The Archidoxical Order of Magi
"The problem of life is man. MAGIC, or rather Wisdom, is the evolved knowledge of the potencies of man's interior being; which forces are Divine emanations, as intuition is the perception of their origin, and initiation our induction into that knowledge. . . . We begin with instinct; the end is OMNISCIENCE." -- A. WILDER.
No true theosophist, from the most ignorant up to the most learned, ought to claim infallibility for anything he may say or write upon occult matters. The chief point is to admit that, in many a way, in the classification of either cosmic or human principles, in addition to mistakes in the order of evolution, and especially on metaphysical questions, those of us who pretend to teach others more ignorant than ourselves -- are all liable to err. Thus mistakes have been made in "Isis Unveiled," in "Esoteric Buddhism," in "Man," in "Magic: White and Black," etc., etc.; and more than one mistake is likely to be found in the present work. This cannot be helped. For a large or even a small work on such abstruse subjects to be entirely exempt from error and blunder, it would have to be written from its first to its last page by a great adept, if not by an Avatar. Then only should we say, "This is verily a work without sin or blemish in it!" But, so long as the artist is imperfect, how can his work be perfect? "Endless is the search for truth!" Let us love it and aspire to it for its own sake, and not for the glory or benefit a minute portion of its revelation may confer on us. For who of us can presume to have the whole truth at his fingers' ends, even upon one minor teaching of Occultism? --Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
The work of the Magickal Lodge is quite distinct in nature; it's sole function being to produce New Gnosis, as found in two important holy books, Liber CDXVIII & Liber CCXXXI and in the Enochian Liber Loagaeth. That means a "fresh fever from the skies" or a continual production of communication with the Secret Chiefs or those higher intelligences that look over the evolution of humanity. If indeed as we propose, humanity is evolving, then the nature of the relationship between humanity and these astral emissaries must also be in a constant state of change; requiring this continual contact and revelation.
The work begins of course, by preparing humanity individually and collectively for Initiation. And it continues with the shamanistic work of producing prophecy, which in our case, involves the Enochian tradition as it has been handed down through the Master Therion, Dr. John Dee & Edward Kelly, and all those Gnostic Saints that originated with the ancient Jewish mages that formulated the original Merkabah tradition. Remember, the Jews have the half. That is what our holy book teaches us.
And to such ends, there are those rites that promote the culture of the Lodge and build its morale. These we also demonstrate as shown below; along with a basic outline of our Initiation instructions. Mystery is the enemy of truth. We withhold nothing that would ask the candidate to blindly accept Initiation with us. This has clearly led to the worst egotistic hypocrisies in the Western Mystery Tradition. And it's time for such idiocy to come to an end.
Feel free to check out the waters before we ask you to swim with us; or before you ask us for a swim. Take measure and make sure the water is clean, healthy and wholesome. We promise nothing accept the space for you to get out of this experience what you put into it, as we attempt to build a meritocracy outside of the usual false hierarchies.
"There
are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times.
A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Bride!
A feast for the three days of the writing of the Book of the Law.
A feast for Tahuti and the child of the Prophet--secret, O Prophet!
A feast for the Supreme Ritual, and a feast for the Equinox of the Gods.
A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for
death!
A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture!
A feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure of uttermost delight!
Aye! feast! rejoice! there is no dread hereafter. There is the dissolution, and
eternal ecstasy in the kisses of Nu."
AL II:36-44
Traditionally performed in September
Festival of the Vernal Equinox
The commencement of the celebration of the
Equinox of the Gods
Culminating the celebration of the
Three days of the writing of the
Book of the Law
April 1st, 2nd & 3rd
Emergence of the Green Man of Spring
April Fool's Day
Feast for the Summer Solstice;
Imbibition of Absinthe
The Autumnal Remembrance
Yule et Saturnalia
Egg-Nog Rite
Wassail
Summary of Research
Here's some links to various research pages on these websites.
A trilogy on the origins of modern day religions is an excellent introduction to the work:
This is followed up by some discussion from our spiritual discussion group:
You may even want to follow this up with some more information to be found at:
jesusneverexisted.com
This leads to two very significant documents that expand the overall theme; showing the origin of ancient and modern religions are derived from the story told by the zodiac:
From there, things become a bit more anthropologically political:
Adding yet again, to the breadth and depth of overall theme, things move into science:
Next, we move into the arena of biology; still developing the same theme:
There are several other themes that have been developed that connect with this on a more, shall we say, religious and philosophical vein that are less accessible without an understanding of the philosophical system of Thelema. And indeed, reading through even these links that I've given you, because of their connection to Thelemic philosophy, will require that you be able to read and not understand an occaission idea or reference.
But I hope you get something out of this and I'll be curious about your critical opinions on the ideas that you do understand.
Other Websites in the A.M.H.R. Matrix
LordofLodge
at archidox.org