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Fenrir Vol. 5, No. 2 ~a6re of @ontents: ~fje ~iuer Michael LaRocque, 1998. g,euen-fofb ~a~: ~raining anb ~rabes ONA, 198geh. ~fje ~af~ Of f~e g,inisfer ~n ~nitiates ~esvedive - or ~ij'l ~ am a g,inister g,atanist Lyceus, ONA. @rowfe~, g,afan anb ffje g,inisfer ~a~ Extracted from Hostia Volume I, ONA, 1992eh. §)fonen ONA ~fje ~a~, ffje glTeans, f~e Jtnb. ONA ~aganism: ~n ~r~an g,cience Peter Georgacarakos, White Order ofThule. glTaftrocosmos ONA, 1997eh. ~~e J[ogic of ~o-1'a~ Ragnar Redbeard, 1896. ~~e g,inisfer ~orft Lyceus, ONA. Jtsoferic ~rabifion - aMifionaf nofes ONA Jtsoferic ~rabifion in &itorf~ ~merica Thomian, ONA. ~e~onb ~ffusion Christos Beest, ONA. 1998eh. life unto my heart, had agreed upon from the first eve of my jour­ ~ije ~iver ney.7" This the magickian spoke to the river as he stood, motionless Michael LaRocque, 1998. but with great urgency, facing the wall of tears. Great suffering had Cftr he figure stood with pride did the magickian construct an al­ befallen him in previous times, but ~ along the mouth of the river, tar, it's purpose rendered through through the trials set forth by na­ a solitary witness to the precious the permits of his only Will, the ture, and more importantly him­ gift which nature had bestowed attainment of true being, through self, had he improved and honed upon his soul. Of what conse­ the perfection of body, mind, and many skills, skills which would be quence this may have upon not soul. needed for this and future genera­ only his being, but of all who had Creatures of the forest, tions to sow the seeds for rebirth crossed before him, there was no long since accustomed to the ways and ascension to the stars and be­ telling. Upon his arrival, the river of this man, proved their trust yond. Answers were expected from had erupted forth, billowing for­ through protection and neutrality this plea, but the river did not ward that of liquid fire, brilliance when needed, for without this speak. born of life; a life filled with the friendship failure was assured. Disheartened by the rivers power to shape mountains and the Three months since the arrival of ignorance toward his many accom­ lives of men, yet tranquil enough in the magickian had it been, and plishments, the mage slowly it's motion to induce sleep upon throughout this time lessons were turned, making steps weighted the same. This embodiment of taught, not only unto the mage and with anger toward his Temple. Mother had been born from the his counterparts who crawled on There he would rest throughout tears of Gods, to be presenced by four and swam the depths, but the night; concentration given to only those of rightful choosing. unto the entire world which pol­ that of questions aimed at loyalty From the wind there came luted his home from all points, and his wanted gift of placement voices, ofwhich each uttered gentle near and far. amongst the Gods. The river whispers of welcome in their pass­ This was only a beginning, flowed throughout, but with the ing, as well as details of natures ef­ an infant in the manhood of the motion and reaction that of silt forts toward the coming winter, evolutionary puzzle, and as he and clay, forever slowing with every and the darkness that would fol­ stood facing the trident of the link broken by this mans ego. low. Within this, wind and water river, thoughts toward the future Sleep invaded the dawn, coupled to form the backdrop of swarmed throughout his mind. the mage undertaking a breathless what is now one mans sanctuary, to Was not he truly evolved, nightmare of visions hammered be used in times of need when the empowered with previous action down by what seemed to be the moon eclipses even the brightest of and well spent time toward the wrath of the Twin Rivers. hopes, and the faintest of memory. tests of self, that he could justify his Awakened by the shrill To this the lone magickian rightful place amongst the stars and laughter of a child, the figure again was given strength through action, call forth the names of all who took placement along the river, from which did he erect a Temple, tread before him? If not now, if not again questioning its judgement undying in it's grandeur and scal­ him, then who? When? Who be­ and purpose as authority. Again, able only through the limitlessness fore him hath shown truer pur­ no answers were handed to the per­ of imagination, its uses for that of pose, stronger limbs, or sharpness plexed and now angered Adept. workings known only to him. Of of mind? "Have I not suffered unto Throughout the day, needed tasks wood gathered throughout the you, Mother, for the period of time went unnoticed; self-pity and the darkest of forests and stones which I, through the breathe that villain of righteousness took hold shaped through timeless assaults, feeds my blood, which in turn gives with a firm grasp. Weeks passed by, with no an­ swer to the questions posed by the ~a~: ~rainin~ now disheveled mage given, the river g,even-forb anb lay silent. With a hatred did the ~rabe5 magickian take to dismantling the Temple, with great thrusts of livid per­ Order ofNine Angles, 198geh. secution did the foundation fall, and to it went the spirit of Will. 9l n many ways the seven-fold certain time and place and instead With all but the altar remain­ d' way can be regarded as a proc­ of meeting there the expected Mas­ ing did the mage cease his attack, to ess, by the individual, of discovery ter of Mistress meets a person of once again lay upon the earth, allow­ and experience. The goal of this odd appearance who propounds ing the soil to cradle his beaten body process is the production of indi­ various view which the individual in as in times past. With his last vision of viduals skilled and knowledgeable question may find not only unusual conscious awareness did the man spit in the magickal arts who have de­ but distasteful, Such tests and en­ upon the river, renouncing that which veloped their latent, occult faculties counters are not games but merely before he held sacred. Thoughts ech­ and who possess the beginnings of devices which enable the candidate oed throughout his mind, with the wisdom. to begin to understand their own lasting image of his true wish this This process can result, motives and expectations and as night, for the river to open once again sometimes by accident over ex­ such are an important preparation and flow like the liquid beauty he had tended periods of time (for exam­ to Initiation. It is to be understood loved and caressed with every motion ple, three decades or more) but It is that it is not the order, which tests of every deed. "It is then," he spoke most usually undertaken as a result the candidate - but the candidates unto himself, "that I will receive the of a conscious decision by an indi­ themselves. Initiation is the begin­ answers I so justly deserve!" Then the vidual to seek esoteric and/or ning of the breaking of the illusion darkness of sleep took hold. Forever. magickal groups/Order/Adepts. In of roles, and to be successful this Throughout the night, the this later case - and provided the breaking must be done by the indi­ great river churned under the hard­ guidance received is good - the goal vidual, from within. ened mass created from inactivity, can be achieved in a much shorter Once this breaking down with every flow harbored a hateful de­ time. begins, then Initiation is already un­ cree bellowed from the mage. Slowly, The first part of the process derway, and no 'Rite of Initiation' the river edged upon its side, closer to is in many ways the easiest that of however complex or well meaning its prey, until the compacted soil seeking some form of Initiation is a substitute for this change in the could hold the power from within no (qv. the Order MS 'A Novices individual. Such a rite, as a ceremo­ more. The river erupted, flowing as Guide to Initiation.,). Before and nial ritual, is only the representation blood onto all that lay within its wake, after Initiation the novice is re­ of this process in a dramatic form consuming the life it had given so gen­ quired to undertake various tasks by and in many cases is not necessary erously in times past, gripping and suf­ the Master or Mistress who has if some other form of Initiation is focating innocence as well as the agreed to guide the individual along . more suited to the candidate. guilty. All that had lived were now the seven-fold way. The pre­ Besides this breaking of dead, to be used again toward the new Initiation tasks are the performance self-delusion, Initiation is an awak­ life the river would surely bestow, to by the individual of a simple her­ ening of the occult faculties - that make the land again fertile. metic ritual (usually on the night of is, the experience by the candidate The river allowed the mark of the full moon), the construction of of the reality of magickal forces. a lone altar to stand in place amongst the simplified version of the Star This experience can be brought its new children, to be a remembrance Game and the successful comple­ about in several ways - first, by of her generosity and power, to not be tion of the various tests aimed at means of a powerful ritual of Initia­ mistaken for rightful dues by any man.
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