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- ORDER OF SHUTI
- as of July 25, XXVI
-
- Grand Master:
- Robert Menschel IV*
- Post Office Box 2369
- Citrus Heights, CA 95611, U.S.A.
- MCI-Mail: 339-4584
- _____________________________________
-
- Shu and Tefnut, the twin lion gods, are opposites. Shu and Tefnut
- are male and female, hot and cold, dry and wet, public and private,
- intellectual and emotional, et cetera and so forth.
-
- Alone, either one would be dangerously unbalanced, and would have
- earned an evil reputation for his or her excesses. But Shu and
- Tefnut are always together. Each defines the other; each requires
- the other. Each balances and tempers the other. Shu's most prominent
- headpiece, the feather of Ma'at, emphasizes this balance, as does
- the representation of Shu through the use of this feather alone, as
- a single hieroglyph. Shuti is Shu and Tefnut together, under one
- name, as one composite being.
-
- The Order of Shuti is dedicated to the study of Opposition and
- Balance, Opposition in Balance, Balance in Opposition, and Balance
- through Opposition. By 'Opposition' we don't mean just conflict
- (though of course that is included). We will study and use
- opposites, the actions and forces of these opposites, the ranges of
- existence between these opposites, the balance of these opposites,
- and the dynamic magical implications thereof.
-
- One obsolete philosophy of magic was that to achieve balance, the
- magician had to experience and participate in the extremes (often
- the extremes of good and evil).
-
- There are simply too many different pairs of opposites and extremes
- for a magician to experience them all. Further, many extremes are
- downright dangerous, such as extreme hot and cold, unnecessarily
- evil and unlawful acts, and excessively self-sacrificing acts. But
- the Initiate of Shuti will recognize and work with any and all
- opposites/extremes, and with the ranges and balances between them,
- whenever and however appropriate.
-
- "For with no purpose the force of the mind must fall..." This study
- of opposition and balance can support many diverse goals.
-
- One such purpose will be to study and understand the physical and
- objective universe, and the magical and subjective universe, so that
- we may change those universes (per the challenge of Michael, found
- in the _Diabolicon_'s Statement of Satan ArchDaimon).
-
- Other goals and purposes will be supported; this is but one which
- has been defined and will be offered to interested Initiates. Any
- and all sets of opposites will be valid and appropriate areas of
- study for the Initiate. The universes are our library and our
- laboratory. But some topics will be of global interest:
-
- Life and Death are the major pair of Opposites. We will work to
- recognize all forms and degrees of these opposites. We will work to
- always strive for Life, to always reject Death.
-
- One set of Opposites of major interest is Self and Not-Self. How do
- we define our Selves? When we Remanifest continued existence without
- these bodily shells, how will we then define our Selves? How will we
- differentiate between personal _Xeper_ and the willful modification
- of the external universe?
-
- We will also study Set and the Opposite Self, HarWer. We will study
- them as individual entities, as Opposite Selves, and as Satan (Set
- and HarWer fused).
-
- Related to these above topics, we will examine the opposites of your
- own Higher Self, that towards which you _Xeper_, and your Lower
- Self, that which you Will outgrow.
-
- Some other pairs of opposites are knowledge and ignorance, ability
- and inability, comprehension and noncomprehension, perception and
- nonperception, etc. Shu is a god of knowledge, the light of the sun.
- With Tefnut's influence, Shuti is a god of active Satanic
- enlightenment. We therefore expect the Order's Initiates to actively
- contribute material to the _Scroll of Set_ and the _Ruby Tablet of
- Set_. We also expect the Order's Initiates to participate in,
- assist, and/or lead pylons as appropriate, whether local pylons,
- pylons structured like the Gates of Hell, or otherwise.
-
- The Order will publish a newsletter. The publication schedule will
- depend upon the quantity of material submitted. The majority of this
- material will be Order specific, dealing with the topics mentioned
- above. But reflecting Shuti's attribute of Enlightenment, the
- newsletter can also be used to circulate drafts of articles destined
- for the _Scroll of Set_ and the _Ruby Tablet of Set_, for feedback
- and refinement before their official publication.
-
- The newsletter will also carry information useful to pylon leaders,
- and may be used as a means of communication between pylon leaders.
- All II*+ Setians may subscribe to the newsletter. These
- subscriptions will be automatic and without charge for active
- members of the Order, Masters of the Temple of Set (as members of
- honor), and pylon leaders. Others may request subscriptions by
- writing to the Grand Master.
-
- Any II*+ Setian may apply for Initiation into the Order, by writing
- to the Grand Master. There is no fee for Initiation or membership in
- the Order. The only requirement is the ability and commitment to
- Work within the above areas of concentration.