Contact the Order. The full title of the Order is Hermetic Order of the Star and Snake.
Membership: A full initiate member of the Order is any person in the degree of Neophyte or above in our Collegium. It is easy to obtain Associate memberhip but full initiate membership takes hard work and dedication involving intense spiritual aspiration, continuous study, long practice and the keeping of a diary record.
All meetings 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. It must not be thought that our aims and ideals are ‘generic’, and so comparable with other organisations. Preferably aspirants will have read and studied some of our most recent works.
An overview of our degree structure may be viewed here.
Our in-depth guide in all matters of initiation is presented here.
Our book, Thunder Perfect Gnosis—Intellectual Flower of Mind is very highly recommended as it includes ten chapters on Raja Yoga, which is our core practical basis for advanced students. The sequel, Metamorphosis—Hermetic Science and Yoga Power completes the study of Patañjali Yoga with what is, to our knowledge, the most informed and detailed exposition on the Supernormal Powers in classical yoga ever written.
The method of Hermetic Tantra-yoga as is given in works such as Magical Theurgy is highly recommended for those who have studied the Western Mystery Tradition and who wish to extend their knowledge of it well beyond that which is available elsewhere in the public domain. Our course in applied Qabalah, Hermetic Qabalah Foundation is open to suitable applicants and the book, which includes a complete course in theory and practice, is available from our website here.
There are three stages on the way to obtaining full membership: Associate, Student, Practitioner or Apprentice. If the Apprentice is deemed successful and his work approved, then he is advanced to the first initiate degree in the Hermetic Order of the Star and Snake. Aspirants are expected to manage their own contributions to the Order. This may be done through regular or one-off donations, as according to their means.
Contact: Associate Membership
Send us your courteous letter of introduction and contact details as described below. Please use your real name, not an Internet pseudo or nickname. Provide the following with your letter of introduction:
- Full name and title (Mr, Miss, Ms, Mrs) and street address, town, city, postal or zip code, state or country.
- Telephone number (with country, area code) by which we can contact you, if necessary.
- Give the time (if known), date and place of your birth. Format the date ‘3rd January, 1980’, for example, so we can be sure. Put the name of the nearest city and the region and country you were born in.
- Tell us briefly about your study and experience and any books read that may be relevant. For example, books by René Guénon or source works: Egyptian, Hermetic, Gnostic; Hinduism and Tantras; Qabalah.
- Provide a book list of our literature you are reading and studying.
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If you want your enquiry to be taken seriously then please use a formal structure—send us an email letter, not a ‘message’. Address it to the Director of Studies, Ordo Astri. Close the letter with your full name and any other details you care to supply us with if that will help us respond to your enquiry.
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