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FIRE & ICE: MAGICAL TEACHINGS OF GERMANY'S GREATEST SECRET OCCULT ORDER |
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FOREWORD
The occult world of Germany, ancient and modern, has long been shrouded in a dense mist of secrecy and profound mystery. Deep within this secret world there is an order known as the Fraternitas Saturni— the Brotherhood of Saturn. This can without doubt be called Germany's greatest secret lodge. The order is still the most active and important magical society in Germany today, but from its formal beginnings around 1926 until 1970 it was almost totally secret. Only through a quirk of fate did the inner documents of the order slip into the hands of those who published them in Germany. Fire and Ice coherently summarizes and presents the vast array of documents available in German concerning the FS. There is no such study available on this order even in German. In this book the reader is given a rare glimpse into the inner workings and secret rites of this occult lodge.
The FS as it is constituted today may or may not bear any resemblance to the form of the order presented in this book. What you see here comes from the period between 1926 and 1970.
In exploring Fire and Ice you will be able to begin to open the hidden way to the Saturnian sphere which rules the New Age. The Saturnian path of initiation, until now only darkly perceived—as if through a mist—will be revealed. You will be able to begin to work with the magical formulas of Saturnian magic for self-development as well as for more practical or concrete ends.
Fire and Ice opens the pathway to an age-old tradition of magic that influenced, and may have even formulated, the traditions in Britain and America, for example that of the Golden Dawn. The FS preserves a vibrant Thelemic current of magical tradition and practice. The old Grand Master of the order, Gregor A. Gregorius, stored up a unique Thelemic philosophy, which remained secure from public scrutiny for almost forty years. He was safe to pursue the directions and consequences of Thelema free from the influences of mediocre philosophies that elsewhere stultified and prevented it from reaching its ultimate Aeonic enfoldment.
Fire and Ice is an important cornerstone of the Llewellyn Teutonic Magic Series; it demonstrates in contemporary and practical terms a unique current of magical culture at home in the Teutonic homeland which has greatly influenced the world beyond the borders of that region.
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