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Page 6 of 711913 · PDF PAGE 310
…ny nor affirm that He exists. God is the absolute object of human faith. In the infinite, He is the supreme and creative intelligence of order. In the world, He is the spirit of charity. Is the Universal Being a fatal machine which eternally grinds down intelligences by chance, or a _providential intelligence which directs forces in order to ameliorate minds? The first hypothesis is repugnant to reason; it is pessimistic and immoral. Science and reason ought then to accept the second. Yes, Proudhon, God is an hypothesis, but an hypothesis so ne…
1913 · PDF PAGE 310
…ny nor affirm that He exists. God is the absolute object of human faith. In the infinite, He is the supreme and creative intelligence of order. In the world, He is the spirit of charity. Is the Universal Being a fatal machine which eternally grinds down intelligences by chance, or a _providential intelligence which directs forces in order to ameliorate minds? The first hypothesis is repugnant to reason; it is pessimistic and immoral. Science and reason ought then to accept the second. Yes, Proudhon, God is an hypothesis, but an hypothesis so ne…
1944 · PDF PAGE 16
…the claim for the promulgators of the cipher manuscript, that they were guardians of a tradition of Truth. 3. The Tarot and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. One must now digress into the history of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the society reconstituted by Dr. Westcott and his colleagues, in order to show further evidence as to the authenticity of the claim of the promulgators of the cipher manuscript. Among these papers, besides the attribution of the Tarot, were certain skeleton rituals, which purported to contain the secrets o…
1913 · PDF PAGE 571
…o destroy even the least trace of its first form, and then boil it in the magic bath of Medea. Observe how modern hierophants proceed in order to accomplish human regeneration; how, for example, in the Catholic religion, they go to work in order to change a man more or less weak and passionate into a stoical missionary of the Society of Jesus. There is the great secret of that venerable and terrible Order, always misunderstood, often calumniated, and always sovereign. Read attentively the book entitled, The Exercises of St. Ignatius, and note w…
1913 · PDF PAGE 571
…o destroy even the least trace of its first form, and then boil it in the magic bath of Medea. Observe how modern hierophants proceed in order to accomplish human regeneration; how, for example, in the Catholic religion, they go to work in order to change a man more or less weak and passionate into a stoical missionary of the Society of Jesus. There is the great secret of that venerable and terrible Order, always misunderstood, often calumniated, and always sovereign. Read attentively the book entitled, The Exercises of St. Ignatius, and note w…
1954 · PDF PAGE 410
… watched and guarded from a higher plane. I might say, in fact, that one such experience of the secret guardianship of the Chiefs of the Order is worth a thousand apparently sufficient witnesses to the facts. I would have you lay this closely to your heart , dear Sister, and moreover always to keep in mind what I have written in this letter so that you may be able to recognize when the occasion arises how much better evidence of the power and intelligence of the Order is this to being constantly cheered up along the difficult way by incidents s…
1912 · PDF PAGE 20
…and attachment, your silence and good conduct, your father has already pledged his honour. “You are now, as a member of this illustrious order, introduced a subject of a new country, whose extent is boundless. Pictures are opened to your view, wherein true patriotism is exemplified in glowing colours, and a series of transactions recorded, which the rude hand of Time can never erase. The obligations which influenced the first Brutus and Manlius to sacrifice their children to the love of their country are not more sacred than those which bind me to …
1912 · PDF PAGE 20
…and attachment, your silence and good conduct, your father has already pledged his honour. “You are now, as a member of this illustrious order, introduced a subject of a new country, whose extent is boundless. Pictures are opened to your view, wherein true patriotism is exemplified in glowing colours, and a series of transactions recorded, which the rude hand of Time can never erase. The obligations which influenced the first Brutus and Manlius to sacrifice their children to the love of their country are not more sacred than those which bind me to …
1913 · PDF PAGE 14
…and attachment, your silence and good conduct, your father has already pledged his honour. “You are now, as a member of this illustrious order, introduced a subject of a new country, whose extent is boundless. . Pictures are opened to your view, wherein true patriotism is exemplified in glowing colours, and a series of transactions recorded, which the rude hand of Time can never erase. The obligations which influenced the first Brutus and Manlius to sacrifice their children to the love of their country are not more sacred than those which bind …
1913 · PDF PAGE 14
…and attachment, your silence and good conduct, your father has already pledged his honour. “You are now, as a member of this illustrious order, introduced a subject of a new country, whose extent is boundless. . Pictures are opened to your view, wherein true patriotism is exemplified in glowing colours, and a series of transactions recorded, which the rude hand of Time can never erase. The obligations which influenced the first Brutus and Manlius to sacrifice their children to the love of their country are not more sacred than those which bind …
1912 · PDF PAGE 215
…n number, answering unto the thirty- six Decans of the Zodiac. Commencing from the sign Aries, the Ceu/m! Decans of each sign follow the order of the Days of the Week Thus— CARD ἕξἆτἓζξ MEANING DAY 3 of Wands?זEstablished Strength 0 6 ,, Ρ. 8 Material Success l) 9 ,, S, π Despair and Cruelty e“ 3 ,, C, az Abundance E! 6 ,, W. 52 Victory 4 9 .. Ρ. "k Material Gain 52 3 ,, S. Δ Sorrow '1 6 ,, C, m, Pleasure Θ 9 ,, W. φ Great Strength (< 3 n Ρ VX Material Works 6 6 ,, S. : Earned Success ä 9 ,, C. X Material Happiness Αι Being thus the Four Threes…
1912 · PDF PAGE 215
…n number, answering unto the thirty- six Decans of the Zodiac. Commencing from the sign Aries, the Ceu/m! Decans of each sign follow the order of the Days of the Week Thus— CARD ἕξἆτἓζξ MEANING DAY 3 of Wands?זEstablished Strength 0 6 ,, Ρ. 8 Material Success l) 9 ,, S, π Despair and Cruelty e“ 3 ,, C, az Abundance E! 6 ,, W. 52 Victory 4 9 .. Ρ. "k Material Gain 52 3 ,, S. Δ Sorrow '1 6 ,, C, m, Pleasure Θ 9 ,, W. φ Great Strength (< 3 n Ρ VX Material Works 6 6 ,, S. : Earned Success ä 9 ,, C. X Material Happiness Αι Being thus the Four Threes…
1913 · PDF PAGE 547
…ypocritical and hidden accomplices? They follow us like sorrow, await us like the abyss, surround us like infatuation. We excuse them in order to excuse ourselves, defending them in order to defend ourselves, justifying them in order to justify ourselves, and we submit to them finally because we must, because we have not the strength to resist our inclinations, because we lack the will to do so. They have possessed themselves of our ascendant, as Paracelsus says, and where they wish to lead us we shall go. They are our bad angels. We know it in…
1913 · PDF PAGE 547
…ypocritical and hidden accomplices? They follow us like sorrow, await us like the abyss, surround us like infatuation. We excuse them in order to excuse ourselves, defending them in order to defend ourselves, justifying them in order to justify ourselves, and we submit to them finally because we must, because we have not the strength to resist our inclinations, because we lack the will to do so. They have possessed themselves of our ascendant, as Paracelsus says, and where they wish to lead us we shall go. They are our bad angels. We know it in…
1909 · PDF PAGE 293
…done as a test of his trustworthiness. Continuing he says: “I therefore now ask sweat i " § dagen § you before proceeding further in the Order, Sah 4) to pledge yourself to the following, laying Wterilay |g. J fBermer af ose. your hand upon the Central Tablet in the midst of the four Elemental Tablets.” Sieemesey [svenml £ . . z A Brea PF The Philosophus then promises never = to reveal the Secrets of this Ritual ; never eres A to use his practical Occult Knowledge for wy Es i Evil; to use his influence only for the nonrws honour of God, not to …
1909 · PDF PAGE 293
…done as a test of his trustworthiness. Continuing he says: “I therefore now ask sweat i " § dagen § you before proceeding further in the Order, Sah 4) to pledge yourself to the following, laying Wterilay |g. J fBermer af ose. your hand upon the Central Tablet in the midst of the four Elemental Tablets.” Sieemesey [svenml £ . . z A Brea PF The Philosophus then promises never = to reveal the Secrets of this Ritual ; never eres A to use his practical Occult Knowledge for wy Es i Evil; to use his influence only for the nonrws honour of God, not to …
1912 · PDF PAGE 13
ORDER OF ORIENTAL TEMPLARS MYSTERIA MYSTICA MAXIMA PREAMBLE DURING the last twenty-five years, constantly increasing numbers of earnest people and seekers after truth have been turning their attention to the study of the hidden laws of Nature. The growth of interest in these matters has been simply marvellous. Numberless societies, associations, orders, groups, etc, etc, have been founded in all parts of the civilized world, all and each following some line of occult study. While all these newly organized associations do some good in preparing t…
1912 · PDF PAGE 13
ORDER OF ORIENTAL TEMPLARS MYSTERIA MYSTICA MAXIMA PREAMBLE DURING the last twenty-five years, constantly increasing numbers of earnest people and seekers after truth have been turning their attention to the study of the hidden laws of Nature. The growth of interest in these matters has been simply marvellous. Numberless societies, associations, orders, groups, etc, etc, have been founded in all parts of the civilized world, all and each following some line of occult study. While all these newly organized associations do some good in preparing t…
1913 · PDF PAGE 7
ORDER OF ORIENTAL TEMPLARS MYSTERIA MYSTICA MAXIMA PREAMBLE Durinc the last twenty-five years, constantly increasing numbers of earnest people and seekers after truth have been turning their attention to the study of the hidden laws of Nature. The growth of interest in these matters has been simply marvellous. Numberless_ societies, associations, orders, groups, etc., etc, have been founded in all parts of the civilized world, all and each following some line of occult study. While all these newly organized associations do some good in preparin…
1913 · PDF PAGE 7
ORDER OF ORIENTAL TEMPLARS MYSTERIA MYSTICA MAXIMA PREAMBLE Durinc the last twenty-five years, constantly increasing numbers of earnest people and seekers after truth have been turning their attention to the study of the hidden laws of Nature. The growth of interest in these matters has been simply marvellous. Numberless_ societies, associations, orders, groups, etc., etc, have been founded in all parts of the civilized world, all and each following some line of occult study. While all these newly organized associations do some good in preparin…