c) INNER WORK: Individual Thaumanturgic work and alchemical working.
d) OUTER WORK: charitable works of choice, dynamic application of power
of the Law
e) ORIENTATION: Work of the temple, individual spiritual development,
group practice and dedication to work of nearby temple or main temple
Inner Circle members are expected to aggressively defend and support the spiritual growth and well being of their sisters and brothers by putting the law of Unconditional Love into dynamic action. Complete openness, honesty and confidentiality is expected between Inner Circle member at all times.
TEACHINGS
Inner Circle members are not allowed to accept payment for any liturgical functions. In addition Inner Circle members are not allowed to communicate temple functions or teachings to the uninitiated without written permission from the main office.This temple offers a correspondance course of study, as well as individualized training to probationers.
Inner circle teachings are rooted in the 5th dimension of being and beyond ie: tantrc polarity, energy response and consciousness exspansion. They are communicated through the physical, intellectual, and psychic shared by student, teacher, and deity. In practice there is a Spartan emphasis on power, intensity and magickal effectiveness. The goal is to achieve the freedom to realize ones' full potential in accord with the Law of Unconditional Love. The teachings emphasis:
a) Destruction of the inhibitions which limit the expression of love and individual potential
b) Mastery of the dark and primal subconscious cycles of energy.
c) Mastery of the 9 bodies and the 7 dimensions of being.
d) Mastery of the magickal use of the dark moons and the eclipse cycles.
e) Comprehension of the inner meaning of the sacred texts.
f) Selfless service to the Goddess and her temple to the community at large.
The magickal work is to serve the dark goddesses by transforming all individual actions into expressions of Unconditional Love. In this way creation is transformed by the priestess into a harmonious expression of individual will and universal desire. To this end all Inner circle members are empowered to offer temple teachings, initiate and found new temples.
RITUAL:
Only through the feminine current of power may form be manifested in harmony . And it is through the feminine current that the alchemical purification of body and soul is achieved. Thus the rites of Kheperu em INU, the feminine current of power leads and the masculine current follows. In practice this means that the priestess uses the energies of the goddess to lead, guide and shape the energies of the of the god on which the priest calls.
This requires responsibility and confidence on the part of the priestess. And trust, centeredness, and sensitivity on the part of the priest. Over the past 4000 years the masculine current of energy has become progressively more dominant. And this has lead to the manifestation of forms which are progressively disharmonic. This period of strife, falsehood, and delusion is in accord with MAA-T for it counterbalances the 200,000 period of harmonious growth which preceded it.
The current crisis point only marks a turning point where MAA-T causes the cycles of changes to swing in the opposite direction. Thus this era of unbalanced masculine energy manifesting global destruction. Kheperu em INU seeks to nurture the growth of harmony by magickally supporting a more balanced paradigm. Thereby planting the seeds for entry into the new cycle of change.
KEMETIC TANTRA ,SENSUALITY AND SPIRITUALITY:
Tantra as defined by this temple is the process of putting the law of unconditional love put into practice. In Tantra, complimentaries open to each others innate being, uniting their latent creative potential, bring forth a new paradigm. It is through the attraction and interaction of complimentaries that the goddess works to manifest creation in accord with desire.
Sex is the act of coitus. Coitus is process of opening and merging in which complimentary energies unite, to realize their latent potential. This can be; woman to man, mortal to deity, man to man, woman to woman, desire to will, idea to image, individual to humanity, pencil to paper, etc.
On the spiritual plane coitus is the mutual acknowledgment of innate divinity.
On the mental plane coitus is the merging of individual awareness and intent with the ocean of pure awareness. On the astral plane coitus is a merging of the desire to be and become with the ocean of limitless desire. On the physical plane coitus means using physical action to ground and unify the energy of desire and intent released on more abstract levels. The action can be: drawing of a sigil or mandala, dance, touch exploration, sexual intercourse, making art or music, writing, oration etc.
Sensuality is the means by which openness is cultivated. The language of sensuality frees the superconscious to speak to the conscious and subconscious directly. The vocabulary of sensuality is sight, sound, touch, voice, rhythm, movement, gesture, color, pattern, etc. Through these gateways the super-conscious of the priest/ess works to unifying mind, body and spirit and eliminate negative programming. With the unification of mind, body and spirit all actions become Tantra, or expressions of the law of Unconditional Love.
Tantric practice involves uniting the ebb and flow of complimentary forms of energy. Thus sexual intercourse is not necessary for positive results. Many times in fact, undue emphasis on sexual intercourse can be a impediment to progress. Because of our culture associates the body with evil, and obscenity, and sexuality with fear and power. Sexual intercourse along with drugs and alcohol is often used by individuals as a means to avoid intimacy and openness. Or worse yet, as a means of domination or manipulation. These associations combine to form negative subconscious cycles of behavior.
H.I.V. and other related diseases have served only to increase the level of fear and denial. True openness and trust cannot be cultivated with these negative associations. With the language of sensuality, and the unity of mind, body and spirit the priest/ess must strive to confront inner fear and denial. Once discovered, cycles of destructive behavior can be and unlearned. This is the first alchemical act of INU.
The way to confront denial is to accept responsibility for ones actions and inaction. Taking responsibility for ones sexuality by being tested for H.I.V. and by supporting ones partner being tested is a good way to start. It represents a direct way to put the Law and the Covenant into dynamic action.
Physical action should be in accord with the desire which it expresses.
The appropriate expression of the Law is to accord action with desire on all levels of being and in all life endeavors. Thus achieving freedom from conditioning and spiritual autonomy in all things.
SKYCLAD RITUAL:
Individuals use clothing as a means to shield themselves from unwanted intimacy. This is necessary to operate in the world. However in the temple space clothing takes on a new significance.
In the world we cultivate the talent of revealing only facets of ourselves to others. But in the temple space the priest/ess must strive to be present before the deity in entirety. The temple space is the place where all the facets of personality merge into undelineated presence of being. Unlike mundane clothing which hides and shields the self from self and others. Ritual robes are used as tools to tear down inhibitions so as to reveal the inner self to others and to the deity. They express autonomy, sensuality, and innate divinity.
Before the Goddess all aspects of the self are beautiful and divine and as such are sacred. Ritual robes thus serve to draw attention to the most hidden parts of our bodies and personality through adornment.Before we can adorn our most hidden self we must first reveal, and embrace it.
Seeing and adorning our virtues is an acceptance of innate beauty. This is easy. Seeing and adorning our imperfections is acceptance of the beauty of the sublime. This is difficult.
By adorning the struggle of the soul, ritual robes serve to expose the priest/ess' dark beauty. When this hidden beauty is fully accepted, all clothing including flesh and bone becomes a veil through which sublime inner virtue radiates. But before the darkness of being can be adorned it must be exposed. This is made difficult by the negative body image our culture promotes to increase the sales of beauty products, alcohol and anti-depressant drugs.
Ritual nudity is a excellent way to confront these problems directly and explore one' psychological and sensual complexity.
Nudity while practicing yoga, vibration, meditation, or during ritual is encouraged until all feelings of insecurity and anxiety are lost. When this happens, images of different robe configurations will arise in dreams, trance etc. Ritual nudity before the goddess helps the priest/ess eliminate inhibitions to accessing divine power.
Ritual nudity before others teaches the priest/ess to accept the purity of self, and to base self confidence on inner strength instead of outer appearances. Solitary nudity in yoga, ritual, and meditation helps the priest/ess explore and eliminate the roots of body centered anxieties, and negative programming.
