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Watchtower Ritual that is still the basis of modern Wicca. Before the 16th century the
Masons had been a largely middle-class guild organization of master-craftsmen and
professionals, but it came to attract the wealthy, powerful and educated, who expanded
the occult aspects of its inner circle.
In the 19th century occult orders such as the Rosicrucian were founded on Masonic lines
but with a mystical/magical emphasis. Its spawned successor the famed "Hermetic Order
of the Golden Dawn", of which famous men such as W B Yeats and Aleister Crowley
were members, was short-lived but highly influential to later generations of occultists.
Crowley's self-aggrandizing ways undermined and eventually destroyed the
self-indulgence of the Hermetic Order, slavishly following dubious medieval grimoires
and constantly fighting between each other for status, power and notoriety. However, to
this day Golden Dawn books litter bookshelves, and heavily influenced occult writers of
the 20th century - particularly Israel Regardie, once Crowley's secretary, whose works
have been highly regarded by modern Neopagans.
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General information: A Witches Duty
Posted by: Nyxks on Sunday, March 07, 2004 - 01:50 PM
Craft Law holds that we have a variety of duties: to the Gods, to our fellow
Witches, to our neighbours, and to the Earth.
Our duties to the Gods:
To the Gods we offer our devotion, freely given, for they demand no
sacrifice of us. Our offer is simple enough: to share our acts of love and
pleasure with Them when we feel so inclined. Those acts of love and pleasure go beyond
the obvious ones that we share with our lovers in private moments - think of the taste of
cool water on a hot day, or the beauty of the Moonrise on a clear night, or the sheer joy
of music well-performed.
The Witch's customary duty, and great pleasure, is to listen for the messages of the Gods.
The Gods do not force us to listen to Their words, nor can other Witches tell whether we
are or are not paying attention to the Gods. But all the same, we learn through the wise
words of our teachers, and the example of our fellow Witches, that listening - actively
and openly - to the Gods is a good thing to do. For sometimes the Gods lead us to the
solution of difficult problems; sometimes They inspire us; sometimes They may
challenge us to grow. Were we to block our ears to Them, we might miss those blessed
opportunities.
Our duties to our fellow Witches:
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