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…ete his moral training. He is tested in Devotion 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 comprehension. Adeptus (Exemptus). — Completes in perfection all these matte…
1935 · PDF PAGE 5
…...................... 9F ══ 2Q Magister Templi ......................... 8F ══ 3Q The Order of the R. C. (Babe of the Abyss — the link) Adeptus Exemptus ...................... 7F ══ 4Q Adeptus Major ............................ 6F ══ 5Q Adeptus Minor ............................ 5F ══ 6Q The Order of the G. D. (Dominus Liminis — the link) Philosophus ................................. 4F ══ 7Q Practicus ...................................... 3F ══ 8Q Zelator .......................................... 2F ══ 9Q Neophyte ..........................…
1935 · PDF PAGE 11
…orders which he rules, so that they may possess a not too abstract rallying point suited to their unde- veloped states. to. The Grade of Adeptus Minor is the main theme of the instructions of the A..A.. It is characterised by the Attain- ment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. (See the Equinox, The Temple of Solomon the King; The Vision and the Voice 8th Aethyr; also Liber Samekh, etc. etc.) This is the essential work of every man; none other ranks with it either for personal progress or for power to help one’s fel- l…
1935 · PDF PAGE 9
…r sense, being rather a passage between the two Orders. Its characteristics are wholly negative, as it is attained by the resolve of the Adeptus Exemptus to surren- der all that he has and is for ever. It is an annihilation of all the bonds that compose the self or constitute the Cosmos, a resolution of all complexities into their elements, 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 …
1935 · PDF PAGE 10
…by trying to use an obsolete method of Magick, like a man with a boomerang in a battle where every one else has a rifle. 9. The Grade of Adeptus Major confers Magical Powers (strictly so-called) of the second rank. His work is to use these to support the authority of the Exempt Adept his superior. (This is not to be understood as an obligation of personal subservience or even loyalty; but as a necessary part of his duty to assist his inferiors. For the authority of the Teaching and Governing Adept is the basis of all orderly work.) To attain th…
1935 · PDF PAGE 14
… other tasks are not always accomplished in the order given here; one man, for example, may acquire many of the ualities peculiar to the Adeptus Major, and yet lack some of those proper to the Practicus. * But the system here given shows 1. The natural talents of individual differ very widely. The late Sir Richard Jebb, one of the greatest classical scholars of modern times, was so
1935 · PDF PAGE 15
… him to attain to the Knowledge and Conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel, and the annihilation of this Ego. One might therefore be an Adeptus Minor or even a Magister Templi, in essence, though refused official recognition by the A.. A.. as a Zelator owing to (say) a nervous defect which prevented him from acquiring a Posture which was “steady and easy” as required by the Task of that grade.