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

THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN SYSTEM OF MAGIC
These two types of circulation establish the four Pillars very clearly and definitely, and
if persisted in for sometime, the sensation is unmistakable, practically physical. General
experience and perception indicates that this sphere of light and energy extends outwards to
a distance approximating the length of the oustretched arm. And it is within this light
sphere that the physical man exists rather like a kernel within a nut.
The final method of circulation may be likened to the action of a fountain - I call it
the fountain circulation. In much the same way as water is forced or sucked up through a
tube until it jets up above falling in a spray on all sides, so does the energy behave when
directed by the will and imagination in this type of circulation.
Throw the attention downwards to Malkuth, the Earth center, feeling it to be the
culmination of all the others, the receptacle of all the others, the terminal and storehouse of
the incoming vital force. You should then imagine that this power ascends or is attracted
upwards to Kether above the crown of the head. The energy, following the will, ascends
upwards and then sprays over from Kether, falling downwards on all sides towards
Malkuth where it is again concentrated and accumulated ready for another move upwards. It
will be found that breathing in will enable the energy to move upwards to Kether most
readily, whereas the exhalation seems naturally to accompany the spraying overhead and
falling downwards of the energy towards Malkuth.
This completes the formation of the axis of the Tree, the five Pillars described so
vividly in various of the Order papers. Keep this notion constantly in mind when working
these circulations. Once the five-columned Tree has been well formulated so that it can be
felt, then let the mind dwell on the idea of the sphere of light, the LVX, spiritual and healing
in quality, surrounding and inter-penetrating the entire body. You should feel an unmistakable
sense of calmness and vitality and poise, as though the mind were placid and still. The body, in
a lovely state of relaxation, should feel in every part that it is thoroughly charged and
permeated by the vibrant power of life.
It is at this stage of the exercise that the student should review some of the prayers
or invocations current in the Order procedures. For example, there is the Prayer of the H
ierophant in the Neophyte degree as he descends from the throne of the East towards the
candidate kneeling at the altar. "I come in the Power of the Light. I come in the Light of
Wisdom. I come in the Mercy of the Light. The Light hath healing in its Wings."
There is also the other prayer used by the Hierophant in the same ritual which again
may be used here in order to call down the divine light. " 0 Lord of the Universe, the Vast and
the Mighty One, Ruler over the Light and the Darkness, we adore thee and we invoke thee.
Look Thou with favor upon me, who now standeth before Thee and grant thine aid unto the
highest aspirations of my soul so that I may prove worthy of thy help to perform the Great
Work." The speech of the Chief Adept in the Vault during the 5-6 Ritual is also worthy of
being memorized so that it may be recited during this exercise:
I am the resurrection and the Life. Whosoever believeth in me though he were dead
yet shall he live, and whosoever Iiveth and believeth in me, the same shall never die. I am
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