Contact us: Address your email letter of enquiry to the Director of Studies. In closing your letter, please use your real name, not an Internet pseudo or nickname. Add any other details that will help us respond accurately to your enquiry. Send email. (Expect a response within 3 to 4 days.)
Initiation: You may apply for one of our (free) Introductory Courses here. Work the course in your own time. On completion, if you wish, you may apply for one of the two full courses to prepare for initiation with the Hermetic Order of the Star and Snake.
Contact: membership application and study assistance
A full initiate member is any person in the first degree of Neophyte or above in the Order. A Neophyte is an entered practitioner.
We provide unique ritual and meditation methods across two paths or portals to initiation. Those whose interest begins with the Western Mystery Tradition may work Hermetic Qabalah Introductory Course. Alternatively, we offer an Introductory Course based on our Egyptian Yoga, called House of the Net. See Study Assistance below for links to required or recommended reading in both of the full courses.
All meetings, whether online or otherwise, one-to-one or as part of a group, take place in private. We do not maintain lodges or hold public meetings. It is not possible to ‘transfer’ a grade or degree obtained through membership of another group or organisation.
The Apprentice works under supervision on either of our full courses (not the introductory steps). On the full courses, records of the work are submitted on a monthly basis for assessment. On completion an assessment is made for initiation, if that has been requested.
Contact: Study Assistance
Please note that usually the aspirant takes one of the two Introductory Courses on offer before applying for initiation and a full course.
Western Mystery Tradition: Those who wish to work the full Hermetic Qabalah Foundation one-year correspondence course note that Hermetic Qabalah Foundation—Complete Course is the required course book (Oliver St. John, 2018 revised 2024).
House of the Net Course (Egyptian Yoga): For those who wish to work this six-month full course, our book, Thunder Perfect Gnosis—Intellectual Flower of Mind (Oliver St. John, 2023) is required. It includes ten chapters on Raja Yoga, which is our core practical basis. The sequel, Metamorphosis—Hermetic Science and Yoga Power (Oliver St. John 2024) completes the study of Patañjali Yoga with a very detailed exposition on the Supernormal Powers in classical yoga.
Podcasts
- Metaphysics of the Real: RSS.com
On RSS you can listen on all major platforms, including Apple, Spotify, Amazon, etc. - Metaphysics of the Real on YouTube Channel
Help Fund Ordo Astri: Donations
Student and members at any level are welcome to contribute by making a donation to Ordo Astri securely by PayPal.* (You do not need to have a PayPal account.) You can either:
- Make a one-off donation
- Choose one of the three monthly subscription plans
- Donate any amount you want on a monthly basis
The link takes you to our secure PayPal page hosted by Tantrika Arts.
* If you do not wish to donate by PayPal or card then please contact us by email to make a direct transfer.