#SilenceBreaksForthIntoSong
Full Ascent
A promise
Swearing an oath, vow, or obligation
Willingly giving full ascent
What does it mean for one to give these things in word, deed, or from the heart?
Full Ascent
A promise
Swearing an oath, vow, or obligation
Willingly giving full ascent
What does it mean for one to give these things in word, deed, or from the heart?
What follows are select portions taken from my ritual experiences that led to what they call "full ascent"...
Let each declare the verdict...is it forced or fully willing
Let each declare the verdict...is it forced or fully willing
Sacred Ritual Promise 1:
"I further promise and swear that I will, in all things, act as a true and faithful Brother, and will caution my Brother by word, sign or token."
"I further promise and swear that I will, in all things, act as a true and faithful Brother, and will caution my Brother by word, sign or token."
What really is in a promise?
Is it simply words memorized, contemplated upon, and repeated before others in rhetoric?
Words spoken with meaning and "intentions" to follow thru...with "intentions" to keep...
Why must the promise be spoken aloud before witnesses?
Is it simply words memorized, contemplated upon, and repeated before others in rhetoric?
Words spoken with meaning and "intentions" to follow thru...with "intentions" to keep...
Why must the promise be spoken aloud before witnesses?
Does the fact that the promise is spoken out loud make it any truer?
If it was given silently within ones heart, does that make it any less true?
Does seeing it written, hearing it spoken, or sensing it change what it is?
If it was given silently within ones heart, does that make it any less true?
Does seeing it written, hearing it spoken, or sensing it change what it is?
Ritual (Part 5)
The girl and boy are in the pentagram.
He is kneeling on the floor with his arms up and hands facing palms up
She is standing and looking down at him, her palms pressed against his
The girl and boy are in the pentagram.
He is kneeling on the floor with his arms up and hands facing palms up
She is standing and looking down at him, her palms pressed against his
Outside the Pentagram stand eight people
Seven men and one woman...the Queen of Heaven
Each promise is made with a weapon drawn
A weapon pointing at the children
The girl contemplates
A fleeting thought...is there a way out of this?
What will happen if she runs? If she fights?
Seven men and one woman...the Queen of Heaven
Each promise is made with a weapon drawn
A weapon pointing at the children
The girl contemplates
A fleeting thought...is there a way out of this?
What will happen if she runs? If she fights?
She is confident the boy would join her in either of these options
But are the weapons just for show
Strings are drawn, arrows in place
But are the weapons just for show
Strings are drawn, arrows in place
She already has seen death
She understands there is no bounds to the evil in the hearts of those who stand around this circle
She tries to console herself with the thought that the promise is ONLY between her and the boy
But she knows the truth
Forever she is bound to THEM
She understands there is no bounds to the evil in the hearts of those who stand around this circle
She tries to console herself with the thought that the promise is ONLY between her and the boy
But she knows the truth
Forever she is bound to THEM
She turns her attention back to the boy
He is dutifully reciting his part of the vow to her
What is really happening here in this process of promise making?
By "willful words" the two become yoked
Committed in mind to give a part of themselves to protect one another
He is dutifully reciting his part of the vow to her
What is really happening here in this process of promise making?
By "willful words" the two become yoked
Committed in mind to give a part of themselves to protect one another
Sacred Ritual Vow of Obligation:
"...of my own free will and accord, do I solemnly vow that my brothers friends shall be my friends, his enemies shall be my enemies..."
"...of my own free will and accord, do I solemnly vow that my brothers friends shall be my friends, his enemies shall be my enemies..."
The further they ascend...the more is required
Faithfulness, duty, honor, integrity, friendship, brotherhood
All good things, right?
It is good to share the burden of the yoke with thy Brother
Isn't this what God desires?
Faithfulness, duty, honor, integrity, friendship, brotherhood
All good things, right?
It is good to share the burden of the yoke with thy Brother
Isn't this what God desires?
Ritual:
The woman notices the girls hesitation and her head tilted to the side in thought
That slight hesitancy comes with a price
The woman snaps her fingers
All weapons are now pointed directly at the boy
He purposely presses his fingertips against the girls
The woman notices the girls hesitation and her head tilted to the side in thought
That slight hesitancy comes with a price
The woman snaps her fingers
All weapons are now pointed directly at the boy
He purposely presses his fingertips against the girls
This jars her from her many thoughts and redirects her attention
In that moment, allegorically, she lets all fleeting thoughts go...giving way to the yoke resting upon her small shoulders...and continues the vow in full
In that moment, allegorically, she lets all fleeting thoughts go...giving way to the yoke resting upon her small shoulders...and continues the vow in full
Sacred Ritual Vow of Obligation:
"I further solemnly promise to guard...all secrets of princes, and to communicate them to none..."
Full ascent is not just between two people
Who really is ones "full consent" or "will" given to?
"I further solemnly promise to guard...all secrets of princes, and to communicate them to none..."
Full ascent is not just between two people
Who really is ones "full consent" or "will" given to?
Sacred Ritual Vow is acknowledged:
High Priest: "Do you here by acknowledge and "give full ascent" to all the previous pledges
And according to your duty to learn from them along with the sacred texts, the constitution and Regulations and further the bi-laws of the conclave..."
High Priest: "Do you here by acknowledge and "give full ascent" to all the previous pledges
And according to your duty to learn from them along with the sacred texts, the constitution and Regulations and further the bi-laws of the conclave..."
By birth
By marriage
By promises
By oaths and obligations
By full ascent of ones will
What does it really mean to be yoked in the "Brotherhood"?
By marriage
By promises
By oaths and obligations
By full ascent of ones will
What does it really mean to be yoked in the "Brotherhood"?
