INTRODUCfION 
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you what the right tasks out of hundreds are by your own 
reactions to your own study and practice . 
"Osiris in Amennti" -see The Book of the Dead. I meant 
you might try to trace a parallelism between his journeyings 
and the Path of Initiation . 
Astral travel-development 
of the Astral Body is essential 
to research; and, above all, to the attainment 
of "the 
Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel." 
You ought to demonstrate 
your performance 
of the 
Pentagram Ritual to me; you are probably making any 
number of mistakes. I will, of course, take you carefully 
through the O.T.O. rituals to 111° as soon as you are fairly 
familiar with them. The plan of the grades is this: 
0° Attraction to the Solar System 
1° Birth 
W Life 
IIIo Death 
IVo "Exaltation" 
P.1. "Annihilation" 
yo -IXo Progressive comment on 11° with very special 
reference to the central secret of practical 
Magick. 
There is thus no connection with the A :. A:. system and 
the Tree of Life. Of course, there are certain analogies. 
Your suggested method of study: you have got my idea 
quite well. But nobody can "take you through" the Grades 
of A:. A : . . The Grades confirm your attainments as you 
make them; then, the new tasks appear. See One Star in 
Sight . 
Love is the law, love under will. 
Fraternally, 
666