Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

TheZelator Grade
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• Take note of any Planets that are located in Earth signs in
your own Zodiacal chart. Write a brief report on how you
think you are affected by them.
• Make numerous copies of a blank Zodiacal wheel. Within
each division of the wheel, fill in all pertinent information
regarding the Zodiacal Sign that rules that division (the
name of the house, the Sign, triplicity, quality, key phrase,
key activity, the ruling Planet, etc.) Do this several times
until the information becomes second nature to you.
• Make several more copies of the blank Zodiacal wheel.
Within each division of the wheel, fill in all pertinent information
regarding the houses (the name of the house, the natural
Sign of the house, the natural ruler of the house, its quality,
keyword, etc.) Do this several times until the information is
thoroughly absorbed.
• Take regular excursions to a location that permits you to look
out from a high position over the landscape. Observe how this
perspective shifts your awareness from a limited to a wide per
spective, enabling you see the expanded wholeness of your
world and your environment.
• Ifpossible take regular excursions to wilderness areas or
parks and observe the natural world around you. Strive to
become more aware of the Earth's ecology and your own
role within it. Adopt recycling as an active way to curb pollution
of the Earth.
• Take an excursion to any caverns that may be near your area.
• Ifpossible, journey to a gemstone mine where you will be
able to dig your own gemstones.
• Collect a number of various gemstones that correspond to
the Planets. Use them as points of focus for daily meditations-one
stone for each day of the week, employing the
specific Planet that rules the day.
• Collect a handful of gemstones for your own personal talismans,
based upon your birth Sign, Elemental affiliation, etc.
• Obtain a crystal growing kit and follow the instructions for
creating crystals. Use this as talisman for focus while in the
Zelator grade.
• Regularly perform the Rite of Elemental Equilibration given in
Chapter One.