Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

106 SELF-INITIATION INTO THE GoLDEN DAWN TRADmON
me bejudged aright! Grant that this humble aspirant before you be not
turned awayfromthatresplendent Light which resides in theEast. Award
meentrance into theCourtyard of theSanctuary! Permit me to make an
offering of atonement at theBrazen Altar! Grant thatI maywash away
all impurities in the Laver of Brass! Bestow upon me the right to offer
incense upon theGolden Altarbefore theVeil oftheHoly ofHolies! Letme
penetrate theThreshold in thePath oftheEnterer!
Thme speaks to you in your own mind.
Except Adonai build the house, their labor is but lost that build it.
Except Adonai keep the City, the Watchman waketh in vain. I am
the representative of your Higher and Holy Self. It is only through
my arbitration that thou canst even approach the Sacred Tent. In
this Hall I am thy tongue, thy heart and thy mind. Fear not, for I shall
guide thee through the temple of Malkuth.1 shall direct thee in the
courtyard before the Tabernacle in the Wilderness! Fear not, for I
shall speak for thee in this assembly of the gods before the powers
of Adonai and the current of the Light.
Imagine the goddess Thme communing in silence with the energies in the East.
She speaks on your behalf to the divine guardians of the Hall. You hear her voice
as she calls out the names of other godforms in the East of the temple: ESE,
NEBETHO, THOOUTH and another, HOOR OUER. You have a vague impression
of four figures in the East, seated before a veil. Thme continues to address the figures,
and the scene becomes hazy. It appears that the goddess stands not before
the seated figures in the East, but once again before the gigantic form of Thoth­
Djehoti-the ibis-headed god of Wisdom. Thme continues a silentdiscussion with
the god. After a few moments Thme turns toward you, salutes with the Signs
toward the West and says silently:
Thou mayest proceed, 0 aspirant; thou art MAAT.
Go the Northern side of the altar and make one loud knock with the sword of the
Hiereus. Say:
Letthe temple beconsecrated andpurified by Fire andby Water.
Thme takes you by the hand and leads you clockwise to the Southwest, where she
traces the figure of the cross and triangle with the miter-headed wand. As she does
so, you vibrate the name "THAUM-ESH-NEITH" (Thom-Aesch-Nay-eet) The fiery
form of Neith takes shape before you. She bears a red censer. Visualize the figure
strongly. The godform of Thaum-Esh-Neith traces in the air before you the figure of
a Fylfot Cross. She then hands you her censer. Picking up the censer in the Southwest,
you take on the office of Dadouchos that the goddesshas bestowed upon you
and advance to the center of the Hall from the South side of the white pillar.