The Adept Lamen is the breast-plate of the Adeptus Minor of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn — the symbolic figure worn over the heart and consecrated to the Adept's individual working. Its design is the Rosy Cross of the Adept: a seven-rayed cross bearing the Hebrew letters of the four scales of color, the planetary signatures, and the rose of the Adept at the centre.

Symbolic Construction

The lamen is built from the source description set out in the inner Order's instruction. The cross-rays are laid in the King Scale, the rose petals in the Queen, Prince, and Princess Scales as the petals require, and the Hebrew letters are placed in their canonical positions across the four arms. The planetary signs occupy the central hexagram. The rose at the centre carries the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, ordered by element, planet, and zodiac, and the central INRI is fixed in the appropriate hand.

Color is not interpreted. The placements follow the source.

Materials

The lamen is built to the specifications agreed at commission. Materials are selected for ceremonial life — sized correctly for breast-plate wear, finished so the symbolic field reads at a working distance, and constructed to the standard of a piece intended to remain in service across an Adept's working life.

Use

The Adept Lamen is worn during ritual work appropriate to the grade. It is not display regalia. It is consecrated to the Adept and is, by convention, the Adept's own.

Acquisition

Acquisition is by inquiry. The Adept's grade, the source diagram preferred (where there is a choice), and any variant required by the Adept's particular line are confirmed before the piece is built.

$1,500 · Made to specification · Inquire for timeline.