The Royal Art is not only studied. It is lived.
A rule of life is a rhythm: a way of ordering the day, the mind, the body, the home, the work, and the relationships of the soul around the Kingdom.
The Rule of Life of the Royal Art is simple in principle: remember God, forgive the world, shape the soul, serve the Good, and return again and again to the Kingdom within.
Daily Remembrance
Study
The Royal Art requires study because the soul must be re-educated into its inheritance.
Study Scripture, the Gospels, ACIM, the Hermetic texts, Kabbalah, alchemy, the Grail legends, the poets, the philosophers, and the great symbolic traditions. But study not as accumulation. Study as formation.
Prayer and Silence
Prayer opens the soul to God. Silence allows the false self to lose its authority.
Make room each day for prayer, meditation, contemplation, or simple interior stillness.
Forgiveness practice
Embodied Discipline
The body is not an enemy. It is the vessel through which the Work is practiced.
Care for the body with food, movement, rest, breath, cleanliness, beauty, and restraint. The Temple must be maintained.
Beauty and Art
The Royal Art is nourished by beauty.
Listen to sacred music. Read poetry. contemplate images. Make things. Sing, write, draw, arrange, garden, cook, build. Beauty trains the soul to recognize the Kingdom.
Service
The King serves.
The Rule of Life must move outward as blessing. Help where help is asked. Practice generosity. Speak truthfully. Keep vows. Do the work placed before you. Become trustworthy.
Nightly Review
At the end of the day, return to the inner altar.
What did I learn?
Where did I forget?
Where did I choose fear?
Where did grace enter?
What must be forgiven?
What is being asked of me now?
Then release the day.
The Vow of the Royal Art