Equinox I (04).pdf
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4 THE EQUINOX before a writ was served! Though he might have guessed that it would be. But he couldn’t possibly have known that the action would be dropped, as it has been. And Mathers has run away too—without paying our costs. * * * * * A word as to the sanctity of obligations seems necessary here. Some of my brother Masons (for example) have heard imperfectly and judged hastily. But if we apply our tools to our morals with patience and skill, we shall cure any defects in the building. Let me explain the situation carefully and clearly. (1) Mathers and Dr. Wynn Westcott were the apparent heads of the Order calling itself Rosiscrucian. (2) This Order seriously claimed direct descent, and transmitted Authority, from the original Fratres R.C. (3) It was founded on secret documents in the custody of Dr. Wynn Westcott, on whose honour and integrity we relied. (4) Mathers and Westcott claimed to be working under one or more secret chiefs of the grade of 8°=3°. (5) It was then to those chiefs that I and other members of the Order were pledged. (6) When the “rebellion” took place in 1900, I thought Mathers a wolf, and Westcott a sheep; but, recognizing Truth in the knowledge issued by the Order, maintained my alleigance to the Secret Chiefs 8°=3°. (7) In 1904 I was ordered directly and definitely by a person who proved himself to be the messenger of a
EDITORIAL Secret Chief 8°=3° to publish the knowledge and rituals of the Order (a) in order to destroy the value of that knowledge, so that the new knowledge to be revealed by himself might have room to grow (b) in order to stop the frauds of Mathers, which were a disgrace to arcane science. The secrecy of his rituals, and of the MSS. in the custody of Dr. Wynn Westcott, was essential to the carrying on of these frauds. (8) I was unable to comply with these orders until I had found a person competent to edit the enormous mass of papers. I showed my hand to some extent, however, in various reference to the Order in my books. And now the task is accomplished. (9) My defence against the accusation of having revealed secrets entrusted to me is then threefold. (a) Secrets cannot be revealed, or even communicated from one person to another. (b) One is not bound by an oath taken to any person who is a swindler trading upon the sanctity of one’s oath to carry on his frauds. Especially is this the case when the person responsible for administering the oath assures you that it is “in no way contrary to your civil, moral, and religious obligations.” (c) I was not, in any case, bound to Mathers, but to the Secret Chiefs, by whose direct orders I caused the rituals to be published. I wish expressly to dissociate from my strictures on 5
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EDITORIAL<br />
Secret Chief 8°=3° to publish the knowledge and<br />
rituals of the Order (a) in order to destroy the value<br />
of that knowledge, so that the new knowledge to be<br />
revealed by himself might have room to grow (b) in<br />
order to stop the frauds of Mathers, which were a<br />
disgrace to arcane science.<br />
The secrecy of his rituals, and of the MSS. in<br />
the custody of Dr. Wynn Westcott, was essential to<br />
the carrying on of these frauds.<br />
(8) I was unable to comply with these orders until I had<br />
found a person competent to edit the enormous mass<br />
of papers. I showed my hand to some extent, however,<br />
in various reference to the Order in my books.<br />
And now the task is accomplished.<br />
(9) My defence against the accusation of having revealed<br />
secrets entrusted to me is then threefold.<br />
(a) Secrets cannot be revealed, or even communicated<br />
from one person to another.<br />
(b) One is not bound by an oath taken to any<br />
person who is a swindler trading upon the sanctity<br />
of one’s oath to carry on his frauds. Especially<br />
is this the case when the person responsible for<br />
administering the oath assures you that it is “in<br />
no way contrary to your civil, moral, and religious<br />
obligations.”<br />
(c) I was not, in any case, bound to Mathers, but<br />
to the Secret Chiefs, by whose direct orders I caused<br />
the rituals to be published.<br />
I wish expressly to dissociate from my strictures on<br />
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