The Golden Dawn Grades & Quabalistic Tree of Life.

Introduction.

There are numerical symbols attached to each grade, such as 0 = 0 (zero equals zero) or 2 = 9 (two equals nine).

The first number refers to the number of steps or initiations symbolically taken on the Qabalistic Tree of Life to attain that grade.

The second number refers to the exact spehirah or sphere on the Tree of Life represented by that grade.


Grades.

1st Order Grade	Correspondiing Sephirah	Element	Planet
Neophyte 0 = 0	-	-	-
Zelator 1 = 10	Malkuth	Earth	-
Theoricus 2 = 9	Yesod	Air	Moon
Practicus 3 = 8	Hod	Water	Mercury
Philosophus 4 = 7	Netzach	Fire	Venus
2nd Order Grade	Correspondiing Sephirah	Element	Planet
Adeptus Minor 5 = 6	Tiphareth	-	Sun
Adeptus Major 6 = 5	Geburach	-	Mars
Adeptus Exemptus 7 = 4	Chesed	-	Jupiter
3rd Order Grade	Correspondiing Sephirah	Element	Planet
Magister Templi 8 = 3	Binah	-	Saturn
Magus 9 = 2	Chokmah	-	-
Ipsissimus 10 = 1	Kether	-	-

Qabalistic Tree of Life.

Protecting Book of Shadows.

Book of Shadows.


How to handle prying eyes curious of what's in the Book of Shadows?

i think that my Book of Shadows is protected by:
- pentacle on it's cover,
- metal latch,
- it's hidden somewhere,

i think that magickal protections are needed as well as mundane ones.

i think that trusted friends can enhance magickal protections as well.

A Rite of Radiant Protection.

A Rite.


Rite's Goal.

it's a Rite to protect myself & my karmic connections, through magickal means, according to the merit accumulated:
- merit toward me,
- merit toward my friends,
- merit toward reaching Wicca's Summerland,
- merit toward union with the Golden Dawn's Divine,
- merit toward Enlightened Love,
- merit toward Enlightenment.


Symbols Used.

A Five of the TAROT cards, powerful symbols, i've used to build magickal power.

1. The Mage card as an opening, states power's nature.
2. A Temperance card is next, it tells how power is built and spent - with responsibility, temperance & modesty.
3. The World card follows, it tells that power will manifest in the World, through Spiritual World, through the Malkuth Sephirot.
4. A Strength card that is next, symbolizes the power in itself.
5. The Stars card is last, it's from where the power is drawn, where we reach for it.


Athamé directs arcane energies, through the element of Air.


The Silver Pentacle (a powerful symbol of Protection) with a Black Candle (Protection Invocation Candle) receives the power directed by Athamé.


Power spreads Radiantly as the Light through the Air.


Visualization & a Gesture.

i've visualized myself with a black/silver cloak of Mahakala's Protection, surrounded with purple magickal energy aura.

i rose my arms upwards, to send protecting energy where's needed, then visualized energy lines reaching from me into the space, to my karmic connections.

This energy of magickal nature should Protect our Ways.


Directing the Will.

i wish to proceed with this a Rite as the time flows, to involve my will toward Protecting those who need.

Witches, are they crystal clear?

Introduction.

i love witches - as a whole with their families & cat familiars, as well - but no more than a Buddhist woman that i fight for.

i read a little about their past, this gave me more knowledge about their low & practical, wicked & independent feminine nature.


Thoughts & Myths.

i read that witches in past were persecuted, feared & hated by many - by others loved, feared & admired.

i think they were independent women who dared to have their own opinion, who (often secretly) challenged church & rulers.

they were wise, knew how to heal or secretly poison people, how to deliver kids or stop births; their wisdom often made them rich, for people came to them when they were in needs.

their initiation meetings, Sabbats, were mostly wicked, hedonistic, erotic, narcotic, psyched, blasphemous and often crime-inducing.

i think that in rare, in most the depraved cases, these were as vile & disgusting as church portrayed them.


Blog author's approach.

i have seen witches with loving eyes for years, as crystal clear, being fascinated as well.

should i change, now that i truth about their low practices returned to me?

i'll try to remain critical & aware but still will see them with loving eyes, inspiring myself & others for a vision of very crystal clear, spiritual, fascinating & erotic women.

About Wicca.

Who Is God?

Wicca worships the Triple Goddess (typically comprised by the Virgin, Mother, and Wise Woman/Crone) which is associated with the waxing, full, and waning moon phases.

They also worship the Horned God, also known as Herne. This God and Goddess pair are sometimes given specific names and sometimes so revered as only to be named in ritual, simply called the Lady and the Lord.

Wiccans believe that for the Divine to be complete and whole, it must be both male and female.

All gods and goddesses, even of various faiths, are accepted as different aspects of one greater Divine Power.

Like in other forms of Paganism, Wiccans also worship nature as divine.


Where Did We Come From? And Why Are We Here?

Wicca teaches reincarnation, in which the spirit is reborn to meet again the people with whom they had close personal connections in previous lives.

Unlike other reincarnation beliefs, Wiccans believe that the goal is not to escape reincarnation on earth but to enjoy experiencing life repeatedly until the spirit has learned everything it possibly can.

Once this has happened, and the spirit no longer reincarnates, it enters a blissful realm called 'the land of youth' or 'summerland.'

Some Wiccans, however, do not believe in reincarnation and instead embrace a more naturalist ending of death, with the human bodies’ molecules decaying and returning to the earth, incorporated into other entities.

The ultimate goal of the practice on earth is 'deep communion with the powers of Nature and of the human psyche, leading to a spiritual transformation of the self.'

Humans are here to worship the God and Goddess and reawaken one’s self to oneness with the universe.


See also, if You wish: History of Wicca.

Burning Prosperity Stick.

i've burnt a 'Prosperity Incense Stick' again, for benefit of myself & my karmic connections according to merit accumulated.

i've done all of the spellcasting steps correctly this time thankfully, perfection comes with practice.

Merit taken into account is both toward me, my friends, as well as toward Enlightened Love & Enlightenment equally.

Merit taken into account is from this life & from previous lives.

Tonight is a First Quarter Moon, a good time for caring for something started before, for nurturing spells.

i prefer to not burn too many prosperity incense sticks in a short time because of two reasons:
- it's not efficient, as incense sticks cost - especially with shipping costs considered,
- there are consequences both in magickal world as well as in buddhist world.

i'll keep burning more of these incense sticks regularly, perhaps once in a month - depending on causes & conditions.

MAHAKALA
MANJUSHRI BODHISATTVA
OM MANI PEME HUNG

Namaste, blessed be.




-=- a pack of Prosperity Incense Sticks. -=-