The Training and Work of an Initiate

125 pp. This much-sought-after book gives details of the preparation for and degrees of true esoteric initiation, together with a description of the work to be performed and the training to be undergone by the candidate for the Higher Mysteries. Contents: Ethical Laying the Foundation; The Way of Initiation; Preparation; The Path of the Hearth-Fire; The Initiate s Ideal; Daily Life on the Path; Theoretical A Ground Plan of Illuminism; The Head-waters of Occultism; The Sources of the Esoteric Christian Tradition; The Alphabet of the Mysteries; Practical The Training of the Mind and Body; Initiation and Celibacy; and The Western Esoteric Systems.