which he lives by the installation of new officers to présidé over its 
initiation. This can take place only at an “Equinox of the Gods” 
at the end of an “Aeon”; that is, when the secret formula which 
expresses the Law of its action becomes outworn and useless to its 
further development. 
(Thus “Suckling” is the formula of an infant : when teeth 
appear it marks a new “Aeon”, whose “Word” is “Eating”). 
A Magus can therefore only appear as such to the world at inter- 
vais of some centuries ; accounts of historical Magi, and their 
Words, are given in Liber Aleph. 
This does not mean that only one man can attain this Grade in 
any one Aeon, so far as the Order is concerned. A man can make 
Personal progress équivalent to that of a “Word of an Aeon”; but 
he will identify himself with the current word, and exert his will 
to establish it, lest he conflict with the work of the Magus who 
uttered the Word of the Aeon in which He is living. 
The Magus is pre-eminently the Master of Magick, that is, his 
will is entirely free from internai diversion or external opposition; 
His work is to create a new Universe in accordance with His Will. 
He is the Master of the Law of Change (Anicca). 
To attain the Grade of Ipsissimus he must accomplish three 
tasks, destroying the Three Guardians mentioned in Liber 418, 
the 3rd Aethyr; Madness, and Falsehood, and Glamour, that is, 
Duality in Act, Word and Thought. 
6. The Grade of Master of the Temple is described in Liber 
418 as above indicated. There are full accounts in the Magical 
Diaries of the Beast 666, who was cast forth into the Heaven of 
Jupiter, and of Omnia in Uno, Unus in Omnibus, who was cast 
forth into the sphere of the Eléments. 
The essential Attainment is the perfect annihilation of that 
personality which limits and oppresses his true self. 
The Magister Templi is pre-eminently the Master of Mysticism, 
that is, His Understanding is entirely free from internai contradic¬ 
tion or external obscurity; His word is to comprehend the existing 
Universe in accordance with His own Mind. He is the Master of 
the Law of Sorrow (Dukkha). 
To attain the grade of Magus he must accomplish Three 
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