Valor
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I'm creating this thread for everyone and anyone who can shed light on this journey. I have formally invited our friend Demogogos and Mr. Frost to help aid in this endeavour. Any ToS members who can put forth their own views would be much appreciated as well.
I'm starting this thread quoting Magus Demogorgos below:
Xem
Xem is by definition an advanced State of Being. Xem is a higher State of Being which only the serious Seeker can achieve. The initiate who achieves Xem will have the qualities of a Magus Vº. Although Xem is a recognizable state which may be achieved only after one becomes a member of the Priesthood of Anubis, Xem is not necessarily a degree.
The aspiring Magician has to have a good grasp of Xeper before he or she can undertake their Quest. It is through Xeper that an Initiate may recognize Xem.
Xem does away with the Æonic paradigm. Within the Æonic paradigm, a Magus Vº was an Initiate who Uttered a Word that either brought into Being a new Æon or Era (in the case of the Magus Anton Szander LaVey of the Church of Satan whose Word Indulgence was the Word of the Era of Satan) or enhanced the Æon wherein the Magus/Maga Uttered the Word (an example of this would be the Word “Remanifest” Uttered by Magus James Lewis within the Æon of Set). The Xem Magus is beyond, and not confined to, the Æonic paradigm.
With the Uttering of the Word Xem the “Majesty of Set” has literally faded. For this reason the Order of Anubis has Come into Being. True Understanding of Xem cannot be attained within the Æon of Set wherein the Word Xem was Uttered. Once the Magus Barrett understood this, he saw himself forced to leave the Temple of Set and abandon his Function as High Priest of Set, aware that the paradigm of Xem could not be grasped by those initiates “confined” within the Æon of Set, nor within any Æon for that matter. The Xem Magus/Maga Understands all Æonic Words from all the Æons and Era. This is not unlike the Perspective of the Ipsissimus VIº, the highest attainable degree within the Æonic paradigm. The Ipsissimus VIº cannot, however, gaze further than the confines of the Æon wherein he has attained his degree.
Xem must be recognized as a desirable State of Being, wilfully chosen as a step of one's Xeper, accurately perceived by the initiate, and earnestly worked towards because Xem does not occur by accident.
Xem is attained through an Initiatory Quest. Each initiate must define his own Question, and must Quest for the Answer. Just as in Alchemy the initiate himself is transformed upon creation of the Philosopher's Stone, so too is the initiate transformed to Xem upon resolution of or during his Quest by his Work with his Personal Word.
The Question and the Quest are individual. Initiates may occasionally share a Question, but more often their Quests will each be unique. This is because we are individuals, Wilfully individualistic, and Growing more so as we Xeper. The Question must be critically and vitally important to this unique individual, and the Quest will reflect his or her individuality.
The Question and the Quest will eventually result in the definition and Work with a Personal Word of the personal choice of the Initiate. This Word defines and reflects the unique Personal Understanding of the Process of Xeper of the Initiate. The Initiate achieves Xem by the Work with a Personal Word that will then converge with Xem. Thus the Uttering of such a Personal Word will result, if the Work is successful, in the Uttering of Xem.
So It Is Done...
Always and Ever Forward, Valor.
I'm starting this thread quoting Magus Demogorgos below:
Xem
Xem is by definition an advanced State of Being. Xem is a higher State of Being which only the serious Seeker can achieve. The initiate who achieves Xem will have the qualities of a Magus Vº. Although Xem is a recognizable state which may be achieved only after one becomes a member of the Priesthood of Anubis, Xem is not necessarily a degree.
The aspiring Magician has to have a good grasp of Xeper before he or she can undertake their Quest. It is through Xeper that an Initiate may recognize Xem.
Xem does away with the Æonic paradigm. Within the Æonic paradigm, a Magus Vº was an Initiate who Uttered a Word that either brought into Being a new Æon or Era (in the case of the Magus Anton Szander LaVey of the Church of Satan whose Word Indulgence was the Word of the Era of Satan) or enhanced the Æon wherein the Magus/Maga Uttered the Word (an example of this would be the Word “Remanifest” Uttered by Magus James Lewis within the Æon of Set). The Xem Magus is beyond, and not confined to, the Æonic paradigm.
With the Uttering of the Word Xem the “Majesty of Set” has literally faded. For this reason the Order of Anubis has Come into Being. True Understanding of Xem cannot be attained within the Æon of Set wherein the Word Xem was Uttered. Once the Magus Barrett understood this, he saw himself forced to leave the Temple of Set and abandon his Function as High Priest of Set, aware that the paradigm of Xem could not be grasped by those initiates “confined” within the Æon of Set, nor within any Æon for that matter. The Xem Magus/Maga Understands all Æonic Words from all the Æons and Era. This is not unlike the Perspective of the Ipsissimus VIº, the highest attainable degree within the Æonic paradigm. The Ipsissimus VIº cannot, however, gaze further than the confines of the Æon wherein he has attained his degree.
Xem must be recognized as a desirable State of Being, wilfully chosen as a step of one's Xeper, accurately perceived by the initiate, and earnestly worked towards because Xem does not occur by accident.
Xem is attained through an Initiatory Quest. Each initiate must define his own Question, and must Quest for the Answer. Just as in Alchemy the initiate himself is transformed upon creation of the Philosopher's Stone, so too is the initiate transformed to Xem upon resolution of or during his Quest by his Work with his Personal Word.
The Question and the Quest are individual. Initiates may occasionally share a Question, but more often their Quests will each be unique. This is because we are individuals, Wilfully individualistic, and Growing more so as we Xeper. The Question must be critically and vitally important to this unique individual, and the Quest will reflect his or her individuality.
The Question and the Quest will eventually result in the definition and Work with a Personal Word of the personal choice of the Initiate. This Word defines and reflects the unique Personal Understanding of the Process of Xeper of the Initiate. The Initiate achieves Xem by the Work with a Personal Word that will then converge with Xem. Thus the Uttering of such a Personal Word will result, if the Work is successful, in the Uttering of Xem.
So It Is Done...
Always and Ever Forward, Valor.
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