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

VOLUME SEVEN
to the Sanctuary alone. Before your reception can proceed, it is necessary for you to
take a solemn Obligation to maintain the Veils of the Order, and as in the world without
you are hound by the canons of morality and the code of society to keep the laws of both,
so you must be covenanted herein to keep the rule of the Temple and never to disclose
without that which you learn within. But it is just, on our part, to assure you, as I now do in
God's Name, that the pledge which we exact does in no wise derogate from the laws of man
but leads to their better fulfilment in the light of Divine law. Are you willing to take this
meet and salutary Obligation? (The Candidate is prompted by the Hegemon.)
Candidate.
I desire the light of the House, and I take its laws upon me. (The Hierophant, in
conformity with the symbolism, comes down from his Throne and goes to the East of the
Altar, saying:)
Hierophant.
It is written that I will visit the hearts of men, for my delight is in the way of
justice.
(He stands facing to the West. The Hiereus comes to the North side of the Altar and
the Hegemon to the South side. The three Officers thus form a triangle, and the Candidate,
who is close to the Altar on the western side, is joined therein at the middle point of the base.
The Members of all Grades rise and remain standing while the Obligation is taken.)
Hierophant.
Postulant in the Home of the Spirit, looking for grace to come, in the Name of the
Lord of Grace, Who is the Fountain of all our light, I bid you kneel down as a sign of
your humility and obedience. (The Candidate is assisted to kneel.) Give me your right
hand, which 1 impose on this holy sign of light shining in the darkness; place your left
hand in mine, as a pledge of the sacred and sincere intention which your heart brings into
this Order, that it may be married to the sincerity and holiness which abide in its own
heart. Bow your head, as one who has come out of the world looking for those gifts that do
not belong to the world. For the first and last time in the presence of this Assembly, recite
your earthly name and say after me:
Hierophant.
(Followed by Candidate) I, A.B., in the presence of the Eternal Father of Light,
Who recompenses those who seek Him out, in the presence of the Brethren who are
gathered here together in the grace of His Divine Name, do of my own will and in the
consciousness of my proper act and deed, submitted in conformity with the act and will of
God, most solemnly pledge the honour of my soul to keep inviolable the secrets of this
Temple and of the Mysteries which are worked within it. I will not speak of them in the
world without, when I go forth therein. I will not disclose the name of this Temple or Order,
or the name of any of its members. I will not reveal the knowledge communicated to me
therein. I will keep
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