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-----------------------------Issue Number 5
Volume I-5
January 1976
Editor: Margaret Wendall IV
Copyright 1976 Temple of Set
------------------------------------------------------------[The lead/main article of this issue, The
Mythology of Phnix by Antoinette Zalewski I,
was later discovered to be plagiarized and is
therefore omitted from this reprint.]
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[1] Fables [for the Bicentennial]
[Reprinted with permission from DEMly #VII-24,
2/15/75. Dwight E. Mitchell, 1975.]
The Other Men
It is not widely known but no secret that Lewis
and Clark let several other chaps go with them on
their expedition. This was rather good, as they gave
considerable help.
Indians and Pilgrims
The Indians taught the Pilgrims to put a fish in
each hill of corn they planted, as fertilizer. This was
so they would produce better corn for bait to catch
more fish.
George IIIs Cargo
George III thought he would punish the
stubborn Colonists by sending them a shipload of
goods and forcing them to pay for it. This contrary
old King told himself he would make them toe the
line.
They sneaked out on the ship one night to throw
the cargo overboard. When they got the tea dumped
in the bay, they found the rest of the cargo was fine
liquor.
After a searching analysis of every aspect of the
problem, they concluded it was not necessary to
dump any more goods. They decided instead to put
it in some secure place on land where they all knew
where it was.
In the final analysis God is inescapable. If there
were no order in the universe, physical and
metaphysical, we, as magicians, could not recognize
and control those forces which we do. Magic, as any
successful magician knows, is not working against
the force of existence but working in conjunction
with it. Each physical law or control can be likened
to a path which leads to a known or predictable end
- not once but every time. Magic is simply a map of
the known paths.
The White Magician simply follows those paths
which are already known. That is all right as far as it
goes. However the White Magicians cowardly
mind tells him that he must seek additional
illumination along the path from some spiritual
source which he has not even bothered to
authenticate, lest his own light fail him and he fall
into the abyss. Then, if that were not enough, he
defeats his own safety precautions by keeping his
eyes shut tight in prayer! It might be noted in
passing that the Christian does not even bother to
walk the paths. He prefers to stagnate while testing
his god to walk them for him.
On the other hand (the Left one), the Black
Magician, having no such handicap as cowardice,
takes magic one step further. By observing cause
and effect of the order of the universe he plots new
paths to destinations of his choice.
The Setian goes even further. Through the
Temple of Set and the Book of Coming Forth by
Night, the Setian has been given access to
intelligence and knowledge of such magnitude that
even the Setian intellect is hard put to conceive of
and assimilate but a portion of it. This is the being
of Set, through which paths that have been closed
for ons are now open for the Elect to travel, at the
end of which is the realization of the Word: Xeper!
The Setian has walked the paths of the black
magician to their end, gaining knowledge and
courage along the way. He has become the Elect.
Now, through Set, he will come into his rightful
being. He has earned it!
But without cause and effect, the invariable law
of the universe [i.e. without our concept of God],
effect would not have to result from cause, the paths
would not be plottable and the magician would be
lost.
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[2] God and the Magician
[3] What Set Means to Me
- by Michael J. Waters II
- by Marie Zajkowski I
During the transition and purification, also
known as the Age of Satan, most of us recognized
god for what he really is, i.e. that force which
maintains the order of the universe.
Many followers of the Right-Hand Path are
fond of the saying Give the Devil his due. I think
we can do no less for God as we conceive him to be.
Take up thy instrument, and prepare thy place in
the Majesty of Set.
For I have given thee unlike none other thou
hast had.
Divine thy path carefully and without fear, and
in doing so thou wilt die the death of falsehood and
live thy life enfolded by the truths of Set, always in
my Majesty.
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The gates of knowledge are now open to thee,
and, as thou hast requested, I, Set, am near to thee, to
guide thee through all that lies near to thy future.
Create from thyself what thou must, and in
doing so closer to knowledge thou wilt be. And
avoid all else except that which is.
And beware: Never accept failure even
gracefully in weak moments, for as surely as failure
is self-inflicted, so is success.
Remember not, except that which is useful of
moments past where pain and sadness ensued,
except if pleasure be derived thereof, or is
constructive for the purpose of now.
Seek always to question that which is vague;
seek always to question that which is not.
Thou must know thyself in order to know that
which surrounds thyself. All else matters not, except
that which is.
Thou must learn of all things and decide which
is of importance to the plan. All these things are
within thyself, which shall gather knowledge for
thee in a short time, and shall prepare thee for the
moments ahead.
Thou must control thy compassion for mere
mortals. In doing so thou wilt endeavor to separate
the very cunning disguise of truth vs. falsehood.
Be not afraid of that which guides thee, for thou
art never alone without guidance.
