Admission Badges of the Outer Order

Recently I had a thought about the admission badges of the Outer Order grades, the crosses and pyramids in particular, although this idea might be a bit half-baked till now.
I just thought that they tell the story of the growth of Soul.
For example, when entering the Sephira of Malkuth at 1=10, the candidate holds the Fylfot Cross in his hand.
Because of its dynamic shape, this Fylfot Cross (or Swastika) reminded me of the Divine Spark that is latent in every being- the "Prima Materia" of Soul or energetic bodies that have to be evolved during the initiatory process, and this Spark is located deep inside our physical bodies, which fits nicely to 1=10.
When entering the Path of Tav in 2=9 this Cross has changed into the solid greek cubical Cross, that is to say by receiving the purifications and consecrations of the kerubic forces of the Astral Sphere the aforementioned Divine Spark will become more solid.
It then changes into a tetrahedron at the Path of Shin in 3=8, or into a pyramid at the Path of Tzaddi in 4=7.
Amongst other things, the pyramid can be seen as a symbol for the Soul that has become ever more solid and at the same time receptive for angelic and divine forces, see also the truncated pyramids that are used as devices for sub-elemental enochian skryings.
Finally, at the Path of Peh in 4=7, the last official path to traverse in the Outer Order, you have the Sephirotic Cross of 10 squares, with the 10 Sephiroth assigned to each square in logical order, a perfect symbol for the Soul in balance and equilibrium.

Practise of the Divine Presence

During the last weeks i have occassionally experimented with a technique that Regardie once published in his genuine "12 Steps to Spiritual Enlightenment", namely the "Practise of the Presence Divine".
The procedure is to first relax the body to its greatest extent, and then to imagine that the skin, the muscles, the flesh, bones, brain and inner organs are consisting of billions of pores that enable the atmosphere to rush through every second.
When this is achieved, and usually this will take some practise, the whole body should feel like a sponge, that is not solid or fix, but more like an organism of myriads of vibrating cells loosely bound together and able to absorb the whole atmosphere around you.
The idea behind this exercise is that God is Life-Power and that this Life-Power is distributed through and pervading all the Universe, without boundaries, sustaining every atom of the universe, God is everywhere and everything, the One-All----and with Air as its vehicle, which is the clue of this exercise.
Because when having achieved this sponge-like feeling, you should imagine the Air around you as God, sustaining and pervading the whole universe.
I amplified this imagination by visualising that iam located in the center of a universe filled with brilliant white light or LVX, and that by exhaling and inhaling i direct this God-Power through all my body, filling every cell and atom with its vibrant energy.
And i was amazed about the effects of this exercise!
On one occasion i really FELT that our Universe is a vibrant and living and intelligent organism, a powerful One-All, and this experience came with such a greatness and vastness that it simply cant be described with words.
This exercise also fits very good in group-settings with Temple work, and the Opening of the Temple in 2=9 is just perfect for it. Then you can imagine that the Divine Breath is transmitted from Kether down the Middle Pillar and coming from the East into your Temple.
A preliminary invocation ritual of Pentagram of Air or Spirit fits also very well.