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…ime also that he met Mr. D., a certain brother of the G.*.D.-*. known as Fra. I. A. This meeting, as we Shall eventually see, ranks only second in importance to his meeting with Fra. V. N. RITUAL OF THE 2° = 9° GRADE OF THEORICUS This grade is particularly attributed to the element of Air; it refers to the Moon, and is attached to the Thirty-second Path of Tau, which alludes to the Universe as composed of the four elements, to the Kerubim, the Qliphoth, the Astral Plane, and the reflection of the Sphere of Saturn. After this has been explained,…
1909 · PDF PAGE 276
…l Cross of Twenty- The Garden of Eden and two Squares. the Holy City. Positive and Negative currents. She is the synthesis of the Thirty-second Path uniting Malkuth and Yesod, The Hegemon then explains his tablet, which contains the occult symbolism of the Garden of Eden and the Holy City of the Apocalypse; and the Kerux also his—the seven Infernal Mansions and the four Seas.* After which the Hierophant confers on the Zelator the title of the Thirty-second Path; the Zelator then quits the Temple for a short time before passing to the Grade of T…
1909 · PDF PAGE 252
THE EQUINOX only be drawn aside by Invitation from the Second Order for the Philosophus who has passed the five examinations symbolic of the five elements and the five Paths leading from the First Order thereto, and who has been duly approved of by the Higher Powers. “The Three grades of the Second Order are entitled: Adeptus Minor, or Lesser Adept, 5°=6° answering to Tiphereth, the Reconciler, in the midst of the Sephirotic Tree. Adeptus Major, or Greater Adept, 6°=5° answering to Geburah. And Adeptus Exemptus, or Exempt Adept, 7°=4° answering…
1909 · PDF PAGE 248
…e Society,’ which must have been derived from the old records of C. R.’s t pupils. . . . “The first order is a group of four grades: the second order is a group of three grades of adeptship. “ Highest of all are those great rulers who severally sustain and govern the Third Order, which includes Three Magic Titles of honour and supremacy; in case of a vacancy the most advanced 7° = 4°{ obtains by decree the well-earned reward. The grades of the first order are of Hebrew design ; of the Second, Christian. “The Rituals and Secrets are received fro…
1909 · PDF PAGE 369
… purest carmine of Nature. The flower was certainly not freshly cut, but had preserved all its beauties and delect- able perfume. In the second compartment was a doll. Oh, not an extra- ordinary doll! A plain, common hand-made wooden doll, which you could open by the middle, to discover inside it a second doll presenting exactly the same appearance. Just like those figureless old women of white wood made by the Russian peasants during the long evenings of their winter season. From the first to the last there were twenty-one dolls, one inside th…
1909 · PDF PAGE 292
…Ritual which completes the four elemental rituals by a fifth, the Ritual of the Spirit, before he could pass from the First Order to the Second. This ritual is an important one, as it is the connecting- link between the first two orders, and in an abridged form is as follows : THE RITUAL OF THE 24TH, 25TH, AND 26TH PATHS Leading from the First Order of theG . +. D . + . in the Outer to the 5°=6° Officers: V. H. Hierophant Inductor ; V. H. Associate Adept OPENING The Hierophant Inductor first asks the Fratres and Sorores present to assist him to…
1909 · PDF PAGE 272
…symbolises the Qliphoth—or evil demons. the darkness of the outer... .” The Neophyte then retires for a short time before commencing the second ritual of this grade, which consists chiefly of symbolic explanations: The Hierophant says: “ While the o°=o° grade represents the portal of the Temple, the 1°= 10° grade of Zelator will admit you into the Holy Place. Without, the altar of Burnt Offering Between the Bayytrofthefost BappuroftheWert Hegemon._ yew Breas pcbed [Spew Bread Tandlestick, Liobts Upspedes.e D1aGRaM 15. The Arrangement of the Tem…
1909 · PDF PAGE 400
…ded, as “ Buddhism,” in 1902, by Allan Bennett. Lucifer, quomodo cecidisti! RAYS FROM THE REALMS OF GLORY. By Rev. SEPTIMUS HEBERT, M.A. Second edition. Samuel Bagster and Sons, Ltd., 2s. 6d. net. This book consists of theological discussions between two young men named Percy and Sidney! It must be a great help to a Master of Arts in attaining a Second Edition if he can pat his own musings on the back at psychological moments with such interpolations as “‘ Yes,’ said Percy, ‘1 like that thought !’” The clumps of quotations at the commencement o…
1909 · PDF PAGE 333
…alled ‘‘The Ladder,” in which the projection is vertical, that is to say, directed along the central column of the Tree of Life; and the second, which is called “The Ascent unto Daath,” by V. H. Frater I. A. In the first of these ‘“Risings” the goal of attainment is Kethgr, and the various headings of the poem point out clearly enough the different stages the Skryer has to pass through. From the darkness of Malkuth he passes the various symbolic colours, which will be discussed in a future chapter, as well as many of the symbols we have describ…
1909 · PDF PAGE 287
THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING The Second Part The Second Part, the passage of the Path of y begins by the Hierophant saying to the Practicus : “Frater Monokeros de Astris, the Path now open to you is the Twenty-eighth, leading from the 2° = 9° of Theoricus tothe 4° = 7° of Philosophus. Take in your right hand the Solid pyramid of the Elements and follow your guide through the Path.” D vy Then, as before, the Hierophant raises his red lamp, and cries : mae] “The Priestess with the Mask of Isis Frorsu] Lemp cheeee frtsivat| spake and said: ‘Iam …
1909 · PDF PAGE 183
…f Life; and the Symbol of Venus ¢. 3. 6. 3. 4 4 . 7. Fic. I1I.—THIRD SYMBOL. By producing the Paths whereby the Forces of the Three (see Second Symbol) were concentred into four, we find they * As above, so below; wherefore saith the Holy Qabalah that alone amongst the Shells is Nogah, the Sphere of Venus, exalted unto Holiness. (Venus is the Goddess of Love.) 173
1909 · PDF PAGE 182
…ity before manifestation ; as it were unlimited, unbound, and unbounded, inoperative because of its diffusiveness and dispersion. In the second figure we behold their concentra- tion: focalisation: producing by their joint action the number of manifestation—4. In the worlds—Assiah: in the Taro, the Princess—the throne of the Spirit : in the Tetragram, the Hé final, and in symbolic language—the Daughter: in the Cycle of Life (Birth, Life, Death, Resurrection), the fourth; in the Keys of the Book Universal, the Empress, Kopy Koepov, the Virgin of…
1909 · PDF PAGE 152
…dashes. Find whether number of points in each line is odd or even. For odde; for even ee. Lines 1-4 give the first mother; lines 5-8 the second; and so on, EXAMPLE 4 3 2 x x0 seo oo ° 45 x oe 6 oe 6 "8 x0 * 9 . oe x 10 . 7 we oy oom [The small Arabic numerals refer to the chance number of dashes.] Use clean (virgin) paper; place appropriate Pentagram (either with or without a circumscribed circle) invoking. If a circle, draw this first. Sigil of Ruler to which nature of question most refers should be placed in the Pentagram thus : 142
1909 · PDF PAGE 119
…gh seventy years of age, maybe; he looked older. For him time had not moved at all, ap- parently; for he wore the dress of a beau of the Second Empire. Exquisitely, too, he wore it. Sitting back in his dark corner, the figure would have gained had it been suddenly transplanted to the glare of a State ball and the steps of a throne. Merrily Frédéric trolled out an easy, simple song with perfect art—how different from the laborious inefficiency of the Opera !—and came over to Roderic to see that his coffee was to his liking. “Changes, Frédéric!” …
1909 · PDF PAGE 191
…with his Lamp and Wand, is Hermes, who guides the souls of the dead, in the Greek Ritual of o = o.—P.] + The Name Dw, the Spirit of God, second Deity-Name in the Law, the Trigrammaton, or Threefold Name, by which the Universe came forth. 181
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…ssarily remain obscure. Now let us consider this most Mystic Verse! The first thing that strikes us is that it contains Seven Words: the Second that the number of its letters is cwenty- eight. Thus does it perfectly symbolise in its entirety the third Symbol in the numerical evolution. Before proceeding to a detailed analysis, and following the Process of Creation by Time (¢.e., beginning at the first letter, and so proceeding), let me point out a few general facts. First as to the number of letters in each word, which converted into figures st…
1909 · PDF PAGE 288
…hexad ; also he explains the Geomantic Figures arranged according to their planetary attribution on the Tree of Life.t This finishes the second part of this ritual, and the Hierophant confers upon the Practicus the title of: “ Lord of the Twenty-eighth Path.” The Third Part At the beginning of the Third Part the Hierophant says: ‘Frater Monokeros * See 777, cols. lxiii., Ixiv., Ixv., lxvi., pp. 16 and 17. + See 777, col. xlix. and note, also “ Handbook of Geomancy.”
1909 · PDF PAGE 393
…HE CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT. By RuFus M. Jones, M.A., Litt-D. Headley Bros., 1s. 6d. net. I dislike Brochette de Paragraphes, and I dislike second-raters. “Let the dead bury their dead!” But Dr. Jones apologises prettily enough. May I point out to him that his clients (even) demand the focussing of the attention on something or other, and that this ‘Tit-Bits’ method is the contradictory course ? THE MysTeRY OF EXISTENCE. By CHARLES WICKSTEED ARMSTRONG. Longmans, Green and Co., 2s. 6d. net. Ne pedagogus ultra flagellum—tor Mr. Armstrong is a school…
1909 · PDF PAGE 179
…ow—these are her manifested Powers in Nature—where also she binds the Great Waters to her Will. Now in the Vetziratic Attribution is the second number, Beth (ze, a House), an Abode, the Dwelling of the Holy One, shown to be equivalent to the Sphere of Kokab and his lords. And the symbolic weapon of ¥ is the Caduceus, whose Twin Serpents show again the Dualistic Power. (/Vote.— Woden, the Scandinavian Mercury, was the All-Father, as it is written in the Ritual of the Path of the Spirit of the Primal 169
1909 · PDF PAGE 416
…Four Essays ; the first an account of the progress of the soul to perfect illumination, under the guise of a charming fairy tale ; © The second, an' Essay on Truth, under the guise of a Christmas pantomime ; The third, an Essay on Magical Ethics, under the guise of the. story of a Chinese philosopher ; The fourth, a Treatise on many Magical Subjects of the profoundest importance, under the guise of a symposium, interspersed with beautiful lyrics. Noserious student can afford to be without this delightful volume, ‘The second edition is printed o…