I. The Calyx.

II. Circulus.
        i. Advance to East. Trace circle widdershins, visualizing a shimmering silver mist encompassing the circle.
        ii. Vibrate: 'H PELEIA KAI 'H 'UGRA
                        'O OFIS KAI TO WION

III. Praesidia.
        i. Face East. Perform Cervus:
            a. Assume the Wand Posture.
            1. a. Raise hands to frame forehead in triangle. Inhale & visualize a brilliant white pentagram within triangle.
             b. Exhale & vibrate AQANATOS.
            2. a. Inhale, strengthening the image of the pentagram.
             b. Exhale & fling hands apart and forward, visualizing the pentagram diffusing into the mist-wall in a burst of
                    light, vibrate SELAH-GENETHS
        ii. Face North. Cervus as above:
            1. ISCUROS
            2. KURIOS
        iii. Face West. Cervus:
            1. ISCUROS
            2. PAGKRATHS
        iv. Face South. Cervus:
            1. AQANATOS
            2. QEOS

IV. Invocatio.
        i. Face East. Assume the Wand Posture.
        ii. Vibrate: GAIA KAI 'O ICWR TOU OURANOU
        iii. Raise arms in Tau, palms down, throughout fourfold invocation.
            1. Visualize then vibrate: TO THE EAST SWTHR
            2. TO THE SOUTH ALASTWR
            3. TO THE WEST ASFALEIOS
            4. TO THE NORTH AMUNTWR

V. The Calyx.
 
 

"The purpose of the present ritual  is to demarcate and prepare the area in which the magician is to work, with astral and Briatic defenses. The ritual consists of both banishing and invocation: the four Elements having been banished from the Circle in their naturally confused and impure state, the mighty spiritual forces ruling the Elements are invoked into symbolic egregores, to become Guardians of the Circle." Paper III, Mysteria Magica.
 

The Structure of the House of Sacrifice underlies the SWP:

I.     Breath.    The Calyx imbues the operator with the spiritual energy to accomplish the rite.
II.    Body.     The Circulus defines the area of operation, and contains the forces therein.
III.   Justice.   The Praesidia (Wards) banish the unbalanced elemental energies.
IV.  Mercy.    The Invocation of the Archontes protects and empowers the circle.
V.   Glory.     The Calyx serves as a gratulatio to the Highest Light.
 

I. Calyx. The Divine Flame sweeps down through the body, empowering the magician.

II. Circulus. The Circle is traced counter-clockwise. Immediately following this, the phrases 'H PELEIA KAI 'H 'UGRA and 'O OFIS KAI TO WION are vibrated, meaning "The Dove and the Waters," and the "Serpent and the Egg." The phrases are associated with Leukothea the White Goddess, and Melanotheos the Black God, respectively. They appear in the Aurum Solis Rite of Integration (2nd Hall)--along with the phrase in part IV of the SWP--after the officiants develop the appropriate visualization of the god-form of the Worshipped. Their presence in the SWP at this stage signifies the essential dichotomy of the Two Pillars: Machetes & Nomothetes, Sarx & Pneuma, Ensor & Eremitus, Leukothea & Melanotheos, etc.

III. Praesidia. The Warding itself takes place by means of the gesture Cervus.
            The meanings and significance of the Divine Names used to banish are as follows:

AQANATOS......................."Immortal"........................................Active Spirit.
ISCUROS............................ "Strong"...........................................Passive Spirit.
SELAH-GENETHS............ "Father of Light"..............................Air.
KURIOS............................... "Lord".............................................Earth.
PAGKRATHS...................... "All-powerful," an epithet of Pan......Water.
QEOS................................... "God"..............................................Fire.

IV. Invocatio. After the warding, the magician intones GAIA KAI 'O ICWR TOU OURANOU, meaning "Earth and the Blood of Heaven." This phrase invokes the energies of Agathodaimon, and seems to be included in this section of the SWP because it represents, in general, the Triune Superstructure of the House of Sacrifice.
            The Invocation of the Elemental Archontes into their mighty egregores is accomplished through careful visualization and vibration of each name. The banishings having taken place counterclockwise, the invocation now proceeds deosil. Rather than the common system of Hebrew Archangels, the AS employs the Greek names: Soter, Alastor, Asphaleios, and Amyntor. Below are the salient points of the visualizations:

SWTHR, Archon of Air.
Meaning: "Savior," an epithet of Zeus.
Image: Tall, slender, clad in billowing yellow-violet robes from the eastern wind.

ALASTWR, Archon of Fire.
Meaning: "Avenger."
Image: Lean, muscular, clad in scarlet-green robes amidst dancing flames, a burnished copper wand in his right hand.

ASFALEIOS, Archon of Water.
Meaning: "Securer," an epithet of Poseidon.
Image: Tall, standing in foaming, turbulent waters in blue-orange robes, holding a silver cup in his left hand.

AMUNTWR, Archon of Earth.
Meaning: "Defender."
Image: Broad-shouldered, placid, robed in indigo which gleams with pale gold, standing on wild grass with yellow flowers, holding in one hand a golden orb and in the other a golden sickle.

(Note: in the descriptions of the images the first robe color given is the primary one, the second color corresponds to the 'flashing color' of the first and is visualized as a highlight or some other secondary aspect of the garment.)

V. Calyx. Now, in the ambience of the "sealed and sanctified" Circle, the magician again performs the Calyx to honor the sublime reality of the forces within and without.
 

PRONUNCIATION

'h peleia kai 'h 'ugra - "hay pel-ay-ah kai (like 'aisle') hay hyoo-grah"
'o ofiV kai to wion - "ha ah-fees kai tah oh-ee-on (last o as in 'hot')"

AqanatoV - "a-thahn-a-toss (a like 'father')"
Selah GenethV - "sell-ah-ay gen-eh-tays" (g like in 'get')
IscuroV - "ees-choo-rahs" (ch like the German 'loch')
KurioV - "koo-ree-ahs"
PagkrathV - "pan-krah-tays"
QeoV - "theh-ahs" (eh as in 'end')

Gaia kai 'o icwr tou Ouranou - "gai-ah kai (ai like 'aisle') ha ee-chor (like 'chorus') too oo-ran-oo (a as in 'father')"

Swthr - "soh-tayr"
Alastwr - "all-ahs-tohr"
AsfaleioV - "ahs-fall-ay-ahs"
Amuntwr - "ah-moon-tohr"

GEMATRIC NOTES

'H PELEIA KAI 'H 'UGRA = 686 = 2
        686 = etairoV "comrade, companion, lover"
               = floggoi "the notes of the musical scale"

    "The Dove and the Waters"
    The Dove and Water are both symbols of Leukothea.
    PELEIA = 131 = amoibh "change, exchange"
                              = gonh "birth, origin; seed"
                              = iereia "Priestess"
                              = PAN "All"
                              = qaomai "to suck"

    'UGRA = 504 = to agaqon "the Good"
                         = qespiV "divine"
                         = duodeka "twelve"
                         = diskoV "disk"
                         = rodinoV "made from roses, pink"
 

'O OFIS KAI TO WION = 2181 = 12 = 3
    "The Serpent and the Egg"
    Melanotheos is "archetypally one with that mighty spirit Ophion of pre-Hellenic Greece." Note the 12: he is the serpent of the Zodiac. Also he represents the seminal archetypes of the universe, symbolized by the Egg.

    OFIS = 780 = poluV "the Many"--"MELANOTHEOS is also, in high mystical thought, the Many, the Daimones Poliastres, the Star-Lords."
                         = outi "nothing"

    WION = 930 = froniV "practical wisdom"
                          = foinikoV "Phoenix"
                          = en kenw "in void".
                          = 'ieron osteon "holy bone, sacrum"
                          = pneuma 'o qeoV "God is spirit"
                          = katastolh "stole, loose outer garment"
                          = canqoV "yellow"
 

GAIA KAI O ICWR TOU OURANOU = 3487 = 22 = 4
    "Earth and the Blood of Heaven"
    "AGATHODAIMON is identified with the beneficient and life sustaining aspects of the solar force descending to earth, and likewise with the spritual response which leads the psyche upwards." Paper XVI, Mysteria Magica.
    The 22 suggests the Paths of the Tree and the Way of Return.

    GAIA = 15 = ei "thou art"
                      = qea "goddess"
                      = zh "live!"

    'O ICWR = 1580 = IscuroV "Strong" (AS Name of Passive Spirit)
                               = SisufoV "Sisyphus"

    OURANOU = 1091 = marmarwq "the cloud before the throne of the most high god"
                                     = 'o cimaroV "the he-goat"
                                     = filadelfia "brotherly love"
 

For Gematric information on the divine names used with Cervus, as well as the Archontes, follow the links below:

AQANATOS.
ISCUROS.
SELAH-GENETHS.
KURIOS.
PAGKRATHS.
QEOS.

SWTHR
ALASTWR
ASFALEIOS
AMUNTWR