Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

152 SELF-INITIATION INTO THE GoLDEN DAWN TRAOmON
Tiphareth to this Realm, here we will employ only the Sephiroth of Chokmah and
Binah to describe the World of Briah. The Secret Name of the Second World is Seg.
YETZIRAH (M'~~~) is the third World or World of Formation. It is the
abode of various orders of Angels. The third letter of Tetragrammaton, Vav, is
assigned here, making Yetzirah the realm of Primordial Air. This world is approximate
to the astral plane because the etheric framework behind the physical universe
is found here. Some schools of thought assign only Netzach, Hod, and Yesod
to this world, but here we will subscribe to the theory that places seven of the
spheres from Chesed to Yesod in the Yetziratic World. The Secret Name of this
Realm is Mah, which relates to the words"anything" or "something."
ASSIAH (M~tu~) is the fourth and final World, the World of Action, consisting
only of Malkuth." The final letter, Heh, of Tetragrammaton is ascribed to
Assiah, which is also the World of Primordial Earth. In Assiah the four Elements
which make up the physical universe exist both in sensation and in the hidden
properties of matter. This is the corporeal World where tangible activity can take
place. Itis the realm of matter and of humanity, yet it is also the world of "shells,"
made up of the denser Elements of the preceding three worlds. In addition, Assiah
is the abode of evil demons, known to the Qabalists as the Qlippoth. The Secret
Name of Assiah is Ben, which means "Son."
The Ten Heavens or Houses ofAssiah
The Active and Material World of Assiah, the fourth and most manifest of the Qabalistic
Worlds, has assigned to it the names of the heavenly spheres, which include the
seven Planets of the ancients. These "Heavens" are physical manifestations attributed
to each Sephirah. Some authors have termed these heavenly spheres "the ten
mundane Chakras," likening these centers of manifestation to centers of energy that
exist within the human body in Eastern mystical traditions. The Ten Heavens imply
that each of the ten Sephiroth has some resemblance to the Divine Essence behind
certain Planets or astronomical forces.
39 The name"Asia" has associations with this World.