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ONE STAR IN SIGHT Issued from the Sanctuary of the Gnosis in the Valley of Los Angeles by Authority of TO MEGA THERION Reprinted from MAGICK by To Mega Therion for general circulation and the special attention of those who have been led to join pseudo- occult orders which have used the Publications of the A A as text books etc., but that have no connection with The Great White Brotherhood known as A A Address all communications to W. T. Smith, Box 6574, Station C, Los Angeles, California
1935 · PDF PAGE 6
…ce 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 T…
1935 · PDF PAGE 5
…re a general intellectual knowledge of all systems of attainment, as declared in the prescribed books. (See curriculum in Appendix I of “Magick” by To Mega Therion, and Equinox Vol III, No. 1.) Probationer. — His principal business is to begin such practices as he may prefer, and to write a careful record of the same for one year. Neophyte. — Has to acquire perfect control of the Astral Plane. Zelator. — His main work is to achieve complete success in Asana and Pranayama. He also begins to study the formula of the Rosy Cross. Practicus. — Is ex…
1935 · PDF PAGE 8
… he conflict with the work of the Magus who uttered the Word of the Aeon in which He is living. The Magus is pre-eminently the Master of Magick, that is, his will is entirely free from internal diversion or external opposition; His work is to create a new Universe 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 …
1935 · PDF PAGE 10
…ew 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…
1935 · PDF PAGE 12
…ohn St. John. They have taken the only proper course; to train aspirants to this attainment in the theory and prac- tice of the whole of Magick and Mysticism, so that each man may be expert in the handling of all known weapons, and free to choose and to use those which his own experience and instinct dictate as proper when he essays the Great Experiment. He is furthermore trained to the one habit essential to Membership of the A-. A..; he must regard all his attainments as pri- marily the property of those less advanced aspirants who are con- f…