Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

114 SELF-INlllATION IN10 THE GoWEN DAWN TRADITION
Keryx leads youback the wayyou came. The voice of the Hierophantis again heard:
Let the Neophyte enter the Pathway of Good.
The Keryx leads youin a Southeastern direction to the station of Hegemon. The figure
of the Hegemon rises in a majestic attitude like the crest of a mighty wave. No
longer do you recognize the familiar face of Throe. The officer has taken on the
appearance of a powerful and brilliant white being with horns of Light and velvet
hair and beard. His miter-headed wand comes down between the Keryx and yourself
like a wall of ice falling from a glacier.
Whence earnest thou? (He thunders.)
(Youanswer:) I comefrombetween thepillars, andI seek theLightofthe
Hidden Knowledge in theName ofAdonai.
(The figure replies:) The Great Angel Metatron answered, and said:
I am the Angel of the Presence Divine.The Wise gaze upon the
created world and behold there the dazzling image of the Creator.
Not yet can thine eyes bear that dazzling Image. Return for thou
canst not pass by.
Keryx takes you back the way you came. The Hierophant speaks:
Let the Neophyte enter the straight and narrow Pathway which
turns neither to the right hand nor to the left hand.
Keryx leads you straight up the center of the hall. When Anubis is near the altar
he stops and steps aside, leaving you to face the altar unobstructed. Stand upon
the cardboard diagram of the cross and triangle on the floor as if you are the cross
of the Elements which is to be evoked within the triangle of art.
The Hiereus and Hegemon as Samael and Metatron cross their weapons before
the altar to bar you.
Whence comest thou? (They demand.)
(You reply:) I come from between the pillars and I seek the Light of the
Hidden Knowledge in thename ofAdonai.
Visualize the Hierophant advancing toward you. No longer do you recognize the
face of Osiris. The officer has taken on the appearance of a very tall feminine
Archangel with horns upon her head. She is dressed in the four colors of Malkuth.
She approaches the altar and suddenly thrusts her scepter beneath the crossed implements
of the Hiereus and the Hegemon. With a powerful upward motion, she raises