i.  a. Inhale. Visualize the Tongue of Flame: the Divine Spark at the Corona Flammae, above the head.
    b. Exhale & vibrate  EI.
ii.. a. Inhale & raise arms in Tau, palms up, and know you are a balanced being ready to recieve the divine light.
    b. Exhale, strengthening the visualization of the Flame.
iii. a. Inhale & Visualize a shaft of Light from the Corona Flammae descending to the sphere of the Instita Splendens.
    b. Exhale & vibrate 'H BASILEIA
iv. a. Inhale & bring left hand to right shoulder, recognizing the Martial forces of your being.
    b. Exhale & vibrate KAI 'H DUNAMIS
v. a. Inhale & bring right hand to left shoulder, recognizing the Jovial forces of your being.
    b. Exhale & vibrate KAI 'H DOXA
vi. a. Incline head at bottom of breath. Inhale & feel the solar center radiate with Lifegiving Light and Love.
    b. Exhale & vibrate EIS TOUS AIWNAS
 
 

NOTES ON THE CALYX

"The Calyx is a fundamental technique of Art Magick, which both aligns the practitioner with the forces of the cosmos, and awakens awareness of the counterparts of those forces with[in] the psyche. It can thus be said to encapsule in brief compass the chief method and purpose of all workings of High Magick." p. 8, Paper II, vol. 3: Mysteria Magica, The Magical Philosophy.

"All the rites of Art Magick may be visualized as a pyramid, upside down. The point of the pyramid is this rite, the Calyx." p. 100, Ogdoadic Magick by Norman Kraft

". . . The predominant tone of magical work is one of courage, generosity, and resolution, whether active or passive, and the major forces which the magician has to interpret are those of divine expansiveness and abundance. These are reflected in rite and gesture.
    [. . .]
    Our gesture when as the preliminary to a ritual it is necessary to bring down the Sacred Flame to sweep through the conscious personality, is the Calyx. In some measure, it may be said that the Calyx foreshadows the Formula of the Grail." p. 113, Paper XVII, vol. 3: Mysteria Magica, The Magical Philosophy.
 

The Calyx mirrors the Qabalistic Cross of the Golden Dawn. The meanings are the same: "Thou art / the Kingdom / and the Power / and the Glory / Forever unto the Ages."

Calyx is a Greek word meaning "cup" or "shell," both of which emphasize the receptive nature of the body in this rite. The Divine Flame is drawn down from above into the magician's being. This infusion of Light imbues the magician with the necessary power to set the Wards. The Calyx is also a simple but potent method to balance the forces in the psyche, making it a useful "toner" of sorts. Lastly, the Calyx serves as an effective thanksgiving (gratulatio) at the end of most House of Sacrifice-based workings, or a general adoration of the universal forces which have caused our manifestation and have given us the hope of Return.

PRONUNCIATION

The following pronunciations are standard in Attic Greek.

ei - Like the "ay" in "hay."
'h basileia - "Hay bah-see-lay-ah", ah as in father
kai 'h dunamiV - Kai like "eye", "hay doo-nah-mees"
kai 'h doxa - "kai hay dock-sah"
eiV touV aiwnaV - "ace toos eye-oh-nas"
 

GEMATRIC NOTES

EI = 15 = 6
KAI 'H DUNAMIS = 744 = 15 = 6
KAI 'H DOXA = 174 = 12 = 3
'H BASILEIA = 267 = 15 = 6
EIS TOUS AIONAS = 2247 = 15 = 6

The recurrence of 15 (6) is highly interesting. It suggests the predominately Solar nature of this rite: we recieve the infusion of Divine Light and equilibrate it within our beings so that we may send it forth, even as our Star sustains all terrestrial life.

There are three more sets of 15 in the words of power, all formed by the diphthong "EI" which occurs in the central column. Epsilon and Iota are the Greek vowels associated with Mercury and Sol, respectively.

Note that all are divisible by 3 = Sophia/Binah = Grail = kalux.

Also note that the magical sums divided by three are equal to the syllables in the words (not counting EI).