Teacher Lesson 3
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Here's the third lesson for the Teacher Grade of the Fellowship of the Hermetic Rose. Enjoy! Practical Requirements for a Temple
It is possible to establish and operate a temple of the Fellowship with four members who have achieved the requisite grades—one Sojourner, one Server, one Student, and one Teacher—and a reasonably spacious living room that can be borrowed for meetings four times a year. Such a temple can perform the rituals for the solstices and equinoxes. In order to perform the initiation rituals, it is necessary to have at least five members who have at least achieved the grade to be conferred—to confer the Teacher grade, for example, all five officers must be of that grade or above—and one more who is qualified to receive it.
The equipment needed for a temple is simple, and most of it corresponds to the equipment you have already provided for your own work. That is, you will need two pillars; four candles of the elemental colors in candlesticks; a fan, a censer, a cup, and a dish of salt as emblems of the four elements; and an altar, preferably with a white altar cloth. You will also need a chair for each of the officers of the temple, and these chairs should be draped with cloths of the four elemental colors—yellow in the east, red in the south, blue in the west, and green in the north. Plain cotton broadcloth works well for this, although you can use fancier colors if you wish. Each of the chairs of the four Masters should have a stand or small table next to it, to hold the elemental symbols and certain other items; these stands can also be draped with colored cloths. Finally, each of the four Masters should have a wooden gavel or some other instrument for rapping or knocking on the stands.
If you have more than a very small number of members, you may find it useful to find a rental space where you can meet four or more times a year. Many fraternal lodges, such as the Odd Fellows and the Grange, will happily rent their halls for occasional renters, and a lodge hall is designed for the same type of ritual the Fellowship performs and so will be found extremely useful. (Members of your temple may wish to consider joining the lodge, as this improves communication, and many old-fashioned fraternal lodges can give you a first-rate training in lodge ritual and practice.) This is not necessary, however.
Potential Difficulties
Most of the potential problems you will face in establishing and running a temple come from the people who join it. In today’s world a great many people have emotional difficulties dealing with authority, and they act out these difficulties by rebelling against anyone they think of as an authority figure. John Gilbert used to call such people “rebels without a clue.” You know that you’re dealing with one of them if a prospective or actual member is constantly finding things to complain about or insisting that this or that thing has to be changed. If you give in to these demands, more will be forthcoming, because the real issue has nothing to do with whatever the person is complaining about—it is an internal emotional matter.
The extreme end of the “rebel without a clue” spectrum is Satanism. John had a hard and fast rule when it came to Satanists; if someone applied to join any of his organizations and admitted to being a Satanist, the application was rejected, and if someone joined and then started spouting Satanist rhetoric, out they went, with a full refund on any fees they had paid. His reasoning here was straightforward. He believed that all Satanists want to imitate Lucifer and get thrown out of heaven, and so they will join organizations and start acting out, hoping to be expelled. If you tolerate them, he said, they’ll just step up their misbehavior until you either throw them out or the organization collapses. Therefore the kindest thing to do is to give them what they want as soon as possible—that is to say, expell them from the organization, so they get to experience the same sort of fall from grace that their master did.
He applied this same rule to anyone who worshipped any of the adversary deities, such as Loki and Tiamat. Unpopular as this suggestion doubtless is in today’s occult community, it spared John and the organizations he headed a lot of grief. I applied the same principle in each of the organizations I headed, with equally good results.
More generally, of the people who express an interest in joining your temple, some will be genuinely interested in doing the work of the Fellowship. The rest will not. Between people who crave whatever status can be claimed by belonging to an occult lodge, people who think they want to practice magic but aren’t actually interested in putting in the effort involved, and people who are acting out various emotional problems at other people’s expense, there are plenty of potential members who can and will wreck everything you are trying to do. Filtering them out as quickly as possible is the best option, and requiring them to do serious personal work is one good way to do this, though it is not always enough.
Finally, if the temple you founded turns into a hot mess, you always have the option to shrug and walk away. Most of us who have been involved in occult organizations for any length of time have been through the unwelcome experience of watching a lodge or temple crash and burn. It’s no fun, but like a lot of unpleasant events, it has lessons to teach. Since there’s nothing in the FHR curriculum that requires working with other people, after all, other people are not doing you a favor by becoming part of your temple—you’re doing them a favor by bringing them in—and you can go solitary for a while, or permanently, without slowing down your own spiritual development.
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At this stage the tenth chapter of The Kybalion may be studied with advantage.
CHAPTER X: Polarity
Symbolism:
Grade: 7°, Adept
Emerald Table: “Thus thou hast the glory of the whole world; therefore let all obscurity flee before thee.”
Cabala: Hod to Geburah, the Path of Retribution
Tarot: Arcanum X, Wheel of Fortune
Geomancy: Populus—Moon in Cancer
Text:
“Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled.“–The Kybalion.
The great Fourth Hermetic Principle–the Principle of Polarity–embodies the truth that all manifested things have “two sides”; “two aspects”; “two poles”; a “pair of opposites,” with manifold degrees between the two extremes. The old paradoxes, which have ever perplexed the mind of men, are explained by an understanding of this Principle. Man has always recognized something akin to this Principle, and has endeavored to express it by such sayings, maxims and aphorisms as the following: “Everything is and isn't, at the same time”; “all truths are but half-truths”; “every truth is half-false”; ''there are two sides to everything”; “there is a reverse side to every shield,” etc., etc.
The Hermetic Teachings are to the effect that the difference between things seemingly diametrically opposed to each other is merely a matter of degree. It teaches that “the pairs of opposites may be reconciled,” and that “thesis and anti-thesis are identical in nature, but different in degree”; and that the “universal reconciliation of opposites” is effected by a recognition of this Principle of Polarity. The teachers claim that illustrations of this Principle may be had on every hand, and from an examination into the real nature of anything. They begin by showing that Spirit and Matter are but the two poles of the same thing, the intermediate planes being merely degrees of vibration. They show that THE ALL and The Many are the same, the difference being merely a matter of degree of Mental Manifestation.
Thus the LAW and Laws are the two opposite poles of one thing. Likewise, PRINCIPLE and Principles. Infinite Mind and finite minds. Then passing on to the Physical Plane, they illustrate the Principle by showing that Heat and Cold are identical in nature, the differences being merely a matter of degrees. The thermometer shows many degrees of temperature, the lowest pole being called “cold,” and the highest “heat.” Between these two poles are many degrees of “heat” or “cold,” call them either and you are equally correct. The higher of two degrees is always “warmer,” while the lower is always “colder.” There is no absolute standard–all is a matter of degree. There is no place on the thermometer where heat ceases and cold begins. It is all a matter of higher or lower vibrations. The very terms “high” and “low,” which we are compelled to use, are but poles of the same thing–the terms are relative. So with “East and West”–travel around the
world in an eastward direction, and you reach a point which is called west at your starting point, and you return from that westward point. Travel far enough North, and you will find yourself traveling South, or vice versa.
Light and Darkness are poles of the same thing, with many degrees between them. The musical scale is the same–starting with “C” you move upward until you reach another “C,” and so on, the differences between the two ends of the board being the same, with many degrees between the two extremes. The scale of color is the same–higher and lower vibrations being the only difference between high violet and low red. Large and Small are relative. So are Noise and Quiet; Hard and Soft follow the rule. Likewise Sharp and Dull. Positive and Negative are two poles of the same thing, with countless degrees between them.
Good and Bad are not absolute–we call one end of the scale Good and the other Bad, or one end Good and the other Evil, according to the use of the terms. A thing is “less good” than the thing higher in the scale; but that “less good” thing, in turn, is “more good” than the thing next below it–and so on, the “more or less” being regulated by the position on the scale.
And so it is on the Mental Plane. “Love and Hate” are generally regarded as being things diametrically opposed to each other; entirely different; unreconcilable. But we apply the Principle of Polarity; we find that there is no such thing as Absolute Love or Absolute Hate, as distinguished from each other. The two are merely terms applied to the two poles of the same thing. Beginning at any point of the scale we find “more love,” or “less hate,” as we ascend the scale; and “more hate” or “less love” as we descend–this being true no matter from what point, high or low, we may start. There are degrees of Love and Hate, and there is a middle point where “Like and Dislike” become so faint that it is difficult to distinguish between them. Courage and Fear come under the same rule. The Pairs of Opposites exist everywhere. Where you find one thing you find its opposite–the two poles.
And it is this fact that enables the Hermetist to transmute one mental state into another, along the lines of Polarization. Things belonging to different classes cannot be transmuted into each other, but things of the same class may be changed, that is, may have their polarity changed. Thus Love never becomes East or West, or Red or Violet–but it may and often does turn into Hate–and likewise Hate may be transformed into Love, by changing its polarity. Courage may be transmuted into Fear, and the reverse. Hard things may be rendered Soft. Dull things become Sharp. Hot things become Cold. And so on, the transmutation always being between things of the same kind of different degrees. Take the case of a Fearful man. By raising his mental vibrations along the line of Fear-Courage, he can be filled with the highest degree of Courage and Fearlessness. And, likewise, the Slothful man may change himself into an Active, Energetic individual, simply by polarizing along the lines of the desired quality
The student who is familiar with the processes by which the various schools of Mental Science, etc., produce changes in the mental states of those following their teachings, may not readily understand the principle underlying many of these changes. When, however, the Principle of Polarity is once grasped, and it is seen that the mental changes are occasioned by a change of polarity–a sliding along the same scale–the matter is more readily understood. The change is not in the nature of a transmutation of one thing into another thing entirely different–but is merely a change of degree in the same things, a vastly important difference. For instance, borrowing an analogy from the Physical Plane, it is impossible to change Heat into Sharpness, Loudness, Highness, etc., but Heat may readily be transmuted into Cold, simply by lowering the vibrations. In the same way Hate and Love are mutually transmutable; so are Fear and Courage. But Fear cannot be transformed into Love, nor can Courage be transmuted into Hate. The mental states belong to innumerable classes, each class of which has its opposite poles, along which transmutation is possible.
The student will readily recognize that in the mental states, as well as in the phenomena of the Physical Plane, the two poles may be classified as Positive and Negative, respectively. Thus Love is Positive to Hate; Courage to Fear; Activity to Non-Activity, etc., etc. And it will also be noticed that even to those unfamiliar with the Principle of Vibration, the Positive pole seems to be of a higher degree than the Negative, and readily dominates it. The tendency of Nature is in the direction of the dominant activity of the Positive pole.
In addition to the changing of the poles of one's own mental states by the operation of the art of Polarization, the phenomena of Mental Influence, in its manifold phases, shows us that the principle may be extended so as to embrace the phenomena of the influence of one mind over that of another, of which so much has been written and taught of late years. When it is understood that Mental Induction is possible, that is that mental states may be produced by “induction” from others, then we can readily see how a certain rate of vibration, or polarization of a certain mental state, may be communicated to another person, and his polarity in that class of mental states thus changed. It is along this principle that the results of many of the “mental treatments” are obtained. For instance, a person is “blue,” melancholy and full of fear. A mental scientist bringing his own mind up to the desired vibration by his trained will, and thus obtaining the desired polarization in his own case, then produces a similar mental state in the other by induction, the result being that the vibrations are raised and the person polarizes toward the Positive end of the scale instead toward the Negative, and his Fear and other negative emotions are transmuted to Courage and similar positive mental states. A little study will show you that these mental changes are nearly all along the line of Polarization, the change being one of degree rather than of kind.
A knowledge of the existence of this great Hermetic Principle will enable the student to better understand his own mental states, and those of other people. He will see that these states are all matters of degree, and seeing thus, he will be able to raise or lower the vibration at will–to change his mental poles, and thus be Master of his mental states, instead of being their servant and slave. And by his knowledge he will be able to aid his fellows intelligently, and by the appropriate methods change the polarity when the same is desirable. We advise all students to familiarize themselves with this Principle of Polarity, for a correct understanding of the same will throw light on many difficult subjects.
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The following text from the Gnostic Lessons is presented for your reflection, meditation, and study.
GNOSTIC LESSON THREE
The Order of Doorkeeper
This is an important step in our spiritual evolution. The realization that we are more than our physical bodies is but the first step. The second, and often more difficult step, is to also realize that we are more than our emotional bodies. It is easy to become blinded by our emotional state of the moment, to forget who we really are. As Doorkeepers, we remind ourselves that we really are spiritual beings and know we are more than just our body and the emotions we experience.
In ancient times the doorkeeper of a church or temple had important duties. He was expected to guard the door during sacred rituals, preventing any interruption of the work, and he was also responsible for welcoming honored guests and recognizing the spiritual standing of anyone who approached the temple or church door. In the same way, you must learn to guard the doors of your mind, closing those doors to interruptions when those are inappropriate, welcoming insights and inspirations from the Divine, and recognizing the value of thoughts and feelings that present themselves.
The Office of Doorkeeper is associated with the faculty of smell. We need to learn to stop and smell the roses for it is through smelling the roses we begin to fathom the truth that we are more than the emotions we feel. A whole new world opens up to us as our sense of smell rises into the subtle realms. Fragrances take on more meaning for us as we learn to appreciate both their delight and their higher vibrations.
While serving as a Doorkeeper, you are expected to thoroughly examine your emotional health and address any weaknesses you find. One way to begin doing this is to meditate on the feelings of shame, blame, and guilt you feel concerning events in your past and present. As initiates of the Teacher grade of the Fellowship of the Hermetic Rose, you worked with these feelings in an earlier grade, using the methods of spiritual alchemy to help resolve them. Consider whether this would be a good time for you to review or repeat that work. If you did not proceed at that time to the other lessons of the Octagon Society, the introductory stage of the Order of Spiritual Alchemy, you may wish to consider doing so now.
Most of our emotional problems are rooted in feelings of inadequacy, inferiority, unworthiness, helplessness, hopelessness, and ineffectiveness. These feelings are in error as we already know. But we need to forgive ourselves for doubting our own gifts and abilities. We need to forgive others for helping us feel this way about ourselves. We need to accept Divine forgiveness and make ourselves whole.
We all function as Doorkeepers or in our lives. We must sometimes aid others in working through their own negative emotions and experiences. We function as Doorkeepers for these individuals and allow them to step over the threshold to continue their journeys. We open the door or gate for them and they can enter into a new phase of their spiritual path. Likewise, other people are keeping the door closed to us until we work through our own issues. Then the door opens and we may proceed.
On an esoteric level we function in a similar manner. None may pass through the door we guard until he or she resolves her or his issues with us. The password required is the message to be delivered, a request for acceptance or forgiveness, or the issue to be settled between you. Opening the door is a sign we received the message and we forgive this person or the issue has been settled.
Your Work as a Cleric
You do not cease to be a Cleric when you begin training as a Doorkeeper. More generally, each minor order you take up adds to the previous order, rather than replacing it. As a Cleric, you will benefit by continuing the practice of daily prayer, and performing the sacrament of blessing as often as you have an opportunity. You will also benefit by continuing the practices involving food and exercise set out in the previous lesson. Make these practices a regular part of your daily life and you will reap their benefits.
The Sacrament of Naming
Most Christian churches practice the sacrament of baptism for infants. The Universal Gnostic Church does not practice infant baptism because it places a high value on the autonomy and freedom of the individual soul. Only when a person has reached the age where he or she can make a thoughtful decision to make a personal commitment to a given faith is baptism appropriate.
However, it is entirely appropriate to formally name and bless an infant, and to commend the infant to the protection of the Divine. In the Universal Gnostic Church we confer a name and blessing to infants with the sacrament of naming. The same sacrament may also be conferred on people of any age who wish to take a new name, or to mark an interior change of being, thinking,feeling, doing or intending or the start of something new. This is one of the duties of the Doorkeeper, who opens the door to a new name and new life through the sacrament of naming.
Once you have completed the requirements for this Minor Order and become a Doorkeeper, you have the right and duty to perform the sacrament of naming for other people under the auspices of the Universal Gnostic Church. Whenever you exercise this function, keep a record of it. In this record include the name of the person and the circumstances in which the sacrament was requested and carried out.
The ceremony of naming is quite simple. Prepare a small quantity of holy water in advance. Find out from the person to be named, or the parents or guardians of an infant, what name will be conferred and what name, if any, will be used to invoke the Divine; this is theirs to decide and not yours. Put on your alb. Pray, silently or aloud, asking the Divine to bless the person you are about to name. Then pour a small amount of holy water on the head of the person being named and say, “I name you (name) in the presence of (name of Deity). May the blessing and the protection of (name of Deity) be with you all the days of your life.” If the naming ceremony is for an adult, and the name is being taken for some specific purpose, you may add: “...for the purpose of (name the purpose).” Follow with a prayer of thanksgiving, silent or aloud.
Smell and Intuition
The sense of smell is the first that seems to manifest itself as we work our way through the Gnostic Lessons. You may already be aware you smell things more often and intensely since starting your studies.
This process of opening up your psychic sense of smell—clairflairance, to give it its proper name—will continue as you work your way through the Gnostic Lessons. You can quicken this development by consciously paying attention to the things you smell on a day-to-day basis. Being more aware of smells in both the physical and psychic worlds is a spiritual practice that helps the student raise his or her vibration to higher levels.
"Take time to smell the roses" is common way of telling others to slow down and pay attention to life. It's also good advice to the spiritual traveler. As we slow down we become more peaceful and calm. In this state our sense of smell is heightened. Paying attention to the things we smell in this state increases our ability to use our sense of smell and it increases our spiritual vibration.
A good practice is to stop doing whatever we're doing several times a day. Relax and breathe deeply for a few seconds. Then pay attention to the smells around us. This can be done while sitting, standing, walking or resting. It doesn't matter when, where or how we "stop to smell the roses." What matters is that we consciously take the time to do so.
As you persist in this practice you'll start to smell things you don't remember ever smelling before. This is natural. As you pay attention to any of your senses, that sense will perform better for you. Paying attention to anything increases our awareness of the object of our attention. Paying attention to our sense of smell increases our awareness of the myriad smells around us.
As you pay attention, you become more aware. You'll also start to smell things that aren't physically there. For example, in the dead of winter without a flower in sight, you may experience the smell of roses. This impossible situation of smelling things that aren't actually there may confuse and concern you in the beginning. Don’t worry, this is merely a sign you're developing your clairflairance. Just enjoy the moment.
The first psychic smells will probably be the result of spirits bringing you these things in the astral world. If you smell roses, somebody on the other side is bringing you roses. If you smell a barnyard, somebody on the other side is reminding you of something. Whatever psychic smells you experience have a meaning and a message. If you want to develop your psychic senses, pay attention to these things and look for both the message and the meaning.
If you pay attention to your sense of smell you'll experience psychic smelling for yourself. Once you experience smelling something that isn't there you'll naturally shift your attention to looking attentively for somebody to approach your door. It's natural. It's part of growing spiritually. It's part of your duty as a Doorkeeper.
Practice being aware of your sense of smell. Expect clairflairant experiences and look for the person or persons coming to your gate or door. Be aware. Be prepared. Be ready to accept whatever the other person brings into your life and open the door for that person.
Opening the door or gate for others means that you give them the thing they need to continue their spiritual journey. This may be advice or counsel but it could also be acceptance, forgiveness and love. As soon as you give whatever it is the other person needs from you, he or she will continue on his or her spiritual journey and so will you. Until you give the other person whatever it is he or she needs from you that person may continue to need something from you. Needy people can be a thorn in your side.
Anytime you have needy people in your life, your best approach is to relax, breathe deeply and become aware. In this state, ask the Divine to help you open the door for this needy person or these needy people. Pay attention. Be receptive. Accept whatever it is the other person or persons bring to you. Open the door.
Other senses will also become active in this way. As you advance through the Gnostic Lessons all your senses of smell, taste, touch, hearing and sight will open psychically. When you perceive something out of the ordinary with any of these senses, pay attention as you're probably being asked to serve your duty as a gateDoorkeeper. Once you become attuned as a Doorkeeper, your duty will include being a Doorkeeper for the rest of your life. Actually, you always had and always will have that duty, you're just more aware of that fact when you complete your attunement as a Doorkeeper.
Ceremony of Commitment for a Doorkeeper
Once you have put at least a month into the work outlined above you will have completed the traditional requirements to become a Doorkeeper in the Universal Gnostic Church. This title confers no special privilege upon you. It doesn’t give you the right to tell other people what to do, or to preen yourself on your supposedly superior spiritual status. It simply reflects a commitment on your part to enter into a relationship with the Divine and to bless the world around you.
The ceremony is optional but we suggest it to you as a way of honoring your acceptance of the work before you. It's a ceremony of commitment, which affirms that you understand what it means to be a Doorkeeper and accept whatever the Divine may ask you to do. In order to perform this ritual, you will need all the same items you used in the your Cleric ceremony of commitment. The one difference is that you will wear your alb, since you are already a Cleric.
The ritual itself consists of seven steps.
Step One is setting up your temple. As a member of the Grade of Teacher in the Fellowship of the Hermetic Rose you should prepare the space for the standard opening ritual.
Step Two is preparing your altar. Again, you should use the altar of the FHR for this purpose. All four candles should be placed on the altar.
Step Three is to open your ordination in an appropriate manner. The opening ritual you have learned should be used for this purpose. Open the temple on the Grade of Teacher. Then follow the opening ceremony with a prayer in which you thank the Divine, using whatever name you prefer, for all the gifts bestowed upon you. Ask for Divine blessings upon this holy space, the holy altar, the holy items placed upon the altar and ourselves. Ask the Divine to be present and to accept you as a Doorkeeper. You may use a spontaneous prayer, or write out a prayer in advance.
Step Four is to vow to the Divine to uphold the office of Doorkeeper and to serve as a Doorkeeper to the best of your ability; and then ask the Divine to assist you in keeping and fulfilling these vows.
Step Five is to purify yourself with holy water. This is done by dipping your fingertips into the water and using them to moisten your eyelids, your ears, your nostrils, and your lips with holy water. Dip your fingers into the water between each of these. While purifying yourself, say something like this: “I purify my senses so that I will be able to perceive the spiritual realms of existence, so help me (name of the Divine being used).”
Step Six is to anoint yourself with holy oil at the base of each palm, just past the wrist. In anointing yourself, say something like: "I anoint myself to perform all the duties of a Doorkeeper, so help me (name of the Divine being used).”
Step Seven is to close the ceremony. First say a prayer of thanksgiving, thanking the Divine for the blessings that have been conferred on you. Then close the temple in the Teacher Grade with the usual ritual, and go about the rest of your life.
Please note that the point of this ritual is not to impress anybody, including yourself. You gain no special status nor any authority over other people by becoming a Doorkeeper. The point of the ceremony is to humbly and sincerely communicate with the Divine, take your vow, and bless the work the Divine will hereafter ask of you. Having completed the ceremony you are a Doorkeeper. You are now ready to go forth and do such work as the Divine asks of you.
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Date: 2022-09-15 06:30 pm (UTC)This is one way and perhaps the most usual way but it is a whole lot of hard work. And it is possible to switch the ‘blue’ person onto some other track to get movement off the stuck place at an oblique angle. For this ‘trick’ you use qualities that are NOT a matter of degree on the same polarity axis. They are changes of KIND, and of degree, but very slight in degree.
You can encourage the person to paint with blue and externalize it. When it is Outside, it is easier to let go of it. You can surround the person with other colors and push them to use a brighter ones, not inducing at all, but expelling instead. Once the blue fellow moves along to a more positive color scheme it helps.
You can teach the blue fellow to take care of himself: to switch off blue thoughts or make a habit of getting off the Blue Track by hopping onto another Quality: Comfort, Food, Activity, Breathing and so forth.
It is like the difference between pulling someone straight uphill like a mine cart loaded with rocks, or creating a slighter slope that winds around the hill or snakes back and forth at a gentler grade. The path is longer but the gains are more sure and there is less danger of sudden slippage. As long as the movement from stuckness is in a generally positive direction it does not matter which axis you are on. The chief thing is to KEEP MOVING. Any movement, even just a little, helps.
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Date: 2022-09-15 06:45 pm (UTC)Meaning of "tard" in French
Date: 2022-09-16 03:55 am (UTC)Could "tard" be a short for "bitard"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitard
Thanks for your work.
Re: Meaning of "tard" in French
Date: 2022-09-17 08:29 pm (UTC)(Comments are still very much being read on Ecosophia -- I keep responding to posts there for the week until the next post goes up.)
Kyiv has excessive amount of UFOs in the sky
Date: 2022-09-16 12:32 pm (UTC)https://interestingengineering.com/culture/kyiv-ufos-in-the-sky-astronomers-claim
Re: Kyiv has excessive amount of UFOs in the sky
Date: 2022-09-17 08:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2022-09-18 02:43 pm (UTC)Thank you for clearing it up about what is required. I see online as a tool to facilitate getting to in-person and not a replacement of it fwiw.
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Date: 2022-09-18 04:55 pm (UTC)So don't worry about other people. Start doing the work, and when you reach the 5° grade of Teacher, if nobody else has founded a temple in your area, you can start one yourself.
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Date: 2022-09-18 10:09 pm (UTC)