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Officers - the same as for the Neophyte grade.
Temple - arranged as in diagram
Required:
- For the candidate: hoodwink, Zelator sash
- For the temple: Fylfot Cross, three portal symbols, shewbread diagram, candlestick diagram, earth tablet, altar diagrams.
- For the altar: red cross, white triangle, red light, altar diagram (the flaming sword of the Kerubim)
The members, having assembled and robed, each is seated in his proper
place.
Hierophant
✊
All
Rise
Hierophant
(Sitting) Fratres and sorores of the
1=10
grade of the
Order of the Stella Matutina, assist me to open the temple in the grade of Zelator.
Frater Kerux, see that the temple is properly guarded.
Keryx
✊ (without opening the door)
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Very Honoured Hierophant, the temple is properly guarded.
Hierophant
Honoured Hiereus, see that none below the grade of Zelator is
present.
Hiereus
Fratres and Sorores, give the signs of1=10.
All
Give the signs of the Zelator.
Hiereus
Gives sign.
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Very Honoured Hierophant, no one below the grade of Zelator is now present.
Hierophant
(Giving sign.) Purify and consecrate the temple with water and with fire.
Keryx
advances between the pillars.
StolistesDadouchos
one on each side of the pillars, advance to the centre of the hall.
All
Salute.
Dadouchos
makes cross in air with censer and swings it forward three times, saying:
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I consecrate with fire.
Stolistes
makes cross with cup and sprinkles thrice towards east, saying:
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I purify with water.
Keryx
The temple is cleansed.
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Salutes with
1=10
and
0=0
signs.
KeryxStolistesDadouchos
All three retire, Kerux leading and passing signs.
Hierophant
Let the element of this grade be named that it may be awakened in
the spheres of those present and in the sphere of the order.
Hegemon
The element of earth.
Hierophant
✊
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Let us adore the Lord and King of Earth.
All
Face East.
Hierophant
Adonai ha-Aretz. Adonai Melekh. Unto thee be the kingdom and
the power and the glory.
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Makes cross and circle with sceptre before him as he says:
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Malkuth, Geburah, Gedulah.
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The rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley, Amen.
All
Give Zelator signs.
Keryx
Goes to north, and sprinkles salt before the tablet, saying:
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Let the Earth adore Adonai!
Hierophant
Leaves his place and goes to north.
Stands facing the centre of the tablet of the north and at a convenient
distance therefrom, say six feet.
Hiereus
takes his place at the right of Hierophant.
Hegemon
takes his place at the left of the Hierophant.
Stolistes
behind Hiereus
Dadouchos
behind Hegemon
All-officers
Face north.
Hierophant
Hierophant makes sign in front of and concentric with tablet of
the north, an invoking pentagram of earth, saying:
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And the Elohim said, “Let us make Adam in our image, after our
likeness, and let him have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the
fowl of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creepeth over the earth.” And the Elohim created Eth
ha-Adam in their own image, in the image of the Elohim created they
them. In the name of Adonai Melekh and of the bride and queen of the
kingdom, spirits of Earth adore Adonai!
Hiereus
ready to take sceptre from Hierophant, and give him sword.
Hierophant
hands his sceptre to Hiereus and, taking his sword, makes the ox
in centre of pentagram, saying:
55
In the name of Auriel, the great archangel of earth, and by the sign of
the head of the ox—spirits of earth, adore Adonai!
Hiereus
ready to take back sword.
Hegemon
ready to give sceptre to Hierophant.
Hierophant
returns sword to Hiereus and takes mitre-headed sceptre from Hegemon,
and makes cross in the air
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In the names and letters of the great northern quadrangle, spirits of
earth, adore Adonai!
Hegemon
ready to take back sceptre from Hegemon.
Stolistes
ready to give cup to Hierophant.
Hierophant
returns sceptre to Hegemon, and takes cup from Stolistes,
making cross, and sprinkling thrice to north, saying:
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In the three great secret names of God, borne upon the Banner of the
North — EMOR DIAL HECTEGA1
spirits of earth, adore Adonai!
Footnotes
- John Michael Greer: Properly spelled MOR DIAL HCTGA; see Part One of the Book of the Concourse of the Forces.
Stolistes
ready to take back cup from Hierophant.
Dadouchos
ready to give censer to Hierophant.
Hierophant
returns cup to Stolistes and takes censer from Dadouchos,
and making three forward swings, says:
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In the name of Ic Zod Heh Chal1, great king of the north, spirits of earth, adore Adonai!
Footnotes
- John Michael Greer: Properly spelled ICZHIHAL or ICZHIHCHAL.
Dadouchos
ready to take back censer from Hierophant.
Hiereus
ready to return sceptre to Hierophant.
Hierophant
returns censer to Dadouchos, takes back sceptre from Hiereus,
and returns to throne.
All-officers
Return to placess.
Member
Face as usual.
Hierophant
In the name of Adonai ha-Aretz, I declare this temple duly opened
in the
1=10
grade of Zelator.
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✊✊✊✊ | ✊✊✊ | ✊✊✊
Hiereus
✊✊✊✊ | ✊✊✊ | ✊✊✊
Hegemon
✊✊✊✊ | ✊✊✊ | ✊✊✊
Hierophant
sits east of altar
Hiereus
sits north of altar
Hegemon
sits south of altar.
Hierophant
Fratres and sorores, our Frater (Soror) having made such progress
in the paths of occult science as has enabled him (her) to pass an
examination in the required knowledge, is now eligible for advancement
this grade, and I have duly received a dispensation from the greatly
honoured chiefs of the Second Order to admit him (her) in due form.
Honoured Hegemon, superintend the preparation of the Neophyte and give
the customary alarm.
Hegemon
salutes with
1=10
sign, and leaves the room by south and west.
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prepares Neophyte who wears sash of the 0=0
grade, is blindfolded, and carries the Fylfot Cross in right hand.
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instructs Neophyte in knocks of the grade.
Keryx
opens the door to be just ajar.
Hegemon
Let me enter the portal of wisdom.
Keryx
I will.
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Opens door and admits them (having turned down lights previously).
Hierophant
Except Adonai build the house, their labour is but lost that build it.
Except Adonai keep the city, the watchman waketh in vain. Frater
(Soror) Neophyte, by what aid dost thou seek admission to the
1=10
grade of Zelator of the
Order of the Stella Matutina?
Hegemon
(For Neophyte) By the guidance of Adonai; by the possession of the
necessary knowledge; by the dispensation of the greatly honoured chiefs of
the Second Order; by the signs and tokens of the
0=0
grade; by this symbol of the hermetic cross.
Keryx
takes cross from Neophyte.
Hierophant
Give the step and signs of a Neophyte.
🤠
Candidate
gives them.
Hierophant
Frater Kerux, receive from the Neophyte the token, grand word,
and password of the
0=0
grade.
Keryx
places himself in front of Neophyte and says:
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Give me the grip of the Neophyte. (Done.)
Give me the grand word. (Done.)
Give me the password. (Done.)
Give me the grand word. (Done.)
Give me the password. (Done.)
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Having received it, he turns to Hierophant, gives grade salute, and says:
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Very honoured Hierophant, I have received them.
Hierophant
(To Hegemon) Lead the Neophyte to the west and set him betweenthe mystic pillars, with his face towards the east.
Hegemon
Places Neophyte between the pillars, and remains behind him.
Hierophant
Frater (Soror) will you pledge yourself to maintain the same secrecy
regarding the mysteries of this grade as you are pledged to maintain
regarding those of the
0=0
grade - never to reveal them to the world, and not even to confer them
upon a Neophyte without a dispensation from the greatly honoured chiefs
of the Second Order?
🤠
Candidate
I will.
Hierophant
Then you will kneel on both your knees, lay your right hand on the
ground, and say: “I swear by the earth whereon I kneel.” (Done.)
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Let the symbol of blindness be removed.
Hegemon
Unbinds Neophyte's eyes.
Keryx
Turns up lights.
Hegemon
Goes back to his proper place.
🤠
Candidate
Remains kneeling between the pillarswith his hand on the ground.
Keryx
Takes the salt from before the tablet of the north, and passing
round the altar with Sol (i.e. clockwise), stands in front of
Neophyte facing him and holds the salt in front of him.
Hierophant
Take salt with your left hand and cast it to the north, saying:
"Let the powers of earth witness my pledge."
🤠
Candidate
Does so.
Keryx
Replaces salt, and returns to his place.
Hierophant
Let the Neophyte rise and let him be purified with water and
consecrated with fire, in confirmation of his pledge, and in the
name of the Lord of the Universe who works in silence and whom
naught but silence can express.
Dadouchos
comes forward round south pillar, stands before Neophyte and makes
three forward swings of censer, saying:
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In the name of the Lord of the Universe, who works in silence and
whom naught but silence can express, I consecrate thee with fire.
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returns by way he came.
Stolistes
comes round north pillar, stands before Neophyte, makes cross on
forehead, sprinkles thrice, saying:
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In the name of the Lord of the Universe, who works in silence and
whom naught but silence can express, I purify thee with water.
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returns to place as he came.
Hierophant
The
0=0
grade of Neophyte is a preparation for other grades, a threshold
before our discipline, and it shows by its imagery, the light of the
hidden knowledge dawning in the darkness of creation; and you are now
to begin to analyse and comprehend the nature of that light. To this
end, you stand between the pillars, in the gateway where the secrets
of the
0=0
grade were communicated to you.
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Prepare to enter the immeasurable region.
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And Tetragrammaton Elohim planted a garden eastward in
Eden, and out of the ground made Tetragrammaton Elohim to grow
every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree
of life also, in the midst of the garden, and the Tree of Knowledge of
Good and of Evil. This is the tree that has two paths, and it is the
tenth Sephirah Malkuth, and it has about it seven columns, and the
four splendours whirl around it as in the vision of the Merkabah1
of Ezekiel; and from Gedulah it derives an influx of mercy, and from
Geburah an influx of severity, and the tree of the knowledge of
good and of evil shall it be until it is united with the supernals in
Daath.
Footnotes
- John Michael Greer: The vision of the divine chariot in Ezekiel 1:4-28, one of the principal subjects of Jewish mystical speculation.
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But the good which is under it is called the archangel Metatron,
and the evil is called the archangel Samael, and between them lies the
straight and narrow way where the archangel Sandalphon keeps watch. The
souls and the angels are above its branches, and the Qlippoth or demons
dwell under its roots. Let the Neophyte enter the pathway of evil.
Keryx
takes his place in front of Neophyte, leads him in a northeast
direction towards the Hiereus, halts, and steps out of the direct line
between Hiereus and Neophyte.
Hiereus
Whence comest thou?
Keryx
I come from between the two pillars, and I seek the light of the
hidden knowledge in the name of Adonai.
Hiereus
And the great angel Samael answered, and said: “I am the prince
of darkness and of night. The foolish and rebellious gaze upon the
face of the created world, and find therein nothing but terror and
obscurity. It is to them the terror of darkness and they are as
drunken men stumbling in the darkness. Return, for thou canst not
pass by.”
Keryx
leads Neophyte back as he came, to between the pillars.
Hierophant
Let the Neophyte enter the pathway of good.
Keryx
leads Neophyte southeast and halts opposite Hegemon, stepping
aside from before Neophyte.
Hegemon
Whence comest thou?
Keryx
I come from between the pillars, and I seek the light of the hidden
knowledge in the name of Adonai.
Hegemon
The great angel Metatron answered, and said: “I am the angel of the
presence divine. The wise gaze upon the created world and behold there
the dazzling image of the Creator. Not yet can thine eyes bear that dazzling
image. Return, for thou canst not pass by.”
Keryx
turns and leads Neophyte back between the pillars.
Hierophant
Let the Neophyte enter the straight and narrow pathway which
turns neither to the right hand nor to the left hand.
Keryx
leads Neophyte directly up centre of hall until he is near the altar,
halts, and steps aside from before Neophyte, leaving him to face altar
unobstructed.
HiereusHegemon
(Together): Whence comest thou?
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Cross sceptre and sword before altar.
Keryx
I come from between the pillars, and I seek the light of the hidden
knowledge in the name of Adonai.
Hierophant
advances to east of altar with sceptre, which hethrusts between sword of Hiereus and sceptre of Hegemon, and raising
it to an angle of 45 degrees says:
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But the great angel Sandalphon 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 left hand Kerub of the Ark and the
feminine power, as Metatron is the right hand Kerub and the masculine
power, and I prepare the way to the celestial light.”
Hegemon
steps back to south of altar.
Hiereus
steps back to north of altar.
Hierophant
takes Neophyte by right hand with his left, and pointing to the
altar and diagram says:
(TODO: flaming sword diagram)
Hierophant
And Tetragrammaton placed Kerubim at the east of the garden of
Eden and a flaming sword which turned every way to keep the path of the
Tree of Life, for He has created nature that man being cast out of Eden
may not fall into the void. He has bound man with the stars as with a
chain. He allures him with scattered fragments of the divine body in bird
and beast and flower, and He laments over him in the wind and in the sea
and in the birds. When the times are ended, He will call the Kerubim from
the east of the garden, and all shall be consumed and become infinite and
holy.
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Receive now the secrets of this grade. The step is thus given — 6 by 6
— showing you have passed the threshold. The sign is given by raising the
right hand to an angle of 45 degrees. It is the position in which the
Hierophant interposed for you between the Hiereus and the Hegemon. The
token is given by grasping fingers, the thumb touching thumb to form a
triangle. It refers to the ten Sephiroth. The word is Adonai ha-Aretz,
and means Adonai, the Lord of the Earth, to which element this grade is
allotted. The mystic number is 55, and from it is formed the password
Nun He. It means “ornament,” and when given is lettered separately.
The badge of this grade is the sash of the Neophyte with the narrow white
border, a red cross withinthe triangle, and the number 1 within a circle
and 10 within a square, one on each side of the triangle.
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invests Neophyte with the sash, and points out the three portals, saying:
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The three portals facing you in the east, are the gates of the Paths
leading to the three further grades, which with the Zelator and the
Neophyte forms the first and lowest order of our fraternity.
Furthermore, they represent the Paths which connect the tenth Sephirah
Malkuth with the other Sephiroth. The letters "ת" (Tau), "ק" (Qoph), and
"ש" (Shin) make the word קשת (Qesheth) — a bow, the reflection of the
rainbow of promise stretched over our earth, and which is about the
throne of God.
Hegemon
points out the flaming sword on the altar diagram, saying:
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This drawing of the flaming sword of the Kerubim is a representation
of the guardians of the gates of Eden, just as the Hiereus and Hegemon
symbolise the two paths of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and of Evil.
Hiereus
In this grade, the red cross is placed within the white triangle
upon the altar, and it 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.
Hierophant
points out the tablet of the north, saying:
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This grade is especially referred to the element of earth, and
therefore one of its principal emblems is the great watchtower 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 mystic 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 of God, EMOR DIAL HECTEGA1, which are borne upon the Banner of the North, and there are also numberless
names of angels, archangels, and spirits ruling the element of earth.
Footnotes
- John Michael Greer: Properly spelled HCTGA; see Part One of the Book of the Concourse of the Forces.
Keryx
comes forward and hands Fylfot Cross to Hierophant.
Hierophant
The hermetic cross, which is also called Fylfot, hammer of Thor, and
swastika, is formed of seventeen squares out of a square of twenty-five
lesser squares. These seventeen represent the sun, the four elements, and
the twelve signs of the zodiac. In this grade, the lights on the pillars are
unshaded, showing that you have quitted the darkness of the outer world.
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You will leave the temple for a short time.
Keryx
takes Neophyte out.
The temple is arranged as in the diagram above.
Hierophant
Frater Kerux, when the Neophyte gives the proper alarm, you will
admit him. Fratres Stolistes and Dadouchos, assist the Kerux in the
reception.
Keryx
goes out and instructs Neophyte in the knocks.
Dadouchos
take up positions so as to face Neophyte as he enters hall.
Keryx
opens door and admits Neophyte, but does not stand in front of him.
Hierophant
Frater (Candidate's Motto), as in the grade of Neophyte, you came out of the world to the
gateway of hidden knowledge, so in this grade you pass through the
gateway and come into the holy place1.
Footnotes
- John Michael Greer: The description that follows is based on the description of the Hebrew tabernacle in Exodus 26 and 27. The "holy place" is the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle, where the ark of the covenant was kept.
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You are now in the court of the Tabernacle, where stood the Altar
of Burnt Offering, whereon was offered the sacrifices of animals,
which symbolised the Qlippoth or evil demons who inhabit the plane
contiguous to and below the material universe.
Dadouchos
makes cross in air with censer and censes Neophyte in silence with
three forward swings.
Hierophant
Between the altar and the entrance into the holy place stood the
laver of brass wherein the priests washed before entering the
Tabernacle. It was the symbol of the waters of creation.
Stolistes
makes cross with water on Neophyte’s forehead and sprinkles thrice
in silence.
Hierophant
Having made offering at the altar of burnt sacrifice, and having been
cleansed at the laver of brass, the priest then entered the holy place.
Keryx
takes Neophyte behind pillars to north.
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removes the chair.
StolistesDadouchos
return to their places.
Hiereus
takes his stand between the pillars (Kerux having removed the chair)
facing Neophyte. He guards the path with his sword and says:
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Thou canst not pass the gateway which is between the pillars,
unless thou canst give the signs and words of a Neophyte.
🤠
Candidate
gives them
Keryx
instructs Neophyte to advance to a position between the pillars.
🤠
Candidate
advances to a position between the pillars.
Hiereus
returns to his place.
Hegemon
comes forward, stands east of pillars facing Neophyte, and bars the
way into the temple with sceptre, saying:
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Thou canst not enter the holy place, unless thou canst give the sign
and grip of a Zelator.
🤠
Candidate
gives them.
Keryx
hands Neophyte over to charge of Hegemon and resumes his seat.
Hegemon
leads Neophyte to north, and says:
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To the northern side of the holy place stood the table of shewbread.
The drawing before you represents its occult meaning. On it twelve loaves
were laid as emblems of the bread of life, and it is an image of the mystery
of the rose of creation. The twelve circles are the twelve signs of thezodiac,
while the lamp in the centre is symbolic of the sun, which is the
source of heat and life. The four triangles whose twelve angles each touch
one of the twelve 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 twelve circles alludes to the three decanates, or phases of ten
degrees of each sign. On one side of each triangle is the permutation of the
divine name Yod Heh Vau Heh, which is referred to that particular sign,
while in the opposite side of it is the name of one of the twelve tribes
which is also attributed to it.
Table of Shewbread diagram
Hegemon
Now the twenty-two sounds and letters of the Hebrew alphabet are
the foundations of all things. Three mothers, seven doubles, and twelve
simples. The twelve simple letters are allotted to the twelve directions in
space, and those diverge to infinity, and are in the arms of the Eternal.
These twelve letters He designed and combined, and formed with them the
twelve celestial constellations of the zodiac. They are over the universe as a
king upon his throne, and they are in the revolution of the year as a king
traversing his dominions, and they are in the heart of man as a king in
warfare.
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And the twelve loaves are the images of those ideas, and are the outer
petals of the rose; while within are the four archangels ruling over the four
quarters, and the Kerubic emblems of the lion, man, bull, and eagle.
Around the great central lamp, which is an image of the sun, is the great
mother of heaven, symbolised by the letter Heh, the first of the simple
letters, and by its number five, the pentagram, Malkah the bride, ruling in
her kingdom Malkuth, crowned with a crown of twelve stars.
These twelve circles further represent the twelve foundations of the holy
city of the Apocalypse, while in Christian symbolism the sun and the twelve
signs are referred to Christ and His twelve apostles.
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leads Neophyte to Hiereus and then returns to his place and is seated.
Hiereus
leads Neophyte to the south, and says:
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On the southern side of the holy place stood the seven-branched
candlestick, wherein was burned pure olive oil. It is an image
of the mystery of the Elohim, the seven creative ideas. The
symbolic 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—which answer to the seven Apocalyptic churches which are in
Asia or Assiah1
— as these again allude to the seven lamps before
the throne on another plane.
Footnotes
- John Michael Greer: The seven churches in Asia named in the second and third chapters of the Book of Revelation, a staple of Christian Qabalah and esoteric Christianity generally.
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Within each circle is a triangle to represent the threefold creative
idea operating in all things. On the right hand side of each is the Hebrew
name of the angel who governs the planet; on the left side is the Hebrew
name of the sphere of the planet itself; while the Hebrew letter beneath the
base is one of the duplicated letters of the Hebrew alphabet which refer to
the seven planets.
Seven-Branched Candlestick diagram
Hiereus
The seven double letters of the Hebrew alphabet have each two sounds
associated with them, one hard and one soft. They are called “double”
because each letter represents a contrary or permutation, thus:
life and death; peace and war; wisdom and folly; riches and poverty;
grade and indignity; fertility and solitude; power and servitude.
These seven letters point out seven localities: zenith, nadir,
east, west, north, south, and the place of holiness in the midst
sustaining all things. The archetypal Creator designed, produced,
combined, and formed with them the planets of the universe, the days
of the week, and in man, the gates of the soul. He has loved and
blessed the number seven more than all things under His throne. The
powers of these seven letters are also shown forth in the seven
palaces of Assiah and the seven stars of that vision are the seven
archangels who rule them.
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leads Neophyte to west of altar, returns to his place, and is seated.
Hierophant
comes to east of altar, takes censer from altar, and holding it
with chain short, makes cross and three forward swings, replaces it,
and says:
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Before the veil of the Holy of Holies stood the altar of incense, of
which this altar is an image. It was of the form of a double cube, thus
representing material form as a reflection and duplication of that which is
spiritual. The sides of the altar, together with the top and bottom, consist
of ten squares, thus symbolising the ten Sephiroth of which the basal one
is Malkuth, the realisation 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 God.
The Altar of Incense was overlaid with gold to represent the highest degree of purity, but the altar before you is black to represent the terrestrial earth. Learn, then, to separate the pure from the impure, and refine the gold of the spirit from the black dragon, the corruptible body. Upon the cubical altar were fire, water, and 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 a balance between these contraries in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them. In this is a great mystery, very admirable and recondite. The fire produced the heavens, 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, and in man, they are imaged in the head, the chest, and the trunk.
The Altar of Incense was overlaid with gold to represent the highest degree of purity, but the altar before you is black to represent the terrestrial earth. Learn, then, to separate the pure from the impure, and refine the gold of the spirit from the black dragon, the corruptible body. Upon the cubical altar were fire, water, and 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 a balance between these contraries in equilibrium, reconciling and mediating between them. In this is a great mystery, very admirable and recondite. The fire produced the heavens, 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, and in man, they are imaged in the head, the chest, and the trunk.
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I now confer upon you the mystic title of Periclinus de Faustis1, which signifies that on this earth you are in a wilderness, far
from the garden of the happy.
Footnotes
- John Michael Greer: Latin for "fallen away from the happy". The meanings of the mystic titles of later grades are given in the text of the rituals.
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And I give you the symbol of Aretz which is the Hebrew name for earth,
to which the
1=10
grade of Zelator is referred. The word Zelator is derived from the
ancient Egyptian Zaruator, signifying “Searcher of Athor,” goddess
of nature; but others assign to it the meaning of the zealous student
whose first duty was to blow the athanor of fire which heated the
crucible of the alchemist.
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resumes seat on dais.
Keryx
xleads new Zelator to seat in northwest.
Hierophant
Frater Kerux, you have my command to declare that our frater has
been duly admitted to the
1=10
grade of Zelator.
Keryx
comes to northwest of Hierophant, faces west, raises wand and says:
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In the Name of Adonai Melekh, and by command of the very
honoured Hierophant, hear ye all that I proclaim that Frater
(Candidate's Motto)
has been duly admitted to the
1=10
grade of Zelator, and that he has obtained the mystic title of
Periclinus (masc.) / Pericline (fem.) de Faustis and the
symbol of Aretz.
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returns to his place by east, saluting, and by south and west.
Hierophant
In the Zelator grade, the symbolism of the tenth Sephirah Malkuth
is especially shown, as well as the tenth Path of the Sepher Yetzirah.
Among other mystic titles, Malkuth is called Shaar, the Gate, which by
metathesis becomes Ashur, meaning the number ten. Also in Chaldee it is
called Thraa, the Gate, which has the same number as the great name
Adonai, written in full: Aleph, Daleth, Nun, Yod, which both equal 671 in
total numeration. It is also called “the gate of death,” “the gate of tears,”
“the gate of justice,” “the gate of prayer,” and “the gate of the daughter of
the mighty ones.” It is also called “the gate of the garden of Eden” and the
inferior mother, and in Christian symbolism, it is connected with the three
holy women at the foot of the Cross. The tenth Path of the Sepher Yetsirah
which answereth to Malkuth is called “the resplendent intelligence,”
because it exalts above every head and sitteth upon the throne of Binah. It
illuminateth the splendour of all the lights (the zohar me-ouroth), and
causeth the current of the divine influx to descend from the prince of
countenances, the great archangel Metatron.
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Frater
(Candidate's Motto), before you can be eligible for advancement to the next grade of
2=9
you will be required to pass an examination in certain subjects. A
manuscript on these will be supplied to you. When you are well
satisfied that you are well informed on these, notify the officer in
charge.
Hierophant
Fratres and sorores, assist me to close this temple in the
1=10
grade of Zelator.
All
Rise
Hierophant
Frater Kerux, see that the temple is properly guarded.
Keryx
✊ on inner side of door.
Sentinel
✊
Keryx
Very honoured Hierophant, the temple is properly guarded.
Hierophant
Let us adore the Lord and King of Earth.
All
Face east.
Hierophant
Adonai ha-Aretz, Adonal Melekh, blessed be Thy name unto the countless
ages. Amen.
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gives
1=10
sign.
All-except-hierophant
Give sign and face as usual.
Hierophant
leaves his throne and passes to the north, standing before the
tablet of the north.
Hiereus
stands to right of Hierophant.
Hegemon
stands to left of Hierophant.
Keryx
stands behind Hierophant.
Stolistes
stands behind Hiereus.
Dadouchos
stands behind Hegemon.
Hierophant
Let us rehearse the prayer of the earth spirits:
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“O invisible king, who, taking the earth for foundation, 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, king 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 lodestone which passes
through the centre of the earth—O Lord, O Lord, O Lord! Have pity upon
those who suffer. Expand our hearts, unbind and upraise our minds, enlarge
our natures.
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“O stability and motion! O darkness veiled in brilliance! O day clothed in
night! O master who never dost withhold the wages of Thy workmen! O
silver whiteness—O golden splendour! O crown of living and harmonious
diamond! Thou who wearest the heavens on Thy finger like a ring of
sapphire! Thou who hidest beneath the earth in the kingdom of 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.”
Depart ye in peace unto your abodes. May the blessing of Adonai be upon
you.
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makes Banishing Pentagram of Earth.
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Be there peace between us and you, and be ye ready to come when ye are
called.
All
return to their places and face as usual.
Hierophant
In the Name of Adonai Melekh, I declare this temple closed in the
grade of Zelator.
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✊✊✊✊ | ✊✊✊ | ✊✊✊
Hiereus
✊✊✊✊ | ✊✊✊ | ✊✊✊
Hegemon
✊✊✊✊ | ✊✊✊ | ✊✊✊
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leads out the candidate.