Golden Dawn — The Modified and Shortened Middle Pillar Ritual

The Middle Pillar Ritual (modified and shortened)

Preparation:

Sit in the east and face west.

• In your mind’s eye, visualize the glowing white Tree of Life behind you.

• Perform the Middle Pillar exercises as in the beginner’s grade.

• Visualize the sphere of Malkuth beneath your chair or at your feet.

🔹 Performing the ritual:

1. Focus on a sphere of light above the crown chakra, half an inch above your head, and vibrate the name 5 times:

EHEIEH (eh-he-eh)

2. Visualize a ray descending to the throat to form a soft white sphere, and vibrate the name 5 times:

YHVH ELOHIM (yah-hoh-vah el-oh-heem)

3. Let the ray descend to the solar plexus and form a sphere of light there, and vibrate the name 5 times:

IAO (ee-ah-oh)

4. Allow the ray to descend to the genital and thigh area, form a sphere of light there, and vibrate the name 5 times:

SHADDAI EL CHAI (Shaddai El Chai Khai)

5. Let the ray descend to the feet and the ground, forming a sphere half above the ground and half below it, and vibrate the name 5 times:

ADONAI HA-ARETZ (Adonai hah-aretz)

🔹 Activating the energy:

6. Breathe calmly, and with each inhalation and exhalation draw the light:

• Along the right and left sides of the body (4 circuits)

• Along the front and back of the body (4 circuits)

7. Draw the energy upward through the sphere above the head, pause for a moment, then allow it to burst like rain, descending over the body and into the sphere at the feet.

• Repeat this circulation 4 times.

8. Watch the energy of the pillar expand gently, forming an oval around your body.

• Remain in this state for 20 minutes, allowing all thoughts and tensions to disappear.