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The Affiliation Clause In Our Constitution Is A Privilege: A Courtesy To A Sympathetic Body. Were You Not A Mason, Or Co-mason, You Would Have To Be Proposed And Seconded, And Then Examined By Savage Inquisitors, And Then-probably-thrown Out On The Garbage Heap. Well, No, It's Not As Bad As That; But We Certainly Don't Want Anybody Who Chooses To Apply. Would You Do It Yourself, If You Were On The Committee Of A Club? The O.t.o. Is A Serious Body, Engaged On A Work Of Cosmic Scope. You Should Question Yourself: What Can I Contribute?

To Me, Every Dirty Act Was Simply A Sacrament Of Sin, A Passionately Religious Protest Against Christianity, Which Was For Me The Symbol Of All Vileness, Meanness, Treachery, Falsehood And Oppression.

Fortunately We Have Learnt To Combine These Ideas, Not In The Mutual Toleration Of Sub-contraries, But In The Affirmation Of Contraries, That Transcending Of The Laws Of Intellect Which Is Madness In The Ordinary Man, Genius In The Overman Who Hath Arrived To Strike Off More Fetters From Our Understanding.

The Discovery Of Radioactivity Created A Momentary Chaos In Chemistry And Physics; But It Soon Led To A Fuller Interpretation Of The Old Ideas. It Dispersed Many Difficulties, Harmonized Many Discords, And Yea, More! It Shewed The Substance Of Universe As A Simplicity Of Light And Life, Manners To Compose Atoms, Themselves Capable Of Deeper Self-realization Through Fresh Complexities And Organizations, Each With Its Own Peculiar Powers And Pleasures, Each Pursuing Its Path Through The World Where All Things Are Possible.

The First Task Of The Magician In Every Ceremony Is Therefore To Render His Circle Absolutely Impregnable.