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…serene that gleam On life’s calm lake. That shall end never that began. All things endure because they are. Do what thou wilt, for every man And every woman is a star. Pan is not dead ; he liveth, Pan ! Break down the bar ! To man I come, the number of A man my number, Lion of Light; I am The Beast whose Law is Love. Love under will, his royal right — Behold within, and not above, One star in sight ! ONE STAR IN SIGHT A glimpse of the structure and system of the Great White Brotherhood. A A 1. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 1.…
1935 · PDF PAGE 11
must employ to this end the formula called “The Beast conjoined with the Woman” which establishes a new incarnation of deity; as in the legends of Leda, Semele, Miriam, Pasiphae, and others. He must set up this ideal for the orders which he rules, so that they may possess a not too abstract rallying point suited to their unde- veloped states. to. The Grade of Adeptus Minor is the main theme of the instructions of the A..A.. It is characterised by the Attain- ment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. (See the Equinox, Th…
1935 · PDF PAGE 14
…e them. Thus doing, he payeth his debt to the Law that hath Freed him by working its will to free all men; and he proveth himself a true man in our Order by willing to bring his fellows into freedom. By thus ordering his disposition, he will fit himself in the best possible manner for the task of understanding and mastering the divers technical methods prescribed by the A.. A-. for Mystical and Magical attainment. He will thus prepare himself properly for the crisis of his career in the Order, the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of…
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ONE STAR IN SIGHT Thy feet in mire, thine head in murk, O man, how piteous thy plight, The doubts that daunt, the ills that irk, Thou hast nor wit nor will to fight — How hope in heart, or worth in work ? No star in sight ! Thy gods proved puppets of the priest. “Truth ? All’s relation !” science sighed. In bondage with thy brother beast, Love tortured thee, as Love’s hope died And Lover’s faith rotted. Life no least Dim star descried. Thy cringing carrion cowered and crawled To find itself a chance-cast clod Whose Pain was purposeless; appalle…
1935 · PDF PAGE 8
… inter- vals of some centuries; accounts of historical Magi, and their Words, are given in Liber Aleph. This does not mean that only one man can attain this Grade in any one Aeon, so far as the Order is concerned. A man can make personal progress equivalent to that of a “Word of an Aeon”; but he will identify himself with the current word, and exert his will to establish it, lest he conflict with the work of the Magus who uttered the Word of the Aeon in which He is living. The Magus is pre-eminently the Master of Magick, that is, his will is en…
1935 · PDF PAGE 12
…nly proper course; to train aspirants to this attainment in the theory and prac- tice of the whole of Magick and Mysticism, so that each man may be expert in the handling of all known weapons, and free to choose and to use those which his own experience and instinct dictate as proper when he essays the Great Experiment. He is furthermore trained to the one habit essential to Membership of the A-. A..; he must regard all his attainments as pri- marily the property of those less advanced aspirants who are con- fided to his charge. No attainment s…
1935 · PDF PAGE 7
…h of the Order, to devote their energy to assisting the Progress of their Inferiors in the Order. Those who accept the rewards of their emancipation for themselves are no longer within the Order. Members of the Order are each entitled to found Orders dependent on themselves on the lines of the R. C. and G. D. orders, to cover types of emancipation and illumination not contemplated by the original (or main) system. All such orders must, however, be constituted in harmony with the A A as regards the essential principles. All members of the Order …
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To attain the Grade of Magister Templi, he must perform two tasks; the emancipation from thought by putting each idea against its opposite, and refusing to prefer either; and the consecration of himself as a pure vehicle for the influence of the order to which he aspires. He must then decide upon the critical adventure of our Order; the absolute abandonment of himself and his attainments. He can- not remain indefinitely an Exempt Adept; he is pushed onward by the irresistible momentum that he has generated. Should he fail, by will or weakness, …
1935 · PDF PAGE 15
the correct order of events, as they are arranged in Nature; and in no case is it safe for a man to neglect to master any single detail, however dreary and distasteful it may seem. It often does so, indeed; that only insists on the necessity of dealing with it. The dislike and contempt for it bear witness to a weakness and incom- pleteness in the nature which disowns it; that particular gap in one’s defences may admit the enemy at the very turning-point of some battle. Worse, one were shamed for ever if one’s inferior should happen to ask for a…