Golden Dawn Portal Temple, part 1: floor plan
The first part of the Portal grade, with the letters of the five paths from the Portal across the East of the floor. The Chief Adept stands behind the veil with the brazier and the white altar, the Third and Second Adepts in the North-East and South-East, and the cross of four triangles lies on the altar; the Tablet of Union stands beyond the East wall.
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In the hall
| Third Adept | in the North-East |
|---|---|
| Second Adept | in the South-East |
| Hegemon | East of the altar |
| Hiereus | in the West |
| Chief Adept | on the dais |
| On the altar | cross (in the centre) |
| White altar | on the dais |
| Mem (מ) | in the North-East |
| Ayin (ע) | in the North-East |
| Samekh (ס) | in the East |
| Nun (נ) | in the South-East |
| Kaph (כ) | in the South-East |
| Cup | in the North-East |
| Banner of the East | in the North-East |
| Air tablet | in the East |
| Censer | in the South-East |
| Rose | in the centre |
| Earth tablet | by the North wall |
| Fire tablet | by the South wall |
| Salt | in the West |
| Banner of the West | in the North-West |
| Water tablet | by the West wall |
| Tablet of Union | beyond the East wall |
| Gong | beyond the East wall |
| Brazier | on the dais |
| White lamp | on the dais |
| Censer | on the dais |
| Black pillar | on the dais |
| White pillar | on the dais |
| Veil | on the dais |
East is at the top of the plan and North on the left; stations are where the drawing places each one.
Sources
In the 1938 edition each part of the Portal is headed by the other part's diagram; this hall follows the diagram its own rubric describes.
- Regardie 1938, vol. 2, p.175 (archive.org leaf n168) (its diagram, which the book heads part 2)
- Regardie 1938, vol. 2, p.156 (archive.org leaf n149) (the rubric of part 1, pp.156–157)
The layout is taken from these sources and drawn with our own art; no text or image from them is reproduced.
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