Contents
- Introduction I (partially available)
- Introduction II
- "The Golden Axe":
- Chapter I: What is a leader?
- Chapter II: The leader is born and made.
- Chapter III: The first years.
- Chapter IV: The life of the leader.
- Chapter V: The realization of the leader.
- Chapter VI: On the Hachados (partially available)
- "The Maze of Lapislazuli"
- Chapter I: What is "New Acropolis".
- Chapter II: The structure of "New Acropolis".(available in full)
- Chapter III: The pyramidal system. (partially available)
- Chapter IV: How a national structure is born.
- Chapter V: How a Federal or National Council is formed… (the fragment is cut in the scan)
- Chapter VI: Living Forces.
- Chapter VII: The body of teachers and instructors.
- Chapter VIII: Of the institutes.
- Chapter IX: Substructures of approach to the Ideal.
- Chapter X: Branches.
- Chapter XI: On propaganda.
- Chapter XII: On stationery/documentation and symbols. (partially available)
- Chapter XIII: On the physical distribution of an "Acropolis" premises. (partially available)
- Chapter XIV: The symbols.
- Chapter XV: How to act in case of rapid expansion.
- Chapter XVI: How to act in case of stagnation. (partially available)
- Chapter XVII: How to act in case of internal crisis. (partially available)
- Chapter XVIII: How to act in case of external aggression.
- Chapter XIX: How to act in case of natural decline or collapse of a structure. (partially available)
INTRODUCTION I
This Manual is not intended for external publication, nor even to circulate among members of "New Acropolis" who do not have management responsibilities. Its dissemination outward would not only be dangerous, but also useless, because it is written in a language and at a pace that cannot be understood by anyone who has not undergone prior moral, intellectual and psychological preparation in our classes for a reasonable period.
Inspired by the very ancient myth of the Labyrinth —whose latest Hellenistic version is the only one accessible to the student—, this text nevertheless aims to be brief and practical for the “here and now.” The temptation to expand with examples and philosophical justifications was avoided in order to preserve its operational character. Our Movement, newly born, must already face a doctrinally indifferent and organizationally hostile world. We have assumed a difficult task in a difficult century.
The set of reflections, rules and pieces of advice in this Manual seeks to convey our personal and historical experience to the young Idealist who sets out to “break spears” in such an unequal battle. It does not intend to be a “roof” on the subject, but rather a “base” upon which future accumulations and expansions… (the phrase is cut in the scan)
In a world where moral authority is fading, our spiritual Bastion appears as a beacon in the storm. These are hard times, and we are surrounded by difficult people. But precisely that will test our firmness, and on the anvil of difficulties we will forge day by day the glowing edge of the sword of victory.
This work has been written for those who wish to hold that luminous sword, that sacred torch, in their hands, with total dedication to the Ideal. It may also be useful for those who aspire to it.
I recommend reading it deeply, and also studying and assimilating it in courses —if possible, in secluded places— under a monastic-military discipline, guided by an experienced Hachado of Central Command level or higher. The duration of the course may vary from one to three weeks. It is advisable to establish levels: although the reading of the Manual is the same, different explanations and enlargements should be given to those who merely aspire to be leaders and to those who already are. The completion of the course must produce practical results: promotion of new leaders and new expansions on all fronts.
Action, as Krishna teaches us in the "Bhagavad-Gita," is our world. Every leader must be active. Correct… (the text is cut in the scan)
(the document jumps directly to Chapter VI. It seems that the pages with Chapters I–V are missing in this file)
"The Golden Axe"
Chapter VI: On the Hachados (partially available)
…will depend on his personal effort and on his real capacity to become one: if his Command is not clear/bright, he is not yet a true bearer of the Golden Axe. (the text is cut in the scan)
Although in the ideal plan all Leaders who fully carry out their functions should be Hachados, the youth of our Movement means that only a portion of them are.
The Axe, as a symbol of the incarnation in the World of our Ideal, is granted exclusively by the World Command, with the written consent of two superior authorities (mentioned by initials in the text). The granting is processed on the basis of a written petition submitted by a Hachado of Central Command level, directly or through the corresponding Continental Command, often at an international meeting of commands, except in urgent situations or special need.
Only the World Command, just as it grants the Axe, can withdraw it definitively. However, Central Command may suspend a Hachado within its Structure, removing him from effective functions until the final decision of the World Command.
Leaders with at least four years of seniority in the Movement may be proposed as candidates for Hachados if, in the judgment of the Central Command that presents them, they gather sufficient sustained merits. (the sentence continues on the next page)
The required merits must be of a scholastic/formative and organizational type, within the Structures or Substructures, and in an acropolitan ideological sense. Persons who do not hold leadership positions in Acropolis cannot aspire to this honor.
When a Hachado, without being sanctioned, moves to the state of Retirement by his own will or by decision of his natural superiors, he may do so in two categories:
- Active Retirement: he continues to collaborate regularly with "New Acropolis", but is released from highest-responsibility positions.
- Retirement (simple): he remains a member of "New Acropolis", but without offices, responsibilities or obligations, except those that the statutes set for the members of each country.
Upon entering Retirement (active or not), the Hachado hands over his Axe to be kept by his natural superiors in the so-called “Iron Egg”, ensuring its preservation.
If the World Command decides to remove the Axe for the indignity of the bearer (that is, by sanction), the Axe is destroyed by that same World Command that granted it.
If that does not occur and the Hachado simply goes into Retirement, he retains the honors of Hachado for life.
It is also foreseen that, for Hachados who choose Retirement due to age or illness, the Movement will offer in old age protection and sustenance in one of its Houses, according to preferences and material possibilities. Likewise, the Movement assumes the burial and the disposition of the personal effects, unless there is a legally established will.
Hachados are Leaders who have sworn an oath. One of their characteristic notes is that they must not possess wealth exceeding what is strictly necessary for their personal life in the environment in which they operate. Any surplus resulting from work, inheritance, etc., must be donated to the Movement.
The Hachado does not take a vow of chastity or poverty, but must strive to live in the most spiritual possible way, maintaining at least moderation in all that concerns his personal life. The main thing is to always place the Acropolitan Ideal above the earthly.
All this, and many more details, is usually known by the Hachados themselves in the instruction prior to receiving the Axe-insignia; here it is only recalled for those who are not yet.
(From top to bottom)
- World Command
- Guardian of the Seals
- Continental Commands
- Central Commands
- National or Federal Councillors
- Unified Zone Commands
- Heads of Branches
Thus, New Acropolis will live as long as it is spiritualist and keeps alight, even if only a spark, the Mystical Bonfire of the Mysteries.
It may have millions of members, thousands of houses, hundreds of universities and printing presses, but if it loses the Hidden Heart, it will perish ignominiously swallowed by the mire of its own filth. Our Strength is not in the shells, thicker or shinier, but in the heart of our mystical Seeds.
"The Maze of Lapislazuli"
Chapter II: The structure of "New Acropolis". (available in full within the preserved fragment)
Just as the cells of a hive would be useless and could not have existed without bees, so the Organizational part is the container of the Scholastic. In the right measure in which cell and bee coexist, the miraculous honey of the Ideological will emerge, Principle and End of all our attitudes. For the Ideological is UNITY of Trajectory and of Destiny.
To put this into practice we must shape a Structure. A Structure is a harmonic combination of highly tensioned and conjugated lines. The structure of New Acropolis is sustained by highly tensioned men and women: these are the Leaders; when combined, Commands are born.
The difference between Leader and Command should be clarified further. One thing is to lead, that is, to channel, to give a direction to something that has in itself impulse and meaning, purpose. For that persuasion and personal sympathy combined with a certain ability to convince are sufficient. But to give birth to a Command something much more concrete and ideological is needed. The Command is clothed in a kind of magic that makes it be followed to the very thresholds of death by those it orders; the Command is a "charisma" and a special state of consciousness born of the hyperrational. A Command orders and is automatically obeyed, for there is a mysterious coincidence between its orders and the nature of those it directs.
Obviously, beings endowed with such dispositions —unfortunately rare— pass more or less quickly from the state of Leaders to that of Commands, since they easily surround themselves with other kindred beings, linking effective pyramidal structures.
A structure made up of living beings must be a great living being, highly evolved and capable of surviving in all probable environments.
We must therefore consider that it will have a gestation period, another of childhood, another
of maturity in which it may reproduce, and finally an old age guiding the young and inexperienced. Thus, depending on the physical age of a structure, the optimal living conditions will depend.
Once set in motion, it must accept the laws of life, pleasant or not. For example, perceive the possibility of illnesses, accidents and external aggressions; none of these circumstances should unsettle the Leaders.
Also, like every living being, it must eat, assimilate and excrete what is not assimilable, moving as far as possible away from those excretions, or burying them.
This Structure feeds on men, and to the capable it transfuses them into its great body, into its great Soul, to turn them, to some degree, into supermen. The inept must be left behind. Such is the painful Law. They will be taken up by some hyena-structure that feeds on carrion and, in its measure, will also realize itself. But let us take care not to poison, guided by false mentalisms, the Golden Eagle, otherwise it will inexorably die, and the inept whom we attempted to save will follow their natural fate—which for them is neither bad nor unpleasant— with the aggravation that the Idealists will be left alone and helpless, and will have to seek again the almost inaccessible nest of an Ave Bennu.
But let the novice Leader beware of being excessively demanding in the early days of the aspirant; understand clearly that the Probationers who arrive at New Acropolis are not yet acropolitans; do not impose rigidities on them nor exclude them by judging what they were, for all of us, until becoming acropolitans, were something else, sometimes apparently opposed to the ideal of our Eagles. A Probationer, however good he may be, is like a raw diamond and needs to be patiently cut, after having been carefully studied.
The Structure must be elastic on its surface, dynamic and changeable, but its hidden bones will remain unaltered, hard, tight. When the Structure dies, the wind of Time will carry away the superficial, born of our rubbing with the world, but the metallic bones will remain so that, in the next favorable cycle, some Walker will replace them in that magical manner that makes the Bennu Bird, the Phoenix, be reborn.
Chapter III: The pyramidal system. (partially available)
It is not one more system of government; it is The System. From the Galaxies to the Atoms, all objects and natural beings are governed pyramidally. This is not only true materially and mechanically; as far as we know, it is true of the psychological, mental and spiritual. (the phrase is cut in the scan)
Subsequent fragment (chapter not visible on the preserved page) (partially available)
woman spend the rest of her life without an arm than without a washbasin. Know the need to unload aggressions in every young man, and give him harmless targets where to shoot his darts before he chooses the recipient himself; and many others.
With the purpose of channeling natures and making the most of youthful inquietudes, the Living Forces have been established. They were born out of the need to give men and women a channel that frees them from being men-objects and women-objects, to turn them into Acropolitan Knights and Ladies, imbued with a simple and natural Mysticism and with a possibility of specific work applicable in this world, with immediate results that encourage young Aspirants to the Path. It is necessary to avoid the crystallization in the young Acropolitan of remorse in the feeling of having "abandoned the world", of having deserted his protagonism with respect to his generation.
One must speak to each person in their language, and say what is necessary through the theme and vocabulary preferred by the listener. The preferences and antipathies of the Leader must be annulled, or at least concealed; a man directs better the less he is known.
This deserves to be explained. It is obvious that the "Solitude of the Command" is indispensable, ...
Subsequent fragment (chapter not visible on the preserved page) (partially available)
sense, it is no exception; what from "inside" seems great and sumptuous, does not always merit those qualifications in a world where a simple plumbing company or a union has several well-set offices, with a dozen employees behind their modern typewriters and their new clean desks.
The display of symbols, greetings and internal customs must also be objectively rationalized. To our misfortune, many of our millennial symbols have recently been used by countries and ideologies that have failed in the world, with which we have no contact and whose platforms are largely antithetical to our Principles. But all this is not visible at first glance, and certain identities can be harmful to us and taint our philosophical image before the outside world.
We clarify that we do not intend to yield to public ignorance, but we recommend avoiding useless confrontations.
Our own mystical celebrations, such as that of Spring, May 8 and July 15, from the outside often look ridiculous; therefore, it is advisable to internalize them and not give them excessive publicity.
Chapter XIII: On the physical distribution of an "Acropolis" premises. (partially available)
Obviously we cannot standardize this, since the premises of our Structures vary according to the degree of seniority and development reached by each nucleus. But, in general terms, we will say that even in the humblest establishments these Rules must be observed:
a) To have on its front some plaque or sign that identifies the Movement, according to customs or circumstantial needs. There should appear, in addition to the name of the Organization, its philosophical nature and the days and hours of public attention, which will be, moreover, "religiously" respected.
b) A decent entrance, which does not give a false image of our Movement.
c) A room, or at least a Reception desk, preferably modern or, if old, in good condition and very clean and orderly. The environment should not display, at least during reception hours, large symbols or strange pictures that make the visitor think they are entering something "odd". Brochures, regulations, basic programs and applications should be at hand, giving the impression that their use is frequent.
Chapter XVI: How to act in case of stagnation. (partially available)
In the first years of a Structure of New Acropolis this phenomenon can occur, and even at higher stages of development, its appearance should not be ruled out.
It happens that a slowdown of the expansive movement leads to a state of equilibrium, in which the number of members remains the same for a long time, and where nothing of importance happens, neither negatively nor positively.
A comforting thought, but one that does not help, is to be content with such a situation and even celebrate the fact that there is no regression. The awareness of this problem by the responsible Leaders is not always channeled properly, blaming everything on the indifference of the environment, on the lack of international help or on defeatist feelings about one's own incapacity. But understanding that the impulse cannot come from outside, and that it is immoral to propose changing the captain of a ship that has not yet reached any port, the affected Command must, in general terms, take the following measures:
a) A review of the Directors at the level of Counsellors, purging this body of those more inert and conformist, even if they are highly trusted, "refreshing" the Council with one or more young and ambitious elements.
b) Accept that it is inevitable to face and solve problems, and that psychological tranquility and, let us say, the "normality" of life, do not make for a good Leader.
c) Personally review the entire structural mechanism with the aim of preparing it for a forthcoming expansion, acting as if such an expansion were already imminent.
d) Make changes in the arrangement of the furniture, acquire new elements, paint new symbols, just as if an important visit were expected. If possible, even change the premises.
e) Undertake external propaganda, by any means. In cases of great economic weakness, the Central Command itself must do it personally, painting street posters, speaking through the media, television and radio, calling press conferences, or mixing among the attendees at some external conference or association and speaking to them about New Acropolis, armed with brochures and, at least, personal cards.
f) Channel internal propaganda towards a "leap forward", and, if necessary, pointing to some external ideology, such as dialectical materialism, ...
...fruitful, so that such experiences enrich the experience of the International Commands.
Chapter XVII: How to act in case of internal crisis. (partially available)
An internal crisis is an "explosion" that can occur at any level and area of the Structure. It is engendered by the overpressure to which Leaders are subjected, by the personal resentment of someone who feels displaced, or by some unfortunate measure of the Commands that could not be compensated in time.
The first measure, as in the case of a physical fire, is to try to isolate the focus, wall it off and isolate it from the other parts of the Structure, since the primary concern should not be to extinguish it but to prevent its spread to sectors or people not yet affected.
Having done the above, we recommend:
- Begin without delay personal conversations with the affected person or persons, trying to make them understand, beyond all Regulations, how necessary they are and how little life will offer them of good in the future if they leave New Acropolis.
Chapter XIX: How to act in case of natural decline or collapse of a structure. (partially available)
... steep Path that leads from Earth to Heaven. Do not forget the Earth; do not forget Heaven. Imprint on all your Teachings the IDEOLOGICAL UNITY that will allow you to drive the new generations toward a Destiny of Concord.
Dream a lot and work a lot. Be audacious.
To die does not matter; we all must die. The important thing is the Life for which what we call life and what we call death are mere illusory reflections on the polished mirror of Reality.
Be Heroic, be Generous, be Acropolitan. And may the God of Destiny bless your works and perpetuate in our disciples the Ancestral Impulse of the Spirit that must forge the New Man, the New Woman and the New World.
Written by JAL
September 1976
Granada - Spain