AUM. The Arcanum Four of the Tarot is the Holy and Mysterious Tetragrammaton, the Sacred Name of the Eternal One that has four letters: Iod, He, Vau, He.
‘Iod’ is the Man, ‘He’ is the woman, ‘Vau’ is the Phallus, ‘He’ is the Uterus.
Yet, we can also state:
‘Iod’ is the Man, ‘He’ is the woman, ‘Vau’ is the Fire, ‘He’ is the Water.
The profound study of the four letters of the Eternal One takes us inevitably to the Ninth Sphere (sex). We must lift our Serpent through the medullar channel and carry it up to her heart’s temple.
The cross of the Initiation is received in the Heart Temple. The Magnetic Center of the Father is found between the eyebrows. The Sanctuary of the Mother is found within the Heart Temple. The four points of the cross symbolize the Fire, the Air, the Water and the Earth (also Spirit, Matter, Movement and Repose).
Remember beloved disciple that the four elements of Alchemy are: Salt, Mercury, Sulfur and Azoth: The Salt is the matter; the Mercury is the Ens Seminis, the Azoth is the Mysterious Ray of Kundalini.
The Mercury of Secret Philosophy must be fecundated by Sulfur (Fire) so that the Salt can become regenerated. Only like this can we write the book of Azoth, write it upon a rod if what you want is Initiation. The clue of our Liberation is found in the Lingam-Yoni.
The cross has four points. The cross of initiation is phallic. The insertion of the vertical phallus into the formal Ecteris forms a cross. This is the cross of the Initiation that we must place upon our shoulders.
The four sacred animals of Alchemy are: The Lion that hides the enigma of Fire; the Man that represent the Mercury of Secret Philosophy; the Eagle that corresponds to the Air; the Bull that symbolizes the Earth. Egypt’s sphinx (as well as Ezekiel’s sphinx) has the sacred symbolism of the four creatures of Alchemy.
The water contained in the lakes, rivers and oceans when heated by the fire of the Sun are transformed into clouds that ascend up to the sky, and after a period of digestion are converted into lightning and thunder. This same process is repeated in the sexual laboratory of the Alchemist.
Our motto is Thelema: that is Willpower.
The entrance into the old, archaic temples was commonly a hidden hole in some mysterious spot in the dense jungle. We departed from Eden through the door of sex, and only through that door can we Return to Eden. Eden is sex. It is the narrow, straight and difficult door that leads us into the light.
In the solitude of these mysterious sanctuaries, the neophytes were submitted to the four Initiatic Ordeals. The ordeals of fire, air, water and earth always defined the diverse purifications of the neophytes.
Commonly, these Sanctuaries of Mysteries were found located at the foot of some Volcano. There the disciples would fall to the ground and lose Consciousness; in those moments the Hierophant would take the students out of their physical bodies (thus, they would already be in the Astral plane) and into the profundities of the Sanctuary. Then he would teach them the grandiose mysteries of life and death. The volcanic emanations of the earth produced that apparent state of death. Some disciples fall in that apparent state of death within the Gnostic Lumisials. The ceremony of carrying the cross (as was practiced in the Gnostic Lumisials), serves in order to humbly confirm some Internal Esoteric Initiation.
Each one of the seven bodies of the Human Being must be crucified and stigmatized. All students of Kabbalah must be familiar with all of the Elementals of Fire, Air, Water and Earth. The present ‘human being’ is still not a king or queen of Nature, but all are called to be kings or queens and priests and priestesses according to the Order of Melchizedek.
It is necessary for the student to become familiar with all the elemental creatures of the four elements. Salamanders live in Fire; Undines and Nereids live in Water; Sylphs live in the Air and Gnomes live in the Earth.
The gospel of Mark is symbolized by a Lion (fire); the gospel of Matthew is represented by a Youth (water); the gospel of John is represented by the Eagle (air) and the gospel of Luke is represented by the Bull (earth). The four gospels symbolize the four elements of nature and the realization of the Great Work (the Magnus Opus).
Every Hierophant of Nature is converted into a King of the Elementals. If you want to be admitted into the Elemental Paradises of Nature, then respect all life, do not kill any animal species, do not drink wine that contains alcohol; love vegetables, do not ever destroy a plant or a flower. You only need two things in life: Wisdom and Love. This is how you will attain happiness, Peace and abundance.
“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.”
Matthew 5: 48.
Every initiate must work with the elementals in the Central Mountain Range. That Mountain Range is the Spinal Medulla. The Prima Matter of the Great Work of the Father is the Ens-Seminis. You know this.
The sacred receptacle is in your creative organs, the furnace is the Muladhara Chakra, the Chimney is the medullar channel, and the distiller is the brain. When we work in the laboratory of the Third Logos, we must transmute the lead of our Personality into the Gold of the Spirit. The Magnus Work cannot be performed without the cooperation of the elementals.
The Gnomes and Pygmies are the great Alchemists that transmute the lead into gold; they reduce the metals into its Semen [Seed] in order to transmute them into the pure gold of the spirit; their labor would be impossible if the Undines did not obey or if the Salamanders of fire would not make the voluptuous Undines fertile, because without the fire, the tempting Undines can only take us to a shipwreck. Ulysses (the cunning warrior and destroyer of citadels) was himself bound to the mast of the ship so that he would not fall into the seductive sexual beauty of the Undines. Ancient Gnostics stated:
“All of you will become Gods if you leave Egypt and pass-through the Red Sea (the ocean of temptations).”
The vapors of the prima matter of the Great Work would not ascend through the chimney without the help of the disquieting Sylphs. The Gnomes need to distil the gold in the brain and this is only possible with the help of the aerial Sylphs. The Gnomes transmute the lead into gold. The Magnus Opus would be impossible without the elementals. We need to become familiar with the Elementals of Nature.
PRACTICE:
Agni God of Fire
Fire: Light a fire then vocalize the Mantra INRI. This mantra is vocalized in two separate syllables: IN – RI:
Prolong the Sound of each letter. IiiiiiiiiiiiiiNnnnnnnnn RrrrrrrrrrrrIiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
(This is the sound in Spanish, in English it must sound as EEEENNNN RRRREEEE)
Thereafter, concentrate on the fire that you have lit (on the candle, on the oil lamp or on the charcoal) and profoundly meditate on the fire. Invoke me, Samael, your friend, who wrote this lecture, I will assist you in this practice. Then vocalize the “S” as an affable and fine whistle, like the buzzing of a rattlesnake.
PRACTICE WITH THE SYLPHS
Air: Seated on a comfortable chair or laying down (face up) with the body relaxed, you will profoundly meditate on the following supplication:
SUPPLICATION:
Spiritus Dei Ferebatur super aquas, et inspiravit in faciem hominis spiraculum vitae.
Sit Michael Dux Meus, et Sabtabiel servus meus, in luce et per lucem.
Fiat verbum halitus meus, et imperabo Spiritibus aeris hujus, et refrenabo equos solis voluntate cordis mei, et cogitatione mentis mei et nutu oculi dextri.
Exorciso igitur te, creatura aeris, per Penta-grammatón et in nómine Tetra- grammaton, in quibus sunt voluntas firma et fides recta.
Amen.
Sela Fíat.
Blow towards the four cardinal points of the Earth. Pronounce the letter H many times as if imitating a very deep sigh. Then slumber while meditating on the Genii Michael and Sabtabiel. This way you will become in contact with the Sylphs.
PRACTICE WITH THE UNDINES
Water: Before a cup of water, get into the state of slumber while meditating on the following exorcism:
Fiat Firmamentum In Medio Aquarum, Et Separet Aquas Ab Aquis, Quae Superius Sicut Quae Inferius, Et Quae Inferius Sicut Quae Superius Ad Perpetranda Miracula Rei Unius. Sol Ejus Pater Est, Luna Mater Et Ventus Hanc Gestavit In Utero Suo, Ascendit A Terra Ad Coelum Et Rursus A Chelo In Terram Descendit. Exorciso Te Creatura Aquae, Ut Sis Mihi Speculum Die Vivi In Operibus Ejus, Et Fons Vitae, Et Abllutio Pecatorum.
Amen.
Thereafter, while still in a state of slumber, vocalize the letter M as follows: Mmmmmmmm, with your lips hermetically sealed. This sound is like the bellow of the bull, yet it is a prolonged sustained sound that does not decrease like the bull does. The letter “M” is the mantra of the Waters. This is how you will be in contact with the creatures of the waters. Thereafter, invoke the genie of the waters; the genie’s name is NICKSA.
PRACTICE WITH THE GNOMES
Profoundly meditate on the Heart-Temple of the center of Earth. Meditate on the Genie of Earth whose name is Cham-Gam. Beseech him to put you in contact with the Gnomes that inhabit the entrails of Earth; call the Genie of the Gnomes, the Genie’s name is GOB. Get into a state of slumber while concentrating on that Genie; then vocalize the Mantra I.A.O.
Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Aaaaaaaaaaaaa Oooooooooo
When profound Meditation is intelligently combined with the state of slumber, it allows you to enter into the Elemental Paradises of Nature.
Every Alchemist needs to work with the Elementals of Nature.
The hieroglyphic of the Fourth Arcanum of the Tarot is the Emperor; the Sovereign appears forming a marvelous triangle with his body. When the legs of the Emperor are crossed, they form a cross; this is the image of the Athanor [“Ah-than-or”] of Alchemists; the joint of the cross with a triangle is only possible by means of the potable gold (sacred fire) of Alchemy.
The Innermost puts the Cross of Initiation with the Arcanum Four of the Tarot over his shoulders.
We will end this lecture by stating that the elementals of fire are commanded with the Trident of Iron or with the wand of iron; the elementals of the Air are commanded with an Eagle feather or any other bird; the elementals of Water are commanded with a cup filled with water and the elementals of the Earth with a sword or with a brand-new knife.
The special kingdom of the Gnomes resides in the region of the North; the one of the Salamanders in the South. The one of the Sylphs in the East and the one of the Undines in the West. These four elemental hierarchies form a Cross. Behold the Holy and Mysterious Tetragrammaton.
Samael Aun Weor
