Article 19 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
Ascent to the astral pyramid temple
“May the sublime essence of the cosmos permeate my being and purify me of all harmful impurities and evil, so that I may enter the holy heavenly sanctuary and attune myself in all purity and complete dignity. So must it be.”
Stand upright after performing the fourfold breathing, and imagine your luminous body growing and extending upward and outward from your physical body into the sky, until the Earth becomes a tiny point beneath your feet. Then imagine the Sun as a point of light beneath you. Continue expanding until your astral body encompasses the entire space of the galaxy, then other galaxies, until it fills the whole universe. Imagine that you are in the cube of space and that your body presses gently against the boundaries of the universe, drawing them toward you as though you were putting on a black robe studded with stars. Feel that this robe fits you perfectly, and imagine yourself standing on a square platform atop a truncated pyramid, rising above a mist-covered landscape beneath a dimly lit sky. This is your personal magical temple; it has no walls. Imagine it arranged according to the design of the Golden Dawn temple, with a central altar, pillars at the eastern edge, and side altars at each edge.
Focus on the divisions of the temple: the eastern face of the pyramid is yellow and mirrorlike, with clouds surrounding it; the southern face is red, with flames rising; the western face is blue, with water flowing; and the northern face is black soil and rocks, with green ivy growing from the cracks. Imagine that the substance within the pyramid is the secret, hidden nature of things, the pure jewel, and that you have just risen from it. Hold this image in your mind, imagine yourself drawing light from the divine Self into your head, then perform the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram.
When the rituals are finished, take a few moments to return gradually to your physical body. Imagine your astral body shrinking as the robe of stars rises, returning to its place at the boundaries of the universe. Feel your luminous body returning swiftly to your physical body, with a slight sensation of descending and settling. Resume your normal everyday awareness, and know that you can ascend again to the pyramid temple whenever you wish.
