Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 3)

Probationer. — His principal business is to begin such practices as he may prefer? and to Write a careful record of the same for one year. Néophyte. — Has to acquire perfect control of the Astral Plane. Zelator. — His main work is to achieve complète success in Asana and Pranayama. He also begins to study the formula of the Rosy Cross. Practicus. — Is expected to complété his intellectual training, and in particular to study the Qabalah. Philosophus. — Is expected to complété his moral training. He is tested in Dévotion to the Order. Dominus Liminis. — Is expected to show mastery of Pratyahara and Dharana. Adeptus (without). — Is expected to perform the Great Work and to attain the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. Adeptus (within). — Is admitted to the practice of the formula of the Rosy Cross on entering the College of the Holy Ghost. Adeptus (Major). — Obtains a general mastery of practical Magick, though without compréhension. Adeptus (Exemptus). — Complétés in perfection ail these mat- ters. He then either (a) becomes a Brother of the Left Hand Path or, (b) is stripped of ali his attainments and of him- self as weil, even of his Holy Guardian Angel, and becomes a Babe of the Abyss, who, having transcended the Reason, does nothing but grow in the womb of its mother. It then finds itself a Magister Templi. — (Master of the Temple) : whose functions are fully described in Liber 418, as is this whole initiation from Adeptus Exemptus. See also “Aha!”. His principal business is to tend his “garden” of disciples, and to obtain a perfect understanding of the Universe. He is a Master of Samadhi. 232