The Magister Volume 0 Section 2 of 3

On Those Things Which Call Us to Awakening
Jerusalem’s Furnace
	The Stages of the Journey
	The Court Before the Tabernacle: Zelator (Malkuth)
	The Sanctuary or Forward Area of the Tabernacle: Theoricus (Yesod)
	Practicus (Hod)
	Philosophus (Netzach)
	The Holy of Holies: Adeptus Minor (Tiphareth)
	The Mercy Seat and Solomon’s Throne: Adeptus Major (Geburah) and Adeptus Minor (Chesed)
	After the Passing Over: Magister Templi (Binah), Magus (Chockmah) and Ipssisimus (Kether)
The Alchemical Amphitheatre
	On Dreams and States of Consciousness
	The Guardian on the Threshold and the Inner Guide
	The Invisible College
	On Initiation and Calcination
	Vignette: The Mystical Explosion
	Exercise: Examining the Zelator
The Secret Ladder
The Sound of the Trumpet
	Historical Context
	Authorship
	The Fama
	The Confessio
	The Chymical Wedding
	The Mirror of Wisdom
	Symbology and Metaphor
Academic Study of the WEIS
	The Nature of the Debate
	Western Esotericism, Rituals and Knowledge
	The Problem of Magic and the Occult
	Treatments of the Magical Orders
	The Teachings of Individual Esoteric Teachers and Followers
	Conclusion
The Academic and Esoteric Encounter
	The Birth of Academic Studies of Western Esotericism
	The Dangers of Monolithic and Historic Analysis
	The Insider/Outsider Problem
	The Issue of Secret Knowledge
	Definitions of Western Esotericism
	The Contemporary Milieu
	Conclusion
The Ascent Narrative
	The Ascent Narrative in Christian Mysticism
	The Ascent Narrative in Kabbalah
Curriculum Studies Applied to Western Esotericism
	Introduction: Curriculum as Model
	Methodology: Analysis of Curriculum
	Analysis of Content
	The Self in Education
	Curricula as Content
	Purposes
	Content
	Procedures
	Evaluation
	Differences Between Secular and Esoteric Curricula
	Builders of the Adytum (BOTA): The Creation of a Curriculum
The Teachers: A Case Study of Florence Farr
The Aim and Structure of the Golden Dawn
	Light Before the Dawn: The Sat B’Hai and the Gold and Rosy Cross
	The Sat B’Hai and the August Order of Light
	The Influence of the Gold and Rosy Cross
	Westcott’s Western Mystery Doctrine
	Mathers and the Book of Concealed Mystery
	History
	Foundations at 17 Fitzroy Street
	A Society of Hermetic Students
	The Devastating but Priceless Secret
	The Construction of the Curriculum
	The Knowledge Lectures and Flying Rolls
	The Flying Rolls
	List of Rolls and Authors
	The Rituals
	The Ladder and the Golden and Rosy Cross
Students of the Golden Dawn
	Problems of Delivery of Material
	Qualification of Knowledge
	This is Reserved for a Higher Grade
	The Failure of the Golden Dawn
Alumni of the Golden Dawn
	The Strange Reward
Conclusion Part Two