I.

EIements
The Four EIements of the Ancients are dupIicated conditions of:
II. Zodiac
These twelve signs are distributed among the for Triplicities, or sets of three signs, each being attributed to one of the four
Elements, and they represent the operation of the elements in the Zodiac.
III. The PIanets
To the Ancients, six Planets were known, besides the Sun, which they classed with the planets. They also assigned
certain planetary values to the North and south Nodes of the Moon that is, the points where her orbit touches that of the
Ecliptic.
These they named:
The OId PIanets are:
IV. The Hebrew AIphabet
DownIoad a handy flashcard utility to learn the Hebrew Alphabet
LETTER NAME POWER FINAL VALUE MEANING
Aleph A 1 Ox
Beth B,V 2 House
Gimel G,Gh 3 Camel
Daleth D,Dh 4 Door
He H 5 Window
Vau O,U,V 6 Pin or Hook
Zayin Z 7 Sword or Armor
Cheth Ch 8 Fence, Enclosure
Teth T 9 Snake
Yod ,Y 10 Hand
Kaph K,Kh 20,500 Fist
Lamed L 30 Ox Goad
Mem M 40,600 Water
Nun N 50,700 Fish
Samekh S 60 Prop
Ayin As,Ngh 70 Eye
Pe P,Ph 80,800 Mouth
Tzaddi Tz 90,900 Fish-hook
Qoph Q 100 Ear, back of head
Resh R 200 Head
Shin S,Sh 300 Tooth
Tau T,Th 400 Cross
Each letter represents a number and also has a meaning. Five letters have a different shape when written at the end of a
word (remember, Hebrew is read right to left). Mem is the only final with an oblong shape. Kaph, Nun, Pe, and Tzaddi
have tails that come below the line when written as finals. Hebrew Letters are Holy Symbols. They should be carefully
drawn, and square.
5. The Sephiroth
The Hebrew Qabalists referred the
highest and most abstract ideas to the
Emanations of Deity, or Sephiroth. They
believed that there were ten Sephiroth,
and some occultists add an eleventh
"invisible" Sephira - Da'ath, which is
made up of the combined emanations of
Wisdom and Understanding.
The Names of the Sephira, and their
meanings, can be seen arranged in the
figure called the "Tree of Life" to the
right.
Below are the Hebrew renderings of the
names. Note that the Hebrew letters are
always read right to left.
6. Meditation No. 1
The Neophyte should learn, regularly practice, and master the following simple technique of the Fourfold Breath:
1. Empty the lungs and remain thus while counting four.
2. nhale, counting four so that you feel filled with breath to the throat.
3. Hold this breath while counting four.
4. Exhale, counting four till the lungs are empty.
This Fourfold Breath technique should be practiced by the Neophyte while he or she is composed in a basic posture or
Asana, counting slowly or quickly till s/he obtains a suitable rhythm. This simple technique will help to still the body and
quiet the mind of the Neophyte.
Having attained this, the Neophyte should consider a point as defined in mathematics having position, but no
magnitude and let him or her take note of any important ideas which arise during this simple meditation. Concentrating
his or her mind on this point of meditation, let him or her endeavor to realize the mmanence of the Divine Wisdom
throughout Nature, in all Her aspects.
7. The QabaIistic Cross And Lesser RituaI of the Pentagram
Introduction to the RituaI
There is a much employed Ritual which utilizes the symbol of the Pentagram as a general means to banish and invoke
the elemental forces. This Ritual is called the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram. However, it should not simply be regarded
as a mere device to invoke or banish, for it is really the Stone of the Wise and incorporates within its structure a high
magical formula of Self-nitiation. t is, to all intents and purposes, a Ritual of Self-nitiation. This ritual is given to the
Neophyte of the Order as a means for him/her to come into contact with the invisible forces of Nature and to learn how to
direct those elementary forces.
!" Touching the forehead, say Ateh (Thou art)
#" Touching the breast, say Malkuth (The Kingdom)
$" Touching the right shoulder, say ve-Geburah. (And The Power)
%" Touching the left shoulder, say ve-Gedulah. (And the Glory)
&" Place the two palms of the hands together upon the breast, and say le-Olahm, (Forever)
'" Fingers pointing up, say Amen.
(" Advance to the East, trace the Pentagram with the proper weapon (Wand to invoke, Dagger to banish). Say (i.e.,
vibrate) Yod He Vau He imagining that your voice carried forward to the East of the Universe.
)" Turning to the South, the same, but say Adonai
*" Turning to the West, the same, but say Eheieh
!+" Turning to the North, the same, but say Agla
11. Return to the East, completing the Circle, extend the arms in the form of a Cross, and say:
!#" Before me Raphael;
!$" Behind me Gabriel;
!%" On my right hand, Michael;
!&" On my left hand, Auriel;
16. Before me flames the Pentagram,
17. And in the Column shines the Six-rayed Star.
18. Repeat 1 through 6, the Qabalistic Cross. For Banishing use the same Ritual but reversing the direction of the
lines of the Pentagram.
The above is the traditional form of the LBRP as described by srael Reagardie in The Golden Dawn. An alternaitve to
steps 7 through 10 is to use these Divine Names instead of the above:
(" Advance to the East, trace the Pentagram with the proper weapon (Wand to invoke, Dagger to banish). Say (i.e.,
vibrate) Eheieh, imagining that your voice carried forward to the East of the Universe.
)" Turning to the South, the same, but say Agla
*" Turning to the West, the same, but say Eloah
!+" Turning to the North, the same, but say Adonai
These Names accurately correlate to the Elements of their respective Quarter directions, as described in the higher Grade
Golden Dawn materials: Eheieh (Air), Agla (Fire), Eloah (Water), and Adonai (Earth).
8. The Uses of the Pentagram RituaI
Opening and CIosing any MagicaI Work
The Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram can be used to open and close any magical or mystical work, such as a ceremony or
meditation.
As an Exorcism
The Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram can be used by the Neophyte as a protection against impure magnetism, and as a
practical form of exorcism, to eliminate obsessing or disturbing thoughts. n this the Neophyte should first formulate a
mental image of the obsession or disturbing thought, then s/he should project the image outside of his/her Aura with the
Sign of Projection (Sign of Horus), and when the image is approximately three feet away, the Neophyte should give the
Sign of Silence (Sign of Harpocrates) to prevent the image from returning unto him or her. With the image of the
obsession or disturbing thought in the East, the Neophyte should then perform the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the
Pentagram to disintegrate the image, seeing it in his/her minds eye dissolving on the further side of the Circle of Flame
which is formulated in the Pentagram Ritual.
Sign of Projection
(Horus)

Sign of SiIence
(Harpocrates)
9. The PiIIars in the HaII of Truth
According to the traditional teachings of the Order
n the explanation of the Symbols of the Grade of Neophyte, your attention has been directed to the general mystical
meaning of the Two pillars called in the Ritual the "Pillars of Hermes" of "Seth" and of "Solomon." n the 9th chapter of the
Ritual f the Dead they are referred to as the "Pillars of Shu," the "Pillars of the Gods of Dawning Light," and also as "the
North and Southern Columns of the Gate of the Hall of Truth." n the 125th Chapter, they are represented by the sacred
gateway, the door to which the aspirant is brought when he has completed the negative confession. The archaic pictures
on the one Pillar are painted in black upon a white ground, and those on the other in white upon a black ground, in order
to express the interchange and reconciliation of opposing forces and the eternal balance of light and darkness which gives
force to visible nature.
The black cubical bases represent darkness and matter wherein the spirit, the Ruach Elohim, began to formulate the
neffable NAME, that Name which the ancient Rabbis have said "rushes through the universe," that Name before which
the Darkness rolls back the birth of time.
The flaming red triangular capitals which crown the summit of the Pillars represent the Triune manifestation of the Spirit of
Life, the Three Mothers of the Sepher Yetsirah, the Three Alchemical Principles of Nature, the Sulphur, the Mercury and
the Salt.
Each Pillar is surmounted by its own light-bearer veiled from the material world.
At the base of both Pillars rise the Lotus flowers, symbols of regeneration and metempsychosis. The archaic illustrations
are taken from the vignettes of teh 17th and 125th chapter of the Ritual of the Dead the Egyptian Book of the Per-em-Hru
or the Book of Coming Forth into the Day, the oldest book in the world as yet discovered. The Recension of the Priests of
ON is to be found in the walls of the Pyramids of the Kings of the 5th and 6th Dynasties at Sakarah, the recensions of the
11th and 12th Dynasties on the sarcophagi of thatperiod, and the Theban recension of the 18th Dynasty and onward is
found on papyri, both plain and illuminated. No satisfactory translation of these books is avalable, none having been yet
attempted by a scholar having the qualifications of mystic as well as Egyptologist.
The Ritual of the Dead, generally speaking, is a collection of hymns and prayers in the form of a series of ceremonial
Rituals to enable the man to unite himself with Osiris the Redeemer. After this union he is no longer called the man, but
Osiris with whom he is now symbolically identified. "That they also may be One of us," said the Christ of the New
Testament. " am Osiris" said the purified and justified man, his soul luminous, united to Osiris, and thereby justified,
purified by suffering, strengthened by opposition, regenerate through self-sacrifice. Such is the subject of the great
Egyptian Ritual.
The 17th Chapter of the Theban recension consists of a very ancient text with several commentaries, also extremely old,
and some prayers, none of which come into the scheme of the orginal text. t has, together with the 12th chapter, been
very carefully translated for the purpose of this lecture by the V.H. Frater M.W.T, and the V.H. Soror S.S.D.D. has made
many valuable suggestions with regard to the interpretation. The Title and Preface of the 17th Chapter reads:
"Concerning the exaltation of the Glorified Ones, of Coming and Going forth in the Divine Domain, of the Genies of the
Beautiful land of Amentet. Of coming forth in the light of Day in any form desired, of Hearing the Forces of Nature by being
enshrined as a living Bai."
And the rubric is:
"The united with Osiris shall recite it when he has entered the Harbour. May glorious things be done thereby upon earth.
May all the words of the Adept be fulfilled."
Owing to the complex use of symbols, the ritual translation of the Chapter can only be understood by perpetual reference
to the ancient Egyptian commentaries, and therefore the following paraphrase has been put together to convey to modern
minds as nearly as possible the ideas conceived by the old Egyptians in this glorious triumphal song of the Soul of Man
made one with Osiris, the Redeemer.
" am TUM made One with all things.
" have become NU. am RA in his rising ruling by right of his power am the Great God self-begotten, even NU, who
pronounced His Names, and thus the Circle of Gods was created.
" am Yesterday and know Tomorrow. can never more be overcome. know the secret of Osiris, whose being is
perpetually revered of RA. have finished the work which was planned at the Beginning. am the spirit made manifest,
and armed with two vast eagle's plumes. sis and Nephthys are their names, made One with Osiris.
" claim my inheritance. My sins have been uprooted and my passions overcome. am Pure White. dwell in Time. live
through Eternity, when nitiates make offering to the Everlasting Gods. have passed along the Pathway. know the
Northern and the Southern Pillars, the two Columns at the Gateway of the Hall of Truth.
"Stretch unto me your hands, O ye Dwellers in the centre. For am transformed into a God in your midst. Made One with
Osiris, have filled the eye socket in the day of the morning when Good and Evil fought together.
" have lifted up the cloud-veil in the Sky of the Storm. Till saw RA born again from out of the Great waters. His strength
is my strength and my strength is his strength. Homage to you, Lords of Truth, chiefs of Osiris rules.
Granting release from Sin, Followers of Ma where rest is Glorious. Whose throne Anubis built in the day when Osiris said:
"Lo! A man wins his way to Amentet. come before you, to drive away my faults. As ye did to the Seven Glorious Ones
who follow their Lord Osiris. am that Spirit of Earth and Sun."
"Between the Two Pillars of Flame. am RA when he fought beneath the Ashad Tree, destroying the enemies of the
Ancient of Days. am the Dweller in the Egg. am he who turns in the disc. shine forth from the horizon as the gold from
the mine. float through the Pillars of SHU in the ether. Without a peer among the Gods. The Breath of my mouth is as a
flame. light upon the Earth with my glory. Eye cannot gaze on my daring beams as they reach through the Heavens and
lick up the Nile with tongues of flame. am strong upon Earth with the strength of RA. have come into Harbour as Osiris
made perfect. Let priestly offerings be made to me as one in the train of the ancient of Days. brood as the Divine Spirit.
move in the firmness of my Strength. undulate as the Waves that vibrate through Eternity. Osiris has been claimed with
acclamation, and ordained to rule among the Gods. Enthroned in the Domain of Horus where the Spirit and Body are
united in the presence of the Ancient of Days. Blotted out are the sins of his body in passion. He has passed the Eternal
Gate, and has received the New Year Feast with ncense, at the marriage of Earth with Heaven.
"TUM has built his Bridal Chamber. RURURET has founded his shrine. The procession is completed. HORUS has
purified, SET has consecrated, SHU made one with OSRS, has entered his heritage.
"As TUM he has entered the Kingdom to completed union with the nvisible. Thy Bride, O Osiris, is sis, who mourned
thee when she found thee slain. n sis, thou art born again. From Nephthys is thy nourishment. They cleansed thee in thy
Heavenly Birth. Youth waits upon thee, ardour is ready at thy hand. And their arms shall uphold thee for millions of years.
nitiates surround Thee and Thine enemies are cast down. The Powers of Darkness are destroyed. The Companions of
They Joys are with Thee. Thy Victories in the Battle await their reward in the Pillar. The Forces of Nature obey Thee. Thy
Power is exceeding great. The Gods curse him that curseth Thee. Thine Aspirations are fulfilled. Thou art Mistress of
Splendour. They are destroyed who barred the way.
The 125th Chapter is concerned with the entry of an nitiate into the Hall of the Two Columns of Justice, and commenced
with a most beautiful and symbolic description of Death, as a journey from the barren wilderness of Earth, to the Glorious
Land which lies beyond. The literal translation of the opening lines is as follows:
" have come from afar to look upon thy beauties. My hands salute Thy Name of Justice. have come from afar, where
the Acacia Tree grew not. Where the tree thick with leaves is not born. Where there com not beams from herb or grass.
have entered the Place of Mystery. have communed with Set. Sleep came upon me, was rapped therein, bowing down
before the hidden things. was ushered into the House of Osiris. saw the marvels that were there. The Princes of the
Gates in their Glory.
The illustrations in this chapter represent the Hall of Truth as seen through the open leaves of its door. The Hall is
presided over by a God who holds his right hand over the cage of a hawk, and his left over the food of eternity. On each
side of the God is a cornice crowned by a row of alternate feathers and Uraei symbolizing justice and firey power. The
door leaf which completes the right hand of a stall is called "Posessor of Truth controlling the Feet," while that on the left is
"Possessor of strength, binding the male and female animals." The 42 Judges of the Dead are represented as seated in a
long row, and each of them has to be named, and the Sin over which he presided has been denied.
This chapter describes the introduction of the initiate into the Hall of Truth by Anubis, who, having questioned the aspirant,
receives from him an account of his initiation, and is satisfied by his right to enter. He States that he has been taken into
the ante-chamber of the Temple and there stripped and blind-folded, he had to grope for the entrance of the Hall, and
having found it he was reclothed and anointed in the presence of the nitiated. He is then asked for the Pass-words and
demands that his Soul should be weighed in the Great Balance of the Hall of Truth, whereupon ANUBS again
interrogates him concerning the symbolism of the door of the Hall, and his answers being found correct, ANUBS says:
"Pass on, thou knowest it."
Among other things the initiate states that he has been purified four times, the same number of times that the Neophyte is
purified and consecrated in the ceremony of the Neophyte. He then makes the long Negative Confession, stating to each
Judge in turn that he is innocent of that form of Sin over which he judges. Then he invokes the Judges to do him justice,
and afterwards describes how he had washed in the washing place of the South, and rested in the North, in the place
called "Son of the Deliverers" and he becomes the Dweller under the Olive Tree of Peace, and how how he was given a
tall flame of fire and a sceptre of cloud, and made a lake of it. The initiate is then brought to the actual Pillars, and has to
name them and their parts under the symbol of the Scales of Balance. He also has to name the Guardian of the Gateway
who prevents his passage, and when all these are propitiated, the plea of the Hall itself cries out against his steps, saying
"Because am silent, because am pure," and it must know that his aspirations are pure enough hand high enough for
him to be allowed to tread upon it. He is then allowed to announce to Thoth that he is clean from all evil, and has
overcome the influence of the planets, and THOTH says to him: "Who is He whose Pylons are of Flame, whose walls of
Living Uraei, and the flames of whose House are streams of Water?" and the nitiate replies "Osiris!"
And it is immediately proclaimed: "The meat shall be from the nfinite, and thy drink from the nfinite. Thou art able to go
forth to the sepulchral feasts on earth, for thou has overcome."
Thus, these two chapters, which are represented by their illustrations upon the Pillars, represent the advance and
purification of the Soul and its union with Osiris, the Redeemer, in the Golden Dawn of the nfinite Light, in which the Soul
is transfigured, knows all, and can do all, for it is made One with the Eternal Divine.
10. The TaIe of Hoor
The foundation mythoIogy of the Neophyte HaII in the OSOGD redaction
Horus was the first born Son of Ra the Sun, the giver of life and light unto the World. He was called therefor Ra-Hoor, the
Eidolon of his Father. Yet, it was not to be his fortune to be seated in his father's place, upon the throne of Ra when Ra's
time was done. No, the ancient stories tell us of how one day he was 'thrown from his horse' and landed upon his head
and died. However the consequences of this death were to be far wider reaching that any among the Neteru or among the
Folk of Earth could know.
You see, there was a rivalry amongst the other children of Ra and Nut, of the Sun and Space Herself. There was sis, the
first born daughter of Ra, the Throne Herself, and Osirus the Green God were bound in their mother's womb, they were
lovers even then. Set the Definer and Nephthys the Dark were there also. From the very beginning there was mortal
conflict amongst them, Set against Osirus. Or so some say. Others remind us that Geb and Ra were both the Lovers of
Nu and who can say who is who's Father. Without the Heir apparent what could they do? And again who but these Neteru
themselves can say the true nature of their motivations
sis and Osirus, Nephthys and Set lived as marrieds in that dim and distant past. There came a time when Osirus went on
a journey to the south to the land of Punt for indeed Osirus is a Black God. n his journeys her learned of dance and
rhythm and saw many wondrous animals and many finely wrought goods made by the people of those lands. He returned
unto Khem with his retinue and great store of wealth with which to enrich the Two-Lands.
There waiting to meet him by the southern most pylon of the Black Land was his brother Set and his retinue. Set had laid
out a great feast with which to welcome back his brother. They all feasted and played and drank until the Moon shown
round and full at the zenith of the sky. Set did then bring out from hiding a cabinet about the size of a man. He declared
that who so fit exactly into this cabinet would claim it as this prize that evening. Now, this cabinet was wondrous to behold
wrought of fine woods and copper by the best of the craftsfolk of Khem. One by one each of the members of the
entourage of the Gods entered the cabinet and each was too large or too small. Set himself entered and was far to big for
the space therein. At last it came Osirus turn and with his eyes gleaming with delight and with pride, for his mind quickly
knew his brother's plan to give him so fine a gift, he entered the Sarcophagus as Set named the cabinet. He fit perfectly.
Set quickly closed and latched the door on the box and with several of his followers threw the Sarcophagus into the Nile
the Beautiful God. And Osirus did die.
The body of Osirus drifted Northward down the Nile and came to rest in the land of Lebanon where a beautiful cedar tree
did grow up about it so tall and strong and beautiful that the King of Lebanon had it cut down to form the central pillar of
his feasting hall. Little did he know the true reason why the tree was so great: The Green God lay dead therein.
Some say the Set did this awful deed for revenge. That Osirus did succumb to temptation and spent a night with his sister
Set's wife Nephthys. They being Gods did engender a child. Set was so out raged that he then attempted to abort the
child through most violent mating with his wife but this was not to be. nstead the vigorous proddings of the shaft of Set did
deform the head of the boy that he did have the face of the Jackal. When he was born he was exposed by Set in His
desert to die but sis, although angered by the betrayal of her husband could not leave this product of her husband's loins
to die. Thus did she take in the Jackal headed one and rear him as her child and named him Anubis. Great were his
powers of scent and hearing, so much so that the Great Enchantrix herself gave him the title Opuat, Opener-of-the- Way.
He became her watch dog and blood hound and was to aid her in many ways in the days to come, but those stories are
not this one
Some say this story is a lie.
When sis did discover the deed of Set, she and Anubis searched wide in the world to find the corpse of her husband with
hopes of resurrecting him. With the help of Anubis and many great adventures to be told in another tale, She did find her
mate in the pillar of the Hall of the King of Lebanon. She posed as a nurse maid in service to the Queen of Lebanon to aid
her with the sickly child she had born. sis bided her time until she could be alone in the feasting hall and rescue her
Husband.
One night when the Moon was dark and the whole world was quiet, She did steal silently into the Feasting Hall. Using her
great craft she cracked open the shell of the Great Cedar and released the Sarcophagus of Set which held the body of
Osirus. She loosed the pins that held fast the door and swung it open. With in she beheld the face of her Brother, Her
lover, Her Husband, the Green God, indeed now truly Green of Flesh.
She wailed in sorrow so piercingly that the son of the King died of fright and the Great Cedar did crack further and the
very roof did threaten to collapse.
Shedding Her enchantment disguise of a nurse maid she swept her wings about the body of Osirus and lifting her skirts
she entered his coffin to kneel over his body.
So great, so profound is the Beauty of sis the Divine that even in death did the Phallus of Osirus attend to her call. She
mounted him and danced the bitter sweet dance of mourning until the Great God did come forth into Her. Then she
gathered up His Body, box and the boy Anubis and fled back to Khem, the roof the the Feasting Hall of the King of
Lebanon collapsing behind them.
t was at the very moment that Osirus did come forth in to sis the Divine that Ra-Hoor, the Elder Horus was 'thrown form
his Horse' and died. t was He that now dwelt within the Womb of sis.
When Set heard that sis was to attempt to revive Osirus he set our to hunt her and destroy the body of Osirus. The tale of
their adventures is for another day but when sis fled she had to leave behind the infant Horus. She bundled him is
swaddling clothes and lay him in a basket in the bull rushes in the Nile where the crocodiles would not find him.
A Great Lotus grew up around the basket and sheltered the child from all climate and manner of disturbance. He sat
therein suckling upon his finger. He was Hoor-Paar-Khraat, the Babe in the Lotus. Om Mani Padhme Hum.
One day, seeing the radiance of the boy's corona Sobek the Great Crocodile of the Nile the Beautiful God and being
unafraid of the bullrushes as were ordinary crocodiles, He entered in to where the Boy was seated upon the Lotus. Small
and beautiful Sobek decided Horus was good to eat and swam forward to gobble the child up.
Just before the Great Jaws of Sobek could clamp down upon his body the little infant jumped up and landed upon the
back of the mighty Crocodile. He jumped up and down and beat upon the hard skin of Sobek with his tiny fists until huge
wounds were torn in Sobek's flesh.
"Who are you, tiny child that you can harm me who am Sobek the Great Crocodile of the Nile? Who is your mother, who
is your father that you can do this to me?"
" do not know," said the boy, But have defeated you. Yield or will destroy you-who would be my destroyer!" And the
Crocodile of the Nile was abased before him.
Sobek swam to the shore where the boy climbed off and when in search of his Mother and Father.
Horus's Mother found him as she came back to the Nile and told him of her flight from Set and his Father's fate. The boy
was enraged and vowed to avenge his Father. He grew in strength and battle prowess studying naught else in his will to
destroy his Father's destroyer.
He then did seek out Set and engaged him in mortal combat. Some tales say that the battle raged for days and He
defeated Set, others that Horus won but his Mother Au-Set released his captive and paid a hideous price for it. But the
tale know says that they fought and fought but Horus never could quite win. Set would always escape to fight another
day.
Exhausted from battle and wandering by the Nile far from any other folk, Set having escaped vengeance yet again, Horus
came upon bis Headed Tehuti who was waiting for him.
Tall and thin as a reed, lightly built and frail to the eye, Tahuti appeared to be easy game for Horus to vent his frustration
upon. Horus lashed out upon the Meditating God with sword and spear and hammer fists but the God was never where he
struck. Already worn from the day's combat the Young Horus fell in a swoon unable to strike his "easy prey".
"Who are you that no blow can fall upon you? Who are you that your are never where strike? Who are you that with out
ever laying a blow upon me lay at your feet defeated, who have never been beaten?"
" am Thought," said the bis Headed One, "Who are you that you would strike such blows against one who meditates by
the bank of the Nile?"
" am Horus the Young," he answered, beginning to sit up to look at this strange god. " am the Avenger of Osirus my
Father and sis my mother."
"You are wrong." said Tahuti. "Come, will show you," and they walked into the desert.
Tahuti, Djed-Hu-Te, Tau-Hu-Te, the Mind of God, the Lord of nformation, the God of Time, the Dweller in the Abyss, the
Meta-Neter took the younger Horus into the Desert and nitiated him there. For thirty one days he instructed Him in the
ways of Mind and Magick until Horus did remember his True Nature.
" am not just the son of Osirus and of sis, am the Sun of Ra! am the Heir to the Throne! Set is my Twin Brother. How
can fight him? How can not!?"
Look but closely to his name, said Tahuti, master of words, "Set is the Neter of Definition. All that is separate from Atum,
the One, is so by virtue of his being. f you, and all else, is to exist, Oh Hero, Set must Be. To destroy Set, you must have
the assent of all that is, whether it be Atom or the smallest particle of matter or the faintest whisper of the breeze.
"Abide here awhile for must go. Rest and ponder what you have learned." Horus the Young, the Avenger of Osirus and
sis, the God of War, sat in meditation gazing at a flower in wonder.
A soft hand lay itself upon his shoulder. He did not start. t soothed his shoulders and troubled brow. Without thought, with
his eyes barely open he let it guide him to lay upon the warm earth. Soft warm and fragrant flesh relaxed his own as it
undressed him. He was caressed and aroused and passion awoke in him. But not the passion of war and destruction, of
vengeance and of killing. A passion as yet unknown to Horus. Gentle hands brought life to his Phallus and a warm and
wanting Vulva welcomed it. The joy and pleasure he felt was only exceeded by the realization that upon him lay sis his
Mother.
She stayed with him for thirty-one days, teaching him all the Arts as Tahuti had taught him the Sciences. She awoke him
to his Man-hood and nitiated him in the mysteries of Life.
One morning he awoke alone but unafraid. Upon his chest lay a Golden Ankh with thirty-one gems thereon. He remained
in the Desert for thirty-one days, one for each of the Colored Gems. He pondered what he would do. He had an dea.
Horus walked boldly in to the camp of Set unarmed. He had never before been able to find where Set stayed when they
were not at battle, but now for some reason it was perfectly obvious.
Surprised his sentries did not warm him, Set leapt for his Spear. He dove at his long time assailant meaning to put and
end to his turmoil. Horus simply stepped aside the thrust and Set fell stumbling upon his spear shattering its shaft. Set
swung with his sword and Horus ducked agily and the sword shattered against a stone pillar. Set in his frustration threw
his shield at horus but again Horus was not there and the shield buried itself into the earth. Set desperately grabbed a
drinking cup and threw it at Horus. Horus simply caught it and filled it from a hanging wine sack and offered it back to Set.
Set fell down laughing.
"There was a time," Horus said, "when we nursed at the same breast, that we shared the same womb, that we were
children together. Now, remember oh my twin-brother. Let us drink and be at peace oh thou Set the Definer, oh thou
Manifester Unto the Light."
"Hail thou Ra-Hoor-Khuit, lluminated One, now you are ready to be King! drink to you."
And they did.
KHABS AM PEKHT
KONX OM PAX
LIGHT IN EXTENSION!
Sources: Principally Israel Regardie, Aleister Crowley, and Sam Webster
The EIement of Water
Aspirants to the Grade of 3=8 will be tested on their knowledge of the following material, which must be committed to
memory.
Portions of the QabaIistic SouI Corresponding Sepheroth
Yechidah Kether
Chiah Chokmah
Neschamah Binah
Ruach Chesed through Yesod (inclusive)
Nephesch Malkuth
The HOLY PLACE OR TEMPLE embraces the symbolism of the 22 letters.
The ALTAR OF INCENSE embraces the symbolism of the Three Mothers.
GIVE THE TRADITIONAL ATTRIBUTIONS.
The SEVEN-BRANCHED CANDLESTICK embrace the symbolism of the Double Letters.
The TABLE OF SHEWBREAD embraces the symbolism of the Single Letters.
GIVE THE OSOGD ATTRIBUTIONS.
The LAMPS OF HERU embraces the symbolism of the Double Letters.
The GIRDLE OF NUIT embraces the symbolism of the Single Letters.
Mother Letters
DoubIe Letters
SingIe Letters
SPIRITS DEFINED
AstraI Spirits are those belonging to the Astral Plane. Such are false and illusionary forms, shells of the dead, and ghosts
and phantoms.
EIementaI Spirits are those belonging to the nature of the Elements; some are good and some are evil.
AngeIs are pure and high Spirits of unmixed good in office and operation.
TAROT
n the tarot, the ten small cards of each suit refer to the Sepheroth.
Tarot Suit QabaIistic WorId
Tetragramaton
TraditionaI OSOGD
Wands Atziluth
Cups Briah
Swords Yetzirah
Pentacles Assiah
The Honors in the deck are the vice-gerants of the Great Name.
Honor Card FamiIiaI ReIationship PrincipIe
King Father Birth
Queen Mother Life
Knight Son Death
Princess Daughter Resurrection
The Caduceus of Hermes formed of the Mother Letters The Caduceus on the Tree of Life
THE FYLFOT CROSS
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LUNA ON THE TREE OF LIFE?
n its increase it embraces the side of Mercy; in its decrease the side of Severity, and at the full, it reflects the Sun of
Tiphareth.
MEDITATION
Practice the Moon Breath, while saying mentally the word AUM. (Moon Breath is through the left nostril only.)
Meditate upon the waxing and waning crescents oCthe Moon, while visualising a silver crescent upon an indigo
background.
Then consider the Signs of the Airy Triplicity (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) and enclosed in these, meditate upon the numbers
nine and five and therewith the forms of the Pentagram and the Pentagon.
Now rise in imagination above the nimeral world into the world of trees and flowers and identify in love and sympathy with
the Powers of the Elements behind these.
Envision the mental world where mind rules over matter, and meditate upon the ideas or appearance and reality .
CREATE A SET OF TATTVA CARDS
More information about Tattvas is available amongst the FIying RoIIs. Please check them out.
TO ADVANCE TO THE GRADE OF PRACTICUS, THE FOLLOWING ARE ALSO REQUIRED:
Arrange and Conclude a conversation with the Chief Adept. Be prepared to discuss in detail:
! Your experience of the above meditation
! Your experience of the Middle Pillar Ritual
The EIement of Fire
Aspirants to the Grade of 4=7 will be tested on their knowledge of the following material, which must be committed to
memory.
NUMBERS AND LINEAL (2D FIGURES OF THE PLANETS
PIanet Number Figure
Saturn 3 Triangle
Jupiter 4 Square
Mars 5 Pentagram
Sol 6 Hexagram
Venus 7 Heptagram
Mercury 8 Octagram
Moon 9 Enneagram
DRAW THE FOLLOWING FIGURES ON THE TREE OF LIFE
The Cup of the StoIistes The SymboI of Mercury
WHAT IS A MAGICAL SQUARE?
A two dimensional array of integers arranged so the sum of each row, column and diagonal is equal to the same value.
ExampIes:
The MagicaI Square of Saturn The MagicaI Square of Jupiter
4 9 2
3 5 7
8 1 6
4 14 15 1
9 7 6 12
5 11 10 8
16 2 3 13
The MagicaI Square of Mars The MagicaI Square of the Sun
11 24 7 20 3
4 12 25 8 16
17 5 13 21 9
10 18 1 14 22
23 6 19 2 15
6 32 3 34 35 1
7 11 27 28 8 30
19 14 16 15 23 24
18 20 22 21 17 13
25 29 10 9 26 12
36 5 33 4 2 31
The MagicaI Square of Venus The MagicaI Square of Mercury
22 47 16 41 10 35 4
5 23 45 17 42 11 29
30 6 24 49 18 36 12
13 31 7 25 43 19 37
38 14 32 1 26 44 20
21 39 8 33 2 27 45
46 15 40 9 34 3 28
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 7 57
The MagicaI Square 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
HOW ARE THEY RELATED TO THE PLANETS?
The dimensions of the matrix is defined by the numeric attribution of the planet (i.e. Saturn is 3 X 3, the Moon is 9 X 9, etc.
WHAT ARE THEY USED FOR?
Talismanic Magic and Sigil Creation.
DESCRIBE OR DRAW THE "SOLID GREEK CUBICAL CROSS."
OF WHAT IS IT AN EMBLEM?
The Equilibrated and Balanced Forces of the Elements.
WHAT IS ON IT?
The 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
IT IS THE ADMISSION BADGE FOR WHAT PATH?
The 32nd path, the path of Tau ( ).
WHAT IS THE PYRAMID OF FIRE?
A red tetrahedron with Hebrew words on the faces.
WHAT IS THE "OTHER" NAME FOR A TETRAHEDRON?
A solid Triangle.
WHAT DO EACH OF THE TRIANGULAR FACES REPRESENT?
Three kinds of fire and latent heat.
NAME THE KINDS OF FIRE:
Solar, Volcanic and Astral.
WHAT ARE THE HEBREW WORDS ON THE FACES?
(AUD) is active fire
(AUB) is passive fire
(AUR) equilibriated fire
(ASCH) is the Hebrew name of fire.
THE TETRAHEDRON IS THE ADMISSION BADGE FOR WHAT PATH?
The 31st path, the path of Shin ( ).
DESCRIBE THE SWORD ON THE TREE OF LIFE.
t descends the Tree in numeric order of the Sepheroth.
DESCRIBE THE SNAKE ON THE TREE OF LIFE.
t climbs the Tree using the Paths in reverse numeric order.
GEOMANCY AND ZODIACAL ATTRIBUTIONS
Geomantic Figure Name ZodiacaI Attribution
Puer
Amissio
Albus
Populus
Via
Fortuna Major
Fortuna Minor
Conjunctio
Puella
Rubeus
Acquisitio
Carcer
Tristitia
Laetitia
Caput Draconis
Cauda Draconis
THE GREEK CROSS OF 13 SQUARES
TO WHAT THREE POWERS DOES IT REFER?
To the Sun in the 12 Signs of the Zodiac and also in the midst of the four elements.
IT IS THE ADMISSION BADGE FOR WHAT PATH?
The 30th Path, the Path of Resh ( ).
WHAT IS THE TETRACTYS?
The tetractys is a symbol composed of ten objects in an upward-pointing triangular formation.
WHO DISCOVERED IT?
Pythagoras.
WHAT IS ITS RELEVANCE?
t shows the process of creation and is an image of the whole.
WHAT ARE SOME OF ITS GREEK TITLES?
Ouranos/Heaven, Cosmos/Order or Universe, Pan/All
WHAT GLYPH IS IT MOST LIKE IN QABALAH?
The Tree of Life
ATTRIBUTION OF THE TAROT TRUMPS
Path Number TraditionaI Deck Thoth Deck Letter
Yetzeratic
Attribution
11 0 The Foolish Man The Fool
12 1 The Magician, The Juggler The Magus
13 2 The High Priestess, The Popess The High Priestess
14 3 The Empress The Empress
15 4 The Emperor The Emperor
16 5 The Hierophant, The Pope The Hierophant
17 6 The Lovers The Lovers
18 7 The Chariot The Chariot
19 8* Strength Adjustment
20 9 The Hermit The Hermit
21 10 The Wheel of Fortune Fortune
22 11* Justice Lust
23 12 The Hanged Man The Hanged Man
24 13 Death Death
25 14 Temperance Art
26 15 The Devil The Devil
27 16 Tower Struck By Lightning The Tower
28 17 The Star The Star
29 18 The Moon The Moon
30 19 The Sun The Sun
31 20 Last Judgment The Aeon
32 21 The World The Universe
*The Golden Dawn swapped Teth and Lamed and their attributes from a previous commonly known system of attribution.
FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE NUMBERING OF THE PATHS ON THIS DIAGRAM.
MEDITATION
Let the Practicus meditate upon the Symbols of the Rhomboid and the Vesica.
Let him seek out their meanings and correspondences.
Let him contemplate the symbol Mercury and the Number 8.
Let him now learn to control his emotions, on no account giving way to anger, hatred and jealousy, but to turn the
force he hitherto expended in these directions towards the attainment of perfection, that the malarial marsh of his
nature may become a clear and limpid lake, reflecting the Divine Nature truly and without distortion.
Let him identify himself with the Powers of Water, considering the Water Triplicity in all its aspects, with its
attributions and correspondences.
TO ADVANCE TO THE GRADE OF PHILOSOPHUS, THE FOLLOWING ARE ALSO REQUIRED:
Arrange and Conclude a conversation with the Chief Adept. Be prepared to discuss in detail:
! Your experience of the above meditation
! Your experience of the Middle Pillar Ritual
Further Reading:
"Notes on the Tarot," by Frater S.R.M.D. (see Regardie's The Golden Dawn, Fourth Knowledge Lecture)
On the GeneraI Guidance and Purification of the SouI v2.0
The EIement of Air
Aspirants to the Grade of 2=9 will be tested on their knowledge of the following material, which must be committed to
memory.
THE NAMES AND ALCHEMICAL SYMBOLS OF
THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF NATURE ARE:
SuIphur
Mercury
SaIt
THE METALS ATTRIBUTED TO THE PLANETS IN ALCHEMY ARE:
Lead
Iron
Tin
GoId
Copper/Brass
QuicksiIver
SiIver
THE FOLLOWING TERMS ARE USED IN ALCHEMY.
THEY HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN BELOW:
SoI PhiIosophorum: The Pure Living Alchemical Spirit of Gold--the refined essence of heat and fire
Luna PhiIosophorum: The Pure Living Alchemical Spirit of Silver--the refined essence of heat and moisture
The Green Lion: The Stem and Root of the Radical Essence of Metals
The BIack Dragon: Death--Putrefaction--Decay
The King - Red: The Qabalistic Microprosopus
The King - Tiphareth: Analagous to Gold and the Sun
The Queen - White: The Qabalistic Bride of Microprosopus
The Queen - MaIkah: Analagous to Silver and the Moon
THE FOUR ORDERS OF THE ELEMENTS ARE:
!" The Spirits of the Earth: Gnomes
#" The Spirits of the Air: Sylphs
$" The Spirits of the Water: Undines
%" The Spirits of the Fire: Salamanders
The Kerubim are the Living Powers of Tetragrammaton on the MateriaI PIane and the Presidents of the Four
EIements. They operate through the Fixed or Kerubic Signs of the Zodiac and are thus symboIized and
attributed:
Kerub of Air Human Aquarius
Kerub of Fire Lion Leo
Kerub of Earth BuII Taurus
Kerub of Water EagIe Scorpio
The Tree of Life
This diagram shows the Ten Sephiroth with all the connecting Paths, which are linked by the Flaming Sword.
The FIaming Sword is formed by the Natural Order of the Tree of Life. t resembles a Flash of Lightning.
Together the Sephiroth and the 22 Paths form the 32 Paths of the Sefer Yetzirah, or Book of Formation.
The Two PiIIars on either side of the Altar represent:
Active: The White Pillar on the South Side. Mercy. Male. Pillar of Light and Fire. Right Kerub. Hadit.
Passive: The Black Pillar on the North Side. Severity. Female. Pillar of Cloud. Left Kerub. Nuit.
THE FOUR WORLDS OF THE QABALAH ARE:
ATZILUTH Archetypal Pure Diety
BRIAH Creative Archangelic
YETZIRAH Formative Angelic
ASSIAH Action Matter, Man, Shells, Demons
THE TEN HOUSES, OR HEAVENS, OF ASSIAH, THE MATERIAL WORLD, ARE:
1. Primum MobiIe Rashith ha GiIgaIim
2. Sphere of the Zodiac MazIoth
3. Sphere of Saturn Shabbathai
4. Sphere of Jupiter Tzedek
5. Sphere of Mars Madim
6. Sphere of the Sun Shemesh
7. Sphere of Venus Nogah
8. Sphere of Mercury Kokab
9. Sphere of the Moon Levannah
10. Sphere of the EIements OIam Yesodoth
In the Arts of Divination, such as The Tarot and AstroIogy, the QUERENT refers to the subject of the reading, and
the QUESITED refers to the person performing the reading.
The Tarot
The Tarot consists of a pack of 78 cards made up of Four Suits of 14 cards each, together with 22 Trumps, or
Major Arcana, which teII the story of the SouI.
Each suit consists of ten numbered cards, as in the modern pIaying cards, but there are four instead of three
Honors (face cards):
TraditionaI Deck Thoth Deck
King Knight
Queen Queen
Knight Prince
Page Princess
THE FOUR SUITS ARE:
Tarot Suit PIaying Card Suit
Wands or Scepters CIubs
Cups or ChaIices Hearts
Swords Spades
PentacIes, Coins or Disks Diamonds
THE 22 TAROT TRUMPS, OR MAJOR ARCANA, ARE:
Number Thoth Deck TraditionaI Deck
0 The FooI The FooIish Man
1 The Magus The Magician, The JuggIer
2 The High Priestess The High Priestess, The Popess
3 The Empress The Empress
4 The Emperor The Emperor
5 The Hierophant The Hierophant, The Pope
6 The Lovers The Lovers
7 The Chariot The Chariot
8* Adjustment Strength
9 The Hermit The Hermit
10 Fortune The WheeI of Fortune
11* Lust Justice
12 The Hanged Man The Hanged Man
13 Death Death
14 Art Temperance
15 The DeviI The DeviI
16 The Tower Tower Struck By Lightning
17 The Star The Star
18 The Moon The Moon
19 The Sun The Sun
20 The Aeon Last Judgment
21 The Universe The WorId
AstroIogy
THE CLASSES OF ASTROLOGY
NataI: Analysis of the Birth Chart, relates to a Querent's personal characteristics.
Horary: Determination of favorable times for the Querent to take a particular action.
MedicaI: nfluences on health and well-being of the Querent.
Mundane: Prediction of events as they are concerned with groups and entire races of people, or the world.
HOUSES
Just as we divide the band of the ecliptic into 12 divisions according to the Signs of the Zodiac, so we divide the
astrological chart into 12 Houses, beginning with the eastern horizon (ascendent) when the Querent was born. The
positions of the Signs and Planets in the sky therefore fall into specific Houses at that moment in time. f we think of the
Signs as relating to the inherent physical and psychic anatomy, and the Planets as functional modifiers of this pattern,
then the Houses represent the outward environment and avenues of expression for the pattern.The 12 Houses reflect the
meanings of the 12 Signs; the 1st House is like unto Aries, the 2nd House unto Taurus, and so on.
The following is the signification of the 12 Houses of Heaven, in brief:
First House: Life, health, querent, etc.
Second House:Money, property, personal worth.
Third House: Brothers, sisters, news, short journeys.
Fourth House: Father, landed property, inheritance.
Fifth House: Children, pleasure, feasts, speculation.
Sixth House: Servants, sickness, uncles and aunts, small animals.
Seventh House: Love, marriage, spouse; partnerships and associations, public enemies, lawsuits.
Eighth House: Deaths, wills, legacies; pain, anxiety. Estates of deceased. Magick.
Ninth House: Long journeys, voyages; science, religion, art, visions and divinations.
Tenth House: Mother. Rank and honor, trade or profession, authority, and worldly position.
EIeventh House: Friends, hopes and wishes.
TweIfth House: Sorrows, fears, punishments, enemies in secret, institutions, unseen dangers, restriction.
ASPECTS
There is an angle between every two planets in a horoscope which is measured in degrees. When the angle produces a
signifcant interaction between two or more planets they are said to be "in Aspect." The angles which give rise to the
"Major Aspects" are produced by dividing a circle by units of 2 and 3 (just as the Zodiac is produced by such a division). n
order for two or more planets to be in Aspect they must be within a certain distance of the exact angle of division. This is
referred to as the Orb of the Aspect, and generally means they must be within 5 to 12 degrees to be noticable, depending
on the apparent size of the Planet in the sky. Therefore the Sun and Moon have the largest Orbs, and the smallest orbs
are assigned to the nner Planets.
Aspect SymboI Degrees Meaning
Opposition 180 FuII Tension (energy canceIIing)
Trine 120 FuII Harmonious Cooperation
Square 90 Dynamic Tension (energy reIeasing)
SextiIe 60 (weaker) Harmonious Cooperation
Conjuction 0 Union, Harmony dependent on Character
ParaIIeI
<1
degree
Resonant Interaction
THE SECOND MEDITATION
LET THE ZELATOR meditate on a straight line. Let him take a ruler or pencil and by moving it a distance equal to its
length, outline a square.
Having done this, let him, after quieting his mind with the rhythmic breathing taught in the first meditation, mentally
formulate a cube, and endeavour to discover the significance of this figure and its correspondences.
Let him meditate upon minerals and crystals, choosing especially a crystal of SALT, and entering into it, actually feel
himself of crystalline formation.
Looking out on the Universe from this standpoint, let him identify himself with the EARTH SPRTS in love and sympathy,
recalling, as far as he can, their prayer as said in the closing of the Zelator Grade nititation.
Let him meditate upon the EARTH TRPLCTY, visualizing the symbols of a BULL - a VRGN - a GOAT which stand for
KERUBC EARTH - MUTABLE EARTH - CARDNAL EARTH.
For the above ideas consult a simple astrology manual. Make notes of the ideas and pictures which arise in your mind.
The EIement of Fire
Aspirants to the Grade of Portal will be tested on their knowledge of the following material, which must be committed to
memory.
DESCRIBE THE FORMATION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF AZOTH.
AZOTH is a word formed from the initial and final letters of the Greek, Latin, and Hebrew Alphabets thus: A and Z, Aleph
and Tau, Alpha and Omega. t is used with various meanings by different writers but generally signifies Essence.
VEILS OF THE NEGATIVE EXISTENCE
Name-EngIish
TransIiteration
Name-Hebrew Meaning-EngIish
Ainthe Negative NothingNot
Ain Soph Limitless
Ain Soph Aur The Limitless Light
TWO TITLES OF KETHER
Name-EngIish
TransIiteration
Name-Hebrew Greek Meaning-EngIish
Arik Anpin Macroprosopus The Vast Countenance
Aatik Yomin Ancient of Days
ATRIBUTIONS OF THE HOLY NAME TO THE FOUR WORLDS AND THE FOUR SUITS
OSOGD HoIy Name TraditionaI HoIy Name QabaIistic WorId Tarot Suit
Atziluth Wands
Briah Cups
Yetzirah Swords
Assiah Pentacles
FILL IN THE BLANKS:
n each of the four worlds are the 10 Sephiroth of that world and each Sephirah has its own 10 Sephiroth making 400 in
all. This signifies the number of Tau, the Cross, The Universe and the completion of all things.
(The modern student may look at this and arrive at a different number for the total)
DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE TAROT DECK TO THE TREE OF LIFE.
The four aces are placed on the Throne of Ketherthe remaining small cards of the suit desired on the respective
Sephiroth, two on Chokmah, three on Binah, etc. The 22 Trumps are arranged on the paths between them, according to
the Letters to which they correspond. The King and Queen are placed beside Chokmah and Binah respectively, the
Knight and Knave by Tiphareth and Malkuth.
The trumps receive the equilibrium of the spheres they connect.
DRAW THE LATIN CROSS OF 12 SQUARES
TO WHAT PATH IS IT RELATED?
The 29th Path of Qoph (The Moon).
FILL IN THE BLANK:
The Four Arms of the cross elucidate the ZODAC which embraces the Waters of Nu, as the ancient Egyptians called the
Heavens, the Waters which are above the Firmament. t also alludes to the Eternal River, divided into four streams which
find their correlations in the four triplicities of the Zodiac.
DRAW THE PYRAMID OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS.
TO WHAT PATH IS IT RELATED?
The 28th Path of Tzaddi (The Star).
DRAW THE LATIN CROSS OF TEN SQUARES.
TO WHAT PATH IS IT RELATED?
The 27th Path of Peh (The Tower)
DRAW AND EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ADMISSION BADGE FOR THE GRADE OF PHILOSOPHUS.
The cross embraces Tiphareth, Netzach, Hod, and Yesod, and rests upon Malkuth. The Latin Cross of Six Squares also
refers to the six Sephiroth of Microprosopus and is the opened out form of the cube.
DRAW THE SYMBOL OF VENUS ON THE TREE OF LIFE.
DRAW THE EMANATIONS OF KETHER DIAGRAM.
nclude the names of each emanation, its attribution to the Tetragramaton, and the Sepherotic attributions.
NAMES CONNECTED TO THE FOUR ELEMENTS.
EARTH
EngIish TransIation Hebrew
Hebrew Name Aretz
Great Name Adonai Ha Aretz
CardinaI Point North
ArchangeI Auriel
EIementaIs Gnomes
AIR
EngIish TransIation Hebrew
Hebrew Name Ruach
Great Name Shaddai El Chai
CardinaI Point East
ArchangeI Raphael
EIementaIs Sylphs
WATER
EngIish TransIation Hebrew
Hebrew Name Maim
Great Name Elohim Tzabaoth
CardinaI Point West
ArchangeI Gabriel
EIementaIs Undines
FIRE
EngIish TransIation Hebrew
Hebrew Name Asch
Great Name Asherah Tzabaoth
CardinaI Point South
ArchangeI Michael
EIementaIs Salamanders
TWO FURTHER ALCHEMICAL ATTRIBUTIONS TO THE TREE OF LIFE:
EIement Set One EIement Set Two
1 Mercury The Metallic Root
2 Salt Lead
3 Sulphur Tin
4 Silver Silver
5 Gold Gold
6 ron ron
7 Copper Hermaphroditical Brass
8 Tin Brass
9 Lead Mercury
10 Mercury Philosophorum Medicina Metallorum
THE QLIPPOTH OF THE TREE OF LIFE:
QIippothotic Sepheroth Meaning
1 Thaumiel The two contending Forces
2 Ghogiel The Hinderers
3 Satariel The Concealers
4 Agshekeloh The Breakers in Pieces
5 Golohab The Burners
6 Tagiriron The Disputers
7 Gharab Tzerek The Ravens of Death
8 Samael The Liar or Poison of God
9 Gamaliel The Obscene Ones
10 Lilith Queen of the Night and of Demons
DRAW THE SEVEN PALACES ATTRIBUTED TO THE TEN SEPHIROTH DIAGRAM.
DRAW THE ALCHEMICAL SYMBOL OF SULPHUR ON THE TREE OF LIFE.
WHAT DOES TIPHARETH REPRESENT IN THE PRECEDING DIAGRAM?
The "Purified" man.
DRAW THE HEXAGRAM OF TIPHARETH ON THE TREE OF LIFE.
DRAW THE SYMBOL OF SALT ON THE TREE OF LIFE AND EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HORIZONTAL
LINE.
Chose one
Source: Regardie Source: ZaIewski
(For extra credit explain which diagram you think best represents the concept.)
The horizontal line represents the precept of Hermes, "As above so below."
DRAW THE DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING THE TRIAD OPERATING THROUGH THE SEPHIROTH.
Chose one
Source: Regardie Source: ZaIewski
ATTRIBUTIONS OF THE PILLARS:
BIack PiIIar White PiIIar
Direction North South
Viewed Side Left Right
PersonaI Side Right Left
QabaIIistic PiIIar Severity Mercy
GoIden Dawn Office Stolistes Dadouchos
Masonic Name Boaz Jachin
DECONSTRUCTION OF ASTROLOGICAL SYMBOLS OF THE PLANETS
INTO CROSS, CRESCENT, & TRIANGLE:
PIanet MetaI
Nature
(color)
Parts of the Human (special credit)
Circle Sun Gold Red Spirit
Crescent Moon Silver White Soul
Cross Body
The Cross is the symbol of corrosion.
DECONSTRUCT TWO PLANETARY SYMBOLS USING THE ATTRIBUTIONS ABOVE:
Saturnnternally corrosive, externally Lunar
Jupiternternally Lunar, externally corrosive
Marsnternally Solar, externally corrosive
Venusnternally corrosive, externally Solar
WHO AND WHAT IS THE SERPENT OF NEHUSHTAN?
Associated with Moses, this snake is made of brass and climbs the paths of the Tree of Life in reverse order around the
Middle Pillar.
ALCHEMICAL DEFINITIONS (FILL IN THE BLANKS):
Raven signifies nitiation through blackness.
Lion signifies Heat and sulphurous action.
Eagle signifies Sublimation.
WHAT IS THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHEMICAL AND ALCHEMICAL PROCESSES?
Gradual heat versus violent heat.
ALCHEMICAL DEFINITIONS (FILL IN THE BLANKS):
The Cucurbit is a glass boiler attached to the lower part of a still called an Alembic.
t consists of a tube, a head, and a receiver.
To produce a graduated heat an Alchemist would use the Athanor or Philosophical Furnace.
A vessel of hot water in which was placed the vessel to be heated is called the Balneum Mariae or Bain Marie.
A vessel of sand in which is place the vessel to receive a dry heat is called the Balneum Arenae or Sand Bath.
An oval glass vessel in which is place the water or liquid to be acted upon is called the Philosophic Egg. t may be
hermetically sealed.