To attain the Grade of Magister Templi, he must perform two 
tasks; the emancipation from thought by putting each idea against 
its opposite, and refusing to prefer either; and the consecration of 
himself as a pure vehicle for the influence of the order to which 
he aspires. 
He must then decide upon the critical adventure of our Order; 
the absolute abandonment of himself and his attainments.  He can-
not remain indefinitely an Exempt Adept; he is pushed onward by 
the irresistible momentum that he has generated. 
Should he fail, by will or weakness, to make his self-annihilation 
absolute, he is none the less thrust forth into the Abyss; but instead 
of being received and reconstructed in the Third Order, as a Babe 
in the womb of our Lady BABALON, under the Night of Pan, to 
grow up to be Himself wholly and truly as He was not previously, 
he remains in the Abyss, secreting his elements round his Ego as if 
isolated from the Universe, and becomes what is called a “Black 
Brother”.  Such a being is gradually disintegrated from lack of 
nourishment and the slow but certain action of the attraction of 
the rest of the Universe, despite his now desperate efforts to insu-
late and protect himself, and to aggrandise himself by predatory 
practices.  He may indeed prosper for a while, but in the end he 
must perish, especially when with a new Aeon a new word is pro-
claimed which he cannot and will not hear, so that he is handi-
capped 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 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, he must exert his whole power and authority 
to govern the Members of lower Grades with balanced vigour 
and initiative in such a way as to allow no dispute or complaint; he