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The Secret Ch iefs 
Cara Soror, 
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 
Very glad I am, since at one time I was obliged to be 
starkly stem about impertinent curiosity, to note that your 
wish to be informed about the Secret Chiefs of the A:. A :. is 
justified; it is most certainly of the first importance that you 
and I should be quite clear in our minds about Those under 
whose jurisdiction and tutelage we both work. 
You justly remind me that one of my earliest slogans was 
"Mystery is the enemy of Truth"; how then is it that I 
acquiesce in the policy of concealment in a matter so 
cardinal? 
Perhaps the best plan is for me to set down the facts of the 
case, so far as is possible; from them it may appear that no 
alternative policy is feasible. 
The first condition of membership of the A :. A :. is that 
one is sworn to identify one's own Great Work with that of 
raising mankind to higher levels, spiritually, and in every 
other way. 
Accordingly, it stands to reason that those charged with 
the conduct of the Order should be at least Masters of the 
Temple, or their judgment would be worthless; and at least 
Magi (though not that particular kind of Magus who brings 
the Word of a New Formula to the world every 2,000 years 
or so) or they would be unable to influence events on any 
scale cominensurate with the scope of the Work. 
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