Earth Pentacle

The Earth Pentacle in the Golden Dawn system of magic, one of the elemental tools of an Adept. About the perimeter are the Hebrew names Adonai ha-Aretz ("Lord of Earth"), Auriel (the name of an archangel, meaning "Light of God"), Phorlakh (the name of the angel of elemental earth), Kerub (an order of angels), Phrat (one of four mythical rivers of Eden, the Euphrates), Tzaphon ("North") and Aretz ("Earth"). The sigils following each name are derived from that name using the Rose Cross method of sigilisation. The remaining space is for the magical motto of the Adept. The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (or, more commonly, the Golden Dawn) was a magical order active in Great Britain during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which practiced theurgy and spiritual development. It has been one of the largest single influences on 20th-century Western occultism The Golden Dawn system was based on hierarchy and initiation like the Masonic Lodges, however women were admitted on an equal basis with men. The "Golden Dawn" was the first of three Orders, although all three are often collectively referred to as the "Golden Dawn". The First Order taught esoteric philosophy based on the Hermetic Qabalah and personal development through study and awareness of the four Classical Elements as well as the basics of astrology, tarot divination, and geomancy. The Second or "Inner" Order, the Rosae Rubeae et Aureae Crucis(the Ruby Rose and Cross of Gold), taught proper magic, including scrying, astral travel, and alchemy. The Third Order was that of the "Secret Chiefs", who were said to be highly skilled; they supposedly directed the activities of the lower two orders by spirit communication with the Chief