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A Fortress Myth

written by ChIVAJI

One of the central aspects of AKOS is the Fortress. The Adepts of AKOS may come to know more fully about this subject, but I here give only a brief description of what the Fortress is and how it might be used to manifest desired results. The Fortress can be thought of as the reservoir of all the accumulated forces and skills of an individual. Many Adepts of AKOS have learned that there is a part of themselves which has always existed and which will never cease to exist. Taking this into consideration, you can easily see how the Fortress has the potential of being the most powerful weapon of any Sorcerer. Imagine the worth of having access to the fruits of all your labor from this life, as well as all that you have accomplished before. Gaining access to this source of power is something that comes as a natural result of initiation into the Order. AKOS has emerged so that the individual fortress of everyone of it's Adepts might manifest itself to them and that they might develop it further and perfect it.

Many mythologies teach of the Fortress. The diversity of its nature is shown by the variations of motifs that make reference to or are centered on the lineage of the Fortress. One very popular myth is the story of the Tower of Babel. The story actually begins before the Flood, when the Beni Elohim, or Sons of God, desired the beautiful Daughters of Earth. They chose wives from them, bore children through them and taught them the Art of Sorcery. These wives then taught this Art to their offspring, who taught it to all of humanity.

The demiurge conspired against the beni elohim, and feared humanity, and the power of the Art they learned from the sons of heaven. He caused the waters to rise and flooded the earth sparing alone eight who traveled safely in an ark that he instructed them to build. These were Noah and his three sons, Shem, Ham and Japeth, and their wives. They carried with them the knowledge of the Art of Sorcery through the dangers of the flood, but the demiurge beguiled them, and kept them in fear and servitude. All except Ham, who alone was bold enough to use the Art he was taught to manifest his desires.

Noah was so misdirected by the demiurge, that he misunderstood the Art and tried to curse his son Ham and make him a servant of his brothers. Ham had a son of his own, whom he called Nimrod, and to whom he taught the Art of Sorcery. Nimrod, in turn, taught this same Art to the brick-builders who he set in charge of building the great Tower of Babel. The brick-builders used the Art to build the Tower, and they grew in strength and victory together. The demiurge, ever jealous and despotic, saw what man had done with the Art they inherited from the Beni Elohim, and knew that "now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do." He again tried to extinguish the flame that the sons of heaven have given as a gift to earth. The demiurge destroyed the Tower, sent confusion amongst the brick-builders and scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

This is how the Art has been transmitted through times past, and this is why AKOS has emerged from its silence, to aid in manifesting the individual Fortress of every one of it's Adepts. The knowledge of the Art is the basis of the Seven Ranks of AKOS, which have been transmitted to us from those early benefactors of mankind, to aid us in the battle against the demiurge and his delusions.