Magick Without Tears

INTRODUCfION 19 you what the right tasks out of hundreds are by your own reactions to your own study and practice . "Osiris in Amennti" -see The Book of the Dead. I meant you might try to trace a parallelism between his journeyings and the Path of Initiation . Astral travel-development of the Astral Body is essential to research; and, above all, to the attainment of "the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel." You ought to demonstrate your performance of the Pentagram Ritual to me; you are probably making any number of mistakes. I will, of course, take you carefully through the O.T.O. rituals to 111° as soon as you are fairly familiar with them. The plan of the grades is this: 0° Attraction to the Solar System 1° Birth W Life IIIo Death IVo "Exaltation" P.1. "Annihilation" yo -IXo Progressive comment on 11° with very special reference to the central secret of practical Magick. There is thus no connection with the A :. A:. system and the Tree of Life. Of course, there are certain analogies. Your suggested method of study: you have got my idea quite well. But nobody can "take you through" the Grades of A:. A : . . The Grades confirm your attainments as you make them; then, the new tasks appear. See One Star in Sight . Love is the law, love under will. Fraternally, 666