The Magister Volume 0 Section 1 of 3

PREFACE
A STATEMENT OF TRADITION, LINEAGE AND AFFILIATION.
Introduction
THE WESTERN ESOTERIC INITIATORY SYSTEM
	Chapter 1: STATE OF THE ART
THE ORDER OF REVELATION
	The Order of Revelation (0)
	The Light of the Labyrinth (1)
	The Rainbow at Midnight (2)
	The Prism of Light (3)
	The Portal and the Veil (4)
	The Angel in the Workshop (5)
	The Sanctuary of Fire (6)
	The Chapel of Devotion (7)
	The Temple of Night (8)
	The Quarry of Souls (9)
	The Point of the Light (10)
THE HERALD OF EVERLASTING DAY
	The Pyramid
	The Salamander Vessel
	The Millrinds
	The Angels of Night and D ay
	The Four Rivers
	The Two Trees
	The Tree of Knowledge (Eternal Night)
	The Tree of Life (Everlasting Day)
THE AEONS
Manifestations of Maat
	Chapter 2: Maat in Ancient Egyptian Cosmology
	Chapter 3: Maat in the context of the Golden Dawn Magical Society
	Chapter 4: Maat and the Aeons
	Chapter 5: Soror Nema and Maat Magic
	Chapter 6: Maat Magic Today
	Chapter 7: Exercise: Barack Obama’s Inaugural Speech
The Tree of Life and Kabbalah
THE INITIATORY JOURNEY
The Aim of the Initiatory Journey
	Chapter 8: The Scale of the Journey
	Chapter 9: The Method of the System
	Chapter 10: Practices of the Curriculum
	Chapter 11: Syllabus of Study
Apprenticeship and Teaching
	Chapter 12: The Structure of the Tree, Sephiroth and Paths
	Chapter 13: Signposts Along the Way
THE CLOUDS ASTONISHED: A HERMETIC AND GNOSTIC UNIVERSE
	Chapter 14: Parable: The Discovery of Darkness
	Chapter 15: Metanoia: The Recovery of the Soul through Initiation
	Chapter 16: Traditions and Paths
	Chapter 17: Gnosticism
	Chapter 18: Neo-Platonism
	Chapter 19: Hermeticism
	Chapter 20: The Emerald Tablet
THE INITIATORY MAP OF THE MAJORS ON THE TWO TREES
	The Tree of the Dawn
	The Tree of the Sanctuary
A Map of the Spiritual Mountain in the Minors
	Chapter 21: Meanwhile Back at the Beginning of the End
	Chapter 22: The Spiritual Journey in the Wands
THE NATURE OF THE GRADES AND INITIATION
	The S.R.I.A.
	The Golden Dawn
	The O.T.O. and the A∴ A∴
THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE
A Student Case Study: Frater Maximus
	Dion Fortune and Aleister Crowley
THE TITLES OF THE GRADES
THE WORK OF THE GRADES
THE VISIONS OF THE GRADES
	Conclusion Part One