The Heart of the Master

And this was the Proclamation: TO MAN Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. My Term of Office upon the Earth being come in the year of the foundation of the Theosophical Society, I took upon myself, in my turn, the sin of the whole World, that the Prophecies might be fulfilled, so that Mankind may take the Next Step from the Magical Formula of Osiris to that of Horus. And mine Hour being now upon me, I proclaim my Law. The Word of the Law is ¸ µ»· ¼±. Given in the midst of the Mediterranean Sea An XX Sol in 3° Libra die Jovis by me ¤Ÿ œ • “‘ ˜ —¡ ™Ÿ › Ÿ“Ÿ£ ‘ ™© Ÿ£ ˜ µ»· ¼± Having read these words with deep attention eleven times, I besought mine Instructor (for the Maiden had returned to her Master) that he would clear those things which were dark to my weak understanding. “In the Light of the Chart of the Work of the Brotherhood,” I said, “the Will of the Master, and His Word, are made plain. But of His hour I know not; and I tremble before the darkness of this Mystery of Sin.” “Of his hour,” answered my teacher, “it is easy to speak. The Work of our Sister Helena Petrovna Blavatsky was inaugurated at the very season of the Birth on Earth of our Brother the Master whose Word is Thelema, whose Name is yet hidden under the form of a Lion. For it was most needful to prepare His Way that He might proclaim His Law in every land that is upon the surface of the Earth. “And this work has been done by the Society founded to that end by our Sister. Yet even so, behold! Full Fifty years have passed, and only now is the hour of Power come upon our Brother the Lion to utter His Word with full efficacy to the whole Earth.” Now was he silent and my spirit was sore troubled; my face darkened, for I approached the Mystery of Sin. But the countenance of my Teacher was glad; and his years fell from him like a mask; and his voice thrilled with the rapture of release.