Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

The Theoricus Grade
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(Youanswer:) "TEFNUT, goddess oftheWaters, isThy Name. Thou art
TUM, the Sun in hissetting."
"Inwhat signs and symbols do ye come?" (He asks.)
I come in theLetterMEM, in the Banner of Light, and thesymbol ofthe
Twenty-two Letters. (Youreply holding up the banner and the cross.)
The Kerub stands back and traces the sigil of the Eagle's head (Scorpio) before you
with the lamp. Acool sea breeze streams over you as he does so. Visualize the sigil
at your heart center as your aura is filled momentarily with a blue Light. Take up
the cup at the station of the Hiereus and trace the sigil in the air before you.
The Kerub speaks once more:
In the sign of the Eagle, and in the Name of the Kerub NESHER,
Child of Water, thou art purified. Pass thou on.
Throe leads you once around the temple, through the dark Path of Tau. With each
Elemental purification, the movements and whisperings of the shadows lessen
until you are barely aware of them.
Horus speaks once more:
Oh Lord of the Universe-Thou art above all things and Thy Name
is in all things; and before Thee, the Shadows of Night roll back and
the Darkness hasteneth away.
Throe leads you around to the North and the station of the Keryx. The figure of
the officer looms like an unyielding mountain. No longer can you make out the
familiar features of Anubis. The officer has taken on the appearance of a mighty
bull-headed figure with great wings, dressed in a royal tunic of black and white.
He steps between you and Throe, blocking your passage with the Banner of the
West and the platter of Salt. The imposing figure speaks to you:
The Priest with the mask of the Ox spake and said: "Thou canst
not pass the Gate of the Northern Heaven unless thou canst tell
me my name:'
(You answer:) SERAPIS, themighty Bullof Earth is Thy Name. Thou
art OSIRIS, theSun at Night.
In what signs and symbols do ye come? (He demands.)
I come in theLetters ALEPH,MEM andSHIN, in thesymbols ofBanner
andcross. (Hold up the banner and the cross.)