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Felix Lonji

Atlanta Heptad

So, Im in the 2 Temple Degree in the R+C and I am stuck on something on the 1 degree here. Anyone help? :)

What’s missing? At times we feel there’s something missing in our lives and naturally we go looking for it. We go looking for that piece that will complete us. We can be surrounded by people and yet still feel lonely. So we search and continue to search for this missing piece of the puzzle, this key that will unlock the door to our happiness. We even try to peek into the souls of others to see if maybe they can help us. Do you have my key? Are you the one to complete me? Why am I lost in this riddle and why do I feel so alone in the crowd?

This riddle, this puzzle, is complex because what we are seeking can only be found within the very depths of ourselves. Only deep within each of us is the key that unlocks our very own puzzle. The answer lies within, and this is the only place that we aren’t looking. Do we even know how to look within?

We search someone else for our own answers, but they’re also searching for their answers in another. This is the cause of our loneliness because even if someone shares their key with us – that key only fits their puzzle, not ours. So we end up with an answer, a key, and we wonder why nothing has changed. Everyone has answers, but only their own answers and not the answers for anyone else. We think that we can’t find what we’re seeking, but we’ve had it all along.

If we look around us though, then we could see that nature has a different perspective. Nature is still and watchful. Nature doesn’t have a mind/ego to get in the way and nature knows that everything grows from within itself. All flowers bloom from inside themselves. Does the rose seek answers from the lily? Does the lily seek comfort from the orchid? And does the orchid turn to the daisy for the secret to happiness? No, they each wait patiently knowing that each is the perfect specimen of what they are supposed to be. 

Some look for peace because it will bring happiness. Some look for happiness because it will bring peace. Everything is relative and depends on the perspective and individuality of the person, including all their hopes, disappointments, trials, etc. While everything is the same, it's also different, and that's why I choose not to attempt to define it. The significant thought is that each person already has what they need and they have always been complete.

We know so little about ourselves.... because we look for us in someone else.

I need encouragement. I have reached a block. I must continue, but inertia has kicked in. Encouragement and prayers are coveting.

In the LVX,

Fr. Aaron

I am an Associate half way finished with this degree and have mulled over many topics and even extemporaneous articles from Pantacle and the Internet. As I cannot go to a atilier all the time or anything of that nature, I was wondering if anyone would want to exchange information so we can have fellowship over various topics relating to Martinism or Rosicrucianism. :) Thank you all!

I must make a confession. For a period of time, I became embittered with the Christian egregore.  So much so that I started delving into literal black magick.  It led me nowhere and fast.  Now see, I used to be a Christian minister. I am scholastically trained in Biblical Texts, with a minor in Hebrew/Greek (this has proven handy now in the Occult/Mysticism!).  I was for seven years. But I got destroyed. I have a mental illness and couldn't handle the pressure of ministry on top of being chewed up and spit out by the congregants.  Needless to say, I gave up on Christianity for a long time. And became one of its most bitter opponents.  Well, to make a long story short, I was visited by who I call Sophia. In the personification of the Virgin Mary. And she softened my heart tremendously.  So I opened the book up again on Christ.  Then I discovered this Order.  He is more real to me now then before.  He softened my heart once more. Took away 10 years of bitterness!  Made me filled with LOVE and PEACE PROFOUND!  The LVX has permeated me and brought me not back to Yeshua, but to Him for the FIRST TIME. A real encounter.  Now, I am asking Him to reveal His nature in light of what I have learned in the Order. I know He will! He, Mary, Sophia, St. Francis, and the Egregore of Martinism and AMORC is permeating my very being and I want to be unified with the divine more than I want my next breath! Peace Profound and in the LVX to you all!

Fr. Aaron

Greetings all in the LVX,

     The only ritual I have learned thus far in the TMO is that of the initiation. I was wondering when would I receive a daily supplement to what ritual or prayers there would be? So far, I have gleaned from the Pantacle magazine. I meditate on the symbols daily. I imagine light pouring on me for an influx of wisdom/Strength/beauty as well. I also do a meditation I learned from Panatcle and Pray the 7 psalms daily and as a supplement Psalm 118, and 130. I also pray the 51st Psalm on Thursdays. Sorry if I am biting at the bit and things are coming to me in the way in which they should be coming.  I'm just zealous to begin the work I suppose. Thank you!

I live in Parkersburg WV. There is a Martinist here in town. Its strange to me just due to the Area. There are a few smattered within the state. I want to have a physical initiation. Can anyone tell me if there is a heptad within a reasonable driving distance and are there traditional days and times for an initiation. I hunger for it!

So I read the article in the Pantacle 2015 on, well, the Pantacle. And wow. This is now my new favorite symbol. The Rosy Cross being the second. I'm spellbound by it!

Jesus said this and I want to make it my personal motto. I am learning the works. And I MUST do them for the Father has sent me into my area to bring light and healing to it. I live in the state with the worst opiate addiction in the Country.  So I must do the Work that The Father has sent me to do.

As the Grand Architect of the Universe would have it, my Monographs for AMORC and my Lessons for TMO are lining up. I drew the death card when looking for something kaballistically to meditate on, and according to the Thoth deck, it is the black phase. This is what is happening. Old Ideas and ways are dying and there is something else coming forth.  It is frightening and wonderful at the same time! Seeing the machinery of the Universe at first sight and how I am tapping into it with vigorous rites and prayers alongside utilizing theories that I have made concerning what I learn is changing me. I am privileged to be a part of this journey with you my Brothers and Sisters. 

Is what I want. I cycle through these concepts once a day and meditate on it. I also go to my oratory and bow and ask for an influx of said things.  Since I was 16 years old I have been enamoured with the Divine, so much so I devoted my life to this Being.  Even studied and became what I call now a "wandering minister of the Gospel".  I have left dogma and have decided to follow Yehoshua Ha-Mashiach to the universal golden thread in every religion that is the very Laws that existed in the Mind of G-d (Logos) since before Kether even emanated. I am honored to explore with you, my Fraters and Sorors. G-d bless and keep you all.

Bro. Aaron

God is in all things.

I am spellbound. To be honest, I have wanted to be a Martinist for at least over a year. But it was just last Tuesday that I joined. I already sense the immense power of this egregore. Adding to it the power behind the Rosae Crucis, things have began to change for me. And it was a slow process up until a "grade change", if you will. I am amazed that after a week, I have experienced so much. And the teachings! Wow! I am excited to continue this journey with my Brothers and Sisters. Please feel free to contact me, as I want to connect with people of like minds and hearts. As for my religious views, I fall between Hermetic Kabbalah and Sethian Gnosticism (which stinks because they were killed out many centuries ago). Love you all!

Blessings in the LVX!

Aaron