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1943 · PDF PAGE 6

The Oriflamme, Vol. I, No. I

TO MEGA THERION is in England, devoting great energy and time to the enormous amount of work before Him. Of outstanding importance in His schedule is the publication of the Tarot, that ancient Book of Thoth, which now requires an interpretation to fit the Aeon of Horus. This is a most meticulous and arduous work, entailing the designing and engraving of an entirely new set of Cards, as well as an accom- panying Book of Tarot which gives their history, their mystic and symbolic significance. It is essential, therefore, that we wholeheartedly con…

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1943 · PDF PAGE 7

The Oriflamme, Vol. I, No. I

…............................................................. .25 A brief extract from Magick, outlining the structure and system of the great White Brotherhood. Little Essays Towards Truth ............................................................................. 4.00 Illuminated comments of the Oracles of Zoroaster. Creed of the Thelemites ..................................................................................... .05 Message of the Master Therion, pamphlet ...................................................... .25

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1943 · PDF PAGE 3

The Oriflamme, Vol. I, No. I

…n must realize that humanity has arrived at a cross road. Society over the whole earth is being rocked to its foundations, and change of great magnitude is facing all established human institutions. Years ago some few foresaw the approaching cataclysm, and a small minority saw the import thereof. In a poem written in 1900 and published in 1906, it is stated: "This is the birth hour of the age of gold, The false gold pales before the gold divine." And we read: "Perfection abideth not in the pinnacles, nor in the founda- tions, but in the ordered…

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1943 · PDF PAGE 5

The Oriflamme, Vol. I, No. I

…nto you this Mystery of the Law, as it hath been made known unto me in divers places, upon the mountains and in the deserts, but also in great cities, which thing I speak for your comfort and good courage. And so be it unto all of you! Know first, that from the Law spring four Rays or Emanations: so that if the Law be the center of your own being, they must needs fill you with their secret goodness. And these four are Light, Life, Love and Liberty. By Light shall ye look upon yourselves and behold All Things that are in Truth One Thing only, wh…

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