Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

32 SELF-INITIATION INTO THE GoLDEN DAWN TRAomoN
The Voice ofmy undyingandsecret Soul said untome-"Let meenter the
path ofDarkness and, peradventure, there shall I find the Light. I amtheonly
being inanabyss ofDarkness;from anabyss ofDarkness came I forth ere my
birth from thesilence ofa primal sleep."
And theVoice ofAgesanswered unto my Soul-"Iamhewhoformulates
in Darkness-the Lightthatshineth in Darkness, yet the Darkness com- '
prehendeth it not."
LettheMystical Circumambulation take place in the Path ofKnowledge that
leadeth untotheLight, withthelamp ofHidden Knowledge toguide me.
Visualize the Keryx and the Hegemon leading you sunwise around the temple. As
you pass the Hierophant for the first time, imagine a loud knock and mentally
intone the name of "BINAH." As you pass the Hiereus in the West, you also hear a
loud knock. The second time you pass the Hierophant in the East, imagine a loud
knock and mentally intone the name of "CHOKMAH." As you reach the South, the
Keryx stops you. Anubis speaks:
Unpurified and unconsecrated, thou canst not enter the Path of
the West!
Auramoouth steps forward and draws the sigil of the cup before you. With the
Water, mark your forehead with the symbols of the cross and Water triangle as
before. Say: "I am purified with Water."
Thaum-Esh-Neith steps forward and draws the sigil of the Swastika before you.
Wave the censer in front of your forehead in the figures of the cross and Fire triangle.
Say: "1amconsecrated with Fire."
Thme speaks:
Child of Earth, twice purified and twice consecrated, thou mayest
approach the gateway of the West.
Continue to the West where the fierce form of the Hiereus stands. The fiery-eyed
Horus with red sword and black banner bars your advance:
Thou canst not pass by me, sayeth the Guardian of the West,
unless thou canst tell me my name.
(Say:) Darkness is thy name, thou great oneof the Paths of the Shades.
Before allthingsare theChaos andtheDarkness andthegates of theland
of Night. Thou art he whose name is Darkness. Thou art the Exorcist in
themidstofthe Exorcism. I standbefore thee withouttrepidation, forfear
isfailure, andI am withoutfear.