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

VOLUME SEVEN
Hierophant.
I asked to be taken from the darkness and holy hands led me in the covert of holy
wings. I asked to be brought into the light, and the loving wings were closed about the face
of me, lest I should see God and die. I asked to kneel at the steps of the Throne of God and
they set me in the Holy Place, even by the Tabernacle. 0 God, how wonderfully is Thy
work declared in the heart of man: I will walk in Thy ways forever. (A pause.)
Hierophant.
Let the Novice be led from the darkness and through the darkness toward the Light by
a symbolical advancement on the faith of his intention. Let the outward symbol of the inward
light go before him, like the destiny of attainment before those who are born for the light.
(The Dadouchos passes by West to North, and when he has paused on the right of
the Stolistes, the Kerux takes his place in front of the Hegemon and Novice and goes before
the procession. The Stolistes and Dadouchos occupy the third line. The procession moves
slowly, with great reverence and in the utmost silence, except at the stated points of the
liturgy. The Hierophant knocks once as it passes the East. The Kerux halts in the South, the
Stolistes and Dadouchos divide, passing one on each side of the Hegemon and Novice, till
they are in front of the Kerux. All turn and the Kerux bars the way with his Wand. The
Cipher MSS. from which this Ritual depends indicate only one circumambulation of the
Temple at this point; it has been customary to triple it in practice. The first circumambulation
was in silence, except for one battery of the Hiereus; at the second the Hierophant knocked
once, the consecration took place in the South, and the Novice was taken to the Hiereus;
the third completed the procedure at the North and East as above. The innovation has no
authority, but is justified by convenience in a small Temple.)
Kerux.
The thoughts of the natural mind are unpurified and unconsecrated; their place is
not found by the Throne of the West. (The Stolistes cross-marks the Novice on the forehead
and sprinkles three times.)
Stolistes.
In the Name of the Fountain of Living Water which cleanses the thought of man, I
purify you with Water. (The Dadouchos makes a Cross with Thurible and censes three
times.)
Dadouchos.
In the Name of the Divine Desire which transmutes the thought of man, I consecrate
you with fire. (The Stolistes and Dadouchos fall back to their places in the rear.)
Hegemon.
Son of the night and time, twice washed with holy water and purged by consecrated
fire, your way is free in the West.
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