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…as a science, sceptically, with the utmost energy and patience. The A-. A... possesses the secrets of success; it makes no secret of its knowledge, and if its secrets are not everywhere known and practised, it is because the abuses connected with the name of occult science disincline official investigators to examine the evidence at their disposal. This paper has been written not only with the object of at- tracting individual seekers into the way of Truth, but of affirming the propriety of the methods of the A-. A.. as the basis for the next g…
1935 · PDF PAGE 14
… Mystical and Magical attainment. He will thus prepare himself properly for the crisis of his career in the Order, the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of his Holy Guardian Angel. His Angel shall lead him anon to the summit of the Order of the R. C. and make him ready to face the unspeakable terror of the Abyss which lies between Manhood and Godhead; teach him to Know that agony, to Dare that destiny, to Will that catastrophe, and to keep Silence for ever as he accomplishes the act of annihila- tion. From the Abyss comes No Man fort…
1935 · PDF PAGE 11
…tates. 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- lows. This unachieved, man is no more than the unhappiest and blindest of animals. He is conscious of his own inco…
1935 · PDF PAGE 5
…spondences on the Tree of Life, as may be studied in detail in the Book 777 Student. — His business is to acquire a general intellectual knowledge of all systems of attainment, as declared in the prescribed books. (See curriculum in Appendix I of “Magick” by To Mega Therion, and Equinox Vol III, No. 1.) 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. Neophyte. — Has to acquire perfect control of the Astral Plane. Zelator. — His main work is to achieve com…
1935 · PDF PAGE 6
…s. — 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 matters. He then either (a) becomes a Brother of the Left Hand Path or, (b) is str…
1935 · PDF PAGE 9
…emptus confers authority to govern the two lower Orders of R. C. and G. D. The Adept must prepare and publish a thesis setting forth His knowledge of the Universe, and his proposals for its welfare and progress. He will thus be known as the leader of a school of thought. (Eliphas Levi’s Clef des Grands Mysteres, the works of Swedenborg, von Eckarshausen, Robert Fludd, Paracelsus, Newton, Bolyai, Hinton, Berkeley, Loyola, etc., etc., are examples of such essays.) He will have attained all but the supreme summits of medita- tion, and should be al…
1935 · PDF PAGE 15
…g the Two Critical Tasks, since the fact of his incarnation itself proves that he has taken the Oath which entitled 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.