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1935 · PDF PAGE 8

One Star in Sight

…iverse 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

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1935 · PDF PAGE 10

One Star in Sight

…ority of the Teaching and Governing Adept is the basis of all orderly work.) To attain the Grade of Adeptus Exemptus, he must accomplish Three Tasks; the acquisition of absolute Self-Reliance, working in complete isolation, yet transmitting the word of his superior clearly, forcibly and subtly; and the comprehension and use of the Revolution of the wheel of force, under its three successive forms of Radiation, Conduction and Convection (Mercury, Sulphur, Salt; or Sattvas, Rajas, Tamas), with their corresponding natures on other planes. Thirdly,…

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1935 · PDF PAGE 4

One Star in Sight

…ey perceive (that is, understand, know, and feel) in love, which is both unique and universal. 1. The Name of the Order and those of its three divisions are not disclosed to the profane. Certain swindlers have recently stolen the initials A A in order to profit by its reputation.

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1935 · PDF PAGE 5

One Star in Sight

2. The order consists of eleven grades or degrees, and is numbered as follows: these compose three groups, the Orders of the S. S., of the R. C., and of the G. D. respectively. The Order of the S. S. Ipsissimus .................................... 10F ══ 1Q Magus .......................................... 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 ..............…

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1935 · PDF PAGE 6

One Star in Sight

…s greatest and highest sense. Ipsissimus. — Is beyond all this and beyond all comprehension of those of lower degrees. But of these last three Grades see some further account in The Temple of Solomon the King, Equinox I to X and elsewhere. It should be stated that these Grades are not necessarily attained fully, and in strict consecution, or manifested wholly on all planes. The subject is very difficult, and entirely beyond the limits of this small treatise. We append a more detailed account. 3. The Order of the S. S. is composed of those who h…

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1935 · PDF PAGE 9

One Star in Sight

…niverse 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 Tasks; the renunciation of His enjoyment of the Infinite 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 neophyte of the Order (or, as some say, any person soever) possesses the right to claim the Grade of Master of the Temple by taki…

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1935 · PDF PAGE 13

One Star in Sight

…ing able to write a single line of good poetry, although the greatest poet in soul is unable to express himself without the aid of those three elements of literary composition. 1. This is not in contradiction with the absolute right of every person to do his own true Will. But any True Will is of necessity in harmony with the facts of Existence; and to refuse to accept the Book of the Law is to create a conflict within Nature, as if a physicist insisted on using an incorrect formula of mechanics as the basis of an experiment. 2. “Their Will”—no…

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