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1935 · PDF PAGE 7

One Star in Sight

…ality and position of this star, and its functions, are determined by the nature of the incarnations transcended by him. 4. The Grade of Ipsissimus is not to be described fully; but its opening is indicated in Liber I vel Magi. There is also an account in a certain secret document to be published when propriety permits. Here it is only said this : The Ipsissimus is wholly free from all limitations soever, existing in the nature of all things without discriminations of quantity or quality between them. He has identified Being and not-Being and B…

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1935 · PDF PAGE 8

One Star in Sight

…is to destroy all tendencies to construct or to cancel such necessities. He is the Master of the Law of Unsubstan- tiality (Anatta). The Ipsissimus has no relation as such with any Being : He has no will in any direction, and no Consciousness of any kind involving duality, for in Him all is accomplished; as it is written “beyond the Word and the Fool, yea, beyond the Word and the Fool”. 5. The Grade of Magus is described in Liber I vel Magi, and there are accounts of its character in Liber 418 in the Higher Aethyrs. There is also a full and pre…

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1935 · PDF PAGE 5

One Star in Sight

…red 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 ............................ 5F ══ 6Q The Order of the G. D. (Dominus Liminis…

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1935 · PDF PAGE 6

One Star in Sight

…i. 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 t…

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