exercise of the wind

[Dtris]

Ra: I am Ra. There are two concepts with which you deal. The first is the great way of the development of the light in the microcosmic mind/body/spirit. It is assumed that an adept will have its energy centers functioning smoothly and in a balanced manner to its best effort before a magical working. All magical workings are based upon evocation and/or invocation.
The first invocation of any magical working is that invocation of the magical personality as you are familiar with this term. In the working of which you speak the first station is the beginning of the invocation of this magical personality which is invoked by the motion of putting on something. Since you do not have an item of apparel or talisman the gesture which you have made is appropriate.
The second station is the evocation of the great cross of life. This is an extension of the magical personality to become the Creator. Again, all invocations and evocations are drawn through the violet energy center. This may then be continued towards whatever energy centers are desired to be used.

This particular passage is dealing specifically with the tradition which Don was practicing of the Golden Dawn system and the short invocation known as the Qabbalistic Cross. This invocation is done at the start and end of every ritual and is the beginning and end of the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram which is mentioned in the material elsewhere.

The gesture of "putting on something" is the hand reaching up to the sky sword fingers pointing upward and drawing the hand down to the forehead while vibrating the word ATOH, which is hebrew for "thou art".

You then perform the gesture of the catholic cross while saying and imaging lights at specific sephirah and vibrating the rest of the words; ATOH, MAKUTH, VE_GEDULAH, VE_GEVURAH, LE-OLAM, AMEN (Thou art the kingdom, the power, the glory, forever Amen). When making the gestures and vibrating the final two words you imagine a bright cross within the body, the vertical line from just above the head to just below the feet, and the horizontal line from just outside the body thru the shoulders.

The great cross of life refers to this cross imagined during the ritual, which is most similar to the Cavalry Cross.