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; appalled
    That aimless accident thus trod
Its agony, that void skies sprawled
    On the vain sod!

All souls eternally exist,
    Each individual, ultimate,
Perfect --- each makes itself a mist
    Of mind and flesh to celebrate
With some twin mask their tender tryst
    Insatiate.

Some drunkards, doting on the dream,
    Despair hat it should die, mistake
Themselves for their own shadow-scheme.
    One star can summon them to wake
To self; star-souls 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!

 

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A glimpse of the structure and system of the Great White Brotherhood.

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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

1. The Order of the Star called S. S. is, in resect of its existence upon the Earth, an organized body of men and women distinguished among their fellows by the qualities here enumerated.

They exist in their own Truth, which is both universal and unique.

They move in accordance with their own Wills, which are each unique, yet coherent with the universal will.

They perceive (that is, understand, know, and feel) in love, which is both unique and universal. 2. The order consists of eleven grades or degrees, and is numbered as follows: these compose three groups, the Orders of the S. S.. of the R. C., and of the G.D. respectively.

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(These figures have special meanings to the initiated and are commonly employed to designate the grades.) The general characteristics and attributions of these Grades are indicated by their correspondences on the Tree of Life, as may be studied in detail in the Book 777.

I;37. Also the mantras and spells; the obeah and the wanga; the work of the wand and the work of the sword; these he shall learn and teach.

I;38. He must teach; but he may make severe the ordeals.

The Order is in essence a teaching Order, however, knowing that there are many paths to the same goal, we serve mainly as guides along an individuals given path.

I;39. The word of the Law is THELEMA.

This is of course our main point and the goal of our Order.The finding of One's True Will or the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. We also seek to establish the Law of Thelema upon the Earth, and to free every man from the enslavement of the old aeon.

 

Those who are members of our Order are Thelemites, for we adhear strictly to the Word of the Law.

It is stressed here, that all three 'grades' of initiate are teachers and priests of Thelema.The sole goal of any initiate of the A.`. A.'. is the establishment of Thelema.

It will also be pointed out that all initiates of the A.'.A.'. are warriors of Our Lord and Lady. All initiates exist in their own truth and light. They live and exist by but one Law; Thelema.

I;41.The word of Sin is Restriction. O man! refuse not thy wife, if she will! O lover, if thou wilt, depart! There is no bond thatcan unite the divided but love:all else is acurse. Accursed! Accursed be it to the aeons! Hell.

Restrictionis an act that the Order does not engage in, even though a student or Initiate is treding a path to his own destruction, even though he may be abusing the knowledge and power given by the Order, the Order will never bar or deny him the true light, unless he prove a traitor to the Order.

"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law."

"There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt."

"[...] thou hast no right but to do thy will. Do that, and no other shall say nay. For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect."

"Love is the law, love under will."

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