I - First Knowledge Lecture
I. Elements
The Four Elements of the Ancients are duplicated conditions of:
Heat and Dryness Fire B
Heat and Moisture Air D
Cold and Dryness Earth E
Cold and Moisture Water C
II. Zodiac
a ARIES the Ram 21 March to 20 April
b TAURUS the Bull 21 April to 21 May
c GEMINI the Twins 22 May to 21June
d CANCER the Crab 22 June to 22 July
e LEO the Lion 23 July to 22 August
f VIRGO the Virgin 23 August to 23 September
g LIBRA the Scales 24 September to 23 October
h SCORPIO the Scorpion 24 October to 22 November
i SAGITTARIUS the Archer 23 November to 21 December
j CAPRICORN the Goat 22 December to 20 January
k AQUARIUS the Water-bearer 21 January to 19 February
l PISCES the Fishes 20 February to 20 March
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.
Thus to B Fire Belong:
Aries - a Leo - e Sagittarius - i
Thus to E Earth Belong:
Taurus - b Virgo - f Capricorn - j
Thus to D Air Belong:
Gemini - c Libra - g Aquarius - k
Thus to C Water Belong:
Cancer - d Scorpio - h Pisces - l
III. The Planets
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 :
Caput Draconis Head of the Dragon <
Cauda Draconis Tail of the Dragon >
In modern reckoning Neptune ) and Herschel (Uranus) ( have largely replaced
Caput and Cauda Draconis respectively.
The Old Planets are:
Saturn '
Jupiter &
Mars %
Sol !
Venus $
Mercury #
Luna (the Moon) ;
IV. The Hebrew Alphabet
Letter Name Power Final Value Meaning
Aleph A 1 Ox
a
Beth B,V 2 House
b
Gimel G,Gh 3 Camel
g
Daleth D,Dh 4 Door
d
He H 5 Window
h
Vau O,U,V 6 Pin or Hook
w
Zayin Z 7 Sword or Armor
z
Cheth Ch 8 Fence, Enclosure
j
Teth T 9 Snake
f
Yod I,Y 10 Hand
y
Kaph K,Kh 20,500 Fist
k ]
Lamed L 30 Ox Goad
l
Mem M 40,600 Water
m \
Nun N 50,700 Fish
n }
Samekh S 60 Prop
s
Ayin As,Ngh 70 Eye
u
Pe P,Ph 80,800 Mouth
p [
Tzaddi Tz 90,900 Fish-hook
x {
Qoph Q 100 Ear, back of head
q
Resh R 200 Head
r
Shin S,Sh 300 Tooth
c
Tau T,Th 400 Cross
t
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.
V. 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.
VI. 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. Inhale, 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 Immanence of the Divine Wisdom
throughout Nature, in all Her aspects.
VII. The Qabalistic Cross And Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram
[GM Note: These rituals are extremely simple, and easy to memorize. These are
the only rituals in Golden Aeon that I will expect players to know and be able to
perform without prompts or a sheet. The rationale for this is that they are
extremely common elements of rituals, and even normal activities and for the
sake of grace, I'd like to see them performed without prompts. I'm not too
concerned with perfection or quality, as long as it "looks good" - Thelemites note
that the traditional G.D. Qabalistic Cross does not include IAO]
Introduction to the Ritual
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-Initiation. It is, to all intents and purposes, a Ritual of Self-Initiation. 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.
The Qabalistic Cross And Lesser Ritual Of The Pentagram
1. Touching the forehead, say Ateh (Thou art)
2. Touching the breast, say Malkuth (The Kingdom)
4. Touching the right shoulder, say ve-Geburah. (And The Power)
5. Touching the left shoulder, say ve-Gedulah. (And the Glory)
6. Place the two palms of the hands together upon the breast, and say le-Olahm,
(Forever)
7. Fingers pointing up, say Amen.
8. 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.
9. Turning to the South, the same, but say Adonai
10. Turning to the West, the same, but say Eheieh
11. Turning to the North, the same, but say Agla
12. Return to the East, completing the Circle, extend the arms in the form of a
Cross,
and say:
13. Before me Raphael;
14. Behind me Gabriel;
15. On my right hand, Michael;
16. On my left hand, Auriel;
17. Before me flames the Pentagram,
18. And in the Column shines the Six-rayed Star.
19-24. Repeat 1 through 6, the Qabalistic Cross.
For Banishing use the same Ritual but reversing the direction of the lines of the
Pentagram.
Invoking Pentagram Banishing Pentagram
VIII. The Uses of the Pentagram Ritual
Opening and Closing any Magical 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. In 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 mind s eye dissolving on the further side of the
Circle of Flame which is formulated in the Pentagram Ritual.
IX. The Pillars
In 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." In 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." In 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 Ineffable 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. "I am Osiris" said the purified and justified man, his soul luminous and washed
from sin in the immortal and uncreated light, united to Osiris, and thereby justified, and the
son of God; 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. It 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 o fDay 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.
"I am TUM made One with all things.
"I have become NU. I am RA in his rising ruling by right of his power I am the Great God
self-begotten, even NU, who pronounced His Names, and thus the Circle of Gods was
created.
"I am Yesterday and know Tomorrow. I can never more be overcome. I know the secret of
Osiris, whose being is perpetually revered of RA. I have finished the work which was planned
at the Beginning. I am the spirit made manifest, and armed with two vast eagle's plumes.
Isis and Nephthys are their names, made One with Osiris.
"I claim my inheritance. My sisns have been uprooted and my passions overcome. I am
Pure White. I dwell in Time. I live through Eternity, when Initiates make offering to the
Everlasting Gods. I have passed along the Pathway. I 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 I am transformed into a God
in your midst. Made One with Osiris, I have filled the eye socket in the day of the morning
when Good and Evil fought together.
"I have lifted up the cloud-veil in the Sky of the Storm. Till I 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. I come before you, to drive away my faults. As ye did
to the Seven Glorious Ones who follow their Lord Osiris. I am that Spirit of Earth and Sun."
"Between the Two Pillars of Flame. I am RA when he fought beneath the Ashad Tree,
destroying the enemies of the Ancient of Days. I am the Dweller in the Egg. I am he who
turns in the disc. I shine forth from the horizon as the gold from the mine. I float through
the Pillars of SHU in the ether. Without a peer among the Gods. The Breath of my mouth is
as a flame. I 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. I am strong
upon Earth with the strength of RA. I 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. I brood as the
Divine Spirit. I move in the firmness of my Strength. I 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 Incense, 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 OSIRIS, has
entered his heritage.
"As TUM he has entered the Kingdom to completed union with the Invisible. Thy Bride, O
Osiris, is Isis, who mourned thee when she found thee slain. In Isis, 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. Initiates 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 Initiate 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:
"I have come from afar to look upon thy beauties. My hands salute Thy Name of Justice. I
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. I have entered the Place of
Mystery. I have communed with Set. Sleep came upon me, I was rapped therein, bowing
down before the hidden things. I was ushered into the House of Osiris. I 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 Initiated. 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 ANUBIS again interrogates him concerning the symbolism of the door of
the Hall, and his answers being found correct, ANUBIS 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 I am silent, because I 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 Initiate replies "Osiris!"
And it is immediately proclaimed: "The meat shall be from the Infinite, and thy drink from the
Infinite. 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 Infinite Light, in which the Soul is transfigured, knows all, and can do
all, for it is made One with the Eternal God.
KHABS AM PEKHT
KONX OM PAX
LIGHT IN EXTENSION!
Source: Principally Israel Regardie, and "The Equinox"
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