Honorifics
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Just out of curiosity, as I haven't seen this covered anywhere. What would be the correct honorifics to adress high initiates?
The information I have — I'm writing this from memory — is:
H∴ — Philosophus, Dominus Liminis, Adeptus Minor Without;
V∴H∴ — Adeptus Minor Within, Adeptus Major;
G∴H∴ — Adeptus Exemptus;
S∴H∴ — Magister Templi & beyond.Can someone correct me?
Love is the law, love under will.
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@Ethar said
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Just out of curiosity, as I haven't seen this covered anywhere. What would be the correct honorifics to adress high initiates?
The information I have — I'm writing this from memory — is:
H∴ — Philosophus, Dominus Liminis, Adeptus Minor Without;
V∴H∴ — Adeptus Minor Within, Adeptus Major;
G∴H∴ — Adeptus Exemptus;
S∴H∴ — Magister Templi & beyond.
Love is the law, love under will."That's pretty good. Here are a few tweaks:
V.'.H.'. applies to 5=6 in general - no distinction on within/without.
M.'.H.'. - Adeptus Major
S.'.H.'. from at least one period in the 1920s was applied to 8=3 and up, although an earlier standard used G.'.R.'. for 8=3 and S.'.H.'. for 9=2. -
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Thanks. I knew there was a missing piece.
I assume G∴R∴ isn't standard anymore? I saw you using S∴H∴ for both 8=3 and 9=2.
And is H∴ "made up"? I don't recall seeing it on any reliable places.
Love is the law, love under will.
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H.'. goes back to before early Golden Dawn. It means "Honored." It's very pivotal in the climax of the 4=7 ritual.
I haven't seen G.'.R.'. used in A.'.A.'. contexts since about 1907.
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Crowley is, at least once, referred to in the Equinox as G.H. Fra. O.S.V. (his 6=5 motto). I'm going to assume this is simply a mistake (or something written when such ideas were not completely decided upon yet).
Love is the law, love under will.
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@Ethar said
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Crowley is, at least once, referred to in the Equinox as G.H. Fra. O.S.V. (his 6=5 motto). I'm going to assume this is simply a mistake (or something written when such ideas were not completely decided upon yet).
Love is the law, love under will."
Yes, it was a mistake. - Or, he might have been using it in the sense of one of the three Chiefs governing the whole Order. In the GD, these were all 7=4 (actual or honorary) and referred to as Greatly Honored. The A.'.A.'. has always equated those Chiefs more directly with their sephirothic grades; but he might have meant the honorific in that particular sense.
The old GD usages was "Most Honored." We have, years later, Crowley's warrant to Windram for the Order of Thelemites, in which he referred to Windram specifically as a 6=5 and as M.'.,H.'., though he spelled out the M.H. as Magne Honoratum - which, actually, would translate "Greatly Honored."
