“Colour cannot be specifically defined unless one goes into microns of wave-length, and even then there are tints containing black or white, or even both. Many writers have tabulated colours in the Four Scales, but working from tabulations is not only lazy but also by-passes the very growth of the psyche we court. As theContinue reading “Concerning the Vivification of the Minutum Mundum”
Category Archives: (h) Inner
The Living Flame
One of the documents I was given by Fiat Lux to aid me in my Adeptus Minor studies was his “5=6 Notebook”, as he referred to it. The notebook is approximately A5 in size, bound in a green hard cover. Its contents include: – Subjects for Study; – The Supreme Ritual of the Hexagram; TheContinue reading “The Living Flame”
The Ritual of the Sanctification of Daath
This ritual is a natural conclusion to the three previous postings I have made – Reflections on the Threefold Path, The Kabbalistic Divisions of the Soul, and HVH and Daath – Further Speculation. Read those first to gain the theory behind this praxis. With this series of four posts I wanted to illustrate a journeyContinue reading “The Ritual of the Sanctification of Daath”
HVH and Daath – Further Speculation
Following my previous post, The Kabbalistic Divisions of the Soul, we now turn to a more veiled domain—Daath. Neither a Sephira in the classical sense nor a mere conceptual void, Daath represents the liminal chamber through which the Adeptus Exemptus must pass on the ascent toward the Supernal Triad. It is, in the language ofContinue reading “HVH and Daath – Further Speculation”
The Kabbalistic Division of the Soul
The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn drew heavily on the Kabbalistic work, ‘The Zohar’, in formulating the mystical framework underlying its initiatory system. Central to this framework, I believe, is the Kabbalistic division of the Soul as defined by that most esteemed of Kabbalists, Rabbi Isaac Luria. Mathers had only recently translated and publishedContinue reading “The Kabbalistic Division of the Soul”
Reflections on the Threefold Path
In the Order’s system of symbolism and ceremonial, the Trinity holds a special significance. Beyond its exoteric theological associations, the trinitarian current encodes the universal mystery of the Spirit’s descent into manifestation and the Soul’s arduous return, back to the One. Shin—the three-flamed Hebrew letter of Fire—expresses the Spirit’s triple emanation as it pours outwardContinue reading “Reflections on the Threefold Path”
The Path of Progress
There is a definite path of progress that occurs as one ages, even so that in the very old there is at least a certain degree of enlightenment that can be seen. This natural process has been gently propelling all of life life forward, transforming from base matter into the spiritual gold, from “In theContinue reading “The Path of Progress”
One Student’s Memory of Fiat Lux
Frank Salt joined the Smaragdum Thalasses Temple no. 49 in 1936, as a 19 year old. He subsequently rose through the ranks, becoming Hierophant, Chief Adept, briefly Cancellarius and then Demonstrator for many years, i.e. one of the ‘Wardens’ or Temple Chiefs. He had quietly withdrawn from activities in the early 70’s after soundingContinue reading “One Student’s Memory of Fiat Lux”
How Golden Dawn was Whare Ra?
In short, very, but perhaps more so. It is true that under the early Stella Matutina a review of the Outer Order ceremonies did take place, resulting in some changes to the Golden Dawn originals. These revised rituals were used at Whare Ra. In hindsight I might consider them relatively new to the Order, butContinue reading “How Golden Dawn was Whare Ra?”
Arise!
“For the uninitiated, the ego sits proudly on the tip of the wave; ignorantly, all that can be seen is a multitude of other waves. The Adept, however, sees but One Great Ocean; the individuality of his ego has been dissolved in Her primeval Waters; Through him, She aspires to rise up under theContinue reading “Arise!”
