AE.waite. .Grade.of.Adeptus.major

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TH E

FELLOWSHIP

1

TH

R S Y

ROSS


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ISSUED

BY FRATEK S X C R M E N T U h l

REG I S

M O S T IIONOURED IMPERATOR

I N ORDINE ROSErE CRUCIS

FOR TIIE DIRECTION O F CELEBRANTS

ANT

TIIE USE OF FRATKES

ET

SORORES

UN ER

THE OBEDIEKCE OF AUTIIORISED TEMPLES

IL Rights strictly Rescmrd

including Tramla iolz Reprintitzg Cilaf

on

and rarlrafic Rights


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THE

PONTIFIC L OFFICEICS O F THE

GRADIS.

THEUSI-IEK F TI I

GICADE

d €st, th? Keeper Of t/te

ir/,;mhoZd, id est, Frater P u~g~' inusaCZis,6 5 . He

has tL ejkst cum of the Postulant.

T I

AUXILIAI


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THE

FELLOWSHIP

OF

THE

ROSY

CROSS

GR DE OF ADEPTUS

MAJOR 6 = 5

T H E

SOLEMN OFFICE O F OPENING

THE

HOUSE AND SANCTUARY OF ADEPTS

I N T H E GR DE OF GEBURAH

The arral1ge1ne7zt of Holm a d Sanctuary foZZows the

utzwritten precede~zts.

Thc Door of the Sa?zctuary

s

opela

to

its fullest extent, a d he Sanctua~y

ts

is

draped accordzkg

to

the scale of cuhurs co~)lplewu?ttaryo

those of T I P H E RE

TH

hat is t o say,

i z

the Scah

of the Great Mother.

he

fu~terad i t t ry and catafnlque

fil

the centre, havilzg red draperies and haugings. The

Candles of the Dead are placed about the litter. There is

a veil draw~z efore the symbol of the settilzg sutz o?z t j r e

outer side of the Door, a d his

vci

is red. The

ross

of Obligation in TIPHERE TH is erectd at t h

Westerw epzd of the TenrpZe, facing the Door of the

Samtuary, and is covered by a red curtaia. Thc Altar

of the Grade is /+ad itt the ilrriddle way of

the

leviyde,

a~zds drajed iu YE^

t

is in the fonzz of a double ccube.

Thc Sacred Pictorial SyntboZs of K A PH alzd M EM

arc tur~tedWestward tt the Altar a d ie on eithcr si


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THE ER EMONY O F ADMISSION TO

passes lichi~tct he Saizctr~nry ?~tohat pZncc o f comcaG

The Second CeZebrant, the HonournbZe Frater P ~ r c g r i ~ ~ u s

Valdis and the uno ciaZ Mcmbeys bei7zg ckssel7~b/cd d

clothed

i ~

he Vestibule, thcy pass

i ~

ror~ssio~to the

Tenzph and take their

phccs

i c

siZc~zce.

T/M

Usher of

the Grade

s

seated

by

the Door a d has charge o t/u

Pot of I7zccnse. The Seco7rd CeCebm~~troceeds to tht

wester?^ e ~ t d f the Cutafalque and t h r c /aces West-

wnl-d. e opeus the Sacred Cerc~nonywith a Battery

o f one knock- rzd puocceds as foLlows :

Adeptus Major.-Fratres et Sorores,

having

come so far

in

our

journey

from

thc

circumference to

thc

Centre, let

u s

abide here for a period since the day is far spent.


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THE

GRADE O F

A D E P T U S MAJOR

6 = 5

Adeptus Majov.-Faithful Companions of our common

exile

I

pray you,

rcmcnzber

the

Centre.

There

is

here the pause of a mommt.

Acl e~tusMujoov.-It is k n own tha t this is also the height,

whereunto many voices sunlmon us.

There is here the pause o a n~onteut.

Adtptus Major.-It is well that those who are called

should go before their election it is well th at those

who

come after should

firld

the path more smooth, since others

have gone up first.

There

is

hcvc t/tepausc

o

a ~~tomezt.

Adeptus Major. I testify thcrcfore that, seeking the

Height

or

the Centre, we d o not stand alone.

There

is

hcre the pause

o

mo~~te~t t .

Adeptus Mqb?~. R memorial is always with us, behind

the Door of this Sanctuary. We have found herein a

House of Rest upon the way and the solemn task devolves

upon us to open its secret place unto other travellers whose

knocking

is

heard without.

There

is

heye the pause

o

moment.

A d ~ p t u sMajor.--Fratres

e t

Sorores, what manner

of

place is this

here is

here

the

pause o ~uoment.

Adcptus Mnjor.-It is

the

House of Love, of

the

Soul

going to its

Bridal

but it is also a House of Judgment.

There is here the pause o vroment.


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1

THE CEREMONY

OF ADMISSION

TO

deptus

Majot-.-The Sign of the House

is

that of the

Mystical Rose which is thc Sign of Mercy and Judgment

on

the right and left of

the

Tree the

Sign

of Union with

Christ i n the Central Pillar of Benignity the Sign of

Messias i n

the

work of

rcdceming

souls

and

the ymbol of

the Great Mother.

deptus

Mqbr.-Let us lcnecl thcrcfore Fratres et

Sorores for here is thc Holy Place.

THE

PRAYER AT OPENING.

deptus Ma3r.-We who are the Stewards of the

Mysteries

i n

this little Kingdom of Thy Love do beseech

Thee in the Bond of our Union that the saving grace of

Thy guidance may be with us now and to the end. By

the

great names of Thy Love even by TAUOONAH and

MA TRON A Holy Sister Holy Spouse Virgin and Mother

in Transcendence encompass us on every side.

Thou hast

suffered with the elect i n all ages. Thou dost lead us on

the path of our return.

We have seen the beauty of T hy

face Angel of Liberation. Thou hast drawn us into

Sacred Halls in the realm of Mystical Death

Indwelling Glory. Thou hast visited us in the IGngdoms

which are below. Thou dost remember us in the Palace

which is above. Keep us under the shadow of Thy wings.

Give unto us the nourisllnient of the clect-red wine of

Thy

rapture in GEBURAH white milk of Thy mercy

in

CHESED. Bring us-in the Temple of Holy Espousals


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T H E

GRADE

OF ADEPTUS MAJOR

6 =

11

-into the joy of Thy nuptial union, Sacrifice of the

I-Ioly One, endless Love of the Ilighcst. We have

dwelt, our Lad y and Mother, under many dispensations,

in worlds of derived light, of sorrow which does not lead

and joy

which

divcrts from the way

But the call came

by

which we

were

brought to Thy Knowledge, enkindled

with the

fire

from Thee and seeing that it has been given

us

i n

fine to lead otlm-s on the road which Thou hast

opencd before us we ask Thee in Thy great justice for the

light to guide thcm well.

It

is written that

Thy

House

is

a House of Prayer.

MATRONA,

S H E K I N A H ,

first

of

all that is, Mcra Benignitas, Beneplacitum tertnino carens

give unto them as to us that they shall see T hy glory in

the

death which

is life

from

Thee.

There is hcr-e amther pause.

The Celebrant

t i t

Chief

opem the Sccrct Door

a d

ssuesfrom behind the

Sam-

t u y , bearixg alL his iusignia. The Door cZoses behimi

him. f c raises both arws, hodding his

Walzd of O l c e

in the

right harzd.

Adeptus Exeutpt?~s.-Salvete, Fr atr es e t Sorores health

and resurrection in the Lord, union declared in triplicity,

the body of redemption for those who are redeemed

in

the

spirit, and the wealth

of

the Knowledge of

GOD.

e

lowers his artlzs and Wand.

He is sta?tding behiltd

the

Zigh led c a d h , ci7zg Westward. he S e c o d

Cebbrant is still ktzedilzg

a t

the estern end o the

~atafal ,bokizg toward

the

CeZebra~zt n

Chief

Adejtus Major.-And

hail

unto

thee,

Prince of

CHESED,

Merciful and Exempt Adept, who comest in

the name of our salvation, bearing the Signs thereof, and

clothed with holy sacraments.


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2 THE

CEREMONY

O F ADMISS ION TO

Adeptus Erenq?tus. -1 eacc be with you, Mighty

Adeptus Major, Lord of the

Halls

of Judgment. And

from the House

of

Rcsurrcction to you, Fratres ct peace

Sorores, dwelling i n the

Gr a d c

of GEBUIIAZ-I, a t the

heart of thc Mystical Rose.

Adeptus Major.-By

the Mystery of the

Secret

Mountain,

in

a

middle place

of

the earth

; by

its inwardness of

all

the hiddenness

; by

the S u n which shines therein ;

by

the

setting of tha t

S u n

in

splendour

by

the great and holy

darkness

; by

the figurative death therein, which

is

the

passage

to life for ever ; by the conformity and fellowship

with

Christ, in Whom is the

hope

of our resurrection

:

bring us into the light of CHESE D.

Adeptus Exemptz~s.-I

am he who bears witness to the

light and the riscn life in Christ. For this I have entered

GEBURAH, the House of the Holy Rose.

For this

I

descend into T I P H E I I E T H , as a beautiful House of Life.

For this I open the Portal which leads to the

SE P H IR O T H below

;

and

I call the children of men

to

the

royal heritage and sonship of those who are born

in

GOD

The CeZebrant in Chie asses

with

the

S w

o the Western

em? of the Catafalque. The Secotzd Celebrant

rises

The Usher o f thc Grade szjpzfies to the Fratres et

Sopores who Y ~ S E d -cmai?ztaltdin.. The Celchants

Leave the Sa~zrtziary ogcther nd take up their places

at

r ?tear the t/tre.shold.

Whetz this has been doue:

A d @ t u s E X E I ~ ~ ~ ~ N S . -

-Fratres ct Sorores, Adepti

Majores,

I

invite you to join your intention with

mine

in

the solemn act of opening this

Holy House of the Spirit

i n

the Grade of

GEBURAH, wherein

is the Mystery

of

Death.


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THE GRADE

O F

ADEPTUS MAJOR 6 = 3

Adtj tu s Major.-The Sacred Name

is

TAUOONAH

on

the left hand side of the Tree and i t signifies an influx

iron1

BINAH

the Desire of the Eternal Days.

W e

invokc

under this title the Great Mother in GOD Who is love

and benignity in thc Great Father of all.

Adcptrds Exeulptus.--But on the right hand side of

t h c

Trce which

s

t l k male sidc the Sacred Name is

YAH

and this signifies an influx from

CHOICMAH

which is

i n

union with BINAH for ever both cleaving unto

KETI-IER where

JENOVAEI

is united to

ELOHIhI

tllc

purpose and love of

GOD

which flow over the whole

creation. In virtue of this union we return whence

w

came.

Adej tus Major.-I testify therefore that

YAH

is

the

name of Mcrcy and thence is derived the Mystical

Number of this Grade which

is 5

but the synthesis of

thc same

is 6

being the time of life

i n

TIPI-IERETH

while the analogy is

33

being that of Divine life.

Adej tus Exenptus.-The mystery of redemption

is

comprehended by these numbers and the over-ruling of

evil things for the number 5 is that also of the evil

governors.

Adejtus Major.-They are numbers of Mercy and

Judgment the n~ eet ingof which opens

a

Path to the

Crown and this path is called

Magnanimity.

A d q t u s Exeszptus.-If the Pillar of

Mercy

were

separated from that

of

Judgment the Vault of thc Templc

would fall.

dcjtus Major.-I have entered the Halls of Judgment

1

have found

a

place of peace

I

have heard the Voice

of

the

Stillness.


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THE C E R E M O N Y

O F

A D M I S S I O N T

dcptz~s Exct~zptz~s.-I have t ravcrsed the Path of

TETII

I

have

dwel t

in thc I alacc of Mcrcy

I

have

heard the Risen Voice.

Adcptzrs Jl [email protected] URA H is a Rite of Nuptials, t h e

marriage n i gh t of the soul, thc Secret of Death therein, and

Resurrection

in

the Rose.

Adcptzrs E~~?)zptz~~.-Its a n union in still consciousness,

and the epoch is thrce days.

Adeptus M njar.-Give unto us, Master of All, the

espoused life thereafter, and the risen glory therein.

Adeptus E;cen~tus.-In the spirit hereof, I call upon

you to declare that this Holy Housc is open for the work

which

w

are deputed to perform,

by

the power to u s

commissioned.

Adeptus M aj o~ . O House of many graces: I open the

House of the Spirit in the Gradc of GEUUICAH, where

death

is

by the mouth of the

Lord

and not by the

serpcnt-

am. a

a

I


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T H E

GRADE

O F ADEPTUS MAJOR

G= 5

THE

FIRST POINT,

BE ING

THE

RITUAL OF

OBLIGATION.

The Cclcbra?zts

repair

to their phces.

The

Ushey o t h

Grnde closes the Do o r

of

the Samtuary

lzd sees

that the

curtain is drawn

to

corneal t/u symboG it clzief a d

inscr tions. The Celebrants a nd ICfe~/zbers re seated.

A short pause foZows.

Adcptus Exevlptus.-It is written - in faithful words that

those who are guides of the perplexed are true leaders of

men

At the beginning of this high celebration

I

testify

that we are wardens

of

death and that in virtue of such

office we are deputed to bring many out of great tribulation

into cool and sacred chambers.

Adeptus Major.-So high a duty now devolves upon us.

Therefore, in your perfect compassion, I beseech you to

have mercy on the soul of our faithful associate, the

Auxiliary Frater Adeptus, Frater Adveniat Kegnum

vel

nomen aliud), on whom the necessity of this time exhorts

us to confer the benefit of holy sepulture.

Adcptus Exemptus.-Do you certify, Mighty Adeptus

Major, that now is the accepted time

Ad~ptusMajor.--It is known that the spirit is willing

and that those who oppose are weak.

Adeftus [email protected] et Sorores, I call upon you

therefore to assist me with loving hearts, here seeking the

higher direction.


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THE C E R E M O N Y

O F

ADMISS ION TO

Adeptus Nnjor.-I t is ~vc l lBrother.

Amen .

Adqtus Exe~t@trls . I Ion~urableFrate r PercgrinusVallis,

you have

m y

command to ascertain

the

dispositions of t h e

Postulant, to see that hc is prepared properly and to prescnt

llim in du e form.

The Usher o the Gmde riscs

wit

cross~dnns.

Fratev Pe v~ gr i~ zu s allis.-Merciful Exe mp t

Adept,

I

obey your behests.

e Leaves the Tcnrple a d oes to prepare the Po st da nt ,

who is alom i ~ t m

o

the vestibules, isolatedfrom all

znferr@tzorr. He is K~zeeCing

n

Pric-Dien

~ z

r@cient

Light to read the scvolZ which has bcett placed in h is

hands.

I t co~~tat izsersicles OIL mysticaL death a n d the

urtion o the Lover a n d Beloved.

H e is g r e e t ~ dy t/u

Usher

o

the Gradc,

s yilzg

;

F r a t ~ ~el.egri7ws VaZlis.-Salve, Frater. Sub umbra

alarum tuarum, EHESHUA, Domine noster, protege et

custodi nos.

Frater P ~ r q - r i r t z c sVaZZis.--I pray that the shadow of

dea th be turned for thee into morning, and that the light

within be greater than light without. But without and

within I wish thee

all

white brightness, when-after Calvary

and sepulture-there comcth thine Easter-tidc. Behold,

the

purificd

soul

gocth

tl~ rou gh he gates of death, as a

virgin goeth to her bridal

and

having great hope

i n

thy

death, I clothe thee not for the grave, but for the day

of

thy marriage, with vcstures of gold, cven with a golden

girdle, and I give unto thee

a

wand of powcr.


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THE

GRADE

O F

ADEPTUS

MAJOR 6 = 5

7

His pvejaratiun being in isl~cd, h ~ost~clant s

Zcd

by tile

Usher

o

the Grade,

f i ~ o m

the Vestibule to

the

Duor o

the Tmuple. Meatzwhih the Watchwords

o

the time

have been e;r-c/la~zgeds foZZuws therein.

Aa'eptz~s Exemptus.-Fratres et Sorores, we are in fine

called back to the House of the Father. Le t us fear not

therefore those waters which intervene, though they are

cold to the simple senses.

A d ~ p t u sMajor.-If it were not for cool, rc st fd an d

wholesome death,

we

should never have part in the

resurrection.

Adeptus E xe ~~ @t z~ s. -I t s the call of every man

ultimately to stand alone-that is to say, independently

of

the rest of his kind.

Adeptus Major.-But when a man is alone so far as the

world

is

concerned, he is the nearer t o the Presence

of

GOD

AdLtptus Extwtptus.-Herein is the Divine Help which

remains always with

u s

and

t h e

soul in the realisation

of

that Presence enters Eternal Life.

Adeptus Major.-Fratres et Sorores, we also have slept

i n the d eep enchantment of the senses.

We have

paid

the

price of our exile.

Au'eptzds 2-xenzptru.-Blessed

be

those whose sleep

is

taken away, who awaken

and

behold His glory.

Thereafter is silence, tilL the Usher o the Grade sounds

his Batte~y-- -wilhuut.

he

answer withirt

I @

Tenz le

is

the sofelm str i.hi?z~f

gong

six

times.

h

Usher

o

the Grude cnQn slow& with tire Postufunt,

a n d the Door

is

iy ~d ?mrcdiatc&. The et tt ra ue

is

so

ordered that t h ~ollowi~zg coLhpuy s heard by t/re

Postulant.


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CEREMONY

O F ADMISSION T O

Adtpttcs Exe?~zptns.-Mighty Adeptus Major, what

is

that

A@tm Mdjor.-Merciful Exempt Adcpt, it

is

the hour

of sunset.

Adcptzcs Exe?azftzrs.-I say that it is the hour of the

Ritc.

A d q t ~ sMnjov.--The night cometh and the darkness.

The day is worn to evening. The season of stars is at

hand.

AcZEptus Exe7frptus.-Till He giveth His beloved sleep,

it

is

meet and just that we should

zealously

redeem the

t imc

d e p t ~ ~

;t ~~t2ptzcs.-Welcon1e,Brother,

in

the names of

those

wh o

are with us,

a

Great Company, keeping the place

of our Mystery.

The Usher o

t h

Grade aatd the PostuZa?zt ace East.

Adeptus

Exenzptus. onourable Frater Peregrinus

Vallis, who is he that has followed

you

F ~ a t e r eregri~zus VaZZis.-Ne

is

the Auxiliary Frater

Adeptus, Frater Adveniat Regnum veZ lrortren alzkd),

w o

-bcing

well

known anlong us-has come in the fulness

of

t im c seeking the benefit of sanctuary.

Adcptus Excu~tu~.-Wh; i t

is

th e age of our Beloved

Brother

FraW Per~gr inz~saLLis.-I t is thirty-three years.


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THE G R A D E O F ADEPTUS M A J O R 6 =

9

Adeplus Ex~~tz/;tus.-Do you testify, Frater Peregrinus

Vallis,

that

h e

has fulfilled the covenants of

TIPHERETH

and has been heard

in

the Holy Assemblies, bearing witness

o n

his own part

to

the great day of the Lord and the

glory of

His corning.

Fvntev Peregrirrus Val&.-He has led the Hidden Life

in the House.of the Holy Spirit, and on the threshold of

its Mystical Sanctuary. H e has fulfilled his time

of

ministry

as

Auxiliary Frater Adeptus in the Rite of the

Grade

of

TIPI -IERE TH, and 11c has borne faithful witness

concerning the Life of life and the Advent of Mcssias

the King.

Adeptzds Exeutptus.-Auxiliary Frater Adeptus, what is

your own testimony

The Usher

o t i e

Gradefalls

a

littl

behi d

the Postulant

and dir~cts im

iu an undertone.

Auxiliary F ra tw Adeptus.-I look within this Temple

for the coming of the Peacemaker.

e has lzj d

his W a d solevrnly an d now low rs it.

Adeptus Exeuzptzts.-Give m e the

Signs of

the Temple.

The

Auxiliary Frater Adeptus,

still

in.structed

by

t

Usher o the Grade, gives the Opening

nd

lasing

ig~zsf the 5 6 Grade

a~rd

ays

:

Auxiliary Fra ter A dep t~~ .-T he Kingdom of

God

is

within.

Adeptus ~x mzpt i r s . -~o you firmly and fully believe

that beyond your present Grade and the experience

obtained therein ate further Sacramental Mysteries

delineating deeper states, and that the closed Veil is not

an unknown darkness?


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T H E CEREMONY O F ADMISSION TO

A

uxiliary Frater Adeptus (as im t~ uc te d y the Usher o

t h Grade).--It

is written that in

a

day to come the Lord

will ta kc away the veils.

Adcjtzcs Alrrjou.-Merciful Exempt Adept , I proclaim

t h a t Fra ter Advcniat Rcgnum

vd

rourcn a l i l d )

has

heard

the voice of our Loving Father, and tha t he looks in due

time to pass through dcath to life.

Adeptus E;t-enrptils.-Spirit of the Lord, at test it Spirit

of the Most High

GOD

Adeptus Ailn,;or.-Soul of the Man, receive i t ; Soul

of the Man, attain

all

ye who

have

becn faithful unto

death.

Adeptzds E;t em~/tz~s.-Auxiliary

Fratcr Adeptus, as the

gifts a n d graces of the Spirit, a t each stage of their

descent, involve higher obligations, I ask now whcther you

will assume these with a real sense of their importance,

and with a

firm

purpose to sustain them even to the end.

AzmZ ary

Fratcv

Aa @tus.-Merciful Exempt Adep t,

I

have becn taught that the Sons of the True Legitimacy

do ever remember the yoke of their high calling.

Adeptus Exemptus.-So stand therefore, my Brother,

with your arms extended in

the

Sacred Cruciform Sign,

and say i n your heart of hearts that which you utter w i t h

your lips-

THE

SACIZAMENT

O F

A

OLY

PLEDGE.


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THE CEREMONY

O F

ADMISSION TO

A ~ ~ ~ I I snjo~.-Me has heard the call of the union, the

still small voice spcaliing

in

the heart of longing and he

knows in his inward being that thc Ccntrc draws him back

Adcpfus Exem tu.--It is symboliscd by tllc Sacred Rose

ccntrcd in thc Cross of o u r Mystery at the mccti~lg-point

of the arms. H c who has been manifcstcd on the Cross

must be cnfoldcd

and

withdrawn therein.

So

only docs he

enter in his own being into th e life of the Iiosc.

Adtptzrs Major. He has stilled th e life of the senses

he has sought detachment in the hear t from the accidcnts

of things without, that

he

may

bc

established in the

permanence of those things th at are within.

Adcptus Exe3~ptus. I

bid h im renleniber the still sta te

which is that of the spirit in GOD

Adeptus Major.-Merciful Exempt Adcpt, I testify that

he desires to ascend, a t what cost soever-even from the

Holy Mountain into Eternal Life.

Adeptus EXC?I~~~IL~. GODave us, Fratres et Sorores.

By the task th at we have undertaken, it

is

imposed on us to

aid our Beloved Brother in the need which has thus arisen.

Let him kncel in his place between the I'illars, while wc, on

our part, turn for light and assistance to the Source of

strength and light.


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3

THE PltAYElt O F T H E CELEBRANT-IN-CHIEF.

Merciful and Divine Mistress of the life which is

comnlunicated within, Thou hast called this Man and our

Brother, who in the secret places of his heart has heard the

Word

of

Thy summons.

We

bescech Thee to grant him

the gift of perseverance, tliat lie may not fail in the trial of

his fortitude but may keep his soul in the contemplation

of

concentred love, till the great light shines through the hush

and the darkness. May T h y Word again go forth, full of

power and salvation.

May lie rise

i n

his renewal

by

a

resurrection in the spirit.

May he know that within the

veils of Judgment there is the High Palace of T hy

Clemency, even

t h e

Palace of the King, fixed a t the Centre

for ever. May he hail The e in tliat day by T hy true Name,

receiving light from the Crown. We pray The e also to

have mercy on us, even as upqn him whom we have chosen

under T hy guidance, our beloved Fra ter Adveniat Regnum

v d o m ~ z litld , that having assumed to ourselves the care

of his decreed passage through the Halls of Thy loving

chastening, we may raise him gloriously at the end, to the

honour of T hy Holy Name and his everlasting Exaltation

i n

Thee. Praise unto the Spouse and the Spirit, through

the years and the ages, even unto the Union which

is in

GOD. Annen.

Adeptus

LlJujo~. I

testify concerning the still rest which

is that of the spirit in GOD

AiZ e j~~sxe~~r~tus. Iutter the watchwords of the Risen

Life in Christ.


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THE C E R E M O N Y

O F A D M I S S I O N TO

Adeptus

Ji(njoot,.--I

shcw that

the

wholc process is one

of

the joy

in dying for life s

most t rue sake th t

it is

therefore a work of glory , a n d that this d e a t h is rapture.

AdQtus E~ c~rzptus Tlle

state

of

being h i d d e n with

Christ in GOD

is

the statc of

u n i o n

w i t h

TSUIIE

the

Prototype of our nature the Supernal Part which docs not

leave

the Supernals

and this is

the

end of being.

Adeptus Major.-The Divine Union is the unfolding

of our

consciousness in GOD.

c ~ e

nds

the First Point


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O F ADE P TU S MAJOR 6 = 5

5

THE SE OND P O I N T

B E I N G T H E S iCRED

P A T H S

OF

GEUURAH.

Adeptus Exempt~~s. I

bid you observe that the Altar

i n

this Grade is cubical, like that on which you were pledged

at the beginning of your initiated life. I t is now-as i t

was then-the Al tar of your life, presented before you

i n

a

syn~bol.

I t was unfolded

as a

Cross in TIP WER ETI-I,

but in GEBURAM, whicll you are about to enter, the

Cross shall fold up its arms and again become the cube.

You who have been manifested i n the Holy Assembly,

leading

a

life of regeneration, which is called the life of

the

Cross, are about to be withdrawn for period into the

state of hiddenness. I t is

a

state of inward being

illustrated by the veilcd lights upon the Pillars between

which you stand.

cptus Exemptus. The

expounded Mystery of the

two Paths

which

open toivard GEUURAI - I

from

below

may be found in the Great Symbols of the Paths, which

are shewn hcrc on the Altar. Uetween thern

lies

a human


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skull facing toward the Door of the Sanctuary.

It is in

a

sense their synthesis or summary. Because of their

meaning and that which is intitnated by the link or bond

between tllcm I bid you remember the light wllich shines

amidst

darkness l e ad i n g

to the ~n ystic nd a n d tllc Life of

life. Mernc~nbcr lso the Gatc of th at Dea th by which tile

living man passcs into the realisations of the spirit.

d cp t u J/n/br.-All true paths are paths my Brother

of the unity and those who have been received into the

Mystcries k n o w that man rcturns by many ways whence

he came. The channels of con~munication from

S E P H I R A to SE P H I R A in the scheme of the Tree

of

Life are the allottcd Paths of Ascent in the Order of

the

Rosy Cross. Those which comm unicatc with

GEEUIIAI-I on the Way of Ascent in the Trce are the

Paths of KA1 II and M E M . They are termed i n our

Secret Tradition the Intelligence of Desire-or the

Rewarding Intclligcnce of those who seek i n thcir zeal

after things Divine-and the Stable Intclligencc which

testifies to pct-rnanencc of being. GEBURAI-I itself is

called the Iiadical Intelligence by allusion to that state in

which thcre

is

kinship with the Supreme Unity. The

letter EX1 is referred to the cosmical element of Water

and the Great Symbol of the Pat h of

M E M

represents

a

Crowned blaster submerged beneath the Waters of

Creation as

if

reposing therein.

The face is turned to the

beholder but the eyes are closed

i n

sleep. Th e figurc-

as a whole-recalls i n broad outline the symbol of a

Swastika Cross and thus suggests that the Crowned

Master though to all outward appearance he is dead and

indeed buricd is the fountain of life in the universe. His


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7

Divine Nature is indicated by the golden nimbus which

encircles the head and by the rainbow which extends above

the entire figure. I t is in analogy with that other rainbow

in sight like unto an emerald which was about

the

Throne

of GOD in the vision of Patmos. The Crowned Master

signifies tile Divine immanent

i n

creation and you who

behold this. Great Symbol for tlie first time should

rcmember how our elder Brethren discovered i n the House

of the

Holy

Spirit the body of their Founder our Loving

Fathe r Christian Rosy Cross. T h e inward sense of tha t

finding within the measures of the I2licrocosm was

unfolded in the Grade of TI PHER ETI- I. Here now is

its

macrocosmic meaning. T h e Sanctuary of the House

was draped

in

rainbow colours and our Master reposed in

tlie centre represented by the Celebrant-in-Chief.

I t was

shewn to you then that being dead he yet speaketh-

from that place of which he says in his legend I have

made this Inner Sanctuary of th e Most Hidden

GOD

a

Sepulchre for myself. The GOD Who is concealed in

creation hidden within the Sanctuary of His own building

testifies also from within it to those who have awakened in

the spirit. But the history of man my Brother is that of

the greater universe. In him the Divine Spa rk

is

immersed

within the waters of his own material existence T h e

Crowned Master is within us and so also is the Founder of

the Rosy Cross. These things are true in the microcosm

as they are true in the world without and the symbol with

which we are dealing has the same

Rosicrucian analogies

in both cases.

I

say unto you that-within arid without-

the Crowned Master and all that which is syrnbolised by

Christian Rosy Crospin the Sepulchre of his

own

making

are not dead but sleeping and they awaken in you.

Observe

in

this Synlbol how the ocean of phenotnenal life

supports on its surface the nlystical Ark of Noah which-


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O F

ADMISS IOK T

in one of its aspects-signifies the Vcsscl of Corses-

pondenccs, whcrein the types of all things were collccted

from the wreckagc of the old initiations for trnnsmission

through a new era. As such it belongs to the symbolism

of Instituted lk1j~stcries but it has anotlier n d deeper

sense. I t is the ship of hu n~ an ity, oised on the waters of

the world. I t is man,

collective

and individual, man

i n

possession of his scnscs and also limited by tllesc. Ther e

is that within him n-hich is not put to slecl) less uttcsly

than is the Great S y n l b o l i ~ ~ ~ lIaster. There is that which

is hidden in the body, as GO D

i n

His on-n creation, that

which is Divine within you, s the Divine abides in the

universe. You know these things intellectually through

the Sacred Rites of our Fellowsl~ip. A s an old Son of its

Mysteries, you should know them also cre now by the

realisation of living experience,

n d

you will thus under-

stand inwardly that thcre is yet another aspect under

which we ma y rcgard the A r k for by many issues the

great emblenls open upon the infinite which they shew

forth, though it is after the manner of a reversed glass

through which they are seen as if from very far away.

From this point of view, the Ark rc-presents th e House

Mystical of all the Hol y Proccsses which the Masters of

Experience

have

built about us who are following the

Quest of

GOD.

But it

is

above all the House of Contem-

plation, understood i n the sense of the Mastcrs and

suulmariscd in the Rosy Cross. An exit is found there-

from, or even from thought itself, into the n~orldof direct

experience. The Grade of GE13UICAI-I

represents

this

flight of the soul, and 1 bid you therefore r e~ nc mb er hat

i n the Ark of old tllcl-c

was

a window, through which the

Mystical Dove passcd and rc-passed-now in frustrcitcd

flight, because wings mLiy beat vainly a t the Golden Ga te

-now bearing an olive-branch of peace, as the promisc of


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THE C E R E M O N Y

O F ADMISSION T O

KAPH

is

a

Symbol of Mystical Death and the price of

immortality attained in conscious being. The Pentagram

which enshrines the human figure represents the state

of

G E B U l i A I l

and

its Holy Sanctuary. Frater Adveniat

Rcgnum veL no7mrt a h t d , say unto you that t h e

old

Adam-which dies on the Cross of TIPI IERETI I at

a

certain hour of sunset-is buried for ever

i n GEUURAH

b u t the new Adam comes forth alive. Remember the

dispassionate equilibrium which is poised between life and

death. This

is

the state of the entranced figure before you

folded in the sleep of ecstasy but drawing thcrcin from the

fountain of life in the universe. On the threshold of adept-

ship you were born again in the syrnbolism of the Rosy

Cross. You have led

in TIPHERETH

the mystical life

of

regeneration

and in

GEBURAH

you are taught how

to

die.

ere

e s t h Second

Point.


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31

TH

T H I R D P OINT.

T H E R IT U A L O F T H E H O L Y C R O S S .

A s the s p m h of the Celebrant-in-Chief draws to its close,

the Usher of the

rade

has k his place qu id , an d

eottcurrrntZy w it h the lart w o r d r 'h e entittguiskes all

figh ts i n the Temple save ifrose of the vriitd carrdies

on

the P iih rs . He withdraws the curtain from the C r o s ~

o f T I P H E RE T H , which is exposed

fir

the lf r s time.

He comes round with t h Sun , andf cing t h Positclattt

puts

hint

back from between the P ifl ars to

i

Western

m d of the Ten@, where Re f a u s the Celebrants,hv i r r

hi s back to the Cross. H e i s lcft leaning on his W an d

nd

the Usher of the Grade ret~r rns o his our plau

The Crlcbrant-itr-Chic hus resumed his scat.

Adipt us Major.-The glorious un o f

TI

P

R TH

has set upon t he l i fe o f man.

Adeptus Exettrptus.-Spirit

of our Master Christ, Spirit

of

the Great Master,

I

have

entered th e Path o f Ecstacy.

Adtptrrs Major.-I have kno w n th e sanctity o f de ath

in the Halls o f Silence.

Adeptus Exemptus.-The Christ-Sp irit is

within

me

have risen with the Great Master,

and

behold

m

alive

for evermore.

Adeptus Major.-The path o f death

is

also th e path

o

Glory.

TAwe is lur a pause of some moments.


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Ad@tzts Ex~7~rptzrs.-Bellold, I have gone before

j 7 u i n

the way, Brother of the Rosy Cross.

I

bcar witness to

the resurrection of the Adept,

the

body of redemption, the

Christ-Lifc

i n

thc spirit and the Law of h?ercjr in

CI-IESED.

On thc Cross of Holy Obligation, wliicli is the

Cross of Life in T IPI - IERETH, you have attaincd the

crucifixion of the Adept

in

conformity of will, tllc conse-

cration of desire, dedication of mind, and the purification

of your earthly part. The six years of

TIPI-IERETM

are the working days of your creation, and thereafter

cometh a Sabbath .

There

is

here a pause o some ?ILUIIWLs.

Adeptzts Exc?ttptrcs.-Honourable Frater Peregrinus

Vallis, Keeper

of

the Precincts appertaining to the Valley

of

Silence, bind our Beloved Postulant to that Cross which

symbolises his inward spiritual

life

and the time of his

passion.

The PostuZa7zt's Wand

o

a 7 2

Auxiliary F ra te r A d ~ t u ss

taken f7om

him

atzd

laid at

his fett.

H e isp u t 24pon

the Cross wearing his v c s t ~ ~ t e ~ ~ i sn d i,zsiguia.

e

recaZZs thus the oLdfictzwes o Christ in the revcmuce o

priesi gavments, as on Cross o Glory. The Usher

o the Grade returns with the

m

to his p ln c~ .

Adeptrrs Major.--Fratrcs et Sororcs, abiding in the Halls

of GEUUIZAH, amidst the Mysteries of Sacred Darkness,

behold him who is uplifted.

Let us pray that he may

draw after him

all

things which are capable within

of

eternal life.

Adeptus Exe~~zj tus .-0 Secret Doctrine of the Union.

I

testify that we come forth from the Centre

and

that the

Centre draws us back.


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O F

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G=

Ad~ptus

Major. 0

life which is beyond Nature lift up

and assume unto thyself the life which is in the midst of

death belonging to our natural humanity.

A d ~ t u

XCIIQ~ICS.-TO

ou Fratcr Adveniat Regnum

V E C z o ~ t z ~ tliud ,I unveil the mystical story of your inward

progress through

all

Grades of our Order. At a certain

epoch of your manifest life there began to be formulated

within you

a

desire for Divine Things for the spiritual life

as a path that leads thereto for depths of the riches of

union for living knowledge-beyond all knowledge and

union attained in the ways of earth. I t was a first intima-

tion within you of an eternal desire ill the Christ-Spirit

Who is the Spouse and Lover of souls to enter into bonds

of Divine Marriage with your conscious being that it

might attain itself in Him. The desire on your own part

signified a loving stirring and kindling awakened- by the

unfolding of the Christ-Spirit-from a state of immanence

to a state of manifestation within you. I t opened as if in

summary all modes and measures of the prospects which

stretch through eternal being. You saw in a glass and

darkly the beginning and end of union. The correspond-

ence

in Ritual and Symbolism was your experience in the

First Portal Grade of the Rosy Cross. The loving secrets

of the path were unfolded subsequently

by

successive

stages corresponding to the later Grades. The stable of

your earthly personality was made ready

in

the

Rite of

Zelator for the Mystery to come by purification of the

bodily part. As a Frater Theoreticus your mind was

prepared consecrated and filled with

the

thought thereof.

Afterwards i n the Grade40f Practicus the heart was

restored

i n

purity and consumed with hunger and thirst

for the desired end. The will in fine

was

consecrated by

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O F ADMISSION TO

The will and its purposc were held in a sacred suspension,

awaiting the declaration therein of the Divine Intention

and Will. With a sense of the Mystery on the tl~rcshold,

you stood then as one who knows that his Redeemer

liveth, tha t the Temple of his natural personality must be

rebuilt i n God, that the Christ-Spirit shall rcign within it,

even as a King in Israel.

But this Spirit was working

already within, and that toward wllich i t was working was

the making of a new crcaturc and

a

re bi rt h in God.

I t

comes about for this rcason, tha t the Second Portal of the

Rosy Cross is a Grade of Regeneration,

a

Grade of the

Second Birtl~. The Uelovcd Soul is transformed by

the Lover of the Soul and rc-made i n His likeness. Fo r

the fulfilment of this h lystery you re-entered

YESOD,

because it is a Mystery of sex spiritualised, wherein is the

fount of grace, regeneration

and

life to come. In the Grade

of T I P H E R E T H you were set to grow

i n

the likeness of

the Soul s Lover, and for this reason all its symbols and

ceremonies, with all its epochs, are depicted as a figurative

Mystcry of the Christ-Life enacted in your own life and

your proper personality. The same imagery obtains

throughout the Grades of the Third Order, and they are

all intimations of union between Christ Mystical and the

Soul. The experience of the Second Birth corresponds to

the Soul s vision of the Lover and Betrothed therein. That

life which follows the birth is a preparation of bridal

garments.

Thereafter conleth a marriage, and this-my

Brothcr in the Spirit-is the

day

of your Bridal, the end to

a life of separation and the death of all that hinders

the

joy

of ineffable union.

Soul, chosen out of thousands,

pass on tlu-ough death to life, knowing that this dea th is

a

secret of the union, and that the life to come is

a

glorious

life of resurrection. No more through mysteries of symbol,

Rites and the pageants of these, pass thou henceforth


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6 = 5 5

through niysteries of real experience, and find therein that

wllatsoever is enacted hcre in this Holy Temple sets forth

--in

living words and moving pictures-the successive

states and stages

of

the soul which goes to

GOD.

Aa'eptzrs [email protected] is I , Beloved Brother, who

ordained

in

days long ago tha t you should take u p your

Cross and carry it.

I,

being an Unknown Master, and a

symbol of

the

Christ-state, have come out of the far

distance to be present a t that mystical death which closes

the life of TII I-IERETI-I Fra tres et Sorores, that

which was Lcgun upon the Cross, on the Cross also is

finished.

The1.e s a a o t h e ~ ause:

The Usher o f the Grade strikes

the Nid'z Hour

z on

th

gong.

He

therc m n ~ e s ith

the

u n

to a poia t beside the Crass o f

TIPHERE

TH.

Ad~ptus

Exeulptus.-The

spirit of the world dies and

gives place to the Spirit of Christ.

Herein is the folly of

the Cross, which is a scandal to the wise of earth. Ou r

Beloved Brother dies in the mystical sense on the Cross of

TIPHERETH,

when the purpose of the crucified life has

been fulfilled within

him

when he has become himself the

Cross, arid has itnmolated thereon whatsoever in his natural

personality has no place or state in eternity.

There

is a

moment when his perishable state cries out i n the last

throes of its ordeal Why hast Thou forsaken me There

is

a

moment when the immortal part commends its being

into the hands of GOD, *w ho is its source. There is a

time when the higher and lower unite in saying: I t is

finished.


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MAJOR

6 = 37

AcZcptus Exc7 rpt1ts.-Iiratres ct Sorores, our Brother has

put away that which hindered, and the path is free before

him.

Thc death on the Cross is literal, in the sense th at

the old life has ended

;

but the death is also mystical,

because it is not a dissolution of the physical part. I t is

all a work of the will in the personality itself, by the

re-ordination of desire and thought, with the consequent

suspension of attraction toward the lower order of things,

and thereafter by attachment to those things that are

above. In virtue of all the holy hypotheses and all the

witness of experience, there is a co-operation from the

Divine Side in the work of grace, and it is known that this

is fuller as the channels open within us, in the process of

separation. There may come. even that stage when the

work is done for us and in us. Frater Adveniat

Regnum

P E L

I Z O I I Z ~ ~

liz~d ,

ou who have been manifested

on the Cross of TIIPHERETH and have become the Cross

therein are now to be withdrawn into the sacred silence of

the Rose, that you may

i n

turn become the Rose. You

are i n the care of him who is an Abider in the Valley of

Judgment. Thither, where you

are

now called he has

passed before you. As you follow

his

faithful leading, I

direct you to set aside all external images and

to

realise

that in so far as you are moving, it is

in the

thought-body

alone. Your progress is a progress through the shadows.

ere emis

the hird

Point.


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THE CEREhfONY O F A D M I S S I O N T O

THE F O U R T H P O I N T .

T H E GATT

O

THE

S A N C T U A R Y .

The Postzdant is drawrt rather tha72 moves on his

ow z

part, and i s placed etween the Pillars.

The Usher o

the Grade re t~mzso his scat.

Adeftus Excmpt~s.-Being divested of that which

seems we desire-God willing-to set aside all veils and

go forth unclothed as wc came.

A h ~ t u sMajor. We

came forth naked into manifesta-

tion.

We

go out naked at our call having put away the

things that were before.

We enter into a new sphere of

being and therein we are clothed upon.

There

is th

pazcse of

a fkw

?~~oments,

nd

the Usher of

th Grade still mzitttairts the i7zcerzse, so that its fz~mes

fill the Tempk, roZZing abozdt

t

Pillars.

The

veiled

candZes are cioudcd yet

no re

deep .

Adeptus Exenzptus.-Beloved Brother it is through

many types that

we

pass ultimately behind the veils.

have something

to

say to you concerning Philosophical

Mercury the symbol of which you bear upon your left side

as an Auxiliary Fra ter Adeptus.

The

Keepers of the

Secrct Tradition tell us in their parables that it is coagu-

p l a t e d by its own Sulphur which is the conjunction of

their Sun and Moon or the hlarriage of Adam and

E ve .

No\\; this is to be unders tood mystically for they say also


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GRADE

O F

DEPTUS

MAJOR

6 = 5

9

that it is

an

union of heaven and earth. The explanation

of such hidden language is to be found in the Tree of Life

as this is understood by the Order of the Rosy Cross.

The natural principles of our humanity symbolised in

their correspondences with Fire Water Air and Earth are

collected

in

MALKUTI - I which is the World

of Action

and are centred .therein upon things manifested. The

thoughts desires and will of man are contained within

earth and his senses. I n other words the native Mercury

Sulphur and Salt have not been made subject to the

operations of Divine Wisdom. They begin to be purified

and prepared in the World of Formation containing three

SEPHIIIOTH

allocated respectively to Mind Desire and

Wiil and corresponding to three spiritualised planets the

Moon Mercury and Venus. These S E P H I R O T H

constitute the Second Reflected Triad in the Tree of Life.

The WorId of Creation or Third Order of the Rosy

Cross is the First Reflected Triad and it answers to the

same principles of our nature when they have been changed

by the work of Wisdom. Tha t which corresponded in

YESOD

to the reflected light of the Moon has become

Philosophical Mercury in the Grade of T IP I IE R ET H

or the Mind permeated and transmuted by the Sun of

Righteousness.

You

will understand therefore that in the

Higher Grades of the Third Order analagous transmu-

tations of Dcsire and Will are symbolised s that i n the

language of the Secret Tradition they become Philosophical

Sulphur and Salt. The transmutation of Desire fixes

Mind and hence Mercury is said to be coagulated by

Sulphur while transmuted Will and its Purpose direct all

thc inward principles of lovc and understanding to that

Divine World which is first

i n

the Tree of Life. The

triad becomes an unity which is the state of the Mystical

Stone a t once tinctured and tingeing. But i n the World


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O F

ADMISSION

TO

of Divinity the Three Principles are symboliscd as

KETHER, the Divine hlind,

CHOICMAH

the Eternal

MJisdom, the goodwill and good plcasure of GO D S pur-

pose and BINAN the Eternal Love. Th ey subsist i n an

ineffable unity. So arc th c worlds complctcd, intcrlinlied

a t every point, and man at tains GOD by an union of

principles which correspond and are one at the root.

As

regards Mercury, it is affirmed that we know it now as it

exists irnprisoncd

in

a body, but a day will come when it

shall be liberated from present limitations and manifested

as

a

pure, fixed, intelligible, constant fire. I t is a fluidic

and volatile substance, to fix which is the work of Wisdom.

I

say unto you that our hlercury is Mind, and that i n fixity,

rest and sin~pl icity t can attain a Divine Mode. Thought

is reduced therein to the point a t which it vanishes for a

period, and the Mind of

GOD

testifies to Mind in thc

silence.

dqtus Mq h. -T he natural reason of man

is

earthly

above all things, but the ascent of the Tr ee of Life carries

us far from earth, far from the ways and forms of material

thought. The imprisoned and liberated Mercury are

contrasted states of Mind

one

of them errant in the

world of sense and confined therein, the other emancipated

one volatile, the other fixed by Wisdom.

Unto this shall

be given in the stillness that Word which has becn sought

in all initiations, which is reversed and transliterated is

substituted after every manner, and is recovercd only by

tfi c soul in

a

state of union a t thc Centre.

This is the

Word of Life.

The Absolute exceeds thought, but in a

certain suspension it enters to fill the heart, and so is

GOD realised within us.


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T H E

C E R E M O N Y

O F D M IS SIO N T O

A d q tu s Major.-The Journey to the Centre lies through

the Gate of thc Tomb-as understood in the sense of our

Order

that G ate is the Death of the Kiss.

Adeptus Exe1~~tz~s.-H0~1o urab le ra te r Pcregrinus

Vallis,

I

call

upon

you to open the Gate, and may

G O D

lead our Brother into the Risen Life beyond.

Adeftus

Majar.--Amen

Brother.

May

G O D be now

with him and His peace with T h y spirit.

The Door of the S a~ ct ua rys set wide ofeu.

Tjtc Usher

returns to his place. T h e Celebrants a d Postzdant

reach the Threshold.

They pause thereat and there is

sileucef o r

a

V YY hief sface, d z ~ r i ~ ghich the Postu lant

sees the Fzcneval Littev, the Catafalque a d he Calzd2e.s

o the Dead.

Adcptus Exemptus.-The correspondence

to

your present

situation, my Brother,

in

Christian symbolism, is th e bear-

ing of the dead Christ to that rock-hewn sepulcllre wherein

no

one had lain previously.

Adcptus Major.-Having put away the earthly substance

of the mind, may that which is imperishable within you

be

joined to tha t which

does

not pass in the universe.

Adeptus Exemptus.-Fratrcs

et

Sorores, pray for the

great peace of the perfect stillness, and for the sudden light

therein.

e

SZLYIZS g iu

Eastward.

T h y enter the Sanctuary.

The

Postulant

is

Zed

t o

the Nortlrern side

o

the Litter

~ r n ds there left. The Celeb?-alzt-ilt-Chie f takes up his

position at 1/16 due East,/aciug Wesf. The Seco7zd G l e

Bra~itpasseso t/le South, ru/zere he faces the Postulaut.


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THE

G R D E O ADEPTUS MAJOR, 6=5 43

Adeptus MaJbu.-Let us enter into the Mystery of Death.

Ad~p tus xeu@tz~s.-It is the body of our infirmity which

dies upon the Cross of

TIPHERETH,

that in the Sacred

Tomb of the Adepts the Soul may know GOD at its own

centre.

Adeptus. Major.-The analogy of this inward event is

the Descent of the Lord Christ into the prison of the

Fathers.

Adeptus k-z-e?tzptzcs.--Such

a

descent takes place between

mystical death and resurrection. I t is the state in which

the Seeker for Eternal Life goes to the uttermost end of

his being, as

on

a journey into the underworld, the abyss

within self-knowledge.

Adeftus iVnjor.-When the last veil is parted there is

union of being in GOD.

Adeptzrs Exe7)zptus.-Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust, in

the death

of

the natural body.

Spiri t to Soul in GOD, life

to life, conlniunion of ineffable being.

Aa'eptzrs Major.--Hereof is the death of the mystic, and

hereof the death which is

in

Christ, our Leader into the

life of

glory.

Adeptus [email protected] testify that such death is the

Marriage of the Adept, and that here is his Bridal Night.

The

S E C U ~

elebrant Leans across the Litter arzd ui th

both hands assists the PostuLa7zt to assume

a

reczmzbent

pastz~~:ehereu7r.

His

arms are crossed z ~ o n is breast

and a red pall is Laid ov r him

ut

leaziilzg the head

z

ncoueved.

Th

CeZcbrant-in-

hief

closes the eyes o the

Postuhzt , saying

:

Adcptur Exevz tzrs.-It is

I

who p u t to rest in

GEUURAH.

I t

is

I who give back to the Father.


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T H E

GRADE O

ADEPTUS MAJOR

6 = 5 5

THE FIFTH POINT.

T H E OFF ICE O T H E HOLY WATCH .

There is a period of couzplete sihtce.

The Usher of

t h

Grade conti~zz~eso ;rlzairttain the j r e iit the Pot of

11~cense, ud the fumes

o f

i t fill the Tcntpl'e. The Door

behim? the Sa~zctary opem su dd ~~ z( ynd

silently.

T/u

Priestess

o f

the Kite comes. forth, weari~zg he violet

vestures a7zd ueil of BINAH. The veiZ covcrs her fro712

head to foot, a d s e?rzbroidered wi th the Symbols of

SHE

X INA

H.

She bears

z

her ha~zdhe Sacred Rose of

GEB

URA

H.

h he

stamfs t

th

head of the Cata alyue

and is seetz thrmgh it leani~zg

v v

the Bier The

Usher of the Grade rises in his place and-without

movi~tgherefrom-says sZo wly a d lear

:

Frater Perepinus Valiis.-Blessed be the Glory of the

Lord in the place

of

his S H E K I N A H

He uesuttzes his seat. Thcre is the pause of a f c z motm~rts,

a d hereafter

:

The Priestess.--I have opened a door in the darkness

and

the

Light of the Supernals

is

i n m y heart.

I am the

SHEKIN AH in transcendence the Great Mother in

BINAH

appearing

as

Virgin-Wisdom and testifying to

Eternal

Life

in the Kingdom. am

the

token

of

the

Divine Presence issuing from the Mercy-Seat and reflected

f r om

the

ovcrshadowing Cherubim. I am the Guiding

Spirit of all the Holy Assemblies am the Bride

in

the


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T H E

CEREMONY OF

ADM ISSION

TO

Christ-State and I a m Divine Understanding, disposing

all

things sweetly to the great true ends of

all.

A s

the

S H E K I N A H i n the Temples below, I have been the

guide of all your paths.

With you I have been in

exile,

Brother, and with you I enter into liberation. I bring

the grace of Mystical Death to those who practise the L aw

of Holiness.

I am the well of prudence for the elect.

I

lift up 111y holy symbol of life in the .indrawn state, the

Red Rose of

GEEURAH

which is unanifested also in

HOD, wherein is the beginning of continence for the part

of desire in

man I n

the grace of Mystical Death, the

elect

shall behold

my glory.

On

the

threshol of the

inward journey, pass in m y peace, Brother, receiving the

Kiss of the S HEKI NAH.

The P r ies t~ss ~,esses the Rose

72

the 711outh o the

Postulant.

Thatpuesszrre continues f o ~ h ~ m ~ m n t s

on , andyct so long that thcre shald be no doubt o the

expe~*iencend its renlisatiou by the Pos tz rZa~rt.

I l c

sees

the arm o the Priestess and her ) re be?zdi?zg ouer

him, b ~ te docs uot behold ~ C Yace, by mason

o

the

veil which COVCI C t.

he

Priestess.-Enter into Mystical Death. Pass into

its

deep degrees. Thou hast receivcd the visit

of

MA TR ON A. Go forth to the Palace of the King, wllich

is a Palace a t thine own centre.


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T H E GRADE OF ADEPTUS

MAJOR

6 =

7

T H E FIRST WATCHWORD.

This Vault is the tent of the

SHEKINAH.

This Bier

is

the Bed of Solonlon.

The place is peace.

TH E SECOND WATCHWORD.

Forget the

body of

thy mortality and the crucified

desires

of

flesh.

Sacrifice the Bull of Earth.

T H E T H I R D W ATC HW OR D.

Still also the mind within

thee,

all the makers

of images.

Sacrifice the Man of thought.

T H E FOULITH WATCHWORD.

Winds upon thc Waters of the Soul.

Say unto

t h em

Peace,

be

still. Pcacc upon the turbid waters.

Still

t h e

soul in death. Sacrifice the Winged

Eagle.

THE FIFTH WA TCH WORD.

Tllc will is strong within thcct. ; the will is keen.

Into

the hands of GOD into His holy charge. Offer up

the

Great

Lion. These things, my friend, are dead. They

have dicd in Him.


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THE

G R A D E O F A D E P T U S M A J O R 6 = 5

9

The Voice o f the P ~ ic s t cs s eases a t th is poi~zt .

S h e r i s w ,

a d zoui7tg vcry soft& with the Suu pusses from t he

Sa?zc~ziarylzto

the ;rE7@1e

The Usltcr

o f

the Grade is

stafzdizzg u lrea dy

by

the Door, a m ' he goes b~ ya re he

Priestess, carvy i~ig he

Wand

of Peace. c cscorts / zr

to a scat whi h he h s Placed revious& b ~ tw c eu he

Pilla rs. S h e sits thcre, loo&g E a st w a rd , bzct the veil

still covers her. T he

K

ase of GEBU H is now seen

u p z

/rev breast. A space fo llo ws d u h g w h ic h t j l c r ~ s

contple te silence in the Tevtp le a d Holy S a m t z a r y .

T/u

U S ~ Tf the Grade co?zti~meso burn imense , alzd t /w

Lace i s clouded .

Here e s the

FzYth Point


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TIHE C E R E M O N Y O F A D M I S S I O N T O

THE

SIXTH

P O I N T .

T H E I N W A R D R E S U I I K E C T I O N .

A ~ ~ ~ L I L S

xe~nptus.-It

is

defined by the Wise Masters

that il.lercury kills and makes alivc.

Adcpt1c s

Jlnjo9p.-Under the operation of its own Sulphur

there is destroyed one mode of its being but thereafter it

arises to the life of another form. Hereof are Death and

Rcsurrcction in the Mysteries of the Rosy Cross.

Adcptus

Exemptus.-It is a work of the Spiritual

S u n

in

TIPHISRETI-I and when it is in fine completed the

Postulant enters the state of GEBURAI-I through the

Door of the S u n . That

S u n

represents the perfect union

of the Three Philosophical Principles and of the Second

Reflected Triad in the Tree of Life. Th is is why the

Gradc of

TIPHERETH

is

a summary of the Third Order.

But in the succession of Grades the Mind is transmuted

in

TIPIIEKETH the Desire part in GEBURAH and the

Will in CI-IESED the Three Principles working thereto

in each as one

Principle only and this

is

the Christ-

Spirit.

Adqtzcs Majar. In virtue of that working the life of

regeneration enters into mystical death by

a n

union a t the

Ccntrc as marriage with the Life of life and in the

Glorious Mysteries of Resurrection from death it enters

into the life of union which is wedded life i n Christ.


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T H E GRADE OF A D E P T U S MAJOR G= 5

Adeptrrs Emnlptus.--Fratres ct Sorores, Adep t i Majores,

our Bclovcd Brother has gone out through that Door

which opens on the inward world. H e has made unto

himself a sepulchre. All symbols of the external world

have dissolved. Its essence remains in the heart. He has

passed into the cloud of darkness unto him be the light

beyond. May thc Christ-Spirit in the darkness be unto

his Soul a light. May there be a meeting of the Spirit and

the Bride. So

in

his inward being shall he find that GOD

is within, that the Soul has ever its Christ in the hidden

centre, and that man, or woman in the flesh, the woman

and the man are we. The Great Work is for t h e Soul to

find the Spouse, to know and to be known with Him.

Adeptus Major.-In witness also to the other side

of

symbolism, I pray that having been crucified with Christ,

having died and beeq intombed with Him, having

gone

d own

into the underworld, the Postulant may rise up with

Christ and so come into the Kingdom.

The Celebrants leave their seats andproce~do tile Door

o

the Sanctuary. The Celebrant-iu Chief

ticr:rs

West-

ward with uplzj7ed arms.

Adeptus Exentptus.-Fratres et Sorores, it is

I

who bring

back to life, that the work of holy manifestation may

be

carried to i ts completion.

The Celebrauts eetrter the Sanctuary a n d take up t h i r

places

~qt

nd North

o

the Bier.

There s silencefor

some ~~tomeuts ,nd therta ter :

Aricptus hkenrptus.--The watches of this sleep are holy.

The watches of sleep are long.

Adeptus Major.-It is time now to awaken.


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5 T H E

EREMONY

OF ADMISSION TO

A&jtus EXEII~IZCS.--I-ICas followed thc Great Quest.

H e has finished the journey therein.

He has reached the

term of search

in

the hiddenness of his own centre.

He

knows that it is the centre of all.

Adcptu ~llqb~. I Ieas passed behind that veil which

earthly hands have sought in vain to draw.

The light

which is above reason dissolves its folds.

Adeptus E,z-cnzpft~s.-In the shadow

of

death lie has

found the Path of Life. H e shall not see death for ever.

Adeptus

Mnjar. He

has lifted up his eyes to the st ar

that shines at morning, knowing that his Redeemer

liveth.

Adcptus Exc~~zptus.-I

say

unto you that there is ligh t

i n

this Sepulcllre and tha t the Bier is a bed of peace. The

Soul of the Man herein has found the Spirit which is

Christ, the immanent and hidden GOD.

Adeptus Major.-There has been silence in the inward

heaven for the space of half an hour.

Adeptus Exem tus.-The Word of the Lord recalls him.

The power

of

the Lord gives back.

he

Cedehvant-in-

h i

hyts

z r

his

anns.

Adeptus Exemptus.-He th at was dead shall rise

gain he Zowcrs

his a rws a u d exteads both hands ov r

the Bier.

J e p t ~ ~ sA-e?rz)tus.-Thou

who

hast beheld the light,

which is

all

light, in

the

darkness, I call thee back.

Soul out of space and time, I draw thee to time and

space. After the rest in GOD there is an awakening in

Him.


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THE GRADE O F ADEPTUS

MAJOR 6 = 5

c

passes

to the Sozcthey~ ide of the

Bier

A ~ @ I Z L S

xeuzptus.-I

say

unto thee Arise nd

come

forth.

Adeptus Exe71rjtrcs.-I raise thee

by

the

Kiss

o f Peace.

May

the consciousness

of

thy true Self abide

with in

thee henceforth and for ever.

The Adqtus

MajOr

comcs round with the

un

to

tire

South arzd the Postularrt is led to the Door o the Sam-

tuavy whcre he stmzds bet wee ^ the Cekbrunts. n

t

Tenzpfe without the Usher of the Grade raises the ve iM

Lights.

Adeptus Exe71zptus.-Blessed is he

who has

entered into

the place

of

darkness

nd

out of the sh dow of death

comes

for th alive

deptus Mqbr.-It is written that the Eternal Fount

of

Love is found in G E B U I I A H though this is also the

place o f j udgmen t .

The CeZebrar2t.s had the Postulant front the Sanctuary and

through the Sozcthe~?~art of the Temph.

Ttb y each

the Western side of the Altar a d t a d aci~zg owards

the Pibus.

He

beholds

in

this wanner

the

Most H o b Priestess o

the

Kitcs who has risen atzd sta~zds eiled from h a d to foot

between t Piihvs Witharms outstretchd her outlirres

form a Petztagravz a d he wears a great Pentag ram

as a lumina ort

her

breast.

h

Red Rose of

C E BUR

H

is i z t the cerztrc thereoJ


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5 THE C E R E M O N Y O F

D M I S S I O N

T

Adcptus ~ z E U ~ ~ Z ~ ~ . - ~ O Uave passed Frater

d v en ia t

Kegnum

( JEZ

?ZOI LCII

d z z t i ) ,

fson~ the Sanctuary of

Mystical Death having been raised

in

that light which has

dawncd

i n

j70ur

o w n

bcing and

i n

its hidden ccntse. By

the symbolisnl hoivcvcr you are still i n the hidden world

amidst the aftermath of your cxpcricncc within.

It is a

light of Incniory and a rapture of contemplation thereon.

I t corrcspotlds to darkness without because the world

does not share therein. I t corresponds also to the

half

light which

fills

this sacred Temple whcre those who

havc dwelt

in the

centre are Brethren of a New Spirit and

this Spirit-outside all forms of words-bears witness to

its presence

i n

the world and draws those who ar e

prepared. Alorcovc~-

n

thc Holy Assclnbly of

those

who

know with j70u the watch~vords and the counsels of

experience can pass freely. lTou can tcstify concerning

yourself and your co-heirs

lv i l l

tcstify to you. Hereof is

t h e life in

G E B U K H

and hereof the raising therein. I t

is a retreat of three mystical days dusing which there is

Speech i n thc Rose and

the

mind prepares its symbols so

th at in the life of Rcsurrcction it may have power from

the inward heaven to esprcss o n earth in efficacious

sacraments the Word of thc Soul to man.

Adcjtus

[email protected] the power in mc vested and in

virtue of my I-Iigll Office as not indeed I but the Christ-

Spir it speaking within me I give you Spcccli in the Rose.

You who have been bound in

TIPI-IEICETI-I

are unlooscd

in

GLlIURAM.

Henccforcvard let the scrvant usurp o

longer the place of MATlIONA.


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T H E

GRADE

O F

ADEPTUS h IA JOR

G =

7

the Lord but rather M y Beloved is mine.

The Judg-

ment is i n order that

S I - I EK INAH

m a y manifest i n the

Temple of the soul, between the Clierubirn on the Mercy-

Seat. T h e bond of union

is

she, and the Spirit is t h e light

within her. Look to

it

therefore m y Brother . hlay your

Cherubini fold their w i n g s over the Throne

of

the Presence.

May you dwell henceforth in the condition of

eye

to eye.

The Priestess.-Keep in your heart the precious Know-

ledge of the Spir it and the memory of where you have

been. So

shall

you fulfil your ~nission,which is to raise

the worlds that-are below the Throne to the height of those

which arc above. Urother, abide

i n

peace. Restore

your

world to the union, to that supernal state wherein there is

no distinction between SHEKINAH and the HOLY

ONE

A C/lnlice co~ztaini~zged wilze has ~ E I I /aced ou the

Western side of the A

f t t r r

y the U S ~ C Y the Grtzdc.

lXe C e l e b r a n t - i ? aises it a d , accompaizi~d y

the

Second Celebrmzt, ro~eeLLS to the

Pillars. H c

h a d s the

ChaZice

to

the P~icstcss. lliie Postzclairt

s

directed to

k c . The CeZebswrts s t m d on either side o the Pustu-

lmzt. The u?tn_0ciczl members, L ~y the s h e r

o

the

Grade, f o r m semi-ciycle behiud C~P II L. l l these h e e l

down The Priestess fzxts

I@

the Chulice, hoZdilzg

it

i i r

both hmzds.

T/ze P~.iestess.-Blessed be the Dew which waters the

Garden

o f

Apples.

Blessed be the Wine xshich maintains

the soul rather than the body of man.

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8 T HE C E R E M O N Y O F A D M I S S I O N

T O

Liberation

which

raises

the wor ld

below to the

height of

that

which is

above

Lct u s dr ink of the

Wine

reserved

for the elect from the eginning of time

The Priestess ~rtnkcs he S igz of the Peutayaut over tke

Chalk , and dz'nks. Shc adr~zi~zistershe Chulice t o the

Postulu~zt,who driuks a d ows his head.

The Priestess

ham's the Chalice

t

the Celchant-in- Chick from whom

it passes

t o

the Second Cc~cb)'am',he A Majores

i?t

succession, a d Last to the Usher of the Grade, by

who?t-z

t

is refZaced zrpou the Altar. AZZ return

t o

the+

seats.

The Usher of the Grade leads the Postulant to

his own seat, and removw the vestments artd ilcsig~zia

of an Auxiliary Fratrr Ad~ptus. e is clothed i z the

white habit, with the Girdle o f GEBU R and the

Rose-Cross beZo~zgiilg o that of SEPHIRA This s

dotse in silence, a7zd the Postulant takes the place of the

Usher.

Here ends the Sixth Point.


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TI-IE G R A D E

O F ADEYTUS

MAJOR, 6 = 5 59

T H E S O L E M N O F F I C E

O F

CLOSING

T HE HOUSE A N D S ANC TUAKY

O F

DEPTS

I N TE-IE GR DE

OF

GEBURAH

he Celcbrazts a -e scated facilig West by

the

Altar, and

the P%stess s s e a t ~ detween

the

Pil lars, jact'lzg East .

Adcjtus [email protected] et Sorores, Adepti Majores,

I testify that the Mystery which we have finished is in

communion with all the Mysteries, that things which are

abovc being analogous to things tha t are below, the

Ineffable Grades

of

Advancement beyond this present

Grade are identical as to the root therewith, and so also

are those which arc below, because one Experiment is

concerned througllout therein. Mighty Adeptus Major, do

do you ratify on your own part

A~ZejLusMaj or.-I am least among the Faithful Wit-

nesses, but I have seen the end of the Quest.

I also have

come from

afar.

Th e experience of the worlds within and

without

is

laid u p

in

my heart.

A Jepus Exeulptus.-What do you testify concerning the

world without

Adepiz~s Majov.-I speak i n

the sense of the Mysteries

and proclaim that it was even as the pilgrimage of natural

life, from birth to death. But the birth was according to the

spirit there w s life under the Spiritual Sun and

t h e

Soul of the

man was

cornmended at the close of all to the

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THE

CEREMONY

O F

ADMISSION

TO

A J E ~ u s xc~~~ptu.r.--Afterwhat manner did you enter

the world within

deptus Mnjbr.-Through the Gate of the Setting S u n

But I spc k in thc scnsc of thc Mystcrics and proclaim

that the life of thc Mystic is loving preoccupation with

one Divine Image shining

in

the heart. The hour comes

when he is drawn into the deeps

of

that image by a

mystical death and so passes through it leaving the world

of images-to abide

i n

Divine Darkness.

Adpptus Exevrptus.-What is this place of darkness

Adeptus Major.-It is the world within stilled in the

Waters of Contemplation and these are Waters of Love.

Adeptns Exem~tz~s.-Who testifies therein

Ad~ptusMajor.-Soul unto soul in the darkness love

unto very love desire in the heights above to desire in the

deeps within.

Then it is silence of silence. The soul for

a

brief space becomes that which it contemplates for the

centre opens within and light shines in the unity.

Adeptas Exe~lzpt~s.-Mighty Adeptus Major I

beseech

you

in your charity to shew forth

som

part or shadow of

that most sacred state: and 1 testify that all the Holy

Assemblies shall hearken while you announce the tidings.

Adeptus Af~jor.-Merciful Exempt Adept

I

am he who

has risen in the twilight and m y speech is an echo i n the

heart. But at that centre I knew the Inmost and Divine

Self about which the universe revolves. Behold I

a m

that

which

I

sought and the end of my desire is with me.

I

h ve

fouud

the light of the Presence and mine is the love

of

y heart.


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THE

GRADE

O F

ADEPTUS MAJOR

6 - 5 6

ALL present rise up.

he

Priestess extends

hey arms

standilzg

between

t h

Pillars

he

Pvirstess.-The Waters

of

Life are Love. Whoso-

ever wills let him drink of the Waters of

Life

freely.

I

testify that the Rose

of

Sharon

is

also that

of

SHEKINAH, for the Spirit and the Bride are One, and

this

is

the Life of the Rose.

Adeptas Exenlptus.-Mighty Adeptus Major,

in

the

Grace

of

this Sacred

Mystery, I

depute you to close the

House of the Spirit in the Grade of

GEBURAH.

Adcptus Mqbu. 0 House of Divine Death.

House of

Eternal Love.

By that which overcomes death,

I

close the

Housc

of the Spirit in this Grade of Union-

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