Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

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SELF-INITIATION INTO 1HE GOLDEN DAWN TRADmON
The Elements
Fire
Water
Air
Earth
Ruby, Fire Opal
Aquamarine, Coral, Moonstone
Topaz, Opal
Moss Agate, Rock Salt, Onyx, Galena
Hebrew and Other Names Connected with Earth
Element Name: ARETZ or OPHIR(f'" or ,~Z,)
Outer DivineName: ADONAI HA-ARETZ (f'"M ~~'")
Cardinal Point: TZAPHON (North) (PZ~)
Archangel: URIEL &"~"")
Angel: PHORLAKH ('"~"Z)
Ruler: KERUB (~,,~)
Elementals: GNOMES
Kingof Gnomes: GHOB
A mythological
Image ofa Gnome
URIEL53 is the great winged Archangel of Elemental Earth, whose name means
"the Light of God." An additional title is Uriel Aretziel. Stationed in the North,
Uriel is visualized as rising up from the vegetation of the Earth holding stems of
ripened wheat and wearing robes of citrine, russet, olive and black.
SANDALPHON is the great feminine Archangel of the Planet Earth and the
sphere of Malkuth. She is extremely tall and dark complected and is usually visualized
in robes of the four colors of Malkuth.
EarthDeities
There are numerous deities associated with the Earth from different pantheons.
The student should be familiar with several Earth deities from various Western
traditions:
GEB (or SEB): The principle Earth god of the Egyptians and
the father of Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, and Set. The Earth itself
formed the body of Geb. He is usually depicted in the form of
a man who wears upon his head the white crown or the crown
of the North, to which is added the Atef crown. Geb is also
depicted as a goose, of the particular species called seb. He is
the god of the Earth's surface which gives rise to vegetation,
and he is important to the mythology of the Underworld as
well-having authority over the tombs of the dead. Geb figures
prominently in the first act of creation, when the Earth
god and the Sky goddess, Nut, were locked in a lovers'
embrace. Geb's father Shu, the Air god, interceded and lifted
53 Uriel is sometimes spelled as Auriel. Geb