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THE NEW ORDER
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OF THE GOLDEN DAWN
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(NOVUS ORDO AUREAE AURORA)
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Issued by the
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Thelemic Order and Temple
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of the Golden Dawn
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(Novus Ordo Aureae Aurora)
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In Association with
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New Falcon Publications and
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the Israel Regardie Foundation, Inc.
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By Sir David Cherubim
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(Frater Superior Chief)
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Copyright (C) 1991 e.v.
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
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In the Exalted Name of the Sun Ra-Hoor, and by His Mighty and
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Supreme Benediction of Force and Fire: May His Great Light of
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Power be upon you all, so that in each of your hands may be
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positioned the One Flaming Sword of His Omnipotent Strength and
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Might, and so that you may become free warriors of Our Lord the
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Sun in our most holy and exalted army of free and courageous men
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and women, which most exalted army we know under the chosen name
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of the Novus Ordo Aureae Aurora, which is unlike the Old Order
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insofar as that its Ceremonies and Teachings are dedicated to the
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essential and inevitable establishment of the Law of Thelema
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which is the Law of the New Aeon. The Old Order of the Golden
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Dawn, which was organized in the Old Aeon of Osiris, was
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subjected to the awful restrictions and limitations of the past,
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whereas the New Order of the Golden Dawn is free from the fetters
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of the Old Age of Restriction, and its Great Work is the Liberty
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of every individual in the Dawning Light of the Rising Sun of
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this New Aeon of Horus.
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Members of the New Order of the Golden Dawn constitute a
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Religious Body of Free Warriors who, by their might and skill,
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seek to extend the Dominion of the Law of Thelema upon earth. The
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New Order seeks to make fit its members for the Great War of
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Horus which is now made manifest in the world of men and women.
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Our Lord of the New Aeon is a God of War; but the War of Horus is
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not, in essence, an outer war between nations of men and women;
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rather is the War of Horus a personal battle for freedom, an
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individual means to establish the New Law of the New Aeon, to
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emancipate ourselves from the Old Ways of Restriction and to
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flame forth free with Light and Liberty as mighty stars on our
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own celestial orbits. The Weapon of Horus, symbolizing War, is
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the Sword which indicates the active and militant force of the
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Magician or the dynamic energy of his True Will. Members of the
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New Order are instructed in the magical use of the Sword of
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Horus; in other words, they are instructed in the Magick of the
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Will by which they achieve their individual victory and conquer
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all things in their personal battle for freedom.
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The magical doctrine of the New Order of the Golden Dawn asserts
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that every man and every woman has a course in life, just as
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every star has its own orbit, and that the duty of each person is
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to pursue his own course, just as every star must move in its own
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orbit. This magical doctrine of the Science of Stars further
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states that we have no other right but to do our own Wills, to
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fulfil our own destinies; and that any deviation from this path
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is a direct violation of the Law of Thelema which is the Law of
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Liberty. When we really know and do our Wills we are absolutely
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free within the necessary limits fixed by our own inherited
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destinies; but as long as we are ignorant of our own Wills we are
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not in harmony with the Universe and we become slaves of a false
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fate wrought by nothing! Liberty is the essential cause behind
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the manifestation of all existence: everything is born to be
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free; everything lives to be free. Knowing one's True Will, and
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executing that supreme knowledge, is what makes a man free, while
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ignorance of the True Will goes against the actual current of the
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Universe and leads to awful restriction.
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The New Order of the Golden Dawn is a Thelemic Academy of the New
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Aeon which seeks to instruct all its members in the Spirit of
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Liberty. All forms of instruction within our New Order's
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programme for initiation are wholly devoted to that essential
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task. As a matter of fact, all initiated members of our New Order
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of Thelema are bound by a Great Oath of Magick which aims at the
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complete and sole dedication of their lives to the exercise of
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the Law of Liberty and its essential unfoldment in the
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ineluctable scheme of divine evolution. The sole aim of the New
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Order is the perfect constitution and most exalted accomplishment
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of the Great Work of this New Aeon of Horus. Its one destination
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is absolute freedom in Light!
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The New Order of the Golden Dawn is a Thelemic Body of Initiates
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who are dedicated to the magical development of a New Race of
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free men and women who are consecrated to the Law of Thelema, to
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establish the New Kingdom of Horus upon earth. Members of the New
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Order are pledged to assist in the dynamic creation and essential
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establishment of a New Civilization governed by the Law of the
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New Aeon. The Law is for all; thus members do not concern
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themselves with initiating a selected few; they concern
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themselves with the initiation of all mankind; and those who are
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initiates of the New Order are obligated to that grand task by
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way of the development of their own individual freedom; their
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principal work is to uphold that obligation by fulfilling the Law
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itself, that is, by doing their own True Will.
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The New Order of the Golden Dawn is a Royal Academy of the Magick
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of Light, dedicated to the works of Scientific Illuminism, whose
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method is Science and whose aim is Religion. Its chief methods or
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principles of discipline are scientific and occult research,
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practical mysticism, ceremonial magick and tantric alkhemi. It
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derives its wisdom from various Eastern and Western religious
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sources. It reflects and concentrates the Wisdom of the Ages,
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and it seeks to illumine all its earnest members in that
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Supreme Truth.
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Now just as the Spirit of Wisdom is an eternal fact of the
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Universe, so is the essence of the New Order of the Golden Dawn a
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timeless reality. The Order is new only insofar as that its
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Ceremonies and Teachings are not of the same type as that of the
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Old School, so that its body is resurrected into a new splendid
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form. In the Old School men were instructed to bend their knees
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and to sacrifice themselves like slaves on a cross of suffering.
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But in the New School men are instructed to bend their knees to
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neither man nor god, and they are initiated into the Supreme
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Truth that there is no god but Man. The cross of suffering is now
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a Cross of Joy, and the false idea of sacrifice is abolished for
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ever from the Philosophy of the Order of the Golden Dawn.
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Since there is only One Order in the Whole Universe, it is a
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fundamental truth that the New Order of the Golden Dawn is of the
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same category as that One Order in essence; but its external
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rites and teachings are unique and not of the same category as
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that of other external schools of the Mysteries. In essence it is
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the True and Invisible Order of the Rosicrucians, that is, it is
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the True Community of the Elect, or the Invisible Society of the
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Secret Brotherhood of Initiates; but its philosophy has naught to
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do with Christian mythology nor does it have aught to do with the
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fable of Christian Rosenkreutz. It is, on the contrary, the
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transformation of these mythical fairy tales and superstitions
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into the sublime light of scientific and spiritual truth.
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The New Order of the Golden Dawn has seven principal grades which
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compose three groups, the Orders of the S.'. S.'., of the R.'.
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C.'., and of the G.'. D.'. respectively. These three groups
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constitute the whole of the Novus Ordo Aureae Aurora, that is,
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the New Order of the Golden Dawn. Before a candidate can
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progress on the Tree of Initiation, by proper advancement into
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the following seven grades, he must first endure the trials and
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tribulations of the probationary grade of a Neophyte (0 Degree).
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The following is a listing of the grades of the Novus Ordo Aureae
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Aurora in their proper groups.
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The Order of the S.'. S.'.
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Ipsissimus ......................... 7th Degree
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Magus .............................. 6th Degree
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Magister Templi .................... 5th Degree
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The Order of the R.'. C.'.
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(Babe of the Abyss -- the link)
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Adeptus Exemptus ................... 4th Degree
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Adeptus Major ...................... 3rd Degree
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Adeptus Minor ...................... 2nd Degree
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The Order of the G.'. D.'.
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(Dominus Liminis -- the link)
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Zelator ............................ 1st Degree
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Neophyte ........................... 0 Degree
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In The Book of the Law, I: 40, Nuit, Our Lady of the Stars
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proclaims, "Who calls us Thelemites will do no wrong, if he look
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but close into the word. For there are therein Three Grades, the
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Hermit, and the Lover, and the man of Earth. Do what thou wilt
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shall be the whole of the Law." The first Grade referred to is
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the Man of Earth Triad which concerns the lesser mysteries of the
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Novus Ordo Aureae Aurora, which is, properly speaking, the First
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Order of the degrees of the Neophyte, Zelator and Dominus
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Liminis; the next Grade is the Lovers Triad which concerns the
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mysteries of the Novus Ordo Rosae Rubeae et Aureae Crucis, which
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is the Second Order of the degrees of the Adeptus Minor, Adeptus
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Major, and Adeptus Exemptus; and the next Grade is the Hermit
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Triad which concerns the mysteries of the Novus Ordo Astrum
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Argentum, which is the Third Order of the degrees of the Magister
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Templi, Magus, and Ipsissimus.
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In The Book of the Law, I: 50, Our Lady Nuit further proclaims,
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"There is a word to say about the Hierophantic task. Behold!
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there are three ordeals in one, and it may be given in three
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ways. The gross must pass through fire; let the fine be tried in
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intellect, and the lofty chosen ones in the highest. Thus ye have
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star & star, system & system; let not one know well the other."
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Members of the Man of Earth Triad are the gross who must pass
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through the fire of initiation by suitable tests of purification,
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consecration and preparation. Members of the Lovers Triad are the
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fine who must be tried in matters pertaining to the intellect.
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Members of the Hermit Triad are the lofty chosen ones in the
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highest, the elect of the A.'. A.'., who endure the supreme
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spiritual tests and ordeals of the Most Holy Order of the
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A.'. A.'., that is, the Order of the Silver Star.
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The First Order of the Man of Earth Grade is known as the Outer
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College of the A.'. A.'., and this Outer College teaches the
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Lesser Mysteries of Nature. The Second Order of the Lovers Grade
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is known as the Inner College of the A.'. A.'.; it is further
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known as the College of the Holy Ghost (Collegia ad Spiritum
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Sanctum), and this Inner College of the Holy Ghost concentrates
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and expounds the Greater Mysteries of Nature. The Third Order of
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the Hermit Grade is known as the Secret College of the A.'. A.'.,
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which is above and beyond the outer and the inner.
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The grade of Zelator is the stage of Birth; Dominus Liminis is
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the stage of Puberty; the grade of Adeptus Minor is the stage of
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Life; the grade of Adeptus Major is the stage of Death; and the
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grade of Adeptus Exemptus is the stage of Life after Death. The
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Babe of the Abyss is beyond all these. The other grades of
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Magister Templi, Magus, and Ipsissimus pertain to stages beyond
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man's power to comprehend; they are spiritual experiences of the
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most exalted type and cannot be defined by human philosophic
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terms. The Third Order of the A.'. A.'. is beyond man's power to
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know; he must experience a different species of consciousness to
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Understand what is beyond knowledge, to commune with the
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Invisible Masters, to attain true Wisdom, and to be crowned with
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the Celestial Light of the Dawning Aeon of Horus.
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The Neophyte is further called a Probationer; the Zelator is
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further called a Magician; and a Dominus Liminis is further
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called an Advanced Magician. The Adeptus Minor is further called
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the Adept Magician; the Adeptus Major is further called the
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Master Magician; and a member of the Adeptus Exemptus grade is
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further called a Perfect Magician. The Magister Templi is also
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known as the Most Excellent Master; the Magus as the Most Exalted
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Magician; and the Ipsissimus as the Most Illuminated One.
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The seven grades of the New Order correspond with the seven
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Chakkras of Yoga, the seven ancient Planets of Astrology and the
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seven sacred Metals of Alkhemi. They also correspond with the
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seven principal Sephiroth of the Qabalistic Tree of Life. It must
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be noted here that Malkuth (Earth) is the synthesis of the three
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Elemental Sephiroth of Yesod (Air), Hod (Water) and Netzach
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(Fire). In Malkuth these three Sephiroth are the particular
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energies which constitute its form. Thus in Malkuth is
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concentrated the elemental powers which the Zelator is obligated
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to master by way of exercising the Magical Powers of the Sphinx.
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A perfected Zelator, who has completed his course of training, is
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further called a Theoricus, Practicus and Philosophus. The
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Thelemic Ceremony of the Zelator of the New Golden Dawn confers
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initiation into the Mysteries of the Four Elements represented by
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the Four Qabalistic Sephiroth below the Sephira of Tiphareth.
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The symbol of the Novus Ordo Aureae Aurora is a Gold Cross of
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Equal Arms surmounted by an upright White Triangle. The Cross
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itself represents the four grades of Zelator, Adeptus Minor,
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Adeptus Major and Adeptus Exemptus. The White Triangle represents
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the three higher grades above the Abyss which separates man and
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god, and which none may pass but they who are free of self,
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unidentified with their human ego. Yet this work is only for the
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few, and not all may partake of these Higher Mysteries at this
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time in the course of cosmic evolution. In Alkhemical terminology
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the Cross represents the Four Elements of Fire, Water, Air and
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Earth; the Triangle represents the Three Principles of Sulphur,
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Salt and Mercury. The Cross further represents the four Elemental
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Chakkras called Muladhara, Svadhistthana, Manipura, and Anahata;
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the Triangle represents the three higher Chakkras called
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Vishuddhi, Ajna and Sahasrara. The special number of this symbol
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is seven, referring to the seven principal Forces of Nature which
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are represented by the seven ancient Planets of Astrology, the
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seven Chakkras or Centres of Prana in Yoga, and the seven Sacred
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Metals of Alkhemi. These seven principal Forces of Nature are
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represented in the Thelemic Ceremony of the Zelator by seven
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Officers in the Temple, of which three are greater and four
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lesser. As Officers in this Ceremony, they act as human
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representatives of those seven holy Forces to duly initiate a
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Neophyte as a Zelator in the Novus Ordo Aureae Aurora.
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All of the Ceremonies of the New Order have been constructed to
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accord with the revolutionary and dynamic principles of The Book
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of the Law, and they are solely designed to instruct the
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Candidate in the Mysteries of Thelema, for the accomplishment of
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his True Will, and for the supreme attainment of the Knowledge
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and Conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel. The Rising God of
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the New Temple is Horus, the Crowned and Conquering Child, born
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from the past Aeons of Isis and Osiris. Horus is a god of Liberty
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and Life, unlike Osiris who was a god of Restriction and Death.
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The New Order of the Golden Dawn is not bound to the ways of the
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Old Aeon, but is determined to establish the Law of the New Aeon
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as expounded in The Book of the Law. The Order of the Golden Dawn
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now embraces and upholds the Law of Thelema and seeks to extend
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that Law in the world, to establish the New Kingdom of Horus upon
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earth. The Old Temple has been transformed into a New Temple for
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Our Lord Horus to indwell, that the Great Work of the New Aeon
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may be accomplished in His Name.
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Members of the New Order of the Golden Dawn are dedicated to the
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magical task of establishing on earth, with practical business
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way, the revolutionary and dynamic principles of The Book of the
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Law. They accept The Book of the Law as their sole Rule of Life,
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and they are consecrated to the Spirit of that book and to the
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Word which it proclaims. The Book of the Law is a revelation of
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paramount importance; it is the Supreme Link to the Great White
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Brotherhood, by which we may participate in the excellent
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knowledge and lofty administration of the Great Work.
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As said in The Book of the Law: "The lords of the earth are our
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kinsfolk" and "the highest are of us." The New Order of the
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Golden Dawn is a Royal Society for the lords of the earth, who
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aim high in life and who prove the efficacy of the Law of Thelema
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by performing their True Will and achieving great success in
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their spiritual and material endeavors. Success is our only
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proof; and we perform all our Thelemic services according to high
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business standards, based on the injunction in The Book of the
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Law: "all must be done well and with business way."
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In nomine Novus Ordo Aureae Aurora, Sic sit vobis!
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Love is the law, love under will.
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