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Temple Traditions InnerConvocation Series
from R J Stewart
Working with The Four Temples
Form (3) of our Inner Temple Traditions InnerConvocation
series was created and written by R J Stewart in Britain in
the 1980’s, and has been taught to many groups in Britain
and the USA from the late 1980’s to the present year,
ongoing. Variations of this form are found in both Living
Magical Arts (1987) and Advanced Magical Arts
(1988) and in R J Stewart copyright printed class material
circulated to students in the mid-1990’s. Further material
is found in various related books from 1985 to 2005, especially
The Miracle Tree (2003).
Usage and permissions: you may use this Spiritual
Form for private use only, and you may not copy publish or
distribute the text or any part of it. All use is copyright
controlled.
Working with The Four Temples
You can use this Form in 5 separate parts
for short meditations/visions (east, south,
west, north, center)
or use the entire form from beginning to end, which is the
recommended method. Before working with this spiritual Form
(3), either in parts or entire, use Form
(1) for entering Silence.
THE FOUR TEMPLES © R J Stewart, 1989-2005
In the East, the Temple of Instruction and Inspiration
In the South, the Temple of Initiation and Illumination
In the West, the Temple of the Ebbing and Flowing Tides
In the North, the Temple of Destruction and Regeneration
From the East, the Temple of Instruction
and Inspiration mediates the spiritual powers of Life and
the elemental energy of Air
From the South, the Temple of Initiation
and Illumination mediates the spiritual powers of Light and
the elemental energy of Fire
From the West, the Temple of the Ebbing and
Flowing Tides mediates the spiritual powers of Love, and the
elemental energy of Water
From the North, the Temple of Destruction
and Regeneration mediates the spiritual powers of Law, and
the elemental energy of Earth.
Each Temple has three zones, three courts,
three deepening states of Being
EAST
The outer court of the East offers Instruction
in skills, arts, sciences of magic, of invention, of healing
techniques, of music, of words, of mathematics and sacred
geometry. All the skills that make civilisation are mediated
in this outer court of the East, and all the methods of sacro-magical
arts are taught here. Its mysterious life power streams through
the air that flows in and out of our lungs, and can be expressed
through honourable speech and inspiring words. Many temples
and religions of the outer world have been seeded from this
Inner Temple through the ages. (pause here for silent meditation)
The middle court of the East contains the
deities of human culture: those gods and goddesses of the
ancestral traditions that teach and mentor humanity, that
bring honour, discipline, clarity of awareness, and foster
communication. All messenger deities are here, all gods and
goddesses of Honour and the spiritual martial arts, powers
of justice, powers of healing. They take many forms and have
many names, but they all embody the powers of Instruction
and Inspiration that move out into manifestation. Here in
this middle court, work with them in your chosen form. (pause
here for silent communion or ritual pattern)
The inner court of the East is the place
of Living Spirit. Where the First Breath of Being whispers
out of the Void, and utters the First Word of Cosmos. Be still,
and feel that Breath of Being within you, merge with the Living
Spirit in the sanctuary of the Temple of Life. (pause here
for contemplation and communion)
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SOUTH
The outer court of the South offers Initiation
into energetic and spiritual growth, transformation, and subtle
forces of the Inner Fire. It creates the energy that flows
through the skills, arts, and disciplines formed by the Temple
of the East, and its subtle fire radiates through our blood.
Its mysterious initiatory power brings changes in our lives,
and in the life of humanity, and in the life of our planet
Earth. Its current of energy radiates through all forms, galvanising
them into movement. In ancient times this was our ancestral
Fire Temple, source of the priest and priestesshood of Light
and Fire in the human world. Today there are few temples and
religions in the outer world that manifest this power. (pause
here for silent meditation)
The middle court of the South contains the
deities of fire and light, which take many forms and have
many names through the ages. All solar and light bearing gods
and goddesses are here, all deities of balance and harmony,
embodying the energies of Initiation and Illumination that
radiate to the outer world. Here in this middle court, work
with them in your chosen form. (pause here for silent communion
or ritual pattern)
The inner court of the South is the place of Limitless Light.
Where the Light of Being flows out of the primal Darkness
of the Void, and Illuminates Creation. Be still, and feel
the Light within you merge with the Light of the sanctuary
of the Inner Temple of Light. (pause here for contemplation
and communion)
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WEST
The outer court of the West offers the flowing
tides of Giving and Receiving. It provides the ebb and flow
of compassionate communion through all living beings. Its
tides wash us clean, and nourish us anew. All life on Earth
begins in the ocean and the Sea Temple communes its power
to us through the water in our bodies and the purified emotions
of our souls. (pause here for silent meditation)
The middle court of the West contains the
gods and goddesses of love compassion and empathy that have
taken many forms in our world through the ages. They embody
and mediate the forces of ocean: ocean of water, ocean of
stars, and they Give and Receive our most pure love flowing
in and out of all that lives. Here in this middle court, work
with them in your chosen form. (pause here for silent communion
or ritual pattern)
The inner court of the West is the place of Perfect Love,
where the sacred vessel pours forth the limitless Love of
Being that flows out of, and into, the Void. Here is where
vast waters of Cosmos pour forth into infinite worlds, and
here is the place to which they return. Perfect Love at Peace
is the power of this sanctuary, which is found in the place
where all tides become Still. Feel your innermost love of
all being, merge with the Perfect Being of Love in the sanctuary
of this Inner Temple of Love. (pause here for contemplation
and communion)
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NORTH
The outer court of the North offers the mysteries
of coming into Form and of going into Formlessness. This is
the place of destruction and regeneration, where old patterns
are broken down, that they may make the ground for new seeds
to grow within us. It provides the subtle forces that reduce
and liberate, for the laws of life are also laws of liberation.
Here are the mysteries of deepest night and death discovered,
through understanding manifestation and return to spirit.
Here the sacred mysteries of Earth are revealed. (pause here
for silent meditation)
The middle court of the North contains the
deities that destroy and purify, the dark powers that draw
all unto themselves, in order that all may be reborn. They
embody the ultimate transformations that are available to
all forms, all life, and all entities. Here are all gods and
goddesses of night, of the UnderWorld, of death, of the hidden
Crossroads between the worlds. They bring you strength through
your bones, through the bones of planet Earth. Here in this
middle court, work with them in your chosen form. (pause here
for silent communion or ritual pattern)
The inner court of the North holds the mystery of Grace, and
the wisdom of Spirit utterly present in Substance. Here is
where the sacred Stone is buried deep in the UnderWorld, at
the very threshold of the Void. Commune now with this power
in your bones, in the sanctuary of this Inner Temple of cosmic
Law. (pause here for contemplation and communion)
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CENTER:
In the Centre is the Flame of Being, appearing
as a Pillar of Light that extends to the height above and
descends to the depth below. And at its Centre is that beautifying
redeeming transformation power that is at the heart of all
things yet is bound by none.
Life Light Love and Law come together in
the Pillar of Light, merging and emerging out of the Truth
of Being, the Centre of Cosmos.
Be Still, and be At One with the central
Flame of Being, the Pillar of Light. (pause here for contemplation
and communion)
Returning to the Outer World
Be aware that you are in the Inner Convocation.
Know that you may return here in your dreams visions and meditations.
Now be aware of the outer temple, of the sky above and the
land below. And be aware of the directions before you, behind
you, to your right, to your left, above, below, and within.
Know that the Inner Temples and the outer world come together
as One, through your body.
Now depart in Peace.
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© R J Stewart 1989-2005. This text is
registered copyright worldwide. You may use it for private
use only: any copying extracting distribution or commercial
use is strictly forbidden.
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