Tasksj the renunciation of His enjoyment of the Infinité so that 
he may formulate Himself as the Finite; the acquisition of the 
practical secrets alike of initiating and governing His proposed new 
Universe and the identification of himself with the impersonal idea 
of Love. Any néophyte of the Order (or, as some say, an y person 
soever) possesses the right to claim the Grade of Master of the 
Temple by taking the Oath of the Grade. It is hardly necessary 
to observe that to do so is the most sublime and awful responsibility 
which it is possible to assume, and an unworthy person who does so 
incurs the most terrifie penalties by his presumption. 
7. The Order of the R. C. The Grade of the Babe of the 
Abyss is not a Grade in the proper sense, being rather a passage 
between the two Orders. Its characteristics are wholly négative, 
as it is attained by the résolve of the Adeptus Exemptus to surren- 
der ail that he has and is for ever. It is an annihilation of ail the 
bonds that compose the self or constitute the Cosmos, a résolution 
of ail complexities into their éléments, and these thereby cease to 
manifest, since things are only knowable in respect of their relation 
to, and reaction on, other things. 
8. The Grade of Adeptus Exemptus confers authority to 
govern the two lower Orders of R. C. and G. D. 
The Adept must préparé and publish a thesis setting forth His 
knowledge of the Universe, and his proposais for its welfare and 
progress. He wil.1 thus be known as the leader of a school of 
thought. 
(Eliphas Levi’s Clef des Grands Mystères, the Works of 
Swedenborg, von Eckartshausen, Robert Fludd, Paracelsus, 
Newton, Bolyai, Hinton, Berkeley, Loyola, etc., etc., are examples 
of such essays. ) 
He will hâve attained ail but the suprême summits of médita¬ 
tion, and should be already prepared to perceive that the only 
possible course for him is to devote himself utterly to heiping his 
fellow créatures. 
To attain the Grade of Magister Templi, he must perform two 
tasks; the émancipation from thought by putting each idea against 
its opposite, and refusing to prefer eitherj and the consécration of 
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