The Royal Library of Alexandria was founded by Ptolemy I Soter in 306 B.C.E.,
and at its peak contained over 400,000 individual scrolls and other written
items, copied and maintained from all of the written works of the known world.
It was located in the Bruchion or palace quarter of Alexandria. Next to it
was the famous Museum, and the Serapeum. The Royal Library was destroyed accidentally
by Julius Caesar in 48 B.C.E., and no further mention of it is known. The legend
that it was destroyed at the instigation of Theophilus in 391 C.E. (whose mob
actually destroyed the abandoned and looted Serapeum), or by Caliph Omar in
642 C.E., are probably fabrications. That Alexandria continued to be a place
of learning and innovation long after its famed Library was destroyed is of
little doubt, but the Library and its secret contents still fascinates the
minds of humanity, and perhaps if this knowledge were not lost, the Renaissance
might have begun a thousand years earlier. Instead, the great knowledge became
lost and unknown again, but was rediscovered later through other means - and
the knowledge lives on in the hearts of all the seekers for truth.
The members of the Order of the Gnostic Sta
r
believe that the Lore and the Grimoire of the Order represent a sacred
trust of spiritual knowledge, recovered
and derived from ancient sources, and brought into the modern world through
a creative melding of the old and the new; the legacies of the post modern
world and the world of the ancient past. The knowledge of the Art of Magick
grows and evolves with the times, and the magicians of each age have crafted
their own rituals from the lore of the past and present. The present age
is no different than any other time in previous epochs - the magician is
tasked to renew the ancient alignments and forge a path into the future.
And we of the Order endeavor to continue with this work, and also with
the obligation of sharing it with the world of seekers; those seeking esoteric
truth and magickal revelation.
Herein are the rituals, workings, ordeals of transformation, initiations,
seasonal ceremonies and quests, of the liturgy and grimoire
of the modern ritual magician and Gnostic Sorcerer of the New Age; the
Practitioner
of the New Paradigm. As the Great Chain of Nested Being unfolds and reveals
the mysteries of its essence - so we must open our library to the eyes
and minds of the seekers of this age. Contained in this web page are the
various
downloadable files, in PDF format, representing the first two years of
lore for a Temple of the E.S.S.G. Further knowledge can be obtained by
the serious
seeker and probationer of the Order - by contacting existing members and
meeting the requirements for establishing a new temple. The journey is
begun by the first steps, the first rituals of the Art of Magick.
- Note:
A Grimoire
is a book of magick spells, incantations, formulas and rituals, sigils,
talisman and lamen.
Click Here to view the Library PDF files.Click on the icon of the file you
wish to examine.
