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

VOLUME THREE
functioning chakras - thought, colour and sound. We must concentrate upon these
Sephiroth in the aura one by one and at the same time vibrate the divine names appropriate
thereto. Each center is to be imagined as having a specific colour and shape. The
combination of these three agencies gradually stirs the Sephirotic centers into vigorous
activity. Slowly they become stimulated into functioning each according to its own nature,
pouring forth a stream of spiritual energy into the body-mind system. With sufficient
practice, this process can be performed anywhere at any time without anyone suspecting
that this exercise is being performed. Merely turning the attention to a specific center will
be enough to throw it into some kind of activity producing at the very least a sense of
tingling there which ultimately spreads all over.
First of all, the position of the centers as shown in the Portal diagram must be
memorized. The student who has studied the Knowledge Lectures on the Qabalah should
have no problem with this by now. The meditation, for such we may call it, may be
performed while sitting up or lying down flat on the back in a perfectly relaxed state. The
hands may be permitted to lie folded in the lap with fingers interlaced or to rest comfortably
by one's side. Calmness of mind should be induced, and some minutes devoted to the
rhythmic breathing to bring about the sense of rippling playing around the solar plexus.
Then turn the attention to Kether, somewhat above the crown of the head. Try to
imagine it as a ball or sphere of brilliant white light - do this easily without straining or
forcing. If the mind wanders at first, as it usually does unless you have learned by now to
concentrate well, wait a moment or two and gently lead it back to the task at hand. At the
same time, vibrate or hum the divine name EHEIEH, pronouncing it as Eh-huh-yay. After a
few days of persistent practice, to vibrate the name in the center will be found quite easy.
Kether and its divine name is the seat of the overshadowing divinity, the Yechidah, the
higher and divine Genius we can all draw upon.
The effect of this concentration and vibration is to awaken the center into dynamic
activity; it begins to vibrate and rotate above the crown of the head when light and energy
begin to pour down on the lower Sephiroth. Even the finger tips and the toes react to this
awakening by the sensations of a faint prickling which later develops into a mighty
throbbing of power. The name should be vibrated audibly for some considerable time until
skill has been acquired. A humming sound will do while one has the mental image of the
name desired. When enough skill has been acquired through practice, the name may be
hummed silently in any particular center desired. Again, if the mind tends to wander, the
frequent repetition of the vibration or hum will do much to facilitate the task of
concentration.
Keep the mind here for some five minutes or so, by which time it should be seen to
glow and scintillate. Then imagine that from this center emanates a shaft of white light
moving downwards into the Daath center in the neck. Here it expands to form another
sphere of white light, about the size of a small saucer. If the larynx is felt to be the center
of this Sephirah, Daath, then the distance from it to the cervical vertebrae at the back of the
neck
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