Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

40 SELF-INITIATIONIN'IO 1HE GoLDEN DAWN TRAOmON
Holyart Thou, the Vast and theMighty One!(Salute.)
Lord of theLightandofthe Darkness! (Sign of Silence.)
Imagine the three officers (Hierophant, Hiereus, and the Hegemon) raising their
implements in a salute to the Light and then slowly lowering them. Step out of the
office of Hierophant, returning the officer-form to the authority of Osiris. Say:
Nothing now remains but to partake of the Mystic Repast, composed of
thesymbols of theFour Elements.
Go to the West of the altar, facing East. The goddess Thme comes to the East of the
altar, facing West. You give the Sign of the Enterer. Thme answers with the Sign of
Silence. Say:
I inviteall Beings present to inhale with metheperfume ofthisRose, as a
symbol ofAir. (Smell the rose.)
To feel with me the warmth of this sacred Fire. (Put your hand over
the flame.)
To eatwith me this bread andsaltastypes of Earth. (Dip the bread into
the salt and eat.)
Andfinally todrink with methiswine, theconsecrated emblem of ElementalWater.
(Make a cross in the air with the cup and drink the wine.)
Once the wine is finished, place the cup upside-downbetween the cross and triangle.
Say: "It isfinished!" Thme returns to her station between the pillars.
Give one knock and say, "TETELESTAIf" Give two more knocks. Then repeat the
following words, giving a knock before each word is spoken: "KHABS. AM.
PEKHT. KONX. OM. PAX. LIGHT. IN. EXTENSION." Give the Neophyte Signs
toward the altar. Say:
May what I have partaken maintain me in my search for the Quintessence,
theStone ofthePhilosophers. True Wisdom, Perfect Happiness, the
Summum Bonum.
Thme comes to your side once more. The both of you walk to the South where
Thme traces the form of the cross and triangle. The godform of Thaum-Esh-Neith
salutes with the Projection Sign, Thme answers with the Sign of Silence. The godform
of Thaum-Esh-Neith slowly fades away. In this same manner she releases all
the astral godforms in the hall: Auramoouth, Anubis, and Horus. She releases
Osiris, and even the great form of Thoth in the East by tracing the symbol of the
circled cross. All the astral beings in the hall begin to fade from view.