The Magister Volume 0 Section 2 of 3

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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