Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE: THE NEOPHYTE GRADE
The Godforms of the Visible Stations. Primary Officers of the Outer
Grades. The Initiation Ceremony. The First Knowledge Lecture.
Section 1: The Elements. Section 2: The Zodiac. The Triplicities. The
Quadruplicities. The Signs. Section 3: The Seven Ancient Planets.
The New Planets. Section 4: The Qabalah. Section 5: The Sephiroth.
Section 6: The Hebrew Alphabet. An Aditional Side Lecture-The
Pillars. Ritual Work for the Neophyte. The Outer Wand of Double
Power. The Qabalistic Cross. The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the
Pentagram. Uses of the Pentagram Ritual. The Adoration to the
Lord of the Universe. Meditation for the 0 = 0 Grade of Neophyte.
Daily Adorations. The Berakah. The Rite of Elemental
Equilibration. Body Awareness Exercise. Extra Sensory Awareness
Exercise. Suggested Reading. Examinations.
CHAPTER TWO: THE ZELATOR GRADE
Godforms of the Outer Order Grades. Archangelic Forms of the
Zelator Grade. The Initiation Ceremony. The Second Knowledge
Lecture. Section 1: Basic Astrology. The Houses. The Meridians.
Section 2: Basic Alchemy. Alchemical Terms and Symbols. Section
3: The Elementals. Section 4: Tetragrammaton and the Kerubim.
Section 5: Qabalah. The Hebrew Letters. The Four Worlds and the
Ten Heavens. The Divine Names Attributed to the Sephiroth. The
Zodiacal Hierarchies. Section 6: Correspondences of Earth.
Precious Stones and Minerals. Earth Deities. Section 7: Divination
and Geomancy. Section 8: Correspondences of Malkuth. Section 9:
Ritual Images and Diagrams. An Additional Side Lecture-The
Tribes of Israel and the Zodiacal Signs. Ritual Work for the Zelator.
Meditation for the 1 =10 Grade of Zelator. Relaxation Exercise. A
Meditation on the Four Qabalistic Worlds. An Invocation of the
Element of Earth. Suggested Reading. Some Final Suggestions.
Examinations.
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CHAPTER THREE: THE THEORICUS GRADE
The Kerubic Forms of the Theoricus Grade. The Initiation
Ceremony. The Third Knowledge Lecture. Section 1: Basic
Astrology. The Aspects. Erecting a Natal Chart. Interpreting a
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