, the reconciler between the Sulphur and the Mercury. The horizontal dividing line implies the precept of Hermes as above, so below.
Hiero resumes his place. Heg conducts Practicus to Tablet of Yetziratic Palaces in the
South and is joined by the Hiereus.
As they approach the East for the second time, Hierophant rises holding up Cup of
Salt Water. Hegemon and Practicus halt.
Hiereus:
Hierophant confronts Practicus and halts his/her progress, improvising a speech

containing the following elements: Than of the Abyss, Stagnant, still water, the
Past, in a form similar to:
These are the Seven Yetziratic Palaces, containing the 10 Sephiroth.

In each Palace are six letters from the Divine Name of 42 letters.
Thus, the Name of 42 letters has been taken from the 42 first letters of the History of Creation, as far as Beth of the word Bohu
by various transmutations which are described at length in the
Sepher Pardes.
Hiereus returns to his/her throne. Hegemon and Practicus return West of Altar.
Hiero:
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on your return, the Ceremony of your Reception into the 4=7 Grade
of Philosophus will take place.
Hiero:
Halt! I am Than of the Abyss!

Stagnant and Still Waters are Mine! In me is all of the Past.
S/he waits until the Practicus has noted that the water in the cup is salted and
makes a connection between the symbolism of Than, i.e., stagnant water and the
past, and the salt water of the cup. Hegemon leads Practicus around one circumambulation while Hiero. reads:
Hiero:
Then I said: O my beloved, O Lord Adonai,

I pray thee to loosen the coils of the serpent!
But she was closed fast about me,
so that my Force was stayed in its inception.
Also I prayed unto the Elephant God,
the Lord of Beginnings, who breaketh down obstruction.
These gods came right quickly to mine aid.
Hiero:
O how I love Thee, O my God!

Especially is there a vehement parallel light from infinity,
vilely diffracted in the haze of this mind.
Hiereus:
I love Thee. I love Thee. I love Thee.
Heg:
Thou art a beautiful thing whiter than a woman

in the column of this vibration.
I beheld them; I joined myself to unto them;

I was lost in their vastness.
Hiero:
I shoot up vertically like an arrow, and become that Above.
Hiereus:
But it is death, and the flame of the pyre.
Then I beheld myself compassed about with

the Infinite Circle of Emerald that encloseth the Universe.
O Snake of Emerald, Thou hast no time Past,
no time To Come. Verily Thou art not.
Thou art delicious beyond all taste and touch,
Thou art not-to-be-beheld for glory,
Thy voice is beyond the Speech and the Silence and the Speech
therein, and Thy perfume is of pure ambergris,
that is not weighed against the finest gold of the fine gold.
Also Thy coils are of infinite range;
the Heart that Thou dost encircle is an Universal Heart.
Heg:
Ascend in the flame of the pyre, O my soul!

Thy God is like the cold emptiness of the utmost heaven,
into which thou radiatest thy little light.
Hiero:
When Thou shall know me, O empty God,

my flame shall utterly expire in Thy great N.O.X.
Hiereus:
What shalt Thou be, my God,

when I have ceased to love Thee?
Heg:
A worm, a nothing, a niddering knave!
Hiero:.
But Oh! I love Thee.
Hiereus:
Hiereus confronts Practicus and halts his/her progress, improvising a speech containing the following elements: Lilith the Lamia, Turbulent Dark Water, the Future,
similar to:
I have thrown a million flowers from

the basket of the Beyond at Thy feet,
I have anointed Thee and Thy staff
with oil and blood and kisses.
Heg:
I have kindled Thy marble into lifeay! into death.
Hiereus:
Hiero:
I have been smitten with the reek of Thy mouth,

that drinketh never wine but life.
Hiereus:
How the dew of the Universe whitens the lips!
Heg:
Ah! trickling flow of the stars of the mother Supernal, begone!
Hiero:
I Am She that should come, the Virgin of all men.
Hiereus:
I am a boy before Thee, O Thou satyr God.
Heg:
Thou wilt inflict the punishment of pleasureNow! Now! Now!
Hegemon leads Practicus round one circumambulation while Hiereus reads:
Hiero:
Io Pan! Io Pan! I love Thee. I love Thee.
Hiereus:
Hiereus:.
O my God, spare me!
Heg:
Now! It is done! Death. (imps stop their racket)
As they approach the West for the second time Hiereus rises, cup in hand, to stop
them. Practicus is halted before him/her.
Halt! I am Lilith the Lamia!

Turbulent and Dark Waters are Mine!
In me is all of the Future.
S/he waits until the Practicus has noted that the cup is empty and makes a connection between the symbolism of Lilith, i.e., absent water and the future, and the
empty cup. (i.e. the future is as yet unwritten)
I, and Me, and Mine were sitting with lutes in the market-place
of the great city, the city of the violets and the roses.
The night fell, and the music of the lutes was stilled.
The tempest arose, and the music of the lutes was stilled.
The hour passed, and the music of the lutes was stilled.
But Thou art Eternity and Space;
Hiero, Heg, and Hiereus stand, lamps in hand

All:
I cried aloud the word

and it was a mighty spell to bind the Invisible,
an enchantment to unbind the bound; yea, to unbind the bound.
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Heg:
Thou art a centaur, O my God,

from the violet-blossoms that crown Thee to the hoofs of the horse.
Hiero:
Thou art harder than tempered steel;

there is no diamond beside thee.
Hiereus:
Did I not yield this body and soul?
Heg:
I woo thee with a dagger drawn across my throat.
Hiero:
Let the spout of blood quench Thy blood-thirst, O my God!
Hegemon confronts Practicus and halts his/her progress, improvising a speech containing the following elements: Theli Coruscant, Smooth flowing water, the Present,
in a form similar to:
Hiereus:
Thou art a little white rabbit in the burrow Night.
Heg:
Heg:
I am greater than the fox and the hole.
Hiero:
Give me Thy kisses, O Lord God!
Hiereus:
The lightening came and licked up the little flock of sheep.
Heg:
There is a tongue and a flame;

I see that trident walking over the sea.
Hiero:
A phoenix hath it for its head; below are two prongs.

They spear the wicked.
S/he waits until the Practicus has noted that the water in the cup is sugared and makes
a connection between the symbolism of Theli, i.e., sweet water and the present, and the
sugared water of the cup. Heg. replaces Cup and leads Practicus to stand West of the
Altar, and returns to his/her place.
Hiereus:
I will spear Thee, O Thou little gray god, unless Thou beware!
Hiero:
Heg:
From the gray to the gold;

from the gold to that which is beyond the gold of Ophir.
Hiero:
My God! but I love Thee!
Hiereus:
Why has Thou whispered so ambiguous things?

Wast Thou afraid, O goat-hoofed One,
O horned one, O pillar of lightening?
Heg:.
From the lightening fall pearls;

from the pearls black specks of nothing.
Hiero:
I based all on one, one on nought.
Hiereus:
Afloat in the ther, O my God, my God!
Heg:
O Thou great hooded sun of glory, cut off these eyelids!
Hiero:
Nature shall die out; she hideth me, closing my eyelids with fear,
she hideth me from My destruction, O Thou open eye.
Hiereus:
O ever-weeping One!
Heg:.
Not Isis my mother, nor Osiris my self;

but the incestuous Horus given over to Typhon, so may I be!
Hiero:
There thought; and thought is evil.
Hiereus:
Pan! Pan! Io Pan! it is enough.
Heg:
Fall not into death, O my soul!

Think that death is the bed into which you are falling!
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Thou art Matter and Motion;

and Thou art the negation of all these things.
For there is no Symbol of Thee.
Upon approaching the East for the second time Hegemon leads Practicus to his/her
throne where she takes up his/her cup and halts the Practicus.
Halt! I am Theli Coruscant!

Smooth and Flowing Waters are Mine!
In me is all of the Present.
(offering him/her a drink of his/her cup)
(rising) If I say Come up upon the mountains!

the celestial waters shall flow at my word.
But thou art the Water beyond the waters.
The red three-angled heart hath been set up in Thy shrine;
for the priests despised equally the shrine and the god.
Yet all the while Thou wast hidden therein,
as the Lord of Silence is hidden in the buds of the lotus.
Thou art Sebek the crocodile against Asar;
thou art Mati; the Slayer in the Deep;
Thou art Typhon, the Wrath of the Elements,
O Thou who transcendest the Forces in their
Concourse and Cohesion, in their Death and Disruption.
Thou art Python, the terrible serpent about the end of all things!
Hegemon conducts the Practicus to the foot of Hieros throne, handing to Hiero the
Latin Cross of twelve squares.
Hiero:
The Latin Cross of Twelve Squares fitly represents the ZODIAC

which embraces the Waters of Nu, as the ancient Egyptians called
the Heavens, the Waters which are above the Firmament. It also
alludes to the Eternal River, divided into four streams which find
their correlations in the four triplicities of the Zodiac.
Places cross aside.
Hiero:
The 29th PATH of the Sepher Yetzirah which answers unto the letter QOPH is called the Corporeal Intelligenceremember this it is so
called because it forms every body which is formed in All the Worlds
and the reproduction of them. It is therefore the reflection of the
Watery Sign of Pisces and the Path connecting the material universe as depicted in Malkuth with the Pillar of Mercy, through the
Sephirah NETZACH, and through it do the Waters of Chesed flow
down.
Hiero, Heg, and Practicus come to the West of the Altar.
The Twenty-seventh Path of Peh

The admission Badge is the Latin Cross of Ten Squares. Jacin and Boaz are at ready.
Hiero:
Hegemon responds saluting. Hegemon goes out, gives the Latin Cross of Ten
Squares to the Candidate who knocks and is admitted by the Hiereus.
Heg:
Before you upon the Altar is the 18th Key of TAROT

Hierophant leads Practicus to Tablet of the Serpent of Brass in East.
Hiero:
This is an image of the Serpent Ne-hush-tan which Moses made to

heal all who looked upon it when YHVH/Yahweh set the Seraphim
upon the Children of Israel and were bitten by the Serpents of Fire
in the wilderness for complaining.
The name is said to mean Of Brass and the original image was
shattered by Hezekiah for it was worshiped by the People of Israel
until that day.
Yet this serpent is the ancient consort of the Goddess with whom
She created the Worlds. The ancient Greek Pelasgian creation myth
tells of the goddess Eurynome who divided the waters from the
heavens. As she danced upon the waves, she created the great serpent Ophion who coiled about her and coupled with her. Eurynome
became a dove and laid the universal egg. The serpent coiled around
the egg until it hatched. Out of the egg emerged all of creation.
[source: http://www.susanlevitt.com/ar-serpwis.html]
This serpent is also Shiva to Shakti, and the Vedic serpent-king
Na-hu-sha, that once ruled all the gods, and the Kundalini Serpent
awaiting to rise. And so is also found in innumerable other cultures, such as the Aztec Quetz-al-co-at-l, the Mayan Cul-cul-can,
the African Dam-bal-la We-do. and the rainbow serpent Ngaq-lijod of aboriginal Australia, This serpent is none other than Hadit,
consort of Nuit, and and crowns the brows of initiates.
For us it is the Serpent of the Paths of the Tree of Life: Nahushtan
twines about Asherah who is the Tree, as force and form do twine
and bring forth manifestation. As such he is the Celestial Serpent
of Wisdom.
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Admission Badge and to admit him/her?
He smote the towers of wailing;

he brake them in pieces
in the fire of his anger,
so that he alone did escape
from the ruin thereof.
Hegemon leads Practicus to the South, and places him/her before the Pillars.
Hiero:
(knocks) Sr./Fr. Monocris de Astris, the Path now open to you is

the 27th, which leads from the 3=8 Hall of the Practici to the 4=7
of the Philosophi. Take in your right hand the Latin Cross of Ten
squares and follow your guide through the Pathway of Mars.
Heg:
Herein is the forge of Hephestus, the smithy of Ptah.
As Hiero begins to read, Hegemon leads Practicus between the Pillars and around
Hall. The imps, Jacin and Boaz, who were stationed on the south sides of their
respective pillars, begin to follow the Practicus very closely. Jacin strikes the bell she
carries as she follows, and Boaz the cook-pot likewise. As Hegemon approaches the
east s/he motions the Practicus to continue orbiting, as s/he takes his/her place for
the following choral reading. The imps may harry the Practicus until Now! It is
done! Death. is read, at which time they stop making noise. The effect should be
cacophonous but one should just be able to hear the Reading over the din.
Hiero:
My God, how I love Thee!
Hiereus:
With the vehement appetite of a beast

I hunt Thee through the Universe.
Heg:
Thou art standing at it were upon a pinnacle at the edge of some

fortified city. I am a white bird, and perch upon Thee.
Hiero:
Thou art My Lover; I see Thee as a nymph

with her white limbs stretched by the spring.
Hiereus:
She lies upon the moss; there is none other than she;
Heg:
Art thou not Pan?
Hiero:.
I am He. Speak not, O my God!

Let the work be accomplished in silence.
Hiereus:
Let my cry of pain be crystallized into a little white faun

to run away into the forest!
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Nehushtan here twines about a thrice crossed shaft which you

recognise as the Wand of the Hierophant and tells of its meaning
and powers: For the Wand of the Hierophant is the Whole of the
Tree, the entire Cosmos, which, wielded by a True Adept, confirs
the Blessing of the Whole which is the essence of the Neophyte
initiation. The Serpent Nehushtan is the Power that twines about
the Wand as it does the Tree and leaps forth at the Hierophants
comand to bestow that Blessing.
The 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi, part 3: Peh

center projection
Sulphur on the Tree
Pentacle
Salt on the Tree
Hierophant resumes his/her seat. Hegemon leads Practicus to Hiereus.

Hiereus:
This Tablet (indicating it) represents the method of forming the Tree
of Life in the Tarot. The four Aces are placed on the Throne of Kether.
The remaining small cards of each suit desired are then placed on the
respective Sephiroth, 2 on Chokmah, 3 on Binah and so on. The 22
Trumps are then arranged on the letters of the Paths between them.
The King and Queen of the Suit are placed beside Chokmah and
Binah respectively, the Knight beside Tiphareth and the Knave beside
Malkuth, thus representing the attribution of the Sephiroth to the
four letters of the Holy Name in the World wherein they operate.
Hegemon leads Practicus to Tablet of The Pillars in South.

Fire Tablet
Tarot
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Heg:

in the 10 Sephiroth
This Tablet represents the formation of the Hexagram of Tiphareth

from the Pillars on each side. In Chesed is the Water and in
Geburah is the Fire, and in Tiphareth is the uniting and reconciliation of both Triangles in the Hexagram, as Aleph forms the reconciliation between Mem and Shin so thus stands the reconciling
Pillar between the Pillars of Fire and of Cloud; the Jakin and Boaz
of Solomons Temple.
Hegemon leads Practicus to Tablet in North.

Heg:
The mode of using the Talismanic forms drawn from the Geomantic
figures, is to take those formed by the figures under the Planet
required and place them at the opposite ends of a wheel of 8 radii
as shown. A versicle suitable to the matter is then written within
the double circle.
Hegemon conducts Practicus West of altar.

I have now much pleasure in conferring upon you the title of LORD
of the 29th PATH. You will now quit the Temple for a short time,
and on your return the Ceremony of your passage of the 28th PATH
will take place.
Heg conducts Practicus out.
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Hiereus:
The 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi, part 2: Tzaddi

center projection
Pentacle
Blue
Cup
Holy Name
in Four Worlds
Blue
Cup
In the Theoricus grade you were shown the lineal figures attributed to the planets. The figures as shown consist of the Dekagram,
Endekagram and Dodekagram, together with the two forms
of the Enneagram and the remaining forms of the Heptagram
and Octogram, which are not so consonant to the Planet. The
Heptagram traced in a continuous figure, reflected from every
third point, relates to the 7 planets. The Octagram formed of
two squares, to the eight lettered Name. The two forms of the
Enneagram refer to the Triple Ternary. The three forms of the
Dekagram relate to the duplicated Heh, to the Ten Sephiroth and
to Malkuth. The three forms of the Endekagram are referred to the
Qlippoth. The four forms of the Dodekagram are referred to the
Zodiac, the three Quaternions of angular, succedent, cadent and
movable, fixed and common. the 4 Triplicities and the 24 thrones
of the Elders.
(Going to the second Tablet) This Tablet before you shows the Seven
Planes of the Tree of Life answering to the Seven Planets. Thus,
Saturn answers to Kether, Jupiter to Chokmah, and Binah; Mars to
Chesed and Geburah; The Sun to Tiphareth; Venus to Netzach and
Hod, Mercury to Yesod and Luna to Malkuth.
Hegemon leads Practicus to Tablet in the North.

Heg:
Fire Tablet
Tarot
V&
XVII
Before you are the Geomantic figures arranged according to their

planetary attribution, in the Tree of Life. You will note that Saturn
represents the three Supernal Sephiroth summed up in Binah. while
Caput and Cauda Draconis are referred to Malkuth.
Hiero returns to his/her place.

Geomantic Figures
on the Tree
Hiero:
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Hegemon leads Practicus out.
Blue
Cup
Lineal Figures
Planetary

on your return the Ceremony of your passage of the 27th Path will
take place.
Tree in
Seven Planes
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Hiero:
This Pyramid is attributed to the Four Elements.

On the four truncated triangles are their Hebrew Names:
AschFire; MaimWater; RuachAir; AretzEarth.
On the apex is the word ETH composed of the first and last letters
of the Alphabet and implying Essence.
The square base represents the Material Universe and on it is the
word OLAM meaning World.
The Twenty-eighth Path of Tzaddi

Hegemon requires the Admission Badge of the Solid Pyramid of the Elements.
Hiero:
Admission Badge, instruct him/her in the proper alarm, and admit
him/her?
Hierophant puts Pyramid aside..
Hegemon responds saluting. S/he then goes out, presents Practicus with the solid
pyramid of the Elements, and admits him/her, saying;
Hiero:
Heg:
The 28th Path of the Sepher Yetzirah which answers unto the Letter
TSADDI, though some say HEH, is called the Natural Intelligence
Remember this for by it is completed and perfected the nature of
everything under the Sun.
It is therefore the reflection of the Airy Sign Aquarius,
the Water-bearer, the Sign of the Man.
Hiero., Heg., and Practicus come West of the Altar.

Before you upon the Altar are the 17th & 5th Keys of Tarot, the
Star, the Font of Initiation, and the Hierophant, who is the revealer
of the mysteries, each which symbolically resumes these ideas.
Note also that the Greek word signifying initiation, teleste, means
to bring to perfection or completion. Study them well.
Leads Practicus to the S.E. between Pillars.

Hiero:
Hiereus:
O Practicus, know that a True Adept of our order can work any
attributional system as required for that Adept sees beyond the
symbol to the Truth and so can wrap that Truth in any useful
form.
Hierophant and Practicus go to North.
Before you is shown the manner of writing one Holy Name in each
of the four Worlds at length, by giving the spelling of each letter.
You will note that the spelling of the letter Yod alone alters not. It
is a symbol of the unchangeableness of the First Cause. The total of
the spelling in each World, is then expressed in Hebrew letters and
makes the Secret name of that World. Thus, in Atziluth the total
is 72, and the Secret name AUB, in Binah 63 SEG, in Yetzirah 45
MAH and in Assiah 52 BEN.
Hierophant returns to his seat. Hegemon leads Practicus to West.
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Sr./Fr. Monocris de Astris, the Path now open to you is the 28th
leading from the 2=9 grade of Theoricus to the 4=7 of Philosophus.
Take in your right hand the solid pyramid of the Elements and follow the Guide of the Path.
Hegemon and Practicus circumambulate the Hall once as Hiereus reads.
One of the key elements of our Open Source tradition is the recognition of the multitude of attributional systems applied to the Tree of
Life and in other places.
Hiero:
Transformed, the holy virgin appeared as a fluidic fire,

making her beauty into a thunderbolt.
Also is the Star of the Flame exalted,
bringing benediction to the universe.
I turned me about thrice in every way;

and always I came at last unto Thee.
Many things I beheld mediate and immediate;
but beholding them no more, I beheld Thee.
Come thou, O beloved One, O Lord God of the Universe,
O Vast One, O Minute One! I am Thy beloved.
All day I sing of Thy delight;
all night I delight in Thy song.
There is no other day or night than this.
Thou art beyond the day and the night; I am Thyself,
O my Maker, my Master, my Mate!
I am like the little red dog
that sitteth upon the knees of the Unknown.
Thou has brought me into great delight.
Thou hast given me of Thy flesh to eat
and of Thy blood for an offering of intoxication.
Thou hast fastened the fangs of Eternity in my soul,
and the Poison of the Infinite hath consumed me utterly.
As they approach Hiero. the second time, s/he rises Cup of Water in hand. They halt.
Hiero:
(improvising similar to:) I am Lorelei,

Goddess of the River Alpheus,
the sacred and invisible river of Europe.
Mine are the Waters of Earth.
Offering his/her a drink of his/her cup. You cannot pass me by
without drinking of my cup and telling me of my nature.
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let me die before the hour,

falling dead into Thine infinite stream!
Also the stream of the stars floweth ever majestical into the Abode;
bear me away upon the Bosom of Nuit!
As in Qoph.
Hegemon leads Practicus to seat of Hiereus as Hiero reads.
Hiero:
Hiereus:
I am become like a luscious devil of Italy;

a fair strong woman with worn cheeks,
eaten out with hunger for kisses.
She hath played the harlot in diverse places;
she hath given her body to the beasts.
She hath slain her kinsfolk with strong venom of toads;
she hath been scourged with many rods.
She hath been broken in pieces upon the Wheel;
the hands of the hangman have bound her unto it.
The fountains of water have been loosed upon her;
she hath struggled with exceeding torment.
She hath burst in sunder with the weight of the waters;
she hath sunk into the awful Sea.
So am I, O Adonai, my lord,
and such are the waters of Thine intolerable Essence.
So am I, O Adonai, my beloved,
and Thou hast burst me utterly in sunder.
I am shed out like spilt blood upon the mountains;
the Ravens of Dispersion have borne me utterly away.
Therefore is the seal unloosed,
that guarded the Eighth abyss;
therefore is the vast sea as a veil;
therefore is there a rending asunder of all things.
(Hiereus rises, Cup of Wine in hand. They halt.)
(improvising similar to:) I am Laxmi,
Goddess of the River that bears my name,
the sacred and invisible river of India.
Mine are the Waters of Life. (offering him/her a drink of his/her cup)
You cannot pass me by without drinking of my cup and telling me
of my nature.
As in Qoph.
Hegemon leads Practicus to his/her own seat as Hiereus reads.
Hiereus:
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Yea, also verily Thou art the cool still water of the wizard fount.
I have bathed in Thee, and lost me in Thy stillness.
That which went in as a brave boy of beautiful limbs
cometh forth as a maiden, as a little child for perfection.
O Thou light and delight,
ravish me away into the milky ocean of the stars!
O Thou Son of a light-transcending mother, blessed be Thy name,
and the Name of the Name, throughout the ages!
Behold! I am a butterfly at the Source of Creation;
Hegemon takes up Cup of Milk and says:

Heg:
(improvising similar to:) I am Lilith,

Goddess of the River Naher,
the sacred and invisible river river of Chaldee.
Mine are the Celestial Waters. (offering him/her a drink of his/her cup)
As in Qoph.
Replaces Cup and leads Practicus to a place West of the Altar, facing Hiero. and
returns to place.
Hiero:
This is the world of the water of Maim;

this is the bitter water that becometh sweet.
Thou art beautiful and bitter, O golden one,
O my Lord Adonai, O thou Abyss of Sapphire!
I follow Thee, and the waters of Death fight strenuously against me.
I pass unto the Waters beyond Death and beyond Life.
How shall I answer the foolish man?
In no way shall he come to the Identity of Thee!
But I am the Fool that heedeth not the Play of the Magician.
Me doth the Woman of the Mysteries instruct in vain;
I have burst the bonds of Love and Power and Worship.
Therefore is the Eagle made one with the Man,
and the gallows of infamy dance with the fruit of the just.
I have descended, O my darling, into the black shining waters,
and I have plucked Thee forth as a black pearl of infinite preciousness.
I have gone down, O my God, into the abyss of the all,
and I have found Thee in the midst under the guise of No Thing.
But as Thou art the Last, Thou art also the Next,
and as the Next do I reveal Thee to the multitude.
They that ever desired Thee shall obtain Thee,
even at the End of their Desire.
Glorious, glorious, glorious art Thou,
O my lover supernal, O Self of myself.
For I have found Thee alike in the Me and the Thee;
there is no difference, O my beautiful, my desirable One!
In the One and the Many have I found Thee;
yea, I have found Thee.
Hegemon conducts Practicus to the foot of Hieros Throne and hands to Hiero the
Solid Pyramid of the Elements.
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Salt on the Tree of Life
The symbol of Salt embraces all the Sephiroth but Malkuth, and is as it were, the reconciler between the Sulphur and the
Mercury. The horizontal dividing line implies the precept of Hermes as above, so below.
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The Seven Yetziratic Palaces in the 10 Sephiroth
ba
AB
xT
ThTz
yg
GI
NtSirq
QROShTN
Skydgn
NGDIKSh
gTxrtb
BTRTzThG
qzplgy
IGLPZQ
TyxvqS
ShQVTzITh
intbqc
ChQBTNO
These are the Seven Yetziratic Palaces, containing the 10 Sephiroth. In each Palace are six letters from the Divine
Name of 42 letters. Thus, the Name of 42 letters has been taken from the 42 first letters of the History of Creation,
as far as Beth of the word Bohu by various transmutations which are described at length in the Sepher Pardes.
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The Lamen of the Hegemon
If placed upon the Tree of Life this Cross embraces, as you see, Tiphareth, Netzach, Hod and Yesod, and rests
upon Malkuth. Also, the Latin Cross of Six Squares forms the Cube, and is thus referred to the six Sephiroth of
Microprosopus which are Chesed, Geburah, Tiphareth, Netzach, Hod and Yesod.
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Kamea of Venus
22 47 16 41 10 35
5
30
23 48 17 42 11 29
6
13 31
24 49 18 36 12
7
38 14 32
21 39
46 15 40
25 43 19 37
1
26 44 20
33
34
27 45
3
28
This Grade is also related to the Planet Venus. Its Kamea or mystical square is formed of 49 squares containing
the numbers from 1 to 49 arranged so as to show the same sum each way. The ruling numbers are 7, 49, 175 and
1252. This Tablet (indicating it) shows the mystical Names and Seals drawn from the Kamea of Venus. The Seals
are formed by lines drawn from and to, certain numbers upon the Square. The name answering to 7 is AHA, that
answering to 49 is HAGIEL, the Intelligence of Venus; that answering to 175 is QEDEMEL the Spirit of Venus and
lastly that answering to 1252 is BENI SERAPHIM the name of the Intelligence of Venus.
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Seal and Sigils of Venus

22 47 16 41 10 35
5
30
23 48 17 42 11 29
6
13 31
24 49 18 36 12
7
38 14 32
21 39
46 15 40
25 43 19 37
1
26 44 20
33
34
27 45
3
28
Seal of the Venus Square
30
23 48 17 42 11 29
6
13 31
24 49 18 36 12
7
38 14 32
21 39
46 15 40
Intelligence of Venus
5
30
23 48 17 42 11 29
6
13 31
24 49 18 36 12
7
38 14 32
21 39
46 15 40
25 43 19 37
1
26 44 20
33
34
27 45
3
28
Sigil of the Spirit of Venus
22 47 16 41 10 35
5
22 47 16 41 10 35
25 43 19 37
1
26 44 20
33
34
27 45
3
28
22 47 16 41 10 35
5
30
23 48 17 42 11 29
6
13 31
24 49 18 36 12
7
38 14 32
21 39
46 15 40
25 43 19 37
1
26 44 20
33
34
27 45
3
28
Intelligence of The Choir of Angels
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Venus on the Tree of Life
On this Tablet is shown the meaning of the symbol of Venus on the Tree of Life. It embraces all the Sephiroth, and
is therefore the fitting symbol of the Isis of Nature. Hence also its circle is always represented larger than that of
Mercury.
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The Four Planes Corresponding to the Elements
This Tablet shows the Four Planes corresponding to the elements; the four Worlds and the letters of the Holy Name.
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The Sephiroth in the Four Worlds

Atziluth
Briah
Yetzirah
Assiah
On this Tablet is shown the arrangement of the Sephiroth in the Four Worlds, each Sephira with its own 10
Sephiroth inscribed inside, so that the total number is 400, the number of Tau the last letter of the alphabet.
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The Rite of the Portal

Het Nuit Redaction, v4.0
July, 2006
The Rite of the Portal, part 1:

Opening & The Ritual of the Cross & Four Elements
center projection
v4.0 ed. July, 2006
MaterialS:
Opening/Ritual of Cross & Four Elements
Rite of the Pentagram & the Five Paths
Letters:
S,T,q
m,i,s,n,k, T
On Altar:
Rose Leaves, Red Lamp with Matches, Chalice of

water, Dish of Salt, Cross of Five Squares
Cross of Five Squares
Admission
Badges:
Lamen of the Hiereus
tablet of Union
Gong
Chief
Dim
Lamp
Adept
White
Lamp
air tablet
lamp
with Shade
Veil (closed)
Diagrams:
Diagram of
Vitriolum
Second Adept
Seven Palaces
of Holiness
Third Adept
lamp
with Shade
rose
Petals
Red
Lamp
&
Matches
lamp
with Shade
Fire tablet
Pentacle
(hanging above altar)
NNE
NNW
Diagram of Vitriolum
Diagram of Pan and the Devil Tarot Key
ENE
ESE
SSE
Seven Palace of Holiness
Diagram of Typhon and Death Tarot Key
SSW
WSW
Diagram of the Pentagram & Cross
WNW
Diagrams of Malkuth and Ain into Matter
For the Hall:
the Great
Hermetic
arcanum
North
East
West
South
Earth Tablet
Air Tablet
Water Tablet
Fire Table
green lamp with shade
yellow lamp with shade
blue lamp with shade
red lamp with shade
Miscellaneous: White Lamp, Gong & Knocker, Flash Paper, The Letter Tau,
Dim Kerux Lamp, Powdered Incense.
Diagrams of Malkuth
& ain into Matter
lamp
with Shade
Diagram of Pentagram
& Maltese Cross
freely used, distributed, and modified with the following restrictions: These rituals may not be sold or performed for profit even in modified
Portal

v4.0 ed. July, 2006
Officers Meditation:
Standing in Elemental Cross, facing out, Chief at Double Cube.
All:
Portal
1. O Priocul, O procul este profani.

2. Bahlasti! Ompehda!
3. In the name of the Mighty and Terrible One, I proclaim that I have
banished the Shells unto their habitations.
4. I invoke Tahuti, the Lord of Wisdom and of Utterance, the God that
cometh forth from the Veil.
5. O Thou! Majesty of Godhead! Wisdom-crowned Tahuti! Lord of the
Gates of the Universe! Thee, Thee, I invoke.
O Thou of the Ibis Head! Thee, Thee I invoke.
Thou who wieldest the Wand of Double Power! Thee, Thee I invoke!
Thou who bearest in Thy left hand the Rose and Cross of Light and
Life: Thee, Thee, I invoke.
Thou, whose head is as an emerald, and Thy nemmes as the nightsky blue! Thee, Thee I invoke.
Thou, whose skin is of flaming orange as though it burned in a furnace! Thee, Thee I invoke.
6. Behold! I am Yesterday, To-Day, and the Brother of To-Morrow!
I am born again and again.
Mine is the Unseen Force, whereof the Gods are sprung! Which is as
Life unto the Dwellers in the Watch-Towers of the Universe.
I am the Charioteer of the East, Lord of the Past and of the Future.
I see by mine own inward light: Lord of Resurrection; Who cometh
forth from the Dusk, and my birth is from the House of Death.
7. O ye two Divine Hawks upon your Pinnacles!
Who keep watch over the Universe!
Ye who company the Bier to the House of Rest!
Who pilot the Ship of Ra advancing onwards to the heights of
heaven!
Lord of the Shrine which standeth in the Centre of the Earth!
8. Behold, He is in me, and I in Him!
Mine is the Radiance, wherein Ptah floatheth over the firmament!
I travel upon high!
I tread upon the firmament of Nu!
I raise a flashing flame, with the lightning of Mine Eye!
Ever rushing on, in the splendour of the daily glorified Ra:
giving my life to the Dwellers of Earth.
9. If I say Come up upon the mountains! the Celestial Waters shall

flow at my Word.
For I am Ra incarnate!
Kephra created in the Flesh!
I am the Eidolon of my father Tmu, Lord of the City of the Sun!
10. The God who commands is in my mouth!
The God of Wisdom is in my Heart!
My tongue is the Sanctuary of Truth!
And a God sitteth upon my lips.
11. My Word is accomplished every day!
And the desire of my heart realises itself, as that of Ptah when He
createth!
I am Eternal; therefore all things are as my designs; therefore do all
things obey my Word.
12. Therefore do Thou come forth unto me from Thine abode in the
Silence: Unutterable Wisdom! All-Light! All-Power!
Thoth! Hermes! Mercury! Odin!
By whatever name I call Thee, Thou art still nameless to Eternity:.
Come Thou forth, I say, and aid and guard me in this work of Art.
13. Thou, Star of the East, that didst conduct the Magi!
Thou art The Same all-present in Heaven and in Hell!
Thou that vibratest between the Light and the Darkness!
Rising, descending! Changing ever, yet ever The Same!
The Sun is Thy Father!
Thy Mother is the Moon!
The Wind hath borne Thee in its bosom: and Earth hath ever
nourished the changeless Godhead of Thy Youth!
14. Come Thou forth, I say, come Thou forth!
And make all Spirits subject unto Me:
So that every Spirit of the Firmament
And of the Ether.
And of the Earth.
And under the Earth.
On dry land
And in the Water.
Of whirling Air
And of rushing Fire.
And every Spell and Scourge of God the Vast One, may be obedient
unto Me!
15. I invoke the priestess of the Silver Star, Asi the Curved One, by the
ritual of Silence.
16. I make open the gate of Bliss; I descend from the Palace of the
Stars; I greet you, I embrace you, O children of Earth, that are
gathered together in the Hall of Darkness.
17. (A pause.)
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18. The Speech in the Silence.

The Words against the Son of Night.
The Voice of Tahuti in the Universe in the Presence of the Eternal.
The Formulas of Knowledge.
The Wisdom of Breath.
The Root of Vibration.
The Shaking of the Invisible.
The Rolling Asunder of the Darkness.
The Becoming Visible of Matter.
The Piercing of the Scales of the Crocodile.
The Breaking Forth of the Light!*
* Source: LIBER ISRAFEL, sub figura LXIV, A.. A.. Publication in Class B. Imprimatur: N. Fra A.. A..
Officers return to Sephirotic positions.
Opening
Chief Adept is behind Veil in the East, symbolically in Tipharethother Officers in
their Sephirotic Stations Third Adept in the North East (Hod), Second Adept in
the South East (Netzach)Hiereus in the West (Malkuth), Hegemon East of the
Double Cube Altar (Altar in Yesod, at the center of an equilateral triangle outer
officers thrones). The Hall is in Darkness, Elemental Lamps unlit no lights except
those burning behind Veil and for reading. Asp. Should be preped for test and
wearing 4=7 sash.
Hiereus:
The Symbol of the equated forces of the Four Elements.
nd Ad.:
In the Midst of CHAOS

let the Power of the Cross be established.
Chief Adept signs Cross with Lamp through veil and withdraws. Hiereus goes
to the East, leads All in Q-Cross and performs Lesser Banishing Ritual of the
Pentagram centered on each Tablet. When s/he returns East, All join in making
final Qabalistic Cross, facing East.
Hiereus returns to throne, faces East, all others facing West.
Hiereus makes 1=10 sign, breaks sign and Knocks.
Hegemon makes 2=9, breaks sign and Knocks.
Third Adept makes 3=8, breaks sign and Knocks.
Second Adept makes 4=7, breaks sign and Knocks.
Ch. Ad.
The Cross upon the Altar is also

a Cross of corrosion, corruption, disintegration and death.
Therefore does it fall in the Paths of Death and the Devil.
Unless in Hod the Glory fulfileth matter
and the Corruptible puts on Incorruption,
thus attaining unto the beauty of Tiphareth;
Unless in Netzach, Death is swallowed up in Victory
and the Destroyer becomes the Transmuter
into Pure Alchemic Gold.
Not otherwise can we attain to the Quintessence
and from the Cross form the Pentagram.
What then, O Third Adept, is the additional Mystic Title
bestowed upon a Philosophus as a link with the Second Order?
rd Ad.:
The Name of the Fourth Sacred River, Phrath.
Hiereus:
Tau
Any members attending must give Portal Signs upon entering the Temple. Portal
Members sit in the NorthFull 5=6 in South.
All:
AhAhAh (no knock)
nd. Ad.: (Knocks, all rise) Fraters and Sorores,

assist me to open the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, please see that the entrance is closed and guarded.
Hiereus:
Fr./Sr. Second Adept, (making opening Portal Sign)

the entrance is closed and guarded.
nd Ad.:
Fraters and Sorores, in token of our search for the Light,

give the Sign of the 0=0 Hall of the Neophytes to the East.
Hegemon: Resh
rd Ad.:
Peh
All turn East, give and hold sign. From behind Veil, the Chief Adepts hand, holding a White Lamp or candle is stretched out. Chief Adept makes Sign of Silence
behind veil and withdraws Lamp, all make sign of Silence as Lamp is withdrawn.
All remain standing, facing East.
Ch. Ad.:
Fr./Sr. Second Adept, what may be added to this Word?
nd Ad.:
Kaph (Knock)
Hiereus:
Tau (Knock)
Ch. Ad.:
The Light shineth in Darkness,

but the Darkness comprehendeth it not.
Hegemon: Resh (Knock)

rd Ad.:
Peh (Knock)
nd Ad.:
Naught existed in the CHAOS,

the Un-Formed, Un-Stable and Never Enduring.
Ch. Ad.:
The whole word is PAROKETH,

which is the Veil of the Sanctum Sanctorum.
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, what is the Symbol upon the Altar?
All make Signs of the Rending of the Veil towards the East. Cue off Hegemon.
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Portal
Ch. Ad.:
(Knock) In and by that Word,

Let the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti be opened.
Ch. Ad.:
Second and Third Adepts use wands to draw aside curtains revealing Chief Adept
who is standing with Pentacle and White Lamp in left hand, Scepter in right. S/he
gives the INRI:LVX Signs. [Light is projected from 6 balanced by 7 & 8, focused
through 9 and reflected back to altar by 10. This draws Source from Sephirotic
scale to Elemental]
Ch. Ad.:
Let us establish the Dominion of the Mystic ETH,

uniting the Four Elements.
Chief Adept comes in front of the Veil and takes position in front of the Air Tablet,
facing East. All face East. Hegemon takes Rose Leaves from Double Cube and
stands behind Chief. All make Qabalistic cross.
Hegemon places Rose Leaves before Air Tablet and stands in the 2=9 sign.
Chief Adept Invokes Air. Heg. lights Elemental Lamp from White Lamp, gives
Grade Sign, Spirits of [Element], Rise up and Awake!, and holds sign.
Hegemon takes Rose Leaves to Elemental Altar and puts them on Air arm of Cross,
goes East of Double Cube and faces West in sign.
Chief makes Sign of Silence.
Chief Adept goes South, Second Adept places Red Lamp & matches before Fire
Tablet and Stands in sign. Chief Invokes Fire and Second Adept lights Red Lamp
and Elemental Altar Lamp. Second Adept takes Red Lamp and matches to Altar
and puts them on Fire arm of Cross and stands South of Double Cube facing North
in sign.
Chief Adept goes West. Third Adept places Cup before Water Tablet and stands in
sign. Chief Invokes water and Third Adept lights Lamp. Third Adept takes Cup to
Altar and puts it on Water arm of Cross and stands West of Double Cube facing
East in sign.
Chief Adept goes North, Hiereus places Salt before Earth Tablet and Stands in sign.
Chief Invokes Earth and Hiereus lights Lamp. Hiereus takes Salt to Altar and puts it on
Earth arm of Cross and stands North of Double Cube facing South in sign.
Chief completes orbit to the East, and continues around saying:
Ch. Ad.:
Do (gesture East) what (South) thou (West) wilt (North)

and then onward to West of Altar, stops and says:
shall be the whole of the law.
With the word, Law, All give 0=0 signs towards Altar, and then stand in own
Elemental Signs. Chief Adept makes invoking Active Spirit Pentagram; gives
Opening Sign; Makes LVX Signs. All drop grade signs and face East.
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Thou who art I, beyond all I am,

Who hast no nature and no name,
Who art, when all but thou are gone,
Thou, centre and secret of the Sun,
Thou, hidden spring of all things known
And unknown, Thou aloof, alone,
Thou, the true fire within the reed
Brooding and breeding, source and seed
Of life, love, liberty, and light,
Thou beyond speech and beyond sight,
Thee I invoke, my faint fresh fire
Kindling as mine intents aspire.
Thee I invoke, abiding one,
Thee, centre and secret of the Sun,
And that most holy mystery
Of which the vehicle am I.
Appear, most awful and most mild,
As it is lawful, to thy child!*
* Source: Liber XV Ecclesi Gnostic Catholic Canon Miss
All make Qabalistic Cross together. Officers Face Double Cube. Chief Adept moves
East of Double Cube, faces West, lays Pentacle upon Cross. Holds Lamp and Wand
on high.
Ch. Ad.:
May the Cross of the Four Elements

become truly purified and planted in Incorruption.
Wherefore in the Name of AShRH
and in the Concealed Name __________,
do I add the power of the Pentagram
which is the Glorified body of Osirus,
the Sign of the Microcosmos.
All lights are turned up. Chief Adept hangs Pentacle on hook in center of Hall,
raises Scepter and Lamp on high and invokes [This formulates the Triangle about
the Cross.]:
ALL:
Ol Sonuf Va-Orsagi Goho Iada Balta

Elexarpeh Comananu Tabitoem
Zodakara, Eka Zodakare Od Zodameranu
Odo Kikle Qaa Piape Piamoel Od Vaoan.
Chief Adept returns to throne. Second and Third follow and stand by pillars on
outside. Hiereus and Hegemon stand at thrones.
Ch. Ad.:
Let us adore the Universe and Space. (All face East)
ALL:
Holy art Thou, who art Universe! (Sign)

Holy art Thou, who art in Nature Formed! (Sign)
Holy art Thou, the Vast and the Mighty! (Sign)
Source of Darkness, Source of Light! (Sign of Silence),
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All resume throne positions.
Hiereus and Hegemon lower tools and step back.
Ch. Ad.:
(Facing West) By the Word Paroketh and the Sign of the Rending
of the Veil, (give sign) I declare that the Portal of the Vault of the
Adepti has been opened.
nd Ad.:
Ch. Ad.:
!!!! !
nd Ad.:
!!!! !
rd Ad.:
!!!! !
Hiereus:
!!!! !
Hegemon: !!!! !
Chief circumambulates once, then returns to seat. Officers step up to Double Cube,
take up elements and spiral out to place on elemental altars. Elemental Lamps are
veiled. All take seats. The Double Cube is moved Westward out of Yesod and the
Pentagram is swung aside and hidden.
the ritual of the Cross and Four elements

Ch. Ad.:
(Concealed behind Veil) The Portal symbolically opened for the Order
is yet closed to the unprepared Aspirant.
Temple in darkness save at East.

nd Ad.:
(seated) Fraters and Sorores, our Fr./Sr. __________, having been

a member of the 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi and having passed the
five fold examination prescribed for admission to the Second Order,
awaits without the Hall.
Fr./Sr. Third Adept, Will you examine him/her in his/her knowledge of the Words, Grip and Sign of the 4=7 Hall and of the Word
Phrath; See that s/he is duly prepared, wearing the Sash of the
Philosophus, and around his/her neck the Admission Badge. Finally,
instruct him/her in the necessary knocks and admit him/her.
All lights except faint light in the East are extinguished. Second Adept stands before
the Veil. Hegemon and Hiereus bar the way with Tools near the door. Third Adept,
having prepared Phil. brings him just within the door. Phil. knocks.
Hegemon: The Realm of Chaos and of Ancient Night,
ere ever the Aeons were, when there was neither Heaven,
nor Earth, nor was there any Sea,
when Naught was, save the Shape Unluminous,
formless and void.
Hiereus:
10 Portal
To and fro in the Deeps, swayed the coils of the Dragon

with Eight Heads and Eleven Horns.
Eight Powers of Possibility, Eleven Directions of Change.
Yet, Eleven were the Rulers of the Qlippoth,
and at their head were the Dual Contending Forces.
(Faces East, gives 0=0 sign with hands inches before the Veil)
Then breathed forth Thoth
out of the Unutterable AbyssThe Word! (holds sign)
Then stood forth Thoth in the Sign of the Enterer,
on the Threshold of the Hall of Time
as Time was born of the Eternal
So stood Thoth in the Power of the Word,
giving forth Light,
while the Aeons that were unbegotten
unfolded before him.
2nd Adept holds Sign. 3rd Adept directs Phil. to give 0=0 sign toward the East.
nd Ad.:
And the Elohim said, Let there be Light.
The hand of the Chief Adept hands out the Dim Lamp. 2nd Adept receives it,
makes Sign of Silence. 3rd Adept directs Phil. to make Sign of Silence also. 2nd
Adept faces West. 3rd Adept leaves Phil. and proceeds East taking Banner of the
W. in left hand on the way, then takes Dim Lamp in right hand and returns sunwise to face Phil. S/he holds Dim Lamp and Banner of W. facing Phil.
nd Ad.:
Fr./Sr. ________, what was the Title you received

in the 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi?
Phil:
(unprompted) Pharos Illuminans.
Third Adept gives Phil. Dim Lamp to hold in his/her right hand and takes his/her
station on the left hand of Phil. just inside threshold
nd Ad.:
Fr./Sr. Pharos Illuminans, we are here assembled to open for you the
Portal of the Vault of the Adepti, which admits you to the Second
Degree and brings you to the Threshold of the Inner or Second
Order.
Because of the increased power that will follow if, with steadfast
will and aspiration, you take this step in essence as well as in form,
it is needful that you take further pledges. Are you so willing?
Phil.:
I am willing.
nd Ad.:
Then taking in your right hand the Banner of the West and place
your left hand in that of the Third Adept, who is the living symbol
of the Black Pillar which governs the First Order, and touch the corresponding Emblem, the Black sash of restriction, on your breast,
and thus bind yourself while raising the Light which you hold, in
witness of your pledge.
Phil. raises right hand holding Banner and Lamp, while his/her left hand, held by
Third Adept, touches Sash.
nd Ad.:
First, do you pledge yourself to pursue, cultivate, and preserve the

Mysteries of these Paths and of this Ceremony?
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Phil.:
I do.
nd Ad.:
Second, do you further promise to use whatever practical knowledge

you may now, or at any future time possess in accord with your
True Will alone?
Phil.:
I do.
nd Ad.:
Third, do you also promise to regard all the knowledge

imparted to you as a trust, given into your hands,
not for selfish advantage, but for the service of all Life,
that the ancient tradition of Initiation
be kept pure and undefiled
and the Light be not lost for those that seek it in this Path?
Phil.:
I do.
nd Ad.:
Fourth and last, do you promise

to seek the Star in Every Man and Every Woman
within our Order and without it;
To labor in the creation of the peace and harmony
that comes when Love is the Law, Love under Will.
But to contend, if need be, As Brothers Fight;
And to be Willing to Destroy this
Outer Manifestation of the Order should it so need
liberation from corruption?
Phil.:
I do.
nd Ad.:
Then, realizing the Cross around your neck,

lift up your right hand,
holding the Banner and the Light and say:
I undertake to maintain the Veil
between the 1st and 2nd Orders.
May the Powers of the Elements bear witness to my pledges.
Now, in the Order, you were given intellectual teaching,

and earned your entrance into the Halls in tests
of what was taught. Here, you must prove
that you have truly attained thus far of your own strength,
and after you may progress by the higher Soul within you.
Around your neck, you wear
the Symbol of the Cross of Four Elements,
equilibrated and equated.
Establish it firmly in the Sphere of your own being
and advance by the Sun with courage.
2nd returns to throne. Phil. circumambulates around hall. Hiereus and Hegemon
move to Northwest to bar the way as in 1=10. When done with blocking officers
return to Elemental positions.
Hiereus:
Give me the Words and Signs of the Zelator

[Adonai Ha Aretz, Periclinus de Faustus, 55, Nun Heh].
Hiereus:
Give me the Grip of the First Order.

(done. Hegemon returns to station.)
Hiereus takes Phil. deocil to North, directs him to take up Salt from before the
Earth Tablet. Both facing North, Hiereus makes Cross over Salt with Sword then
faces altar and stands in the 1=10 Sign while Phil. circumambulates deosil saying
Earth Names.
Phil.:
Adonai Ha Aretz, Auriel, Emor Dial Hectega, Ic Zod Heh Chal.
S/he returns to North. Hiereus makes Earth Pentagram over Salt. Phil. removes
Lamp Shade. Hiereus takes Phil. to Altar and directs him to place Salt at North
side of Altar. Hiereus takes him to diagrams in the West.
Hiereus:
Done. Third Adept replaces Banner of the West and returns to his/her Sepherotic
throne. Phil. stays just inside threshold.
nd Ad.:
1 Portal
The Symbol of the Neophyte is 0=0.

To the first 0 is attached a Circleto the second, a Square.
The union of the circle and the square has many meanings,
of which one must be put before you,
for this you must accomplish in your own person,
ere you can advance further.
For if in the Mystic Sphere of Truth,
the way of Initiation may be trodden alone,
yet in another Sphere it hath a three-fold aspect
part that can be given to one from without
part that can be attained by one alone
part that can only come from the Divine.
Nya
The Point
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The Cross of Four Triangles called the Maltese Cross,

is a Symbol of the Four Elements in balanced disposition.
It is here given in the colors of the King scale and it is assigned
to the Four Sepheroth of the Halls of the First Order.
It is the Cross which heads the Praemonstrators Wand
who represents the Fourth Sepherah Chesed.
Four is also the Number of Jupiter whose Path unites
Chesed to Netzach. This Cross is therefore a fit emblem
for a Philosophus of the Grade of 4=7.
In this diagram (indicating it) are presented
the Circle, the Point, the Line,
the Cross, the Square and the Cube.
For the Circle is the Abyss, the Nothingness, the AIN.
The point is Kether. Now the Point has no dimension,
but in moving, it traces the Line.
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Hiereus:
This gives the first numberUnityyet

therein lies duality unmanifest, for two Points mark its ends.
The movement of the line makes the Plane or Square thus: (indicating). The motion of the Point at square angles
to its first direction and intersecting it makes the Cross.
So therefore are the Square and the Cross but one Symbol,
deriving from the Circle and the Point.
Here (indicating it) is shown the Occult Symbol of Malkuth,
the Tenth Sepherah.
It is in Four parts, corresponding to the Maltese Cross.
They are Fire of Earth, Water of Earth, Air of Earth,
and Earth of Earth, as indicated by the Symbol.
They correspond to the Four Halls of the First Order,
which in one sense, never leaves Malkuth, being the Halls
of the Four Lowest Sepheroth of Malkuth in Assiah.
Upon them is surcharged a white Hexagram in a Circle.
Phil. returns to E. Hegemon makes invoking Air Pentagram and directs Phil. to
uncover Lamp. Hegemon takes Phil. to Altar and directs him to put Rose Petals at
East side, then standing East of the Altar in Yesod, Hegemon shows Great Hermetic
Arcanum on the altar.
Hegemon: This Symbol represents the Great Hermetic Arcanum.
The feet of the Figure rest upon the Earth and the Sea.
In the Hand are represented the hot and moist natures, symbolised
by the torch and the horn of water.
These are further strengthened by the Solar
and fiery Emblems of the King and Lion,
and the Luna and watery emblems of the Queen and Dolphin.
Above the whole figure rise the wings of the aerial nature,
the Reconciler between the Fire and the Water.
Compare this Symbol with the Angel described in the 10th Chapter
of the Apocalypse or Revelation of St. John:
And I saw another mighty Angel come down
from heaven clothed with a cloud;
and a rainbow was upon his head,
and his face as it were, the Sun,
and his feet were as pillars of fire,
and he had in his hand a little book open;
and he set his right foot upon the Sea
and his left foot upon the Earth,
and he cried with a loud voice as when a lion roareth,
(the Green Lion, the Path of Leo and Teth above Tiphareth)
and when he cried, seven thunders uttered their voices,
(seven Aeons, represented under the regimen of the Planets).
The Dragon issuing from the cave represents volcanic fires.
The Thelemites say that the little book is the Book of the Law.
The 6 and 4 make 10, the number of Malkuth on the Tree.

The Hexagram is also the sign of the Macrocosm
of Tiphareth, and of the Six Upper Sephiroth,
wherefore here it is white
Spirit impacting and vivifying Matter.
Six are the mid points of the planes bounding a cube,
which derives from the square, and from the Cross
if the Center point moves thus (indicating third direction).
Malkuth must then be equated and refined
by the 6 impacting the 4:
and the link between 6 and 4 is the number of the Pentagram.
In these numbers and figures are hid many revelations.
Hierus directs Phil. to remain in W. then goes to Elemental position, strikes sign, rests.
nd Ad.:
Having achieved entry into Malkuth,

it is needful that you should pass through the Path of Tau,
the dark Path of the Sub-Lunar Astral Plane,
Go on, therefore, to the Tablet of the East.
Phil. travels deocil and is directed onward by 2nd Adept. Hiereus and Hegemon go
Northeast and bar the way, points of tools downwards and crossing.
Phil. goes towards the East and is stopped. Hegemon demands 2=9 Words and
Signs. [Shaddai El Chai, Poraios de Rejectus, 45, Mem Heh]. Hiereus returns to
North of Altar strikes 1=10 Sign & rests. Hegemon leads Phil. to Tablet, directs
Phil. to take up rose leaves, makes Cross over bowl and directs Phil. to circumambulate repeating Air Names. Hegemon stands in 2=9 Sign.
Phil.:
1 Portal
Shaddai El Chai, Raphael, Oro Ibah Aozpi, Bataivah.
Heg. leads Phil. in spiral out once around; hands him/her over to Hiereus in the
North and returns to place. 2nd and 3rd go to South West. Hiereus leads Phil.
around deocil. 2nd and 3rd bar way with crossed wands down pointing; Hiereus
returns to Elemental station and gives 1=10 sign; 3rd Adept asks for 3=8 Words
and Signs.[Elohim Tzabaoth, Monocris de Astris, 36 Eloah]. 2nd Adept retires to
throne. Third Adept conducts Phil. to West, gives him/her cup of water, makes cross
over cup, and directs Phil. to circumambulate saying the Water Names while s/he
remains standing in the Grade Sign until Phil. returns to West.
Phil.:
Elohim Tzabaoth, Gabriel, Empeh Arsel Gaiol, Raagiosel
Third Adept makes invoking Pentagram of Water over Cup. Phil. removes shade
from Lamp. Third Adept takes him/her to Altar where Phil. places cup in the West.
Hiereus comes to Altar. 3rd retires to Elemental position. Hiereus takes Phil. to
Tablet in North East.
Portal
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The initials of the following sentence in Latin,

the subtle fluid, the Light of the Earth,
make the word S.A.L.T. salt, and further,
the four words of the sentence answer to the four Elements: Subtilis,
Air; Aqua, Water; Lux, Fire; and Terra, Earth.
And the four words united yield 20 letters, that is,
the product of four, the number of the Elements,
multiplied by Five, the number of the Pentagram.
The words Fiat Lux, meaning Let there be Light,
consist of 7 letters. The letters of Fiat form the initials of Flatis,
Air; Aqua, Water; Ignus, Fire; and Terra, Earth.
Which four names again yield 20 letters as in the previous case.
And the word Lux is formed from the angles of the Cross, LVX.
Hegemon goes to South. Hiereus leads Phil. to Hegemon and retires to elemental
position. Hegemon leads Phil. to Southeast where 2nd and 3rd bar the way with
crossed wands. 2nd Adept asks for 4=7 Words and Signs. [AShRH Tzabaoth, Pharos
Illuminans, 28, Kaph Cheth]. Second Adept comes forward and conducts Phil. to
South. Third Adept remains at Elemental position, strikes 3=8 Sign, & rests.
Second Adept gives Phil. Red Lamp & Matches; makes Cross over it; directs Phil. to
go around saying the Fire Names while 2nd remains standing in the Grade Sign.
Phil.:
AShRH Tzabaoth, Michael, Oip Taa Pedoce, Edelpernaa
Phil. returns to South. Second Adept makes invoking Pentagram of Fire over Red
Lamp & Matches. Phil. removes shade from Lamp. Second Adept takes him/her
to Altar where s/he places Red Lamp in the South. Hegemon comes forward and
shows tablet in Southeast. 2nd Adept retires to elemental position strikes Sign and
rests.
Hegemon: These are the Seven Palaces of Holiness of the Briatic World.
The first is the Palace of the Holy of Holies answering to Kether,
Chokmah and Binah, and the Divine Name EL.
MySdq Sdq lkyh
Tvkz lkyh
EL
hbha lkyh
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MTzPTz
Nvxr lkyh
AShRH
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MymS Mxi lkyh

ELHIM
MTzPTz
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The fifth is the Palace of the Substance of Heaven, answering to

Netzach and ELOHIM.
This Tablet shows the symbolic manner in which certain names have
been used by our ancient brethren. You will note that the initials
of this sentence make the Latin word Vitriolum, Sulphuric acid.
Furthermore, the word Vitriol, Sulphur, and Mercury each consist of
seven letters answering to the alchemic powers of the seven Planets.
The second is the Palace of Love, answering to Chesed and the

Divine Name MATZPATZ (Mem, Tzaddi, Peh, Tzaddi),
which is a Temurah of Tetragrammaton.
The third is the Palace of Merit, answering to Geburah, and the
Divine Name YEHEVID (Yod, Heh, Vau, Daleth).
The sixth is the Palace of Severity answering to Hod and

MATZPATZ.
The seventh is the Palace of Crystal Whiteness answering to Yesod
and Malkuth, and the Divine Name YAH and ADONAI.
But the synthesis of these Holy Names is to be found in the word
TAKLITH which is Perfection.
2nd Adept leads Phil. to West of Double Cube. Hegemon goes East of Altar. 2nd
Adept takes Cross from Philosophus neck and places it in the midst of the Four
Elements. Hiereus directs Philosophus to stand in Neophyte Sign. 3rd Ad. behind
him/her. The four Officers strike Grade Signs.
Hiereus:
From the center outwards, so moveth the point

as it traceth the line and the Cross.
Equated and Equilibrated here lie
the Four Elements of the body of Osirus slain.
rd Ad.:
For Ausar Un-Nefer who is found perfect before the Gods,

hath said: These are the Elements of my Body,
Perfected through Suffering, Glorified through Trial.
For the scent of the Dying Rose
Is as the released sigh of my suffering:
And the flame red fire as the Energy of mine Undaunted Will:
And the Cup of Wine is the pouring out
of the Blood of my Heart:
Sacrificed unto Regeneration, unto Newer Life:
And the Bread and Salt are as the Foundations of my Body,
Which I destroy in order that they may be renewed.
For I am Osiris Triumphant,
Even Ausar Un-Nefer, the Justified:
I am He who is clothed in the Body of Flesh,
Yet in whom is the Spirit of the Great Gods:
I am The Lord of Life, triumphant over Death.
He who partaketh with me shall arise with me:
I am the Manifestor in Matter
Of Those Whose Abode is in the Invisible:
I am purified: I stand upon the Universe:
I am the Reconciler with the Eternal Gods:
I am the Perfector of Matter:
And without me the Universe is not.
The fourth is the Palace of Benevolence, answering to Tiphareth and

TETRAGRAMMATON.
1 Portal
Portal
1
nd Ad.:
The Rite of the Portal, part :

Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths
May the corrosive Cross return upon itself,

from without inward,
from the Four Quarters to the Center,
and become by sacrifice and transmutation,
an offering acceptable, a body glorified.
center projection
Chief Adept, unseen, sounds gong once. Drop signs. Hiereus has Phil. give Sign of
Silence.
nd Ad.:
tablet of Union
You will now quit the Temple for a short time, and on your return
the Ceremony of your advance will proceed.
Gong
Hiereus leads Phil. out, both making Qabalistic Cross at portal.
Chief
Adept
White
Lamp
Brazier
Third Adept
Second Adept
Pentacle
rose
Petals
two Forms of
temperance
Diagrams of Malkuth
& ain into Matter
lamp
Fire tablet
Red
Lamp
&
Matches
lamp
1 Portal
lamp
Diagram of typhon
& Death tarot Key
Diagram of Pan &

the Devil tarot Key
Veil (open)
air tablet
lamp
rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths
Therefore, in the Ritual of the 32nd Path,

you passed by the Four Kerubic Stations,
as a fore-shadowing of the Rites of the Cross,
the full completion of the First Order
which you have now accomplished.
Having traversed the Path of Tau,
the Sub-Lunar Astral Plane
and of the Black Pillar, stand firm in Yesod,
that the Black Pillar may become the White.
Diagrams changed, Double Cube Altar in Sepherotic position, Pentagram suspended

above Altar. Philosophus still has Dim Lamp.
nd Ad.:
rd Ad.:
Hegemon: !
Hiereus:
Chief Adept parts curtain, makes invoking Active Spirit Pentagram with Lamp,
Knocks and withdraws.
nd Ad.:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, will you please present the Philosophus with the
admission Badge, instruct him/her in the proper alarm and admit
him/her?
Hiereus:
I will
Hiereus salutes, makes Qabalistic Cross at the door, and goes out. S/he gives
Lamen to Philosophus who knocks five times. Hegemon opens door. Philosophus
& Hiereus enter, make Qabalistic Cross. Hegemon returns to place. Hiereus
leads Philosophus sun-wise to West and points out Diagram of Malkuth in
West Northwest from the previous part, then indicating the Temple, says,
Hiereus:
Herein has been established the Equated Cross

which is ruler over the Kingdom of Matter.
This Symbol may be found even upon
the crowns of the Kings of this Earth.
Hands Phil. Tau Letter-Portal.

Hiereus:
Hiereus:
0 Portal
The letter Tau leads from the Airy quarter

of Malkuth into Yesod.
Air is uppermost in the Symbol as in the Planet Earth
where the atmosphere is furthest from the core.
Moreover, the Letter Tau signifies the Cross,
the impact of Spirit upon matter.
My lamen is given you as your Badge or Key,
for I am the Ruler in Malkuth,
and the Guardian of the Underworld.
I am also Lord of the Path of Tau,
the link between the first and second degrees,
and also between the Outer and the Inner.
This Path of Tau, dark and full of Mystery,
under the presidency of Saturn
and the Tarot Key of the Universe, leads,
as you have learned in the 2=9 Hall,
through the Astral Plane.
Hiereus leads Phil. to Hegemon at Altar and takes away Tau. Hegemon rises as
Phil. approaches but stands between Phil. and the Altar, so that Phil. does not too
clearly apprehend the change in Symbols.
Hegemon: Before you in the East, are the Five Portals
of the 21st, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 23rd Paths.
Five will divide the Number of the Letter of each of them,
as it will divide without remainder the number of the letter
of every Path from that of Yod, the 20th
to that of Tau, the 32nd.
The Five Paths visible are assigned to Mem, Water;
Ayin, Capricorn an Earthy Sign;
Samekh, Sagittarius, a Fiery Sign;
Nun, Scorpio, a Watery Sign,
but in its Highest aspect also a Ruler of Air;
and Kaph, Jupiter, which Planet is akin to Spirit,
and rules especially Aspiration.
Thus both in Number and significance these Paths
jointly set forth the eternal symbol of the Pentagram.
This Symbol must now be established
wherefore advancing by the Kerubic Path of Aquarius
approach the highest in Netzach.
Hegemon leads Phil. to 2nd Adepts station before the paths of Kaph and Nun. 2nd
Adept rises.
In the following Paths selections of Poetry are read to the Aspirant that express the
nature of the path in the best judgement of the initiator(s). They are replaceable
at will and may efficaciously be chosen subject to the personal associations of the
reader, the Aspirant or the Initiator(s). It is useful to gender-adjust those selections
that contain emphatic references and pronouns to match that of the Aspirant.
nd Ad.:
Wherefore do you stand at the base of the White Pillar,

Lord of the First Degree?
Phil.:
(Prompted by Hegemon)
I seek the Path of Kaph, the Path of Aspiration.
Portal
1
Hiereus:
(Knock) Beware!
Temerity is not courage, Initiate of the First Degree!
Remember the warning of the Tower Struck by Lightning
that was revealed in the highest Path
you have yet adventured in these Halls.
As a house built upon the Sand can not endure,
so without the strength of Geburah
the Height of Chesed cannot be assailed.
Stay, there, ere your limbs be broken upon the Wheel.
nd Ad.:
The Portal of Kaph is barred, yet it is well to aspire,

though it may be folly to attempt.
This Path is governed by the Wheel of Life and Death,
and hard it is to be freed from the Wheel.
Phil.:
(Prompted by Hegemon) Let me seek then the Path of Nun.
nd Ad.:
It is open to you, unto the limit of your strength.
And dust of the laboring earth;

And bodies of things to be
In the houses of death and of birth;
And wrought with weeping and laughter,
And fashioned with loathing and love,
With life before and after
And death beneath and above,
For a day and a night and a morrow,
That his strength might endure for a span
With travail and heavy sorrow,
The holy spirit of man.
nd Ad.:
Hegemon returns to his/her station at the West of Altar. Second Adept leads Phil.
deocil towards West.
Hiereus:
(knocks and rises quickly to bar the way in the West)

In the Power of Typhon the Destroyer
and Death the Transformer, stand.
nd Ad.:
Thus far and no farther is it permitted to penetrate

into the Path of Nun at this time.
The Mysteries may now be partially revealed unto you.
Second Adept takes Phil. to Southeast and shows the Death Trump. Hiereus follows.
nd Ad.:
Portal
Before the beginning of years,

There came to the making of man
Time, with a gift of tears;
Grief, with a glass that ran;
Pleasure, with pain for leaven;
Summer, with flowers that fell;
Remembrance fallen from heaven,
And madness risen from hell;
Strength without hands to smite;
Love that endures for a breath:
Night, the shadow of light,
And life the shadow of death.
And the high gods took in hand
Fire and the falling of tears,
And a measure of sliding sand
From under the feet of the years;
And froth and drift of the sea;
From the winds of the north and the south

They gathered as unto strife;
They breathed upon his mouth,
They filled his body with life;
Eyesight and speech they wrought
For the veils of the soul therein,
A time for labor and thought,
A time to serve and to sin,
They gave him light in his ways
And love, and a space for delight,
And beauty and length of days,
And night, and sleep in the night.
His speech is a burning fire;
With his lips he travaileth:
In his heart is a blind desire,
In his eyes foreknowledge of death;
He weaves and is clothed with derision;
Sow, and he shall not reap;
His life is a watch or a vision
Between a sleep and a sleep.
Hiereus shows the figure of Typhon.

Hiereus:
Behold the image of Apophis or Typhon:

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer:
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Portal

Hiereus:
nd Ad.:
Surely some revelation is at hand;

Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in the sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
The 24th Path of Sepher Yetzerah to which
the Tarot Key of Death is referred is called
the Imaginative Intelligence, remember this,
and it is so called because it gives form to all similitudes
which are created in a manner similar to its harmonious elegances.
For the outward form always follows the Hidden law,
thus from Chaos is produced harmony,
just as a beautiful flower is produced from decaying matter.
Return now to Yesod, for here no more may be spoken.
Second Adept returns to station. Hiereus leads Phil. to Hegemon near Altar then
returns to Elemental station in the North.
Hegemon: Approach now the station of Hod by the Path of Resh, the Sun.
Hegemon leads Phil. to 3rd Adepts station before the paths of Mem and Aayin.
3rd Adept rises.
rd Ad.:
Already the Sash of the Black Pillar is upon you

already you have passed the dark Path of Tau.
What more do you seek of me, Initiate of the 1st Degree?
Phil.:
(Prompted) I seek the Path of Mem, the Path of Sacrifice.
Hiereus:
(Knock) Be warned, vainglorious one!

Samson broke down the Two Pillars and perished.
Having but one Pillar, can you bear up the might of Geburah,
can you attain strength without the Life of Tiphareth?
rd Ad.:
The Portal of Mem is barred.

Yet it is well to be willing for the Sacrifice itself,
if as yet not fully prepared.
For in the Path of Mem rules the Hanged Man,
the power of the Great Waters.
Portal
Can your tears prevail against the Tide of the Sea,

your might against the waves of the storm,
your love against the sorrows of all the world?
Phil.:
(Prompted) Let me seek then the Path of Ayin.
rd Ad.:
It is open to you to the limit of your strength.
Hegemon returns to his/her station at the West of Altar. Third Adept leads Phil.
Hiereus:
(knocks, rises quickly, and bars way in the West)

By the Power of Pan and the Goat of Mendes, stand!
rd Ad.:
Thus far and no farther are you permitted to penetrate the Path
Ayin at this time, whose mysteries may now be partially revealed to
you. (Taking Phil. to Northeast, Hiereus following)
Behold the 15th Key of the Tarot:
Gnarled Oak of God! In thy branches is the lightning nested!
Above thee hangs the Eyeless Hawk.
Thou are blasted and black!
Supremely solitary in that heath of scrub.
Up! The ruddy clouds hang over thee! It is the storm.
There is a flaming gash in the sky
Up.
Thou are tossed about in the grip of the storm
for an aeon and an aeon and an aeon.
But thou givest not thy sap;
thou fallest not.
Only in the end shalt thou give up thy sap when
the great God F.I.A.T. is enthroned
on the day of Be-with-Us
Now shalt thou adore me who am the Eye and the Tooth,
the Goat of the Spirit, the Lord of Creation.
I am the Eye in the Triangle,
the Silver Star the ye adore.
I am Baphomet, that is the Eightfold Word
that shall be equilibrated with the Three.
There is no act or passion
that shall not be a hymn in mine honor.
All holy things and all symbolic things shall be my sacraments.
These animals are sacred unto me; the goat, and the duck,
and the ass, and the gazelle,
the man, the woman and the child.
Portal

All corpses are sacred unto me;

they shall not be touched save in mine eucharist.
All lonely places are sacred unto me;
where one man gathereth himself together in my name,
there will I leap forth in the midst of him.
On all sides Pan to the eye, to the ear;

The perfume of Pan pervading,
the taste of him utterly filling my mouth,
so that the tongue breaks forth
into a weird and monstrous speech.
The embrace of him intense on every center
of pain and pleasure.
The sixth interior sense aflame with the inmost self of Him,
Myself flung down the precipice of being
Even to the abyss, annihilation.
An end to loneliness, as to all.
Pan! Pan! Io Pan! Io Pan!
I am the hideous god; and who mastereth me is uglier than I.

Yet I give more than Bacchus and Apollo;
my gifts exceed the olive and the horse.
Who worshippeth me must worship me with many rites.
I am concealed with all concealments;
when the Most Holy Ancient One is stripped
and driven through the marketplace
I am still secret and apart.
Whom I love I chastise with many rods.
All things are sacred to me; no thing is sacred from me.
For there is no holiness where I am not.
Fear not when I fall in the fury of the storm;
for mine acorns are blown afar by the wind;
and verily I shall rise again, and my children about me,
so that we shall uplift our forest in Eternity.
Eternity is the storm that covereth me.
I am Existence,
that Existence that existeth not
save through its own Existence,
that is beyond the Existence of Existences,
and rooted deeper than the No-Thing-Tree
in the land of No-Thing.
Hiereus shows Phil. figure of Pan.
Hiereus:
Behold the Image of Pan.

Into my loneliness comes
The sound of a flute in dim groves
that haunt the uttermost hills.
Even from the brave river they reach
to the edge of the wilderness.
And I behold Pan.
The snows are eternal, above, above
And their perfume smokes upwards
into the nostrils of the stars.
But what have I to do with these?
To me only the distant flute, the abiding vision of Pan.
Portal
rd Ad.:
The 26th Path of the Sepher Yetzerah,

to which the Tarot Key of the Devil is referred
is called the Renovating Intelligence, remember this,
because, by it are renewed all the changing forms
which are renewed by the Creation of the World.
Return again to Yesod, for here no more may be spoken.
Third Adept returns to Sepherotic station. Hiereus leads Phil. West of Double Cube.
Hegemon rises as they approach. Hiereus and Hegemon stand on either side of Phil.
All three face East.
Hiereus:
(Showing Lamen) In guardianship and not in enmity,

have I barred your venturing, O Philosophus.
Now may it be revealed unto you that in my Lamen of Office
is hidden the Key which you seek.
For the Triangle in the Circle
is the high symbol of the Holy Triad,
and the first Three Sepheroth,
and of Binah wherein is the Sphere of Saturn,
Ruler of the Path Tau. Therefore do I wear it, and therefore,
when you entered the Hall of the Neophytes in the 0=0 Rite,
when first the hood-wink was raised,
you beheld before you the Sword that barred
and the Symbol which overcometh the barrier.
The Lamen in its more special attribution to the Hiereus,
has the following meanings.
In the circle are the Four Sephiroth,
The first three are the angles of the Triangle inscribed within,
while the sides are the Paths of Nun, Ayin and Peh, respectively.
The center is the Letter Samekh, and the 25th Path.
While the Wheel revolves, the hub is still.
Seek ever then the center, look from without to within.
Behold the Key to your Path.
Hiereus puts Badge aside.
Portal

Hegemon: Five Paths are before you

four have you attempted and each was guarded
by a symbol sinister and dread. Yet,
Debate not of the image saying Beyond! Beyond!
One mounteth unto the Crown by the moon
and by the Sun, and by the arrow, and by the Foundation,
and by the dark home of the stars from the black earth.
Not otherwise may ye reach unto the Smooth Point
Thus, by this straight and narrow way only
is advance between the dangers
that have threatened you possible.
Third Adept descends to North side of Altar.
rd Ad.:
Sagittarius, the Archer is a bi-corporate Sign

the Centaur; the Man and the Horse combined.
Recall what was said unto thee in the passage
of the 31st Path of Fire,
leading unto the 3=8 Hall of the Practici:
Also there is the vision of the fire flashing Courser of Light,
or also a child borne aloft upon the shoulders
of the Celestial Steed, fiery or clothed with gold,
or naked and shooting from the bow shafts of light
and standing on the shoulder of a horse.
But, if thy meditation prolongeth itself thou shalt unite
all these symbols in the form of a Lion.
For thus wilt thou cleave upward by the Path of Sagittarius,
through the Sixth Sepherah into the Path of Teth,
answering to Leo, the Lion the reconciling Path
between Mercy and Severity, Chesed and Geburah,
beneath whose center hangs the glorious Sun of Tiphareth
Therefore, by the straight and narrow Path of Sagittarius,
let the Philosophus advance,
like the arrow from the center of Qesheth, the Bow.
Second Adept descends to South of the Altar

nd Ad.:
Portal
Before you, upon the Altar lie

the Four Emblems of your purified body,
and over them is the Symbol of the Pentagram,
while beneath in the midst is the five-squared
Cross of the Four Elements and the Spirit within them.
If you are willing, in service and in sacrifice to offer
the purified powers of your body,
bind about your neck the Cross,
and stretch the Light you bear over
the Four Emblems in prayer and offering.
Phil. places Cross of 5-Squares about neck and raises Dim Lamp over Elements. A
moment of silence for the Phil. to focus and connect with the energy of the action.
Then, all come east of the Altar. Phil. in middle with Lamp and Cross around neck.
Second Adept right and Third Adept left. Hegemon and Hiereus behind and left
and right, respectively. Each brings Elemental Emblems from Altar. Hiereus Salt,
Hegemon Rose-petals, Second AdeptRed Lamp & Incense sticks, Third Adept
Water (water is not H20 but whisky), Phil. Motto written on paper (preferably
flash-paper).
nd Ad.:
Fr./Sr. Philosophus,
what was the additional Symbol given you
in the 4=7 as a link with the Second Order?
Phil.:
Phrath
Hegemon hands Phil. paper with motto. All advance towards the Veil.
nd Ad.:
Hail Hidden Warden of the Portal of the Vault!

Here is one who comes in the Word Phrath.
Ch. Ad.:
(Gong) If he would rend the Veil, let him/her complete the Word.
nd Ad.:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, what know you of the Word?
Hiereus:
Tau, the Letter of Saturn,

ruling the Path of Malkuth to Yesod, linked to Earth.
nd Ad.:
Fr./Sr. Hegemon, what know you of the Word?
Hegemon: Resh, the Letter of Sol, the Path joining Yesod to Hod,
and it is also the Letter linked with rule over Air
as the Sun ruleth the Air in Tiphareth.
nd Ad.:
Fr./Sr. Third Adept, what know you of the Word?
rd Ad.:
Peh, the Letter of Mars, of the Path joining Hod to Netzach,

which is also a Letter linked to Water, as Mars ruleth Water,
and to Fire, as Mars ruleth Fire in Geburah.
nd Ad.:
Mars in Peh linketh the base of the Black Pillar

to the Base of the White Pillar,
and the converse of Mars is Jupiter
for Jupiter is Lord of Fire, but in Chesed He ruleth Water,
balancing Mars in Geburah.
Now, the Letter of Jupiter is Kaph,
linking Netzach with Chesed; and Kaph continueth
the Path Peh to Chesed, and is the highest Path
now visible to you. It is the Path of Aspiration
and its Planet Jupiter rules also in Sagittarius.
Therefore, take the Light of the Highest for Guide,
and thus do I reveal the Letter Kaph unto you
and complete the Word:
Portal

All lay down Elemental emblems & scripts
Ch. Ad.:
In the Letter Resh (Incense)
rd Ad.:
rd Ad.:
In the Letter Peh. (Water of Life)
Hegemon: Resh (Knocks, gives Sign of Air)
Ch. Ad.:
In the Letter Shin. (Incense)
nd Ad.:
Kaph (Knocks, gives Sign of Fire)
nd Ad.:
In the Letter Kaph. (Incense Sticks)
Hiereus:
Tau (Knocks, gives Sign of Earth)
Ch. Ad.:
In the Letter Aleph (Incense)
All:
(All make Qabalistic Cross vibrating the word).

Pa!(vertical)
Ro!(horizontal)
Keth!(at heart)
All:
In the Letter Teth. (Phil. drops in motto)
Peh (Knocks, gives Sign of Water)
Phil:
(Prompted by Third Adept) In the Word Paroketh,

in the Power of the Cross and the Pentagram,
I claim to behold the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
Ch. Ad.:
(Gong) It is the Word of the Veil,

the Veil of the Sanctum Sanctorum., and of the Temple,
and before the Holy of Holies, the Veil which is rent asunder.
It is the Veil of the Four Elements of the Body of Human-kind,
which is offered upon the Cross in the service of the World.
(Chief Adept stands) In the Word Phrath,
in the Spirit of Service and Sacrifice, draw nigh.
Chief Adept makes Spirit Pentagrams over the Whole, then stretching out Scepter
touches Phil. on the breast. Placing Lamp on Altar of Incense, Chief Adept takes
the Cross around Phil.s neck and showing the back, black side says:
Ch. Ad.:
Yet with this assurance be not thou content;

for though thou hast the wings of the Eagle, they are vain,
except they be joined to the shoulders of the Bull.
Now therefore, I send forth a shaft of my light,
even as a ladder let down from the heaven upon the earth,
and by this black cross of Themis that I hold before thine eyes,
do I swear unto thee that the path
shall be open henceforth for evermore. (Gong)
Second Adept shows Phil. Opening Sign.

nd Ad.:
This is the Sign of the Rending of the Veil,

and thus standing you form the Tau Cross.
All retrieve Elemental Emblems. Second Adept and Third Adept stand at the Veil,
ready to open it. as Phil. gives sign. Phil., holding Dim Lamp and Motto, gives
Portal Sign. Second Adept and Third Adept use wands to draw back Veil, revealing Chief Adept standing also in the Sign of Tau, with Scepter and White Lamp.
Second Adept and Third Adept and Phil. enter Veil until Phil. stands between
Pillars, Second Adept South, Third Adept North. Hegemon and Hiereus behind.
Phil. should remain in Sign throughout Offering Ritual.
Ch. Ad.:
Freely and of full purpose and with understanding

do you offer yourself upon the Altar of the Spirit?
Phil.:
I do.
As they say their Words, each officer comes forward to drop their emblems into the
brazier and makes Grade Sign while doing so. I.e., approach and center on brazier;
deposit most of element; make Grade Sign; say Words. Chief Adept makes appropriate pentagram over each. Phil. drops in Motto.
Hiereus:
In the Letter Tau. (Salt)
Ch. Ad.:
In the Letter Heh (Incense)
Hegemon: In the Letter Resh (Rose petals)

0 Portal
S/he who hath known me, though but from afar,

is marked out and chosen from among folk,
and s/he shall never turn back or turn aside,
for s/he hath made the link that is not to be broken,
nay, not by the malice of the Four Great Princes
of the evil of the world, nor by Choronzon, that mighty Devil,
nor by the wrath of God,
nor by the affliction and feebleness of the soul.
Second Adept and Third Adept come forward between the Pillars, Rending the Veil
in passing, to stand along side Chief Adept, Second Adept in South, Third Adept in
North.
Ch. Ad.:
Stretch out your hand to touch the Black Pillar (done),

the Pillar of the First Degree,
wherein all was as yet the darkness of the Path Tau.
This was a period of restriction and of groping.
Stretch out your right hand now to touch the White Pillar
of the Second Degree wherein is the Fire of the Path Samekh.
Standing thus you are at the point of equilibrium,
Master of Both, Lord of the Second Degree,
Lord of the Paths of the Vault of the Adepti.
Yet Remember that the One Pillar can not support
the Whole Temple without the Other.
Standing thus you also stand in the Sign of Osirus Slain.
Ours is the Magick of Light.
Portal
1
Ch. Ad.:
As a token of your attainment to the White Pillar,

I confer upon you the White Sash of Gestation.
(Third Adept puts on white sash).
As you have pierced the Veil it is proper that you learn

to call and wield that which lies beyond that Veil: LVX.
Therefore, as by names and by images
are all powers awakened and reawakened,
behold in the Officers of the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti
the Signs which call the Light,
the first of which you now stand in
and which practice you will make your special object
during your time in the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
The Grip of this Degree is the Grip of the First Order,

but given with the Left Hand representing the Sepherah Chesed
and the White Pillar. The Sign is given thus: (giving it)
and symbolizes the rending asunder of a veil.
The answering sign is given by the converse, thus: (giving it).
The Password, as you have learned is Paroketh,
which is the Veil of the Sanctum Sanctorum
and is exchanged by letter, thus:
The three adepts formulate the LVX by the INRI:LVX formula. The Light is to be
focused upon the new Dominus Liminis.
Ch. Ad.:
Ch. Ad.:
Peh.
nd Ad.:
Phil.:
(Prompted) Resh.
rd Ad.:
Ch. Ad.:
Kaph.
All Three: I
Phil.:
Tau
Ch. Ad.:
Yod
Ch. Ad.:
nd Ad.:
Nun
Also, I greet and call you Osirus Dominus Liminis,

the deceased Lord Osirus-of-the-Threshold.
rd Ad.:
Resh
You have earned that title and status by passing

through the Rites of the Cross and the Pentagram
for these rites are rituals of death and corruption,
the alchemical blackening before the Gold can emerge.
Further, I give you the Word Eth which crowns
the Pyramid of the Four Elements in the 4=7 Hall,
and is one symbol of the Spirit
which converts the Cross into the Pentagram.
All Three: Yod

Ch. Ad.:
Virgo, Isis, Mighty Mother
nd Ad.:
Scorpio, Apophis Destroyer
rd Ad.:
Sol, Osirus, Slain and Risen.
All Three: Isis, Apophis, Osiris, IAO!

Ch. Ad.:
The Sign of Osiris Slain
nd Ad.:
The Sign of the Mourning of Isis
rd Ad.:
The Sign of Apophis Triumphant
All Three: The Sign of Osiris Risen, LVX, Lux, Light of the Cross!
Chief Adept directs Phil. to put arms down.
Ch. Ad.:
I.N.R.I. has many and divers meanings in the Hermetic Art.

One is Intra Natura Regnet Ignus ,
Or Within Nature Reigns Fire.
Another is Ingus Naturam Renovir Integra,
Or Fire renews the Integrity of Nature.
This is the Fire or Light that we invoke.
I greet you, Dominus Liminis, or Lord of the Threshold,
as the title now bestowed upon you is translated.
Portal
Wherefore above my Throne is this Tablet,

(indicating tablet) called the Tablet of Union
which binds together the Four Tablets
into one under the presidency of the Spirit
Ch. Ad.:
Thus far by work of the Intellect, and by aid of the Rites,

have you come. Now must you labor to establish
the Pentagram in yourself, to make yourself truly
a Microcosm reflecting the Macrocosm
whose symbolic Hexagram of Tiphareth lies yet before you.
Thus it is the special task of the Dominus Liminus
to invoke in turn each of the Elements.
This Degree is in one sense attributed to Yesod,
the base of the Path of Probation, Sagittarius.
Thus the Sash that you wear could also be called
the Sash of Probation.
Portal

Ch. Ad.:
It is the symbol of the Red Rose and the Cross of Gold,

uniting the powers of the 4 and 5 and 6 within itself,
but to learn its full meaning and import it is necessary
that you be admitted to the fellowship of that other Order
to which the Golden Dawn is one of the Veils.
Prepare yourself then.
For in the nine months that follow and which are necessary
before the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti
can be opened for you again,
it is needful for you to prove and to be proven
in your craft of working the Magick of Light.
For what lies beyond is the Night.
You have slain yourself upon the Altar

of Sacrifice and entered into the Light.
Chief Adept directs Phil. to put down the Dim Lamp. He then rises with Scepter;
hands Tablet of Union to 2nd Adept; takes up White Lamp; leads new D.L. to
Altar, and places White Lamp thereon.
Nine months must you dwell in that womb,

ere you can be born as a Star in the Night.
Second Adept follows bringing Tablet of Union to place on Altar.

Hegemon places Tarot Key Art on West side of Altar (if not already there).
Officers return to Sepherotic thrones.
Hiereus & Hegemon replace their Elements before their respective Tablets, and form
a Cross around Double Cube with the 2nd and 3rd Adepts.
Closing
Second Adept and Third Adept hand Red Elemental Lamp and Blue Cup to D.L.
who holds them while the Chief Adept directs his/her attention to the Tarot Trump.
3rd Adept returns West behind Ch. Ad. 2nd Ad. returns South.
Ch. Ad.:
The 25th Path of the Sepher Yetzerah and the Path before you
is that of Samekh to which is referred the Tarot Key of Art,
also called Temperance. Study well its symbolism
for it is a profound arcanum of the task before you.
The Fire and the Water that you hold is a Key also.
This Path is also called the Intelligence of Probation,
remember this, for it is the primary temptation by which the
Creator-Creatrix tries all righteous persons.
That is, in it there is ever present the temptation
to turn aside to the one hand or to the other.
(indicating the lamp and the cup)
Second Adept and Third Adept return Elements from central altar to their respective Tablets.
Ch. Ad.:
Portal
Seeing that you are now

Lord of the Paths of the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti
and have entered into the Second Degree, it is fitting
that you should have the knowledge of the emblems
of the Halls of the First Order.
It is therefore your responsibility to make
a special object of study of them in both the classic text
of this ritual and in all other Order documents.
Yet upon my breast is a symbol, which,
O Lord of the Threshold is as yet unknown to you.
It is no Symbol of the Golden Dawn,
nor of the First Order nor of your own Degree.
Ch. Ad.:
(Standing at Veil, facing West, Knock) Fraters and Sorores,

please assist me to close the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
All rise.
Ch. Ad.:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, Please see that the entrance is properly guarded.
Hiereus:
Fr./Sr. Chief Adept, (gives Closing Portal sign)

the entrance is properly guarded.
Ch. Ad.:
Fraters and Sorores, give the Signs of the Neophyte,

(towards altar, done), Zelator, (done), Theoricus (done),
Practicus, (done), Philosophus (done).
Give the sign of the Rending of the Veil, (done).
Give the Sign of the Closing of the Veil, (done).
Fr./Sr. Second Adept, what is the Word?
nd Ad.:
Peh.
Ch. Ad.:
Resh.
nd Ad.:
Kaph.
Ch. Ad.:
Tau.
nd Ad.:
The whole Word is Paroketh,

Ch. Ad.:
In and by that Word,

I declare the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti duly closed.
Chief Adept turns East and draws curtain.

Officers take up their stations before Elemental Tablets.
Chief Adept stands West of the Altar, facing East, D.L. behind him/her.
Portal

Ch. Ad.:
In the Power of the Name AShRH

and in the might of the concealed Name, ____________,
in the Symbol of the Tablet of Union and by the Word Eth,
Spirits of the Five Elements, Hear me!
Depart (each Officer simultaneously makes banishing Pentagrams of
their own Element before the Tablet, ending with Grade Sign.) in peace
unto your habitations.
May there be peace between us and you,
and be ye ready to come when you are called. (each Officer simultaneously makes Closing Sign then Passive Spirit Pentagram vibrating
AGLA before the Tablet, ending with Sign of Silence. Officers turn to
Double Cube.)
Chief Adept gives LVX signs; gives Closing Sign, and makes Passive Spirit
Pentagram vibrating A.G.L.A. All face East and together make Qabalistic Cross.
Ch. Ad.:
!!!! !
rd Ad.:
!!!! !
nd Ad.:
!!!! !
Hiereus:
!!!! !
Hegemon: !!!! !
Dedication of Merit
ALL:
Portal

So mote it be.
The Adeptus Minor Rite

Consecration Ceremony
of the Vault of the Adepti
Het Nuit Redaction, v5.1, December, 2007

Adeptus MinorVault Consecration

center projection
Consecration Ceremony of the Vault of the Adepti

Air Tablet
Materials & Equipment

Robes:
Chief Adept:
Second Adept:
Third Adept:
Hodos Chamelionis:
Rose or
Invisible
Throne
Blue and Orange, with winged Sphere Wand.

Red and Green, with Wast.
Yellow and Purple, with Lotus Wand.
White
All may wear golden slippers or shoes to match robes.

Each Officer carries a Crux Ansata on his/her left wrist.
Vault
Fire Tablet
Candidates should be dressed in black, have crossed Sashes, and have

supplied Officers with Second Order name.
Admission bAdges:
Hiereus Lamen, Sword and Serpent diagram.

Chief
Third
Adept
Second
Adept
Adept
AdditionAl RequiRed mAteRiAls:

Cup of Wine, Dagger, a Tarot Deck, Crown, White Robe, and 5=6
Sash for the Candidate.
This Consecration to be performed annually on Day C, or for a new
Vault, before its first use.
Cross of Obligation
Consecration Opening
Members assemble and wear Regalia. Three Chiefs robed and seated as
in opening of 5=6.
Hodos Chamelionis
Chief:
Gracious Adeptus Minor, see that the Portal of the Vault

is closed and guarded. (done)
Third:
Merciful Exempt Adept, the Portal is closed and guarded.
Chief stands, lifts his Wand on high, and says:

Chief:
HEKAS HEKAS ESTE BEBELOI!

This is followed by the Watchtower Ceremony. After the Watchtower

Ceremony, the Third Adept takes charge, moves to center seat, and performs the ceremony of the Opening of Portal.
Third:
(knocks 4, 1) Very Honoured Fraters and Sorors, assist me

to open the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
All rise.
Third:
Third:
Give the Signs of a Neophyte, Zelator, Theoricus, Practicus,

Philosophus. (done)
Very Honoured Hodos Chamelionis, what is the additional
Mystic Title bestowed on a Philosophus as a link with the
Second Order?
Hodos:
Phrath.
Third:
To what does it allude?
Hodos:
To the fourth sacred river.
Third:
What is the Sign?
Hodos:
The Sign of the Rending Asunder of the Veil. (gives it)
Third:
What is the Word?
Hodos:
Peh.
Third:
Resh.
Hodos:
Kaph.
Third:
Tau.
Hodos:
The whole word is PAROKETH, meaning the veil of the

Sanctum Sanctorum.
Third:
In and by that word, I declare the Portal of this Vault of

the Adepts duly open. (Leads Qabalistic Cross with All.)
Second:
Roseae Rubeae.
Third:
Et Aureae Crucis.
Chief:
Very Honoured Fraters and Sorors, assist me to open

the Vault of the Adepts. (knocks). Very Honoured Hodos
Chamelionis, see that the entrance is guarded.
Hodos:
(does so, and salutes) Merciful Exempt Adept, the entrance

is guarded.
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, by what Sign hast thou entered

the Portal?
Second:
By the Sign of the Rending of the Veil. (gives it)
Chief:
Gracious Adeptus Minor, by what Sign hast thou closed

the Portal?
Third:
By the Sign of the Closing of the Veil. (gives it)
Second:
PEH.
Third:
RESH.
Second:
KAPH.
Third:
TAU.
Second:
PAROKETH.
Third:
Which is the Veil of the Sanctum Sanctorum.
the PAssWoRd
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, What is the Mystic Number of the

Grade?
Second:
Twenty-one.
Chief:
What is the Password formed there from?
Third opens veil. Three Adepts take places.
Third:
ALEPH
Second:
! (=knock)
Chief:
HEH
Third:
Third:
YOD
Chief:
Chief:
HEH
Second:
Third:
EHEIEH
Chief:
Ave Fraters et Sorors.
the nAtuRe of the VAult
Chief:
Gracious Adeptus Minor, what is the meaning of the name

Abiegnus?
Third:
Abiegnus is the Evergreen Fir Tree. Thus, Mount Abiegnus

is the Evergreen Mountain and alludes to Everlasting Life.
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, what is the Key to the Vault?
Second:
The Rose and Cross which resume the Life of Nature and
the Powers hidden in the word Abrahadabra.
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, What is the Vault of the Adepti?
Second:
The House of Khabs, which is a compendium of the

Universe.
Chief:
Gracious Adeptus Minor, How can this be?
Third:
In the Sphere, the center is everywhere

while the circumference is nowhere found.
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, what virtue has the center?
Chief:
Second:
Centrum In Trigono Centri, the center of the triangle of

the center is the point of perfect equilibrium.
Gracious Adeptus Minor, what is the Emblem which we

bear in our left hands?
Third:
Chief:
Gracious Adeptus Minor, what was the Vault entitled by

our Fraters and Sorors of the Renaissance?
It is a form of the Rose and Cross, the ancient Ankh or

Egyptian symbol of life.
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, what is its meaning?
Third:
The symbolic burying place of the Founder Christian

Rosenkreutz.
Second:
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, what does the Mystic Name of the

Founder signify?
It represents the force of the Ten Sepheroth in Nature,

divided into a Hexad and a Tetrad. The Oval embraces
the first six Sephiroth and the Tau Cross the lower Four,
answering to the four Elements.
Second:
The Rose and Cross of Life; the Fadeless Rose of Creation

the Immortal Cross of Light.
Chief:

bear upon our breasts?
Chief:

our more ancient Fraters and Sorors?
Third:
The complete symbol of the Rose and Cross.
Chief:
Third:
The Tomb of Ausar Un-Nefer, the Justified One.
Second:
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, of what shape is the Vault?
It is the Key of Sigils and of Rituals, and represents the force

of the twenty-two Letters in Nature, as divided into a Three,
a Seven, and a Twelve. Many and great are its Mysteries.
Second:
A Cube, inside a Cube-Octahedron, inside an Octahedron,

inside a Tetrahedron.
Chief:
Gracious Adeptus Minor, what is the Wand which thou

bearest?
Chief:
Gracious Adeptus Minor, unto what do these shapes

allude?
Third:
Third:
The Cube to the Palace, the Cube-Octahedron to the

Cosmos, the Octahedron to Hadit, and the Tetrahedron
to Nuit.
A simple Wand having the colors of the twelve Signs of

the Zodiac and surmounted by the Lotus Flower of Isis.
It symbolizes the development of Creation.
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, thy Wand and its meaning?
Second:
A wand terminating in twain and surmounted by the

Head of Set. The seven colors between Light and Darkness
are attributed to the Planets. It represents focused Power.
Chief:
My Wand is surmounted by the Winged Globe, around

which the twin serpents of Egypt twine. It symbolizes the
intelligence of the Whole.
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, where is this Vault Symbolically

situated?
Second:
In the center of the Earth, in the Mountain of Caverns;

the Mystic Mountain Abiegnus.
Chief:
Gracious Adeptus Minor, What were the words upon the

Door of the Vault and how was it guarded?
Third:
Post Centum Viginti Annos Patebo. After one hundred and

twenty years I shall open, and the door is guarded by the
Elemental Tablets and by the Kerubic Emblems.
Chief:
The 120 years refer symbolically to the five Grades of

the First Order and to the revolution of the Power of the
Pentagram; also to the five preparatory examinations for
this Grade. Further, 120 equals the number of the Ten
Sephiroth multiplied by that of the Zodiac, whose Key is
the working of the Spirit and the Elements typified in the
Wand which I bear.
Mighty Adeptus Major, with what sign is the Door of the
Vault now sealed?
Second:
With the Sign of NOX, The Circle of Birth and the Cross of
Fixation.
Chief:
NOX is the Eternal Body of Nuit in which the Light of

Hadit breaks forth, the Night of Pan.
Chief:
Had, the manifestation of Nuit
Second:
Nu, the hiding of Hadit
Third:
Abrahadabra, the reward of Ra-Hoor-Khut
All:
The Sign of One Star in Sight
Chief:
The Sign of the Serpents Twined
Second:
The Sign of Giving Birth
Third:
The Sign of the End of Work
All:
N-O-X, Nox, the Night of Pan, AUM HA!
Chief:
In the Grand Word Ra-Hoor-Khuit, by the Key-Word

Abrahadabra, and through the concealed Word NOX, We
have opened the Vault of the Adepti, the House of Khabs.
All exit Vault.
Officers enter into the House of Khabs and into the Cube in the Circle
and triangulate around the 49-fold Rose Cross, Chief in the East facing
West, all touch wands over center of cube forming the Tetrahedron.
the sPell of RA-hooR-Khuit

Chief:
Let us analyze the Key Word, and raise the Spell of

Ra-Hoor-Khuit.
All:
Do What Thou Wilt (the following with gestures)
Chief:
Second:
Third:
All:
Chief:
ALEPH
Second:
BETH
Third:
RESH
All:
ALEPH
0 Adeptus MinorVault Consecration

The Consecration of the Vault

Second:
Let the Cross of Obligation be set in its place.
Chief:
Upon this Cross of Obligation I, freely and unasked, on

behalf of the Second Order, do hereby pledge myself for the
due performance and fulfilment of the respective clauses of
the Oath taken by each member on the Cross of the World
at their admission to the Grade of Adeptus Minor.
Second:
It is written: Whosoever shall be great among you shall

be your minister, and whosoever of you will be the chiefest
shall be the servant of all. I, therefore, on behalf of the
Second Order, do require of you to divest yourself of your
robes and insignia as a Chief Adept, to clothe yourself with
the black of the first Order, of the Prime Matter, and of
the Night that gives birth to the Light.
iphareth:
T
I further promise and swear that, with the Divine Grace I
will, from this day forward, apply myself to the Great Work,
which is, to purify and exalt my Spiritual Nature so that
with the Divine Aid I may at length attain to Knowledge of
and Conversation with my Holy Guardian Angel, to unite
myself to my higher and Divine Genius, and to thereby
become more than human. And that, in this event, I will
not abuse the great power entrusted to me.
etzach:
N
That I will work with the Collegues for the harmonious and
just adminstration of the Order. That I will neither recommend a Candidate for admission to the First Order without
due judgment and assurance that he or she is worthy of so
great a confidence and honor, nor unduly press any person
to become a candidate; and that I will superintend any
examination of Members of lower Grades without fear or
favor in any way, so that our high standard of knowledge
be not lowered by my instrumentality;
Hod:
Furthermore, that I will perform the practical work
connected with this Order in a place concealed and apart
from the gaze of the outer and uninitiated world, that the
mysteries of this Inner Rosicrucian Knowledge be preserved
even as the same hath been kept through the ages; and
that its promise be fulfilled.
esod:
Y
That I will keep the Rosicrucian Profession, which is:
1. To profess nothing, than but to cure the sick, and
that gratus.
2. To wear no distinctive dress, but therein follow the
custom of the country.
3. To every year on the Day C, meet at the College of
the Rose Cross, or write the cause of absence.
4. To find some worthy person of either sex, who after
my death might succeed me.
5. To use the word R.C. to be the mark, seal, and character of the Order.
Chief disrobes, takes on the black, fastens self to the Cross.

Second:
(reading line by line to the Chief Adept who repeats them)
Second:
Kether:
I, Fr./Sr. __________________, a star in the Body of Nuit,
do this day spiritually bind myself on behalf of the whole
Second Order, even as I have bound myself physically upon
the Cross of the World.
Chokmah:
I hereby dedicate the benefit of my every act unto the
complete liberation and the supreme enlightenment of all
beings everywhere, pervading space and time.
Binah:
To this end I shall master the art of magick.
Chesed:
I furthermore solemnly pledge myself to always invoke the
Highest Aid and the Truest Will of all concerned in any
act of magick, for there is success
Geburah:
I further promise to support the admission of individuals
to our Order regardless of gender, on a perfect equality,
and use my speech to create comity among all the members
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Chief:
alkuth:
M
Finally, if in my travels I should meet a stranger who
professes to be a member of the Rosicrucian Order, I will
examine him/her with care before acknowledging him/her
to be such.
Chief:
Such are the words of this my Obligation as an Adeptus

Minor, whereunto I pledge myself in the Presence of the
Living World, The Lord of Initiation, and the College of
Adepti.
(While still bound) I invoke Thee, the Great Angel HUA
to confirm and strengthen all the Members of this Order
during the ensuing Revolution of the Sun, to keep them
steadfast in the path of love under will, and to confer upon
them the power of discernment, that they may choose
between the evil and the good, and try all things of doubtful or fictitious seeming with sure knowledge and sound
judgment.
Second:
Chief Adept reclothes. Three Adepts enter the Vault, put Book T[arot]
within Crown upon the Throne. Chief steps behind throne and stands
facing the door. The three Adepts join Wands and Cruces.
Chief:
Protect us in our obligations. Say ever unto us:

All:
Let the Chief Adept arise from the Cross of Obligation.

(done)
Merciful Exempt Adept, I, on behalf of the Second Order,
request you to re-invest yourself with the insignia of your
high office, which alone has entitled you to offer yourself
unto the Higher Powers as surety for the Order.
I invoke Thee HRU, the Great Angel who art set over the
operations of this Secret Wisdom, to strengthen and
establish this Order in its search for the Mysteries of the
Divine Light.
Increase the Spiritual perception of the Members and
enable them to rise beyond that lower selfhood which is as
nothing unto that Highest Selfhood which is in God the
Vast One.
The three Adepts disjoin Wands rejoining them together at the black
ends, directing them towards the centre of the throne. They hold Cruces
as before.
I invoke Thee Apep, O Snake of Emerald, Thou hast no

time Past, no time To Come. Verily Thou art not. Thy
voice is beyond the Speech and the Silence and the Speech
therein, Also Thy coils are of infinite range; the Heart
that Thou dost encircle is an Universal Heart. But Thou
art Eternity and Space; Thou art Matter and Motion; and
Thou art the negation of all these things. For there is no
Symbol of Thee. Thou art Sebek the crocodile against Asar;
thou art Mati, the Slayer in the Deep. Thou art Typhon,
the Wrath of the Elements, O Thou who transcendest the
Forces in their Concourse and Cohesion, in their Death and
their Disruption. Thou art Python, the terrible serpent
about the end of all things!
So with thy all; thou hast no right but to do thy will. Do
that, and no other shall say nay. For pure will, unassuaged
of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way
perfect. The Perfect and the Perfect are one Perfect and not
two; nay, are none!
The three Adepts disjoin Wands and Cruces. Chief steps east of Throne
and is seated. Second and Third triangulate behind Chief. Other Adepts
form a circle round, join Wands over head of Chief.
Chief:
Abrahadabra; the reward of Ra Hoor KhutI reveal unto

you a great mystery. Ye stand between the abyss of height
and the abyss of depth. In either awaits you a Companion;
and that Companion is Yourself. Ye can have no other
Companion. Many have arisen, being wise. They have said
Seek out the glittering Image in the place ever golden,
and unite yourselves with It. Many have arisen, being
foolish. They have said, Stoop down unto the darkly
splendid world, and be wedded to that Blind Creature of
the Slime. I who am beyond Wisdom and Folly, arise and
say unto you: achieve both weddings! Unite yourselves
with both! Beware, beware, I say, lest ye seek after the one
and lose the other! My adepts stand upright; their head
above the heavens, their feet below the hells. But since one
is naturally attracted to the Angel, another to the Demon,
let the first strengthen the lower link, the last attach more
firmly to the higher.

Chief:
Thus shall equilibrium become perfect. I will aid my disciples;

as fast as they acquire this balanced power and joy so faster
will I push them. They shall in their turn speak from this
Invisible Throne; their words shall illumine the worlds. They
shall be masters of majesty and might; they shall be beautiful
and joyous; they shall be clothed with victory and splendour;
they shall stand upon the firm foundation; the kingdom shall
be theirs; yea, the kingdom shall be theirs. In the name of the
Lord of Initiation. Amen.
Chief:
Second:
Third:
Second:
Rosea Rubeae.
Third:
Et Aureae Crucis.
Chief:
Beloved Fraters and Sorors, please assist me to Seal the

Vault of the Adepti.
Adepts then separate Wands from head and give 5=6 signs.
Adepts turn to face Door.
All except Chiefs exit. Chairs brought in for Second and Third. All others present take seats in layers spiraling outward.
Chief:
Nothing is a secret key of this law. (closes veil)
Second:
Sixty-one the Jews call it; I call it eight, eighty, four

hundred and eighteen.
Third:
But they have the half: unite by thine art so that all
disappear.
Chief:
NOX, Thus have we Sealed the Vault of the Adepti in the

Mystic Mountain of Abiegnus.
Third:
Nu is our refuge
Second:
as Hadit is our light
Chief:
and Ra-Hoor-Khuit is the strength, force, vigor of our

arms. The Ending of the Words is the Word Abrahadabra.
Liber Ararita read in sequence and in chorus. Read all chapters, verses
from zero to 13. Verses from each of the seven chapters are assigned by
number to each present, thus: Ideally, the Chief Adept will read verses
zero and one, the Second Adept verse two, the Third Adept verse 3, and
the Hodos verse 4. The remaining present are assigned one verse number
each up to 10. All read verses 11, 12 and 13. If there are more than 10
present, assign more than one to each verse number after the principal
officers. If there are less, assign backwards from 10, Chief Adept reads
from zero up to the number before that assigned to the Second Adept.
All rise (and dispose of chairs)
Chief:
(Faces Throne) In the Name and Power of the Divine Spirit

I invoke ye, ye Angels of the Watchtowers of the Universe.
Guard this Vault during this Revolution of the Solar Course.
Bless it and keep far from it all evil and the unmature that
they penetrate not into the abode of our mysteries. Inspire
and sanctify all who enter this Temple with the Illimitable
Wisdom of the Light Divine.
Chief Adept gives Signs of 5=6. All others join with Chief and then take
their places as in the Opening of the Vault. Business may be conducted.
Closing
The Three Adepts stand at the Door of the Vault, facing west.
Chief:
Second:
Third:
This working is done and concealed.

All:
AUM HA!
Dedication of Merit
All:

Unto the complete liberation and the supreme enlightenment of all beings everywhere pervading space and time.
So mote it be.


Consecration Ceremony
of the Vault of the Adepti

center projection
Air Tablet
Chief:
Second:
Third:
Second:
Rosea Rubeae.
Third:
Et Aureae Crucis.
Chief:


Rose or
Invisible
Throne
Vault
Fire Tablet
Chief
Third
Adept
Second
Adept
Chief:
Nothing is a secret key of this law. (closes veil)
Second:
Sixty-one the Jews call it; I call it eight, eighty, four

Third:
disappear.
Chief:
NOX, Thus have we Sealed the Vault of the Adepti in the

Mystic Mountain of Abiegnus.
Third:
Nu is our refuge
Second:
as Hadit is our light
Chief:
and Ra-Hoor-Khuit is the strength, force, vigor of our

arms. The Ending of the Words is the Word Abrahadabra.
Adept
All:
AUM HA!
Dedication of Merit
Cross of Obligation
All:

So mote it be.
Hodos Chamelionis
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Chief:
Thus shall equilibrium become perfect. I will aid my disciples;

as fast as they acquire this balanced power and joy so faster
will I push them. They shall in their turn speak from this
Invisible Throne; their words shall illumine the worlds. They
shall be masters of majesty and might; they shall be beautiful
and joyous; they shall be clothed with victory and splendour;
they shall stand upon the firm foundation; the kingdom shall
be theirs; yea, the kingdom shall be theirs. In the name of the
Lord of Initiation. Amen.
Adepts then separate Wands from head and give 5=6 signs.
All except Chiefs exit. Chairs brought in for Second and Third. All others present take seats in layers spiraling outward.
Liber Ararita read in sequence and in chorus. Read all chapters, verses
from zero to 13. Verses from each of the seven chapters are assigned by
number to each present, thus: Ideally, the Chief Adept will read verses
zero and one, the Second Adept verse two, the Third Adept verse 3, and
the Hodos verse 4. The remaining present are assigned one verse number
each up to 10. All read verses 11, 12 and 13. If there are more than 10
present, assign more than one to each verse number after the principal
officers. If there are less, assign backwards from 10, Chief Adept reads
from zero up to the number before that assigned to the Second Adept.
All rise (and dispose of chairs)
Chief:
(Faces Throne) In the Name and Power of the Divine Spirit

I invoke ye, ye Angels of the Watchtowers of the Universe.
Guard this Vault during this Revolution of the Solar Course.
Bless it and keep far from it all evil and the unmature that
they penetrate not into the abode of our mysteries. Inspire
and sanctify all who enter this Temple with the Illimitable
Wisdom of the Light Divine.

Consecration Ceremony of the Vault of the Adepti

Robes:
Chief Adept:
Second Adept:
Third Adept:
Hodos Chamelionis:

White

Candidates should be dressed in black, have crossed Sashes, and have
supplied Officers with Second Order name.
Admission bAdges:

This Consecration to be performed annually on Day C, or for a new
Vault, before its first use.
Consecration Opening
Chief Adept gives Signs of 5=6. All others join with Chief and then take
their places as in the Opening of the Vault. Business may be conducted.
Members assemble and wear Regalia. Three Chiefs robed and seated as
in opening of 5=6.
Closing
Chief:
Gracious Adeptus Minor, see that the Portal of the Vault

is closed and guarded. (done)
Third:
Merciful Exempt Adept, the Portal is closed and guarded.
Chief:
Second:
Third:
Chief stands, lifts his Wand on high, and says:

Chief:
HEKAS HEKAS ESTE BEBELOI!

This is followed by the Watchtower Ceremony. After the Watchtower

Ceremony, the Third Adept takes charge, moves to center seat, and performs the ceremony of the Opening of Portal.
Third:
Chief:
(knocks 4, 1) Very Honoured Fraters and Sorors, assist me

to open the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
All rise.
Third:
Give the Signs of a Neophyte, Zelator, Theoricus, Practicus,

Philosophus. (done)
Third:
Very Honoured Hodos Chamelionis, what is the additional

Mystic Title bestowed on a Philosophus as a link with the
Second Order?
Hodos:
Phrath.
Third:
To what does it allude?
Hodos:
To the fourth sacred river.
Third:
What is the Sign?
Hodos:
The Sign of the Rending Asunder of the Veil. (gives it)
Third:
What is the Word?
Hodos:
Peh.
Third:
Resh.
Hodos:
Kaph.
Third:
Tau.
Hodos:
The whole word is PAROKETH, meaning the veil of the

Sanctum Sanctorum.
Third:
In and by that word, I declare the Portal of this Vault of

the Adepts duly open. (Leads Qabalistic Cross with All.)
Third opens veil. Three Adepts take places.

Second:
! (=knock)
Third:
Chief:
Second:
Chief:
Ave Fraters et Sorors.
I invoke Thee Apep, O Snake of Emerald, Thou hast no

time Past, no time To Come. Verily Thou art not. Thy
voice is beyond the Speech and the Silence and the Speech
therein, Also Thy coils are of infinite range; the Heart
that Thou dost encircle is an Universal Heart. But Thou
art Eternity and Space; Thou art Matter and Motion; and
Thou art the negation of all these things. For there is no
Symbol of Thee. Thou art Sebek the crocodile against Asar;
thou art Mati, the Slayer in the Deep. Thou art Typhon,
the Wrath of the Elements, O Thou who transcendest the
Forces in their Concourse and Cohesion, in their Death and
their Disruption. Thou art Python, the terrible serpent
about the end of all things!
Protect us in our obligations. Say ever unto us:
All:
So with thy all; thou hast no right but to do thy will. Do

that, and no other shall say nay. For pure will, unassuaged
of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way
perfect. The Perfect and the Perfect are one Perfect and not
two; nay, are none!
The three Adepts disjoin Wands and Cruces. Chief steps east of Throne
and is seated. Second and Third triangulate behind Chief. Other Adepts
form a circle round, join Wands over head of Chief.
Chief:
Abrahadabra; the reward of Ra Hoor KhutI reveal unto

you a great mystery. Ye stand between the abyss of height
and the abyss of depth. In either awaits you a Companion;
and that Companion is Yourself. Ye can have no other
Companion. Many have arisen, being wise. They have said
Seek out the glittering Image in the place ever golden,
and unite yourselves with It. Many have arisen, being
foolish. They have said, Stoop down unto the darkly
splendid world, and be wedded to that Blind Creature of
the Slime. I who am beyond Wisdom and Folly, arise and
say unto you: achieve both weddings! Unite yourselves
with both! Beware, beware, I say, lest ye seek after the one
and lose the other! My adepts stand upright; their head
above the heavens, their feet below the hells. But since one
is naturally attracted to the Angel, another to the Demon,
let the first strengthen the lower link, the last attach more
firmly to the higher.
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Chief:
alkuth:
M
examine him/her with care before acknowledging him/her
to be such.
Such are the words of this my Obligation as an Adeptus
Minor, whereunto I pledge myself in the Presence of the
Living World, The Lord of Initiation, and the College of
Adepti.
(While still bound) I invoke Thee, the Great Angel HUA
to confirm and strengthen all the Members of this Order
during the ensuing Revolution of the Sun, to keep them
steadfast in the path of love under will, and to confer upon
them the power of discernment, that they may choose
between the evil and the good, and try all things of doubtful or fictitious seeming with sure knowledge and sound
judgment.
Second:
Let the Chief Adept arise from the Cross of Obligation.

(done)
Merciful Exempt Adept, I, on behalf of the Second Order,
request you to re-invest yourself with the insignia of your
high office, which alone has entitled you to offer yourself
unto the Higher Powers as surety for the Order.
Chief Adept reclothes. Three Adepts enter the Vault, put Book T[arot]
within Crown upon the Throne. Chief steps behind throne and stands
facing the door. The three Adepts join Wands and Cruces.
Second:
Roseae Rubeae.
Third:
Et Aureae Crucis.
Chief:
Very Honoured Fraters and Sorors, assist me to open

the Vault of the Adepts. (knocks). Very Honoured Hodos
Chamelionis, see that the entrance is guarded.
Hodos:
(does so, and salutes) Merciful Exempt Adept, the entrance

is guarded.
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, by what Sign hast thou entered

the Portal?
Second:
By the Sign of the Rending of the Veil. (gives it)
Chief:
Gracious Adeptus Minor, by what Sign hast thou closed

the Portal?
Third:
By the Sign of the Closing of the Veil. (gives it)
Second:
PEH.
Third:
RESH.
Second:
KAPH.
Third:
TAU.
Second:
PAROKETH.
Third:
the PAssWoRd
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, What is the Mystic Number of the

Grade?
Second:
Twenty-one.
Chief:
Third:
ALEPH
Increase the Spiritual perception of the Members and

enable them to rise beyond that lower selfhood which is as
nothing unto that Highest Selfhood which is in God the
Vast One.
Chief:
HEH
Third:
YOD
Chief:
HEH
ends, directing them towards the centre of the throne. They hold Cruces
as before.
Third:
EHEIEH
Chief:
I invoke Thee HRU, the Great Angel who art set over the
operations of this Secret Wisdom, to strengthen and
establish this Order in its search for the Mysteries of the
Divine Light.

Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, What is the Vault of the Adepti?
Second:
The House of Khabs, which is a compendium of the

Universe.
Chief:
Third:

Chief:
Second:
Centrum In Trigono Centri, the center of the triangle of

the center is the point of perfect equilibrium.
Chief:

Third:

Rosenkreutz.
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, what does the Mystic Name of the

Founder signify?
Second:
The Rose and Cross of Life; the Fadeless Rose of Creation

the Immortal Cross of Light.
Chief:

Third:
Chief:
Second:
A Cube, inside a Cube-Octahedron, inside an Octahedron,

inside a Tetrahedron.
Chief:

allude?
Third:

to Nuit.
Chief:

situated?
Second:
In the center of the Earth, in the Mountain of Caverns;

iphareth:
T
I further promise and swear that, with the Divine Grace I
will, from this day forward, apply myself to the Great Work,
which is, to purify and exalt my Spiritual Nature so that
with the Divine Aid I may at length attain to Knowledge of
and Conversation with my Holy Guardian Angel, to unite
myself to my higher and Divine Genius, and to thereby
become more than human. And that, in this event, I will
not abuse the great power entrusted to me.
Netzach:
That I will work with the Collegues for the harmonious and
just adminstration of the Order. That I will neither recommend a Candidate for admission to the First Order without
due judgment and assurance that he or she is worthy of so
great a confidence and honor, nor unduly press any person
to become a candidate; and that I will superintend any
examination of Members of lower Grades without fear or
favor in any way, so that our high standard of knowledge
be not lowered by my instrumentality;
Hod:
connected with this Order in a place concealed and apart
from the gaze of the outer and uninitiated world, that the
mysteries of this Inner Rosicrucian Knowledge be preserved
even as the same hath been kept through the ages; and
that its promise be fulfilled.
Yesod:
1
. To profess nothing, than but to cure the sick, and
that gratus.
2. To wear no distinctive dress, but therein follow the
custom of the country.
4. To find some worthy person of either sex, who after
my death might succeed me.
5. To use the word R.C. to be the mark, seal, and character of the Order.
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The Consecration of the Vault

Second:
Let the Cross of Obligation be set in its place.
Chief:
Upon this Cross of Obligation I, freely and unasked, on

behalf of the Second Order, do hereby pledge myself for the
due performance and fulfilment of the respective clauses of
the Oath taken by each member on the Cross of the World
at their admission to the Grade of Adeptus Minor.
Second:
It is written: Whosoever shall be great among you shall

be your minister, and whosoever of you will be the chiefest
shall be the servant of all. I, therefore, on behalf of the
Second Order, do require of you to divest yourself of your
robes and insignia as a Chief Adept, to clothe yourself with
the black of the first Order, of the Prime Matter, and of
the Night that gives birth to the Light.
Chief disrobes, takes on the black, fastens self to the Cross.

Second:
(reading line by line to the Chief Adept who repeats them)
Second:
Kether:
I, Fr./Sr. __________________, a star in the Body of Nuit,
do this day spiritually bind myself on behalf of the whole
Second Order, even as I have bound myself physically upon
the Cross of the World.
Chokmah:
Binah:
Chesed:
I furthermore solemnly pledge myself to always invoke the
Highest Aid and the Truest Will of all concerned in any
act of magick, for there is success
eburah:
G
I further promise to support the admission of individuals
to our Order regardless of gender, on a perfect equality,
and use my speech to create comity among all the members
Chief:
Gracious Adeptus Minor, what is the meaning of the name

Abiegnus?
Third:
Abiegnus is the Evergreen Fir Tree. Thus, Mount Abiegnus

is the Evergreen Mountain and alludes to Everlasting Life.
Chief:
Second:
The Rose and Cross which resume the Life of Nature and
Chief:

Third:

Chief:
Second:
It represents the force of the Ten Sepheroth in Nature,

Chief:

Third:
Chief:
Second:
It is the Key of Sigils and of Rituals, and represents the force

of the twenty-two Letters in Nature, as divided into a Three,
a Seven, and a Twelve. Many and great are its Mysteries.
Chief:

bearest?
Third:

Chief:
Second:
A wand terminating in twain and surmounted by the

Head of Set. The seven colors between Light and Darkness
are attributed to the Planets. It represents focused Power.
Chief:

which the twin serpents of Egypt twine. It symbolizes the
intelligence of the Whole.
Chief:

Chief:
Third:
Post Centum Viginti Annos Patebo. After one hundred and

twenty years I shall open, and the door is guarded by the
Elemental Tablets and by the Kerubic Emblems.
Second:
Nu, the hiding of Hadit
Third:
All:
Chief:
Second:
The Sign of Giving Birth
Third:
All:
Chief:

Abrahadabra, and through the concealed Word NOX, We
have opened the Vault of the Adepti, the House of Khabs.
Chief:

Pentagram; also to the five preparatory examinations for
this Grade. Further, 120 equals the number of the Ten
Sephiroth multiplied by that of the Zodiac, whose Key is
the working of the Spirit and the Elements typified in the
Wand which I bear.
Mighty Adeptus Major, with what sign is the Door of the
Vault now sealed?
Second:
With the Sign of NOX, The Circle of Birth and the Cross of
Fixation.
Chief:

All exit Vault.
Officers enter into the House of Khabs and into the Cube in the Circle
and triangulate around the 49-fold Rose Cross, Chief in the East facing
West, all touch wands over center of cube forming the Tetrahedron.

Chief:

Ra-Hoor-Khuit.
All:
Chief:
Second:
Third:
All:
Chief:
ALEPH
Second:
BETH
Third:
RESH
All:
ALEPH

center projection
Air Tablet
Robes:
Chief Adept:
Second Adept:
Third Adept:
Hodos Chamelionis:

Rose or
Invisible
Throne
Candidates should be dressed in black, have crossed Sashes, and

have supplied Officers with Second Order name.
Admission bAdges:
Vault
Fire Tablet
Chief
Third
Adept
Second
Adept

White
Adept
Cross of Obligation

If a duly and annually consecrated Vault has been disassembled, the
fast consecration on page 8 should be performed after it has been
reassembled and before the Vault is again used. If the Vault has lain
domant for more than a year, the full consecration should be performed before use.
Initiation Opening
Adepti seated before door of the Vault facing West.
Chief:
! (= knells)
Second: !
Hodos Chamelionis
Third:
Chief:
Second: !
Third:
Adeptus Minor
!
Adeptus Minor
Third:
ALEPH
Second: Rosea Rubeae. (rising)
Chief:
HEH
Third:
Third:
YOD
enteRing the PoRtAl
Chief:
HEH
Chief:
Third:
EHEIEH
Chief:
Avete, Fraters et Sorors. (rising)

Et Aureae Crucis. (rising)
Beloved Fraters and Sorors, assist me to open the Vault
of the Adepti. Gracious Adeptus Minor, see that the
Portal is closed and guarded.
Third Adept goes to Portal and exchanges knocks with Hodos.

Third:
(giving Portal signs) Merciful Exempt Adept, the Portal

of the Vault is closed and guarded. (returns to seat)
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, by what sign hast thou entered

the Portal?
Second: By the Sign of the Rending asunder of the Veil. (giving

it)
Chief:
Gracious Adeptus Minor, by what sign hast thou closed

the Portal?
Third:
By the Sign of the Closing of the Veil. (giving it)
Second: PEH
Third:
RESH
Second: KAPH
Third:
TAU
Second: PAROKETH
Third:
All sit.
the PAssWoRd
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, What is the Mystic Number of

the Grade?
Second: Twenty-one.
Chief:
Adeptus Minor

Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, What is the Vault of the

Adepti?
Second: The House of Khabs, which is a compendium of the

Universe.
Chief:
Third:

Chief:
Second: Centrum In Trigono Centri, the center of the triangle

of the center is the point of perfect equilibrium.
Chief:

Third:

Rosenkreutz.
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, what does the Mystic Name of

the Founder signify?
Second: The Rose and Cross of Life; the Fadeless Rose of

Creationthe Immortal Cross of Light.
Chief:

Third:
Chief:
Second: A Cube, inside a Cube-Octahedron, inside an

Octahedron, inside a Tetrahedron.
Adeptus Minor
Chief:

allude?
Chief:

bearest?
Third:

to Nuit.
Third:

Chief:

situated?
Chief:
Second: In the center of the Earth, in the Mountain of Caverns;

Chief:
Gracious Adeptus Minor, what is the meaning of the

name Abiegnus?
Third:
Abiegnus is the Evergreen Fir Tree. Thus, Mount

Abiegnus is the Evergreen Mountain, and alludes to
Everlasting Life.
Chief:
Second: The Rose and Cross which resume the Life of Nature and
Chief:

Third:

Chief:
Second: A wand terminating in twain and surmounted by

the Head of Set. The seven colors between Light and
Darkness are attributed to the Planets. It represents
focused Power.
Chief:

which the twin serpents of Egypt twine. It symbolizes
the intelligence of the Whole.
Chief:

Third:
Post Centum Viginti Annos Patebo. After 120 years I

shall open, and the door is guarded by the Elemental
Tablets and by the Kerubic Emblems.
Chief:

Pentagram; also to the five preparatory examinations
for this Grade. Further, 120 equals the number of the
Ten Sephiroth multiplied by that of the Zodiac, whose
Key is the working of the Spirit and the Elements typified in the Wand which I bear.
Second: It represents the force of the Ten Sepheroth in Nature,

Mighty Adeptus Major, With what sign is the Door of

the Vault now sealed?
Chief:

Second: With the Sign of NOX, The Circle of Birth and the Cross
of Fixation.
Third:
Chief:
Chief:
Second: It is the Key of Sigils and of Rituals, and represents the

force of the twenty-two Letters in Nature, as divided into
a Three, a Seven, and a Twelve. Many and great are its
Mysteries.
Adeptus Minor

Officers enter into the House of Khabs and into the Cube in the
Circle and triangulate around the 49-fold Rose Cross, Chief in the
East facing West, all touch wands over center of cube forming the
Tetrahedron.
Adeptus Minor

Chief:

Ra-Hoor-Khuit.
All:
Chief:
Chief:
In and By the Name of the Soul of the World, let this

cross be the Cross of the World and bear witness to the
Oath of the Candidate bound upon it this day, in the
Presence of the Living World, The Lord of Initiation, and
the College of Adepti.
Second: B
Third:
All:
Chief:
ALEPH
I invoke Thee, the Great Angel HUA to confirm and

strengthen all the Members of this Order during the
ensuing Revolution of the Sun, to keep them steadfast
in the path of love under will, and to confer upon them
the power of discernment, that they may choose between
the evil and the good, and try all things of doubtful or
fictitious seeming with sure knowledge and sound judgment. So Mote it Be.
Second: BETH
Third:
RESH
All:
ALEPH
Chief:
(touching Cross) Upon this Cross of Obligation I, freely

and unasked, on behalf of the Second Order, do hereby
pledge myself for the due performance and fulfillment of
the respective clauses of the Oath taken by each member on the Cross of the World at their admission to the
Grade of Adeptus Minor.
Second: Nu, the hiding of Hadit

Third:
All:
All:
Chief:
The Three Adepts enter the Vault, put Book T[arot] within Crown
upon the Throne. Chief steps behind throne and stands facing the
door. The three Adepts join Wands and Cruces.
Second: The Sign of Giving Birth

Third:
All:
Chief:

Abrahadabra, and through the concealed Word NOX,
We have opened the Vault of the Adepti, the House of
Khabs.
Adepts exit the Vault.

The Fast Consecration
Third:
The Vault must be consecrated before the Initiation.
Second: Let the Cross of Obligation be set in its place.
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Chief:
So mote it be!
By the Powers above
Adepts
Together: HRU! HRU! HRU!
ends, directing them towards the center of the throne. They hold
Cruces as before.
Chief:
By the Powers below
Adepts
Together: APEP! APEP! APEP!
The three Adepts disjoin Wands and Cruces. Chief steps east of
Throne and is seated. Second and Third triangulate behind Chief.
Other Adepts enter and form a circle joining Wands over head of
Chief.
Adeptus Minor
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Chief:
By the Powers within
All:
ABRAHADABRA! ABRAHADABRA! ABRAHADABRA!
Chief:
This Vault of the Adepti, the House of Khabs is consecrated.

(rises and faces Throne) In the Name and Power of the
Divine Spirit I invoke ye, ye Angels of the Watchtowers
of the Universe. Guard this Vault during this Revolution
of the Solar Course. Bless it and keep far from it all
evil and the unmature that they penetrate not into the
abode of our mysteries. Inspire and sanctify all who
enter this Temple with the Illimitable Wisdom of the
Light Divine.
Second and Third Adept make Signs of 5=6 and exit Vault. Chief
Adept remains.
Initiation
The Vault is prepared as before, but closed, and curtains drawn. NOX
is turned around, Tablet of Union visible. Chief Adept is not seen as
such; Second Adept is Principal Officer, Third Adept is Supporting
Officer and Hodos Chamelionis, Introducing Adept. White robe set
aside by Hodos for Candidate. Cross is put into place.
Hodos:
Our Fr./Sr. Name, Candidate to the College of the Rose

Cross.
Third:
V.H. Fr./Sr. Hodos Chamelionis please receive from the

Candidate the word and grip of the Portal. (done)
Hodos:
PEH
Cand.:
RESH
Hodos:
KAPH
Cand.:
TAU. The whole word is PAROKETH.
Hodos:
I have received them.
Third:
If the Candidate would enter the Portal, let him/her give

the sign. (done)
Hodos:
The Veil is rent.
Third:
Enter, Candidate to the College of the Rose Cross.
Hodos Chamelionis guides Candidate within door, has Candidate join

in Qabalistic Cross just inside door, then stations Candidate in west.
Hodos:
Present yourself, O Candidate. (Hodos gives Candidate

speech and retires)
Cand.:
(reading speech) I am Fr./Sr. Osiris Dominus Liminis_______, a mage and an initiate of the Open Source
Order of the Golden Dawn. I have passed the Pentagonal
Examinations and been advanced in due form to the
grade of Philosophus. I have received the titles Porios
de Rejectus, Periclinus de Faustus, Monocris de Astris,
Pharos Illuminans, and I have been given Aretz, Ruach,
Maim, Aesh, and Phrath.
Second: Very Honored Fraters and Sorors, our Fr./Sr. Osiris

Dominus Liminus ___________, Initiate of the 24th, 25th,
and 26th Paths of the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti, is
a Candidate for admission to the College of the Rose Cross,
and is waiting without.
V.H. Fr./Sr. Hodos Chamelionis, prepare the Candidate
and act as his/her introductor. Gracious Adeptus Minor,
guard the hither side of the Portal, and admit them in
due form.
In and by the word Paroketh and the Sign of the

Rending of the Veil (giving it) I claim to have entered
the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti and have acquired
the power of LVX.
Candidate is prepared by the Hodos, wearing the Portal Sash across

that of the Philosophus Grade, and the Lamen of Hiereus. Candidate
gives the knocks (6).
Third:
(Opening door slightly. Hodos and Candidate remain without) Whom bringest thou here with thee?
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Having awaited Birth within the Womb of the Crucible for

nine months, I now request entrance into the Vault of the
Adepti.
Third:
If you would enter, show that power.

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Hodos takes card from Candidate. Candidate performs LVX:INRI
Intro/Transition
Third:
Second: Thee I invoke, the Bornless One.

Thee, that didst create the Earth and the Heavens.
Thee, that didst create the Night and the Day.
Thee, that didst create the darkness and the Light.
Thou art RA-HOOR-KHUIT
Whom no man hath seen at any time.
Thou art IA-BESZ
Thou art IA-APEP.
Thou hast distinguished between the Just and the
Unjust.
Thou didst make the Female and the Male.
Thou didst produce the Seeds and the Fruit.
Thou didst form Men to love one another, and to hate
one another.
It is well that you have done such work that you have
received these titles and dignities, and more importantly have acquired this power, but for the Vault of the
Adepti to open for you, more will be required. You must
unlock the door of the Vault itself by the powers of the
Four Elements and by LVX. Only to the extent that you
accomplish this will the door open for you. No one can
do this task for you; the Adepts can only prepare the
way. Only skill will avail.
I must ask you again, is it your will to enter the Vault
of the Adepts, the House of Khabs?
Candidate answers.
Second: Candidate, Thou knowest the arrangement of the Ten
Sepheroth on the Tree of Life; now what symbolic weapon doth their natural succession form?
Cand.:
I am __________________, Thy Prophet, unto Whom

Thou didst commit Thy Mysteries, the Ceremonies of
KHEM.
(without assistance) The Flaming Sword.
Second: And what symbolic creature is traced by the natural

succession of the Paths?
Thou didst produce the moist and the dry, and that
which nourisheth all created Life.
Cand.:
Hear Thou Me, for I am the Angel of PTAHAPEPRA:

this is Thy True Name, handed down to the Prophets of
KHEM.
(without assistance) The Serpent of Wisdom.
Second: Remember the Lamen of the Hiereus that you wear, it is

the sign of the place to which you go, Centrum In Trigono
Centri, the center of the triangle of the center is the point
of perfect equilibrium. Yet before you may stand in the
midst of the Three you must show you are master of the
Four.
You will go to the Four Quarters of the world, traveling
with the Sun, and starting in the East, invoke the Four
Elements. You will return here with each of the Terrestrial
Tablets in turn.
Before entering into any great or important undertaking, wisdom teaches us to invoke divine aid. Join with
me in sounding the three Ahs. (done)
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Second Adept proceeds to air altar.

Third:
O Candidate to the Rose Cross know that many have

trod these ways before you and many are yet to follow.
Come follow me.
Candidate proceeds with the sun to the East where an altar of Air
has been set up about the Air Tablet.
Second: Invoke now the Spirit of Air.
The Candidate invokes Air. Upon conclusion:
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Second: (Raising wand in benediction over Candidate) Hear Me:

AR
ThIAF
RhEIBET
A-ThELE-BER-SET
A
BELAThA
ABEU
EBEU
PhI-ThETA-SOE
IB
ThIAF
Hear me, and be made all Spirits subject unto Thee;
so that every Spirit of the Firmament and of the Ether:
upon the Earth and under the Earth, on dry land and
in the water; of Whirling Air, and of rushing Fire, and
every Spell and Scourge of God may be obedient unto
Thee.
Take up the Tablet of the East and hold it before you.
Follow me, and hearken to the words of the Gracious
Third Adept.
Third Adept tells the Tale of CRC (This is first of the four tales of
adepts selected at the discretion of the chief adept of the rite.)
On reaching Door of the Vault, Second Adept directs Candidate to
affix Tablet to Door. During this Third pauses, then continues speaking during journey to the south.
Candidate proceeds with the sun to the South where an altar of Fire
has been set up about the Fire Tablet.
Second: Invoke now the Spirit of Fire.
The Candidate invokes Fire. Upon conclusion:
Second: (Raising wand in benediction over Candidate) I invoke
Thee, the Terrible and Invisible God: Who dwellest in
the Void Place of the Spirit:
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Second: AR-O-GO-GO-RU-ABRAO
SOTOU
MUDORIO
PhALARThAO
OOO
AEPE
The Bornless One.
Thee.
Take up the Tablet of the South and hold it before you.
Follow me, and hearken to the words of the Gracious Third
Adept.
Candidate takes tablet from altar and brings it sun-wise to the Door
and affixes it.
Third Adept tells the Tale of _________________
Candidate proceeds with the sun to the West where an altar of Water
has been set up about the Water Tablet.
Second: Invoke now the Spirit of Water.
The Candidate invokes water. Upon conclusion:
RU-ABRA-IAF
MRIODOM
BABALON-BAL-BIN-ABAFT
ASAL-ON-AI
APhEN-IAF
I
PhOTETh
ABRASAX
AEOOU
ISChURE
Mighty and Bornless One!
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Second: Hear me, and be made all Spirits subject unto Thee;
Thee.
Take up the Tablet of the West and hold it before you.
Third Adept.
and affixes it.
Third Adept tells the Tale of __________________
Candidate proceeds with the sun to the West facing the Door of the
Vault. Outward from the Door lies upon the Cross of the World,
Black and Equal Armed.
AFT
ABAFT
BAS-AUMGN
ISAK
SA-BA-FT
Second: This is the Lord of the Gods:
This is the Lord of the Universe:
This is S/He whom the Winds fear.
This is S/He, Who having made Voice by His commandment is Lord of all Things; King, Ruler and Helper.
Candidate proceeds with the sun to the North where an altar of

Earth has been set up about the Earth Tablet.

Thee.
Second: Invoke now the Spirit of Earth.

The Candidate invokes Earth. Upon conclusion:
Thee:MA
BARRAIO
IOEL
KOThA
AThOR-e-BAL-O
ABRAFT
Thee.
Take up the Tablet of the North and hold it before you.
Adept.
and affixes it.
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Second Adept proceeds immediately to next speech while Chief recites

the Spirit section unheard within the Vault.
Chief:
Hear Me:
IEOU
PUR
IOU
PUR
IAFTh
IAEO
IOOU
ABRASAX
SABRIAM
OO
FF
AD-ON-A-I
EDE
EDU
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Chief:
ANGELOS TON ThEON

ANLALA
LAI
GAIA
AEPE
DIATHARNA THORON
I am He! the Bornless Spirit! having sight in the feet:
Strong, and the Immortal Fire!
I am He! the Truth!
I am He! Who hate that evil should be wrought in the
World!
I am He, that lighteneth and thundereth!
I am He, from whom is the Shower of the Life of Earth!
I am He, whose mouth ever flameth!
I am He, the Begetter and Manifester unto the Light!
I am He, The Grace of the Worlds!
The Heart Girt with a Serpent is my name!
Come thou forth, and follow me: and make all Spirits subject unto Me so that every Spirit of the Firmament, and
of the Ether, upon the Earth and under the Earth: on dry
Land, or in the Water: of Whirling Air or of rushing Fire,
and every Spell and scourge of God, may be obedient unto
me!
IAF:SABAF Such are the Words!
Second: The Ability to Invoke the four elements is the ability to

open the Portal of the Vault. But to Enter into the Vault
a higher power is required. It requires a commitment to
cultivate the wisdom attitude of working for the benefit of all beings. Are you willing to bind yourself with
an obligation to this end, the text of which you have
already seen?
Candidate answers
Second: Then bind yourself to the Black Cross of Obligation,
which is the Cross of Fixation and Cross of the World.
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Candidate lies down on to the Cross, feet to East, and pulls the
chains over his/her body, (trunk, limbs and neck) aided by the
Hodos and Third Adept. Hodos gets cup of wine from West altar
and gets knife from East altar, returns to place and stands ready for
Annointing.
Each Officer takes up a Tablet from the Door and brings it to the
Cross to lay it down upon the respective arm and says (e.g.):
Officers: By the Powers of (direction and element), this tablet
makes this the Cross of the World
Second: Before you may enter into the Vault of the Adepti of
the Rose Cross, it is necessary that you take a profound
Obligation to establish your Will in concert with those
colleagues with whom you strive in the Great Work.
Third:
It is not for us to invoke upon you any avenging angel

to enforce your oath. Your will alone is your judge and
jury. Success is your proof. Are you ready to proceed?
Candidate responds.
OBLIGATION
Second: (reading line by line to the Candidate who repeats them)
Kether:
I, Fr./Sr. ______________,a star in the Body of Nuit,
do this day spiritually bind myself even as I have bound
myself physicallyupon the Cross of the World.
Chokmah:
I hereby dedicate the benefit of my every actunto the
complete liberationand the supreme enlightenmentof all
beings everywhere,pervading space and time.
Binah:
Chesed:
I furthermore solemnly pledge myselfto always invoke
the Highest Aid and the Truest Willof all concerned in
any act of magick,for there is success.
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Second: Geburah:
I further promise to support the admission of individuals to our Order regardless of gender, on a perfect equality, and use my speech to create comityamong all the
members.
Tiphareth:
I further promise and swear that,with the Divine Grace
I will, from this day forward,apply myself to the Great
Work, which is,to purify and exalt my Spiritual Nature
so that with the Divine Aid I may at length attainto
Knowledge of and Conversation with my Holy Guardian
Angel,to unite myself to my higher and Divine Genius,
and to thereby become more than human.And, that, in
this event I will not abusethe great power entrusted to
me.
Netzach:
That I will work with the Colleguesfor the harmonious
and just administration of the Order.That I will neither recommend a Candidate foradmission to the First
Orderwithout due judgement and assurance that he or
she is worthyof so great a confidence and honor,nor
unduly press any person to become a candidate;and
that I will superintend any examination ofmembers of
lower gradeswithout fear or favor in any way,so that
our high standard of knowledge be notlowered by my
instrumentality;
Hod:
Furthermore, that I will performthe practical work
connected with this Orderin a place concealed and
apart from the gazeof the outer and uninitiated world,
that the mysteries of this Inner Rosicrucian Knowledge
be preserved even as the same hath been kept through
the ages;and that its promise be fulfilled.
Second: Yesod:
1
. To profess nothing, than but to cure the sick, and
that gratus.
2. To wear no distinctive dress, but therein follow
the custom of the country.
4. To find some worthy person of either sex, who
after my death might succeed me.
5. To use the word R.C. to be the mark, seal, and
character of the Order
Malkuth:
Finally, if in my travels I should meet a strangerwho
professes to be a member of the Rosicrucian Order,I will
examine him/her with care before acknowledging him/
her to be such.
Anointing
Hodos retreives dagger from air altar and hands cup of wine to Third
Adept and blade to Second Adept. Third holds cup ready for Second to
dip blade in wine to perform Annointing.
Second: (Dips blade in wine and anoints the Candidates brow with
cross) May the Powers of the West and Water witness
thy pledge.
(anointing feet) May the Powers of the East and Air
witness thy pledge.
(anointing right hand) May the Powers of the South and
Fire witness thy pledge.
(anointing left hand) May the Powers of the North and
Earth witness thy pledge.
(Heart is anointed in silence)
Third releases the Candidates hands and presents the Candidate with
the Tablet of Union telling him/her to hold it. Tablets returned to
Door. Other officers remove chains from Candidates neck, torso and
feet. Candidate helped to feet, standing on Cross.
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Third:
Osirification is but the Apex of the Golden Dawn.

Through ordeals and service the four elements together
produce the Quintessence, which unites them and
brings them into their full power through synergy. The
Pentagram is as far as one life can attain, Osiris can
only lead thee to this hall You have to die to enter, to
attain the Hexagram.
Second: Ever desireless, one can see the mystery;

Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations.
These two spring from the same source but differ in
name.
This appears as darkness,
Darkness within darkness,
The gate to all mystery.
Is not PaRoKeTh=700, and 700=Nun Sophit or final?

Is not Nun the Letter of Death?
Hodos holds scroll or tablet for the Candidate to read the following
lines:
But hear this, Think not upon that lie that thou must
die. Verily thou shalt not die but live. If the body of
the king dissolve he shall remain in pure ecstasy forever. Nuit, Hadit, Ra-Hoor-Khuit, the sun, strength and
sight, light, these are for the servants of the Star and
the Snake!
Third:
The reed-floats of the sky are set down for Horus,

That he may cross on them to the horizon, to Horakhti.
Cand.:
The reed-floats of the sky are set down for me,

That I may cross on them to the horizon, to Horakhti.
(The Candidate is robed in White by Hodos) Be now robed

in white, and invoke your god in silence.
Entering the House of Khabs
Candidate holds Spirit tablet which is the last to put into place.
Second: There are four gates to one palace; the floor of that
palace is of silver and gold; lapis lazuli and jasper are
there; and all rare scents; jasmine and rose, and the
emblems of death. Let him/her enter in turn or at once
the four gates; let him/her stand on the floor of the palace.
As neither in Light nor in Darkness may these Mysteries
be understood, invoke then by the signs of LVX (Takes
tablet)
Candidate does so
Second: Thy LVX is answered by the great NOX (reversing the
Tablet of Union to show the NOX glyph), the Key of the
House of Khabs. The Way is Open to you.
Yet, The Way that can be told is not the eternal Way;
The name that can be named is not the eternal name;
The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth;
The named is the mother of ten thousand things.
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Second: The reed-floats of the sky are set down for Horus,
Cand.:

Third:
The Nurse-canal is opened,
Second: The Winding Waterway is flooded,

Third:
The Field of Rushes is filled with water,
Cand.:
And I am ferried over,

To yonder eastern side of the sky,
To the place the Gods fashioned for me,
Wherein I was born, new and young.
Second: Rend now the Veil.

Second and Third Adepts open door. Candidate enters and ascends
stairs into the Cube, pointed in by the Second and Third. Second
and Third follow and stand beside Chief Adept, Second to the North,
Third to the South.
Chief:
Abrahadabra. In the name of the Lord of Initiation.

Amen.
I reveal unto you a great mystery.
Ye stand between the abyss of height and the abyss of
depth. In either awaits you a Companion.
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Second: And that Companion is Yourself.
All:
Do What Thou Wilt
Third:
Chief:
Ye can have no other Companion.
Second: Many have arisen, being wise. They have said Seek out
the glittering Image in the place ever golden, and unite
yourselves with It.
Third:
Chief:
Many have arisen, being foolish. They have said,

Stoop down unto the darkly splendid world,
and be wedded to that Blind Creature of the Slime.
I who am beyond Wisdom and Folly, arise (Rising to
feet) and say unto you: achieve both weddings! Unite
yourselves with both!
Second: Beware, beware, I say, lest ye seek after the one and lose
the other!
Third:
Chief:
Second: B
Third:
All:
Chief:
ALEPH
Second: BETH
Third:
RESH
All:
ALEPH
Chief:
My adepts stand upright; their head above the heavens,

their feet below the hells.
Third:
All:
But since one is naturally attracted to the Angel, another to the Demon, let the first strengthen the lower link,
the last attach more firmly to the higher.
Chief:
(Chief takes Candidates hands in LVX Grip)
Third:
All:
N-O-X, Nox, the Night of Pan
Adepts
Together: Thus shall equilibrium become perfect. I will aid my
disciples; as fast as they acquire this balanced power
and joy so faster will I push them. (Chief seats
Candidate) They shall in their turn speak from this
Invisible Throne; their words shall illumine the worlds.
They shall be masters of majesty and might; they shall
be beautiful and joyous; they shall be clothed with victory and splendour; they shall stand upon the firm
foundation; the kingdom shall be theirs; yea, the kingdom shall be theirs.
In the name of the Lord of Initiation. Amen.
At final Amen, officers triangulate around the Candidate, Chief
moves to East facing West. Wands and Ankhs joined as at opening.
No gestures.
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Wands as before, ankhs touching Candidate, Chief at base of brain,

Second at Candidates right temple, Third at his/her left temple.
Chief:
Be thy mind open to the Utmost.
All:
vibrating NU
Ankhs on Candidate, Chief between shoulder blades

Second at Candidates right breast, Third at his/her
left breast, both at Lung #1 acupuncture point.
(see diagram)
Second: Be thy heart a center of Light.
All:
vibrating RAY
Ankhs on Candidate, Chief at base of spine,

Second at Candidates right hip, Third at his/her
right hip.
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Third:
Be thy body a Temple of the Rose Cross.
All:
vibrating HAD
All:
vibrating ABRAHADABRA
All:
We receive thee, Heru-_______________________,

Mage and Adept of the Rose Cross.
Chief steps to west, removes Winged Disk crown and places it on

Candidates brow.
Chief:
Enthroned, receive now this Crown as a seal upon your

attainment and the consecration of this ritual. It is the
emblem of that Sovereignty to which high honor and
duty you have been dedicated and to which continual
manifestation you must aspire if you would achieve your
goal of True Adeptship and fulfill the Obligation you
took on this day.
Second: Welcome, Heru-____________. Having completed this

long journey you are now an Adeptus Minor of College
of the Rose Cross.
Having been Osirified in the Portal of the Vault of the
Adepti, you are now united with Horus, and may prefix
your name therewith.
instRuction
Chief:
Repeat with us the following words which are the Signs

of the Hidden Wisdom of our Order.
All join wands over throne. A.B.R.A. done as at opening, but with
Chief in East. Aspirant is made to repeat each word after the Officer.
No gestures.
Chief:
The Mystic number of this Grade is 21, the Heptad multiplied by the Triad, and from it is derived the Password
of this Grade, which is EHEIEH, and which should be
lettered separately when given, thus:
Chief:
ALEPH
Cand.:
HEH
Chief:
YOD
Cand.:
HEH
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Chief:
The Key word is Abrahadabra, the reward of

Ra-Hoor-Khut.
Within it are the letters A.B.R.A., which are inscribed
with its correspondences upon this complete symbol of
the Rose and Cross I bear upon my breast, and which
open the Vault of the Adepti. Its many meanings can
only be found in practice, yet alone it means to open
and in full as Abrahadabra it means I create as I
speak.
Second: (Indicating Diagram of the Minutum Mundum) Behold

the diagram Minutum Mundum sive Fundamental
Coloristhe Small Universe or Foundation Of Color.
Treasure it in thy heart, and mark it well, seeing that
herein is the Key of Nature. It is, as thou seest, the diagram of the Sephiroth and the Paths, with the colors
appropriately attributed thereto. Profane it not, for many
and great are its mysteries.
Further, thou wilt observe that the colors of the Paths
and the Sephiroth form a mutual balance and harmony
on the Tree. Colors are Forces, and the Signatures of
Forces; and the Child of the children of the Forces art
thou. And therefore about the Throne of the Mighty
One is a Rainbow of Glory, and at His Feet is the
Crystal Sea.
But there are many other attributions of color also,
seeing that the respective rays meet and blend with each
other. Study them well, both here, in the classic texts,
and in the ways of all cultures. Therefore do I greet thee
with the Mystic Title of Hodos Chamelionis, the Path
of the Chameleon, the Path of Mixed Colors, and I give
thee the Symbol of the Rose, which is the Key of the
Work that lies before you.
Hodos brings Sword and Serpent diagram and passes it in to Third
Adept.
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Third:
Chief:
(Indicates Sword and Serpent diagram) The colors of the

Minutum Mundum are also the key to those which compose the Sword and Serpent; and thus by their aid it
may be the better examined and comprehended. The one
is ascending, the other is descending; the one is fixed,
the other is volatile; the one unites the Sephiroth, the
other the Paths. Furthermore, in the Serpent of Wisdom
is shown the ascending Spiral, and in the Sword the
rush of the descending White Brilliance from beyond
Kether, differentiated into various shades and colors,
darkening more and more as they near Malkuth. (hands
diagram back to Hodos)
(Indicates Mandala on Ground or the House of Khabs)
This is the symbolic Mountain of God in the center
of the Universe, the sacred Rosicrucian Mountain of
Initiation: the Mystic Mountain of Abiegnus. Below and
around it are darkness and silence, and it is crowned
with the Light ineffable. At its base is the Wall of
Enclosure and Secrecy, whose sole Gateway, invisible
to the profane, is formed of the Two Pillars of Hermes.
The ascent of the Mountain is by the Spiral path of the
Serpent of Wisdom.
The outermost Blue Tetrahedron is the Mystic Mount
itself, yet is more properly the Over-Arching Body of Nuit,
the Sky Herself. The Yellow Octahedron is Hadit, who
is Eight and one in Eight, which is vital for He is None
indeed. In the Play of Nu and Had arises the articulated
Cosmos in the form of the Isometric Equilibrium Matrix,
or Cube-Octahedron, to which shape all in the Cosmos
conforms, here presented as four hexagonal rings.
The Black, White and Red rings are the colors of the
three Ways or Schools, those of Wisdom, Compassion,
and Power. While the mage will find one of these to be
his/her principal method, the Ways are interlocked and
bound by the fourth ring, which shows that none of
them are to be worked without the Others. The fourth
ring is of Green for Life, that Path we all walk together,
and is the Emerald Serpent that girds the Ruby Heart.
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Chief:
Inmost is the Palace of Four Gates, the residence of the

Lord of Initiation, Ra-Hoor-Khuit, upon whose seat you
are enthroned. The Palace is formed of two interlaced
tetrahedra, the gold Sun in the arms of the silver Moon.
These form the Vesica-Gates at each of the four quarters. The walls of the Palace are red for the Palace is the
living heart of the Universe, for the power of Ra whose
throne you are seated on, and for the wrathful compassion wielded by Ra-Hoor-Khuit and all adepts wearing
His form.
On the ceiling is a Triangle enclosing a Rose of 22 petals, surmounting a Unicursal Hexagram of Silver. The
Triangle represents the Three Supernal Sephiroth; the
Hexagram, the Lower Seven; the Rose represents the 22
paths of the Serpent of Wisdom.
You were seated upon the Throne of Ra which is the red
49 petaled rose rising from the center of the equal armed
gold cross emerging in a field of black. The Throne is a
cube with the Minutum Mundum on its front and the 3fold, 7-fold and 12-fold color scales forming its back and
sides.
The new Adeptus Minor is shown the sides and ends up west of the
Throne, Chief, east.
Chief:
Fr./Sr. I now greet you with the grip of this Grade which
is given thus. The fingers of the right hand are held
so as to form the Letters L-V-X. The thumb and first
fingers are stretched to form the letter L. The first and
middle fingers are extended to suggest the V. The little
finger is crossed with the ring finger to make X. This is
usually done with both hands, and is always exchanged
by placing the hands, with the fingers thus arranged,
over the wrist of the Frater or Soror being greeted
reaching across the Rose Throne to give it.
You will note that it is the grip with which I enthroned
you and it is generally so used in empowerments as it is
a symbol of the sharing of the Light.
Hodos passes sash in to Second.

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Second: Seeing that you have fulfilled your probation and are
now a full member of the Second Order, the College of
the Rose Cross, I now invest you with the Sash of this
Degree. It is worn across the Black Sash of the First
Order and signifies that you have attained to both pillars, and to the responsibility that entails. On it is a red
cross of six squares, the unfolded Cube that is the Heart
of the Cosmos. A gold ring representing the dawning of
the Augoides Soma, the Body of Light, encircles it, and
to which attainment you should most strenuously apply
yourself.
You are also now entitled to wear the gold shoes indicating that you tread the pathways of Light.
Second: Rosea Rubeae.

Third:
Et Aureae Crucis.
Chief:


Chief:
Second: Sixty-one the Jews call it; I call it eight, eighty, four
Third:
disappear.
Chief:
NOX. Thus have we Sealed the Vault of the Adepti in

the Mystic Mountain of Abiegnus.
Third:
Nu is our refuge
Hodos passes shoes to Second.

Third:
Secrecy and silence are virtues. Cultivate them. Of old

it was forbidden to say to any one when, where, or from
whom you received this rite, or who was present at it. It
was forbidden to tell any one not a member of the Order
even that you are a Rosicrucian. Cultivate secrecy and
silence, for you must determine for yourself what you
are willing to reveal and at what risk you place yourself
and others. Such are the Words.
Chief exits Vault followed by Candidate, Third, and Second.

If there are additional Candidates, return to Initiation on page 10.
Closing
Chief:
Second: !
Third:
Chief:
Nothing is a secret key of this law. (closes door)
Second: As Hadit is our light

Chief:
And Ra-Hoor-Khuit is the strength, force, vigor of

our arms. The Ending of the Words is the Word
Abrahadabra.
All:
AUM HA!
Dedication of Merit
All:

So mote it be.
Second: !
Third:
!
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Adeptus Minor
33
Ch. Ad.:

In the Power of the Name AShRH

and in the might of the concealed Name, ____________,
in the Symbol of the Tablet of Union and by the Word Eth,
Spirits of the Five Elements, Hear me!
epart (each Officer simultaneously makes banishing Pentagrams of

D
their own Element before the Tablet, ending with Grade Sign.) in peace
unto your habitations.
May there be peace between us and you,
and be ye ready to come when you are called. (each Officer simultaneously makes Closing Sign then Passive Spirit Pentagram vibrating
AGLA before the Tablet, ending with Sign of Silence. Officers turn to
Double Cube.)

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Chief Adept gives LVX signs; gives Closing Sign, and makes Passive Spirit
Pentagram vibrating A.G.L.A. All face East and together make Qabalistic Cross.
Ch. Ad.:
!!!! !
3rd Ad.:
!!!! !
2nd Ad.: !!!! !

Hiereus:
!!!! !
Hegemon: !!!! !
Dedication of Merit
ALL:
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M
So mote it be.

Opening & The Ritual of the Cross & Four Elements
center projection
tablet of Union
Gong
Chief
Dim
Lamp
Adept
White
Lamp
air tablet
Diagram of
Vitriolum
Second Adept
rose
Petals
Red
Lamp
&
Matches
lamp
with Shade
Fire tablet
Pentacle
lamp
with Shade
You have slain yourself upon the Altar

of Sacrifice and entered into the Light.
Nine months must you dwell in that womb,

ere you can be born as a Star in the Night.
Closing
Seven Palaces
of Holiness
Third Adept
It is the symbol of the Red Rose and the Cross of Gold,

uniting the powers of the 4 and 5 and 6 within itself,
but to learn its full meaning and import it is necessary
that you be admitted to the fellowship of that other Order
to which the Golden Dawn is one of the Veils.
Prepare yourself then.
Officers return to Sepherotic thrones.
lamp
with Shade
Veil (closed)
Ch. Ad.:

(Standing at Veil, facing West, Knock) Fraters and Sorores,

please assist me to close the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
All rise.
Ch. Ad.:
Fr./Sr. Hiereus, Please see that the entrance is properly guarded.
Hiereus:

Fr./Sr. Chief Adept, (gives Closing Portal sign)

the entrance is properly guarded.
Ch. Ad.:

Fraters and Sorores, give the Signs of the Neophyte,

(towards altar, done), Zelator, (done), Theoricus (done),
Practicus, (done), Philosophus (done).
Give the sign of the Rending of the Veil, (done).
Give the Sign of the Closing of the Veil, (done).
Fr./Sr. Second Adept, what is the Word?
2nd Ad.: Peh.
the Great
Hermetic
arcanum
Ch. Ad.:
Resh.
2nd Ad.: Kaph.

Ch. Ad.:
Tau.
2nd Ad.: The whole Word is Paroketh,

Diagrams of Malkuth
& ain into Matter
lamp
with Shade
Ch. Ad.:

Diagram of Pentagram
& Maltese Cross
In and by that Word,

I declare the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti duly closed.
Chief Adept turns East and draws curtain.

Officers take up their stations before Elemental Tablets.
Chief Adept stands West of the Altar, facing East, D.L. behind him/her.
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Ch. Ad.:

For in the nine months that follow and which are necessary
before the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti
can be opened for you again,
it is needful for you to prove and to be proven
in your craft of working the Magick of Light.
For what lies beyond is the Night.
Chief Adept directs Phil. to put down the Dim Lamp. He then rises with Scepter;
hands Tablet of Union to 2nd Adept; takes up White Lamp; leads new D.L. to
Altar, and places White Lamp thereon.
Second Adept follows bringing Tablet of Union to place on Altar.
Hegemon places Tarot Key Art on West side of Altar (if not already there).
Hiereus & Hegemon replace their Elements before their respective Tablets, and form
a Cross around Double Cube with the 2nd and 3rd Adepts.
Second Adept and Third Adept hand Red Elemental Lamp and Blue Cup to D.L.
who holds them while the Chief Adept directs his/her attention to the Tarot Trump.
3rd Adept returns West behind Ch. Ad. 2nd Ad. returns South.
Ch. Ad.:

The 25th Path of the Sepher Yetzerah and the Path before you
is that of Samekh to which is referred the Tarot Key of Art,
also called Temperance. Study well its symbolism
for it is a profound arcanum of the task before you.
The Fire and the Water that you hold is a Key also.
This Path is also called the Intelligence of Probation,
remember this, for it is the primary temptation by which the
Creator-Creatrix tries all righteous persons.
That is, in it there is ever present the temptation
to turn aside to the one hand or to the other.
(indicating the lamp and the cup)
Second Adept and Third Adept return Elements from central altar to their respective Tablets.
Ch. Ad.:

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Seeing that you are now

Lord of the Paths of the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti
and have entered into the Second Degree, it is fitting
that you should have the knowledge of the emblems
of the Halls of the First Order.
It is therefore your responsibility to make
a special object of study of them in both the classic text
of this ritual and in all other Order documents.
Yet upon my breast is a symbol, which,
O Lord of the Threshold is as yet unknown to you.
It is no Symbol of the Golden Dawn,
nor of the First Order nor of your own Degree.

v4.0 ed. July, 2006
MaterialS:
Letters:
S,T,q
m,i,s,n,k, T
On Altar:
Rose Leaves, Red Lamp with Matches, Chalice of

water, Dish of Salt, Cross of Five Squares
Admission
Badges:
Lamen of the Hiereus
Diagrams:
NNE
NNW
Diagram of Vitriolum
Diagram of Pan and the Devil Tarot Key
ENE
ESE
SSE
Seven Palace of Holiness
Diagram of Typhon and Death Tarot Key
SSW
WSW
Diagram of the Pentagram & Cross
WNW
For the Hall:

North
East
West
South
Earth Tablet
Air Tablet
Water Tablet
Fire Table
green lamp with shade
yellow lamp with shade
blue lamp with shade
red lamp with shade
Miscellaneous: White Lamp, Gong & Knocker, Flash Paper, The Letter Tau,
Dim Kerux Lamp, Powdered Incense.
freely used, distributed, and modified with the following restrictions: These rituals may not be sold or performed for profit even in modified
Portal

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Officers Meditation:
Standing in Elemental Cross, facing out, Chief at Double Cube.
All:

1. O Priocul, O procul este profani.

2. Bahlasti! Ompehda!
3. In the name of the Mighty and Terrible One, I proclaim that I have
banished the Shells unto their habitations.
4. I invoke Tahuti, the Lord of Wisdom and of Utterance, the God that
cometh forth from the Veil.
5. O Thou! Majesty of Godhead! Wisdom-crowned Tahuti! Lord of the
Gates of the Universe! Thee, Thee, I invoke.
O Thou of the Ibis Head! Thee, Thee I invoke.
Thou who wieldest the Wand of Double Power! Thee, Thee I invoke!
Thou who bearest in Thy left hand the Rose and Cross of Light and
Life: Thee, Thee, I invoke.
Thou, whose head is as an emerald, and Thy nemmes as the nightsky blue! Thee, Thee I invoke.
Thou, whose skin is of flaming orange as though it burned in a furnace! Thee, Thee I invoke.
6. Behold! I am Yesterday, To-Day, and the Brother of To-Morrow!
I am born again and again.
Mine is the Unseen Force, whereof the Gods are sprung! Which is as
Life unto the Dwellers in the Watch-Towers of the Universe.
I am the Charioteer of the East, Lord of the Past and of the Future.
I see by mine own inward light: Lord of Resurrection; Who cometh
forth from the Dusk, and my birth is from the House of Death.
7. O ye two Divine Hawks upon your Pinnacles!
Who keep watch over the Universe!
Ye who company the Bier to the House of Rest!
Who pilot the Ship of Ra advancing onwards to the heights of
heaven!
Lord of the Shrine which standeth in the Centre of the Earth!
8. Behold, He is in me, and I in Him!
Mine is the Radiance, wherein Ptah floatheth over the firmament!
I travel upon high!
I tread upon the firmament of Nu!
I raise a flashing flame, with the lightning of Mine Eye!
Ever rushing on, in the splendour of the daily glorified Ra:
giving my life to the Dwellers of Earth.
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As a token of your attainment to the White Pillar,

I confer upon you the White Sash of Gestation.
(Third Adept puts on white sash).
The Grip of this Degree is the Grip of the First Order,

but given with the Left Hand representing the Sepherah Chesed
and the White Pillar. The Sign is given thus: (giving it)
and symbolizes the rending asunder of a veil.
The answering sign is given by the converse, thus: (giving it).
The Password, as you have learned is Paroketh,
which is the Veil of the Sanctum Sanctorum
and is exchanged by letter, thus:
Ch. Ad.:
Peh.
Phil.:
(Prompted) Resh.
Ch. Ad.:
Kaph.
Phil.:
Tau
Ch. Ad.:

Also, I greet and call you Osirus Dominus Liminis,

the deceased Lord Osirus-of-the-Threshold.
You have earned that title and status by passing

through the Rites of the Cross and the Pentagram
for these rites are rituals of death and corruption,
the alchemical blackening before the Gold can emerge.
Further, I give you the Word Eth which crowns
the Pyramid of the Four Elements in the 4=7 Hall,
and is one symbol of the Spirit
which converts the Cross into the Pentagram.
Wherefore above my Throne is this Tablet,

(indicating tablet) called the Tablet of Union
which binds together the Four Tablets
into one under the presidency of the Spirit
Ch. Ad.:

Thus far by work of the Intellect, and by aid of the Rites,

have you come. Now must you labor to establish
the Pentagram in yourself, to make yourself truly
a Microcosm reflecting the Macrocosm
whose symbolic Hexagram of Tiphareth lies yet before you.
Thus it is the special task of the Dominus Liminus
to invoke in turn each of the Elements.
This Degree is in one sense attributed to Yesod,
the base of the Path of Probation, Sagittarius.
Thus the Sash that you wear could also be called
the Sash of Probation.
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33
Ch. Ad.:

As you have pierced the Veil it is proper that you learn

to call and wield that which lies beyond that Veil: LVX.
Therefore, as by names and by images
are all powers awakened and reawakened,
behold in the Officers of the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti
the Signs which call the Light,
the first of which you now stand in
and which practice you will make your special object
during your time in the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
The three adepts formulate the LVX by the INRI:LVX formula. The Light is to be
focused upon the new Dominus Liminis.
Ch. Ad.:
2nd Ad.: N
3rd Ad.:
All Three: I
Ch. Ad.:
Yod
2nd Ad.: Nun

3rd Ad.:
Resh
All Three: Yod

Ch. Ad.:
Virgo, Isis, Mighty Mother
2nd Ad.: Scorpio, Apophis Destroyer

3rd Ad.:
Sol, Osirus, Slain and Risen.
All Three: Isis, Apophis, Osiris, IAO!

Ch. Ad.:
The Sign of Osiris Slain
2nd Ad.: The Sign of the Mourning of Isis

3rd Ad.:
The Sign of Apophis Triumphant
All Three: The Sign of Osiris Risen, LVX, Lux, Light of the Cross!
Chief Adept directs Phil. to put arms down.
Ch. Ad.:

I.N.R.I. has many and divers meanings in the Hermetic Art.

One is Intra Natura Regnet Ignus ,
Or Within Nature Reigns Fire.
Another is Ingus Naturam Renovir Integra,
Or Fire renews the Integrity of Nature.
This is the Fire or Light that we invoke.
I greet you, Dominus Liminis, or Lord of the Threshold,

as the title now bestowed upon you is translated.
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9. If I say Come up upon the mountains! the Celestial Waters shall

flow at my Word.
For I am Ra incarnate!
Kephra created in the Flesh!
I am the Eidolon of my father Tmu, Lord of the City of the Sun!
10. The God who commands is in my mouth!
The God of Wisdom is in my Heart!
My tongue is the Sanctuary of Truth!
And a God sitteth upon my lips.
11. My Word is accomplished every day!
And the desire of my heart realises itself, as that of Ptah when He
createth!
I am Eternal; therefore all things are as my designs; therefore do all
things obey my Word.
12. Therefore do Thou come forth unto me from Thine abode in the
Silence: Unutterable Wisdom! All-Light! All-Power!
Thoth! Hermes! Mercury! Odin!
By whatever name I call Thee, Thou art still nameless to Eternity:.
Come Thou forth, I say, and aid and guard me in this work of Art.
13. Thou, Star of the East, that didst conduct the Magi!
Thou art The Same all-present in Heaven and in Hell!
Thou that vibratest between the Light and the Darkness!
Rising, descending! Changing ever, yet ever The Same!
The Sun is Thy Father!
Thy Mother is the Moon!
The Wind hath borne Thee in its bosom: and Earth hath ever
nourished the changeless Godhead of Thy Youth!
14. Come Thou forth, I say, come Thou forth!
And make all Spirits subject unto Me:
So that every Spirit of the Firmament
And of the Ether.
And of the Earth.
And under the Earth.
On dry land
And in the Water.
Of whirling Air
And of rushing Fire.
And every Spell and Scourge of God the Vast One, may be obedient
unto Me!
15. I invoke the priestess of the Silver Star, Asi the Curved One, by the
ritual of Silence.
16. I make open the gate of Bliss; I descend from the Palace of the
Stars; I greet you, I embrace you, O children of Earth, that are
gathered together in the Hall of Darkness.
17. (A pause.)
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18. The Speech in the Silence.

The Words against the Son of Night.
The Voice of Tahuti in the Universe in the Presence of the Eternal.
The Formulas of Knowledge.
The Wisdom of Breath.
The Root of Vibration.
The Shaking of the Invisible.
The Rolling Asunder of the Darkness.
The Becoming Visible of Matter.
The Piercing of the Scales of the Crocodile.
The Breaking Forth of the Light!*
* Source: LIBER ISRAFEL, sub figura LXIV, A.. A.. Publication in Class B. Imprimatur: N. Fra A.. A..
Officers return to Sephirotic positions.
Opening
Chief Adept is behind Veil in the East, symbolically in Tipharethother Officers in
their Sephirotic Stations Third Adept in the North East (Hod), Second Adept in
the South East (Netzach)Hiereus in the West (Malkuth), Hegemon East of the
Double Cube Altar (Altar in Yesod, at the center of an equilateral triangle outer
officers thrones). The Hall is in Darkness, Elemental Lamps unlit no lights except
those burning behind Veil and for reading. Asp. Should be preped for test and
wearing 4=7 sash.
Any members attending must give Portal Signs upon entering the Temple. Portal
Members sit in the NorthFull 5=6 in South.
All:
AhAhAh (no knock)
2nd. Ad.: (Knocks, all rise) Fraters and Sorores,

assist me to open the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.

Fr./Sr. Hiereus, please see that the entrance is closed and guarded.
Hiereus:
r./Sr. Second Adept, (making opening Portal Sign)

F
the entrance is closed and guarded.
2nd Ad.: F
raters and Sorores, in token of our search for the Light,
give the Sign of the 0=0 Hall of the Neophytes to the East.
All turn East, give and hold sign. From behind Veil, the Chief Adepts hand, holding a White Lamp or candle is stretched out. Chief Adept makes Sign of Silence
behind veil and withdraws Lamp, all make sign of Silence as Lamp is withdrawn.
All remain standing, facing East.
Ch. Ad.:
he Light shineth in Darkness,

T
but the Darkness comprehendeth it not.
2nd Ad.: N
aught existed in the CHAOS,
the Un-Formed, Un-Stable and Never Enduring.

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Fr./Sr. Hiereus, what is the Symbol upon the Altar?
Ch. Ad.:
In the Letter Resh (Incense)
3rd Ad.:
In the Letter Peh. (Water of Life)
Ch. Ad.:
In the Letter Shin. (Incense)
2nd Ad.: In the Letter Kaph. (Incense Sticks)

Ch. Ad.:
In the Letter Aleph (Incense)
All:
In the Letter Teth. (Phil. drops in motto)
Chief Adept makes Spirit Pentagrams over the Whole, then stretching out Scepter
touches Phil. on the breast. Placing Lamp on Altar of Incense, Chief Adept takes
the Cross around Phil.s neck and showing the back, black side says:
Ch. Ad.:

S/he who hath known me, though but from afar,

is marked out and chosen from among folk,
and s/he shall never turn back or turn aside,
for s/he hath made the link that is not to be broken,
nay, not by the malice of the Four Great Princes
of the evil of the world, nor by Choronzon, that mighty Devil,
nor by the wrath of God,
nor by the affliction and feebleness of the soul.
Yet with this assurance be not thou content;

for though thou hast the wings of the Eagle, they are vain,
except they be joined to the shoulders of the Bull.
Now therefore, I send forth a shaft of my light,
even as a ladder let down from the heaven upon the earth,
and by this black cross of Themis that I hold before thine eyes,
do I swear unto thee that the path
shall be open henceforth for evermore. (Gong)
Second Adept and Third Adept come forward between the Pillars, Rending the Veil
in passing, to stand along side Chief Adept, Second Adept in South, Third Adept in
North.
Ch. Ad.:

Stretch out your hand to touch the Black Pillar (done),

the Pillar of the First Degree,
wherein all was as yet the darkness of the Path Tau.
This was a period of restriction and of groping.
Stretch out your right hand now to touch the White Pillar
of the Second Degree wherein is the Fire of the Path Samekh.
Standing thus you are at the point of equilibrium,
Master of Both, Lord of the Second Degree,
Lord of the Paths of the Vault of the Adepti.
Yet Remember that the One Pillar can not support
the Whole Temple without the Other.
Standing thus you also stand in the Sign of Osirus Slain.
Ours is the Magick of Light.
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All lay down Elemental emblems & scripts
Hiereus:
3rd Ad.:
2nd Ad.: I n the Midst of CHAOS

let the Power of the Cross be established.
Peh (Knocks, gives Sign of Water)
Hegemon: Resh (Knocks, gives Sign of Air)

2nd Ad.: Kaph (Knocks, gives Sign of Fire)
Hiereus:
Tau (Knocks, gives Sign of Earth)
All:

(All make Qabalistic Cross vibrating the word).

Pa!(vertical)
Ro!(horizontal)
Keth!(at heart)
Phil:

(Prompted by Third Adept) In the Word Paroketh,

in the Power of the Cross and the Pentagram,
I claim to behold the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
Ch. Ad.:

(Gong) It is the Word of the Veil,

the Veil of the Sanctum Sanctorum., and of the Temple,
and before the Holy of Holies, the Veil which is rent asunder.
It is the Veil of the Four Elements of the Body of Human-kind,
which is offered upon the Cross in the service of the World.
(Chief Adept stands) In the Word Phrath,
in the Spirit of Service and Sacrifice, draw nigh.
Second Adept shows Phil. Opening Sign.

2nd Ad.: This is the Sign of the Rending of the Veil,

and thus standing you form the Tau Cross.
All retrieve Elemental Emblems. Second Adept and Third Adept stand at the Veil,
ready to open it. as Phil. gives sign. Phil., holding Dim Lamp and Motto, gives
Portal Sign. Second Adept and Third Adept use wands to draw back Veil, revealing Chief Adept standing also in the Sign of Tau, with Scepter and White Lamp.
Second Adept and Third Adept and Phil. enter Veil until Phil. stands between
Pillars, Second Adept South, Third Adept North. Hegemon and Hiereus behind.
Phil. should remain in Sign throughout Offering Ritual.
Ch. Ad.:

Freely and of full purpose and with understanding

do you offer yourself upon the Altar of the Spirit?
Phil.:
I do.
The Symbol of the equated forces of the Four Elements.
Chief Adept signs Cross with Lamp through veil and withdraws. Hiereus goes
to the East, leads All in Q-Cross and performs Lesser Banishing Ritual of the
Pentagram centered on each Tablet. When s/he returns East, All join in making
final Qabalistic Cross, facing East.
Hiereus returns to throne, faces East, all others facing West.
Hiereus makes 1=10 sign, breaks sign and Knocks.
Hegemon makes 2=9, breaks sign and Knocks.
Third Adept makes 3=8, breaks sign and Knocks.
Second Adept makes 4=7, breaks sign and Knocks.
Ch. Ad.

The Cross upon the Altar is also

a Cross of corrosion, corruption, disintegration and death.
Therefore does it fall in the Paths of Death and the Devil.
Unless in Hod the Glory fulfileth matter
and the Corruptible puts on Incorruption,
thus attaining unto the beauty of Tiphareth;
Unless in Netzach, Death is swallowed up in Victory
and the Destroyer becomes the Transmuter
into Pure Alchemic Gold.
Not otherwise can we attain to the Quintessence
and from the Cross form the Pentagram.
What then, O Third Adept, is the additional Mystic Title
bestowed upon a Philosophus as a link with the Second Order?
3rd Ad.:
The Name of the Fourth Sacred River, Phrath.
Hiereus:
Tau
Hegemon: Resh
3rd Ad.:
Peh
Ch. Ad.:
Fr./Sr. Second Adept, what may be added to this Word?
2nd Ad.: Kaph (Knock)
As they say their Words, each officer comes forward to drop their emblems into the
brazier and makes Grade Sign while doing so. I.e., approach and center on brazier;
deposit most of element; make Grade Sign; say Words. Chief Adept makes appropriate pentagram over each. Phil. drops in Motto.
Hiereus:
3rd Ad.:
Peh (Knock)
Hiereus:
In the Letter Tau. (Salt)
Ch. Ad.:
Ch. Ad.:
In the Letter Heh (Incense)
he whole word is PAROKETH,

T
Hegemon: In the Letter Resh (Rose petals)

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Tau (Knock)
Hegemon: Resh (Knock)
All make Signs of the Rending of the Veil towards the East. Cue off Hegemon.
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Ch. Ad.:
(Knock) In and by that Word,

Let the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti be opened.
Second and Third Adepts use wands to draw aside curtains revealing Chief Adept
who is standing with Pentacle and White Lamp in left hand, Scepter in right. S/he
gives the INRI:LVX Signs. [Light is projected from 6 balanced by 7 & 8, focused
through 9 and reflected back to altar by 10. This draws Source from Sephirotic
scale to Elemental]
Ch. Ad.:
et us establish the Dominion of the Mystic ETH,

L
uniting the Four Elements.
Chief Adept comes in front of the Veil and takes position in front of the Air Tablet,
facing East. All face East. Hegemon takes Rose Leaves from Double Cube and
stands behind Chief. All make Qabalistic cross.
Hegemon places Rose Leaves before Air Tablet and stands in the 2=9 sign.
Chief Adept Invokes Air. Heg. lights Elemental Lamp from White Lamp, gives
Grade Sign, Spirits of [Element], Rise up and Awake!, and holds sign.
Hegemon takes Rose Leaves to Elemental Altar and puts them on Air arm of Cross,
goes East of Double Cube and faces West in sign.
Chief makes Sign of Silence.
Chief Adept goes South, Second Adept places Red Lamp & matches before Fire
Tablet and Stands in sign. Chief Invokes Fire and Second Adept lights Red Lamp
and Elemental Altar Lamp. Second Adept takes Red Lamp and matches to Altar
and puts them on Fire arm of Cross and stands South of Double Cube facing North
in sign.
Chief Adept goes West. Third Adept places Cup before Water Tablet and stands in
sign. Chief Invokes water and Third Adept lights Lamp. Third Adept takes Cup to
Altar and puts it on Water arm of Cross and stands West of Double Cube facing
East in sign.
Chief Adept goes North, Hiereus places Salt before Earth Tablet and Stands in sign.
Chief Invokes Earth and Hiereus lights Lamp. Hiereus takes Salt to Altar and puts it on
Earth arm of Cross and stands North of Double Cube facing South in sign.
Chief completes orbit to the East, and continues around saying:
Ch. Ad.:
o (gesture East) what (South) thou (West) wilt (North)

D
and then onward to West of Altar, stops and says:
shall be the whole of the law.
With the word, Law, All give 0=0 signs towards Altar, and then stand in own
Elemental Signs. Chief Adept makes invoking Active Spirit Pentagram; gives
Opening Sign; Makes LVX Signs. All drop grade signs and face East.
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Phil. places Cross of 5-Squares about neck and raises Dim Lamp over Elements. A
moment of silence for the Phil. to focus and connect with the energy of the action.
Then, all come east of the Altar. Phil. in middle with Lamp and Cross around neck.
Second Adept right and Third Adept left. Hegemon and Hiereus behind and left
and right, respectively. Each brings Elemental Emblems from Altar. Hiereus Salt,
Hegemon Rose-petals, Second AdeptRed Lamp & Incense sticks, Third Adept
Water (water is not H20 but whisky), Phil. Motto written on paper (preferably
flash-paper).
2nd Ad.: Fr./Sr. Philosophus,

what was the additional Symbol given you

in the 4=7 as a link with the Second Order?
Phil.:
Phrath
Hegemon hands Phil. paper with motto. All advance towards the Veil.
2nd Ad.: H
ail Hidden Warden of the Portal of the Vault!
Here is one who comes in the Word Phrath.
Ch. Ad.:
(Gong) If he would rend the Veil, let him/her complete the Word.
2nd Ad.: Fr./Sr. Hiereus, what know you of the Word?

Hiereus:
Tau, the Letter of Saturn,

ruling the Path of Malkuth to Yesod, linked to Earth.
2nd Ad.: Fr./Sr. Hegemon, what know you of the Word?

Hegemon: Resh, the Letter of Sol, the Path joining Yesod to Hod,

and it is also the Letter linked with rule over Air

as the Sun ruleth the Air in Tiphareth.
2nd Ad.: Fr./Sr. Third Adept, what know you of the Word?
3rd Ad.:

Peh, the Letter of Mars, of the Path joining Hod to Netzach,

which is also a Letter linked to Water, as Mars ruleth Water,
and to Fire, as Mars ruleth Fire in Geburah.
2nd Ad.: Mars in Peh linketh the base of the Black Pillar

to the Base of the White Pillar,

and the converse of Mars is Jupiter

for Jupiter is Lord of Fire, but in Chesed He ruleth Water,

balancing Mars in Geburah.

Now, the Letter of Jupiter is Kaph,

linking Netzach with Chesed; and Kaph continueth

the Path Peh to Chesed, and is the highest Path

now visible to you. It is the Path of Aspiration

and its Planet Jupiter rules also in Sagittarius.

Therefore, take the Light of the Highest for Guide,

and thus do I reveal the Letter Kaph unto you

and complete the Word:
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Hegemon:

Five Paths are before you

four have you attempted and each was guarded
by a symbol sinister and dread. Yet,
Debate not of the image saying Beyond! Beyond!
One mounteth unto the Crown by the moon
and by the Sun, and by the arrow, and by the Foundation,
and by the dark home of the stars from the black earth.
Not otherwise may ye reach unto the Smooth Point
Thus, by this straight and narrow way only
is advance between the dangers
that have threatened you possible.
Ch. Ad.:
Third Adept descends to North side of Altar.

3rd Ad.:

Sagittarius, the Archer is a bi-corporate Sign

the Centaur; the Man and the Horse combined.
Recall what was said unto thee in the passage
of the 31st Path of Fire,
leading unto the 3=8 Hall of the Practici:
Also there is the vision of the fire flashing Courser of Light,

or also a child borne aloft upon the shoulders
of the Celestial Steed, fiery or clothed with gold,
or naked and shooting from the bow shafts of light
and standing on the shoulder of a horse.
But, if thy meditation prolongeth itself thou shalt unite
all these symbols in the form of a Lion.
For thus wilt thou cleave upward by the Path of Sagittarius,

through the Sixth Sepherah into the Path of Teth,
answering to Leo, the Lion the reconciling Path
between Mercy and Severity, Chesed and Geburah,
beneath whose center hangs the glorious Sun of Tiphareth
Therefore, by the straight and narrow Path of Sagittarius,
let the Philosophus advance,
like the arrow from the center of Qesheth, the Bow.
Second Adept descends to South of the Altar

2nd Ad.: Before you, upon the Altar lie

the Four Emblems of your purified body,

and over them is the Symbol of the Pentagram,

while beneath in the midst is the five-squared

Cross of the Four Elements and the Spirit within them.

If you are willing, in service and in sacrifice to offer

the purified powers of your body,

bind about your neck the Cross,

and stretch the Light you bear over

the Four Emblems in prayer and offering.
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Thou who art I, beyond all I am,

Who hast no nature and no name,
Who art, when all but thou are gone,
Thou, centre and secret of the Sun,
Thou, hidden spring of all things known
And unknown, Thou aloof, alone,
Thou, the true fire within the reed
Brooding and breeding, source and seed
Of life, love, liberty, and light,
Thou beyond speech and beyond sight,
Thee I invoke, my faint fresh fire
Kindling as mine intents aspire.
Thee I invoke, abiding one,
Thee, centre and secret of the Sun,
And that most holy mystery
Of which the vehicle am I.
Appear, most awful and most mild,
As it is lawful, to thy child!*
* Source: Liber XV Ecclesi Gnostic Catholic Canon Miss
All make Qabalistic Cross together. Officers Face Double Cube. Chief Adept moves
East of Double Cube, faces West, lays Pentacle upon Cross. Holds Lamp and Wand
on high.
Ch. Ad.:

May the Cross of the Four Elements

become truly purified and planted in Incorruption.
Wherefore in the Name of AShRH
and in the Concealed Name __________,
do I add the power of the Pentagram
which is the Glorified body of Osirus,
the Sign of the Microcosmos.
All lights are turned up. Chief Adept hangs Pentacle on hook in center of Hall,
raises Scepter and Lamp on high and invokes [This formulates the Triangle about
the Cross.]:
ALL:

Ol Sonuf Va-Orsagi Goho Iada Balta

Elexarpeh Comananu Tabitoem
Zodakara, Eka Zodakare Od Zodameranu
Odo Kikle Qaa Piape Piamoel Od Vaoan.
Chief Adept returns to throne. Second and Third follow and stand by pillars on
outside. Hiereus and Hegemon stand at thrones.
Ch. Ad.:
Let us adore the Universe and Space. (All face East)
ALL:

Holy art Thou, who art Universe! (Sign)

Holy art Thou, who art in Nature Formed! (Sign)
Holy art Thou, the Vast and the Mighty! (Sign)
Source of Darkness, Source of Light! (Sign of Silence),
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All resume throne positions.

Ch. Ad.:
(Facing West) By the Word Paroketh and the Sign of the Rending
of the Veil, (give sign) I declare that the Portal of the Vault of the
Adepti has been opened.
Ch. Ad.:
!!!! !
2nd Ad.: !!!! !

3rd Ad.:
!!!! !
Hiereus:
!!!! !
Hegemon: !!!! !
Chief circumambulates once, then returns to seat. Officers step up to Double Cube,
take up elements and spiral out to place on elemental altars. Elemental Lamps are
veiled. All take seats. The Double Cube is moved Westward out of Yesod and the
Pentagram is swung aside and hidden.
the ritual of the Cross and Four elements

Ch. Ad.:

(Concealed behind Veil) The Portal symbolically opened for the Order
is yet closed to the unprepared Aspirant.
Temple in darkness save at East.

2nd Ad.: (seated) Fraters and Sorores, our Fr./Sr. __________, having been
a member of the 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi and having passed the
five fold examination prescribed for admission to the Second Order,
awaits without the Hall.

r./Sr. Third Adept, Will you examine him/her in his/her knowlF

edge of the Words, Grip and Sign of the 4=7 Hall and of the Word
Phrath; See that s/he is duly prepared, wearing the Sash of the
Philosophus, and around his/her neck the Admission Badge. Finally,
instruct him/her in the necessary knocks and admit him/her.
All lights except faint light in the East are extinguished. Second Adept stands before
the Veil. Hegemon and Hiereus bar the way with Tools near the door. Third Adept,
having prepared Phil. brings him just within the door. Phil. knocks.
Hegemon:

The Realm of Chaos and of Ancient Night,

ere ever the Aeons were, when there was neither Heaven,
nor Earth, nor was there any Sea,
when Naught was, save the Shape Unluminous,
formless and void.
Hiereus:

To and fro in the Deeps, swayed the coils of the Dragon

with Eight Heads and Eleven Horns.
Eight Powers of Possibility, Eleven Directions of Change.
Yet, Eleven were the Rulers of the Qlippoth,
and at their head were the Dual Contending Forces.
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3rd Ad.:

The 26th Path of the Sepher Yetzerah,

to which the Tarot Key of the Devil is referred
is called the Renovating Intelligence, remember this,
because, by it are renewed all the changing forms
which are renewed by the Creation of the World.
Return again to Yesod, for here no more may be spoken.
Third Adept returns to Sepherotic station. Hiereus leads Phil. West of Double Cube.
Hegemon rises as they approach. Hiereus and Hegemon stand on either side of Phil.
All three face East.
Hiereus:

(Showing Lamen) In guardianship and not in enmity,

have I barred your venturing, O Philosophus.
Now may it be revealed unto you that in my Lamen of Office
is hidden the Key which you seek.
For the Triangle in the Circle
is the high symbol of the Holy Triad,
and the first Three Sepheroth,
and of Binah wherein is the Sphere of Saturn,
Ruler of the Path Tau. Therefore do I wear it, and therefore,
when you entered the Hall of the Neophytes in the 0=0 Rite,
when first the hood-wink was raised,
you beheld before you the Sword that barred
and the Symbol which overcometh the barrier.
The Lamen in its more special attribution to the Hiereus,
has the following meanings.
In the circle are the Four Sephiroth,
The first three are the angles of the Triangle inscribed within,
while the sides are the Paths of Nun, Ayin and Peh, respectively.
The center is the Letter Samekh, and the 25th Path.
While the Wheel revolves, the hub is still.
Seek ever then the center, look from without to within.
Behold the Key to your Path.
Hiereus puts Badge aside.
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All corpses are sacred unto me;

they shall not be touched save in mine eucharist.
All lonely places are sacred unto me;
where one man gathereth himself together in my name,
there will I leap forth in the midst of him.
I am the hideous god; and who mastereth me is uglier than I.

Yet I give more than Bacchus and Apollo;
my gifts exceed the olive and the horse.
Who worshippeth me must worship me with many rites.

I am concealed with all concealments;
when the Most Holy Ancient One is stripped
and driven through the marketplace
I am still secret and apart.
Whom I love I chastise with many rods.

All things are sacred to me; no thing is sacred from me.
For there is no holiness where I am not.
Fear not when I fall in the fury of the storm;
for mine acorns are blown afar by the wind;
and verily I shall rise again, and my children about me,
so that we shall uplift our forest in Eternity.
Eternity is the storm that covereth me.

I am Existence,
that Existence that existeth not
save through its own Existence,
that is beyond the Existence of Existences,
and rooted deeper than the No-Thing-Tree
in the land of No-Thing.
Hiereus and Hegemon lower tools and step back.

2nd Ad.: (Faces East, gives 0=0 sign with hands inches before the Veil)

Then breathed forth Thoth

out of the Unutterable AbyssThe Word! (holds sign)

Then stood forth Thoth in the Sign of the Enterer,

on the Threshold of the Hall of Time

as Time was born of the Eternal

So stood Thoth in the Power of the Word,

giving forth Light,

while the Aeons that were unbegotten

unfolded before him.
2nd Adept holds Sign. 3rd Adept directs Phil. to give 0=0 sign toward the East.
2nd Ad.: And the Elohim said, Let there be Light.
The hand of the Chief Adept hands out the Dim Lamp. 2nd Adept receives it,
makes Sign of Silence. 3rd Adept directs Phil. to make Sign of Silence also. 2nd
Adept faces West. 3rd Adept leaves Phil. and proceeds East taking Banner of the
W. in left hand on the way, then takes Dim Lamp in right hand and returns sunwise to face Phil. S/he holds Dim Lamp and Banner of W. facing Phil.
2nd Ad.: F
r./Sr. ________, what was the Title you received
in the 4=7 Hall of the Philosophi?
Phil:
(unprompted) Pharos Illuminans.
Third Adept gives Phil. Dim Lamp to hold in his/her right hand and takes his/her
station on the left hand of Phil. just inside threshold
Hiereus shows Phil. figure of Pan.
2nd Ad.: F
r./Sr. Pharos Illuminans, we are here assembled to open for you the
Portal of the Vault of the Adepti, which admits you to the Second
Degree and brings you to the Threshold of the Inner or Second
Order.
Hiereus:
I nto my loneliness comes

And I behold Pan.
ecause of the increased power that will follow if, with steadfast
B
will and aspiration, you take this step in essence as well as in form,
it is needful that you take further pledges. Are you so willing?
Phil.:
I am willing.
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2nd Ad.: T
hen taking in your right hand the Banner of the West and place
your left hand in that of the Third Adept, who is the living symbol
of the Black Pillar which governs the First Order, and touch the corresponding Emblem, the Black sash of restriction, on your breast,
and thus bind yourself while raising the Light which you hold, in
witness of your pledge.
Phil. raises right hand holding Banner and Lamp, while his/her left hand, held by
Third Adept, touches Sash.
2nd Ad.: F
irst, do you pledge yourself to pursue, cultivate, and preserve the
Mysteries of these Paths and of this Ceremony?
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Phil.:
I do.
2nd Ad.: S
econd, do you further promise to use whatever practical knowledge
you may now, or at any future time possess in accord with your
True Will alone?
Phil.:
I do.
2nd Ad.: Third, do you also promise to regard all the knowledge

imparted to you as a trust, given into your hands,

not for selfish advantage, but for the service of all Life,

that the ancient tradition of Initiation

be kept pure and undefiled

and the Light be not lost for those that seek it in this Path?
Phil.:
I do.
2nd Ad.: Then, realizing the Cross around your neck,

lift up your right hand,

holding the Banner and the Light and say:

I undertake to maintain the Veil

between the 1st and 2nd Orders.

May the Powers of the Elements bear witness to my pledges.
Done. Third Adept replaces Banner of the West and returns to his/her Sepherotic
throne. Phil. stays just inside threshold.
2nd Ad.: The Symbol of the Neophyte is 0=0.

To the first 0 is attached a Circleto the second, a Square.

The union of the circle and the square has many meanings,

of which one must be put before you,

for this you must accomplish in your own person,

ere you can advance further.

For if in the Mystic Sphere of Truth,

the way of Initiation may be trodden alone,

yet in another Sphere it hath a three-fold aspect

part that can be given to one from without

part that can be attained by one alone

part that can only come from the Divine.
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Can your tears prevail against the Tide of the Sea,

your might against the waves of the storm,
your love against the sorrows of all the world?
Phil.:
(Prompted) Let me seek then the Path of Ayin.
3rd Ad.:
It is open to you to the limit of your strength.
Hegemon returns to his/her station at the West of Altar. Third Adept leads Phil.
Hiereus:
( knocks, rises quickly, and bars way in the West)

By the Power of Pan and the Goat of Mendes, stand!
3rd Ad.:
hus far and no farther are you permitted to penetrate the Path
T
Ayin at this time, whose mysteries may now be partially revealed to
you. (Taking Phil. to Northeast, Hiereus following)
Behold the 15th Key of the Tarot:
narled Oak of God! In thy branches is the lightning nested!

G
Above thee hangs the Eyeless Hawk.
Thou are blasted and black!
upremely solitary in that heath of scrub.

S
Up! The ruddy clouds hang over thee! It is the storm.
There is a flaming gash in the sky
Up.
Thou are tossed about in the grip of the storm

for an aeon and an aeon and an aeon.
But thou givest not thy sap;
thou fallest not.
Only in the end shalt thou give up thy sap when

the great God F.I.A.T. is enthroned
on the day of Be-with-Us
Now shalt thou adore me who am the Eye and the Tooth,
the Goat of the Spirit, the Lord of Creation.
I am the Eye in the Triangle,
the Silver Star the ye adore.
I am Baphomet, that is the Eightfold Word
that shall be equilibrated with the Three.
There is no act or passion
that shall not be a hymn in mine honor.
All holy things and all symbolic things shall be my sacraments.
These animals are sacred unto me; the goat, and the duck,
and the ass, and the gazelle,
the man, the woman and the child.
I do.
2nd Ad.: Fourth and last, do you promise

to seek the Star in Every Man and Every Woman

within our Order and without it;

To labor in the creation of the peace and harmony

that comes when Love is the Law, Love under Will.

But to contend, if need be, As Brothers Fight;

And to be Willing to Destroy this

Outer Manifestation of the Order should it so need

liberation from corruption?
Phil.:
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Hiereus:

2nd Ad.: The 24th Path of Sepher Yetzerah to which

the Tarot Key of Death is referred is called

the Imaginative Intelligence, remember this,

and it is so called because it gives form to all similitudes

which are created in a manner similar to its harmonious elegances.

For the outward form always follows the Hidden law,

thus from Chaos is produced harmony,

just as a beautiful flower is produced from decaying matter.

Return now to Yesod, for here no more may be spoken.
Second Adept returns to station. Hiereus leads Phil. to Hegemon near Altar then
returns to Elemental station in the North.
Hegemon: Approach now the station of Hod by the Path of Resh, the Sun.
Hegemon leads Phil. to 3rd Adepts station before the paths of Mem and Aayin.
3rd Adept rises.
3rd Ad.:

Already the Sash of the Black Pillar is upon you

already you have passed the dark Path of Tau.
What more do you seek of me, Initiate of the 1st Degree?
Phil.:
(Prompted) I seek the Path of Mem, the Path of Sacrifice.
Hiereus:

(Knock) Be warned, vainglorious one!

Samson broke down the Two Pillars and perished.
Having but one Pillar, can you bear up the might of Geburah,
can you attain strength without the Life of Tiphareth?
3rd Ad.:

The Portal of Mem is barred.

Yet it is well to be willing for the Sacrifice itself,
if as yet not fully prepared.
For in the Path of Mem rules the Hanged Man,
the power of the Great Waters.
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Now, in the Order, you were given intellectual teaching,

and earned your entrance into the Halls in tests
of what was taught. Here, you must prove
that you have truly attained thus far of your own strength,
and after you may progress by the higher Soul within you.
Around your neck, you wear
the Symbol of the Cross of Four Elements,
equilibrated and equated.
Establish it firmly in the Sphere of your own being
and advance by the Sun with courage.
2nd returns to throne. Phil. circumambulates around hall. Hiereus and Hegemon
move to Northwest to bar the way as in 1=10. When done with blocking officers
return to Elemental positions.
Hiereus:
Give me the Words and Signs of the Zelator

[Adonai Ha Aretz, Periclinus de Faustus, 55, Nun Heh].
Hiereus:
Give me the Grip of the First Order.

(done. Hegemon returns to station.)
Hiereus takes Phil. deocil to North, directs him to take up Salt from before the
Earth Tablet. Both facing North, Hiereus makes Cross over Salt with Sword then
faces altar and stands in the 1=10 Sign while Phil. circumambulates deosil saying
Earth Names.
Phil.:
Adonai Ha Aretz, Auriel, Emor Dial Hectega, Ic Zod Heh Chal.
S/he returns to North. Hiereus makes Earth Pentagram over Salt. Phil. removes
Lamp Shade. Hiereus takes Phil. to Altar and directs him to place Salt at North
side of Altar. Hiereus takes him to diagrams in the West.
Hiereus:

The Cross of Four Triangles called the Maltese Cross,

is a Symbol of the Four Elements in balanced disposition.
It is here given in the colors of the King scale and it is assigned
to the Four Sepheroth of the Halls of the First Order.
It is the Cross which heads the Praemonstrators Wand
who represents the Fourth Sepherah Chesed.
Four is also the Number of Jupiter whose Path unites
Chesed to Netzach. This Cross is therefore a fit emblem
for a Philosophus of the Grade of 4=7.
In this diagram (indicating it) are presented

the Circle, the Point, the Line,
the Cross, the Square and the Cube.
For the Circle is the Abyss, the Nothingness, the AIN.
The point is Kether. Now the Point has no dimension,
but in moving, it traces the Line.
The Point
Nya
rTk
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Hiereus:

This gives the first numberUnityyet

therein lies duality unmanifest, for two Points mark its ends.
The movement of the line makes the Plane or Square thus: (indicating). The motion of the Point at square angles
to its first direction and intersecting it makes the Cross.
So therefore are the Square and the Cross but one Symbol,
deriving from the Circle and the Point.
ere (indicating it) is shown the Occult Symbol of Malkuth,

H
the Tenth Sepherah.
It is in Four parts, corresponding to the Maltese Cross.
They are Fire of Earth, Water of Earth, Air of Earth,
and Earth of Earth, as indicated by the Symbol.
They correspond to the Four Halls of the First Order,
which in one sense, never leaves Malkuth, being the Halls
of the Four Lowest Sepheroth of Malkuth in Assiah.
Upon them is surcharged a white Hexagram in a Circle.
The 6 and 4 make 10, the number of Malkuth on the Tree.

The Hexagram is also the sign of the Macrocosm
of Tiphareth, and of the Six Upper Sephiroth,
wherefore here it is white
Spirit impacting and vivifying Matter.
Six are the mid points of the planes bounding a cube,
which derives from the square, and from the Cross
if the Center point moves thus (indicating third direction).
Malkuth must then be equated and refined
by the 6 impacting the 4:
and the link between 6 and 4 is the number of the Pentagram.
In these numbers and figures are hid many revelations.
Hierus directs Phil. to remain in W. then goes to Elemental position, strikes sign, rests.
2nd Ad.: H
aving achieved entry into Malkuth,
it is needful that you should pass through the Path of Tau,
the dark Path of the Sub-Lunar Astral Plane,
Go on, therefore, to the Tablet of the East.
Phil. travels deocil and is directed onward by 2nd Adept. Hiereus and Hegemon go
Northeast and bar the way, points of tools downwards and crossing.
Phil. goes towards the East and is stopped. Hegemon demands 2=9 Words and
Signs. [Shaddai El Chai, Poraios de Rejectus, 45, Mem Heh]. Hiereus returns to
North of Altar strikes 1=10 Sign & rests. Hegemon leads Phil. to Tablet, directs
Phil. to take up rose leaves, makes Cross over bowl and directs Phil. to circumambulate repeating Air Names. Hegemon stands in 2=9 Sign.
Phil.:
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And dust of the laboring earth;

And bodies of things to be
In the houses of death and of birth;
And wrought with weeping and laughter,
And fashioned with loathing and love,
With life before and after
And death beneath and above,
For a day and a night and a morrow,
That his strength might endure for a span
With travail and heavy sorrow,
The holy spirit of man.
2nd Ad.: From the winds of the north and the south

They gathered as unto strife;

They breathed upon his mouth,

They filled his body with life;

Eyesight and speech they wrought

For the veils of the soul therein,

A time for labor and thought,

A time to serve and to sin,

They gave him light in his ways

And love, and a space for delight,

And beauty and length of days,

And night, and sleep in the night.

His speech is a burning fire;

With his lips he travaileth:

In his heart is a blind desire,

In his eyes foreknowledge of death;

He weaves and is clothed with derision;

Sow, and he shall not reap;

His life is a watch or a vision

Between a sleep and a sleep.
Hiereus shows the figure of Typhon.
Hiereus:
urning and turning in the widening gyre

T
Shaddai El Chai, Raphael, Oro Ibah Aozpi, Bataivah.
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Hiereus:

(Knock) Beware!
Temerity is not courage, Initiate of the First Degree!
Remember the warning of the Tower Struck by Lightning
that was revealed in the highest Path
you have yet adventured in these Halls.
As a house built upon the Sand can not endure,
so without the strength of Geburah
the Height of Chesed cannot be assailed.
Stay, there, ere your limbs be broken upon the Wheel.
2nd Ad.: The Portal of Kaph is barred, yet it is well to aspire,

though it may be folly to attempt.

This Path is governed by the Wheel of Life and Death,

and hard it is to be freed from the Wheel.
Phil.:
(Prompted by Hegemon) Let me seek then the Path of Nun.
2nd Ad.: It is open to you, unto the limit of your strength.

Hegemon returns to his/her station at the West of Altar. Second Adept leads Phil.
Hiereus:
Phil. returns to E. Hegemon makes invoking Air Pentagram and directs Phil. to
uncover Lamp. Hegemon takes Phil. to Altar and directs him to put Rose Petals at
East side, then standing East of the Altar in Yesod, Hegemon shows Great Hermetic
Arcanum on the altar.
Hegemon: This Symbol represents the Great Hermetic Arcanum.
The feet of the Figure rest upon the Earth and the Sea.
In the Hand are represented the hot and moist natures, symbolised
by the torch and the horn of water.
These are further strengthened by the Solar
and fiery Emblems of the King and Lion,
and the Luna and watery emblems of the Queen and Dolphin.
Above the whole figure rise the wings of the aerial nature,
the Reconciler between the Fire and the Water.
Compare this Symbol with the Angel described in the 10th Chapter
of the Apocalypse or Revelation of St. John:

(knocks and rises quickly to bar the way in the West)

In the Power of Typhon the Destroyer
and Death the Transformer, stand.
2nd Ad.: Thus far and no farther is it permitted to penetrate

into the Path of Nun at this time.

The Mysteries may now be partially revealed unto you.
Second Adept takes Phil. to Southeast and shows the Death Trump. Hiereus follows.
2nd Ad.:

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Before the beginning of years,

There came to the making of man
Time, with a gift of tears;
Grief, with a glass that ran;
Pleasure, with pain for leaven;
Summer, with flowers that fell;
Remembrance fallen from heaven,
And madness risen from hell;
Strength without hands to smite;
Love that endures for a breath:
Night, the shadow of light,
And life the shadow of death.
And the high gods took in hand
Fire and the falling of tears,
And a measure of sliding sand
From under the feet of the years;
And froth and drift of the sea;
And I saw another mighty Angel come down

from heaven clothed with a cloud;
and a rainbow was upon his head,
and his face as it were, the Sun,
and his feet were as pillars of fire,
and he had in his hand a little book open;
and he set his right foot upon the Sea
and his left foot upon the Earth,
and he cried with a loud voice as when a lion roareth,
(the Green Lion, the Path of Leo and Teth above Tiphareth)
and when he cried, seven thunders uttered their voices,
(seven Aeons, represented under the regimen of the Planets).
The Dragon issuing from the cave represents volcanic fires.
The Thelemites say that the little book is the Book of the Law.
Heg. leads Phil. in spiral out once around; hands him/her over to Hiereus in the
North and returns to place. 2nd and 3rd go to South West. Hiereus leads Phil.
around deocil. 2nd and 3rd bar way with crossed wands down pointing; Hiereus
returns to Elemental station and gives 1=10 sign; 3rd Adept asks for 3=8 Words
and Signs.[Elohim Tzabaoth, Monocris de Astris, 36 Eloah]. 2nd Adept retires to
throne. Third Adept conducts Phil. to West, gives him/her cup of water, makes cross
over cup, and directs Phil. to circumambulate saying the Water Names while s/he
remains standing in the Grade Sign until Phil. returns to West.
Phil.:
Elohim Tzabaoth, Gabriel, Empeh Arsel Gaiol, Raagiosel
Third Adept makes invoking Pentagram of Water over Cup. Phil. removes shade
from Lamp. Third Adept takes him/her to Altar where Phil. places cup in the West.
Hiereus comes to Altar. 3rd retires to Elemental position. Hiereus takes Phil. to
Tablet in North East.
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Hiereus: T
his Tablet shows the symbolic manner in which certain names have
been used by our ancient brethren. You will note that the initials
of this sentence make the Latin word Vitriolum, Sulphuric acid.
Furthermore, the word Vitriol, Sulphur, and Mercury each consist of
seven letters answering to the alchemic powers of the seven Planets.
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he initials of the following sentence in Latin,

T
the subtle fluid, the Light of the Earth,
make the word S.A.L.T. salt, and further,
the four words of the sentence answer to the four Elements: Subtilis,
Air; Aqua, Water; Lux, Fire; and Terra, Earth.
And the four words united yield 20 letters, that is,
the product of four, the number of the Elements,
he words Fiat Lux, meaning Let there be Light,
T
consist of 7 letters. The letters of Fiat form the initials of Flatis,
Air; Aqua, Water; Ignus, Fire; and Terra, Earth.
Which four names again yield 20 letters as in the previous case.
Hegemon goes to South. Hiereus leads Phil. to Hegemon and retires to elemental
position. Hegemon leads Phil. to Southeast where 2nd and 3rd bar the way with
crossed wands. 2nd Adept asks for 4=7 Words and Signs. [AShRH Tzabaoth, Pharos
Illuminans, 28, Kaph Cheth]. Second Adept comes forward and conducts Phil. to
South. Third Adept remains at Elemental position, strikes 3=8 Sign, & rests.
Second Adept gives Phil. Red Lamp & Matches; makes Cross over it; directs Phil. to
go around saying the Fire Names while 2nd remains standing in the Grade Sign.
Phil.:
AShRH Tzabaoth, Michael, Oip Taa Pedoce, Edelpernaa
Phil. returns to South. Second Adept makes invoking Pentagram of Fire over Red
Lamp & Matches. Phil. removes shade from Lamp. Second Adept takes him/her
to Altar where s/he places Red Lamp in the South. Hegemon comes forward and
shows tablet in Southeast. 2nd Adept retires to elemental position strikes Sign and
rests.
Hegemon: These are the Seven Palaces of Holiness of the Briatic World.
The first is the Palace of the Holy of Holies answering to Kether,
Chokmah and Binah, and the Divine Name EL.
MySdq Sdq lkyh
Tvkz lkyh
EL
hbha lkyh
YHVD
MTzPTz
Nvxr lkyh
AShRH
hgvn lkyh
MymS Mxi lkyh

ELHIM
MTzPTz
rypsh hnbl lkyh

YH
he second is the Palace of Love, answering to Chesed and the

T
Divine Name MATZPATZ (Mem, Tzaddi, Peh, Tzaddi),
which is a Temurah of Tetragrammaton.
he third is the Palace of Merit, answering to Geburah, and the

T
Divine Name YEHEVID (Yod, Heh, Vau, Daleth).
he fourth is the Palace of Benevolence, answering to Tiphareth and

T
TETRAGRAMMATON.
16 Portal
Therefore, in the Ritual of the 32nd Path,

you passed by the Four Kerubic Stations,
as a fore-shadowing of the Rites of the Cross,
the full completion of the First Order
which you have now accomplished.
Having traversed the Path of Tau,
the Sub-Lunar Astral Plane
and of the Black Pillar, stand firm in Yesod,
that the Black Pillar may become the White.
Hiereus leads Phil. to Hegemon at Altar and takes away Tau. Hegemon rises as
Phil. approaches but stands between Phil. and the Altar, so that Phil. does not too
clearly apprehend the change in Symbols.
Hegemon:

Before you in the East, are the Five Portals

of the 21st, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 23rd Paths.
Five will divide the Number of the Letter of each of them,
as it will divide without remainder the number of the letter
of every Path from that of Yod, the 20th
to that of Tau, the 32nd.
The Five Paths visible are assigned to Mem, Water;
Ayin, Capricorn an Earthy Sign;
Samekh, Sagittarius, a Fiery Sign;
Nun, Scorpio, a Watery Sign,
but in its Highest aspect also a Ruler of Air;
and Kaph, Jupiter, which Planet is akin to Spirit,
and rules especially Aspiration.
Thus both in Number and significance these Paths
jointly set forth the eternal symbol of the Pentagram.
This Symbol must now be established
wherefore advancing by the Kerubic Path of Aquarius
approach the highest in Netzach.
Hegemon leads Phil. to 2nd Adepts station before the paths of Kaph and Nun. 2nd
Adept rises.
In the following Paths selections of Poetry are read to the Aspirant that express the
nature of the path in the best judgement of the initiator(s). They are replaceable
at will and may efficaciously be chosen subject to the personal associations of the
reader, the Aspirant or the Initiator(s). It is useful to gender-adjust those selections
that contain emphatic references and pronouns to match that of the Aspirant.
2nd Ad.: W
herefore do you stand at the base of the White Pillar,
Lord of the First Degree?
Phil.:
(Prompted by Hegemon)
I seek the Path of Kaph, the Path of Aspiration.
Portal
21
rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths
Diagrams changed, Double Cube Altar in Sepherotic position, Pentagram suspended

above Altar. Philosophus still has Dim Lamp.
he fifth is the Palace of the Substance of Heaven, answering to

T
Netzach and ELOHIM.
he sixth is the Palace of Severity answering to Hod and

T
MATZPATZ.
he seventh is the Palace of Crystal Whiteness answering to Yesod

T
and Malkuth, and the Divine Name YAH and ADONAI.
ut the synthesis of these Holy Names is to be found in the word

B
TAKLITH which is Perfection.
2nd Ad.: !
3rd Ad.:
Hegemon: !
Hiereus:
Chief Adept parts curtain, makes invoking Active Spirit Pentagram with Lamp,
Knocks and withdraws.
2nd Ad.: F
r./Sr. Hiereus, will you please present the Philosophus with the
admission Badge, instruct him/her in the proper alarm and admit
him/her?
Hiereus:
I will
Hiereus salutes, makes Qabalistic Cross at the door, and goes out. S/he gives
Lamen to Philosophus who knocks five times. Hegemon opens door. Philosophus
& Hiereus enter, make Qabalistic Cross. Hegemon returns to place. Hiereus
leads Philosophus sun-wise to West and points out Diagram of Malkuth in
West Northwest from the previous part, then indicating the Temple, says,
Hiereus:

Herein has been established the Equated Cross

which is ruler over the Kingdom of Matter.
This Symbol may be found even upon
the crowns of the Kings of this Earth.
Hands Phil. Tau Letter-Portal.

Hiereus:

The letter Tau leads from the Airy quarter

of Malkuth into Yesod.
Air is uppermost in the Symbol as in the Planet Earth
where the atmosphere is furthest from the core.
Moreover, the Letter Tau signifies the Cross,
the impact of Spirit upon matter.
My lamen is given you as your Badge or Key,
for I am the Ruler in Malkuth,
and the Guardian of the Underworld.
I am also Lord of the Path of Tau,
the link between the first and second degrees,
and also between the Outer and the Inner.
Hiereus:

This Path of Tau, dark and full of Mystery,

under the presidency of Saturn
and the Tarot Key of the Universe, leads,
as you have learned in the 2=9 Hall,
through the Astral Plane.
20 Portal
2nd Adept leads Phil. to West of Double Cube. Hegemon goes East of Altar. 2nd
Adept takes Cross from Philosophus neck and places it in the midst of the Four
Elements. Hiereus directs Philosophus to stand in Neophyte Sign. 3rd Ad. behind
him/her. The four Officers strike Grade Signs.
Hiereus:

From the center outwards, so moveth the point

as it traceth the line and the Cross.
Equated and Equilibrated here lie
the Four Elements of the body of Osirus slain.
3rd Ad.:

For Ausar Un-Nefer who is found perfect before the Gods,

hath said: These are the Elements of my Body,
Perfected through Suffering, Glorified through Trial.
For the scent of the Dying Rose
Is as the released sigh of my suffering:
And the flame red fire as the Energy of mine Undaunted Will:
And the Cup of Wine is the pouring out
of the Blood of my Heart:
Sacrificed unto Regeneration, unto Newer Life:
And the Bread and Salt are as the Foundations of my Body,
Which I destroy in order that they may be renewed.
For I am Osiris Triumphant,
Even Ausar Un-Nefer, the Justified:
I am He who is clothed in the Body of Flesh,
Yet in whom is the Spirit of the Great Gods:
I am The Lord of Life, triumphant over Death.
He who partaketh with me shall arise with me:
I am the Manifestor in Matter
Of Those Whose Abode is in the Invisible:
I am purified: I stand upon the Universe:
I am the Reconciler with the Eternal Gods:
I am the Perfector of Matter:
And without me the Universe is not.
Portal
17

Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths
2nd Ad.: May the corrosive Cross return upon itself,

from without inward,

from the Four Quarters to the Center,

and become by sacrifice and transmutation,

an offering acceptable, a body glorified.
center projection
Chief Adept, unseen, sounds gong once. Drop signs. Hiereus has Phil. give Sign of
Silence.
tablet of Union
2nd Ad.: Y
ou will now quit the Temple for a short time, and on your return
the Ceremony of your advance will proceed.
Gong
Hiereus leads Phil. out, both making Qabalistic Cross at portal.
Chief
Adept
White
Lamp
Brazier
Third Adept
Second Adept
Pentacle
rose
Petals
two Forms of
temperance
Diagrams of Malkuth
& ain into Matter
lamp
Fire tablet
Red
Lamp
&
Matches
lamp
18 Portal
lamp
Diagram of typhon
& Death tarot Key
Diagram of Pan &

the Devil tarot Key
Veil (open)
air tablet
lamp
diagrams of the
Portal Hall
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The Maltese Cross & the Pentagram
The Cross of Four Triangles called the Maltese Cross, is a Symbol of the Four Elements in balanced disposition. It is
here given in the colors of the King scale and it is assigned to the Four Sepheroth of the Halls of the First Order. It
is the Cross which heads the Praemonstrators Wand who represents the Fourth Sepherah Chesed. Four is also the
Number of Jupiter whose Path unites Chesed to Netzach. This Cross is therefore a fit emblem for a Philosophus of the
Grade of 4=7.
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The Three Directions from Ain into Matter

Nya
rTk
The Point
In this diagram are presented the Circle, the Point, the Line, the Cross, the Square and the Cube. For the Circle is the
Abyss, the Nothingness, the AIN. The point is Kether. Now the Point has no dimension, but in moving, it traces the
Line. This gives the first numberUnityyet therein lies duality unmanifest, for two Points mark its ends.
The movement of the line makes the Plane or Square thus: The motion of the Point at square angles to its first
direction and intersecting it makes the Cross. So therefore are the Square and the Cross but one Symbol, deriving
from the Circle and the Point.
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Diagram of Malkuth
Symbol of Malkuth
Root of T Path
M of O
400+ 6 + 20 + 30 + 40
=496
Root of S Path
Root of q Path
N of O
P of O
O of O
496= 1
2 x 248
4 x 124
8 x 62
16 x 31
31
496=Sum of its
compound parts
6=1+2+3
=Sum of its parts
10=1+2+3+4
=Sum of its parts
4 Numbers
Here is shown the Occult Symbol of Malkuth, the Tenth Sepherah. It is in Four parts, corresponding to the Maltese
Cross. They are Fire of Earth, Water of Earth, Air of Earth, and Earth of Earth, as indicated by the Symbol. They
correspond to the Four Halls of the First Order, which in one sense, never leaves Malkuth, being the Halls of the Four
Lowest Sepheroth of Malkuth in Assiah. Upon them is surcharged a white Hexagram in a Circle.
The 6 and 4 make 10, the number of Malkuth on the Tree. The Hexagram is also the sign of the Macrocosm of
Tiphareth, and of the Six Upper Sephiroth, wherefore here it is white Spirit impacting and vivifying Matter. Six are
the mid points of the planes bounding a cube, which derives from the square, and from the Cross if the Center point
moves thus (indicating third direction). Malkuth must then be equated and refined by the 6 impacting the 4: and the
link between 6 and 4 is the number of the Pentagram. In these numbers and figures are hid many revelations.
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Certain Latin Words Analyzed

Vista Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies
Occultam Lapidem Veram Mediainam

V, I, T, R, I, O, L, U, M,

1 2
V i
S u
M e
3
t
l
r
4
r
p
c
5
i
h
u
6
o
u
r
7
l
r
y
M P N O
Subtilis
Aqua
Lux
Terra
S.A.L.T.

Flatus
Fiat Lux
Ignis
Aqua
Terra
M N P O
N
M
P
O
This Tablet shows the symbolic manner in which certain names have been used by our ancient brethren. You will note
that the initials of this sentence make the Latin word Vitriolum, Sulphuric acid. Furthermore, the word Vitriol, Sulphur,
and Mercury each consist of seven letters answering to the alchemic powers of the seven Planets.
The initials of the following sentence in Latin, the subtle fluid, the Light of the Earth, make the word S.A.L.T. salt,
and further, the four words of the sentence answer to the four Elements: Subtilis, Air; Aqua, Water; Lux, Fire; and
Terra, Earth. And the four words united yield 20 letters, that is, the product of four, the number of the Elements,
The words Fiat Lux, meaning Let there be Light, consist of 7 letters. The letters of Fiat form the initials of Flatis,
Air; Aqua, Water; Ignus, Fire; and Terra, Earth. Which four names again yield 20 letters as in the previous case.
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The Seven Palaces of Holiness
MySdq Sdq lkyh
Tvkz lkyh
EL
hbha lkyh
YHVD
MTzPTz
Nvxr lkyh
AShRH
hgvn lkyh
MymS Mxi lkyh
MTzPTz
ELHIM
rypsh hnbl lkyh

YH
These are the Seven Palaces of Holiness of the Briatic World. The first is the Palace of the Holy of Holies answering to
Kether, Chokmah and Binah, and the Divine Name EL.
The second is the Palace of Love, answering to Chesed and the Divine Name MATZPATZ (Mem, Tzaddi, Peh,
Tzaddi), which is a Temurah of Tetragrammaton.
The third is the Palace of Merit, answering to Geburah, and the Divine Name YEHEVID (Yod, Heh, Vau, Daleth).
The fourth is the Palace of Benevolence, answering to Tiphareth and TETRAGRAMMATON.
The fifth is the Palace of the Substance of Heaven, answering to Netzach and ELOHIM.
The sixth is the Palace of Severity answering to Hod and MATZPATZ.
The seventh is the Palace of Crystal Whiteness answering to Yesod and Malkuth, and the Divine Name YAH and
ADONAI.
But the synthesis of these Holy Names is to be found in the word TAKLITH which is Perfection.
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The Image of Apophis or Typhon

Turning and turning in the widening gyre

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The Image of Pan

Into my loneliness comes
And I behold Pan.
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The Lamen of the Hiereus
In guardianship and not in enmity, have I barred your venturing, O Philosophus. Now may it be revealed unto you
that in my Lamen of Office is hidden the Key which you seek. For the Triangle in the Circle is the high symbol of
the Holy Triad, and the first Three Sepheroth, and of Binah wherein is the Sphere of Saturn, Ruler of the Path Tau.
Therefore do I wear it, and therefore, when you entered the Hall of the Neophytes in the 0=0 Rite, when first the
hood-wink was raised, you beheld before you the Sword that barred and the Symbol which overcometh the barrier. The
Lamen in its more special attribution to the Hiereus, has the following meanings. In the circle are the Four Sephiroth,
Tiphareth, Netzach, Hod and Yesod. The first three are the angles of the Triangle inscribed within, while the sides are
the Paths of Nun, Ayin and Peh, respectively. The center is the Letter Samekh, and the 25th Path. While the Wheel
revolves, the hub is still. Seek ever then the center, look from without to within. Behold the Key to your Path.
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32 Adeptus Minor
Second: Rosea Rubeae.

center projection
Air Tablet
Third:
Et Aureae Crucis.
Chief:


Chief:
Nothing is a secret key of this law. (closes door)
Second: Sixty-one the Jews call it; I call it eight, eighty, four
Rose or
Invisible
Throne
Vault
disappear.
Chief:
NOX. Thus have we Sealed the Vault of the Adepti in

the Mystic Mountain of Abiegnus.
Third:
Nu is our refuge
Second: As Hadit is our light

Fire Tablet
Chief
Third:
Chief:
Adept

All:
Third
Second
Adept
And Ra-Hoor-Khuit is the strength, force, vigor of

our arms. The Ending of the Words is the Word
Abrahadabra.
Adept
Dedication of Merit
All:
Cross of Obligation
AUM HA!
So mote it be.
Hodos Chamelionis
2 Adeptus Minor
Adeptus Minor
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Second: Seeing that you have fulfilled your probation and are
now a full member of the Second Order, the College of
the Rose Cross, I now invest you with the Sash of this
Degree. It is worn across the Black Sash of the First
Order and signifies that you have attained to both pillars, and to the responsibility that entails. On it is a red
cross of six squares, the unfolded Cube that is the Heart
of the Cosmos. A gold ring representing the dawning of
the Augoides Soma, the Body of Light, encircles it, and
to which attainment you should most strenuously apply
yourself.
You are also now entitled to wear the gold shoes indicating that you tread the pathways of Light.
Hodos passes shoes to Second.
Third:
Secrecy and silence are virtues. Cultivate them. Of old

it was forbidden to say to any one when, where, or from
whom you received this rite, or who was present at it. It
was forbidden to tell any one not a member of the Order
even that you are a Rosicrucian. Cultivate secrecy and
silence, for you must determine for yourself what you
are willing to reveal and at what risk you place yourself
and others. Such are the Words.
Chief exits Vault followed by Candidate, Third, and Second.

If there are additional Candidates, return to Initiation on page 10.
Closing
Chief:
Second: !
Third:
Chief:
Second: !
Third:

Robes:
Chief Adept:
Second Adept:
Third Adept:
Hodos Chamelionis:

Candidates should be dressed in black, have crossed Sashes, and
have supplied Officers with Second Order name.
Admission bAdges:

If a duly and annually consecrated Vault has been disassembled, the
fast consecration on page 8 should be performed after it has been
reassembled and before the Vault is again used. If the Vault has lain
domant for more than a year, the full consecration should be performed before use.
Initiation Opening
Adepti seated before door of the Vault facing West.
Chief:
! (= knells)
Second: !
Third:
Chief:
Second: !
Third:
30 Adeptus Minor

White
!
Adeptus Minor
Chief:
Avete, Fraters et Sorors. (rising)
Chief:
Second: Rosea Rubeae. (rising)

Third:
Et Aureae Crucis. (rising)
enteRing the PoRtAl

Chief:
Beloved Fraters and Sorors, assist me to open the Vault

of the Adepti. Gracious Adeptus Minor, see that the
Portal is closed and guarded.
Third Adept goes to Portal and exchanges knocks with Hodos.

Third:
(giving Portal signs) Merciful Exempt Adept, the Portal

of the Vault is closed and guarded. (returns to seat)
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, by what sign hast thou entered

the Portal?
On the ceiling is a Triangle enclosing a Rose of 22 petals, surmounting a Unicursal Hexagram of Silver. The
Triangle represents the Three Supernal Sephiroth; the
Hexagram, the Lower Seven; the Rose represents the 22
paths of the Serpent of Wisdom.
Second: By the Sign of the Rending asunder of the Veil. (giving

it)
Chief:
Gracious Adeptus Minor, by what sign hast thou closed

the Portal?
Third:
By the Sign of the Closing of the Veil. (giving it)
Second: PEH
Third:
RESH
Second: KAPH
Third:
TAU
Second: PAROKETH
Third:
All sit.
the PAssWoRd
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, What is the Mystic Number of

the Grade?
Second: Twenty-one.
Chief:
Inmost is the Palace of Four Gates, the residence of the

Lord of Initiation, Ra-Hoor-Khuit, upon whose seat you
are enthroned. The Palace is formed of two interlaced
tetrahedra, the gold Sun in the arms of the silver Moon.
These form the Vesica-Gates at each of the four quarters. The walls of the Palace are red for the Palace is the
living heart of the Universe, for the power of Ra whose
throne you are seated on, and for the wrathful compassion wielded by Ra-Hoor-Khuit and all adepts wearing
His form.
You were seated upon the Throne of Ra which is the red

49 petaled rose rising from the center of the equal armed
gold cross emerging in a field of black. The Throne is a
cube with the Minutum Mundum on its front and the 3fold, 7-fold and 12-fold color scales forming its back and
sides.
The new Adeptus Minor is shown the sides and ends up west of the
Throne, Chief, east.
Chief:
Fr./Sr. I now greet you with the grip of this Grade which
is given thus. The fingers of the right hand are held
so as to form the Letters L-V-X. The thumb and first
fingers are stretched to form the letter L. The first and
middle fingers are extended to suggest the V. The little
finger is crossed with the ring finger to make X. This is
usually done with both hands, and is always exchanged
by placing the hands, with the fingers thus arranged,
over the wrist of the Frater or Soror being greeted
reaching across the Rose Throne to give it.
You will note that it is the grip with which I enthroned
you and it is generally so used in empowerments as it is
a symbol of the sharing of the Light.
Hodos passes sash in to Second.

4 Adeptus Minor
Adeptus Minor
29
Third:
Chief:
(Indicates Sword and Serpent diagram) The colors of the

Minutum Mundum are also the key to those which compose the Sword and Serpent; and thus by their aid it
may be the better examined and comprehended. The one
is ascending, the other is descending; the one is fixed,
the other is volatile; the one unites the Sephiroth, the
other the Paths. Furthermore, in the Serpent of Wisdom
is shown the ascending Spiral, and in the Sword the
rush of the descending White Brilliance from beyond
Kether, differentiated into various shades and colors,
darkening more and more as they near Malkuth. (hands
diagram back to Hodos)
(Indicates Mandala on Ground or the House of Khabs)
This is the symbolic Mountain of God in the center
of the Universe, the sacred Rosicrucian Mountain of
Initiation: the Mystic Mountain of Abiegnus. Below and
around it are darkness and silence, and it is crowned
with the Light ineffable. At its base is the Wall of
Enclosure and Secrecy, whose sole Gateway, invisible
to the profane, is formed of the Two Pillars of Hermes.
The ascent of the Mountain is by the Spiral path of the
Serpent of Wisdom.
The outermost Blue Tetrahedron is the Mystic Mount
itself, yet is more properly the Over-Arching Body of Nuit,
the Sky Herself. The Yellow Octahedron is Hadit, who
is Eight and one in Eight, which is vital for He is None
indeed. In the Play of Nu and Had arises the articulated
Cosmos in the form of the Isometric Equilibrium Matrix,
or Cube-Octahedron, to which shape all in the Cosmos
conforms, here presented as four hexagonal rings.
The Black, White and Red rings are the colors of the
three Ways or Schools, those of Wisdom, Compassion,
and Power. While the mage will find one of these to be
his/her principal method, the Ways are interlocked and
bound by the fourth ring, which shows that none of
them are to be worked without the Others. The fourth
ring is of Green for Life, that Path we all walk together,
and is the Emerald Serpent that girds the Ruby Heart.
28 Adeptus Minor
Third:
ALEPH
Chief:
HEH
Third:
YOD
Chief:
HEH
Third:
EHEIEH

Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, What is the Vault of the

Adepti?
Second: The House of Khabs, which is a compendium of the

Universe.
Chief:
Third:

Chief:
Second: Centrum In Trigono Centri, the center of the triangle

of the center is the point of perfect equilibrium.
Chief:

Third:

Rosenkreutz.
Chief:
Mighty Adeptus Major, what does the Mystic Name of

the Founder signify?
Second: The Rose and Cross of Life; the Fadeless Rose of

Creationthe Immortal Cross of Light.
Chief:

Third:
Chief:
Second: A Cube, inside a Cube-Octahedron, inside an

Octahedron, inside a Tetrahedron.
Adeptus Minor
Chief:

allude?
Third:

to Nuit.
Chief:

situated?
Second: In the center of the Earth, in the Mountain of Caverns;

Chief:
Gracious Adeptus Minor, what is the meaning of the

name Abiegnus?
Third:
Abiegnus is the Evergreen Fir Tree. Thus, Mount

Abiegnus is the Evergreen Mountain, and alludes to
Everlasting Life.
Chief:
Second: The Rose and Cross which resume the Life of Nature and
Chief:

Third:

Chief:
Second: It represents the force of the Ten Sepheroth in Nature,

Chief:

Third:
Chief:
Second: It is the Key of Sigils and of Rituals, and represents the

force of the twenty-two Letters in Nature, as divided into
a Three, a Seven, and a Twelve. Many and great are its
Mysteries.
6 Adeptus Minor
Chief:
The Key word is Abrahadabra, the reward of

Ra-Hoor-Khut.
Within it are the letters A.B.R.A., which are inscribed
with its correspondences upon this complete symbol of
the Rose and Cross I bear upon my breast, and which
open the Vault of the Adepti. Its many meanings can
only be found in practice, yet alone it means to open
and in full as Abrahadabra it means I create as I
speak.
Second: (Indicating Diagram of the Minutum Mundum) Behold

the diagram Minutum Mundum sive Fundamental
Coloristhe Small Universe or Foundation Of Color.
Treasure it in thy heart, and mark it well, seeing that
herein is the Key of Nature. It is, as thou seest, the diagram of the Sephiroth and the Paths, with the colors
appropriately attributed thereto. Profane it not, for many
and great are its mysteries.
Further, thou wilt observe that the colors of the Paths
and the Sephiroth form a mutual balance and harmony
on the Tree. Colors are Forces, and the Signatures of
Forces; and the Child of the children of the Forces art
thou. And therefore about the Throne of the Mighty
One is a Rainbow of Glory, and at His Feet is the
Crystal Sea.
But there are many other attributions of color also,
seeing that the respective rays meet and blend with each
other. Study them well, both here, in the classic texts,
and in the ways of all cultures. Therefore do I greet thee
with the Mystic Title of Hodos Chamelionis, the Path
of the Chameleon, the Path of Mixed Colors, and I give
thee the Symbol of the Rose, which is the Key of the
Work that lies before you.
Hodos brings Sword and Serpent diagram and passes it in to Third
Adept.
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Third:
Be thy body a Temple of the Rose Cross.
All:
vibrating HAD
All:
vibrating ABRAHADABRA
All:
We receive thee, Heru-_______________________,

Mage and Adept of the Rose Cross.
Chief steps to west, removes Winged Disk crown and places it on

Candidates brow.
Chief:
Enthroned, receive now this Crown as a seal upon your

attainment and the consecration of this ritual. It is the
emblem of that Sovereignty to which high honor and
duty you have been dedicated and to which continual
manifestation you must aspire if you would achieve your
goal of True Adeptship and fulfill the Obligation you
took on this day.
Second: Welcome, Heru-____________. Having completed this

long journey you are now an Adeptus Minor of College
of the Rose Cross.
Having been Osirified in the Portal of the Vault of the
Adepti, you are now united with Horus, and may prefix
your name therewith.
Chief:

bearest?
Third:

Chief:
Second: A wand terminating in twain and surmounted by

the Head of Set. The seven colors between Light and
Darkness are attributed to the Planets. It represents
focused Power.
Chief:

which the twin serpents of Egypt twine. It symbolizes
the intelligence of the Whole.
Chief:

Third:
Post Centum Viginti Annos Patebo. After 120 years I

shall open, and the door is guarded by the Elemental
Tablets and by the Kerubic Emblems.
Chief:

Pentagram; also to the five preparatory examinations
for this Grade. Further, 120 equals the number of the
Ten Sephiroth multiplied by that of the Zodiac, whose
Key is the working of the Spirit and the Elements typified in the Wand which I bear.
instRuction
Chief:
Repeat with us the following words which are the Signs

of the Hidden Wisdom of our Order.
All join wands over throne. A.B.R.A. done as at opening, but with
Chief in East. Aspirant is made to repeat each word after the Officer.
No gestures.
Mighty Adeptus Major, With what sign is the Door of

the Vault now sealed?
The Mystic number of this Grade is 21, the Heptad multiplied by the Triad, and from it is derived the Password
of this Grade, which is EHEIEH, and which should be
lettered separately when given, thus:
Second: With the Sign of NOX, The Circle of Birth and the Cross
of Fixation.
Chief:
ALEPH
Cand.:
HEH
Chief:
YOD
Cand.:
HEH
Officers enter into the House of Khabs and into the Cube in the
Circle and triangulate around the 49-fold Rose Cross, Chief in the
East facing West, all touch wands over center of cube forming the
Tetrahedron.
Chief:
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Chief:

Adeptus Minor
All:
Do What Thou Wilt
Chief:

Ra-Hoor-Khuit.
Chief:
All:
Chief:
Third:
All:
Chief:
ALEPH
Second: B
Third:
All:
Chief:
ALEPH
Second: BETH
Third:
RESH
All:
ALEPH
Chief:

Third:
All:
Chief:
Second: B
Second: BETH
Third:
RESH
All:
ALEPH
Chief:

Third:
All:
Chief:

Third:
All:
N-O-X, Nox, the Night of Pan
Third:
Wands as before, ankhs touching Candidate, Chief at base of brain,

Second at Candidates right temple, Third at his/her left temple.
All:
Chief:
Be thy mind open to the Utmost.
Chief:

Abrahadabra, and through the concealed Word NOX,
We have opened the Vault of the Adepti, the House of
Khabs.
All:
vibrating NU
Adepts exit the Vault.
Ankhs on Candidate, Chief between shoulder blades

Second at Candidates right breast, Third at his/her
left breast, both at Lung #1 acupuncture point.
(see diagram)
The Fast Consecration
Second: Be thy heart a center of Light.
Third:
All:
The Vault must be consecrated before the Initiation.
Second: Let the Cross of Obligation be set in its place.
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vibrating RAY
Ankhs on Candidate, Chief at base of spine,

Second at Candidates right hip, Third at his/her
right hip.
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Second: And that Companion is Yourself.

Third:
Chief:
Ye can have no other Companion.
Second: Many have arisen, being wise. They have said Seek out
the glittering Image in the place ever golden, and unite
yourselves with It.
Third:
Many have arisen, being foolish. They have said,

Stoop down unto the darkly splendid world,
and be wedded to that Blind Creature of the Slime.
Chief:
I who am beyond Wisdom and Folly, arise (Rising to

feet) and say unto you: achieve both weddings! Unite
yourselves with both!
In and By the Name of the Soul of the World, let this

cross be the Cross of the World and bear witness to the
Oath of the Candidate bound upon it this day, in the
Presence of the Living World, The Lord of Initiation, and
the College of Adepti.
I invoke Thee, the Great Angel HUA to confirm and
strengthen all the Members of this Order during the
ensuing Revolution of the Sun, to keep them steadfast
in the path of love under will, and to confer upon them
the power of discernment, that they may choose between
the evil and the good, and try all things of doubtful or
fictitious seeming with sure knowledge and sound judgment. So Mote it Be.
Second: Beware, beware, I say, lest ye seek after the one and lose
the other!
Third:
My adepts stand upright; their head above the heavens,

their feet below the hells.
Chief:
But since one is naturally attracted to the Angel, another to the Demon, let the first strengthen the lower link,
the last attach more firmly to the higher.
(Chief takes Candidates hands in LVX Grip)
Adepts
Together: Thus shall equilibrium become perfect. I will aid my
disciples; as fast as they acquire this balanced power
and joy so faster will I push them. (Chief seats
Candidate) They shall in their turn speak from this
Invisible Throne; their words shall illumine the worlds.
They shall be masters of majesty and might; they shall
be beautiful and joyous; they shall be clothed with victory and splendour; they shall stand upon the firm
foundation; the kingdom shall be theirs; yea, the kingdom shall be theirs.
In the name of the Lord of Initiation. Amen.
At final Amen, officers triangulate around the Candidate, Chief
moves to East facing West. Wands and Ankhs joined as at opening.
No gestures.
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(touching Cross) Upon this Cross of Obligation I, freely

and unasked, on behalf of the Second Order, do hereby
pledge myself for the due performance and fulfillment of
the respective clauses of the Oath taken by each member on the Cross of the World at their admission to the
Grade of Adeptus Minor.
All:
So mote it be!
The Three Adepts enter the Vault, put Book T[arot] within Crown
upon the Throne. Chief steps behind throne and stands facing the
door. The three Adepts join Wands and Cruces.
Chief:
By the Powers above
Adepts
Together: HRU! HRU! HRU!
ends, directing them towards the center of the throne. They hold
Cruces as before.
Chief:
By the Powers below
Adepts
Together: APEP! APEP! APEP!
The three Adepts disjoin Wands and Cruces. Chief steps east of
Throne and is seated. Second and Third triangulate behind Chief.
Other Adepts enter and form a circle joining Wands over head of
Chief.
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Chief:
By the Powers within
All:
ABRAHADABRA! ABRAHADABRA! ABRAHADABRA!
Chief:
This Vault of the Adepti, the House of Khabs is consecrated.

(rises and faces Throne) In the Name and Power of the
Divine Spirit I invoke ye, ye Angels of the Watchtowers
of the Universe. Guard this Vault during this Revolution
of the Solar Course. Bless it and keep far from it all
evil and the unmature that they penetrate not into the
abode of our mysteries. Inspire and sanctify all who
enter this Temple with the Illimitable Wisdom of the
Light Divine.
Second and Third Adept make Signs of 5=6 and exit Vault. Chief
Adept remains.
Initiation
The Vault is prepared as before, but closed, and curtains drawn. NOX
is turned around, Tablet of Union visible. Chief Adept is not seen as
such; Second Adept is Principal Officer, Third Adept is Supporting
Officer and Hodos Chamelionis, Introducing Adept. White robe set
aside by Hodos for Candidate. Cross is put into place.
Second: Very Honored Fraters and Sorors, our Fr./Sr. Osiris
Dominus Liminus ___________, Initiate of the 24th, 25th,
and 26th Paths of the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti, is
a Candidate for admission to the College of the Rose Cross,
and is waiting without.
V.H. Fr./Sr. Hodos Chamelionis, prepare the Candidate
and act as his/her introductor. Gracious Adeptus Minor,
guard the hither side of the Portal, and admit them in
due form.
Candidate is prepared by the Hodos, wearing the Portal Sash across
that of the Philosophus Grade, and the Lamen of Hiereus. Candidate
gives the knocks (6).
Third:
(Opening door slightly. Hodos and Candidate remain without) Whom bringest thou here with thee?
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Second: Ever desireless, one can see the mystery;

Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations.
These two spring from the same source but differ in
name.
This appears as darkness,
Darkness within darkness,
The gate to all mystery.
Hodos holds scroll or tablet for the Candidate to read the following
lines:
Third:
The reed-floats of the sky are set down for Horus,

Cand.:

Second: The reed-floats of the sky are set down for Horus,
Cand.:

Third:
The Nurse-canal is opened,
Second: The Winding Waterway is flooded,

Third:
The Field of Rushes is filled with water,
Cand.:
And I am ferried over,

To yonder eastern side of the sky,
To the place the Gods fashioned for me,
Wherein I was born, new and young.
Second: Rend now the Veil.

Second and Third Adepts open door. Candidate enters and ascends
stairs into the Cube, pointed in by the Second and Third. Second
and Third follow and stand beside Chief Adept, Second to the North,
Third to the South.
Chief:
Abrahadabra. In the name of the Lord of Initiation.

Amen.
I reveal unto you a great mystery.
Ye stand between the abyss of height and the abyss of
depth. In either awaits you a Companion.
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Third:
Osirification is but the Apex of the Golden Dawn.

Through ordeals and service the four elements together
produce the Quintessence, which unites them and
brings them into their full power through synergy. The
Pentagram is as far as one life can attain, Osiris can
only lead thee to this hall You have to die to enter, to
attain the Hexagram.
Hodos:
Our Fr./Sr. Name, Candidate to the College of the Rose

Cross.
Third:
V.H. Fr./Sr. Hodos Chamelionis please receive from the

Candidate the word and grip of the Portal. (done)
Hodos:
PEH
Cand.:
RESH
Is not PaRoKeTh=700, and 700=Nun Sophit or final?

Is not Nun the Letter of Death?
Hodos:
KAPH
Cand.:
TAU. The whole word is PAROKETH.
Hodos:
I have received them.
Third:
If the Candidate would enter the Portal, let him/her give

the sign. (done)
Hodos:
The Veil is rent.
Third:
Enter, Candidate to the College of the Rose Cross.
But hear this, Think not upon that lie that thou must
die. Verily thou shalt not die but live. If the body of
the king dissolve he shall remain in pure ecstasy forever. Nuit, Hadit, Ra-Hoor-Khuit, the sun, strength and
sight, light, these are for the servants of the Star and
the Snake!
(The Candidate is robed in White by Hodos) Be now robed
in white, and invoke your god in silence.
Entering the House of Khabs
Candidate holds Spirit tablet which is the last to put into place.
Second: There are four gates to one palace; the floor of that
palace is of silver and gold; lapis lazuli and jasper are
there; and all rare scents; jasmine and rose, and the
emblems of death. Let him/her enter in turn or at once
the four gates; let him/her stand on the floor of the palace.
Hodos Chamelionis guides Candidate within door, has Candidate join

in Qabalistic Cross just inside door, then stations Candidate in west.
Hodos:
Present yourself, O Candidate. (Hodos gives Candidate

speech and retires)
Cand.:
(reading speech) I am Fr./Sr. Osiris Dominus Liminis_______, a mage and an initiate of the Open Source
Order of the Golden Dawn. I have passed the Pentagonal
Examinations and been advanced in due form to the
grade of Philosophus. I have received the titles Porios
de Rejectus, Periclinus de Faustus, Monocris de Astris,
Pharos Illuminans, and I have been given Aretz, Ruach,
Maim, Aesh, and Phrath.
As neither in Light nor in Darkness may these Mysteries

be understood, invoke then by the signs of LVX (Takes
tablet)
In and by the word Paroketh and the Sign of the

Rending of the Veil (giving it) I claim to have entered
the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti and have acquired
the power of LVX.
Candidate does so
Second: Thy LVX is answered by the great NOX (reversing the
Tablet of Union to show the NOX glyph), the Key of the
House of Khabs. The Way is Open to you.
Yet, The Way that can be told is not the eternal Way;
The name that can be named is not the eternal name;
The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth;
The named is the mother of ten thousand things.
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Having awaited Birth within the Womb of the Crucible for

nine months, I now request entrance into the Vault of the
Adepti.
Third:
If you would enter, show that power.

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Hodos takes card from Candidate. Candidate performs LVX:INRI

Third:
It is well that you have done such work that you have
received these titles and dignities, and more importantly have acquired this power, but for the Vault of the
Adepti to open for you, more will be required. You must
unlock the door of the Vault itself by the powers of the
Four Elements and by LVX. Only to the extent that you
accomplish this will the door open for you. No one can
do this task for you; the Adepts can only prepare the
way. Only skill will avail.
I must ask you again, is it your will to enter the Vault
of the Adepts, the House of Khabs?
Candidate answers.
Second: Candidate, Thou knowest the arrangement of the Ten
Sepheroth on the Tree of Life; now what symbolic weapon doth their natural succession form?
Cand.:
(without assistance) The Flaming Sword.
Second: And what symbolic creature is traced by the natural

succession of the Paths?
Cand.:
(without assistance) The Serpent of Wisdom.
Second: Remember the Lamen of the Hiereus that you wear, it is

the sign of the place to which you go, Centrum In Trigono
Centri, the center of the triangle of the center is the point
of perfect equilibrium. Yet before you may stand in the
midst of the Three you must show you are master of the
Four.
You will go to the Four Quarters of the world, traveling
with the Sun, and starting in the East, invoke the Four
Elements. You will return here with each of the Terrestrial
Tablets in turn.
Before entering into any great or important undertaking, wisdom teaches us to invoke divine aid. Join with
me in sounding the three Ahs. (done)
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Second: Y
esod:
1. To profess nothing, than but to cure the sick, and
that gratus.
2. To wear no distinctive dress, but therein follow
the custom of the country.
4. To find some worthy person of either sex, who
after my death might succeed me.
5. To use the word R.C. to be the mark, seal, and
character of the Order

alkuth:
M
examine him/her with care before acknowledging him/
her to be such.
Anointing
Hodos retreives dagger from air altar and hands cup of wine to Third
Adept and blade to Second Adept. Third holds cup ready for Second to
dip blade in wine to perform Annointing.
Second: (Dips blade in wine and anoints the Candidates brow with
cross) May the Powers of the West and Water witness
thy pledge.
(anointing feet) May the Powers of the East and Air
witness thy pledge.
(anointing right hand) May the Powers of the South and
Fire witness thy pledge.
(anointing left hand) May the Powers of the North and
Earth witness thy pledge.
(Heart is anointed in silence)
Third releases the Candidates hands and presents the Candidate with
the Tablet of Union telling him/her to hold it. Tablets returned to
Door. Other officers remove chains from Candidates neck, torso and
feet. Candidate helped to feet, standing on Cross.
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21
Second: G
eburah:
I further promise to support the admission of individuals to our Order regardless of gender, on a perfect equality, and use my speech to create comity among all the
members.

iphareth:
T
I further promise and swear that, with the Divine Grace
I will, from this day forward, apply myself to the Great
Work, which is, to purify and exalt my Spiritual Nature
so that with the Divine Aid I may at length attain to
Knowledge of and Conversation with my Holy Guardian
Angel, to unite myself to my higher and Divine Genius,
and to thereby become more than human. And, that, in
this event I will not abuse the great power entrusted to
me.
etzach:
N
That I will work with the Collegues for the harmonious
and just administration of the Order. That I will neither recommend a Candidate for admission to the First
Order without due judgement and assurance that he or
she is worthy of so great a confidence and honor, nor
unduly press any person to become a candidate; and
that I will superintend any examination of members of
lower grades without fear or favor in any way, so that
our high standard of knowledge be not lowered by my
instrumentality;
od:
H
connected with this Order in a place concealed and
apart from the gaze of the outer and uninitiated world,
that the mysteries of this Inner Rosicrucian Knowledge
be preserved even as the same hath been kept through
the ages; and that its promise be fulfilled.
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Intro/Transition
Second: Thee I invoke, the Bornless One.
Thee, that didst create the Earth and the Heavens.
Thee, that didst create the Night and the Day.
Thee, that didst create the darkness and the Light.
Thou art RA-HOOR-KHUIT
Whom no man hath seen at any time.
Thou art IA-BESZ
Thou art IA-APEP.
Thou hast distinguished between the Just and the
Unjust.
Thou didst make the Female and the Male.
Thou didst produce the Seeds and the Fruit.
Thou didst form Men to love one another, and to hate
one another.
I am __________________, Thy Prophet, unto Whom
Thou didst commit Thy Mysteries, the Ceremonies of
KHEM.
Thou didst produce the moist and the dry, and that
which nourisheth all created Life.
Hear Thou Me, for I am the Angel of PTAHAPEPRA:
this is Thy True Name, handed down to the Prophets of
KHEM.
Second Adept proceeds to air altar.
Third:
O Candidate to the Rose Cross know that many have

trod these ways before you and many are yet to follow.
Come follow me.
Candidate proceeds with the sun to the East where an altar of Air
has been set up about the Air Tablet.
Second: Invoke now the Spirit of Air.
The Candidate invokes Air. Upon conclusion:
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13

AR
ThIAF
RhEIBET
A-ThELE-BER-SET
A
BELAThA
ABEU
EBEU
PhI-ThETA-SOE
IB
ThIAF
Thee.
Take up the Tablet of the East and hold it before you.
Third Adept.
Third Adept tells the Tale of CRC (This is first of the four tales of
adepts selected at the discretion of the chief adept of the rite.)
On reaching Door of the Vault, Second Adept directs Candidate to
affix Tablet to Door. During this Third pauses, then continues speaking during journey to the south.
Candidate proceeds with the sun to the South where an altar of Fire
has been set up about the Fire Tablet.
Second: Invoke now the Spirit of Fire.
The Candidate invokes Fire. Upon conclusion:
Thee, the Terrible and Invisible God: Who dwellest in
the Void Place of the Spirit:
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Candidate lies down on to the Cross, feet to East, and pulls the
chains over his/her body, (trunk, limbs and neck) aided by the
Hodos and Third Adept. Hodos gets cup of wine from West altar
and gets knife from East altar, returns to place and stands ready for
Annointing.
Each Officer takes up a Tablet from the Door and brings it to the
Cross to lay it down upon the respective arm and says (e.g.):
Officers: By the Powers of (direction and element), this tablet
makes this the Cross of the World
Second: Before you may enter into the Vault of the Adepti of
the Rose Cross, it is necessary that you take a profound
Obligation to establish your Will in concert with those
colleagues with whom you strive in the Great Work.
Third:
It is not for us to invoke upon you any avenging angel

to enforce your oath. Your will alone is your judge and
jury. Success is your proof. Are you ready to proceed?
Candidate responds.
OBLIGATION
Second: (reading line by line to the Candidate who repeats them)
Kether:
I, Fr./Sr. ______________, a star in the Body of Nuit,
do this day spiritually bind myself even as I have bound
myself physically upon the Cross of the World.
Chokmah:
Binah:
Chesed:
I furthermore solemnly pledge myself to always invoke
the Highest Aid and the Truest Will of all concerned in
any act of magick, for there is success.
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Chief:
ANGELOS TON ThEON

ANLALA
LAI
GAIA
AEPE
DIATHARNA THORON
I am He! the Bornless Spirit! having sight in the feet:
Strong, and the Immortal Fire!
I am He! the Truth!
I am He! Who hate that evil should be wrought in the
World!
I am He, that lighteneth and thundereth!
I am He, from whom is the Shower of the Life of Earth!
I am He, whose mouth ever flameth!
I am He, the Begetter and Manifester unto the Light!
I am He, The Grace of the Worlds!
The Heart Girt with a Serpent is my name!
Come thou forth, and follow me: and make all Spirits subject unto Me so that every Spirit of the Firmament, and
of the Ether, upon the Earth and under the Earth: on dry
Land, or in the Water: of Whirling Air or of rushing Fire,
and every Spell and scourge of God, may be obedient unto
me!
IAF:SABAF Such are the Words!
Second: The Ability to Invoke the four elements is the ability to

open the Portal of the Vault. But to Enter into the Vault
a higher power is required. It requires a commitment to
cultivate the wisdom attitude of working for the benefit of all beings. Are you willing to bind yourself with
an obligation to this end, the text of which you have
already seen?
Candidate answers
Second: Then bind yourself to the Black Cross of Obligation,
which is the Cross of Fixation and Cross of the World.
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Second: AR-O-GO-GO-RU-ABRAO
SOTOU
MUDORIO
PhALARThAO
OOO
AEPE
The Bornless One.
Thee.
Take up the Tablet of the South and hold it before you.
Adept.
and affixes it.
Third Adept tells the Tale of _________________
Candidate proceeds with the sun to the West where an altar of Water
has been set up about the Water Tablet.
Second: Invoke now the Spirit of Water.
The Candidate invokes water. Upon conclusion:
RU-ABRA-IAF
MRIODOM
BABALON-BAL-BIN-ABAFT
ASAL-ON-AI
APhEN-IAF
I
PhOTETh
ABRASAX
AEOOU
ISChURE
Mighty and Bornless One!
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Second: Hear me, and be made all Spirits subject unto Thee;
Thee.
Take up the Tablet of the West and hold it before you.
Third Adept.
and affixes it.
Candidate proceeds with the sun to the West facing the Door of the
Vault. Outward from the Door lies upon the Cross of the World,
Black and Equal Armed.
AFT
ABAFT
BAS-AUMGN
ISAK
SA-BA-FT
Second: This is the Lord of the Gods:
This is the Lord of the Universe:
This is S/He whom the Winds fear.
This is S/He, Who having made Voice by His commandment is Lord of all Things; King, Ruler and Helper.
Candidate proceeds with the sun to the North where an altar of

Earth has been set up about the Earth Tablet.

Thee.
Second: Invoke now the Spirit of Earth.

The Candidate invokes Earth. Upon conclusion:
Thee:MA
BARRAIO
IOEL
KOThA
AThOR-e-BAL-O
ABRAFT
Thee.
Take up the Tablet of the North and hold it before you.
Adept.
and affixes it.
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Second Adept proceeds immediately to next speech while Chief recites

the Spirit section unheard within the Vault.
Chief:
Hear Me:
IEOU
PUR
IOU
PUR
IAFTh
IAEO
IOOU
ABRASAX
SABRIAM
OO
FF
AD-ON-A-I
EDE
EDU
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diagrams of the
Adeptus Minor Hall

5=6
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The Sword & Serpent
The colors of the Minutum Mundum are also the key to those which compose the Sword and Serpent; and thus by
their aid it may be the better examined and comprehended. The one is ascending, the other is descending; the one is
fixed, the other is volatile; the one unites the Sephiroth, the other the Paths. Furthermore, in the Serpent of Wisdom
is shown the ascending Spiral, and in the Sword the rush of the descending White Brilliance from beyond Kether, differentiated into various shades and colors, darkening more and more as they near Malkuth.
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Het Nuit Redaction V3.0 October, 2008
Equinox Ceremony
Het Nuit Redaction V3.0October, 2008
Officers On The dais:
Officer
center projection
Imperator
Cancellarius
Hierophant
Past Hierophant
Praemonstrator
Officers in The hall:
Stolistes
Dadouchos
Hegemon
Rose
Bread
& Salt
Red
Lamp
Officer
Hiereus
Hegemon
Kerux
Stolistes
Dadouchos
Sentinel
Lamen, Sword
Squire (to assist with robes)
Black Clothing with Red Shoes
Officers fOr hierOphanTs insTallaTiOn:
Wine
Three Adepts
White robes, 5=6 Tabards, Rose Cross Lamens, Scepters, and Gold Shoes
required:
For the Altar

Before beginning, determine the new password.

Hiereus
EAST

Kerux
Sentinel
enter or leave the Lodge, they give the Sign of the Enterer (SoE) towards
Lodge, they do so in the direction of the SUN.
Equinox v3.0
Members make the Neophyte Signs on passing the Throne of the

East whether the Hierophant is there or not. The Grade Sign is made
in the direction of movement except when entering or leaving the
Hall, when it is made towards the East.
(!) This sign represents one knock made by rapping the base or
shaft of wand or the pommel of sword on a table. Greeting
The Officers
Hiereus and Kerux return to their places. Hierophant gives the Sign
of the Enterer towards the West, but NOT the Sign of Silence.
Hiero:
Take refuge by three Ahs.

Hiero:
(Knock)
Let the number of Officers in this degree and the

nature of their Offices be proclaimed once again, that
the Powers whose images they are may be re-awakened
in the spheres of those present and in sphere of this
Orderfor by Names and by Images are all Powers
awakened and re-awakened.

Kerux:
Hiero:

Hiero:
Fraters and Sorors of ___(Lodge name)___

Sr./Fr. Kerux, please see that the Hall is properly guarded.
Kerux goes to the door and gives one knock. Sentinel replies with one
knock.
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, how many Principal Officers are there

in this Hall?
Hiereus: There are three Principal Officers; the Hierophant,

the Hiereus, and the Hegemon.
Hiero:
Hiereus: They all commence with the letter H.

Hiero:
Hiereus: Of Life; because the Letter H is our mode of representing

the ancient Greek aspirate or breathing, and Breath
is the evidence of Life.
Hiero:
Hiero:
Kerux:
(SoE) Sr./Fr. Hierophant, the Hall is properly guarded. (SoS)

Sr./Fr. Hiereus, please guard the hither side of the
portal and assure yourself that all present have
witnessed the Golden Dawn.
Hiereus goes to the door, stands before it with Sword erect, Kerux
being on the right with Lamp and Wand, and says:
Hiereus: Fraters and Sorors of the Order of the Golden Dawn,
Hiereus: There are three besides the Sentinel; the Kerux, the
Stolistes, and the Dadouchos. The Sentinel is without
the Portal of the Hall and has a Sword in his/her hand
to keep out intruders. It is his/her duty to prepare the
Aspirant.
Hiero:
All make Signs (SoE SoS) towards Altar while Hiereus observes.
This done, Hiereus gives Signs towards Hierophant, and says:
Hiereus: (SoE) Sr./Fr. Hierophant, all present have been so
honored. (SoS)
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How many other Officers are there?

Sr./Fr. Dadouchos, your station and duties?
Dad:

Dryness, and my duty is to see that the Lamps and Fires
of the Lodge are ready at the opening, to watch over the
Censer and the Incense, and to consecrate the Hall and
the Fraters and Sorors and the Aspirant with Fire. (SoS)
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Hiero:

GUARDIAN OF THE HIDDEN FLAME
Stol:

Moisture. My duty is to see that the Robes and Insignia
of the Officers are ready at the opening, to watch over
the Cup of Lustral Water, and to purify the Hall and the
Fraters and Sorors and the Candidate with Water. (SoS)
Hiero:

GUARDIAN OF THE CAULDRON, UN-DRY
Sr./Fr. Kerux, your station and duties?
Kerux:
(SoE) My place is within the portal. My duties are to

see that the furniture of the Hall is properly arranged
at the Opening, to guard the inner side of the portal,
to admit the Fraters and Sorors, and to watch over
the reception of the Aspirant; to lead all Mystic
Circumambulations carrying the Lamp of my Office;
and to make all reports and announcements. My Lamp
is the symbol of Hidden Knowledge, and my Wand is
the symbol of its directing power. (SoS)
Hiero:
COME FORTH, APUAT, OPENER OF THE WAYS

Sr./Fr. Hegemon, your station and duties?
Heg:

and Solomon and my face is towards the cubical Altar
of the Universe. My duty is to watch over the Gateway
of the Hidden Knowledge for I am the reconciler between
Light and Darkness. I watch over the preparation of
the Aspirant and assist in his reception, and I lead him
in the Path that conducts from Darkness to Light. The
White Color of my Robe is the color of Purity, my ensign
of office is a Feather-crowned scepter to symbolize
balance which guides and regulates life, and my Office
symbolizes those higher aspirations of the soul which
should guide its action. (SoS)
Hiero:
HOLD THE CENTER, MAAT, LADY OF THE BALANCE

Sr./Fr. Hiereus, your station and duties?
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Hiereus: (holds Sword and Banner) (SoE)

of the increase of Darkness and the decrease of Light and
I am the Master of Darkness. I keep the Gateway of the
West and watch over the reception of the Aspirant and
over the Supporting Officers in the doing of their work.
the Face of the Waters. I carry the Sword of Judgment and
the Banner of the Evening Twilight, which is the Banner of
the West, and I am called Fortitude. (SoS)
Hiero:
WARD THE HALL, SET, MASTER OF DARKNESS

Hiero:
My station is on the Throne of the East in the place

where the Sun rises, and I am the Captain of the Hall,
guiding it according to the Laws of the Cosmos, as that
which Image I am, is the Guide of all who work for the
Hidden Knowledge. My robe is the red of Created Fire
and Uncreated Fire. My scepter is the Hierophants Cross,
and I hold the Banner of the Morning Light which is the
Banner of the East. I am called Light, Power, Mercy, and
Wisdom, and I am the Expounder of the Mysteries.

All:


Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Stolistes and Sr./Fr. Dadouchos, will you purify


S & D:
I will (in unison)
Dadouchos goes to West. Stolistes goes to the East, faces Hierophant,

and making a cross in the Air with his/her Cup, sprinkles a few
drops of Water three times towards the East. S/he passes to the
South, West and North, repeating the purification in each quarter
and returns to the East to complete the circle. S/he then holds the
Cup on high and says;
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Stol:
Dadouchos follows Stolistes when s/he goes to the East, and when
Stolistes has gone to the South, Dadouchos faces East, raises his/her
Censer and swings it towards the East. S/he then goes to the south,
West and North repeating the censing at each quarter and returns to
the East where s/he completes the circle and raising the censer says:
Dad:
Charge to the Hall

Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Kerux, in the Name of the Lord of Initiation,

I ask you to declare that we have opened the Hall of
the Neophytes.
Kerux:
(SoE) In the Name of the Lord of Initiation, Lord of

Silence and of Strength, I declare that the Sun has
arisen and the Shadows flee away.
Circumambulation
Hiero:

All remain standing.
Hierophant stands holding the Scepter in his/her right hand, the

Banner of the East in his/her left. Kerux goes to the North-East with
Lamp and Wand. Then follow Hegemon, Hiereus with Banner and
Sword, Members, Stolistes with Cup, Dadouchos with Censer and
last, Sentinel with Sword. They all line up in this order behind the
Kerux who leads the procession past Hierophant, making the Signs
of Horus as s/he passes. Each Officer in turn does the same. Hiereus
falls out as soon as s/he reaches his/her Throne. Hegemon returns to
his/her place after passing Hierophant twice (one full orbit) and then
the rest take their places as they come to them.
Hiero:
(!) KHABS
Hiereus: (!) AM.
Heg:
(!) PEKHT.
Hiero:
The Mystic Circumambulation symbolic of the Rise of

LIGHT is accomplished. Let us adore the Universe and
Space.
Members rise. All face East and make the Sign of the Enterer following the lead of the Hierophant. The Sign of Silence is made at the end
of the Prayer.
ALL:

Hierophant, Hiereus and Hegemon raise Wands and Sword in salute,

and sink them in unison. All face as usual, but remain standing.
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Kerux knocks. / Hiereus knocks. / Hegemon knocks.
Hiereus: (!) KONX.

Heg:
(!) OM.
Hiero:
(!) PAX.
Heg:
(!) LIGHT.
Hiero:
(!) IN.
Hiereus : (!) EXTENSION.
Equinox Ceremony
Hiero:
(knocks) Fraters and Sorors of all grades of the Open

Source Order of the Golden Dawn in the Het Nuit
Lodge, let us celebrate the Festival of the Vernal/
Autumnal Equinox.
All rise.
Hiero:
(knocks) Frater Kerux, will you proclaim the Equinox

and announce that the Password is abrogated.
Kerux:
(assents)
Kerux passes to North East, raises Wand and Lamp, and says:
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Kerux:
In the Name of the Lord of Initiation, Lord of Silence

and of Strength, I proclaim that the Vernal/Autumnal
Equinox is here and the Password ______________
is abrogated. Abrogate are all rituals, all ordeals, all
words and signs. Ra-Hoor-Khuit hath taken his seat in
the East at the Equinox of the Gods; Hoor in his secret
name and splendour is the Lord Initiating.
Kerux returns. Members stand facing the Altar and make signs
towards it.
Heg:
(knocks) One Reconciler between them.
All make signs towards the altar.

Hiero goes to West of Altar and lays down Wand, saying:
Hiero:
With the Password ______ I lay down my Wand.
Hiero takes Rose from Altar and returns to station.

Hiereus goes to Altar and lays down his Sword, saying:
Hiereus: With the Password ______ I lay down my Sword.
Hiero:
Let us celebrate according to ancient custom the return

of the Equinox.
Hiereus takes Cup of wine and returns to station. Hegemon comes to

West of Altar, lays down Wand, and says:
Hiero:
LIGHT
Heg:
Hiereus: DARK
Hiero:
EAST
Hiereus: WEST
Hiero:
AIR
Hiereus: WATER
Heg:
(knocks) I am the Reconciler between them.
Hegemon stops East of the Altar and remains standing. Kerux comes
to Altar, hands his Lamp to Hegemon, lays down Wand and says:
Kerux:
With the Password _____ I lay down my Lamp and Wand.
Kerux and Hegemon return. Stolistes comes to Altar, lays down Cup
and says:
Stol:
With the Password ______ I lay down my Cup.
Stolistes takes Bread and Salt and returns. Dadouchos comes to

Altar, lays down Censer and says:
Dad:
HEAT
Dad:
Stol:
COLD
Dad:
SOUTH
Dadouchos takes Lamp from Altar and returns. Sentinel comes to

Altar, lays down Sword and says:
Stol:
NORTH
Sent:
Dad:
FIRE
Sentinel returns.
Stol:
EARTH
Heg:
Kerux goes to Northeast to begin the Circumambulation. As s/he

reaches each Quarter and the Prayer is said, all make signs towards
the Quarter.

Hiero:
ONE CREATOR
Dad:
ONE PRESERVER
Hiereus: ONE DESTROYER

Stol:
ONE REDEEMER
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With the Password ______ I lay down my Censer.
With the Password ______ I lay down my Sword.
Kerux moves to East and stops before Hierophant.

Hiero:
Let us adore the Universe.

(Turns to East and holds up Rose. All face East.)
Holy art Thou, who art Air,
who hast created the Firmament!
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Hiero makes a Cross and Circle with the Rose and salutes. All join in.
Heg makes a horizontal Cross and Circle over the Altar with the Lamp.
Kerux passes to South and faces Dadouchos.
All salute towards the Altar. Hegemon keeps the Lamp. All are seated.
Dad:
Assuming the Lodge

(Turns to South and holds up Lamp. All face South.)
Holy art Thou, who art Fire,
wherein Thou hast shown forth the Throne of Thy Glory.
Dad makes Cross and Circle with Lamp and salutes. All join in.
Kerux passes to West and faces Hiereus.
Hiereus: Let us adore the Universe.
(Turns to West and holds up Cup. All face West.)
Holy art Thou, who art Water,
whereon Thy spirit moved at the Beginning.
Hiereus makes a Cross and Circle with Cup, and salutes. All join in.
Kerux passes to North and faces Stolistes.
Stol:

(Turns to North and holds up Bread and Salt. All face North.)
Holy art Thou, who art Earth,
which Thou hast made for Thy Foundation!
Stol makes Cross and Circle with B & S and salutes. All join in.
Kerux returns to place. All face Altar. Hegemon stands East of Altar,
and holding Keruxs Lamp on high, says:
Heg:

Holy art Thou, who art in all thingsin whom are
all things. If I climb up to Heaven, Thou art there,
and if I go down to Hell, Thou art there also!
If I take the Wings of the Morning and flee
unto the uttermost parts of the Sea,
even there shalt Thou lead me
and Thy right hand shall hold me.
If I say, Peradventure the Darkness shall cover me,
even the Night shall be turned Light unto Thee!
Thine is the Air with its Movement!
Thine is the Fire with its Flashing Flame!
Thine is the Water with its Ebb and Flow!
Thine is the Earth with its enduring Stability!
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Imperator rises and approaches the throne of the East, the Hierophant
rises.
Imper:
I relieve you, Sir/Madam. (offering Second Order grip)
Hiero:
I stand relieved. (exchanging grip)
Hierophant, taking the Rose, quits his/her Throne, which is taken

by Imperator. Hierophant then goes West of the Altar and lays down
the Rose. S/he returns to the East and lays his/her Lamen and
Cloak at the foot of the Throne, and takes his/her place as a Member
of the Lodge. In like manner each disrobes then puts down Sacra:
Hiereus puts down the Cup; Hegemon, the Lamp of Kerux at junction
of Cross and Triangle. Kerux lays down Lamen only; Stolistes, the
Paten; Dadouchos, the Red Lamp; and Sentinal, Lamen only. All are
seated with Members of their own rank.
Imper:
(!) (rising) By the Power and Authority vested in

me, I confer the new Password. It is ______________.
(Imperator sits)
Praemonstrator rises to read out the names of the new Officers.

Praem:
The Officers appointed to do the Work of the Lodge

for the ensuing six months are______________.
(Praemonstrator sits)
Cancl:
(rising) I call upon the College of the Rose Cross,

to perform their duty, installing the Wardens, then
consecrating and ordaining a new Hierophant to captain this Lodge, ___(Lodge name)___, of the Open Source
Order of the Golden Dawn for the ensuing six months.
In preparation for the arrival of the College, we will now
take a brief recess. (!) (during the break two additional
chairs are added to the Dais. Upon being called back to
order, Imperator takes center seat, and Dais Officers
seat themselves leaving empty seats on either side of the
Imperator.)
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Cancl:
(Three knocks) All Rise. I call upon the College of the Rose
Cross, to perform their duty, installing the Wardens, then
First:
And it is so assumed accordingly. (knocks)
First:
Had!
Third:
Nu!
The three Chief Adepts approach the east, shoulder to shoulder, stopping centered before the Dais. The First Adept approaches the Throne
of the East offering the Second Order Grip to the Imperator, saying:
All 3:
Abrahadabra (!)
First:
Imper:
I stand relieved. (exchanges grip and returns to regular seat)
Second: Ray!
The Chiefs are seated.

First:
Beloved Colleagues of the Rose Cross, Fraters and Sorors

of the Order of the Golden Dawn, we know that the
Mystic Lodge, erected of old by Wisdom as a Witness of
the Mysteries which are above the Sphere of Knowledge,
abides in the Supernal Triad:
In the Understanding which transcends Reason,
in the Wisdom which comes before Understanding, and
in the Crown which is the Light of the Supernals.
All are seated, Second Adept to the South, Third Adept to the North of
First Adept.
First:
The Dais is invited to retire.
Retiring Dais Officers in turn go to West of Altar, lay down tool by

the old password, disrobe, and takes their seats among the Members.
First:
(!) (rises) Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the

law
As a Witness in the Lodge of the Heart, so in the Outer

House of our Initiation, we have ever present
certain Wardens from within, deputed by the Second
Order to guard and lead the Lesser Mysteries of the
Golden Dawn and those who advance therein, that they
may be fitted in due course to participate in the Light
which is beyond it.
Second: (!) (rises) Love is the law, love under will

Third:
(!) (rises) Every man and every woman is a star
First:
Avete, Fraters et Sorors.
Second: Roseae Rubeae.

Third:
Et Aureae Crucis.
First:
Very Honoured Fraters and Sorors, seeing that the things

which are above do continually lift up unto their high
estate the things which are below, and do thence return
them after a certain great transfiguration, that the
work of Wisdom may continue and that the Grace and
Sanctification of the Holy and Glorious Lodge in Heaven
may be communicated to the Lodge which is on Earth,
wherefore the worlds rejoice together and are fulfilled in
all completion, I ask you to join with me in my intention,
and to ratify in your hearts, the solemn and sacramental
words by which I assume this external and visible Lodge
of the Golden Dawn into the House not made by hands,
builded of lively stones the Company of the Adepts.
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All Members of the College now present may assume

their Rose-Crosses.
It is in virtue of this connecting link, this bond of

consanguinity, that I have assumed the things which
are without in the Lodge of the Golden Dawn into the
things which are within the company of the Second
Order at this meeting held at the Equinox for the
solemn purpose of proclaiming a new Hierophant
charged with the Rites of the Lodge during the ensuing
six months.
First:
There is an end of the speech;
Second: Let the Silence of darkness be broken;

Third:
Let it return into the silence of light.

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Installing the Officers

First:
First:
(rises) First we shall install the Wardens of this Lodge.

Let the Praemonstrator come to the East.
First Adept installs Dais: Praemonstrator, Imperator, Cancellarius,

Past Hierophant.
Praemonstrator is clothed with Robe by Squire and puts on Lamen.
First Adept holds Lamen while saying:
First:
Fr./Sr. Praemonstrator, yours is the form of Isis,

the daughter of Nuit and Geb, sister/wife of Osiris,
sister of Set and Mother of Horus, who as Ra-HoorKhuit now sits upon the throne of the Aeon. You wear
the blue mantle of the Secret Knowledge, and your
ceremonial office is see to it that in the Lodge nothing
is relaxed or profaned as the Reflector of the Wisdom
beyond.
Praemonstrator goes to West of Altar, takes up Sword and says:

Prae:
By the Password _____ I claim my Wand.
Praemonstrator takes his Throne.

First:
Let the Imperator come to the East.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Imperator, yours is the form of Nephthys, the wife

of Set, the mother of Anubis and the sister of Osiris and
Isis. You wear the red mantle of Fire and Severity, as the
symbol of true authority. Your ceremonial responsibility is
for the stability of the Lodge, and represents That which
compels all present here to comply with their True Will.
Imperator goes to West of Altar, takes up Sword and says:

Imp:
First:
Installing the Hierophant

First:
Cancellarius is clothed with Robe by Squire and puts on Lamen.

Hiero holds Lamen while saying:
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(rises) Colleagues of the Rose Cross and Members of

the First Order herein assembled, by the power in me
vested, I proceed to the installation and investiture of
the Hierophant of the ___Lodge name____ of the Open
Source Order of the Golden Dawn in the Portal of the
Second: (rises) A ka dua tuf ur biu

Third:
(rises) bi aa chefu dudu nur af an nuteru.
The three Adepti give ABRA signs, and seat themselves

First:
Let Fr./Sr. Heru __________ come to the East. (done)

Fr./Sr., at the will of the Adepti of the College of the
Rose Cross, you have been appointed to the Office of
Hierophant of this Lodge for the ensuing six months.
Are you willing to assume its duties and responsibilities?
Hiero:
I am.
By the Password _____ I claim my Sword.

Let the Cancellarius come to the East.
Fr./Sr. Past Hierophant, yours is the form of Osiris,

Green Man and God of the Dead, he who is sacrificed
and resurrected, he who eternally dies and is reborn.
Your office represents history, memory, and the wisdom
of experience.
Past Hierophant takes his throne.
Imperator takes his Throne.

First:
Let the Past Hierophant come to the East.
The Past Hierophant is clothed with Robe by Squire and puts on

Lamen. Hiero holds Lamen while saying:
Imperator is clothed with Robe by Squire and puts on Lamen. Hiero

holds Lamen while saying:
First:
Fr./Sr. Cancellarius, yours is the form of Thoth, who has

no parentage for He created Himself through the power of
language. He is the creator of magick, the inventor of
writing, teacher of humanity, the messenger of the gods,
the divine record-keeper and mediator, and the Patron
of our Order. Your ceremonial office is as the scribe and
recorder of the Lodge, and you represent the authority of
the Inner Order within the Outer.
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First:
Then I will thank you to advance to the East, giving

the Grand Sign of the College of the Rose Cross (ABRA,
Done.)
the Supporting Officers so that these Rites which are

about to be placed in your hands, may, after your term
of Office, be restored to the Order not merely intact in
their working but showing an increased beauty and a
greater Light of Symbolism. Thus and thus only will
you give, when the time comes, a good account of your
stewardship.
Second: Abrahadabra
Third:
The Reward of Ra-Hoor-Khut
First:
Fr./Sr. Heru ____________, standing in the Eastern

place of the Lodge, I will thank you to give me the secret
word of the College of the Rose Cross (Done)
Let the memory of these objects abide with you, even as

it abides in the Officers, Wardens and Chiefs, and do
you assist them in their labour so to direct the Lodge
that Peace may be maintained with Power. (S/he sits
down. Chief rises.)
Second: By his Wisdom made He the Worlds:

Third:
The Word that is God is none other than He.
First:
Wherefore, let us remember that when the Body is

assumed by the Word, the Mage becomes a living
Spirit. For which reason we persevere in the Pathway
of the Cross as we look for the Assumption of the Rose.
The Very Honoured Second Adept will now deliver the
Charge before Installation.
Second: (rises) The high Office to which you have been appointed
by the decree of the College of the Rose Cross involves
duties of a solemn kind and their proper fulfilment is a
sacred responsibility which rests for a period upon you.
While the regulation of the First Order is more particularly committed to the Imperator, while the instruction
of its members is entrusted to the Praemonstrator above
all, and the general business of the Lodge devolves especially upon the Cancellarius, amidst the distinction of
these services there is still a common ground of interaction which must be maintained by a perfect adjustment
to ensure the right conduct and harmony of the whole.
In like manner, the Chief Officers of the Lodge are
distinct and yet allied; the perfection and beauty of
its Ritual depends indeed upon the Hierophant as the
Expounder of the Mysteries, but not on him/her alone.
For all must work together to encompass the good of
all. I invite you, therefore, not only to take counsel with
the Chiefs of the Second Order on all important occasions and to maintain a regular communication with
the Wardens of the Lodge, but to consult and assist
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In the presence of this solemn Convocation of Adepti of

the Second Order, seated in this assumed Lodge, I again
ask you whether you are prepared in your mind to accept
the responsible Office to which you have been appointed?
Hiero:
I am.
First:
(!!!) All Rise.

Then you will kneel down, repeat the Sacramental Name
by which you are known in the Order and say after me:
I, Fr./Sr. Heru ___________, in the Name of the Lord of
Initiation, and of that Omnipresent and Ineffable Unity
which I seek in common with my Colleagues, do solemnly promise, that I will, to the utmost of my power,
fulfil the high Office which has been imposed upon me,
and by me acccepted freely, for the good of the whole
Order; that I will maintain the rites of the Order and
observe the duties of my position with conscientiousness
and loving care, not alone towards the Lodge itself, but
every individual Member; that I will co-operate with the
Wardens of the Lodge; that I will execute the decisions
of the College of the Rose Cross, acting with justice and
without fear or favour in accordance with the dictates
of my conscience. This I affirm by the Symbol worn
upon my breast. (touching it)
(!) Please be seated.
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First:
(addressing the Adepti) Behold ye Adepti, s/he who

now enthroned before us, clothed with the attribute of
lawful Revealer of the Mysteries for those whom we are
leading towards the Light. You are the Adepts of those
Mysteries and you can assist him/her to proclaim them,
that those who are still without may be lead by loving
hands to that which is within.
Arise, Very Honoured Frater/Soror and receive at my

hand the highest Office I can bestow upon you in
this Lodge. By the Power in me vested, I now appoint
you Hierophant of the Golden Dawn Lodge, ___(Lodge
name)___, to work and confer the Grades of the Outer
Order, under the dispensation of the College during the
ensuing six months. May the Light which is behind the
Veil shine through you from your Throne in the East on
the Fraters and Sorors of the Order, and lead them to
the Accomplishment of their Wills
(addressing the members) Fraters and Sorors of the Order

of the Golden Dawn ___(Lodge name)___, behold your
Hierophant, our Fr./Sr. Heru __________ who has been
regularly installed and enthroned, and by the power in
me vested, I proclaim him/her the Revealer of Mysteries
among you for the ensuing six months, being part of that
temporal period through which we are conducted into
Light(Vernal)/Night(Autumnal).
Second: The Great Work, the Summum Bonum,

Third:
True Wisdom, and Perfect Happiness.
First invests Hierophant with Robes assisted by a server.

First:
I clothe you with the Robe of a Hierophant. Bear it

unspotted, my brother/sister, during the period of your
office. Keep clean your heart beneath it, so shall it
sanctify your flesh and prepare you for that great Day
when you, who are now clothed by the Power of the
Order, shall be unclothed from the body of your death.
First:
(!!!) All rise and face East. Adepts move to the floor.
We give Thee thanks, Supreme and Gracious Divinity, for
the manifestation of Thy Light which is vouchsafed to us,
for that measure of knowledge which Thou hast revealed
to us concerning Thy Mysteries, for those guiding Hands
which raise the corner of the Veil and for the firm hope
of a further Light beyond.
I invest you also with the Lamen of your Office; may the
virtue which it typifies without, be present efficaciously
within you, and after the term of your present dignity,
may such virtue still maintain you in your search after
the White Stone on which a New Name is written which
no one knoweth save the one who receiveth it.
Keep, we ask, this wo/man our brother/sister, in the

Justice of Thy Ways, in the Spirit of Thy Great Council,
that s/he may well and worthily direct those who have
been called to lead them by the path which is best suited
to their nature unto the ultimate end of all things, the
supreme realization,
You will now pass to the symbolic Altar of the Universe

and assume the Sceptre of the Hierophant.

Hiero, goes to West of Altar, raises Sceptre in both hands and says:
Fraters and Sorors, please join with me in a common act

of prayer.
Hiero:
By the Password ______________, I claim my Sceptre.

(S/he returns to East. First takes him/her with the grip of
the Second Order and enthrones him/her.)
Second: The Life which abideth in Light,

Third:
Yea, the Life which abideth in Light. (Dais and Adepts

face West.)
First:
By the Power in me vested, I install you Hierophant

of the Golden Dawn Lodge ___(Lodge name)___. May
the steps of this Throne lead you to your proper place
among the Seats of the Mighty which are above.
First:
Fraters and Sorors, there is Success. The work of the

Light for which we have assumed this Lodge has been
accomplished faithfully, and the Lodge has received its
Hierophant.
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First:
First:
By the power in me vested, I now remit it into its due

place in the Outer World taking with it the Graces and
benedictions which at this time we have been permitted
to bestow thereon. And it is so remitted accordingly:
Had!
Hiero:
Hegemon is clothed with Robe by Squire and puts on Lamen.

Hiero:
Second: Ray!
Third:
Nu!
Let the Hegemon come to the East.
By the power to me committed, I ordain you Hegemon

of this Lodge for the ensuing six months, and I pray
that from between the Pillars, you may lead the Sorors
and Fraters into the equilibrium of perfect reconciliation.
First,
Second,
& Third: Abrahadabra!
Heg goes East of Altar, takes up wand and says:
All Adepti give ABRA Signs, and hide Rose Crosses.
Hiero:
First:
Please be seated. Very Honoured Fr./Sr., in the presence

of the members of your Lodge, I call upon you to make
your Confession.
Heg:
Hegemon takes his throne.
First Adept takes seat.

Hierophant rises and reads Liber 90. Upon conclusion the Presiding
Adepti rise, salute (0=0), and exit.
Hierophant sits down. The installation of the Floor Officers now proceeds. Cloaks and Lamens are arranged at the foot of the Dais, ready
for the Squire to hand them to Officer.
Hiero:
By virtue of the Power to me committed,

I will proceed to invest the Officers of this Lodge.
Hiero:
(rises) Let the Hiereus come to the East.
By the Power to me committed, I ordain you Hiereus

of this Lodge for the ensuing six months. I pray that
from your Throne in the West, symbolizing the fading
Light, you also, may help lead the Fraters and Sorors
to the full Light. May you and they ever remember, the
Divine Darkness is the same as the Divine Light.
Let the Kerux come to the East. (Kerux puts on Lamen.)

By the power to me committed, I ordain you Kerux
of this Lodge for the ensuing six months, to guard
the inner side of the Portal, and to lead all Mystic
Processions. I pray that you may ever go before us
with the Torch of the Higher Luminaries, uttering the
Watchwords of the Day. Thanks be, my brother/sister,
for the Admirable Light.
Kerux goes to East of Altar, takes up Lamp and Wand and says:
Kerux:
By the Password _____ I claim my Lamp and Wand.
Kerux takes his station.

Hiero:
Let the Stolistes come to the East. (Done, as before.)

By the Power to me committed, I ordain you Stolistes
of this Lodge for the ensuing six months, to watch over
the Cup of Clear Water, and to purify the Lodge, the
colleagues and the Candidate. For pure will, unassuaged
of purpose, delivered from lust of result, is in every way
perfect. Thanks be, my sister/brother, for the Living
Water which purifies the whole of Creation.
Stol:
By the Password _____ I claim my Cup.
Hiereus is clothed with Robe by Squire and puts on Lamen. Hiero

Hiero:
Stolistes takes his station.
Hiereus goes to West of Altar, takes up Sword and says:

Hiereus: By the Password _____ I claim my Sword.
Hiereus takes his Throne.
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Hiero:
Dad:
Let the Dadouchos come to the East.

By the power to me committed, I ordain you Dadouchos
the Fires of the Lodge and to perform the Consecrations
by Fire. Remember the sweet odor of the Sanctuary, and
the Perfume of the Beauty of the House.
Thanks be, my brother/sister, for the True Incense which
hallows our lives.
By the Password _____ I claim my Censer.
All make Signs towards Altar while Hiereus observes.This done,

Hiereus gives Signs towards Hierophant, and says:
Dadouchos takes his station.

Hiero:
Let the Sentinel come to the East.
Hiero:
By the power to me committed, I ordain you Sentinel

of this Lodge for the ensuing six months. Be thou the
faithful Watcher without, lest anything contrary enter
our Sacred Hall.
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, assure yourself that all present have witnessed the Golden Dawn.
being on his/her right with Lamp and Wand, and says:
please rise and give the signs of a Neophyte.
Hiereus (SoE) Sr./Fr. Hierophant, all present have been so

honored. (SoS)
S/he sits down.

Hiero:

Hiero sits. Hiero says something profound, yet encourages gleeful banter.
S&D:
Closing
As with opening,
Sent:
Hiero:
(!)
Kerux on hearing the Hierophants knock, goes to the North East,

to Hierophants right, faces West, raising the Lamp and Wand and
says:
Kerux:
Stol:
As with opening,
Dad:
Circumambulation
Hiero:
Fraters and Sorors of Het Nuit of the Open Source

Order of the Golden Dawn, Please assist me to close the
Hall of the Neophytes.
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Kerux, see that the Hall is properly guarded.
Hiero:
Kerux goes to the door and gives one knock.

Sentinel replies with one knock.
Kerux:
(SoE) Sr./Fr. Hierophant, the Hall is properly guarded.

(SoS)
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Let the Mystic Reverse Circumambulation take place in

the Pathway of LIGHT.
This is done.
The Mystic Reverse Circumambulation symbolic of the
Fading of LIGHT is accomplished.
Members rise. All face East and make the Sign of the Enterer following the lead of Hierophant. The Sign of Silence is made at the end of
the Prayer.
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ALL:

Source of Darkness, Source of Light! (SoE)
Mystic Repast
Hiero:
Nothing now remains but to partake together in silence

of the Mystic Repast, composed of the symbols of the
Four Elements, and to remember the call to do our Will.
All are seated.

Hierophant puts down scepter and returns the Banner of the East to
its place Hiero. goes to the West of the Altar and facing East gives
the Saluting Sign, but withholds the Sign of Silence, and taking up
the Rose says:
Hiero:
I invite you to inhale with me the perfume of this Rose,

as a symbol of Air.
To eat with me this Bread and Salt as types of Earth,
emblem of Elemental Water. (Cross)
Placing the Cup on the altar between the Cross and Triangle, Hiero
then comes east of the Altar and faces West, all others partake as per
custom, giving the Sign of Enterer approaching altar, and answered
by Sign of Silence. Officers receive sacrament in the reverse order of
the proclamation of their offices in the opening, save with dais officers first, in descending order on the Tree.
Kerux:
Hiero:
May what we have partaken bring us to the

Quintessence, the accomplishment of our true wills, the
Great Work, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom, and
Perfect Happiness.
Hiero:
(!) KHABS.
Hiereus: (!) AM.
Heg:
(!) PEKHT.
Hiereus: (!) KONX.
Heg:
(!) OM.
Hiero:
(!) PAX.
Heg:
(!) LIGHT.
Hiero:
(!) IN.
Hiereus: (!) EXTENSION.
All make Signs towards Altar (SoESoS).
Dedication of Merit
ALL:

So mote it be.
fruition, Ultimately and immediately,
and we remain the in state of presenceAh!
(inverting cup and placing it on altar) It is finished! (then

replaces cup aright, re-joining cross and triangle, cup to west.)
The Closing Charge

Hiero:
(!) TETELESTAI.
Hiereus: (!)
Heg:
(!)
All rise.
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Hiero:
May what we have partaken bring us to the

Quintessence, the accomplishment of our true wills, the
Great Work, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom, and
Perfect Happiness.
Hiero:
(!) KHABS.
Hiereus: (!) AM.
Heg:
(!) PEKHT.

center projection
Hiereus: (!) KONX.

Heg:
(!) OM.
Hiero:
(!) PAX.
Heg:
(!) LIGHT.
Hiero:
(!) IN.
Hiereus: (!) EXTENSION.
All make Signs towards Altar (SoESoS).
Dedication of Merit
ALL:
Stolistes
Dadouchos
Hegemon
Rose
Bread
& Salt
Red
Lamp

fruition, Ultimately and immediately,
and we remain the in state of presenceAh!
Wine
Hiereus
EAST


So mote it be.
Kerux
Sentinel
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ALL:

Source of Darkness, Source of Light! (SoE)
Mystic Repast
Hiero:
Nothing now remains but to partake together in silence

of the Mystic Repast, composed of the symbols of the
Four Elements, and to remember the call to do our Will.
All are seated.

Hierophant puts down scepter and returns the Banner of the East to
its place Hiero. goes to the West of the Altar and facing East gives
the Saluting Sign, but withholds the Sign of Silence, and taking up
the Rose says:
Hiero:
Officer
Imperator
Cancellarius
Hierophant
Past Hierophant
Praemonstrator
OFFICERS IN THE HALL:

Officer

Hegemon
Kerux
Stolistes
Dadouchos
Placing the Cup on the altar between the Cross and Triangle, Hiero
then comes east of the Altar and faces West, all others partake as per
custom, giving the Sign of Enterer approaching altar, and answered
by Sign of Silence. Officers receive sacrament in the reverse order of
the proclamation of their offices in the opening, save with dais officers first, in descending order on the Tree.
(inverting cup and placing it on altar) It is finished! (then
replaces cup aright, re-joining cross and triangle, cup to west.)
The Closing Charge

(!) TETELESTAI.
Hiereus: (!)
Heg:
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OFFICERS ON THE DAIS:
Hiereus

emblem of Elemental Water. (Cross)
Hiero:
I invite you to inhale with me the perfume of this Rose,

as a symbol of Air.
To eat with me this Bread and Salt as types of Earth,
Kerux:
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(!)
All rise.
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Sentinel
Lamen, Sword
Squire (to assist with robes)
Black Clothing with Red Shoes
OFFICERS FOR HIEROPHANTS INSTALLATION:

Three Adepts
White robes, 5=6 Tabards, Rose Cross Lamens, Scepters, and Gold Shoes
REQUIRED:
For the Altar

Before beginning, determine the new password.

enter or leave the Lodge, they give the Sign of the Enterer (SoE) towards
Lodge, they do so in the direction of the SUN.
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Members make the Neophyte Signs on passing the Throne of the

East whether the Hierophant is there or not. The Grade Sign is made
in the direction of movement except when entering or leaving the
Hall, when it is made towards the East.
(!) This sign represents one knock made by rapping the base or
shaft of wand or the pommel of sword on a table. Greeting
Take refuge by three Ahs.
Hiero:
(Knock)

Kerux:

Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, assure yourself that all present have witnessed the Golden Dawn.
being on his/her right with Lamp and Wand, and says:
please rise and give the signs of a Neophyte.
All make Signs towards Altar while Hiereus observes.This done,
Hiereus gives Signs towards Hierophant, and says:
Hiereus (SoE) Sr./Fr. Hierophant, all present have been so
honored. (SoS)
S/he sits down.
Hiero:
Fraters and Sorors of ___(Lodge name)___

Kerux goes to the door and gives one knock. Sentinel replies with one
knock.
Kerux:
Hiero:

S&D:
As with opening,
Stol:
As with opening,
Hiero:
Dad:
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, please guard the hither side of the

portal and assure yourself that all present have
witnessed the Golden Dawn.
Circumambulation
being on the right with Lamp and Wand, and says:
Hiero:

This is done.
Hiereus: (SoE) Sr./Fr. Hierophant, all present have been so
honored. (SoS)
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Hiero:
Let the Mystic Reverse Circumambulation take place in

the Pathway of LIGHT.
The Mystic Reverse Circumambulation symbolic of the
Fading of LIGHT is accomplished.
Members rise. All face East and make the Sign of the Enterer following the lead of Hierophant. The Sign of Silence is made at the end of
the Prayer.
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Hiero:
Dad:
Let the Dadouchos come to the East.

By the power to me committed, I ordain you Dadouchos
the Fires of the Lodge and to perform the Consecrations
by Fire. Remember the sweet odor of the Sanctuary, and
the Perfume of the Beauty of the House.
Thanks be, my brother/sister, for the True Incense which
hallows our lives.
Hiero:
Let the Sentinel come to the East.
Hiero:
By the power to me committed, I ordain you Sentinel

of this Lodge for the ensuing six months. Be thou the
faithful Watcher without, lest anything contrary enter
our Sacred Hall.
Hiero sits. Hiero says something profound, yet encourages gleeful banter.
Closing
Hiero:
(!)
Kerux on hearing the Hierophants knock, goes to the North East,

to Hierophants right, faces West, raising the Lamp and Wand and
says:
Kerux:

Hiero:
Hiereus and Kerux return to their places. Hierophant gives the Sign
of the Enterer towards the West, but NOT the Sign of Silence.
Hiero:
By the Password _____ I claim my Censer.
Dadouchos takes his station.
Sent:
The Officers
Fraters and Sorors of Het Nuit of the Open Source

Order of the Golden Dawn, Please assist me to close the
Hall of the Neophytes.

Hiero:
Kerux:
(SoE) Sr./Fr. Hierophant, the Hall is properly guarded.

(SoS)
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Sr./Fr. Hiereus, how many Principal Officers are there

in this Hall?
Hiereus: There are three Principal Officers; the Hierophant,

the Hiereus, and the Hegemon.
Hiero:
Hiereus: They all commence with the letter H.

Hiero:
Hiereus: Of Life; because the Letter H is our mode of representing

the ancient Greek aspirate or breathing, and Breath
is the evidence of Life.
Hiero:
Hiereus: There are three besides the Sentinel; the Kerux, the
Stolistes, and the Dadouchos. The Sentinel is without
the Portal of the Hall and has a Sword in his/her hand
to keep out intruders. It is his/her duty to prepare the
Aspirant.
Hiero:

Kerux goes to the door and gives one knock.
Sentinel replies with one knock.
Let the number of Officers in this degree and the

nature of their Offices be proclaimed once again, that
the Powers whose images they are may be re-awakened
in the spheres of those present and in sphere of this
Orderfor by Names and by Images are all Powers

Dad:

Dryness, and my duty is to see that the Lamps and Fires
of the Lodge are ready at the opening, to watch over the
Censer and the Incense, and to consecrate the Hall and
the Fraters and Sorors and the Aspirant with Fire. (SoS)
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Hiero:

Hiero:
Stol:

Moisture. My duty is to see that the Robes and Insignia
of the Officers are ready at the opening, to watch over
the Cup of Lustral Water, and to purify the Hall and the
Fraters and Sorors and the Candidate with Water. (SoS)
Hiero:
Hiero:

Kerux:
(SoE) My place is within the portal. My duties are to

see that the furniture of the Hall is properly arranged
at the Opening, to guard the inner side of the portal,
to admit the Fraters and Sorors, and to watch over
the reception of the Aspirant; to lead all Mystic
Circumambulations carrying the Lamp of my Office;
and to make all reports and announcements. My Lamp
is the symbol of Hidden Knowledge, and my Wand is
the symbol of its directing power. (SoS)
Hiero:

Heg:

of the Universe. My duty is to watch over the Gateway
of the Hidden Knowledge for I am the reconciler between
Light and Darkness. I watch over the preparation of
the Aspirant and assist in his reception, and I lead him
in the Path that conducts from Darkness to Light. The
White Color of my Robe is the color of Purity, my ensign
of office is a Feather-crowned scepter to symbolize
balance which guides and regulates life, and my Office
symbolizes those higher aspirations of the soul which
should guide its action. (SoS)
Hiero:
Let the Hegemon come to the East.
Hegemon is clothed with Robe by Squire and puts on Lamen.

By the power to me committed, I ordain you Hegemon
of this Lodge for the ensuing six months, and I pray
that from between the Pillars, you may lead the Sorors
and Fraters into the equilibrium of perfect reconciliation.
Heg goes East of Altar, takes up wand and says:

Heg:
Hegemon takes his throne.

Hiero:
Let the Kerux come to the East. (Kerux puts on Lamen.)

By the power to me committed, I ordain you Kerux
of this Lodge for the ensuing six months, to guard
the inner side of the Portal, and to lead all Mystic
Processions. I pray that you may ever go before us
with the Torch of the Higher Luminaries, uttering the
Watchwords of the Day. Thanks be, my brother/sister,
for the Admirable Light.
Kerux goes to East of Altar, takes up Lamp and Wand and says:
Kerux:
By the Password _____ I claim my Lamp and Wand.
Kerux takes his station.

Hiero:
Let the Stolistes come to the East. (Done, as before.)

By the Power to me committed, I ordain you Stolistes
the Cup of Clear Water, and to purify the Lodge, the
colleagues and the Candidate. For pure will, unassuaged
of purpose, delivered from lust of result, is in every way
perfect. Thanks be, my sister/brother, for the Living
Water which purifies the whole of Creation.
Stol:
By the Password _____ I claim my Cup.
Stolistes takes his station.

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First:
By the power in me vested, I now remit it into its due

place in the Outer World taking with it the Graces and
benedictions which at this time we have been permitted
to bestow thereon. And it is so remitted accordingly:
First:
Had!
Second: Ray!
Third:
Nu!
First,
Second,
& Third: Abrahadabra!
Hiereus: (holds Sword and Banner) (SoE)

of the increase of Darkness and the decrease of Light and
I am the Master of Darkness. I keep the Gateway of the
West and watch over the reception of the Aspirant and
over the Supporting Officers in the doing of their work.
the Face of the Waters. I carry the Sword of Judgment and
the Banner of the Evening Twilight, which is the Banner of
the West, and I am called Fortitude. (SoS)
Hiero:
All Adepti give ABRA Signs, and hide Rose Crosses.
First:
Hiero:
Please be seated. Very Honoured Fr./Sr., in the presence

of the members of your Lodge, I call upon you to make
your Confession.
First Adept takes seat.

Hierophant rises and reads Liber 90. Upon conclusion the Presiding
Adepti rise, salute (0=0), and exit.
My station is on the Throne of the East in the place

where the Sun rises, and I am the Captain of the Hall,
guiding it according to the Laws of the Cosmos, as that
which Image I am, is the Guide of all who work for the
Hidden Knowledge. My robe is the red of Created Fire
and Uncreated Fire. My scepter is the Hierophants Cross,
and I hold the Banner of the Morning Light which is the
Banner of the East. I am called Light, Power, Mercy, and
Wisdom, and I am the Expounder of the Mysteries.
Hierophant sits down. The installation of the Floor Officers now proceeds. Cloaks and Lamens are arranged at the foot of the Dais, ready
for the Squire to hand them to Officer.
Hiero:
By virtue of the Power to me committed,

I will proceed to invest the Officers of this Lodge.
All:
Hiero:
(rises) Let the Hiereus come to the East.
Hiereus is clothed with Robe by Squire and puts on Lamen. Hiero

Hiero:
By the Power to me committed, I ordain you Hiereus

of this Lodge for the ensuing six months. I pray that
from your Throne in the West, symbolizing the fading
Light, you also, may help lead the Fraters and Sorors
to the full Light. May you and they ever remember, the
Divine Darkness is the same as the Divine Light.
Hiereus goes to West of Altar, takes up Sword and says:

Hiereus: By the Password _____ I claim my Sword.
Hiereus takes his Throne.
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Hiero:


S & D:
I will (in unison)
Dadouchos goes to West. Stolistes goes to the East, faces Hierophant,

and making a cross in the Air with his/her Cup, sprinkles a few
drops of Water three times towards the East. S/he passes to the
South, West and North, repeating the purification in each quarter
and returns to the East to complete the circle. S/he then holds the
Cup on high and says;
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Stol:
(addressing the Adepti) Behold ye Adepti, s/he who

now enthroned before us, clothed with the attribute of
lawful Revealer of the Mysteries for those whom we are
leading towards the Light. You are the Adepts of those
Mysteries and you can assist him/her to proclaim them,
that those who are still without may be lead by loving
hands to that which is within.
Dadouchos follows Stolistes when s/he goes to the East, and when
Stolistes has gone to the South, Dadouchos faces East, raises his/her
Censer and swings it towards the East. S/he then goes to the south,
West and North repeating the censing at each quarter and returns to
the East where s/he completes the circle and raising the censer says:
Dad:
(addressing the members) Fraters and Sorors of the Order

of the Golden Dawn ___(Lodge name)___, behold your
Hierophant, our Fr./Sr. Heru __________ who has been
regularly installed and enthroned, and by the power in
me vested, I proclaim him/her the Revealer of Mysteries
among you for the ensuing six months, being part of that
temporal period through which we are conducted into
Light(Vernal)/Night(Autumnal).
Circumambulation
Hiero:

Hierophant stands holding the Scepter in his/her right hand, the

Banner of the East in his/her left. Kerux goes to the North-East with
Lamp and Wand. Then follow Hegemon, Hiereus with Banner and
Sword, Members, Stolistes with Cup, Dadouchos with Censer and
last, Sentinel with Sword. They all line up in this order behind the
Kerux who leads the procession past Hierophant, making the Signs
of Horus as s/he passes. Each Officer in turn does the same. Hiereus
falls out as soon as s/he reaches his/her Throne. Hegemon returns to
his/her place after passing Hierophant twice (one full orbit) and then
the rest take their places as they come to them.
Hiero:
First:
(!!!) All rise and face East. Adepts move to the floor.
We give Thee thanks, Supreme and Gracious Divinity, for
the manifestation of Thy Light which is vouchsafed to us,
for that measure of knowledge which Thou hast revealed
to us concerning Thy Mysteries, for those guiding Hands
which raise the corner of the Veil and for the firm hope
of a further Light beyond.
The Mystic Circumambulation symbolic of the Rise of

LIGHT is accomplished. Let us adore the Universe and
Space.
Keep, we ask, this wo/man our brother/sister, in the

Justice of Thy Ways, in the Spirit of Thy Great Council,
that s/he may well and worthily direct those who have
been called to lead them by the path which is best suited
to their nature unto the ultimate end of all things, the
supreme realization,
Members rise. All face East and make the Sign of the Enterer following the lead of the Hierophant. The Sign of Silence is made at the end
of the Prayer.
ALL:

Hierophant, Hiereus and Hegemon raise Wands and Sword in salute,

and sink them in unison. All face as usual, but remain standing.
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Fraters and Sorors, please join with me in a common act

of prayer.
Second: The Life which abideth in Light,

Third:
Yea, the Life which abideth in Light. (Dais and Adepts

face West.)
First:
Fraters and Sorors, there is Success. The work of the

Light for which we have assumed this Lodge has been
accomplished faithfully, and the Lodge has received its
Hierophant.
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First:
Arise, Very Honoured Frater/Soror and receive at my

hand the highest Office I can bestow upon you in
this Lodge. By the Power in me vested, I now appoint
you Hierophant of the Golden Dawn Lodge, ___(Lodge
name)___, to work and confer the Grades of the Outer
Order, under the dispensation of the College during the
ensuing six months. May the Light which is behind the
Veil shine through you from your Throne in the East on
the Fraters and Sorors of the Order, and lead them to
the Accomplishment of their Wills
Second: The Great Work, the Summum Bonum,

Third:
True Wisdom, and Perfect Happiness.
First invests Hierophant with Robes assisted by a server.

First:
I clothe you with the Robe of a Hierophant. Bear it

unspotted, my brother/sister, during the period of your
office. Keep clean your heart beneath it, so shall it
sanctify your flesh and prepare you for that great Day
when you, who are now clothed by the Power of the
Order, shall be unclothed from the body of your death.
I invest you also with the Lamen of your Office; may the
virtue which it typifies without, be present efficaciously
within you, and after the term of your present dignity,
may such virtue still maintain you in your search after
the White Stone on which a New Name is written which
no one knoweth save the one who receiveth it.
You will now pass to the symbolic Altar of the Universe
and assume the Sceptre of the Hierophant.
Charge to the Hall

Hiero:

I ask you to declare that we have opened the Hall of
the Neophytes.
Kerux:
(SoE) In the Name of the Lord of Initiation, Lord of

Silence and of Strength, I declare that the Sun has
arisen and the Shadows flee away.

Hiero:
(!) KHABS
Hiereus: (!) AM.
Heg:
(!) PEKHT.
Hiereus: (!) KONX.
Heg:
(!) OM.
Hiero:
(!) PAX.
Heg:
(!) LIGHT.
Hiero:
(!) IN.
Hiereus : (!) EXTENSION.
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Hiero:
(knocks) Fraters and Sorors of all grades of the Open

Source Order of the Golden Dawn in the Het Nuit
Lodge, let us celebrate the Festival of the Vernal/
Autumnal Equinox.
Hiero, goes to West of Altar, raises Sceptre in both hands and says:
All rise.
Hiero:
By the Password ______________, I claim my Sceptre.

(S/he returns to East. First takes him/her with the grip of
the Second Order and enthrones him/her.)
Hiero:
(knocks) Frater Kerux, will you proclaim the Equinox

and announce that the Password is abrogated.
First:
By the Power in me vested, I install you Hierophant

of the Golden Dawn Lodge ___(Lodge name)___. May
the steps of this Throne lead you to your proper place
among the Seats of the Mighty which are above.
Kerux:
(assents)
Kerux passes to North East, raises Wand and Lamp, and says:
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Kerux:
the Supporting Officers so that these Rites which are

about to be placed in your hands, may, after your term
of Office, be restored to the Order not merely intact in
their working but showing an increased beauty and a
greater Light of Symbolism. Thus and thus only will
you give, when the time comes, a good account of your
stewardship.
In the Name of the Lord of Initiation, Lord of Silence

and of Strength, I proclaim that the Vernal/Autumnal
Equinox is here and the Password ______________
is abrogated. Abrogate are all rituals, all ordeals, all
words and signs. Ra-Hoor-Khuit hath taken his seat in
the East at the Equinox of the Gods; Hoor in his secret
name and splendour is the Lord Initiating.
Let the memory of these objects abide with you, even as

it abides in the Officers, Wardens and Chiefs, and do
you assist them in their labour so to direct the Lodge
that Peace may be maintained with Power. (S/he sits
down. Chief rises.)
Kerux returns. Members stand facing the Altar and make signs
towards it.
Hiero:
Let us celebrate according to ancient custom the return

of the Equinox.
Hiero:
LIGHT
In the presence of this solemn Convocation of Adepti of

the Second Order, seated in this assumed Lodge, I again
ask you whether you are prepared in your mind to accept
the responsible Office to which you have been appointed?
Hiereus: DARK
Hiero:
EAST
Hiereus: WEST
Hiero:
AIR
Hiereus: WATER
Heg:

Dad:
HEAT
Stol:
COLD
Dad:
SOUTH
Stol:
NORTH
Dad:
FIRE
Stol:
EARTH
Heg:

Hiero:
ONE CREATOR
Dad:
ONE PRESERVER
Hiereus: ONE DESTROYER

Stol:
Hiero:
I am.
First:
(!!!) All Rise.

Then you will kneel down, repeat the Sacramental Name
by which you are known in the Order and say after me:
I, Fr./Sr. Heru ___________, in the Name of the Lord of
Initiation, and of that Omnipresent and Ineffable Unity
which I seek in common with my Colleagues, do solemnly promise, that I will, to the utmost of my power,
fulfil the high Office which has been imposed upon me,
and by me acccepted freely, for the good of the whole
Order; that I will maintain the rites of the Order and
observe the duties of my position with conscientiousness
and loving care, not alone towards the Lodge itself, but
every individual Member; that I will co-operate with the
Wardens of the Lodge; that I will execute the decisions
of the College of the Rose Cross, acting with justice and
without fear or favour in accordance with the dictates
of my conscience. This I affirm by the Symbol worn
upon my breast. (touching it)
(!) Please be seated.
ONE REDEEMER
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First:
Then I will thank you to advance to the East, giving

the Grand Sign of the College of the Rose Cross (ABRA,
Done.)
Second: Abrahadabra
Third:
The Reward of Ra-Hoor-Khut
First:
Fr./Sr. Heru ____________, standing in the Eastern

place of the Lodge, I will thank you to give me the secret
word of the College of the Rose Cross (Done)
Second: By his Wisdom made He the Worlds:

Third:
The Word that is God is none other than He.
First:
Wherefore, let us remember that when the Body is

assumed by the Word, the Mage becomes a living
Spirit. For which reason we persevere in the Pathway
of the Cross as we look for the Assumption of the Rose.
The Very Honoured Second Adept will now deliver the
Charge before Installation.
Second: (rises) The high Office to which you have been appointed
by the decree of the College of the Rose Cross involves
duties of a solemn kind and their proper fulfilment is a
sacred responsibility which rests for a period upon you.
While the regulation of the First Order is more particularly committed to the Imperator, while the instruction
of its members is entrusted to the Praemonstrator above
all, and the general business of the Lodge devolves especially upon the Cancellarius, amidst the distinction of
these services there is still a common ground of interaction which must be maintained by a perfect adjustment
to ensure the right conduct and harmony of the whole.
In like manner, the Chief Officers of the Lodge are
distinct and yet allied; the perfection and beauty of
its Ritual depends indeed upon the Hierophant as the
Expounder of the Mysteries, but not on him/her alone.
For all must work together to encompass the good of
all. I invite you, therefore, not only to take counsel with
the Chiefs of the Second Order on all important occasions and to maintain a regular communication with
the Wardens of the Lodge, but to consult and assist
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Heg:
(knocks) One Reconciler between them.

Hiero goes to West of Altar and lays down Wand, saying:
Hiero:
Hiero takes Rose from Altar and returns to station.

Hiereus goes to Altar and lays down his Sword, saying:
Hiereus: With the Password ______ I lay down my Sword.
Hiereus takes Cup of wine and returns to station. Hegemon comes to
West of Altar, lays down Wand, and says:
Heg:
Hegemon stops East of the Altar and remains standing. Kerux comes
to Altar, hands his Lamp to Hegemon, lays down Wand and says:
Kerux:
With the Password _____ I lay down my Lamp and Wand.
Kerux and Hegemon return. Stolistes comes to Altar, lays down Cup
and says:
Stol:
With the Password ______ I lay down my Cup.
Stolistes takes Bread and Salt and returns. Dadouchos comes to

Altar, lays down Censer and says:
Dad:
With the Password ______ I lay down my Censer.
Dadouchos takes Lamp from Altar and returns. Sentinel comes to

Altar, lays down Sword and says:
Sent:
With the Password ______ I lay down my Sword.
Sentinel returns.
Kerux goes to Northeast to begin the Circumambulation. As s/he
reaches each Quarter and the Prayer is said, all make signs towards
the Quarter.
Kerux moves to East and stops before Hierophant.
Hiero:

(Turns to East and holds up Rose. All face East.)
Holy art Thou, who art Air,
who hast created the Firmament!
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Hiero makes a Cross and Circle with the Rose and salutes. All join in.
First:
Kerux passes to South and faces Dadouchos.

Dad:

(Turns to South and holds up Lamp. All face South.)
Holy art Thou, who art Fire,
wherein Thou hast shown forth the Throne of Thy Glory.
Dad makes Cross and Circle with Lamp and salutes. All join in.
Fr./Sr. Cancellarius, yours is the form of Thoth, who has

no parentage for He created Himself through the power of
language. He is the creator of magick, the inventor of
writing, teacher of humanity, the messenger of the gods,
the divine record-keeper and mediator, and the Patron
of our Order. Your ceremonial office is as the scribe and
recorder of the Lodge, and you represent the authority of
the Inner Order within the Outer.
Kerux passes to West and faces Hiereus.
Hiero:
Hiereus: Let us adore the Universe.

(Turns to West and holds up Cup. All face West.)
Holy art Thou, who art Water,
whereon Thy spirit moved at the Beginning.
The Past Hierophant is clothed with Robe by Squire and puts on

Lamen. Hiero holds Lamen while saying:
First:
Hiereus makes a Cross and Circle with Cup, and salutes. All join in.
Kerux passes to North and faces Stolistes.
Stol:

(Turns to North and holds up Bread and Salt. All face North.)
Holy art Thou, who art Earth,
which Thou hast made for Thy Foundation!
Stol makes Cross and Circle with B & S and salutes. All join in.

Holy art Thou, who art in all thingsin whom are
all things. If I climb up to Heaven, Thou art there,
and if I go down to Hell, Thou art there also!
If I take the Wings of the Morning and flee
unto the uttermost parts of the Sea,
even there shalt Thou lead me
and Thy right hand shall hold me.
If I say, Peradventure the Darkness shall cover me,
even the Night shall be turned Light unto Thee!
Thine is the Air with its Movement!
Thine is the Fire with its Flashing Flame!
Thine is the Water with its Ebb and Flow!
Thine is the Earth with its enduring Stability!
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Fr./Sr. Past Hierophant, yours is the form of Osiris,

Green Man and God of the Dead, he who is sacrificed
and resurrected, he who eternally dies and is reborn.
Your office represents history, memory, and the wisdom
of experience.
Past Hierophant takes his throne.
Installing the Hierophant

First:
Kerux returns to place. All face Altar. Hegemon stands East of Altar,
and holding Keruxs Lamp on high, says:
Heg:
Let the Past Hierophant come to the East.
(rises) Colleagues of the Rose Cross and Members of

the First Order herein assembled, by the power in me
vested, I proceed to the installation and investiture of
the Hierophant of the ___Lodge name____ of the Open
Source Order of the Golden Dawn in the Portal of the
Second: (rises) A ka dua tuf ur biu

Third:
(rises) bi aa chefu dudu nur af an nuteru.
The three Adepti give ABRA signs, and seat themselves

First:
Let Fr./Sr. Heru __________ come to the East. (done)

Fr./Sr., at the will of the Adepti of the College of the
Rose Cross, you have been appointed to the Office of
Hierophant of this Lodge for the ensuing six months.
Are you willing to assume its duties and responsibilities?
Hiero:
I am.
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Heg makes a horizontal Cross and Circle over the Altar with the Lamp.
First:
All salute towards the Altar. Hegemon keeps the Lamp. All are seated.
(rises) First we shall install the Wardens of this Lodge.

Let the Praemonstrator come to the East.
First Adept installs Dais: Praemonstrator, Imperator, Cancellarius,

Past Hierophant.
Praemonstrator is clothed with Robe by Squire and puts on Lamen.
First Adept holds Lamen while saying:
First:
Fr./Sr. Praemonstrator, yours is the form of Isis,

the daughter of Nuit and Geb, sister/wife of Osiris,
sister of Set and Mother of Horus, who as Ra-HoorKhuit now sits upon the throne of the Aeon. You wear
the blue mantle of the Secret Knowledge, and your
ceremonial office is see to it that in the Lodge nothing
is relaxed or profaned as the Reflector of the Wisdom
beyond.
Praemonstrator goes to West of Altar, takes up Sword and says:

Prae:
Praemonstrator takes his Throne.

First:
Fr./Sr. Imperator, yours is the form of Nephthys, the wife

of Set, the mother of Anubis and the sister of Osiris and
Isis. You wear the red mantle of Fire and Severity, as the
symbol of true authority. Your ceremonial responsibility is
for the stability of the Lodge, and represents That which
compels all present here to comply with their True Will.
Imperator goes to West of Altar, takes up Sword and says:

Imp:
Imperator takes his Throne.

First:
Imperator rises and approaches the throne of the East, the Hierophant
rises.
Imper:
Hiero:
I stand relieved. (exchanging grip)
Hierophant, taking the Rose, quits his/her Throne, which is taken

by Imperator. Hierophant then goes West of the Altar and lays down
the Rose. S/he returns to the East and lays his/her Lamen and
Cloak at the foot of the Throne, and takes his/her place as a Member
of the Lodge. In like manner each disrobes then puts down Sacra:
Hiereus puts down the Cup; Hegemon, the Lamp of Kerux at junction
of Cross and Triangle. Kerux lays down Lamen only; Stolistes, the
Paten; Dadouchos, the Red Lamp; and Sentinal, Lamen only. All are
seated with Members of their own rank.
Imper:
Let the Imperator come to the East.
Imperator is clothed with Robe by Squire and puts on Lamen. Hiero

First:
Assuming the Lodge
Let the Cancellarius come to the East.
Cancellarius is clothed with Robe by Squire and puts on Lamen.

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(!) (rising) By the Power and Authority vested in

me, I confer the new Password. It is ______________.
(Imperator sits)
Praemonstrator rises to read out the names of the new Officers.

Praem:
The Officers appointed to do the Work of the Lodge

for the ensuing six months are______________.
(Praemonstrator sits)
Cancl:
(rising) I call upon the College of the Rose Cross,

to perform their duty, installing the Wardens, then
In preparation for the arrival of the College, we will now
take a brief recess. (!) (during the break two additional
chairs are added to the Dais. Upon being called back to
order, Imperator takes center seat, and Dais Officers
seat themselves leaving empty seats on either side of the
Imperator.)
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Cancl:
(Three knocks) All Rise. I call upon the College of the Rose
Cross, to perform their duty, installing the Wardens, then
First:
And it is so assumed accordingly. (knocks)
First:
Had!
Third:
Nu!
The three Chief Adepts approach the east, shoulder to shoulder, stopping centered before the Dais. The First Adept approaches the Throne
of the East offering the Second Order Grip to the Imperator, saying:
All 3:
Abrahadabra (!)
First:
Imper:
I stand relieved. (exchanges grip and returns to regular seat)
Second: Ray!
The Chiefs are seated.

First:
Beloved Colleagues of the Rose Cross, Fraters and Sorors

of the Order of the Golden Dawn, we know that the
Mystic Lodge, erected of old by Wisdom as a Witness of
the Mysteries which are above the Sphere of Knowledge,
abides in the Supernal Triad:
In the Understanding which transcends Reason,
in the Wisdom which comes before Understanding, and
in the Crown which is the Light of the Supernals.
All are seated, Second Adept to the South, Third Adept to the North of
First Adept.
First:
The Dais is invited to retire.
Retiring Dais Officers in turn go to West of Altar, lay down tool by

the old password, disrobe, and takes their seats among the Members.
First:
(!) (rises) Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the

law
As a Witness in the Lodge of the Heart, so in the Outer

House of our Initiation, we have ever present
certain Wardens from within, deputed by the Second
Order to guard and lead the Lesser Mysteries of the
Golden Dawn and those who advance therein, that they
may be fitted in due course to participate in the Light
which is beyond it.
Second: (!) (rises) Love is the law, love under will

Third:
(!) (rises) Every man and every woman is a star
First:
Avete, Fraters et Sorors.
Second: Roseae Rubeae.

Third:
Et Aureae Crucis.
First:
Very Honoured Fraters and Sorors, seeing that the things

which are above do continually lift up unto their high
estate the things which are below, and do thence return
them after a certain great transfiguration, that the
work of Wisdom may continue and that the Grace and
Sanctification of the Holy and Glorious Lodge in Heaven
may be communicated to the Lodge which is on Earth,
wherefore the worlds rejoice together and are fulfilled in
all completion, I ask you to join with me in my intention,
and to ratify in your hearts, the solemn and sacramental
words by which I assume this external and visible Lodge
of the Golden Dawn into the House not made by hands,
builded of lively stones the Company of the Adepts.
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All Members of the College now present may assume

their Rose-Crosses.
It is in virtue of this connecting link, this bond of

consanguinity, that I have assumed the things which
are without in the Lodge of the Golden Dawn into the
things which are within the company of the Second
Order at this meeting held at the Equinox for the
solemn purpose of proclaiming a new Hierophant
charged with the Rites of the Lodge during the ensuing
six months.
First:
There is an end of the speech;
Second: Let the Silence of darkness be broken;

Third:
Let it return into the silence of light.

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Prosperity Talisman Consecration Rite

in the 0=0 Hall of the Neophytes
Prelude to the Opening of the Hall

The Hall is arranged according to the 0=0 formula before the doors are opened.
While the people are coming in, the Officers (except the Sentinel and Kerux) are
mingling among the congregation in their basic black clothes. Their robes, lamens
and wands are in place on their respective seats. When they go to take their positions, they circumambulate to their station and don their regalia, then assume
character. The dramatic point being made here is that we are all just normal
human beings just as they are, and we become more than human when we work
the Hall.
The Sentinel is positioned at the door, with her sword in hand. She is positioned
so she can make eye contact with people entering. She silently scrutinizes all who
enter the Hall, as if evaluating each one as a potential threat. She must remain
at her post throughout the prelude, with the general attitude displayed by British
Royal Guards complete unflappability. She does not respond if spoken to by
audience members. Her attitude is vaguely threatening; of a barely restrained capability of instant violence. If she makes people somewhat uncomfortable when she
looks at them, all the better!
The Kerux, with Lamen and Wand, is also near the door as people enter. His attitude is the complete opposite of the Sentinels. He is the greeter, the M.C., the
host that welcomes the congregation cordially as they come in. He is the good
cop to the Sentinels bad cop. The Sentinel makes them nervous, the Kerux puts
them at ease.
His role is as the liaison between the congregation and the celebrants.
A lot of improvisation is called for here, but in character as Anubis, the Guide.
The Kerux greeting each person personally as they enter establishes a bond with
them, and the psychological effect is that when he speaks to the entire gathering
hes listened to as someone they know (at least slightly).
Questions or remarks about the Sentinel are handled dramatically i.e., people
asking about the Sentinel is the only thing that makes the Kerux lower his voice
and speak fearfully about how dangerous the Sentinel is to those who would
violate the sanctity of the Temple, and its best not to even mention her, lest one
draw her attention, and her attention is *never* wanted.
(The Sentinel also deals with any attempt to disrupt the Hall from the outside at
any time during the proceedings, in which case she goes outside to meet the disruption and closes the door behind her, then returns after dealing with it. She does
carry a Sword to aid her in this purpose, after all)
Commencement:
See the artifacts around you, and contemplate their meaning.

We will begin now to create this Hall on the Inner planes. Join
in as best as you can in this recollection of meaning and the building of the
Godforms that empower this hall.
When the congregation is seated, the Kerux goes to his Heraldic post, and taps his
staff on the floor for silence. (Verbally calling for silence if necessary.)
Kerux:
In the Name of the Lord of Initiation, the Lord of Silence

and of Strength, I bid you welcome! You have entered
the Sacred Hall of the Order of the Golden Dawn.
Let the Sentinel seal the door to the outside world.
(As follows or ad lib description of temple artifacts) The Black altar

is the double cubical altar of the Universe. On it are emblems of the
four elements. (p) The equilateral White Triangle and Red Cubical
Cross represent Light and Life, and are the Sign of our Order. (p)
The White Pillar and the Black Pillar are the Pillars of Mercy
and Severity; and the Gateway of the Hidden Knowledge. (p) The
Banners of the East and West are the symbols of the Dawn and the
Twilight, the limits of the waking world. (p)
(The Sentinel comes to life for the first time, closes the entrance door, and takes
her post in front of it, assuming her guarded stance again. Note: if the door can be
made to slam shut with a loud bang, all the better. Perhaps a seal can also be
placed across it somehow by the Sentinel a sash or rope, or even a golden chain.)
Kerux:
We are alone in the Temple. The Great Gods await, just beyond our
sensing. We will to bring these beings to life in our Hall. Nothing
awaits us or concerns us but the Great Work, which we shall now
begin. (p)
We, the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn invite you to participate with us today in a Great Work of Magick. Together we
will consecrate Prosperity Talismans in the form of Golden One US
Dollar Sac-a-ja-wia Coins. Given the day, we of the Order felt we
could all use a little more Prosperity, so after we use this ritual
performed in the Hall of the Neophytes of the Golden Dawn to
consecrate the coins, we will hand out one coin to each person here.
If we have any left over we will be selling them as fund-raisers for
our Order.
Imagine a diaphanous veil of light in the East, like the mist that
gathers at the dawn of the day. (p) Now the veil stirs, as if a wind
were blowing from behind it
The following invocations of the godforms of the Dais can be read from scrolls, if
necessary.
You have been given programs that contain what was once secret
knowledge: certain words, signs and calls, and we ask that you join
with us in these incantations at the proper times. For by names
and by images are all powers awakened and re-awakened! (pause).
Praemonstrator rises, circumambulates, and proceeds to Dais. When reaching her

Throne, she dons her regalia. and takes up her scroll, preparing to read the invocation from it.
You must learn the gestures or signs of this Hall. These are the 0=0
signs of the Enterer and of Silence. (done) You will be asked for this
at the beginning and end of the ritual as a sign that you belong in
this Hall. But these gestures have practical magickal application:
the first is for projecting your energy, in this case at the Talismans
that we will consecrate today. The second is to seal your energy
once the projecting is done.
An LBRP is performed, either by the Sentinel or other suitable officer.
At this point, all the other Officers are still unobtrusively dispersed around the Hall
among the congregation. They will respond one at a time as called by the Kerux.
Kerux:
(As follows or ad lib a basic group meditation opening) Please enter

now a state of relaxation. Close your eyes and begin to breathe
slowly and deeply. Focus for a moment on your breath (pause). Now
open your eyes and bring your attention fully within this space.
Become aware of the room, and the artifacts in the room, and the
other people in the room. (p) Be relaxed yet fully alert. With each
breath become more relaxed, and more relaxed. Now enter your own
deep meditative state.
Kerux:
On the Southern end of the dais is the Preamonstrator who holds

the godform of a voluptuous goddess. Her face and body are of
translucent gold. She is crowned with a throne over a vulture headdress. Her robe and ornaments are of blue and orange. She carries
a blue Ankh and a Lotus Wand with a green flower and a blue
stem.
Prae:
(reading from scroll) Mine is the form of Isis, the daughter of Nuit
and Geb, sister/wife of Osiris, sister of Set and Mother of Horus,
who as Ra-Hoor-Khuit now sits upon the throne of the Aeon. I
wear the blue mantle of the Secret Knowledge, and I see to it that
in the Temple nothing is relaxed or profaned. I am responsible
for the Education of the Lodge, and the Reflector of the Wisdom
beyond.
Praemonstrator sits, assuming the Royal Pose of the godform. Each Dais Officer
comes forth in turn when invoked by the Kerux, as above.
Kerux:
On the Northern end of the dais is the Imperitor who holds the
godform of a tall and stately goddess. Her face and body are of
translucent gold. She is crowned with the glyph of the House over a
vulture headdress. Her robe and ornaments are of black and white.
She carries a blue Ankh and a Lotus Wand with a green flower and
a blue stem.
All Dais Officers are now in place. Hierophant enters, circumambulates once,
and proceeds to the Throne of the East, donning his regalia. The other Officers
Hegamon, Hiereus, Stolistes, Dadouchos enter in the same way, one at a time,
in the order they normally circumambulate each waiting until the previous one has
taken their correct place in the Hall. When all are in place, the Hierophant knocks
and the 0=0 ritual proper begins.
Imp:
Mine is the form of Nephthys, the wife of Set, the mother of Anubis
and the sister of Osiris and Isis. I wear the red mantle of Fire and
Severity, and I am the symbol of true authority. I am responsible
for the stability of the Temple, and I compel all present here to
comply with their True Will.
On the northern side of the Throne of Ra is the Cancelarius who holds

the godform of a slender male human body with an Ibis head. His skin
is the color of the sands, and the feathers of his head are white, with a
long, curved black beak. His nemyss, tunic and ornaments are brilliant
yellow and mauve. He carries a blue Ankh and a writing tablet.
Material Basis: 100 Golden Coins
Kerux:
Cancel:
Kerux:
Past:
Kerux:
REQUIRED:
For the Altar: Cross and Triangle. Red Rose. Red Lamp. Cup of Wine. Paten
of Bread and Salt.
Prelude
Take refuge by 3 Ahs.
Hiero:
Mine is the form of Thoth, who has no parentage for He created

Himself through the power of language. The creator of magick, the
inventor of writing, teacher of humanity, the messenger of the gods,
and the divine record-keeper and mediator. He revealed unto Horus
the Younger his True Nature as Ra-Hoor-Khuit, the knowledge
of which caused him to cease his war on Set, which would have
brought ultimate destruction to the Universe. I am the Cancelarius,
the scribe and recorder of the Lodge, and I represent the authority
of the Inner Order within the Outer.
Kerux on hearing the Hierophants knock, goes to the North East, to Hierophants
right, faces West, raising the Lamp and Wand and says:
Kerux:

Hiero:
On the Southern side of the Throne of Ra is the Past Hierophant

who hold the godform of a broad and stately god. He wears the tall
white crown of the South flanked by feathers striped in white and
blue. His face and hands are pale green, and from his chin hangs
the square beard of authority. He is in mummy wrappings to his
feet, but his hands are free to hold a blue crook and a red scourge.
Fraters and Sorors of Het Nuit of the Open Source Order

of the Golden Dawn, and honored guests,
Kerux:

Hiero:
Mine is the form of Osiris, Green Man and God of the Dead, he
who is sacrificed and resurrected, he who eternally dies and is
reborn. He suffered death by the hand of His brother Set. At the
Equinox of the Gods He passed His throne and scepter onto His son
Horus. As Past Hierophant I represent history, memory and the
wisdom of experience.
Before the center throne of the dais, the Throne of Ra holding the
godform of a tall, majestic god is the Hierophant. He has the head
of a great Hawk, and a body of great strength. He is crowned with
the Solar Disk empowered with the upraised Uraius Serpent. His
flesh is the dark blue of the Night-sky and his ornaments are of
gold. He carries in his right hand the wand of the Hierophant and
his left hand is empty.
(Knock)
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, please guard the hither side of the portal and determine who has beheld the Golden Dawn.
Hiereus goes to the door, stands before it with Sword erect, Kerux being on the
right with Lamp and Wand, and says:
Hiereus:
Fraters and Sorors of the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn,
and all knowledgeable guests,
Please rise and give the signs of the 0=0 Grade of Neophyte
toward the Cubical Altar of the Universe.
Hiereus:
(SoE) Sr./Fr. Hierophant, all present have been so honored. (SoS)
The Officers
Stol:
(SoE) My station is in the North

to symbolize Cold and Moisture.
My duty is to see that the Robes and Insignia of the Officers
are ready at the opening,
to watch over the Cup of Lustral Water,
and to purify the Hall and the Fraters and Sorors
and the Aspirant with Water. (SoS)
Hiero:

Kerux:
(SoE) My place is within the portal.

My duties are to see that the furniture of the Hall
is properly arranged at the Opening,
to guard the inner side of the portal,
to admit the Fraters and Sorors,
and to watch over the reception of the Aspirant;
and my Wand is the symbol of its directing power. (SoS)
Hiero:

Heg:

of the Universe. My duty is to watch over
the Gateway of the Hidden Knowledge
for I am the reconciler between Light and Darkness.
I watch over the preparation of the Aspirant
and assist in his reception, and I lead him
in the Path that conducts from Darkness to Light.
The White Color of my Robe is the color of Purity,
my ensign of office is a Feather-crowned scepter
to symbolize balance which guides and regulates life,
and my Office symbolizes those higher aspirations of the soul
which should guide its action. (SoS)
Hiero:

Hiereus:

My station is on the Throne of the West
and is a symbol of the increase of Darkness
and the decrease of Light and I am the Master of Darkness.
I keep the Gateway of the West and watch over
the reception of the Aspirant and over the Supporting Officers in
the doing of their work.
Hiereus and Kerux return to their places. Hierophant gives the Sign of the Enterer
towards the West, but NOT the Sign of Silence.
Hiero:
Let the number of Officers in this degree

and the nature of their Offices be proclaimed once again,
that the Powers whose images they are may be re-awakened
in the spheres of those present and in sphere of this Order
for by Names and by Images are all Powers
She makes the Sign of Silence and sits.

Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, how many Principal Officers

are there in this Hall?
Hiereus:

Hiero:
Hiereus:
Hiero:
Hiereus:

Hiero:
Hiereus:

and has a Sword in his/her hand to keep out intruders.
It is her duty to prepare the Aspirant.
Hiero:

Dad:
(SoE) My station is in the South to symbolize Heat and Dryness,

and my duty is to see that the Lamps and Fires of the Temple are
ready at the opening,
to watch over the Censer and the Incense,
and to consecrate the Hall and the Fraters and Sorors
and the Aspirant with Fire. (SoS)
Hiero:

Circumambulation
My black Robe is an image of the Darkness

that was upon the Face of the Waters.
I carry the Sword of Judgment
and the Banner of the Evening Twilight,
which is the Banner of the West,
and I am called Fortitude. (SoS)
Hiero:

Hiero:
My station is on the Throne of the East

in the place where the Sun rises,
and I am the Captain of the Hall,
as that which Image I am,
is the Guide of all who work for the Hidden Knowledge.
My robe is red because of Created Fire and Uncreated Fire,
and I hold the Banner of the Morning Light
which is the Banner of the East.
I am called Power and Mercy and Light and Wisdom,
(Hierophant sits down)
All:
Hiero:
Hierophant stands holding the Scepter in her right hand, the Banner of the
East in her left. Kerux goes to the North-East with Lamp and Wand. Then follow Hegemon, Hiereus with Banner and Sword, Members, Stolistes with Cup,
Dadouchos with Censer and last, Sentinel with Sword. They all line up in this
order behind the Kerux who leads the procession past Hierophant, making the
Signs of Horus as she passes. Each Officer in turn does the same. Hiereus falls
out as soon as she reaches her Throne. Hegemon returns to her place after passing
Hierophant twice (one full orbit) and then the rest take their places as they come to
them.
Hiero:
ALL:
S & D:
I will (in unison)
Charge to the Hall

Hiero:
Kerux:

Kerux returns to her place. (SoS)
Dadouchos follows Stolistes when she goes to the East, and when Stolistes has gone
to the South, Dadouchos faces East, raises her Censer and swings it towards the
East. She then goes to the south, West and North repeating the censing at each
quarter and returns to the East where she completes the circle and raising the censer says:
Dad:

Kerux goes North-East, faces West, and raising her Wand says:
Dadouchos goes to West. Stolistes goes to the East, faces Hierophant, and making a
cross in the Air with her Cup, sprinkles a few drops of Water three times towards
the East. She passes to the South, West and North, repeating the purification in
each quarter and returns to the East to complete the circle. She then holds the Cup
on high and says;
Stol:

Hierophant, Hiereus and Hegemon raise Wands and Sword in salute, and sink
them in unison. All face as usual, but remain standing.

Sr./Fr. Stolistes and Sr./Fr. Dadouchos, will you purify and consecrate the Hall with Water and with Fire.
The Mystical Circumambulation symbolic of the Rise of LIGHT is

accomplished. Let us adore the Universe and Space.
Members rise. All face East and make the Sign of the Enterer following the lead of
Hierophant. The Sign of Silence is made at the end of the Prayer.

Hiero:

Hiero:
Hiereus:
Heg:
(!) KHABS
(!) AM.
(!) PEKHT.
Hiereus :
Heg:
Hiero:
(!) KONX.
(!) OM.
(!) PAX.
Heg:
Hiero:
Hiereus :
(!) LIGHT.
(!) IN.
(!) EXTENSION.
Hiero:
Place the Material Bases on the altar within the White Triangle.
(done) Sr. Hegemon, Sr. Hiereus,
control the Material Bases. (done)
Hiero:
So with your all, You have no right but to do your will;

Do that and no other shall say nay.
For pure will unassuaged of purpose,
delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.
ALL:
THE PERFECT AND THE PERFECT ARE ONE PERFECT AND NOT
TWO: NAY, ARE NONE!
The Consecration
Hierophant instructs congregation in the words and means of consecration
Hiero:
DO WHAT THOU WILT SHALL BE THE WHOLE OF THE LAW.

and all others here assembled,
by virtue of our ability to wield a current of consecration,
I would undertake to consecrate these Golden Coins
so as to make Prosperity Talismans of them.
What is your will?
All:
respond
Hiero:
Sr. Hegemon, prepare the Material Bases for the Rite of Consecration.
Dissolve MB into Ground & Draw Forth Again Purified.

ALL:
Ah Ah Ah AL.
Prae:
(rising) From the sphere of Chesed-Mercy

I call forth the Spirit Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia
In the form of a Soaring Eagle, surrounded by stars.
(Jupiter Hexagram)ARARITA, (Jupiter Glyph)AL (Sits)
Cancel:
(rising) From the sphere of Hod-Splendor

In the form of a Guiding Mother bearing a child,
crowned with Liberty. (Mercury Hexagram)ARARITA,
(Mercury Glyph)HERM (Sits)
Past:
(rising) From the sphere of Tiphareth-Beauty

In the form of disks of shining Gold,
Blessed by the Millennium,
And marked with signs of the Many becoming One.
(Solar Unicursal Hexagram)ARARITA, (Sun Glyph)SOL (Sits)
Hiero:
Coins forged in mountain fastness,

Hear your word and know your will:
Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon,
place the Material Basis in the Northern part of the Hall:
The place of Forgetfulness, Dumbness and Necessity,
and the greatest symbolic Darkness.
Hegemon rises and moves to the edge of the space. Acolyte removes her chair from
between the Pillars. Taking up the coins, the Hegemon wraps their container thrice
with a black cord, knots it, and drapes it with a black cloth
Meanwhile the Kerux removes the Elements from the Altar, dispersing them to the
Four Winds, one at a time in a spiral motion.
Heg:
(Knocks)
Kerux:
(!) (SoE) The Material Bases are prepared. (SoS)
Hiero:
Bring forth the Material Bases to be

consecrated Prosperity Talismans,
now to be known as Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia
When Stolistes and Dadouchos join Kerux they formulate a Triangle. Heg faces
into the hall and presents Material Bases.
Kerux:

you cannot enter our Sacred Hall.
Stol comes forward and marks Material Bases with cross and circle, then sprinkles
water thrice, saying:
Stol:
Hegemon takes Material Bases to North and faces east. Kerux goes with Lamp and
Wand to the North East. Stolistes follows Asp. at the ready. Hiereus returns to station.
Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia, I purify you with Water.
Heg:
Dad comes forward and signs before Material Basis with cross and circle, then
waves thrice, saying:
Dad:
Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia, I consecrate you with Fire.

Kerux:

Hiero:
Stol and Dad Lustrate and Consecrate as before

yet the Darkness comprehendeth it not (knell)
Kerux leads, followed by Heg

Hiero gives one knock just as
passing Hiereus she similarly
passing of Hiero, barring the
Kerux:

you cannot enter the path of the East!
Stol:
Dad:
Heg:
Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia, thrice purified

and thrice consecrated, You may approach the Gateway of the East.
Kerux leads procession to the throne of the Hiero. Heg raises hoodwink, Hiero
stands threatening with his wand.
with Material Bases, Stol and Dad last. As they pass,

the Material Bases pass. They travel clockwise, and
knocks. Kerux stops in the South after the second
way with her Wand, saying:
Hiero:

you cannot enter the path of the West!
You cannot pass from concealment unto manifestation save by

virtue of the name Hadit. After the formless and the Void and the
Darkness, then cometh the knowledge of the Light. I am that Light
which riseth in darkness. Take on therefore manifestation before
me, for I am the wielder of the forces of the Balance.
Unbalanced Power is the ebbing away of Life. Unbalanced Mercy is

weakness and the fading out of the Will.
Stol:
Dad:
Heg:
Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia, twice purified and twice

consecrated, you mayest approach the Gateway of the West.
You have known me now,

so pass ye on to the Cubical Altar of the Universe.
Hoodwink is replaced. Kerux leads to the Altar. Material Bases are placed on altar
within triangle, Hiereus on North, Heg on South, Kerux form a supporting triangle
to rear. Hierophant descends Samekh holding wand, coming between pillars to the
East of the Altar, holding left hand over Talisman and wand over it erect, saying:
Kerux leads procession to the throne of the Hiereus. Heg raises hoodwink, Hiereus
stands threatening with her sword.
Hiereus:
You cannot pass from concealment unto manifestation,

save by virtue of the name Nuit. Before all things
are the Chaos and the Darkness, and the Gates of the Land of
Night. I am He whose Name is Darkness. I am the great One of the
Paths of the Shades. Take on therefore manifestation without fear
before me, for I am he in whom fear is Not.
Hiero:
From the original Providence, the mystery that grounds and

surrounds all of Being, In the same Spirit of Generosity and
Compassion that gave rise to the Living World,
With the blessings of the spheres of Chesed-Mercy,
Hod-Splendor and Tiphereth-Beauty,
By the Power of ARARITA I conjure the Mercurio-Jovan
Solar Spirit Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia, (drawing hex &
glyphs) To manifest Profound and Limitless Prosperity
in and through these Golden Coins
You have known me now, so pass ye onFear not at all.

Fear neither men nor Fates nor gods nor anything.
Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly,
and Ra-Hoor-Khuit is the strength, force, vigour of your arms.
Kerux leads, followed by Heg with Material Bases, Stol and Dad last. As they pass,
Hiero gives one knock just as the MB passes. They travel clockwise, and passing
Hiereus he similarly knocks. Kerux stops in the North after passing the Hiereus,
barring the way with his Wand, saying:
Pre:
AL, Tzad-ki-el, Chas-ma-lim, Tza-dekh,

Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia.
Can:
E-lo-him Tza-ba-oth, Mi-cha-el, Be-ni E-lo-him, Ko-kab,

Past:
E-lo-ah ve-Da-ath, Ra-pha-el, Ma-la-kim, Shem-esh,

All:
The two triangles of Officers are united forming a hexagram with the Material
Basis at its center. Hierophant invokes:
Hiero:
ALL:

and let them speak not of thee at all,
since thou art continuous!
AL (Long drawn out, making Projecting Sign, stops when cymbals

resume. Repeat for as long as there is strength. SoS.)
Hierophant returns to throne. All others remain standing.
Hiereus:
NONE, BREATHED THE LIGHT, FAINT & FAERY,

OF THE STARS AND TWO.
Inanimate and Empty Mass, We call ye to the Living Beauty
Hiereus:
Nameless and Aimless Substance, We call ye to the Gentle Light.
Stol and Dad proceed around hall as in opening but upon returning to the East,
instead of facing East and saying lines, turn and anoint the Material Basis with
cross and circle.
Officers form Tetrahedron over Material Basis with tools

Heg:
ARARITA (4x, while stamping feet, Arms swinging. Cymbals

keeping time.)
Stol:
Dad:
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, will you remove the Rope,

the last remaining symbol of the Path of Darkness.
Heg:
(SoE) I will. (SoS)
Hoodwink removed by Kerux
Heg proceeds to remove Rope and tucks it in belt. Acolyte removes stand. Next,
holding the MB aloft says:
Hiero:
Heg:
By and in the Names of Chesed, Hod and Tiphareth I invoke upon

you, Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia, the power of Prosperity.
Hiereus:
Let the Mystical Circumambulation take place in the Pathway of

Light. Guests please be seated.
Long have you dwelt in Darkness:

Quit the Night and seek the Day.
H&H&H: We conjure upon you irresistible form.

Hiero:
Hiereus:
Heg:
KHABS.
AM.
PEKHT.
Hiereus:
Heg:
Hiero:
KONX.
OM.
PAX.
Heg:
Hiero:
Hiereus:
LIGHT.
IN.
EXTENSION.
Hiero:
(!)
Kerux leads in North East, Hegemon and then Hiereus follows, next, Stol and Dad.
Circumambulate as at opening and return to thrones. Once complete Hegemon
places MB within Triangle on Altar, then with the help of an Acolyte recovers
chair and is seated. Kerux replaces Rose, Lamp, Cup and Patten in their places
on the Altar as at opening, then goes to Heraldic post to await the request of the
Hierophant. All else are seated.
Acolyte places stand between pillars. Hiereus moves North of Black Pillar.
Hiereus:
Let Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia be placed between the Pillars of

Mercy and Severity to receive the Charge.
Prae:
Go, bring abundance to your bearer.

Bring aboundance, Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia.
Hiero:
Fr./Sr. Kerux will you declare that Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia

has been consecrated by the Powers of the 0=0 Hall?
Kerux:
(saluting) I will.
I proclaim that Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia,
has been duly consecrated in the 0=0 Hall of the Neophytes
to bear the Power of Prosperity
ALL:
Hegemon places Material Bases on stand between Pillars and takes place by White
Pillar forming Triangle with Hierophant and Hierius who stands at Black Pillar.
Hiero:
All rise to give the charge.

Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia, receive now the Charge.
Hierophant and all present make Sign of the Enterer towards Material Bases and
vibrate charging Words. Conclude with the Sign of Silence.
Imp:
Cancel:
Past:
Hiero:
In the name of Babalon, the Reconciler for the Earth and the
Celestial Soul therein, I charge you, Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia,
to perform whatsoever is required to manifest the Will of your
bearer. Hear me and obey! (draws Invoking Pentagram of Active
Spirit with Sword) LAP ZIRDO NOCO MAD, HOATH IAIDA!
Hiereus:
Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia, I do command you to make manifest that power of prosperity which has been invoked upon you. Be
a lodestone of abundance, so that those who bear you may enjoy
health and wealth and strength and length of days, and be enriched
and comforted thereby. (draws sigil-glyph)
In the name of Adonai ha Aretz, be it so!
Hiero:

and consecrate the Hall with Water and with Fire?
S&D:
S/he sits down.
As with opening,
Stol:
By the power of the Crook and the Scourge, I bind you,

Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia, to do no harm, hurt,
or injury, to any who bears you, nor to their near and dear, nor
to their abodes. (draws Invoking Pentagram of Passive Spirit) IAO
SABOR! Such are the words!
Dad:
Circumambulation
Let Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia be covered for the closing.
Hiero:
(!)
Hiero:

ALL:
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, guard the hither side of the portal

and assure yourself that all present have witnessed
the Golden Dawn.
(in place of Mystic Repast)
Nothing now remains but for each of us to receive our

consecrated talisman and to remember the call to do our Will.
All are seated.

Hierophant puts down scepter and returns the Banner of the East to its place
Hiero. goes to the West of the Altar and facing East gives the Saluting Sign,
intoning AL but withholds the Sign of Silence. Hiero. takes up coin and stows it,
then comes east of the Altar and faces West, all others give the Sign of Enterer
approaching altar, intoning AL and answered by Sign of Silence.
Hiereus goes to the door, stands before it with Sword erect, Kerux being on her
Hiereus:

Source of Darkness, Source of Light! (SoE),
Talisman Disbursement
She salutes the Hierophants Throne, Remains by door.

Hiero:

of the Fading of LIGHT is accomplished.
Kerux:

take place in the Pathway of LIGHT
This is done.

Hiero:
Kerux:
As with opening,
Closing
Hiero:
(SoE) Sr./Fr. Hierophant,

all present have been so honored. (SoS)

All make Signs towards Altar while Hiereus observes.This done, Hiereus gives
Signs towards Hierophant, and says:
Officers receive coins in the reverse order of the proclamation of their offices in the
opening, save with dais officers first, in descending order on the Tree. Kerux serves
non-officer members and guests.
When complete Kerux partakes of the elements, consuming the wine, and cries out:
Kerux:
It is finished!
The Closing Charge

Hiero:
Hiereus:
Heg:
(!) TETELESTAI.
(!)
(!)
Hiero:
May what we have partaken bring us to the Quintessence, the

accomplishment of our true wills, the Great Work, the Summum
Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness.
Hiero:
Hiereus:
Heg:
(!) KHABS.
(!) AM.
(!) PEKHT.
Hiereus:
Heg:
Hiero:
(!) KONX.
(!) OM.
(!) PAX.
Heg:
Hiero:
Hiereus:
(!) LIGHT.
(!) IN.
(!) EXTENSION.
Banishing
Sentinal performs Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram
Dedication of Merit
ALL:

So mote it be.
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The rituals of the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn may be freely used,
distributed, and modified with the following restrictions: These rituals may not be
sold or performed for profit even in modified form. If published and/or distributed,
they must carry this notice.
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When complete Kerux partakes of the elements, consuming the wine, and cries out:
Kerux:
It is finished!
The Closing Charge

Hiero:
Hiereus:
Heg:
(!) TETELESTAI.
(!)
(!)
Hiero:
May what we have partaken bring us to the Quintessence, the

accomplishment of our true wills, the Great Work, the Summum
Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness.
Hiero:
Hiereus:
Heg:
(!) KHABS.
(!) AM.
(!) PEKHT.
Hiereus:
Heg:
Hiero:
(!) KONX.
(!) OM.
(!) PAX.
Heg:
Hiero:
Hiereus:
(!) LIGHT.
(!) IN.
(!) EXTENSION.

in the Hall of the Neophytes
V2.5 Pantheacon Edition1/9/03
For use in public ritual workings
Banishing
Sentinal performs Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram
Dedication of Merit
ALL:

So mote it be.
2003 The Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn. All rights reserved.
The rituals of the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn may be freely used,
distributed, and modified with the following restrictions: These rituals may not be
sold or performed for profit even in modified form. If published and/or distributed,
they must carry this notice.
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Hiereus:
(SoE) Sr./Fr. Hierophant,

all present have been so honored. (SoS)
S/he sits down.

Hiero:

and consecrate the Hall with Water and with Fire?
S&D:
As with opening,
Stol:
As with opening,
Dad:
Circumambulation
Hiero:

take place in the Pathway of LIGHT
This is done.
Hiero:

of the Fading of LIGHT is accomplished.
ALL:

Source of Darkness, Source of Light! (SoE),
Talisman Disbursement
Hiero:
(in place of Mystic Repast)
Nothing now remains but for each of us to receive our

consecrated talisman and to remember the call to do our Will.
All are seated.

Hierophant puts down scepter and returns the Banner of the East to its place
Hiero. goes to the West of the Altar and facing East gives the Saluting Sign,
intoning AL but withholds the Sign of Silence. Hiero. takes up coin and stows it,
then comes east of the Altar and faces West, all others give the Sign of Enterer
approaching altar, intoning AL and answered by Sign of Silence.
Officers receive coins in the reverse order of the proclamation of their offices in the
opening, save with dais officers first, in descending order on the Tree. Kerux serves
non-officer members and guests.
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Imp:
Cancel:
Past:
Hiero:
In the name of Babalon, the Reconciler for the Earth and the
Celestial Soul therein, I charge you, Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia,
to perform whatsoever is required to manifest the Will of your
bearer. Hear me and obey! (draws Invoking Pentagram of Active
Spirit with Sword) LAP ZIRDO NOCO MAD, HOATH IAIDA!
Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia, I do command you to make manifest that power of prosperity which has been invoked upon you. Be
a lodestone of abundance, so that those who bear you may enjoy
health and wealth and strength and length of days, and be enriched
and comforted thereby. (draws sigil-glyph)
In the name of Adonai ha Aretz, be it so!
By the power of the Crook and the Scourge, I bind you,
Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia, to do no harm, hurt,
or injury, to any who bears you, nor to their near and dear, nor
to their abodes. (draws Invoking Pentagram of Passive Spirit) IAO
SABOR! Such are the words!
Let Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia be covered for the closing.
Closing
Hiero:
(!)
Kerux:

Hiero:

Kerux:
She salutes the Hierophants Throne, Remains by door.

Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, guard the hither side of the portal

and assure yourself that all present have witnessed
the Golden Dawn.
Hiereus goes to the door, stands before it with Sword erect, Kerux being on her
Hiereus:


in the 0=0 Hall of the Neophytes
Prelude to the Opening of the Hall

The Hall is arranged according to the 0=0 formula before the doors are opened.
While the people are coming in, the Officers (except the Sentinel and Kerux) are
mingling among the congregation in their basic black clothes. Their robes, lamens
and wands are in place on their respective seats. When they go to take their positions, they circumambulate to their station and don their regalia, then assume
character. The dramatic point being made here is that we are all just normal
human beings just as they are, and we become more than human when we work
the Hall.
The Sentinel is positioned at the door, with her sword in hand. She is positioned
so she can make eye contact with people entering. She silently scrutinizes all who
enter the Hall, as if evaluating each one as a potential threat. She must remain
at her post throughout the prelude, with the general attitude displayed by British
Royal Guards complete unflappability. She does not respond if spoken to by
audience members. Her attitude is vaguely threatening; of a barely restrained capability of instant violence. If she makes people somewhat uncomfortable when she
looks at them, all the better!
The Kerux, with Lamen and Wand, is also near the door as people enter. His attitude is the complete opposite of the Sentinels. He is the greeter, the M.C., the
host that welcomes the congregation cordially as they come in. He is the good
cop to the Sentinels bad cop. The Sentinel makes them nervous, the Kerux puts
them at ease.
His role is as the liaison between the congregation and the celebrants.
A lot of improvisation is called for here, but in character as Anubis, the Guide.
The Kerux greeting each person personally as they enter establishes a bond with
them, and the psychological effect is that when he speaks to the entire gathering
hes listened to as someone they know (at least slightly).
Questions or remarks about the Sentinel are handled dramatically i.e., people
asking about the Sentinel is the only thing that makes the Kerux lower his voice
and speak fearfully about how dangerous the Sentinel is to those who would
violate the sanctity of the Temple, and its best not to even mention her, lest one
draw her attention, and her attention is *never* wanted.
(The Sentinel also deals with any attempt to disrupt the Hall from the outside at
any time during the proceedings, in which case she goes outside to meet the disruption and closes the door behind her, then returns after dealing with it. She does
carry a Sword to aid her in this purpose, after all)
All make Signs towards Altar while Hiereus observes.This done, Hiereus gives
Signs towards Hierophant, and says:
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Commencement:
All:
When the congregation is seated, the Kerux goes to his Heraldic post, and taps his
staff on the floor for silence. (Verbally calling for silence if necessary.)
Kerux:
In the Name of the Lord of Initiation, the Lord of Silence

and of Strength, I bid you welcome! You have entered
the Sacred Hall of the Order of the Golden Dawn.
Let the Sentinel seal the door to the outside world.
(The Sentinel comes to life for the first time, closes the entrance door, and takes
her post in front of it, assuming her guarded stance again. Note: if the door can be
made to slam shut with a loud bang, all the better. Perhaps a seal can also be
placed across it somehow by the Sentinel a sash or rope, or even a golden chain.)
Kerux:
We, the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn invite you to participate with us today in a Great Work of Magick. Together we
will consecrate Prosperity Talismans in the form of Golden One US
Dollar Sac-a-ja-wia Coins. Given the day, we of the Order felt we
could all use a little more Prosperity, so after we use this ritual
performed in the Hall of the Neophytes of the Golden Dawn to
consecrate the coins, we will hand out one coin to each person here.
If we have any left over we will be selling them as fund-raisers for
our Order.
You have been given programs that contain what was once secret
knowledge: certain words, signs and calls, and we ask that you join
with us in these incantations at the proper times. For by names
and by images are all powers awakened and re-awakened! (pause).
You must learn the gestures or signs of this Hall. These are the 0=0
signs of the Enterer and of Silence. (done) You will be asked for this
at the beginning and end of the ritual as a sign that you belong in
this Hall. But these gestures have practical magickal application:
the first is for projecting your energy, in this case at the Talismans
that we will consecrate today. The second is to seal your energy
once the projecting is done.
ARARITA (4x, while stamping feet, Arms swinging. Cymbals

keeping time.)
AL (Long drawn out, making Projecting Sign, stops when cymbals
resume. Repeat for as long as there is strength. SoS.)
Hierophant returns to throne. All others remain standing.

Hiereus:
Stol and Dad proceed around hall as in opening but upon returning to the East,
instead of facing East and saying lines, turn and anoint the Material Basis with
cross and circle.
Stol:
Dad:
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hegemon, will you remove the Rope,

the last remaining symbol of the Path of Darkness.
Heg:
(SoE) I will. (SoS)
Heg proceeds to remove Rope and tucks it in belt. Acolyte removes stand. Next,
holding the MB aloft says:
Heg:
By and in the Names of Chesed, Hod and Tiphareth I invoke upon

you, Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia, the power of Prosperity.
Hiereus:
Let the Mystical Circumambulation take place in the Pathway of

Light. Guests please be seated.
Kerux leads in North East, Hegemon and then Hiereus follows, next, Stol and Dad.
Circumambulate as at opening and return to thrones. Once complete Hegemon
places MB within Triangle on Altar, then with the help of an Acolyte recovers
chair and is seated. Kerux replaces Rose, Lamp, Cup and Patten in their places
on the Altar as at opening, then goes to Heraldic post to await the request of the
Hierophant. All else are seated.
Prae:
Go, bring abundance to your bearer.

Bring aboundance, Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia.
An LBRP is performed, either by the Sentinel or other suitable officer.
Hiero:
At this point, all the other Officers are still unobtrusively dispersed around the Hall
among the congregation. They will respond one at a time as called by the Kerux.
Fr./Sr. Kerux will you declare that Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia

has been consecrated by the Powers of the 0=0 Hall?
Kerux:
(saluting) I will.
I proclaim that Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia,
has been duly consecrated in the 0=0 Hall of the Neophytes
to bear the Power of Prosperity
ALL:
Kerux:
(As follows or ad lib a basic group meditation opening) Please enter

now a state of relaxation. Close your eyes and begin to breathe
slowly and deeply. Focus for a moment on your breath (pause). Now
open your eyes and bring your attention fully within this space.
Become aware of the room, and the artifacts in the room, and the
other people in the room. (p) Be relaxed yet fully alert. With each
breath become more relaxed, and more relaxed. Now enter your own
deep meditative state.
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See the artifacts around you, and contemplate their meaning.

We will begin now to create this Hall on the Inner planes. Join in
as best as you can in this recollection of meaning and the building
of the Godforms that empower this hall.
The two triangles of Officers are united forming a hexagram with the Material
Basis at its center. Hierophant invokes:
Hiero:
ALL:

and let them speak not of thee at all,
since thou art continuous!
(As follows or ad lib description of temple artifacts) The Black altar

is the double cubical altar of the Universe. On it are emblems of the
four elements. (p) The equilateral White Triangle and Red Cubical
Cross represent Light and Life, and are the Sign of our Order. (p)
The White Pillar and the Black Pillar are the Pillars of Mercy
and Severity; and the Gateway of the Hidden Knowledge. (p) The
Banners of the East and West are the symbols of the Dawn and the
Twilight, the limits of the waking world. (p)
NONE, BREATHED THE LIGHT, FAINT & FAERY,

OF THE STARS AND TWO.
We are alone in the Temple. The Great Gods await, just beyond our
sensing. We will to bring these beings to life in our Hall. Nothing
awaits us or concerns us but the Great Work, which we shall now
begin. (p)
Officers form Tetrahedron over Material Basis with tools

Heg:
Inanimate and Empty Mass, We call ye to the Living Beauty
Hiereus:
Nameless and Aimless Substance, We call ye to the Gentle Light.
Imagine a diaphanous veil of light in the East, like the mist that
gathers at the dawn of the day. (p) Now the veil stirs, as if a wind
were blowing from behind it
Hoodwink removed by Kerux

Hiero:
Long have you dwelt in Darkness:

Quit the Night and seek the Day.
H&H&H: We conjure upon you irresistible form.

Hiero:
Hiereus:
Heg:
KHABS.
AM.
PEKHT.
Hiereus:
Heg:
Hiero:
KONX.
OM.
PAX.
Heg:
Hiero:
Hiereus:
LIGHT.
IN.
EXTENSION.
Hiero:
(!)
Acolyte places stand between pillars. Hiereus moves North of Black Pillar.
Hiereus:
Let Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia be placed between the Pillars of

Mercy and Severity to receive the Charge.
Hegemon places Material Bases on stand between Pillars and takes place by White
Pillar forming Triangle with Hierophant and Hierius who stands at Black Pillar.
Hiero:
All rise to give the charge.

Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia, receive now the Charge.
Hierophant and all present make Sign of the Enterer towards Material Bases and
vibrate charging Words. Conclude with the Sign of Silence.
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The following invocations of the godforms of the Dais can be read from scrolls, if
necessary.
Praemonstrator rises, circumambulates, and proceeds to Dais. When reaching her
Throne, she dons her regalia. and takes up her scroll, preparing to read the invocation from it.
Kerux:
On the Southern end of the dais is the Preamonstrator who holds

the godform of a voluptuous goddess. Her face and body are of
translucent gold. She is crowned with a throne over a vulture headdress. Her robe and ornaments are of blue and orange. She carries
a blue Ankh and a Lotus Wand with a green flower and a blue
stem.
Prae:
(reading from scroll) Mine is the form of Isis, the daughter of Nuit
and Geb, sister/wife of Osiris, sister of Set and Mother of Horus,
who as Ra-Hoor-Khuit now sits upon the throne of the Aeon. I
wear the blue mantle of the Secret Knowledge, and I see to it that
in the Temple nothing is relaxed or profaned. I am responsible
for the Education of the Lodge, and the Reflector of the Wisdom
beyond.
Praemonstrator sits, assuming the Royal Pose of the godform. Each Dais Officer
comes forth in turn when invoked by the Kerux, as above.
Kerux:
On the Northern end of the dais is the Imperitor who holds the
godform of a tall and stately goddess. Her face and body are of
translucent gold. She is crowned with the glyph of the House over a
vulture headdress. Her robe and ornaments are of black and white.
She carries a blue Ankh and a Lotus Wand with a green flower and
a blue stem.
Kerux:
Mine is the form of Nephthys, the wife of Set, the mother of Anubis
and the sister of Osiris and Isis. I wear the red mantle of Fire and
Severity, and I am the symbol of true authority. I am responsible
for the stability of the Temple, and I compel all present here to
comply with their True Will.
Kerux:
On the northern side of the Throne of Ra is the Cancelarius who holds

the godform of a slender male human body with an Ibis head. His skin
is the color of the sands, and the feathers of his head are white, with a
long, curved black beak. His nemyss, tunic and ornaments are brilliant
yellow and mauve. He carries a blue Ankh and a writing tablet.
Hiero:
Cancel:
Mine is the form of Thoth, who has no parentage for He created

Himself through the power of language. The creator of magick, the
inventor of writing, teacher of humanity, the messenger of the gods,
and the divine record-keeper and mediator. He revealed unto Horus
the Younger his True Nature as Ra-Hoor-Khuit, the knowledge
of which caused him to cease his war on Set, which would have
brought ultimate destruction to the Universe. I am the Cancelarius,
the scribe and recorder of the Lodge, and I represent the authority
of the Inner Order within the Outer.
Imp:
Kerux:
Past:
Kerux:
On the Southern side of the Throne of Ra is the Past Hierophant

who hold the godform of a broad and stately god. He wears the tall
white crown of the South flanked by feathers striped in white and
blue. His face and hands are pale green, and from his chin hangs
the square beard of authority. He is in mummy wrappings to his
feet, but his hands are free to hold a blue crook and a red scourge.
Mine is the form of Osiris, Green Man and God of the Dead, he
who is sacrificed and resurrected, he who eternally dies and is
reborn. He suffered death by the hand of His brother Set. At the
Equinox of the Gods He passed His throne and scepter onto His son
Horus. As Past Hierophant I represent history, memory and the
wisdom of experience.
Before the center throne of the dais, the Throne of Ra holding the
godform of a tall, majestic god is the Hierophant. He has the head
of a great Hawk, and a body of great strength. He is crowned with
the Solar Disk empowered with the upraised Uraius Serpent. His
flesh is the dark blue of the Night-sky and his ornaments are of
gold. He carries in his right hand the wand of the Hierophant and
his left hand is empty.

you cannot enter the path of the East!

Stol:
Dad:
Heg:
Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia, thrice purified

and thrice consecrated, You may approach the Gateway of the East.
Kerux leads procession to the throne of the Hiero. Heg raises hoodwink, Hiero
stands threatening with his wand.
You cannot pass from concealment unto manifestation save by
virtue of the name Hadit. After the formless and the Void and the
Darkness, then cometh the knowledge of the Light. I am that Light
which riseth in darkness. Take on therefore manifestation before
me, for I am the wielder of the forces of the Balance.
Unbalanced Power is the ebbing away of Life. Unbalanced Mercy is
weakness and the fading out of the Will.
You have known me now,
so pass ye on to the Cubical Altar of the Universe.
Hoodwink is replaced. Kerux leads to the Altar. Material Bases are placed on altar
within triangle, Hiereus on North, Heg on South, Kerux form a supporting triangle
to rear. Hierophant descends Samekh holding wand, coming between pillars to the
East of the Altar, holding left hand over Talisman and wand over it erect, saying:
Hiero:
From the original Providence, the mystery that grounds and

surrounds all of Being, In the same Spirit of Generosity and
Compassion that gave rise to the Living World,
With the blessings of the spheres of Chesed-Mercy,
Hod-Splendor and Tiphereth-Beauty,
By the Power of ARARITA I conjure the Mercurio-Jovan
Solar Spirit Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia, (drawing hex &
glyphs) To manifest Profound and Limitless Prosperity
in and through these Golden Coins
Pre:
AL, Tzad-ki-el, Chas-ma-lim, Tza-dekh,

Can:
E-lo-him Tza-ba-oth, Mi-cha-el, Be-ni E-lo-him, Ko-kab,

Past:
E-lo-ah ve-Da-ath, Ra-pha-el, Ma-la-kim, Shem-esh,

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Hiero:

yet the Darkness comprehendeth it not (knell)
Kerux leads, followed by Heg

Hiero gives one knock just as
passing Hiereus she similarly
passing of Hiero, barring the
Kerux:
with Material Bases, Stol and Dad last. As they pass,

the Material Bases pass. They travel clockwise, and
knocks. Kerux stops in the South after the second
way with her Wand, saying:

you cannot enter the path of the West!

Stol:
Dad:
Heg:
Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia, twice purified and twice

consecrated, you mayest approach the Gateway of the West.
All Dais Officers are now in place. Hierophant enters, circumambulates once,
and proceeds to the Throne of the East, donning his regalia. The other Officers
Hegamon, Hiereus, Stolistes, Dadouchos enter in the same way, one at a time,
in the order they normally circumambulate each waiting until the previous one has
taken their correct place in the Hall. When all are in place, the Hierophant knocks
and the 0=0 ritual proper begins.

REQUIRED:
For the Altar: Cross and Triangle. Red Rose. Red Lamp. Cup of Wine. Paten
of Bread and Salt.
Material Basis: 100 Golden Coins
Prelude
Take refuge by 3 Ahs.
Hiero:
Kerux:
You cannot pass from concealment unto manifestation,

save by virtue of the name Nuit. Before all things
are the Chaos and the Darkness, and the Gates of the Land of
Night. I am He whose Name is Darkness. I am the great One of the
Paths of the Shades. Take on therefore manifestation without fear
before me, for I am he in whom fear is Not.
You have known me now, so pass ye onFear not at all.
Fear neither men nor Fates nor gods nor anything.
Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly,
and Ra-Hoor-Khuit is the strength, force, vigour of your arms.
Kerux leads, followed by Heg with Material Bases, Stol and Dad last. As they pass,
Hiero gives one knock just as the MB passes. They travel clockwise, and passing
Hiereus he similarly knocks. Kerux stops in the North after passing the Hiereus,
barring the way with his Wand, saying:
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Hiero:
Kerux leads procession to the throne of the Hiereus. Heg raises hoodwink, Hiereus
stands threatening with her sword.
Hiereus:
(Knock)
Fraters and Sorors of Het Nuit of the Open Source Order

of the Golden Dawn, and honored guests,
Kerux:

Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, please guard the hither side of the portal and determine who has beheld the Golden Dawn.
Hiereus goes to the door, stands before it with Sword erect, Kerux being on the
Hiereus:
Fraters and Sorors of the Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn,
and all knowledgeable guests,
Please rise and give the signs of the 0=0 Grade of Neophyte
toward the Cubical Altar of the Universe.
Hiereus:
(SoE) Sr./Fr. Hierophant, all present have been so honored. (SoS)
The Officers
Hiereus and Kerux return to their places. Hierophant gives the Sign of the Enterer
towards the West, but NOT the Sign of Silence.
Hiero:
Let the number of Officers in this degree

and the nature of their Offices be proclaimed once again,
that the Powers whose images they are may be re-awakened
in the spheres of those present and in sphere of this Order
for by Names and by Images are all Powers
Hiero:
Place the Material Bases on the altar within the White Triangle.
(done) Sr. Hegemon, Sr. Hiereus,
control the Material Bases. (done)
Hiero:
So with your all, You have no right but to do your will;

Do that and no other shall say nay.
For pure will unassuaged of purpose,
delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.
ALL:
THE PERFECT AND THE PERFECT ARE ONE PERFECT AND NOT
TWO: NAY, ARE NONE!
She makes the Sign of Silence and sits.
Dissolve MB into Ground & Draw Forth Again Purified.
Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Hiereus, how many Principal Officers

are there in this Hall?
ALL:
Ah Ah Ah AL.
Hiereus:

Prae:
Hiero:
(rising) From the sphere of Chesed-Mercy

In the form of a Soaring Eagle, surrounded by stars.
(Jupiter Hexagram)ARARITA, (Jupiter Glyph)AL (Sits)
Hiereus:
Cancel:
Hiero:
Hiereus:

(rising) From the sphere of Hod-Splendor

In the form of a Guiding Mother bearing a child,
crowned with Liberty. (Mercury Hexagram)ARARITA,
(Mercury Glyph)HERM (Sits)
Past:
(rising) From the sphere of Tiphareth-Beauty

In the form of disks of shining Gold,
Blessed by the Millennium,
And marked with signs of the Many becoming One.
(Solar Unicursal Hexagram)ARARITA, (Sun Glyph)SOL (Sits)
Hiero:
Hiereus:

and has a Sword in his/her hand to keep out intruders.
It is her duty to prepare the Aspirant.
Hiero:

Coins forged in mountain fastness,

Hear your word and know your will:
Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia
Hiero:
(SoE) My station is in the South to symbolize Heat and Dryness,

and my duty is to see that the Lamps and Fires of the Temple are
ready at the opening,
to watch over the Censer and the Incense,
and to consecrate the Hall and the Fraters and Sorors
and the Aspirant with Fire. (SoS)
Sr./Fr. Hegemon,
place the Material Basis in the Northern part of the Hall:
The place of Forgetfulness, Dumbness and Necessity,
and the greatest symbolic Darkness.
Hegemon takes Material Bases to North and faces east. Kerux goes with Lamp and
Wand to the North East. Stolistes follows Asp. at the ready. Hiereus returns to station.
Hiero:
Dad:
Hiero:

Heg:

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Heg:
Hiero:
Hiereus :
Stol:
(SoE) My station is in the North

to symbolize Cold and Moisture.
My duty is to see that the Robes and Insignia of the Officers
are ready at the opening,
to watch over the Cup of Lustral Water,
and to purify the Hall and the Fraters and Sorors
and the Aspirant with Water. (SoS)
Hiero:

Kerux:
Hegemon rises and moves to the edge of the space. Acolyte removes her chair from
between the Pillars. Taking up the coins, the Hegemon wraps their container thrice
with a black cord, knots it, and drapes it with a black cloth
(SoE) My place is within the portal.

My duties are to see that the furniture of the Hall
is properly arranged at the Opening,
to guard the inner side of the portal,
to admit the Fraters and Sorors,
and to watch over the reception of the Aspirant;
and my Wand is the symbol of its directing power. (SoS)
Hiero:
Meanwhile the Kerux removes the Elements from the Altar, dispersing them to the
Four Winds, one at a time in a spiral motion.

Heg:

of the Universe. My duty is to watch over
the Gateway of the Hidden Knowledge
for I am the reconciler between Light and Darkness.
I watch over the preparation of the Aspirant
and assist in his reception, and I lead him
in the Path that conducts from Darkness to Light.
The White Color of my Robe is the color of Purity,
my ensign of office is a Feather-crowned scepter
to symbolize balance which guides and regulates life,
and my Office symbolizes those higher aspirations of the soul
which should guide its action. (SoS)
Stol comes forward and marks Material Bases with cross and circle, then sprinkles
water thrice, saying:
Hiero:

Stol:
Hiereus:

My station is on the Throne of the West
and is a symbol of the increase of Darkness
and the decrease of Light and I am the Master of Darkness.
I keep the Gateway of the West and watch over
the reception of the Aspirant and over the Supporting Officers in
the doing of their work.
(!) LIGHT.
(!) IN.
(!) EXTENSION.
The Consecration
Hierophant instructs congregation in the words and means of consecration
Hiero:
DO WHAT THOU WILT SHALL BE THE WHOLE OF THE LAW.

and all others here assembled,
by virtue of our ability to wield a current of consecration,
I would undertake to consecrate these Golden Coins
so as to make Prosperity Talismans of them.
What is your will?
All:
respond
Hiero:
Sr. Hegemon, prepare the Material Bases for the Rite of Consecration.
Heg:
(Knocks)
Kerux:
(!) (SoE) The Material Bases are prepared. (SoS)
Hiero:
Bring forth the Material Bases to be

consecrated Prosperity Talismans,
now to be known as Im-ber Au-re-us ex Pe-cu-nia
When Stolistes and Dadouchos join Kerux they formulate a Triangle. Heg faces
into the hall and presents Material Bases.
Kerux:

you cannot enter our Sacred Hall.
Dad comes forward and signs before Material Basis with cross and circle, then
waves thrice, saying:
Dad:
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My black Robe is an image of the Darkness

that was upon the Face of the Waters.
I carry the Sword of Judgment
and the Banner of the Evening Twilight,
which is the Banner of the West,
and I am called Fortitude. (SoS)
Hiero:

Hiero:
My station is on the Throne of the East

in the place where the Sun rises,
and I am the Captain of the Hall,
as that which Image I am,
is the Guide of all who work for the Hidden Knowledge.
My robe is red because of Created Fire and Uncreated Fire,
and I hold the Banner of the Morning Light
which is the Banner of the East.
I am called Power and Mercy and Light and Wisdom,
(Hierophant sits down)
All:


Hiero:
Sr./Fr. Stolistes and Sr./Fr. Dadouchos, will you purify and consecrate the Hall with Water and with Fire.
S & D:
I will (in unison)
Dadouchos goes to West. Stolistes goes to the East, faces Hierophant, and making a
cross in the Air with her Cup, sprinkles a few drops of Water three times towards
the East. She passes to the South, West and North, repeating the purification in
each quarter and returns to the East to complete the circle. She then holds the Cup
on high and says;
Stol:
Dadouchos follows Stolistes when she goes to the East, and when Stolistes has gone
to the South, Dadouchos faces East, raises her Censer and swings it towards the
East. She then goes to the south, West and North repeating the censing at each
quarter and returns to the East where she completes the circle and raising the censer says:
Dad:
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Circumambulation
Hiero:

Hierophant stands holding the Scepter in her right hand, the Banner of the
East in her left. Kerux goes to the North-East with Lamp and Wand. Then follow Hegemon, Hiereus with Banner and Sword, Members, Stolistes with Cup,
Dadouchos with Censer and last, Sentinel with Sword. They all line up in this
order behind the Kerux who leads the procession past Hierophant, making the
Signs of Horus as she passes. Each Officer in turn does the same. Hiereus falls
out as soon as she reaches her Throne. Hegemon returns to her place after passing
Hierophant twice (one full orbit) and then the rest take their places as they come to
them.
Hiero:
The Mystical Circumambulation symbolic of the Rise of LIGHT is

accomplished. Let us adore the Universe and Space.
ALL:

Hierophant, Hiereus and Hegemon raise Wands and Sword in salute, and sink
them in unison. All face as usual, but remain standing.
Charge to the Hall

Hiero:

Kerux goes North-East, faces West, and raising her Wand says:
Kerux:

Kerux returns to her place. (SoS)

Hiero:
Hiereus:
Heg:
(!) KHABS
(!) AM.
(!) PEKHT.
Hiereus :
Heg:
Hiero:
(!) KONX.
(!) OM.
(!) PAX.
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Opening the Hall

OPEN SOURCE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN DAWN

Opening the Hall of the Neophytes

The 0=0 Hall of the Neophytes

Het Nuit Redaction V5.1June, 2006

Attire and Equipment

Red Robe and Tabard, Lamen, Sword

Yellow Robe and Tabard, Lamen, Scepter

Red Robe and Tabard, Lamen, Scepter

Green Robe and Tabard, Lamen, Scepter

Blue Robe and Tabard, Lamen, Scepter

Black Robe and Tabard, Lamen, Sword

White Robe and Tabard, Lamen, Scepter

Black Robe, Yellow Collar, Lamen, Lamp and Wand

Black Robe, Blue Collar, Lamen, Cup of Lustral Water

Black Robe, Red Collar, Lamen, Thurible

For the Altar

Cross and Triangle, Red or Yellow Rose, Red Lamp,

For the Aspirant

Opening the 0=0 Hall

This shading indicates

S/he makes the Sign of Silence and sits.

Fr./Sr. Hiereus, how many Officers are there in this Hall?

There are three Principal Officers;

Is there any peculiarity in these Names?

They all commence with the letter H.

Of what is this Letter a symbol?

Of Life; because the Letter H is our mode of representing

How many supporting Officers are there?

There are three besides the Sentinel;

BAR THE DOOR! ANPU EN AMENTA,

(SoE) My station is in the South to symbolize Heat and

KINDLE THE FIRES, THAUM-AESCH-NIAETH,

(SoE) My station is in the North to symbolize Cold and

POUR FORTH THE WATERS, AUR-A-MO-OOTH,

Kerux on hearing the Hierophants knock, goes to the North East, to

HEKAS, HEKAS, ESTE BEBELOI!

Kerux returns to place. Hierophant rises with one knock.

Fraters and Sorors of Het Nuit

(SoE) Fr./Sr. Hierophant, the Hall is properly guarded. (SoS)

Kerux remains by door.

Fraters and Sorors of the Order of the Golden Dawn,

(SoE) Fr./Sr. Hierophant, all present have been so honored. (SoS)

Let the number of Officers in this degree and the nature of

(SoE) My place is within the portal. My duties are to see that

COME FORTH, APUAT, OPENER OF THE WAYS (Kerux gives S0S)

(SoE) My station is between the Two Pillars of Hermes

HOLD THE CENTER, MAAT, KEEPER OF THE BALANCE

(holds Sword and Banner) (SoE)

WARD THE HALL, SET, MASTER OF DARKNESS (Hiereus gives SoS)

Hierophant stands, holding Scepter and Banner of the East.

My station is on the Throne of the East in the place where

Hierophant sits down.

Purification & Consecration

Fr./Sr. Stolistes and Fr./Sr. Dadouchos, will you purify and

Dadouchos and Stolistes rise and salute (SoE).

I will (in unison)

I purify with Water.