Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

Horoscope. Aspecting. Section 2: Basic Alchemy-Alchemical
Operations. Section 3: Spiritual Entities. Section 4: Qabalah-The
Parts of the Soul. Section 5: Correspondences of Yesod. Section 6:
Correspondences of Air. Perfumes and Incenses. Beings and Deities
of Air and Sky.Section 7: Correspondences of Luna. Lunar Deities.
Complementary Planet-Saturn. Section 8: Plants and Herbs. Plant
and Nature Spirits. Section 9: Admission Badges and Diagrams.
Additional Side Lecture-The Moon and the Tree of Life. Ritual
Work for the Theoricus. Meditation for the 2 = 9 Grade of
Theoricus. Rhythmic Breathing. The Purifying Breath. Mind
Awareness. Speech Awareness. ASimple Card Divination Exercise.
A Meditation on the Parts of the Soul. The 32nd Path of Tau. A
Journey on the 32nd Path of Tau. An Invocation of the Element of
Air. Suggested Reading. Some Final Suggestions. Examinations.
CHAPTER FOUR: THE PRACTICUS GRADE
The Samothracian Mysteries. Godforms of the Kabiri. The
Chaldean Oracles. The Initiation Ceremony. The Fourth
Knowledge Lecture. Section 1: Admission Badges and Diagrams.
Section 2: Lineal Figures and Magical Squares. Polygons and
Polygrams. Magic Squares. Section 3: Literal Qabalah. Gematria.
Aiq Beker. Notariqon. Temurah. Section 4: Correspondences of
Hod. Section 5: Correspondences of Water. Beings and Deities of
Water. Section 6: Correspondences of Mercury. Mercurial Deities.
Complementary Planet-Jupiter. Section 7:The Olympic Planetary
Spirits. Section 8: The Tarot-An Introduction. Qabalistic
Associations of the Tarot. The Twenty-two Trumps. A Description
of the Tarot Trumps. Notes on the Tarot. The Minor Arcana. The
Court Cards. Additional Side Lecture-On the General Purification
of the Soul. Ritual Work for the Practicus. Meditation for the 3 = 8
Grade of Practicus. Concentration and Mantra. Psychic Development.
The 31st Path of Shin. AJourney on the 31st Path of Shin. The
30th Path of Resh. A Journey on the 30th Path of Resh. An
Invocation of the Element of Water. Suggested Reading. Some Final
Suggestions. Examinations.
CHAPTER FIVE: THE PHILOSOPHUS GRADE
The Biblical Passages. The Godforms. The Initiation Ceremony. The
Fifth Knowledge Lecture. Section 1: Qabalah-The "Body" of the
Divine. Qabalistic Correspondences. Section 2: The Shem Ha­
Mephoresh. Section 3: Correspondences of Netzach. Section 4:
Correspondences of Fire. Beings and Deities of Fire. Section 5:
Correspondences of Venus. Venusian Deities. Complementary
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