Saturngnosis

“Saturngnosis” is supposed to be the occult, cosmological concept, recognized and developed by Gregor A. Gregorius. With the doctrine of the aeons and Demiurgs this complex system describes the just beginning Age of Aquarius which is subject to the Law of Thelema. ”Saturngnosis” was also the name of an occult periodical which was published within 1928-1930 by Gregor A. Gregorius, in his capacity as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge FRATERNITAS SATURNI. This periodical and the following “Blaetter zur okkulten Lebenskunst” (scripts of the occult art of living) from the years 1950-1954 were dealing with the approaching Thelemic Age on nearly 4000 pages. For this reason only a few important points of this ideology can be considered in this article.

The gnostical doctrine and its history began with Mani (Manicheism) and Zarathustra. The central statement of the Gnosis was and still is that the world is devided into polarities, in brightness and darkness, positive and negative. The creative energy which is the first cause of existence was perfect and consummate. The creators of the universes and ages, the so-called Archonts and Demiurgs emanated from this source.
But then arose a separation of the original, creative energy and so the duality of the world. From this philosophic starting point various doctrines were developed in the course of the centuries, so that today “Gnosis” is a collective name for different kinds of currents. But duality still is a central topic, as well as the question of brightness and darkness. Within the Christian Gnosis, it was always a question of “good” and “evil”.

In the following I do not want to consider those Christian categories, but Gnosis within the meaning of knowledge and perception. The opposite of that is Pistis (belief) which the abrahamical religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islamism) require of their followers.

The Saturngnosis implies that man or woman as microcosm is the reflected image of the macrocosm, thus possessing the complete creative potentiality of the universe. This is expressed in the sentence “Every man and every woman is a star”. Now it is necessary to evolve this powerful and mighty potentiality within and to find the own true will. This is expressed in the Law of THELEMA which goes: ”Do what thou wilt is the whole of the Law! There is no Law but: Do what thou wilt!”
In the past quite a few people were able to recognize and follow that, whereas in the Age of Aquarius exists a collective interest that will enable people to translate the Law of Thelema into action.

The alternative is slavery and suppression by the dying Christian god, whose image has been maintained by the agony of his followers during the last 2000 years. The fading Age of Pisces has been ruled astrologically and/or astrosophically by the spheres of Jupiter and Neptune. But this craft, or in the diction of the Saturngnosis, this Demiurg has come to an end.

The dawning Age of Aquarius is influenced by Saturn and Uranus. Uranus as revolutionary is the symbol for the upheaval of the dogmata and self-made laws. The Demiurg Saturn symbolizes limits as well as the expansion of the human ego and its evolution. Furthermore, Saturn shows the individual path of the ego according to the Law of Thelema. The Saturngnosis also describes that the solar principle, the ego, is an essence of Saturn. To say it metaphorically, the essence of Saturn is the sun, and the essence of the sun is Saturn. This analogy reminds of the symbol of Yin and Yang, each including the contrary principle within. Herewith we came to brightness and darkness which are central gnostical subjects. But the Saturngnosis is about to unite and to rule the principles of duality up to highest standards.

For that reason chelates (students) try to follow the path of the dynamical balance and to wake up all the cosmical qualities, beyond religious and moral dictions as good and evil. The principle of counterpolarity finds its expression in brightness - darkness, sun - Saturn, and the diction of the Black Light. The Law of Thelema means the same in the sentence: ”Love is the Law! Love under will! Pitiless love (or love without compassion).” Love means here not only that everything is interlaced, but also the permanent act of creation from dual principles, the union of male and female. In the Greek Qabbala, the number of Thelema is 93, and the Greek word is Agape (love). Qabbalistically the words will and love are cognated. For this reason sexual magic represents the strongest magic concept because ultimately it means to work with the polarities.

Again it is to emphasize that Saturn is attached to the causal principle which means the evolution of the ego towards increasing perfection. Saturn is not meant to be a divinity on abrahamical model, but rather a principle of knowledge and perception in full karmical self responsibility. This principle may help us to liberate from own bounds and may let us become gods or otherwise show us the reflection of our own prison when lacking in maturity.
In the first case we say higher octave of Saturn, and in the last case lower octave of Saturn. The higher octave of Saturn is often called Lucifer, whereas the lower octave is equated with Satan, within the meaning of the Tarot card The Devil (see Tarot by Crowley/Harris). Certainly it is the aim of the saturnic path to recognize one's own divinity and to increase the ego towards perfection by the perception of the true will.

Thus this concept represents the Left-Hand Path. This principle obviously is diametrical to what the abrahamical religions require such as obedience, blind faith and devotion. But regardless of the way of karmic self responsibility the reader will choose, at the end of the aeons everybody will stand before the strict tribunal of Saturn. When the person kindled the flame of Lucifer inside, the threshold of the Abyss to divinity will be crossed. In the other case the person will be a slave of his own and thrown into the Abyss.

The decision is up to you!

Mstr.
Communitas Saturni

Nowadays following lodges are dealing with the concept of the Saturngnosis and its evolution:

Grand Lodge COMMUNITAS SATURNI

Grand Lodge FRATERNITAS SATURNI

ORDO SATURNI