RITUAL of BLESSING

GROUNDING the POWERS of the ETZ HA-CHAYIM

Intended to be performed within a Golden Dawn Neophyte Hall

Copyright © 1998, 2000 by Thom Parrott


IDEAL OFFICERS:

Ain and Kether: Cancellarius
Chokmah: Praemonstrator
Binah: Imperator
Daath: Past Hierophant
Chesed: Hegemon
Geburah: Hiereus
Tiphareth: Hierophant
Netzach: Dadouchos
Hod: Stolistes
Yesod: Keryx
Malkuth: Phylax

IN THE TEMPLE:

Imper. Cance. Hiero. Past H. Praem.
Hiereus PILLAR Keryx PILLAR Hegemon
Stolistes ALTAR Dadouchos
Phylax

IDEAL MINIMUM OFFICERS:

Hierophant: Ain, Kether, Daath, Tiphareth
Keryx: Yesod
Dadouchos: Chokmah, Chesed, Netzach
Stolistes: Binah, Geburah, Hod
Phylax: Malkuth

IN THE TEMPLE:

Hierophant
PILLAR Keryx PILLAR
Stolistes ALTAR Dadouchos
Phylax


THE RITUAL OF BLESSING

(Because Eleven Officers will not always be available, the Invocations of the Sephiroth are labeled by the Names of the Sephiroth, except for Tiphareth and Malkuth. All words in solid caps, except centered headings, should be chanted.)

MANIFESTING THE ETZ HA-CHAYIM

HIEROPHANT: (knock.)

PHYLAX: In the Beginning was the Word, and the Word was With God, and the Word was God.

ALL: In the Beginning was the Word, and the Word was With God, and the Word was God.

HIEROPHANT: (knock.) By the Power in me vested, as Adept and Hierophant, I command that The Tree of Life, ETZ HA- CHAYIM, be manifested and affirmed within, through and round about the Order, the Temple and the Members, under Grace, in perfect Ways, with Good for All concerned. To the Glory of the Ineffable Name, so mote it be. (knock.)

PHYLAX: By Words and Images are All Powers awakened and reawakened.

ALL: By Words and Images are All Powers awakened and reawakened.

AIN: AIN, Thy Name is Nothing. Thou Art No Thing. AIN SOPH, Thy Name is Infinity. Thou Art Beyond the limits of Time and Space. AIN SOPH AUER, Thy Name is Limitless Light. Thy Mystic Number is 0.

PHYLAX: All the Power that ever was or will be is here, now!

ALL: All the Power that ever was or will be is here, now!

KETHER: EHEIEH KETHER, I Am The Crown. My Name Is I Am: EHEIEH. I Am The First Splendor, The Primal Glory: EHEIEH KABODH RISHON. I Am The Greater Countenance, The Macroprosopus: EHEIEH ARIK ANPIN. I Am The Most Holy Ancient One: EHEIEH ATIQA QADISHA. I Am The Internal Light: EHEIEH AUR PENIMI. I Am The Profuse Giver: EHEIEH TATH ZEL. My Mystic Number Is 1.

PHYLAX: I Am A Center of Expression for The Primal Will-To-Good Which Eternally Creates and Maintains The Universe!

ALL: I Am A Center of Expression for The Primal Will-To-Good Which Eternally Creates and Maintains The Universe!

HIEROPHANT: "On the Altar is a White Triangle to be the Image of that Immortal Light, that Triune Light, which moved in Darkness and formed the World of Darkness and out of Darkness. There are two contending Forces and One always uniting Them. And these Three have their Image in the three-fold Flame of our Being and in the three-fold wave of the sensual world."

In the Temple, these Three have their Image in the Three Pillars of the ETZ HA-CHAYIM.

WHITE PILLAR

PHYLAX: Reassert Kether and manifest the White Pillar of Mercy.

KETHER: ACHAD ROSH; One is His Beginning. ACDUTHO ROSH; One is His Individuality. ICHUDO TEMURAZO ACHAD; His Permutation is One.

PHYLAX: I am a Center of Expression for the Primal Will-to-Good which eternally creates and maintains the Universe.

ALL: I am a Center of Expression for the Primal Will-to-Good which eternally creates and maintains the Universe.

CHOKMAH: EHEIEH CHOKMAH, I Am Wisdom. My Name Is YAH. I Am The Supernal Father: EHEIEH ABBA. I Am The Splendor of Unity: EHEIEH HA-ACDOTH ZOHAR. My Mystic Number Is 3.

PHYLAX: Through me, the Unfailing Wisdom of the Primal Will-to-Good takes form in Thought and Word.

ALL: Through me, the Unfailing Wisdom of the Primal Will-to-Good takes form in Thought and Word.

CHESED: EHEIEH CHESED, I Am Mercy. My Name Is EL. I Am Magnificence: EHEIEH GEDULAH. My Mystic Number Is 10.

PHYLAX: From the Eternal Riches of Infinite Substance I draw all things needful, both Spiritual and Material.

ALL: From the Eternal Riches of Infinite Substance I draw all things needful, both Spiritual and Material.

NETZACH: EHEIEH NETZACH, I Am Victory. My Name Is YHVH TZABAOTH. My Mystic Number Is 28.

PHYLAX: Living from that Primal Will-to-Good, supported by Its Unfailing Wisdom and Understanding, mine is the Victorious Life.

ALL: Living from that Primal Will-to-Good, supported by Its Unfailing Wisdom and Understanding, mine is the Victorious Life.

PHYLAX: The Kingdom of Spirit is embodied in my flesh.

HIEROPHANT: (Knock.) The White Pillar of Mercy is Established.

BLACK PILLAR

PHYLAX: Reassert Kether and manifest the Black Pillar of Severity.

KETHER: ACHAD ROSH. ACDUTHO ROSH. ICHUDO TEMURAZO ACHAD.

PHYLAX: I Am A Center of Expression for The Primal Will-To-Good Which Eternally Creates and Maintains The Universe.

ALL: I Am A Center of Expression for The Primal Will-To-Good Which Eternally Creates and Maintains The Universe.

BINAH: EHEIEH BINAH, I am Understanding. My Name Is YHVH ELOHIM. I Am The Supernal Mother: EHEIEH AIMA. My Mystic Number Is 6.

PHYLAX: Filled with Understanding of Its Perfect Law, I Am guided, moment by moment, along the Path of Liberation.

ALL: Filled with Understanding of Its Perfect Law, I Am guided, moment by moment, along the Path of Liberation.

GEBURAH: EHEIEH GEBURAH, I am Severity. My Name Is ELOHIM GIBOR. I Am Fear: EHEIEH PACHAD. My Mystic Number Is 15.

PHYLAX: I recognize the Manifestation of the Undeviating Justice in all the circumstances of my Life.

ALL: I recognize the Manifestation of the Undeviating Justice in all the circumstances of my Life.

HOD: EHEIEH HOD, I Am Splendor. My Name Is ELOHIM TZABAOTH. My Mystic Number Is 36.

PHYLAX: I look forward with confidence to the Perfect Realization of the Eternal Splendor of the Limitless Light.

ALL: I look forward with confidence to the Perfect Realization of the Eternal Splendor of the Limitless Light.

PHYLAX: The Kingdom of Spirit is embodied in my flesh.

HIEROPHANT: (Knock.) The Black Pillar of Severity is Established.

MIDDLE PILLAR

PHYLAX: Reassert Kether and manifest the Golden Middle Pillar of Equilibrium.

KETHER: ARARITA.

PHYLAX: I Am A Center of Expression for The Primal Will-To-Good Which Eternally Creates and Maintains The Universe.

ALL: I Am A Center of Expression for The Primal Will-To-Good Which Eternally Creates and Maintains The Universe.

DAATH: EHIEH DAATH, I Am Knowledge. My Name Is IAO. I Am Testimony, EHEIEH EDETH. I have no substance, therefore, I Am Nothing, EHEIEH AIN.

PHYLAX: All the Power that ever was or will be is here, now.

ALL: All the Power that ever was or will be is here, now.

HIEROPHANT: EHEIEH TIPHARETH, I Am Beauty. My Name Is YHVH ELOAH VE-DAATH. I Am Compassion: EHEIEH RACHAMIM. I Am Primal Humanity: EHEIEH ADAM. My Mystic Number Is 21.

PHYLAX: In all things, great and small, I see the Beauty of the Divine Expression.

ALL: In all things, great and small, I see the Beauty of the Divine Expression.

YESOD: EHEIEH YESOD, I Am Foundation. My Name Is SHADDAI EL CHAI. I Am The Righteous is the Foundation of the World: EHEIEH TZADIQ-YESOD-OLAM. My Mystic Number Is 45.

PHYLAX: In thought and word and deed, I rest my life, from day to day, upon the Firm Foundation of Eternal Being.

ALL: In thought and word and deed, I rest my life, from day to day, upon the Firm Foundation of Eternal Being.

PHYLAX: EHEIEH MALKUTH, I Am The Kingdom. My Name Is ADONAI HA-ARETZ. I Am The Virgin: EHEIEH BETULAH. I Am The Bride: EHEIEH KALAH. I Am The Queen: EHEIEH MALKAH. I Am The Crown: EHEIEH ATARAH. I Am The Gate: EHEIEH THROA. I Am The Divine Presence: EHEIEH SHEKINAH. My Mystic Number Is 55.

HIEROPHANT: The Kingdom of Spirit is Embodied in My Flesh.

ALL: The Kingdom of Spirit is Embodied in My Flesh.

PHYLAX: (Knock.) The Golden Middle Pillar of Balance and Harmony is established within us.

HIEROPHANT: The Mystic Number of the Sephirah Malkuth is 55, the sum of the Numbers 0 thru 10 inclusive. The Sum of the Sephiroth, 55 reduces to 10 which further reduces to 1 — a Duality of Equals manifests Ten Spheres which resolve into Unity and are dissolved by It.

ALL: Consume me EHEIEH, that I may be fulfilled in ADONAI!

PHYLAX: The ETZ HA-CHAYIM is Established within us.

ALL: "Glory be to Thee, Creator of the Undying, for Thy Glory flows out rejoicing to the Ends of the Earth."

ESTABLISHING THE ELEMENTS

HIEROPHANT: The Red Cross upon the Altar is an Image of Those who are unfolded in the Light. At its East, South, West and North Angles are the Symbols of the Four Elements.

DADOUCHOS: (Circumambulate to stand a big step South of Altar.) I am the Yod of Tetragrammaton. I am the White Pillar of Mercy made manifest in this Temple as the Element of Fire.

STOLISTES: (Circumambulate to stand a big step North of Altar.) I am the First Heh of Tetragrammaton. I am the Black Pillar of Severity made manifest in this Temple as the Element of Water.

KERYX: (Stand a big step East of Altar.) I am the Vav of Tetragrammaton. I am the Golden Middle Pillar of Equilibrium made manifest in this Temple as the Element of Air.

PHYLAX: (Step forward to stand a big step West of Altar.) I am the Final Heh of Tetragrammaton. I am the Material World made manifest in this Temple as the Element of Earth.

HIEROPHANT: (Stand.) I am the Letter Shin which, when added to Tetragrammaton, symbolizes the Divine Light Which is the Life of All Things. I manifest in this Temple as the Fifth Element, “the Quintessence, the Stone of the Philosophers, True Wisdom, Perfect Happiness, the Summum Bonum.”

PHYLAX: The Double Cubical Altar is an emblem of visible Nature or the Material Universe, concealing within Herself the Mysteries of All Dimensions, while revealing Her Surface to the exterior senses. It is a double cube because, as the Emerald Tablet of Hermes hath said: "The things which are below are as a reflection of the Things Which Are Above."

ALL: And ELOHIM said let us make Humanity in Our Image. VAY-YOMER ELOHIM NAASEH ADHAM BE-TZELMENU.

THE BLESSING

HIEROPHANT: (Take up Banner.) By the Power in me vested by Initiation and Office, and by the Power of the Name EHEIEH ADONAI, I command all the Powers of the Universe to pour Their Blessings into this Sacred Repast, Each in ways Each finds natural and fulfilling, motivated by pure joy, that we who consume it may find fulfillment and joy, in body, mind, spirit, relationships, activities and institutions, to the Glory of the Ineffable Name, AMEN.

ALL: All the Power that ever was or will be is here now.

DADOUCHOS: By the Power in me vested by Initiation and Office, and by the Power of the Name YHVH TZABAOTH, I command all the Powers of the White Pillar and the Element of Fire to pour Their Blessings into this Sacred Repast.

ALL: I am a Center of Expression for the Primal Will-to-Good Which Eternally creates and maintains the Universe.

STOLISTES: By the Power in me vested by Initiation and Office, and by the Power of the Name ELOHIM TZABAOTH, I command all the Powers of the Black Pillar and the Element of Water to pour Their Blessings into this Sacred Repast.

ALL: In All Things great and small I see the Beauty of the Divine Expression.

KERYX: By the Power in me vested by Initiation and Office, and by the Power of the Name SHADDAI EL CHAI, I command all the Powers of the Golden Middle Pillar and the Element of Air to pour Their Blessings into this Sacred Repast.

ALL: In thought and word and deed, I rest my Life, from day to day, upon the Firm Foundation of Eternal Being.

PHYLAX: By the Power in me vested by Initiation and Office, and by the Power of the Name ADONAI HA-ARETZ, I command all the Powers of Earth to pour Their Blessings into this Sacred Repast.

ALL: The Kingdom of Spirit is embodied in my flesh.

FOUR LESSER OFFICERS: (Take one step left [so Hiero. can see Altar].)

DADOUCHOS: (Projecting Sign.) YOD.

STOLISTES: (Projecting Sign.) HEH.

KERYX: (Projecting Sign.) VAV.

PHYLAX: (Projecting Sign.) HEH.

HIEROPHANT: (From Throne, extend Wand into vortex above Eucharist, drawing Spirit down into it.) SHIN.

ALL FOUR LESSER OFFICERS: (Give Sign of Silence, then Circumambulate to their Stations.)

HIEROPHANT: (Sign of Silence; withdraw Wand.) By the Power vested in me by initiation and office, I command all Members to freely receive and joyfully accept All These Wonderful Blessings with gratitude and celebration.

ALL: I freely receive and joyfully accept All These Wonderful Blessings with gratitude and celebration.

HIEROPHANT: (Replace Banner.) All Officers, return to your Neophyte Stations.

CONSOLIDATION

HIEROPHANT: (Rise and knock.) By the Power in me vested, by Initiation and Office, I freely receive, humbly accept and joyfully celebrate the Blessings of the Tree of Life, ETZ HA-CHAYIM; Blessings already made manifest within, through and round about the Spirit of this Temple and all those here assembled; Blessings already made manifest in the Divine Universe, in the Order and in our Mundane Kingdom; Blessings already made manifest in body, mind, spirit, relationships, activities and institutions; Blessings already made manifest under Grace, in perfect Ways, with Good for All concerned; Blessings already made manifest to the Glory of the Ineffable Name. IAO. SABAO. Such are the Words. AMEN. (Knock.)

All rise, face East and join with me in this affirmation of our blessings:

ALL: I, Frater/Soror _____, known in my outer life by the name _____, joyfully welcome All These Wonderful Blessings. I freely receive and eagerly accept them and I celebrate constantly as Blessing after Blessing comes into tangible manifestation in my body, mind, spirit, relationships, activities and institutions. I humbly and gratefully receive these Miraculous Blessings in the Divine Name EHEIEH ADONAI.

ALL: (Perform Qabalistic Cross aloud.)

HIEROPHANT: And ELOHIM blessed them.

ALL: VA-YE-VAREKH OTHAM ELOHIM.

HIEROPHANT: Be seated, be happy and meditate upon the beautiful and bountiful energy we have Invoked into our daily lives.

(Close the Hall in an appropriate manner.
Go forth and sin no more.)


We wish to bring things out of the Invisible into the Visible, therefore we invoke the Highest Manifestation in Chesed with blue type. We wish to be always in Perfect Equilibrium, therefore we invoke the Center in Tiphareth with a gold background. We wish to weave these Blessings into the Fabric of our Lives, therefore we invoke Malkuth with the cloth pattern of the background.


Copyright © 2000 by Thom Parrott, email:
parrott-tarot@yahoo.com


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