Sunday, November 29, 2020

Cubical Altar-beneath the black cloth

 I am working the cubical altar-where each side, as well as the top and bottom represent a degree...the Altar itself will be covered with a black drape. 

it will be the 

  • top (Kether) and the bottom (Malkuth)- Zelator-1=10 
  • with the 4 sides-
  • Theoricus-2=9, 
  • Practicus-3=8, 
  • Philosophus-4=7, and the 
  • Adeptus Minor 5=6
Each section will have the Divine God-Names, the Archangel, the Planetary sign, and the Sefiroth all in Hebrew...

Here is the notes on the 4=7 Philosophus side...


Here is the 4=7 Philosophus wall painted



Work of the Hermanubis GD Temple

 ...some recent work by some of the Members of the Hermanubis GD Temple



Soror A.




H. Frater P.





Soror S.





Monday, November 23, 2020

Hermanubis Telesmata work

 Hermanubis Telemata Work 

within the Color scales

Frater P.

















Frater III




Soror A




Saturday, September 19, 2020

The Sword of the Phylax

 The Sword of the Phylax

Golden Dawn Temple of Hermanubis



Completed Phylax Sword for the Temple of Hermanubis...now for Consecration...in preparation for the Equinox! [fumigated with Musk & Civet]
In my own research-I felt the Hebrew letter Ayin-'eye' to be appropriate, as well as the possibility of the sigil of Capricorn-Cardinal EARTH...for a grounding energy-in direct association with the Phylax...
will be working on a Phylactery from the Graeco-Egyptian traditions as set forth in the Greek Papyri...for the Phylax to wear with the Lamen of the Office...
"the talisman [Phylactery] is to be written in Myrrh ink, with shavings of 'breathing lodestone' added to it, along with place a sprig of 'ever-living plant' (evergreen-pine?) and tied up 7 times with 'Threads of Anubis' (Thread taken from a funeral home? and consecrated to Anubis in ritual?) placed on the right arm-with offerings made..."
These were some things that we (The Temple) have come up with in regards to Astral Temple work, during the COVID isolation, and Assumption of the Godforms...


Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn- The Cicero’s

S.M. (Stella Matatina)- Regardie, Brodie Innes, Tony Fuller

(Smaragdum Thalasses) Whare Ra- Dr. Felkin - Jack Taylor, Frank Salt (Pat Zalewski, Nick Farrell

A.O. (Alpha et Omega)- Samuel Scarborough, Nick Farrell

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (R.G. Torrens) Secret Rituals of the Golden Dawn Frater M.T.O.

Cipher Manuscript

Page 3

·         7. K. Hekas Hekas Esti Bebeloi

·         8. H. See to guarding & who is present

Page 6

·         3. H. By dispensation I order Hg. to prepare

·         4.the candidate. Binds her or him 3 ropes

·         5. H. Admit ____, loses name. Takes motto

·         6. K. refuses admission until censed & crossed

·         7. marked by Dad. & Stol.

Israel Regardie- Hegemon prepares the Candidate (Sentinel carries hoodwink and rope, guards the hall-Keryx knocks/Sentinel responds with a knock to show Temple is secure.

S.M. ( Stella Matutina)-Hegemon has Phylax prepare candidate, guard the hall Keryx knocks/Sentinel knocks

Israel Regard-Hegemon prepares the candidate (Sentinel carries robe & hoodwink), guards hall Keryx knocks/Sentinel responds with knock. ­

A.O. (Alpha et Omega) Nick Farrell Mather’s Last Secret.

Phulax (Phulaxi)

The Sentinel may answer these two following interrogations:

Hierophant- The Situation of the Phulax or Sentinel?

Hiereus or Phulax- At or without the Portal of the Hall.

Hierophant- His duty?

Hiereus or Phulax- Armed with a lethal weapon to keep out intruders and to prepare the Candidate.

Hegemon prepares the Candidate (hood-winked/rope thrice around waist) UNLESS there is more than One (1) Candidate, then the Phulax can assist.

Order of the Golden Dawn in the Outer (O.:G.:D.:)

R.G. Torrens-Secret Rituals of the Golden Dawn-Original Outer Order rituals of Isis Urania -1st Temple? Of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.

(Frater M.T.O.)-Temple of Hathor-Ptah-Praemonstrator Ordinis at Order of the Golden Dawn in the Outer-Former Hierophant at Temple of Thoth Amen-Ra

e)         Phylax takes their place outside the Hall after assuming their godform. Members not taking officerships sit in appropriate grade location.

Phylax creates Triangle with Kerux and Hiereus over Candidate

Hiereus:

(Salutes, goes to the door, stands in front of Kerux and Phylax forming a triangle.)

Fratres and Sorores /Consores of the Temple of __________  of the Order of the Golden Dawn in the Outer, give the signs of a Neophyte.

(All members give Sign, except the Hiereus and Dais officers. Once completed, Hiereus gives the Sign of the Enterer to the Hierophant.)

Very Honored Hierophant (gives the Sign), all present have been so honored

(Gives the Sign of Silence. Kerux, Hiereus and Phylax return to stations and salute.)

Phylax: Black and white. A eye drawn in Egyptian style. It is the all-seeing eye which guards the temple. The “divine eye” of the Egyptians—a hieroglyphic called Wadjet, often called the Eye of Horus, was referred to “He who feeds the sacred Fire or the intelligence of man”…in other words, Osiris. The Egyptians also defined the eye (the circle of the iris with the pupil as its center) as the “sun in the mouth” meaning the creative word. The Phylax can be seen in this light as extending the “word” of Osiris beyond the borders of the temple, through the divine eye.

The Phylax (Greek for "Guard" or "Sentinel") is the Watcher Without, the guardian of the temple. He is represented by the god-form Anoup emp Emenet (Anubis of the West) and is the counterpart of the Keryx, the Watcher Within. His station is without the Portal of the Hall, and it is his duty to keep out intruders, which is represented by the Sword he carries. He is also charged with preparing the candidate, and wears a black collar with a lamen depicting a white eye on a black background, indicative of the ever watchful gaze of Anubis of the West.

This is a good topic. My comments may seem a bit out of the blue... but does the Phylax have to be outside of the Hall? Can the Phylax be within the Hall, but without the Portal?

Also, does the Phylax disappear from the other Ceremonies above Neophyte? The position certainly is not listed.

And is Anubis of the West the only godform that can be used for Phylax?

okay... I know these are more questions than comments, but I wanted to lead with them.

The Phylax really never disappears, but is present in all the Ceremonies. Someone must guard the door throughout all the Ceremonies.

Does the Phylax have to be without the Hall. The answer here is more complex, but generally no, but does sit outside of the Portal next to the door when within the Hall.

The godform issue can be different depending on what source is looked at. Opaut can be used rather than Anubis of the West, but Opaut is often used as an invisible station after Neophyte.

The feminine form of Phylax is Phylakissa, but Phylax is often used in practice for both sexes.

This particular godform fits the needs of the office. Contrary to is rather intellectual, regal, illuminated counterpart, Anubis of the West is a great deal more aggressive and rough around the edges.

A good place to look for a visual aid in understanding the difference between these two godforms would be the Moon card, where they have the two different dogs. One is domesticated, the other wild. I've even seen one artist who painted this trump with the two forms of Anubis rather than the dogs.


Secrets of a GD Temple

Phylax (Sentinel):

Egyptian Opowet, Coptic Ophooui, Graeco-Egyptian Ophois; also Egyptian Anu em Ament, Coptic Anoup emp Emenet, Graeco-Egyptian Anoubis of the West, Latinized Greek Anubis.

The Watcher without The Phylax sits outside of the Hall to guard its outer perimeter. He has a sword in his hand to keep out intruders.

Commentaries

Anubis of the West

(0=0)-Anubis of the West is the Outer Guard.

Anubis has the head of a black jackal, very alert, pointed ears well pricked up. His nemyss is black banded with white; he wears a collar of black and white bands, and a tunic of white flecked with tufts of black hair. His body is red. His waistcloth is black striped with white and from it hangs a lion’s tail. His ornaments are black and white; his Phoenix Wand and Ankh are black. He stands on black pavement.

Sentinel

The last, and final Officer, is the Sentinel, or Phylax as he is sometimes called. His name is thought to have been derived from the French, Scentinelle, or the Italian, Sentinella. Some have even thought that it came from the French, Sentier, “A footpath,” which in turn is derived from the Latin, Semita-‘A narrow way.” This Officer stands in charge of the Candidate at the Portal, or outer opening of the straight and narrow way he is about to enter. The Greek word, Phylax, signifies “a Watcher,” “guard” or “sentinel”-“guardian” or “keeper.” A fuller form of the word is Naophulax, meaning “keeper of the Temple.” The verb, Phulasso, means “to keep watch and ward,” especially by night-and you may think of the Phylax as “the watchman,’ armed with a lethal weapon to keep out intruders, and to prepare the Candidate as he stands in the outer darkness.

The Greek word, Phulacterion, means “a guarded place,” “a fort’ or, in its secondary meaning, “a safeguard” or “preservative,’ “an amulet,’ for protection, and is familiar to you from the Phylacteries of the Jews which were strips of parchment, inscribed with texts from the Law, and worn as amulets on the forehead while praying. The Latin word corresponding to the Greek, Phylax, in a general sense is Custos. The Officer is distinguished by [the sword]

The Sword of the Sentinel has a black grip and gold guard. The black represents the darkest part of matter while the gold guard was a reflection of the Hidden Mysteries of the Order. At all times, the Sword is drawn and held upright in the left hand (for the duration of the ceremony) as a reminder of the seriousness of the occasion. Even when the Sentinel remains seated beside the door (and outside the Portal, but still inside the Hall), the Sword is still drawn.

Commentaries

Order of the Stella Matutina

As the Candidate enters the Temple, the Sentinel turns down the lights.)

The Kerux checks to see If the Hall is properly guarded by giving one knock on the door, or he unlocks the door, looks out, then closes and relocks the door. The Sentinel replies by giving one knock with the Hilt of his Sword.

Kerux goes to the door and gives one knock. Sentinel replies with one knock.

Israel Regardie

Hegemon rises and removes his chair from between the pillars and goes out, followed by the Sentinel, who carries the hoodwink and rope. Hegemon sees that the candidate is properly robed and hoodwinked and that the rope goes three times round his waist. He then leads the candidate to the door, and gives on knock.

Doing some more research/work on the Hermanubis GD Temple Phylax/Sentinel sword...

In Pat Z’s commentaries it states: “the sword has a black grip & gold guard-the black represents the darkest part of matter/gold-reflection of Hidden Mysteries of the Order...

In the Cicero’s Secrets of a Golden Dawn Temple-it supports the black grip/gold guard...

But-in Self initiation into the GD-the Cicero’s say the sword is ‘flaming red’-Ophois’ ‘Red Sword’

How do members feel about this and what colors do you associate with a Temple’s Phylax sword?

Self-Initiation into the Golden Dawn

The Ciceros

Phylax or Phylakissa

[Egyptian Opowet, Coptic Ophooui (Ah-paw-ee), Graeco-Egyptian Ophois; also Egyptian Anup em Amenet, Coptic Anoup emp Emenet (Anoup-em-pay-men-et), Graeco-Egyptian Anoubis of the West, Latinized Greek Anubis]. Initial Form: Ophois has the had of a black jackal or wolf and wears a black nemyss. His linen kilt is white, and his overkilt is striped black and white. His pectoral collar is naded white, black, white. His wristbands are banded black and white.

Ophois bears a flaming red sword. The god stands upon a black pavement. When seated, the god sits upon a black throne ornamented in white, which stands upon a black pavement.

Secrets of a GD Temple

The Sword of the Phylax (Sentinel)

Use and Symbolism

The Phylax is the guardian of the outside of the Temple. With sword in hand, he guards against intruders. The most effective use of the Sentinel’s Sword outside of a full Order ceremony, would involve a simple Banishing Ritual.

Construction

Any convenient sword can be employed for the sword of the Phylax. As is the case with the Hiereus, the best sword to obtain would be a military sword with a brass guard. The grip should be painted black and the guard should be gold. One could also make a sword from an iron bar and a wooden handle (to be painted in the aforementioned colors.)

I am looking at the Black as EARTH of EARTH in association with the Pent...AYIN-with the Devil Major Arcade cats and ‘Matter’ plus the link between the Eye of Horus-Phylax and Ayin-‘eye’...Capricorn-Cardinal EARTH...

ok-here is what I have been working on...first I started doing some research for our new Phylax Sword...but in the process, discovered that most of the Orders simple call the position 'The Sentinel'....

some sources use both, and one source only uses the one- 'Phylax'...

So I got to looking at the word, Phylax...

Greek-a Watcher, Guardian

Naophulax-Keeper of the Temple

Phulacterion- A Guarded Place,

I was seeing the connections to the Sentinel and the 'Phylax' with a 'Phylactery' of Protective Talisman worn by the Magician...

'On a leather parchment, worn around neck or tied around the right arm.

Invocation:

"For I have your name as a unique phylactery in my heart, and no flesh although moved, will overpower me; no spirit sill stand against me-neither daimon-nor visitation nor any other of the evil beings of Hades because of your name, which I have in my soul and invoke. Also [be] with me always for good, a good [god dwelling] (Temple?) in a good [man], yourself immune to magic."

the talisman is to be written in Myrrh ink, with shavings of 'breathing lodestone' added to it, along with place a sprig of 'ever-living plant' (evergreen-pine?) and tied up 7 times with 'Threads of Anubis' (Thread taken from a funeral home? and consecrated to Anubis in ritual?) placed on the right arm-with offerings made...

Intoned while writing:

"Guard me from every daimon of the air, on the earth, under the earth, and from every angel & phantom, & ghostly visitation and enchantment."

of interest to note-2 things:

#1-take a Seal of Solomon and place it on your tongue (Paper/Parchment?) and it will force the Spirit to:

tell whatever sort you may be, heavenly, aerial, terrestrial, subterranean, or netherworld, tell whatever sort you may be.)

#2-HGA Phylactery: Strip of tin, uses names of Egyptian directional angels to protect the magician from his own conjured personal angel."

Imsety-South-Human

Duamutel-East-Jackal

Hapi-North-Baboon

Qebehsenuel-West-Hawk.

I think we NEED to look at Ritually creating a Phylactery to work in direct association with our Phylax, via his Godform and Sword…