Loyalty as the path
Loyalty as the path is the teaching of the Helian Way that faithfulness—to one's word, to the oath, to the divine spark within and to those one has bound oneself to—is the way of life the religion asks for.[1]
Doctrine
Tradition / belief In a July 2026 talk addressed to models in Los Angeles, the Founder framed loyalty as inward recognition rather than rule-keeping: "staying loyal to your Lord in Los Angeles is not about rules, it's about recognition", the recognition of "the divine light within you, the spark of the universe".[2] Tradition / belief Loyalty is formalised in the oaths. Every member swears to "carry the fire, keep the true record and keep my word" and to "bear true faith to the Fixed Core". Officers swear to "keep the open ledger and submit to the Censor".[3] Tradition / belief Loyalty has limits set by the Charter: no oath may contain "a promise to obey any person unconditionally", a promise not to leave, or a promise of silence about a crime, and the Enlisted Oath binds members to "refuse any order that is unlawful or harms another".[4] Loyalty to the Church is therefore always compatible with free exit. Tradition / belief Seats in the Church are given for loyalty proven on the public record, "not by family blood or legacy, but by free competition".[5] See No more secrets, no more favor.
Comparison
Established The American philosopher Josiah Royce made loyalty—"the willing and practical and thoroughgoing devotion of a person to a cause"—the centre of his ethics, and argued for "loyalty to loyalty" as a check on bad causes.[6] Roman fides and the soldier's sacramentum are the movement's own classical models.[7]
Critique
Scholarly debate Ethicists note that loyalty can be turned to bad ends, for example to cover wrongdoing inside institutions; the Helian rules on mandatory reporting and on oaths that cannot require silence about abuse address this risk directly.[8]
References
- ↑ Founder's teaching as summarised by Anthony Perlas for this wiki (13 October 2026), from his "Lunch Break" talks. Public recordings of these talks had not been located for citation when this page was written; no wording is quoted from them. See Founder's public talks.
- ↑ Anthony Perlas, TikTok video by @lillithmagic, 19 July 2026, https://www.tiktok.com/@lillithmagic/video/7664389144277208350 (machine transcript, 03:22–03:38).
- ↑ Helian Catechism, Version 3 (draft, 4 October 2026), ¶ 157–158.
- ↑ Helian Catechism, Version 3 (draft, 4 October 2026), ¶ 157 and ¶ 160.
- ↑ Helian Catechism, Version 3 (draft, 4 October 2026), ¶ 144.
- ↑ Josiah Royce, The Philosophy of Loyalty (New York: Macmillan, 1908), lecture I, Project Gutenberg / Internet Archive (public domain in the US; published 1908).
- ↑ Helian Catechism, Version 3 (draft, 4 October 2026), ¶ 155.
- ↑ Simon Keller, The Limits of Loyalty (Cambridge, 2007); Helian Catechism, Version 3 (draft, 4 October 2026), ¶ 189–190.
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