THE CEREMONY OF RECEPTION INTO

Officers and Brothers to put on the clothing of their rank and Grades. Guard our doors, O Lord, and protect our thresholds. Clothe us in Your grace and truth.

If a separate room has been set apart for dressing, this instruction is given there, and the Temple is entered afterward in a procession, led by the Imperator of the Temple, followed by the Brothers Proclamator, Thurificans, and Aquarius, the ordinary Members, and finally the Three Celebrants.

In either case, it is only after the ceremonial instruction that the Officers and Brothers put on their vestments and insignia, which is done in solemn order and in the reverence of holy silence.

The Imperator goes to the Eastern end of the Temple, before the Thrones, and with his Wand raised, recites:

THE PRAYER AT THE EAST.

Imperator.—O Immanent and Transcendent Source and End of All, Lord of the Two Worlds, You have set up Your holy signs in all the quarters of the heavens, a revelation of the Eternal Mind to the mind of man. You speak to us by day and by night through Your greater and lesser lights, Your suns and stars and constellations. Grant, we pray, that the hidden grace and the Radiant Light which dwell in the Supernal Crown Kether, the highest Sephirah in the Qabalah may be shared with the Thrones of this Temple. May those whom You have placed there distribute Your light and grace, through the mediation of this Holy Order and by virtue of their High Office. May they illuminate the Path of Your Mysteries, and may that Light lead us even to the attainment of the Quintessence, the Tingeing Stone Philosopher's Stone of the Wise, the Wisdom which has its root in You and the Bliss which is found in Your Presence.