Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

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You repeat the words:
TheGrand Word is SHADDAIELCHAI. TheMystic Number is 45. The
Password ofthisgrade is MEM-HEH.
(You continue:) "Unto this grade and unto the Sephirah Yesod, the
Ninth Path of the Sepher Yetzirah is referred. It is called the Pure and
Clear Intelligence, andit issocalled because it purifieth andmaketh clear
theSephiroth, proveth andamendeth theforming of their representation,
anddisposeth their duties or harmonies, wherein theycombine, without
mutilation or division.
Osiris continues:
The distinguishing Badge of this grade, which you are now entitled
to wear is the sash of the Zelator, with the addition of a violet cross
above the triangle and the numbers 2 and 9 in a circle and square
respectively, left and right of its summit-and beneath the triangle,
the number 32 between two narrow violet lines.
Open the altar and remove the Theoricus sash. As you put it on, visualize the god
Osiris investing you with the sash as the mighty Kerubim look on. The figure then
points to the three Hebrew letters in the East of the Hall and says:
The three Portalsfacingyou are the Gates of the Pathsleadingfrom
this grade.That on the right connectswith the gradeof Philosophus,
that on your left with the grade of Practicus, while the central one
leads to the Portal.
Osiris as the Hierophant returns to his station. Thme, the Hegemon takes your hand
and leads you to the Enochian Tablet of the East. As you inspect the Tablet say:
Thisgrade especially refers totheElement ofAir,andtherefore theGreat
Watch-Tower or Terrestrial Tablet of the East forms one of its principal
emblems. It is oneoftheFour Great Tablets delivered unto Enoch by the
Great AngelAve. From it are drawn theThree Holy Secret names ofGod,
ORO IBAH AOZPI, which are borne upon theBanners of theEast, and
numberless Divineand Angelic Names which appertain unto the ElementofAir.
Thme brings your attention to the Qamea of Luna. You continue:
To theMoon, also, is thisgrade related. Its Qamea or Mystical Square is
shown in the East, with Seals and Names appropriate thereto. It is also
shown inscribed upon the Tree of Life, whereon its crescent in increase