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ab:initnote.txt 13jan90
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O Thou who hast declared intent to become one of us, hear then that
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which thou must know to do: Single is the race, single of men and of
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Gods, from a single source we both draw breath, but a difference of
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power in everything keeps us apart, for we are as nothing but the
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Gods stay forever. Yet we can, in greatness of minds, be like the
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Gods. Though we know not to what goal by day or in the night, Fate
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has written that we shall run beyond all seas, and earth's last
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boundaries. Beyond the Spring of night and the Heaven's vast
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expanse there lies a majesty which is the domain of the Gods. Those
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who would pass through the Gates of Night and Day to that sweet
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place, which is between the world of men and the domains of the
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Lords of the Outer Spaces, know that unless there is truth in thy
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heart, thy every effort is doomed to failure. HEAR THEN THE LAW:
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That thou lovest all things in nature. That thou walkest humbly in
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the ways of men and the ways of the Gods. Also it is the law that
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contentment thou shalt learn, through suffering, and from long
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years, and from nobility of mind and of purpose. FOR THE WISE NEVER
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GROW OLD. Their minds are nourished by living in the daylight of the
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Gods and if among the vulgar some discoveries should arise
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concerning some maxims of thy belief in the Gods so do thou, for
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the most part, keep silent. For there is a great risk of those who
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straightaway vomit up that which they hast not digested. And when
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someone shall say to thee, thou knowest naught and it bites thee
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naught, then knowest thou that thou hast begun the work. And as
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sheep do not bring their food to the shepherd to show how much they
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have eaten but digesting inwardly their provender do bear outwardly
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wool and milk, even so, do not display the maxims to the vulgar, but
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rather the works that flow when they are digested.
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-This is part of Lady Sheba's First Degree Initiation Ritual, where it is
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given as a speech made to the Candidiate by the High Priestess
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