Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

236 SELF-INITIATION INTO THE GoLDEN DAWN TRADmON
Stretch out your right hand, holding the Cubical Cross toward the heavens as if
giving the Zelator Sign and say: "lswear by theFirmament ofHeaven! LetthePowers of
Air witness my pledge!" Visualize Thme returning to her station in the South. Anubis
remains at your right side. Give one knock and say:
Osiris speaks:
Before meare thePortals ofthe31st, 32nd, and29thPaths leadingfrom the
grade ofZelator to thethree other grades which are beyond. The onlyPath
nowopen to me,however, is the32ndPath ofTau, which leads to the2 = 9
grade ofTheoricus, which l must traverse before claiming thatgrade.
Take in your right hand the Cubical Cross and in your left the Banner
of Light and follow your guide Anubis the Guardian, who leads
you from the Material to the Spiritual.
Visualize the officer/ godform of the Hierophant handing you the Banner of the
East. Take up the Banner of East in your left hand. Anubis as Keryx speaks to you:
Let us enter the Presence of the Lord of Truth. Arise and follow me.
Anubis with lantern and staff, turns to the right and leads you through the pillars,
and very slowly around the Hall. As he does so, visualize the following:
At this point, briefly imagine in your mind's eye that you are passing
through a Gate marked with the Hebrew letter Tau, leaving the
sphere of Malkuth behind and following your guide through a
blue-violet tunnel or passageway. You are leaving the solid, material
world behind as you begin to traverse the ethereal and sometimes
illusory Path that connects the Active World with the astral
plane. The Path is unfamiliar and unnerving, sometimes pressing
in-other times expanding out to the edges of the universe. It is
dark and full of shadows, but the powerful beam of light from the
lamp of Anubis is there to guide and support you.
In the echoing distance you hear Horus speak:
The Sphinx of Egypt spake and said: "I am the synthesis of the Elemental
Forces. I am also the symbol of Man. I am Life and I am
Death. I am the Child of the Night of Time."
Anubis leads you back around to the East to the station of the Hierophant. The figure
of the Hierophant rises like a powerful gust of wind. No longer do you recognize
the features of Osiris. The officer has taken on the appearance of a beautiful
goddess figure with mighty clashing wings, dressed in a royal tunic of yellow and