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‘The Arrangement of the Temple for the Ceremony
of Practicus in the 3° = 8° Ritual,
represents the power of the spirit of life rising above the triangle of
waters; and reflecting the triune therein, as further marked by the
lamps at their angles : while the chalice of water placed at the junction
of the cross and triangle represents the maternal letter Mem.”
which, the tablet bearing the mystic seals and names drawn from the
Kamea of Mercury * is shown the Theoricus, as well as the tablet of
the seven planes of the Tree of Life, answering to the seven planets,
the Supernal Eden containing the three
Supernal Sephiroth... . And in the
garden were the Tree of Life, and the
Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil,
which latter is from Malkuth .. . and
a river Nahar went forth out of Eden,
namely, from the Supernal Triad, to water
the garden—the rest of the Sephiroth,
And from thence it was divided into four
heads, in Daath. . . . The first head is
Pison, which flows into Geburah... .
The second head is Gihor . . . flowing
into Chesed. The third is Hiddekel . . .
flowing into Tiphereth. And the Fourth
. . . is Phrath, Euphrates, which floweth
down upon Malkuth.” These four rivers
form the Cross of the Great Adam. In
Malkuth is Eve, the completion of All,
the Mother of All.
The Hierophant then gives the Theo-
ricus the sign of this
grade, and explains the
Altar symbol: “The
Cross above the triangle
After
‘The Altar Symbol in
the 3° = 8 Ritual.
and the tablet showing the meaning of the Alchemical Mercury on the Tree of Life ;
also the symbols of all the planets resumed in a Mercurial Figure.
The Hierophant then congratulates the newly made Practicus, and confers upon him
* A Kamea is a Magic square.
Rouse Ball.
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See “Mathematical Recreations,” by W. W.