Israel Regardie - The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.pdf

THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN SYSTEM OF MAGIC
There is very little that actually can be said about this additional tabulation which
will be of any immediate practical value to the Z.A.M. If the whole scheme of the
Enochian Tablets is studied in all its innumerable ramifications and an earnest endeavour
made to correlate the information given here to those Tablets, then the student will
discover for himself many facts of tremenydous importance and significance. Unless one is
well-versed in this subject, any of thee-rTfatters described at greater length could appear
as trivial.
But this much may be said. By studying the classical attributions of the Egyptian Gods
to the squares, and by taking the Gods which are allocated to the several squares to which
the Names of any of the above mentioned Governing Princes are attributed, it is possible to
construct an invocation composed of the formulae of these Gods. It will comprise a species
of continuous invocation of the forces of the Atziluthic world.
For example, one of the Sigils of these Princes may pass through several letters, to
which squares are attributed the Goddess Isis, Nephthys, Osiris two times, Kabexnuv and
Horus two times, and Hathor. An invocation of these mighty forces, vibrating their names in
their Coptic attributions will serve as a most potent conjuration of the Angel whose Sigil is
thus being traced.
Again, the transliteration of the letters of these Names into Hebrew makes it possible
to give the correct colours from the Rose to the depicted Sigils. It will also result, by the
application of conventional Order methods, in the formation likewise of Telesmatic figures
of great beauty and power. All of this must be worked out personally by the Z.A.M. who
finds himself interested in this system. He will be amply repaid by any expenditure of time
and energy in this direction.
The Thirty Aethyrs themselves represent a scheme considerably different from what
we have been able to conceptualize through the Qabalah and its major glyph of the Ten
Sephiroth. It is a more primitive scheme and, bluntly, it requires a good deal of
manipulation to make attributions to the Tree.
The method of application of these Keys of the Thirty Aethyrs, together with the
names of their Governing Princes is extremely simple, and in part has already been shown
in Ritual "T."
Let the Z.A.M. prepare the Temple as in all his ceremonies of consecration and
proper working. That is, wearing his Rose-Cross lamen, with Sword and Lotus Wand at
hand, implements on the altar, let him thoroughly banish all forces from his chamber, purify
with water, consecrate with fire - or use the method of Opening by Watchtower.
Circumambulate, and adore the Lord of the Universe. Then let the invoking Lesser Ritual of
the Hexagram be performed, preceded by the Qabalistic Cross and followed by the
analysis of the Key-word I.N.R.I. Then let him to go to the West of the Altar, and facing
East, recite the words of the Call of the 30 Aethyrs inserting the name of whichever Aethyr
he proposes to deal with.
I feel I should mention, while on this topic, that Crowley discovered, when using
these Calls to cross the Abyss, that this Call which seemed a curse turns out to be - seen
from the "other side of the Abyss" - a glorious paean of praise and blessing.
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