the rose cross lamen

“the table of contents of the tarot” - lon milo Duquettte

The cube is the Temple in its geometric essence; unfolding it is like unveiling the hidden chamber of the heart.

Unfolded Cube: The Golden Cross

The Rose Cross Lamen

the Golden Dawn's rosy cross contains attributes for the classical elements, classical planets, zodiac, Hebrew alphabet, alchemical principles, the hexagram and pentagram, the sefirot of the Tree of Life, and the formula of INRI.[24] On the back side of the rosy cross is inscribed the motto of the Zelator Adeptus minor at the bottom, "The master Jesus Christ, God and Man" between four Maltese crosses, and in the center, written in Latin, "Blessed be the Lord our God who hath given us the Symbol Signum."[This quote needs a citation]

The Rosy Cross lamen as worn by adepts in the Rosae Rubae et Aureae Crucis, an inner order of the Golden Dawn.

Regardie says of the rosy cross in The Golden Dawn:

The Rose-Cross is a lamen or badge synthesizing a vast concourse of ideas, representing in a single emblem the great work itself – the harmonious reconciliation in one symbol of diverse and apparently contradictory concepts, the reconciliation of divinity and manhood. It is a highly important symbol to be worn over the heart during every important operation. It is a glyph, in one sense, of the higher Genius to whose knowledge and conversation the student is eternally aspiring. In the rituals it is described as the "Key of Sigils and Rituals".[25]

This lamen is a complete synthesis of the masculine, positive, or rainbow scale of color attributions, which is also called the "Scale of the King". The four arms of the cross belong to the four elements and are colored accordingly. The white portion belongs to the Holy Spirit and the planets.[citation needed]

The petals of the rose refer to the twenty-two paths on the Tree of Life and the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet. It is the cross in Tiphareth, the receptacle and the center of the forces of the sephiroth and the paths. The extreme center of the rose is white, the reflected spiritual brightness of kether, bearing upon it the red rose of five petals and the golden cross of six squares: Four green rays issue from around the angles of the cross. Upon the white portion of the lamen, below the rose, is placed the hexagram, with the planets.[citation needed]

Around the pentagrams, which are placed one upon each elemental colored arm, are drawn the symbols of the spirit and the four elements. Upon each of the floriated (the arms) of the cross are arranged the three alchemical principles of sulfur, salt, and mercury. The white rays issuing from behind the rose at the inner angles between the arms of the cross are the rays of the divine light issuing and coruscating from the reflected light of kether in its center; and the letters and symbols on them refer to the analysis of the key word: I.N.R.I.