THE NEW GOLDEN DAWN
                           FLYING ROLL
                                II

                          Issued by the
                       Thelemic Order and
                    Temple of the Golden Dawn
                     Copyright (c) 1990 e.v.

                       CONCERNING ALKHEMI

                          The Immortal 
                      Science of the Sages


        Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

Today, in this  technological age of  man, Alkhemi is looked upon
as  mere rubbish  of the past, a dark and fanciful cloud upon the
sky of  history.  Yet  this is  not  the  case at all; and this I
shall endeavor to demonstrate  to you  through words of practical
significance  and  wisdom,  since  Alkhemi is  in  fact  the True
Science of every wise and  practical man  who lives upon the face
of the earth.  

Alkhemi  is  comparable  to  the  Sun  of  the  Ages, which  ever
remains  perfectly  poised  in  the  infinite sky.  It is not the
fault of the  Sun  if  men cannot  see it; it is due to their own
lack  of vision.  Yet  the  Sun ever shines  bright for those who
have eyes to see; and in  seeing the  Sun men become enlightened.

Now as the Eternal Sun gives light and life unto all men, so does
the  Immortal  Science of Alkhemi give wisdom and  power unto all
men  who desire  knowledge and immortality.  By understanding and
exercising  the  principles of the  Alkhemical Art, a man is able
to   obtain  whatsoever   he  needs  for  the  attainment  of his
universal destiny.  

The aim  of  Alkhemi is to accomplish the Great Work, which is to
obtain  the  Lapis  Philosophorum, or  Philosopher's Stone, which
transmutes all base things into the  living  gold of the Sun.  In
practical terms  this means  that by exercising the principles of
the  Royal Art  of  Alkhemi  a man can perform and accomplish his
True  Will,  or  achieve  his  chosen  destiny,  which  operation
naturally  transforms  all  things,  internal  and external, into
splendid images of that One Will.  In  spiritual terms this means
that by performing the Royal Art of Alkhemi a man can realize and
understand his  True Self; and  when  a  man ascertains  the pure
nature of his True Self he is then able to see that  Eternal Self
in all things.  When  you  see the Light of the Sun, you then see
all things in that Light.  

The laboratory  wherein to perform and  accomplish the Great Work
is  naturally  the  Body  of Man.  His  instruments  are  his own
physical, psychological and psychical elements of existence.  The
man  himself  is the base  metal  which he  will operate upon and
transform  into  the perfect gold of  spiritual light and wisdom.
Through utmost  devotion and  unswerving application the man will
achieve his True Will  by  working  upon his  own body, mind, and
soul in such a manner as to mingle and  unite them into  a single
object of  utmost  perfection and  living sublimity, that is, the
Immortal Stone of the Sages.  

Now since  a  man's  body  is  his  own and not  another's in any
practical sense, it is a simple fact of Nature that only that man
can work  upon  himself to  accomplish the Great Work.  It is the
responsibilty of each  person to do his own True Will, to realize
his own True Self.  No person can do the work for us; we must all
do it  by  our  own  efforts.  The  Art of Alkhemi  is a personal
science, a  sublime  and  effective  system   of Self-initiation.
Only you, as a single individual, can calculate and traverse your
way up the Great Mountain of Hermetic Attainment.  It is entirely
a matter of your  own  application  and  devotion.  All essential
guidance is within you, in the  inmost centre of your heart where
your own Holy Guardian Angel, or Inner Self,  resides.  To depend
upon any  other  thing  than  your  own  Holy  Guardian  Angel to
accomplish the  Great Work  of  the Sages is to insult your Angel
who is with  you  to instruct you and guide you in your quest for
immortality and  universal  sovereignty.  All essential wisdom by
which to achieve the Great Work  is to be ascertained only within
you; nowhere else will you find the Truth.     

By performing the  Royal Science  of  Alkhemi a  man can become a
veritable  god  of  immortal  life, a  cosmic  being of universal
significance  and   superconscious  existence.  And  when  a  man
achieves the immortal  life of his own inner god, he influences a
thousand  or  more  men  thereby.   For  we  are  all  internally
connected  with each  other in  the Collective Unconscious of the
human race.  Our  actions affect not only our personal lives, but
also the lives  of  all other people.  When an Alchemist achieves
the Great Work of  realizing  his  True Self, by the execution of
his True Will, he  inevitably  uplifts all  of  humanity one more
step upward upon the  ladder  of  spiritual  progress and  cosmic
evolution.  Thus if many  men  were to perform and accomplish the
Great Work, the whole world  would become  inspired and fortified
with spiritual light and wisdom, and a New Heaven and a New Earth
would reign supreme.     

Now as there are  innumerable rays  of  light  which shine  forth
from the Ageless Sun, so are there innumerable forms of the Great
Work for the  innumerable  individuals  of  the  world.  In other
words, every man and every woman  has their  own Great Work which
they must accomplish. All these  are one  in essence, but divided
in expression  for  the  chance  of  union.  It  may be one man's
True Will to be a writer, another  a poet, and another an artist.
And just as there are innumerable  Great Works  to  accomplish in
the world, so are there innumerable Holy Guardian Angels to guide
all individuals in the world.  No man is really  souless; all men
are under the dominance of their Angels, whether unconsciously or
consciously.  Your Holy Guardian Angel is  within you to instruct
and inspire you with  divine  knowledge and  celestial wisdom for
you to perform and accomplish the Great Work, the Supreme Goal of
Alkhemi.  You will first accomplish the  divine task of obtaining
the Stone  of  the  Philosophers  within  you, and  then will you
transform all things into the perfect  gold of your True Self and
your True Will, which is the attainment of the Summum Bonum, True
Wisdom, and Perfect Happiness.

                Love is the law, love under will.

                                   Fra.'. Aureae Aurora
                                   (Sir David Cherubim)

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