The Sevenfold Vow

Original Hebrew and Aramaic Texts Translated and edited by: Edmond Bordeaux Szekely 

THE SEVENFOLD VOW

THE SEVENFOLD VOW

The vow which the neophyte was required to take before being given the words of the Communions was divided into seven parts in keeping with the Essenes' use of the number seven. The vow was as follows:

1. I want to and will do my best to live like the Tree of Life, planted by the Great Masters of our Brotherhood, with my Heavenly Father who planted the Eternal Garden of the Universe and gave me my spirit; with my Earthly Mother who planted the Great Garden of the Earth and gave me my body; with my brothers who are working in the Garden of our Brotherhood.

• I want to and will do my best to hold every morning my Communions with the angels of the Earthly Mother, and every evening with the angels of the Heavenly Father, as established by the Great Masters of our Brotherhood.

• I want to and will do my best to follow the path of the Sevenfold Peace.

• I want to and will do my best to perfect my Acting Body, my Feeling Body and my Thinking Body, according to the teachings of the Great Masters of our Brotherhood.

• I will always and everywhere obey with reverence my Master, who gives me the Light of the Great Masters of all times.

• I will submit to my Master and accept his decision on whatever differences or complaints I may have against any of my brothers working in the Garden of our Brotherhood; and I shall never take any complaint against a brother to the outside world.

• I will always and everywhere keep secret all the traditions of our Brotherhood which my Master will tell me; and I will never reveal to anyone these secrets without the permission of my Master. I will never claim as my own the knowledge received from my Master and I will always give credit to him for all this knowledge. I will never use the knowledge and power I have gained through initiation from my Master for material or selfish purposes.

"With the coming of day I embrace my Mother, with the coming of night I join my Father, and with the outgoing Of evening and morning I will breathe Their Law, and I will not interrupt these Communions until the end of time. "

From "The Manual of Discipline" of the Dead Sea Scrolls

I enter the Eternal and Infinite Garden

with reverence to the Heavenly Father,

To the Earthly mother as well,

And to the Great Masters,

Reverence to the Holy,

Pure and Saving Teaching,

Revere the Chosen Brotherhood.

The Sevenfold Peace