The Middle Pillar Exercise

Usually preceded by the Lesser Banishing Ritual, the exercise is done standing or seated, with relaxed rhythmic breathing. The practitioner visualises a sphere of white light above the crown and vibrates Eheieh, then draws the light down to a sphere at the throat (YHVH Elohim), the heart (YHVH Eloah ve-Daath), the genitals (Shaddai El Chai) and the feet (Adonai ha-Aretz), so that a shaft of light runs from crown to feet like the middle pillar of the Tree. Each name is vibrated several times. The light is then circulated: down the sides, up the front and back, and in a spiral or fountain from feet to crown. Regardie framed it partly in the language of Jungian psychology.

Purpose

Regardie presents it as a method of awakening the spheres of the central pillar of the Tree of Life within the body, for balance, health and spiritual development.

Timing

No astrological timing; Regardie recommends regular, preferably daily, practice.