Knights of Magdalen

[knight-magdalen.livejournal.com]

Greetings to you all:


A new Fraternal Order devoted to the Five Holy Obligations of Chivalry, in support of the defence of Women and the Divine Feminine, is being founded.







A new Fraternal Order devoted to the Five Holy Obligations of Chivalry, in support of the defence of Women and the Divine Feminine, is being founded.


The Five Holy Obligations of Chivalry, which are the core of the Order's Philosophy, can be found here:


http://www.livejournal.com/users/knight_magdalen/621.html#cutid1



The Website for the Order will be up by next month sometime.

If you are interested in membership, and you agree with every point of this code, you will be asked to join. Please, if you know other persons of honor who also agree with the code, and would be willing to take the vow, inform them, share this with them, and they too will be invited.


The Order will, if our way is realized, eventually (probably months down the line, if we get good membership) have a small bi-annual fee, all of which will be given as donations to foundations that protect the environment and fight violence against women, and each member will also be provided with literature that we feel best sums up our spiritual and moral worldview.


The dues wouldn't exceed 10 or 20 dollars every six months, however. None will be retained; it will all be donated. We will try to make our simple and noble message something that men and women all over will embrace and dedicate some real time and real social, physical effort to. Most importantly, however, is that the Five Obligations become your "central" guide to how you act in the world, make political and moral decisions, and how you treat others.


It was formed as an order for Men, and the title of Knight or Brother Knight is only to be held by men; however, women may join, take the Oath, and get an honorary membership- and the title "Cup Bearer". Cup Bearers are considered to be superior to Knights in the Order, by virtue of their feminine grace.

Please, if you are interested, stay interested and in touch with me about it.


Anyone of any religion can join as long as they agree to the Five Holy Obligations and swear to put these obligations first in their life; this is possible to Pagans, Christians, anyone. We expect that only heretical christians and very liberal ones will be interested; and a lot of Pagans- and we hope that this movement, if it gets large, will be a sort of social movement for the protection of women and this world.


Pax.


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NS:TL
Hail Holy Wisdom, Fountain of our Hope

Comments

[littlemissangel.livejournal.com]

That sounds wonderful! I'd definitely want to join.

[knight-magdalen.livejournal.com]

Greetings:


Thank you very much for your swift support. You honor us with your willingness to be counted with us. You will be asked to join as soon as the invitations are created, and the site is up. Please, either add yourself to my friends at the journal Knight_Magdalen, or I will add you!


Pax!

[littlemissangel.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I will add you to my friends list right now.

[duir-id.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a great idea. Just one slight problem. Chivalry is ficticious. It never existed....Only in the eyes of the romantic writers and hence made its way into the mindscape of today.... Along with Vikings having horns or wings on their helmets.... I still think though that there is nothing wrong with being a gentleman and doing things for a lady. On the other hand doesn't it just endorse women to be thought of as a weaker sex when infact that is anything but the truth?

Just my opinion....

[knight-magdalen.livejournal.com]

Peace to you:

Chivalric values did exist. The honor required to give your selfless allegiance to a Lord and to honor a Lady, to be true and to protect what was holy- these things were realities. No one denies that, like all things human, much abuse, failure, and hypocritical double-standards slipped into the system. No one doubts that a lot of romanticism has been layered on top of the realities. Chivalry was and is a code- but it has not stayed the same as time has passed.


Even if there is not a direct 1:1 historical reality ratio with what we call "Chivalry" now, there is still a matter of modern need- what difference does it make what we call it, if we work for the good of all?

After all, we never claimed to be a direct descendant of a historical chivalric order. It just so happens that our five obligations are drawn from a real order that claims to be so, but we have no concern for that. What we are after is the good of this world.


Pax.

NS:TL
Hail Holy Wisdom, Fountain of our Hope

[none-too-subtle.livejournal.com]

Well said. I've seen it, and know it to be true. Nice idea.

[madrigalblue.livejournal.com]

This is very interesting and definitely worth the time/effort. There are indeed people who live or would like to live by such a code. My thoughts about this being anti-feminist in any way flew out of my mind as soon as I read that women are welcome to join as well.

Part of what makes a man chivalrous is his respect for a lady and her beliefs, including her own sense of independence. People always seem to be confused at how I so greatly appreciate a man willing to defend my honor while calling myself a feminist at the same time. Reading your description of this, I would happily direct such questioners to it.

I will most definitely direct the man I affectionately call my knight to you.

~Tara

[duir-id.livejournal.com]

thanks

[filthyhobbitses.livejournal.com]

hehe heretical christians. too true. :)