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34. The death of a Brother is not to be an occasion of melancholy, but
of rejoicing; the Brethren of his Lodge shall gather together and make
a banquet with music and dancing and all manner of gladness. It is of
the greatest importance that this shall be done, for thereby the
inherited fear of death which is deep-seated as instinct in us will
gradually be rooted out. It is a legacy from the dead aeon of Osiris,
and it is our duty to kill it in ourselves that our children and our
children's children may be born free from the curse.
NINTH HOUSE
35. Every Brother is expected to spend a great part of his spare time
in the study of the principles of the Law and of the Order, and in
searching out the key to its great and manifold mysteries.
36. He should also do all in his power to spread the Law, especially
taking long journeys, when possible, to remote places, there to sow
the seed of the Law.
TENTH HOUSE
37. All pregnant women are especially sacred to members of the Order,
and no effort should be spared to bring them to acceptance of the Law
of Freedom, so that the unborn may benefit by that impression. They
should be induced to become members of the Order, so that the child
may be born under its aegis.
38. If the mother that is to be have asserted her will to be so in
contempt and defiance of the Tabus of the slave-gods, she is to be
regarded as especially suitable to our Order, and the Master of the
Lodge in her district shall offer to become, as it were, godfather to
the child, who shall be trained specially, if the mother so wishes, as
a servant of the Order, in one of its Profess-Houses.
39. Special Profess-Houses for the care of women of the Order, or
those whose husbands or lovers are members of the Order, will be
instituted, so that the frontal duty of womankind may be carried out
in all comfort and honour.
40. Every Brother is expected to use all his influence with persons in
a superior station of life (so called) to induce them to joint the
Order. Royal personages, ministers of State, high officials in the
Diplomatic, Naval, Military, and Civil Services are particularly to be
sought after, for it is intended ultimately that the temporal power of
the State be brought into the Law, and led into freedom and prosperity
by the application of its principles.
41. Colleges of the Order will presently be established where the
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