By
Frater Serpentis Satori 9=2
16 jan
02: Sun in Cap; Moon in Pis.
Seekers are most often the majority of The Uninitiated, by their own
choice. They would rather not blaspheme any Temple
or Divinity by choosing wrongly. They are often the best read, and dedicated
Occultists, occasionally better than some Initiates. This is a result of
wandering the murky waters of majick alone, and with often little support even
from a Circle.
They
in any group know the widest and broadest readings of anything from The Wheel
of The Year, to The Nature of Humanity. They ask difficult questions, and are
never pleased with easy or dogmatic answers. Deep within them they are looking
for the truth in every thing and every path, because some how each seems far
too limited to a seeker.
This is often their dismay to belong to all but the loosest circles, one
must share some core beliefs- be it The Rede or Golden Dawn Magic. Only rarely
do they found Open Circles, or Seeker Circles to give them something to belong
to. More often they travel alone through their uncertain path only now and then
encountering a friend on their Path.
So
most of them ultimately tire of being on “their own path” and decide to study a
tradition as their primary direction. Often they are good students, if uneven
and distracted by earlier knowledge of majick. But part of them never really
subscribes to any Tradition or Authority. Then they do return to journeying, as
they have known.
But
some continue on in those Traditions. They are the Initiates who are well liked
by peers, and humble at any stage of attainment. They see the importance of
each lesson and technique, because they understand that it is only a system.
Often they push themselves hardest of all, because they always had too.
As
Adepts, they are Synthesizers of everything that led them to Themselves, and so
are less preachy and dogmatic than their more Traditionalist peers. Often these
are The Adepts who always feel a need to return and give back to The
Uninitiated. They can remember before they had a community.
Masters who came down this road, seem darker and more contemplative,
then their peers but also are more compassionate toward all but the most Evil.
They tend to have broad networks that go into every area they have studied, and
know many others with broadly different views. They are the true reformers
within their adopted Traditions, never really have accepted the labels any one
else places upon them.
Seekers will always be part of Occultism.
They are the most freethinking and free willed part of any community, and are a
blessing for that. Without them it is likely that stagnation and structure
would replace science of the sacred, and the true value of the quest for
perfection would be disregarded for Cultism. They permit even Masters and
Elders to see beyond their Traditions and beliefs about the Path, while never
being too complacent to see the value in any one truth.