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

VOLUME EIGHT
twine. It symbolizes the equilibriated Force of the Spirit and the Four Elements beneath the
everlasting Wings of the Holy One. Associate Adeptus Minor, what are the words inscribed upon
the door of the Vault, and how is it guarded?
Third:
Post Centum Viginti Annos Patebo. After one hundred and twenty years I shall open, and
the door is guarded by the Elemental Tablets and by the Kerubic Emblems.
Chief:
The 120 years refer symbolically to the 5 Grades of the First Order and to the revolution
of the Power of the Pentagram; also to the five preparatory examinations for this Grade. It is
written His days shall be 120 years. 120 divided by 5 yields 24, the number of hours in a day and
of the Thrones of the Elders in the Apocalypse. Further 120 equals the number of the Ten
Sephiroth multiplied by that of the Zodiac, whose Key is the working of the Spirit and the
Elements typified in the Wand which I bear.
(Chief knocks. All face the East. Chief Adept opens the Vault wide, enters, passes to the
Eastern end, where is the head of the Pastos of C. R. C., and then faces West. Second enters and
passes to the South. Third to the North. Other members remain standing as before. The three
Officers, each with a special Wand in his right hand and Crux Ansata in left, then stretch out
their Wands to form a pyramid above the Altar and also the Cruces below.)
Chief:
Let us analyze the Keyword. I.
Second:
N.
Third:
R.
All:
I.
Chief:
YOD.
Second:
NUN.
Third:
RESH.
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