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…iroth. (1 + 2 +3 +4 = 10) Thus can our Science teach us wherefore the Door* of ¢ ,3, is the Gateway of Initiation: that one planet whose symbol alone embraceth the 10 Sephiroth; the Entrance to the Shrine of our Father C.R.C., the Tomb of Osiris; the God Revealer, coming, moreover, by the Central Path of o through the midst of the Triangle of Light. And the Lock which guards that Door is as the Four Gates of the Universe. And the Key is The Ankh, Immortal Life—the Rose and Cross of Life; and the Symbol of Venus ¢. 3. 6. 3. 4 4 . 7. Fic. I1I.—TH…
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THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING Hiereus: “The Sphinx of Egypt spake and said: ‘I am the synthesis of the Elemental Forces: I am also the symbol of man: I am Life: and I am Death: I am the Child of the Night of Time.’” Hierophant : «The priest with the mask of Osiris spake and said: ‘Thou canst nN not pass the gate of the Eastern Heaven : except thou canst tell me my name.’” Tablet Kerux, for Zelator: “Thou art Nu: oes P The Goddess of the Firmament of Air, Thou love art Harmakhis, Lord of the Eastern Sun.” das Martecty Hierophant : “ In what sig…
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…g-flash proceeding from a rayed circle and terminating in a triangle, It is the Tower of Babel. The flash exactly forms the Astronomical symbol of Mars. It is the Power of the Triad rushing down and destroying the Column of Darkness. ‘The men falling from the tower represent the fali of the kings of Edom. ‘On the right-hand side of the Tower is Light, and the representation of the Tree of Life by Ten Circles. On the left-hand side is Darkness, and Eleven Circles symbolically representing the Qliphoth.” Suibbew Reon [e) ey aD a) of bet QZ) fee a…
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THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING The Hierophant then says: ‘“ The symbols before you represent alike the Garden of Eden,* and the Holy of Holies: Sephiroth and their connecting paths. . . number, and are distinguished by the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, making with the ten Sephiroth themselves the thirty-two paths of Wisdom of the Sepher Ai fet fst Y Dave Rata} “ Meow lov Tree lof Lise] ial Meoy| ste cotene, Tallekesfart| lineal figures Tree of Lise [_ i [| Geopantic Figures [ Ty |] ernie Sirens iL DracraM 23. Arrangement of the Tem…
1909 · PDF PAGE 187
…hing 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 stands thus: 4. 3. 5. 2. 5. 3.6. (Hebrew direction). In the midst is 2, by Taroth…
1909 · PDF PAGE 265
…rit Vision, at this point, there should be a gleaming white Triangle formulated above the forehead of the Candidate and touching it, the symbol of the white Triangle of the Three Supernals. The Hierophant now calleth forward the Kerux, and turning towards the Candidate says to him: “Tn all your wanderings through darkness, the lamp of the Kerux went before you though you saw it not! It is the symbol of the Hidden Light of Occult Science.” It here representeth to him a vague formulation of his ideal, which he can neither grasp nor analyse. Yet t…
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…e sides. The base only is wholly black ; whilst the summit will be of a brilliant whiteness although invisible to the material eye, “The symbols upon the altar represent the forces and manifestations of the Divine Light concentrated in the white triangle of the Three Supernals. Wherefore upon this sacred and sublime symbol is the obligation of the Neophyte taken as calling therein to witness the operations of the Divine Light. The red cross of Tiphereth representing 5°=6° is placed above the white triangle; not as dominating it, but as bringing…
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…ate. At the same time the Hiereus advanceth on the Candidate’s left, and the Hegemon standeth at his right, as formulating about him the symbol of the Triad, before he be permitted to place his right hand in the centre of the White Triangle of the Three Supernals on the Altar. And he first kneeleth in adoration of that symbol, as if the natural man abnegated his will before that of the Divine Consciousness. The Hierophant now orders the Candidate to kneel (in the midst of the triad Arouerist, Horus and Themis), to place his left hand in that of…
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…rs themselves. Counting them, we find that the two central ones are x», the Supernal Mother ; even as the number of letters had the dual symbol in their midst. Now their numeration is 41, yielding by Gema- tria »x = Force: Might: Power: 5x»x2, Divine Majesty: and abnx. = Fecundity, all symbolic of the attributes of the Dual Polar Force and Mother. Moreover, 4+ 1=5 =n, Mother Supernal once again—and in its geometric symbol the Pentagram—the Star of Unconquered Will. Add the Pahinl next two letters on either side, and we get AVA? ora concealed Te…
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…ing sword, that the uppermost part of the Tree rar of Life might not be involved in the Fall of Adam.” ‘The Hierophant then explains the symbolism of the Temple, and says: «I now congratulate you on C) having passed through the cere- aos mony of the 4° = 7° of Philosophus Oo @) and in the recognition there- ©) of, I confer upon you. the mystic title of «PHAROS ILLUMI. NANS’ which signifies—the Illuminating Tower of Light, and I give you the symbol of yy (Ash), which is the Hebrew name for fire. Having passed through this grade, thenewly made Ph…
1909 · PDF PAGE 282
…seeks entrance to the Temple. Theoricus thus : The Hierophant rises, and facing the altar, addresses the “ Before you is represented the symbolism of the Garden of Eden, at the summit is Sigs. ual eo aes Sy flife took Lamp DAIS Pintacle iv) ot vA Hieveus| [Sm \/TM Hegemon) eof Lot My, Hier QD write emt tbe Meye a BY) D1AGRAM 31. ‘The Arrangement of the Temple for the Ceremony of Practicus in the 3° = 8° Ritual, represents the power of the spirit of life rising above the triangle of waters; and reflecting the triune therein, as further marked by…
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…oughly through his Arcane Wisdom the disposition and correspon- dences of the Force of the Microcosmus, selecting not any, but a certain symbol and that balanced with its correlatives, then sendeth he, as before said, a Thought-Ray from his Spiritual Consciousness, illuminated by his Higher Will, directly unto the part of his Sphere of Sensation or M. M. of the U.* which is consonant with the symbol employed. There, as in a mirror, doth he perceive its properties as reflected from the Macrocosmus shining forth into the Infinite Abyss of the Hea…
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… éouching the Sphere of Sensation at that point, he shall, it is true, perceive the reflection of the Macrocosmic ray, answering to that symbol in the Sphere of his consciousness; but he shall receive this reflection, tinctured much by his own nature ; and therefore to an extent untrue. Because his united consciousnesses have not been able to focus along the thought-ray at the circumference of the Sphere of Sensation or M. M. of the U. And this is the reason why there are so many and multifarious errors in untrained Spirit Visions: for the untr…
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…cense. Place from the Holy of Holies stood the Ark of the Covenant. Before the veil stood the altar of Incense, of which this altar is a symbol. It was in the form of a Double Cube, thus representing material form as the reflection and the duplication of that which is spiritual. The sides of the altar, 265,
1909 · PDF PAGE 190
…E EQUINOX Things; and by Taro it is glory, Life, Light, Sun. Thus read: “ Of the Dawning of Life and Light.” x is by shape the Svastika, symbolically Aleph, the Ox, as though showing the fearful force of the Spiritual “Whirling Motions” upon the Material Plane, as a terrible and destructive Power. This is also shown by the Foolish Man, as the Material Tarotic emblem of that which in its proper and higher manifestation is the Spiritual Ether. Therefore we read: “ Begun ave the Whirling Motions.” w signifieth mighty in flame, whereof it is also t…
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…m, viz., The Wheel of Fortune, Death, the Devil, and the Hanged Man, are of more or less sinister and terrible import, and that only the symbol of Temperance appears to promise aid. ‘Therefore by this straight and narrow Path of D let the Philosophus advance like the arrow from the centre of wp (Qsheth) the Bow of Promise; for by this hieroglyphic of the arrow hath Sagittarius ever been represented. And as this sign of Sagittarius lieth between the signs Scorpio (Death) and Capricornus (the Devil) so hath Jesus to pass through the wilderness te…
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… relatively changed, so as to render the meaning more harmoniously. * Remember in the description of the “Caduceus” (see p. 269) the Air Symbol vibrating between them. [Also », ny, is a Mercurial sign, and Thoth is Mercury, though on a Higher Plane. The Hermit, 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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THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING the mystic title of “MONOKEROS DE ASTRIS,” which means “The Unicorn from the Stars,” and gives him the symbol of Maim—water. The closing of the Temple now takes place, and the prayer to the Undines is tehearsed, and in thename of ELOHIM TZABAOTH is the Dismissal pro- nounced, In May, 1899, three months after P. had passed through the ceremony of 3°=8°, he was sufficiently prepared for the further advancement to the grade of 4°=7°. RITUAL OF THE 4° = 7° GRADE OF PHILOSOPHUS The First Part This Ritual is particularl…
1909 · PDF PAGE 195
…hich con- tains in itself all the properties of Protean Matters: howsoever you may multiply it the Key of its Numbers is ever 9. Fitting Symbol of ever-changing matter which ever in its essence is One—one and alone! Thus with the first appearance of the number of Matter does the first verse of B’rasheth close: formulating in itself the Beginning and the End of the Great Creation. “The Characters of Heaven with Thy Finger hast thou traced: But none can read them save he hath been taught in Thy School.” Wherefore closing do I name the Mighty Word…
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…text as thus decapitated, taking B’rasheth as the Title rather than as the first Word. This latter stands x12, which hath three Letters, symbolising thereby the Unmanifest Trinity. Now its letters further exemplify the Trinity, for that they are the initials of three Hebrew words, which are the Names of the Persons thereof, viz: wa Ben, the Son. nm Ruach, the Spirit (here the Mother). ax Ab, the Father. Note how here again the Son is first for Humanity and the Father last. These three letters, then, symbolise the three in One Unmanifest. Yet is…