Ritual - Self Initiation Quiz Flashcards
What is the Grand Word of the grade of Practicus?
Elohim Tzabaoth
What is the Mystic Number of the Practicus grade?
36
What is the password of the Practicus grade derived from the Mystic Number?
Eloah
Lettered separately when given - Aleph Lamed Heh
What is the Battery of knocks attributed to the Practicus grade?
1-3-1-3
What is the Grip of the Practicus grade?
The general Grip of the Outer Order.
What is the Sign of the Practicus grade?
Holding the hands together while raising the arms until the elbows are level with the shoulders. With thumbs and fore-finger, make a triangle (apex downward over the breast).
What is the Elemental symbol given to the Practicus?
Maim
List the name of the Element attributed to this grade (in English and in Hebrew).
Water
Maim
Which direction is associated with this Element?
West
What is the Mystic Title conferred upon the Practicus?
Monocris de Astris
What does the Mystic Title mean?
Unicorn from the Stars
Which Sephirah is associated with this grade?
Hod
List the Divine (Atziluthic) Name of this Sephirah.
Elohim Tzabaoth
Name the Great Archangel of the Element of this grade.
Gabriel
Name the Kerubic Sign of this Element.
Scorpio
What are the Three Great Secret Names of God borne upon the Enochian Banners of the Quarter?
EMPEH ARSEL GAIOL
Name the Great Enochian King of the Quarter.
RAAGIOSEL
How are the cross and triangle arranged upon the altar?
The Cross above the Triangle (apex downwards).
What does the arrangement of the cross and triangle symbolize?
It represents the Spirit of Life rising above the triangle of the Waters and reflecting the Triune therein, as further marked by the Lamps at the angles. The Cup of Water at the junction of the Cross and Triangle represents the maternal letter Mem.
What does “3=8” signify?
The third Elemental Grade and the eighth Sephirah of Hod.
What is the Admission Badge to the 31st Path?
The Solid Triangular Pyramid.
What is the Admission Badge to the 30th Path?
The Greek Cross of Thirteen Squares.
What is the Admission Badge to the temple of the 8th Sephirah of Hod?
The Cup of the Stolistes Lamen.
The Admission Badge is identical to the lamen of which officer?
Stolistes.
The distinct sections of a ritual are called “points.” Each grade ritual has at least three points: an opening, a closing, and at least one middle point between the opening and closing. How many middle points are there in the Practicus ritual?
Three
Briefly describe what happens in each of the middle points of this ritual.
The first medial point concerns the journey on the Path of Shin where the candidate encounters the Samothracian Kabiri and the various aspects of Fire.
The second medial point focuses on the journey on the Path of Resh, where the candidate is again confronted by the Kabiri and shown the various types of Solar energy.
In the third medial point the candidate enters the Water Temple of Hod where the mysteries of the Grade are revealed.
During the Practicus oath, what gesture does the candidate make in swearing his/her oath to the Powers of the Element?
The Saluting Sign of a Neophyte sprinkling water toward the Tablet of the West.
List the names of the Kabiri encountered by the candidate in this ritual.
Axieros - the first Kabir.
Axiokersos - the second Kabir.
Axiokersa - the third Kabir.
What is the name of the Kabir in the Southwest?
What type of Fire is associated with this figure?
What type of Solar energy is associated with this figure?
Axiokersa - the 3rd Kabir
Astral Fire
The Sun at Equinox
What is the name of the Kabir in the East?
What type of Fire is associated with this figure?
What type of Solar energy is associated with this figure?
Axieros - the 1st Kabir
Solar Fire
The Summer Sun
What is the name of the Kabir in the Northwest?
What type of Fire is associated with this figure?
What type of Solar energy is associated with this figure?
Axiokersos - the 2nd Kabir
Terrestrial Fire
The Winter Sun
Describe the 20th Key of the Tarot.
The Judgment Card depicts a mighty angel blowing a trumpet and figures rising from the earth, water, and a tomb.
It is a glyph of the various forms of Fire, to which Element this card is attributed.
Describe the 19th Key of the Tarot.
The Sun Card portrays two children playing in a garden under the rays of a large sun.
The sun embraces the whole of Creation in its rays.
The card is attributed to Sol.
In addition to the Tarot Keys and the Admission Badges, what diagrams are displayed in this grade?
The Garden of Eden before the Fall
The Qamea
The Seals of Mercury
