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within the field of life, the children of the union between his secret
center and the circumference of existence. Ra-Hoor-Khuit.
Zayin. He shall also learn the significance of the Aspects, the angular
relationships between the planets. He shall discover all such aspects
between the planets in his chart, and visualize them as lines connecting
the planets. He shall color these lines according to his own genius.
He shall also practice this visualization until the image can be held
without effort.
Cheth. Thus he creates the Lamen or Pantacle of his manifest existence,
and the shell within which his spirit lives.
II. The Charging of the Lamen
Teth. The student, according to his understanding of astrology, shall
assign preliminary meanings to the elements of the lamen. He shall
attempt to relate every element to some aspect of his perceptions,
tendencies of thought, behavior, and physical environment. He should be
conscious that the latter two of these are merely expressions of the
former two.
Let him understand again that his interpretation is only a working base,
and will be changed as his understanding grows with this practice.
Yod. He shall obtain an ephemeris of the motions of the planets for
the current time. Let him discover aspects and contacts between the
locations of the planets in the sky, and the planets in his Lamen. He
shall hypothesize possible effects of such contacts, and shall look for
such effects in his life in the world.
Kaph. He shall also follow the reverse of this practice. He shall look
for events within his daily experience that seem to be of particular
significance, or which appear to be receiving emphasis at a particular
time and place. He should make note of the internal sensations and
feelings associated with these events, and those parts of the external
event that were of significance to him.
Then he shall analyze these events, separating out of them those
perceptions and feelings that seem to relate to particular planets
within his lamen. Then let him look to his ephemeris, and find any
contacts between the moving planets and those elements of the lamen. He
shall attempt to discern the quality of the planet in the sky, and the
planet in his lamen, from their effects in the perceived events.
Lamed. By the use of these two methods over time, the student sets up a
continual cycling between solve' and coagula. With each cycle is his
perception of the powers of his lamen, and the powers of the moving
planets, refined and clarified.
Mem. He shall build up a collection of such perceptions for each of
the elements of his lamen. Let him abstract from each collection those
feelings and perceptions that he believes to exemplify the essential
quality of the element in question, and to refine these in his mind
until he perceives them as a pure force.
Nun. He shall then visualize his lamen standing before him, separate
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