Philosophus. — Is expected to complete 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 matters.  
He then either (a) becomes a Brother of the Left Hand Path 
or, (b) is stripped of all his attainments and of himself as 
well, even of his Holy Guardian Angel, and becomes a Babe 
of the Abyss, who, having transcended the Reason, does 
nothing but grow in the womb of its mother.  It then finds 
itself a 
Magister Templi. — .(Master of the Temple): whose functions 
are fully described in Liber 418, as is this whole initiation 
from Adeptus Exemptus.  See also “Aha!”.  His principal 
business is to tend his “garden” of disciples, and to obtain a 
perfect understanding of the Universe.  He is a Master of 
Samadhi. 
Magus. — Attains to wisdom, declares his law (See Liber I, vel 
Magi) and is a Master of all Magick in its 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 have 
crossed the Abyss; the implications of this expression may be 
studied in Liber 418, the 14th, 13th, 12th, 11th, 10th, and 9th 
Aethyrs in particular.