ONE STAR IN SIGHT

	Thy feet in mire, thine head in murk,
		O man, how piteous thy plight,
	The doubts that daunt, the ills that irk,
		Thou hast nor wit nor will to fight --
	How hope in heart, or worth in work?
		No star in sight!

	Thy Gods proved puppets of the priest,
		"Truth ? All's relation !" science sighed.
	In bondage with thy brother beast,
		Love tortured thee, as Love's hope died
	And Love's faith rotted. Life no least
		Dim star descried.

	Thy cringing carrion cowered and crawled
		To find itself a chance-cast clod
	Whose Pain was purposeless; appalled
		That aimless accident thus trod
	Its agony, that void skies sprawled
		On the vain sod!

	All souls eternally exist,
		Each individual, ultimate,
	Perfect -- each makes itself a mist
		Of mind and flesh to celebrate
	With some twin mask their tender tryst
		Insatiate.

	Some drunkards, doting on the dream,
		Dispair that it should die, mistake
	Themselves for their own shadow-scheme.
		One star can summon them to wake
	To self; star-souls serene that gleam
		On life's calm lake.

	That shall end never that began.
		All things endure because they are.
	Do what thou wilt, for every man
		And every woman is a star.
	Pan is not dead; he liveth, Pan!
		Break down the bar!

	To man I come, the number of
		A man my number, Lion of Light;
	I am the Beast whose Law is Love.
		Love under will, his royal right --
	Behold within, and not above,
		One star in sight!


			ONE STAR IN SIGHT.


	A glimpse of the structure and system of the Great White Brotherhood.

				A . ' .  A . ' . .

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

	I. The Order of the Star called S. S. is, in respect of its existance
upon the Earth, an organised body of men and women distinguished among their
fellows by the qualities here enumerated. They exist in their own Truth, which
is both uuniversal and unique.

	They move in accordance with own Wills, which are each unique, yet
coherent with the universal will.

	They perceive (that is, understand, know, and feel) in love, which
is both unique and universal.

	2. The order consists of eleven degrees, and is numbered as follows: 
these compose three groups, the Grades of the Hermit, or the Lover, and of
The Man of the Earth respectively.


			The Grade of the Hermit.

	Ipsissimus..............................10 = 1
	Magus....................................9 = 2
	Magister Templi..........................8 = 3


			The Grade of the Lover.

	Adeptus Exemptus.........................7 = 4
	Adeptus Major............................6 = 5
	Adeptus Minor............................5 = 6


		The Grade of The Man of the Earth.


	Philosophus..............................4 = 7
	Practicus................................3 = 8
	Zelator..................................2 = 9
	Neophyte.................................1 = 10
	Probationer..............................0 = 0

	(This order is a reconstruction of Crowley's original with some
changes extrapolated from the Book of the Law.)

	The general characterstics and attributions of the Degrees are
indicated by their correspondences on the Tree of Life, as may be studied
in detail in the Book 777.

STUDENT. -- His business is acquire a general intellectual knowledge of all
systems of attainment, such as that prescribed in the curriculum of the
Order. (See file 'curric.txt')

PROBATIONER. -- His principal buiness is to begin such practices as he may
prefer, and to keep a careful record of the same for one year.

NEOPHYTE. -- Has to acquire perfect control of the Astral Plane.

ZELATOR. -- His main work is to achieve complete success in Asana and 
Pranayama. He also begins to study the formula of the Rosy Cross.

PRACTICUS. -- Is expected to complete his intellectual training, and in
particular to study the Qabalah.

PHILOSOPHUS. -- Is expected to complete his moral training. He is tested in
Devotion to the Order.

ADEPTUS MINOR (without). -- Is expected to perform the Great Work

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