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sonalized with all the passion of one's desire for this thing. The per-sonalized Water is directed through the Earth Pentacle where all the forces are bound together naturally into specific material form.

These tools also function in the opposite sequence: The Earth/Form is unbound from the Pentacle and reduced to a Chalice-held liquid. The Water is poured from the Chalice and the vapor of it is gathered up by the Air Knife. The Knife disperses the Air, reducing it to pure energy. The energy is drawn into the Fire Wand and emerges as pure light. The light is drawn into the dark center of the spinning Aethyr Wheel, etc.

The Elemental tools are wielded within the context of a ritual Circle. The magical "casting" of that Circle is performed with the Mars Sword. This is the same broadsword we saw resting upon the edge of the pool in our Tiphareth Temple.

As before, the Sword represents two things: One, it represents the Individual's ability to wield power over the personal and physical aspects of self. In this sense, the Sword symbolizes several different approaches to the use of that power -- a sword can be used to defend, to attack, to incise, sever, divide, destroy, preserve, define, or even to slice the ritual bread for feast. However it is used, due to its size and weight, the Mars Sword takes two hands to wield. In other words, it takes the whole of the Individual -- both poles of Mercy/Force and Severity/Form -- to wield the Sword. Since it requires balance to hold a broadsword and to flail it about without toppling yourself over in the process, only the Individual-self, rooted in the Tiphareth equilibri-um, can wield the Mars Sword effectively. This aspect of the Sword also implies great responsibility, for it is hard to halt the swing of a broadsword once you've started the motion. The weight of the thing moves with its own momentum once you've set it into motion, so great care must be taken in its wielding.

The second thing the Sword represents, is the now-ness of the Individual's present-moment. The Sword defines the present-moment as the cutting-edge interface of what-has-been (past) and what-will-be (future). The Sword divides between the past and the future with the sharpness of its cutting-edge now-ness, creating a micro-thin dimen-sion of its own. In other words, the Sword has power only within the confines of the present-moment's now-ness. Its function is to bring the Jupiterian commonality or proto-sequentialization, into the highly sequentialized realm of the now-ness of a specific present-moment.

This is a process of differentiation, definition, individualization, etc.

To introduce you to its use, we will magically "cast" a ritual Circle

within the Geburah Temple, using the Mars Sword. The Sword is held with both hands, and the tip of it, pointing outward from the body, is touched to the center of the Aethyr Wheel emblazoned upon the Temple curtain. The Sword draws out the violet Aethyr-light and fills with its power. The Aethyr is then projected outward from the tip of the Sword and a Circle composed of Aethyr is drawn clockwise around the Temple, beginning and ending at the exact center of the Aethyr Wheel. This casting defines the specific present-moment with-in which we will wield the Elemental power of our now-ness -- our Circle is our Chariot's four-sided enclosure wherein we take up the reins to drive.

The casting with the Sword is repeated as many times as the situ-ation feels to need. If after one casting, you feel satisfied that the Circle is well defined, then once is enough. But if after a single casting, the Circle seems unfinished or not solid enough, then by all means repeat the casting till it does attain a satisfying completeness. As you work, visualize what comes most naturally and intuitively to you, and feel your way through the casting.

Once our Circle is cast, we will explore the use of our power by pursuing work with the two invoking and the two banishing penta-grams outlined earlier. This is going to be an actual magical working so I want you each to give some serious forethought to what you would like to accomplish. For this meditation, you should choose a specific aspect of yourself that you wish to strengthen and empower.

We will be working with Geburah's positive power of nurturance and self-growth, and focusing it upon each of our Individual concerns.

We will draw this power down into manifestation through the four Elemental Tools of our specific present-moment's now-ness.

Prior to the Geburah ritual, spend some time meditating upon what aspect of yourself you would like to seriously advance. This must be an aspect that already exists within you to some degree and not just a separate, ideal thing you would like to become. Find some-thing positive about your present self that you would see strengthened and empowered. Once you've made your selection, spend more time meditating upon it alone. Examine this aspect of yourself from as many angles as possible and get to know it as thoroughly as your available time allows.

As a final note, at the center of the Geburah Temple there is a five-sided font of fire. This symbolizes the raw power of Jupiterian-com-monality which fills the differentiated now-ness of the specific pres-ent-moment. This fire does not burn and consume -- rather, here at the

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level of Geburah, it warms and nurtures. It is more akin to the dynam-ic center of the Aethyr Wheel, than to Elemental Fire.

We will be rising along this Geburian Aethyr-fire in our passage from Malkuth to the Geburah Temple. At the end of our ritual, we will follow a different route back to the Malkuth Temple.