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

THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN SYSTEM OF MAGIC
will be approximately the radius. Naturally, this distance will vary with every
person. A technique similar to the above for Kether should be pursued with this sphere,
which we name the Air center. It should be strongly and vividly imagined as a scintillating
sphere of white light, shining and glowing from within. The divine name pertaining to this
sphere is YHVH ELOHIM - pronounced as Yuh-hoh-voh Eh-loh-heem.
Let the vibratory or humming sound be made a number of times until it is clearly felt as
a definite sensory experience. There is absolutely no mistaking the sensation of its
awakening. About the same time should be spent formulating Daath or this Air center as
was devoted to the Kether center. When you feel ready to move from it, imagine that the
shaft of white light descends from the throat to the center of the chest, to the Tiphareth
center. Then feel that it expands behind the sternum or breast bone to form once more
another center, the so-called Fire center. Its traditional divine Name is YHVH ELOAH ve-
DAATH, pronounced as Yuh-hoh-voh Eh-loh ve-Dah-ahth. Some students have
complained that the above divine name is excessively long and difficult to pronounce. After a
long period of experimentation, I have substituted the gnostic name IAO, commonly used
in the Adeptus Minor Key word, for the Hebrew words. Both are attributed Qabalistically
to Tiphareth on the Tree, and so are equally valid. It is my experience that this Name is just
as effective as is the Hebrew divine Name, and in my own use of this meditation, it has
become a permanent part of the technique.
IAO should be pronounced as Eee (as in key) Ah-Oh, and again should be hummed
or intoned with vigor. In fact, it is far simpler to vibrate this name than almost any other, and
the vibration it produces is clear and strong.
When you have felt you've dwelt long enough on this center, continue sending the
shaft of light downwards until it reaches the pelvic area, the region of the generative
organs. Form here, in exactly the same way as before, a sphere of radiant light-energy of
approximately the same size, that of a saucer. Here also a name is to be pronounced so as to
produce the vibratory awakening of the center which is to be felt in every molecule and cell in
that area. SHADDAI EL CHAI is the divine name of Yesod, where this center is located, and
is to be pronounced as Shah-die Ale Chye (remember that the ch is gutteral.) Let the mind
get accustomed to concentrate upon this center for several minutes, visualizing it as of an
active white brilliance. And whenever the mind happens to wander from its task, bring it back
by repeatedly vibrating the name given above.
The final step in completing the Middle Pillar is to have the shaft of white light
descend from the pelvis to the feet. There it expands from a point just below each ankle to
form the fifth sphere in Malkuth. This for convenience sake is called the Earth center,
thus completing the regimen of the elements. Formulate here a brilliant white center of
approximately the same size as the others. As you know by now the divine name of
Malkuth is ADONAI ha-ARETZ, pronounced as Ah-doh-nye hah-Ah-retz. Fixed and
steady meditation on this area should induce the awakening of this center and the vibration
of the name should stimulate the sense of energy pouring through enormously.
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