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

VOLUME FOUR
Hold the Wand by the White portion for all Divine or Spiritual matters, or for Sephirotic
influences, and for all the processes of Rising on the Planes.
Hold the wand by the black part only for material and mundane affairs.
The ten upper and inner petals refer to the purity of the ten Sephiroth. The middle 8 refer
to the counter-charged natural and spiritual forces of fire and air. The lowest and outer 8 refer to
the powers of earth and water. The central amber portion refers to the Spiritual Sun. The outer
calyx of four orange petals shows the action of the Sun upon the elements perfecting the life of
things by differentiation.
THE WAND SHOULD NEVER BE USED INVERTED
The Lotus Flower is not to be touched in working. In Sephirotic and Spiritual things
however the flower is to be inclined towards the forehead. To rise in the planes the orange
coloured centre is to be fully directed to the forehead.
CONSECRATION OF A LOTUS WAND
First provide:
1. A private room
2. A white triangle
3. A red cross of six squares
4. Incense and a rose
5. Lamp, or a vessel of Fire
6. Water in a vase
7. Salt on a platter
8. Astrologic figure of the heavens for the time of consecration.
9. Ritual of the Pentagram
10. The new Wand
11. White linen or silk wrapper
12. A table for an altar with
13. Black cover and drapery.
Second, find the position of the East.
Third, prepare an invocation of the forces of the Sign of the Zodiac.
Fourth, place the Altar in the middle of the room, cover and drape it with a black cloth.
Fifth, arrange upon it the Cross and Triangle, the Water at the base of the triangle, the
Incense and Rose in the East above the Cross, the Lamp at the South.
Sixth, illumine the Lamp.
Seventh, stand holding the Wand at the West of the Altar facing the East.
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