Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

28 SELF-INlTIATION INlO THE GoLDEN DAWN 1'RADmoN
god traces in the air before you the figure of the cross and circle. He then hands you
his scepter. Picking up the wand and the banner, you take on the office of Hierophant
that Osiris has bestowed upon you, and turn to face the altar. Say:
I am theHierophant ofthetemple. My station is on thethrone of theEast
in theplace where theSun rises, andI am theMaster of theHall, governing
it according to thelaws of thecurrent, as hewhose image I am is the
Master of all who work for the Hidden Knowledge. My mantle is red
because of uncreated Fire and created Fire, and I hold the banner of the
morning light which is the Banner of the East. I am called Power and
Mercy andLight in Abundance, andI amtheExpounder oftheMysteries.
The goddess Thme returns to her placebetween the pillars as Hegemon. Replace the
banner but retain the wand. Turn to face the East. Give the Sign of the Spiraling
Light, Say, "Let thewhite brilliance ofthe Divine Spirit Descend!" Feel a flood of Divine
Light course through your body from the Kether of the universe. Equilibrate this
Light through your body by performing the Qabalistic Cross, loudly vibrating the
Hebrew names. Then replace the crown-headed wand. Step out of the office of
Hierophant and return the officer-form to the dominion of Osiris. Go clockwise to
the Southwestand take up the lantern and wand there. Step into the office of Keryx,
Walk deosil (clockwise) to the Northeast and say:
The visible Sun is the dispenser of Light to the Earth. Let me therefore
form a vortex in this chamber that theinvisible Sun of Spiritmayshine
therein from above.
Circumambulate the temple three times, carrying the equilibrated light with you
around the temple. Salute the banner of the East with the Neophyte Signs for each
circumambulation. After the third pass, return to the West and give the Projection
Sign at the symbols upon the altar. Visualize the Divine Light that you have circulated
around the temple flowing from your heart center and entering the red cross
and the white triangle-empowering them with the divine current. Say:
TheMystic Circumambulation symbolic ofthe Rise ofLight is accomplished.
Perform the Adoration to the Lord of the Universe, saluting after the first three
lines with the Projection Sign. After the final line, give the Sign of Silence:
Holyart Thou, Lord oftheUniverse! (Salute.)
Holyart Thou, Whom Nature hath not Formed! (Salute.)
Holy art Thou, theVast andtheMighty One! (Salute.)
Lord of theLight andoftheDarkness! (Sign of Silence.)
Imagine the three astral officer/ godforms of the Hierophant, Hiereus and the
Hegemon, raising their implements in a salute to the Light and then slowly loweringthem.