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CHAPTER EIGHT
The Garden of Eden
In the Golden Dawn Practicus Grade, associated with the Sephirah of
Hod, the candidate is shown a diagram of the Garden of Eden before the
Fall and the following explanation is given by the Hierophant:
Before you is represented the symbolism of the Garden of
Eden. At the summit are the Supernal Sephiroth, summed up
and contained in Aima Elohirn, the Mother Supernal, the
Woman of the 12th chapter of the Apocalypse clothed with
the Sun and the Moon under her feet and upon her head a
crown of 12 stars, Kether. And whereas the name Tetragrammaton
is joined to the Elohim, when it is said Tetragrammaton
Elohim planted a Garden Eastward in Eden, so this
represents the power of the Father joined thereto in the
Glory from the Face of the Ancient of Days. And in the Garden
were the Tree of Life, and the Tree of Knowledge of
Good and Evil, which latter is from Malkuth, which is the
lowest Sephirah between the rest of the Sephiroth and the
Kingdom of the Shells, which latter is represented by the
Great Red Dragon coiled beneath, having seven heads (the
seven infernal Palaces) and 10 Horns (10 averse Sephiroth
contained in the seven Palaces). And a River Nahar went
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