At the beginning of the Third Millenia of the Common Era the Fraternity of the Hidden Light held an international conclave. Members of the major orders from around the globe participated in an harmonious sharing of thoughts and ideas. Old rivalries and conflicts were forgotten and a new document was ratified declaring the goals of the Inner School for the next thousand years. Just as the Fama Fraternitatis had declared our existance and goals for the Second Millenium and the Age of Pisces , so too does the Declaratio Lucis declare it for this Third Millenium and the comming Age of Aquarius.
Declaratio Lucis
T
o serve the Limitless Light and travel the Path of Return for its own sake; To labor at
the Great Work and become a conscious assistant of Evolution on all levels; To unveil
the Mysteries of Nature that one's service will be guided by Truth; To awaken the
proper degree of respect for the precious miracle of Life regardless of the form that it
inhabits; That one might rise from the ashes of darkness and ignorance to take wing
with the Phoenix into the Spiritual Sun; This is the Ideal of the Task to which we have set
ourselves and the goal of our purpose.
W
e do reaffirm the Universal Reformation of Humanity as declared in the older
manifestoes of the Tradition. To restore, preserve and enlarge those ancient
mystical and philosophical systems of initiation, by which humanity will be inclined
toward a state of mutual understanding and spiritual integrity. The extension and
perfection of all the Arts, by which the power of beauty may be released as a
civilizing force. The reconstitution of states toward a philosophic commonwealth whereby the
illusion of competition and separateness will be dispelled by the reality of interdependent
co-operation. The creation among the learned of a permanent organization dedicated to
essential advancement, devoted to all branches of useful knowledge and capable of providing a
perpetual incentive for human progress. The accomplishment of all change without such
revolutions as endanger the life and property of the private citizen. The principal instrument of
improvement is education. The wise one cannot be enslaved, and the ignorant one cannot be
freed.
A
New Order of Ages has blessed us with a Golden Dawn. A Tradition of ritual and ideal
born from the Limitless Light of Being. A map of the labyrinth to guide us to the Inmost
and Most High. The Lie of Separateness has held the Human Race in its grip since
before the time of Imperial Rome. Many have succumbed to its subtle seductiveness.
Even our own Tradition has suffered this taint and yet the Diaspora of its illumination
continues to blossom. The time is upon us for a real, conscious, sustained effort to join together
as One for the putting of the Great Work First before the origin or pedigree of a particular
vehicle or the grade of one's attunement. Ours is a Path which quits this Night of Materialism for
an Unreserved Dedication to the Light - a dedication of service to all Life.
Such is the Oratory of our hearts and the Laboratory of our hands and minds
for
The Hermetic Light is Truth and Wisdom.