on oaths

 What most fail to realize is that a Fraternal Oath is always a double-
edged sword.  It is two-sided, applies fifty-fifty and the karma goes to he
who violates it first, the Order or the individual.  No organization should
ever be so presumptuous or arrogant as to believe that it is karmically
exempt from its own actions.  Fraternities should heed the lesson of The
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn which fell into disgrace due to its
antics, as Crowley has so eloquently pointed out in numerous places.  First
of all, when a person takes an initiation he or she does not sign their life
away.  You might ask, "But isn't a Fraternal Oath taken for life?" I can only
answer, yes and no.  It all depends whether or not the individual remains a
member of the fraternity or if he or she quits or was expelled.  Obviously,
once outside the fraternity the individual is no longer bound by these
archaic Oaths.  This in itself should give you a hint as to the true power of a
Fraternal Oath.  Its only 'power' lies in the fact that members within the
structure give it validity and in return they get specific annuities as
promised by the Order's written tenets.  It's all fifty-fifty.
      If the OTO violates its written tenets or fails to enforce its own
Rules, Regulations & Bylaws then its membership automatically becomes
free of the Oaths and Obligations which they have sworn to that Order.

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hey, i think those tags around your quote are making your content get clipped in this post.

at least for me on win2000/firefox