Ceremony of the Proclamation of Horus, the Crowned and 
Conquering Child, as Lord of the Aeon. 1 
This whole matter is prophesied in the Book of the Law itself ; 
let the student take note, and enter the ranks of the Host of the 
Sun. 
II 
There is another sacrifice with regard to which the 
Adepts hâve always maintained the most profound secrecy. 
It is the suprême mystery of practical Magick. Its name is 
the Formula of the Rosy Cross. In this case the victim is 
always — in a certain sense — the Magician himself, and the 
sacrifice must coïncide with the utterance of the most sublime and 
secret name of the God whom he wishes to invoke. 
Properly performed, it never fails of its effect. But it is 
difficult for the beginner to do it satisfactorily, because it is a great 
effort for the mind to remain concentrated upon the purpose of 
the ceremony. The overcoming of this difficulty lends most 
powerful aid to the Magician. 
It is unwise for him to attempt it until he has received 
regular initiation in the true 2 Order of the Rosy Cross, 
1. Note : This paragraph was written in the summer of 1911 e.v., 
just three years before its fulfilment. 
2. It is here désirable to warn the render against the numerous false 
orders which hâve impudently assumed the name of Rosicrucian. The 
Masonic Societas Rosicruciana is honest and harmless; and makes no false 
pretences; if its members happen as a rule to be pompous busy-bodies, 
enlarging the borders of their phylacteries, and scrupulous about cleansing 
the outside of the cup and the platter; if the masks of the Offîcers in their 
Mysteries suggest the Owl, the Cat, the Parrot, and the Cuckoo, while the 
Robe of their Chief Magus is a Lion’s Skin, that is their affair. But those 
orders run by persons claiming to represent the True Ancient Fraternity 
are common swindles. The représentatives of the late S. L. Mathers 
(Count McGregor) are the phosphorescence of the rotten wood of a 
branch which was lopped off the tree at the end of the içth century. Those 
of Papus (Dr. Encausse), Stanislas de Guaita and Péladan, merit respect 
as serious, but lack full knowledge and authority. The “Ordo Rosae 
Crucis” is a mass of ignorance and falsehood, but this may be a deliberate 
device for masking itself. The test of any Order is its attitude towards 
the Law of Thelema. The True Order présents the True Symbols, but 
avoids attaching the True Name thereto; it is only when the Postulant 
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