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About two months ago I was invited to spend a week in Prague CZ by a group of talented Congregational Illuminists. I set my goal as teaching, consecrating and facilitating autonomous congregational illuminist bodies during that week, 11 July 2010-19 July 2010, and enjoyed some considerable success. There were attendees from Prague and other Czech cities of various types of illuminists, from Bertiaux-style Gnostic_Voudon practitioners to Memphis-Misraim aspirants to ecclesiastical Gnostics. Beginning in a remote, legendary never-completed medieval church widely considered a power spot (it is) doing consecrations, ordinations and other sacramental rites, we proceeded through several workshops on the nature of the Great Work, giving hundreds of points chauds as appropriate, opening a full A&P R MM Lodge and communicating all Blue Lodge Degrees plus communicating the complete Fratres Lucis system, and concluding with a "test workshop" of those empowered to empower objects and "render profane things sacred" as well as administer points chauds. We still found time for splendidly productive private meetings with delegations from all over Europe. Five countries were represented, and we were able to consecrate and cross-consecrate with old friends of the Work from Serbia, Croatia, the UK, and the Czech Republic.
TAU SUNCE (CROATIA) AND TAU SIR HASIRIM
PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS WAS BOTH INTE
Prague is a city of much magick, of Dee and Kelley and Rabbi Lowe and the Golem. This initial report only touches the surface....the egregore in Europe and netween free illuminists and America is much enriched by the events.
Old PRAGUE - SCENES
JOHN DEE
The Polish Albert Laski, Count Palatire of Siradz, descendant of the Anglo-Norman Lacies, came to England in search of Dee and Kelly. He was duped by Edward Kelly and his scrying ability, into believing great things were meant him. Indeed a great many messages were received from the Spirit realm concerning Laski, Kelly, Dee, and European politics.
In 1583 Dee and Kelly convinced Laski to return to Poland, taking the two Englishmen and their wives with him. They set about trying to transmute iron into gold to fund their regeneration of Europe. Although they were always just on the brink of success, the experimental transmutation experiments never worked.
While Dee was away in Europe things were not boding well at home. In 1583 a large mob attacked Dee's home in at Mortlake in Surrey destroying his collection of books, occult instruments and personal belongings. The attack was probably in response to rumours that Dee was a wizard.
Meanwhile back in Poland Kelly and Dee's experiments proved very costly, Laski lost his fortune and lands funding the two alchemists work, and when it became apparent that he could no longer afford to continue paying for their experiments, the spirits, including Uriel, expressed their doubts through Kelly that Laski may not have been the right man to bring about the changes in Europe.
To ease his financial burden, Laski offered to pay for the pair to visit Prague, and provided a letter of introduction to Emperor Rudolph II. Amazingly this offer coincided with a command from the spirits via Kelly, urging Dee to deliver a divine message to the Emperor. They arrived in Prague in 1586 to courteous welcome from Emperor Rudolph II, who became intrigued with the idea of the Philosophers Stone. Their stay was cut short after a few months when the Pope demanded that the Emperor should dismiss them, either that or they should be imprisoned or burned at the stake.
Yehuda Loew — The Maharal
(1525-1609)
Yehudah Loew of Prague, also known as the Maharal, was one of the outstanding Jewish minds of the sixteenth century. He wrote numerous books on
Jewish law, philosophy, and morality, and developed an entirely new approach to the aggada of the Talmud. The Maharal rejected the idea that boys
should begin instruction at an early age, insisting instead that children be taught in accordance with their intellectual maturity.
He was held in great esteem by his contemporaries and has had a profound impact on all streams of Judaism. Rabbi Kook stated that the "Maharal was
the father of the approach of the Gaon of Vilna on the one hand, and of the father of Chasidut, on the other hand." Rabbi Shneur Zalman, founder of
Chabad Chasidism, and a direct descendant of the Maharal, bases much of his famous work - the Tanya - on the teachings of his great grandfather.
Ironically, he is credited with the creation of a golem, an activity he would probably have opposed. A golem is a human figure created from clay and
brought to life by use of the Ineffable Name of God. Since the letters of that name were considered to be the original source of life, it is thought
possible for one knowledgeable in the secrets of the Divine Power to use them to create life.
Discussions of golems go back to the Talmud. Rava is said to have created such a man. In the sixteenth century numerous golems were said to have
been created, but in each case their power increased and threatened human life, so they were destroyed by their makers.
Yehudah Loew of Prague was said to have created a golem to protect the Jewish community from Blood Accusations. It was close to Easter, and a
Jew-hating priest was trying to incite the Christians against the Jews. The golem protected the community from hard during the Easter season.
However, the creature threatened innocent lives, so Yehudah Loew removed the Divine Name, thus rendering the golem lifeless.
Today someone who is large but intellectually slow is sometimes called a golem. Pete Hamill has written a book called Snow in August about a golem
created in the late 1940's in Brooklyn.
The Maharal was very active in community work. He did much to improve social ethics. He was a far-seeing educator whose many ideas for educational
reform struck deep chords in many people.
His resting place in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague is still visited today by thousands of people.
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Positions
1. Spiritual growth is incompatible with authoritarian structure.
2. Scientific Illuminism requires a non-dogmatic, experimental approach.
3. A free society linked in free communion should be actualized.
4. We facilitate, we do not lead. We do the Work, we do not extract oaths or dues, or require dogmatic beliefs.
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