Inhale to the count of four, hold the breath to the count of four, exhale to the count of four and hold the vacuum to the count of four. Repeat for a total of four cycles. This summarises the O.’s use of the Four Fold Breath technique taught to members of the Outer. While given early inContinue reading “Breath is the Evidence of Life”
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Sacred Symbols
Hebrew is used extensively throughout many of the various O. manuscripts from Ceremonies to KL’s to side papers and private notes and rituals. It’s use is almost always exclusively to do with the Sacred and associated with the Tree of Life and other Qabalistic concepts including the many Divine names of Gods, Angels and theContinue reading “Sacred Symbols”
Discipline – A Gift from the Higher Genius
“While the ego, when under the sway of the Evil Persona, will use all sorts of tactics to divert the Candidate from the true path, such as laziness, indecisiveness, self-criticism and spiritual pride to name a few, the Higher Genius, yet unseen by the Candidate gives just one gift – that of discipline. Know thenContinue reading “Discipline – A Gift from the Higher Genius”
Magical Diet
If we can’t control our lower mundane desires, how can we hope to command the Higher Powers? The Order is fairly silent on the matter of diet. The best that one can generally glean is that we should practice eating a balanced diet, and that we should generally look after our bodies so that weContinue reading “Magical Diet”
Daily Practice
Members of the Grades Neophyte to Portal are expected to follow a regime of discipline, discussed and agreed with the Demonstrator, but usually along these lines. -Wake up and rise at sunrise if possible. -Recite the Daily Rhythm for the Grade [Daily Rhythm for Grades Neophyte to Philosophus printed in The Lantern Vol III] -UndertakeContinue reading “Daily Practice”
Samothrace
Back in 1990 I hiked the slopes of Mount Fengari – whose spurs protect the site of the Samothracian Sanctuary – in search of the magnetic stones used by initiates to form rings as a sign of their having passed through the threshold of the Mysteries. From the summit, as did Poseidon, I could seeContinue reading “Samothrace”
Tatwas
The use of Tatwas initially jarred with me when I was first introduced to them by Fiat Lux. It did not seem “right” that an Eastern system be grafted onto the Western. It was not until I was actively using Tatwas that it finally made sense. In the Outer, the Theoricus is first introduced toContinue reading “Tatwas”
On Taking Office
Hopefully, at some stage, all members should take a role as an Officer in the Temple, and ideally all Office positions from Sentinel to Hierophant. This will give the member a unique perspective of their own interpretations of what the Office symbolises, as well as the symbolism of the Temple and the various stages ofContinue reading “On Taking Office”
Seven Gates of the Soul and Ceremonial
There is an apparently mystical phrase mentioned in one of the Order’s Ceremonies relating to the 7 double letters: “The Archetypal Creator designed, produced, combined and formed with them the Planets of the Universe, the days of the Week, and in Man, the Gates of the Soul.” “And in Man, the Gates of the Soul”.Continue reading “Seven Gates of the Soul and Ceremonial”
Above All Other Virtues Entertain Silence
Such were the words of Hermes Trismegistus to his Son Tet, in Book Seven of the Corpus Hermeticum, titled “His Secret Sermon in the Mount of Regeneration, and the Profession of Silence”. We also find prominently throughout the O. the phrase “…who works in Silence, and in whom naught but silence can express”. There isContinue reading “Above All Other Virtues Entertain Silence”
