Article 6 of 30 · Daily prayers
Rituals in source order
- Ascent to the Cube of Space
- The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram
- The Saturn Hexagram Banishing Ritual
- The First Middle Pillar Ritual
- The Ritual of Fourfold Adoration
- Fourfold Breathing and Invocation of the Powers of Earth
- The Middle Pillar and Building the Body in Assiah
- Circular Breathing and Invocation of the Powers of Air
- The Middle Pillar, the Body in Yetzirah, and the Theoricus Meditation
- Invocation and Banishing of the Moon
- Invocation and Banishing of Saturn
- Water and Body Rituals in Briyah and Meditation on the Oval
- The Mercury Invocation Ritual
- Invocation and Banishing of the Powers of Jupiter
- Fire and Body Rituals in Atziluth and the Philosophus Meditation
- Invocation and Banishing of Venus
- Invocation and Banishing of Mars
- Chakra Breathing
- Ascent to the Astral Pyramid Temple
- The Hexagram Banishing Ritual with Modifications
- The Supreme Invoking Ritual of the Pentagram
- The Modified and Shortened Middle Pillar Ritual
- The Fourfold Body of Light
- The Planets and Their Hierarchy
- The Minutum Mundum Ritual and Portal Meditation
- The Invocation of the Sun
- The Opening by Watchtower
- The Rose Cross Ritual
- Programs for the Six Stages
- Invocation of the Bornless One
Fourfold Breathing Ritual — the Root or Base Chakra
Perform fourfold breathing, but while holding your breath for a count of 4, feel the air permeating your body converge in the area between the anus and the genitals. As you exhale, see it radiating from the back. These correspond to the element of Earth, more or less to Malkuth.
Invocation of the Four Powers of Earth
• Stand in the center of your circle and turn clockwise to face south. Trace the invoking pentagram of Earth in green light with a finger of your right hand, while vibrating the following divine name:
ADONA! HA-ARETZ
• Remember that the pentagram is the same size as those made in the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram. Visualize the center of the pentagram and see it burst into a charged, dark green flame, sealed with the name of God who rules the Sephirah corresponding to the element of Earth. At the center of the pentagram, trace the sigil of Taurus in luminous black, then vibrate: ADONA!
• Give the grade sign of Zelator: step forward with the left foot and extend the right arm straight outward and upward at a 45-degree angle, with the hand upright, the fingers together and pointing straight. Holding this salute to the powers of Earth, say:
Thou art the gleam upon the hoards of brilliance, the mighty presence in the light of gems.
• Turn clockwise to the west. Once again trace the invoking pentagram of Earth and the sigil of Taurus, vibrating the divine names as before. Give the grade sign and say:
Thou art the toil and texture of the fields, the patient embrace of the garment of life.
• Turn clockwise to the east. Trace the signs, vibrate the names, and give the grade sign as before, saying:
Thou art the rumbling of the midnight depths, the hurtling granules of action
• Now move to the north and perform the same actions, but say:
Thou art the foothold and the foundation, the anchor of the soul and the matrix of the rose. Amen.
• Face east and, standing in the center of your circle, give the grade sign toward the east. Visualize the white Tree of Life forming there at the eastern edge of your circle. Its light fills the circle. Holding this salute to the rising light, chant the following divine names and say the following prayer:
ADONA! HA-ARETZ. ADONA! MELEKH. Unto Thee be the kingdom and the power and the glory. The Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley.Amen.
