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Personally, I like the idea of a druid's circle, outdoors. No anomalies about direction there. But, of course, someone might actually, you know . . . see you out there!
Now this is interesting...
Regardie in GD brick says use SE SW NW NE... Regardie in 12 Steps to Spiritual Enlightenment says E S W N with no final big cross and different starting point for inner circle and different name vibration instructions
As the 12 Steps revised edition is more recent than GD brick, did he have a change of heart? Improved it? If we go along with a deliberate hiding of true information, then surely he knew everyone reading 12 Steps would cross reference with his GD book and then not trust a word he was saying in 12 Steps? Or maybe vice versa
[Probably a daft question] but- the way it's described as being done in a walled room and all this talk of corners, may have affected the outcomes for different people on the internet... but is this supposed to create a cube or a sphere or maybe a soft-rounded-edges-type of cube?
I don't have 12 Steps (hmm, sounds like a "recovery program"), but perhaps even an international icon of occult wisdom ( ) can learn something over time. I agree with Ravenest (wonder where he is these days) that whatever works as "East" etc. within the confines of your working space is what you go with.
Occasionally Regardie played it a bit fast and loose with ritual instructions.
In his book, The Middle Pillar, the positions of Chesed and Geburah are switched in the Qabalistic Cross. He gives no explanation for this swap.
When he published Gems from the Equinox, he decided to mash together two separate versions of the Star Ruby ritual. Why?
nstead of the analysis of the keyword. When questioned he just said he hadn't included it in the GD book.
Go figure...
According to Eshelman you are creating corners for a cube with a vaulted ceiling. The crosses connect in the form of a square for this purpose. I think that the back and forth of directions is in creating this vaulted ceiling overhead as well.
I found this diagram, I haven't tried it yet, though it looks like it might be helpful for tracking the directions used. Eshelman does give the Rose cross ritual steps as well but I am not sure that can be reposted.
http://www.hermetics.org/images2/rc4.gif
Just personally speaking- using it to create a sphere results in feelings of protection and invisibility/blending in, but creating a cube, with or without vaulted ceiling, feels much sunnier.
That the parallel might be the invoking of the Christ spirit within, becoming the body of Christ or something like that... Perhaps that is why a cube with a vault. a bit like raising a temple.. Outside and in.
Aleister Crowley said:Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and had better come first. Purity means singleness. God is one. The wand is not a wand if it has something sticking to it which is not an essential part of itself. If you wish to invoke Venus, you do not succeed if there are traces of Saturn mixed up with it.
Now this is interesting...
Regardie in GD brick says use SE SW NW NE... Regardie in 12 Steps to Spiritual Enlightenment says E S W N with no final big cross and different starting point for inner circle and different name vibration instructions
As the 12 Steps revised edition is more recent than GD brick, did he have a change of heart? Improved it? If we go along with a deliberate hiding of true information, then surely he knew everyone reading 12 Steps would cross reference with his GD book and then not trust a word he was saying in 12 Steps? Or maybe vice versa