A Personal Testimony
by
Frater Apollonius
Spiritual Awakening is not necessarily spiritual enlightenment, but must ultimately lead to it. This is why the Zelator is told that from the point of this Initiation forward, one must eventually attain and that there’s no turning back from this path. The Zelator Initiation is actually the catalyst that begins the process of spiritua…
by
Frater Apollonius
Introduction
The Rig Veda was an oral tradition that started with pre-Cambrian humanity’s initial observations of nature. This was a time, long before language with all its advantages and disadvantages. Language forces a delimiting paradigm that both helps to clarify and yet in the quantification of data, may present false assumptions that are not…
Period of Speech
AN CV-CIX
Comments on Samapatti & Initiation
The Process of Invocation
Theosophical Anthropology of the Third Eye
Religious Experience & the Existential Crisis
Philosophical Meditation
Allan Bennett
Frater Achad
C.F. Russell
Apollonius’ Absinthe Recipe
Liber LXXXIX
The World-Ash Wonder Tree
The Yew in the Grove
Citatiza-Tet Tarot Interpo…
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
MacGregor Mathers genius was founded with the Golden Dawn. His understanding of Initiation not only gave new Gnosis to the world, but has had an enduring affect on all Magick since then. This proves his authority by way of contact with the Secret Chiefs. Crowley knew this and was for a long time, entirely loyal to Math…
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
AL:I.44 "For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect."
Over and over again, we find Thelemites saying: “it is my will to [do this or that]” and they list something specific, such as it is my will to write this paragraph. But if we understand will in its…
by
Frater Achad
We may often wonder why there should be such a number of conflicting opinions in regard to the simplest facts of life, to say nothing of its deeper problems. Come with me, and I will try to show you some of the reasons for this, and possibly give you a hint of the solution of the puzzle.
We have all been to "Coney Island" or some similar place of amusement, and whil…
AN ESSAY BY FRATER ACHAD
Nothing! How many have grasped the idea, or more correctly the essence of idea, which this word conveys and boldly, unflinchingly, gazed upon it, striving to obtain a hint of the real meaning it contains? How many, having done so, have gone further yet and realized that they have a right to it, that it is all to which they have a right – and been content?
Man…
BEING A PART OF THE DIARY OF FRATER
O.I.V.V.I.O. CONCERNING THE FOOL PARZIVAL
AND HOW HE DISCOVERED THE MYSTERY OF THE
ONE THAT IS NOT. WRITTEN DOWN IN THE
FOURTENTH YEAR OF THIS AEON WHEN THE
SUN WAS IN THE SIGN OF LIBRA BY FRATER
ARCTAEON.
LIBER THIRTY-ONE
Frater Achad
Not*
delivered by 777 unto 666 for His high
consideration this Third day os the 11th
month of the year 1918 E.V.
*
This ma…
DE MYSTERIIS ROSAE RUBEAE ET
AUREAE CRUCIS
by
ONE
Whose Number is
777
Frater Achad
Wherein. under the form of an admonition to an
Adeptus Minor of the R.R. et A.C., is disclosed
the true Symbolism of the Rosy Cross for the
enlightenment of those who are worthy of the same.
MARK WELL, O my Son, and give heed unto this my counsel and advice, O thou who hast for the first time this day beh…
Gnostic Church
Archidoxical Order of Magi
Ambrosii Magi Hortus Rosarum