About Membership

Type of Members We Seek

Advantages of Membership

Inclusiveness

Eligibility

Privacy

Degrees Of Membership

Initiation

Spiritual Progress Requires Patience

Type of Members We Seek

The Church of Light seeks earnestness and usefulness in its membership. Membership may be obtained regardless of rank, race, sex, creed, or color.

It is our desire that The Church of Light will grow in numbers. We believe this will happen when each and every member lives a higher quality of life as a result of studying and practicing the principles contained within The Religion of the Stars.

Advantages of Membership

• Participation in a community that seeks spiritual enlightenment and the development of self for the benefit of humanity.
• Opportunities for various avenues of organizational advancement within the Church of Light.
• Award Manuscripts for attainment of scientific degrees.
• Eligibility for future induction into the Order of the Sphinx.
• Voting privileges.
• Participation in members-only forums.
• Your membership supports our efforts to teach, practice and disseminate the new and ancient wisdom of the Religion of the Stars.

Inclusiveness

Being a member of The Church of Light does not exclude your membership in any other religious or spiritual organization. In fact we realize that during this period of transition from one age to the next the vestiges of the Piscean religious practices have been engrained in most of our hearts and minds. However, we do believe that contained within the pages of The Brotherhood of Light Lessons are the ideas that will help you to practice this religion or any other religion with a better understanding of your relationship to Deity and to all life forms. In general your religious experience will take on a deeper, soul-expanding quality.

Eligibility

To be eligible there must be not only an avowed determination to live a more constructive life, but it is also required that those who join in membership undertake some unselfish work. This work need not be such as to interfere with business or domestic life. It is not necessary that it be some great undertaking, or that it consume much attention, time or energy. It is requisite, however, that some small portion of the life be devoted to the benefit of others without thought of recompense.

Our members are expected to contribute to the support of The Church of Light and the dissemination of THE RELIGION OF THE STARS, each according to his/her worldly wealth.

Membership privileges may be revoked.

Privacy

Members may reveal their affiliation with The Church of Light at their option, but the names of members will not he divulged without written permission from them.

All correspondence is kept confidential.

Likewise, we insist that our members keep secret the Private MSS and any special information that we may give them for their individual unfoldment.

Degrees Of Membership

Within the organization, there are 50 degrees of Initiation, embracing all essential knowledge and power possible to humanity. Using the numerology of The Sacred Tarot, the word ADEPT yields A(1)+D(4)+E(5)+P(17)+T(22) = 49 = 7 x 7. The perfect Human, or Adept, must be master of 3 times 7 Sacred Sciences (21 Scientific Degrees), 3 times 7 Lucidic Arts (21 Lucidic Degrees), and 7 States of Soul Consciousness. The 50th degree symbolizes the completion of the Great Work and the Reunion of Soul Mates on the Spiritual Plan. (See Spiritual Alchemy.)

Each Scientific Degree may be gained by passing an examination on one of the 21 branches of Occult Science. Each Lucidic Degree may be gained by demonstrating the possession of certain psychic ability, or by accomplishing specific sacred work.

Each Soul Degree may be gained by demonstrating that there has been specific realization of the Higher States of Consciousness.

The work of the 50th degree is imparted secretly to the member when ready.

The Scientific Degrees are gained by passing the examinations on the Courses of lessons issued by Church of Light. No fee is charged for the Initiation; but in view of the labor of correcting examination papers, the candidate is expected to express his appreciation. Through a free-will donation, to extent he or she is financially able.

Any duly ordained Missionary Teacher of The Church of Light is empowered to form and conduct study under the provisions of the By-Laws. And where sufficient interest shown and a duly ordained minister of The Church of Light a Branch Church may be established. See the Organizational Guide (PDF file - 160.4k) under the Saturn Section of this web site.

Initiation

Having evolved from the secret mystery school tradition The Church of Light contains within its structure the vestiges of Initiation. The rituals of initiation tell the story of the evolution of the soul...its origins and its travails. When practiced, they affirm the journey of the soul back to spirit. In fact, The Church of Light teaches that life is an initiation...learning to consciously observe life's passages through ceremony is one means of making and maintaining connection to the sacred. It has been the Church's experience over many years that members come seeking secret knowledge that will be imparted to them when they demonstrate sufficient development. In fact, this is true but The Church of Light itself does not take upon itself the privilege of bestowing that "inner initiation". This is not a privilege any organization should claim. Instead The Church of Light is very proud to offer each individual the tools with which they can, step by step, develop and observe their own initiatory process. Through the structure of degrees and certificates, The Church of Light can stand as witness and celebrate each member's progress along their individual path.

Spiritual Progress Requires Patience

It is the desire of The Church of Light to offer members every facility for spiritual progress. Members should realize, however, that there is no Royal Road to spiritual attainment. Spiritual growth, to be of permanent value, should be gradual. Heaven cannot be reached in a single bound. The only method of reaching the heights is through persistent determination, unremitting toil, and purposeful endeavor.

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