Golden Dawn — The Opening by Watchtower

The Opening by Watchtower Ritual (The Opening by Watchtower)

1️⃣ Take your sword, if you have obtained one, and go to the northeast.

2️⃣ Face southwest and wave the sword (or point with your finger) as though purifying the room, while vibrating this ancient Greek phrase:

HEKAS HEKAS, ESTE BEBELOI! (Hee-kas Hee-kas, Es-tee Bee-bee-loi!)

📌 (This is an ancient Greek phrase meaning: “Away, away, you profane one!”)

3️⃣ Ascend to the Pyramid Temple.

4️⃣ Perform the “Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram” (Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram).

5️⃣ Perform the “Banishing Ritual of the Hexagram” (Banishing Ritual of the Hexagram).

6️⃣ Go to the south of the altar and pick up the Fire Wand (or a red candle).

7️⃣ Turn clockwise to face the “Enochian Tablet of Fire” (Enochian Tablet of Fire).

8️⃣ Shake the wand three times before the tablet, as though touching the points of a triangle in the air before the tablet, in this order:

• Top

• Right

• Left

📌 (This gesture symbolizes the “Light of the Higher Worlds,” which brings stability and affirms that the invocation takes place under the highest authority.)

9️⃣ Hold the wand with its tip above your head, then circle the space once while saying:

“And when all the phantoms disappear, you will see that sacred, formless fire, that fire which shines and flashes through the hidden depths of the universe! Listen, you, to the voice of the fire!”

1️⃣0️⃣ After completing the circle, return to the south on the final word.

1️⃣1️⃣ Draw the invoking hexagram of Spirit before the Fire Tablet, and vibrate the name:

BITOM (Bee-tom)

📌 (As done in the Supreme Invoking Ritual of the Pentagram.)

1️⃣2️⃣ Draw the symbol of Spirit in the center, and vibrate the name:

EHEIEH (Ee-hee-yeh)

1️⃣3️⃣ Make the L-V-X sign,

then draw the invoking hexagram of Fire,

and vibrate the name:

OIP TEAA PDOCE (O-ee-bee Tee-ah-ah Bee-do-see)

Then draw the symbol inside it while pronouncing: Elohim.

1️⃣4️⃣ Make the “Philosophus Salutation” (Philosophus Sign), forming an upward-pointing triangle with your hands, and vibrate the following name, then say the prayer:

“Yehovah Tzabaoth, Elohim, blessed are You, Commander of the Hosts; Your name is holy. Amen.”

1️⃣ Draw a red, equal-armed cross in the center of the tablet.

2️⃣ Point the wand at the middle of the cross, and say:

“In the name of the great King of the Watchtower in the south, O Spirits of Fire, glorify your Creator!”

3️⃣ Vibrate the Enochian name:

EDLPRNAA (Ee-deel-beh-ray-nah)

4️⃣ Read the name from the tablet while vibrating it.

5️⃣ Return the Fire Wand to its place on the altar.

🔹 Working with the element of Water (turn toward the west)

6️⃣ Go to the west, pick up the Water Cup (or wine goblet), and face the Water Tablet.

7️⃣ Hold the cup by its base or stem, and trace the “Triangle of the Higher Worlds” as you did with the Fire Wand in the south.

8️⃣ Raise the cup above your head and circle the space once while saying:

“Therefore, first, the priest who governs the works of Fire must sprinkle with the clear, resounding waters of the sea.”

9️⃣ Return to the west, and draw the invoking hexagram of Spirit beside the Water Tablet,

and vibrate the name:

HCOMA; AGLA (Hee-ko-mah; Ah-glah)

🔟 When pointing the cup toward the center of the hexagram, hold it by the stem as though pouring a little liquid toward the west.

1️⃣1️⃣ Make the L-V-X sign,

then draw the invoking hexagram of Water,

and vibrate the name:

MPH ARSL GAIOL (Em-beh-etch Ar-sil Ga-yol)

Then draw the symbol inside, and pronounce: El.

1️⃣2️⃣ Make the “Practicus Salutation” (Practicus Sign), forming a downward-pointing triangle with your hands, and vibrate the following name, then say the prayer:

“YHWH Tzabaoth, Yehovah Tzabaoth, El, Elohim of Hosts, glory to the divine Spirit that moved upon the face of the waters of creation. Amen.”

1️⃣3️⃣ Draw the sign of the cross in blue before the tablet.

1️⃣4️⃣ Point the cup toward the center, and say:

“In the name of the great King of the Watchtower in the west, O Spirits of Water, glorify your Creator!”

1️⃣5️⃣ Vibrate the Enochian name:

RAAGIOSL (Rah-gee-o-sl)

1️⃣6️⃣ Put the cup back in its place on the altar.

Working with the element of Air (east)

1️⃣ Go to the east, turning clockwise.

2️⃣ Take the “Air Dagger” (or any other symbol of Air), and face the Air Tablet.

3️⃣ Form the “Triangle of the Higher Worlds,” point the dagger’s tip above your head, then circle while saying:

“There is a fire stretching through the rush of the air. Or even a formless fire, from which the image of a voice emerges. Or even a light that flashes, rising, moving, whirling, crying out loudly!”

4️⃣ Return to the Air Tablet, and draw the invoking hexagram of Spirit,

and vibrate the following names:

EXARP; EHEIEH (Eks-ar-b; Ee-hee-yeh)

5️⃣ Make the L-V-X sign,

then draw the invoking hexagram of Air and the symbol of Aquarius,

and vibrate the following names:

ORO IBAH AOZPI; YOD-HEH-VAU-HEH (O-ro Ee-bah Ah-oz-bee; Yod-heh-faw-heh)

6️⃣ Make the “Theoricus Salutation,” raising your hands with the palms upward as in prayer, and vibrate the following name, then say the prayer:

“Shaddai El Chai, Shaddai El Chai—the Eternal Almighty, Ever-Living is Your name. Forever glorified in the life of all. Amen.”

7️⃣ Draw the sign of the cross in yellow before the tablet, point the dagger’s tip at the center, and say:

“In the name of the great King of the Watchtower in the east, O Spirits of Air, glorify your Creator!”

8️⃣ Vibrate the Enochian name:

BATAIVAH (Bah-tah-ee-fah-h)

9️⃣ Return the Air Dagger to its place on the altar.

🔹 Working with the element of Earth (north)

🔟 Pick up the “Earth Pentacle” (or any symbol of Earth), hold it by its black part, and wave it three times before the Earth Tablet.

1️⃣1️⃣ Raise the pentacle above your head, and circle while saying:

“Do not descend into that dark, glorious word, where the faithless depth and hell always lie, wrapped in darkness, delighting in incomprehensible images—a steep, winding, black, whirling abyss, always taking on a luminous, formless, and empty body.”

1️⃣2️⃣ Draw the invoking hexagram of Spirit before the Earth Tablet,

and vibrate the following names:

NANTA; AGLA (Nan-tah; Ah-glah)

1️⃣3️⃣ Make the L-V-X sign,

then draw the invoking hexagram of Earth and the symbol of Taurus,

and vibrate the following names:

MOR DIAL HCTGA; ADONAI (Mor Dee-al Heek-ti-gah; Adonai)

1️⃣4️⃣ Make the “Zelator Salutation,” and vibrate the following names, then say the prayer:

“Adonai Ha-Aretz, Adonai Melekh. Yours are the kingdom, the power, and the glory. The Rose of Sharon and the lilies of the valley. Amen.”

1️⃣5️⃣ Draw the sign of the cross in green before the tablet, point the tip of the pentacle toward the center of the cross, and say:

“And in the name of the great King of the Watchtower in the north, O Spirits of Earth, glorify your Creator!”

1️⃣6️⃣ Vibrate the Enochian name:

ICZHIHL (Ee-kay-zod-hee-hil)

1️⃣7️⃣ Return the Earth Pentacle to its place on the altar.

🔹 Completing the ritual — Invoking the Spirit of Life

1️⃣8️⃣ Move to the west of the altar, then face east.

1️⃣9️⃣ Pick up the ritual wand (or use your finger), and draw the appropriate hexagrams with the symbols of Spirit while vibrating the following names:

EXARP; EHEIEH

HCOMA; AGLA

BITOM; EHEIEH

NANTA; AGLA

2️⃣0️⃣ After that, say:

“By the names and letters of the ‘Magical Tablet of Union,’ I invoke you, O divine powers of the Spirit of Life!”

2️⃣1️⃣ Put down anything you are holding, and make the sign of “Rending the Veil”—

• Place your hands over your heart, with the fingers pointing forward.

• Push your hands forward over the “Tablet of Union,” then spread them apart as though opening a curtain above the altar.

2️⃣2️⃣ Vibrate the following Enochian call:

OL SOHNUF VAORSAGI GOHO IADA BALTAH, ELEXARPEH COMANANU TABITOM. ZODAKARA EKA ZODAKARE OD ZODAMERANU. ODO KIKLE QAA PIAP PIAMOEL OD VOAN.

(The phonetic pronunciation is in the original image.)

2️⃣3️⃣ Then say the translation of the call to yourself in a quiet but firm voice:

“I reign now, thus says the God of Justice! Aleksarbeh Komanano Tabitom (ألكساربه كومنانو تابيتوم). Move, then, and reveal yourselves! Appear to us; and open to us the mysteries of your creation, the balance of right and truth!”

🔹 Conclusion — Declaring divine sovereignty

2️⃣4️⃣ Go to the northeast, then to the southwest, and face the room, saying:

“The visible sun is the distributor of light upon the earth. Therefore, let me form a vortex in this place, so that the invisible Spirit may shine here from above!”

2️⃣5️⃣ Circle three times clockwise, beginning in the east, making the sign of “Projection” and the sign of “Silence” as you pass the east.

2️⃣6️⃣ After the third circuit, stand to the west of the altar and face east, then make the sign of Projection at each “Holy” in the following declaration:

“Holy are You, Lord of the Universe!”

“Holy are You, whom Nature did not create!”

“Holy are You, the Great and Mighty One, Lord of Light and Darkness!”