Adept
Encyclopedia : A : AD : ADE : Adept
- This page is for the topic of adepts in Magick, for other uses of adept, see Adept (disambiguation)
Contents
Orders
Various occult organizations have steps in which an Initiate may accend in their own magical system. Some call these steps degrees or grades.Golden Dawn
In the magical system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, there is seen to be three different grades of adept. These are Adeptus Minor, Major, and Exemptus. According to the Golden Dawn's system of magic, each of the grades represent or correspond to a sephira or Sephirot (Kabbalah).
- 0=0 Neophyte
- 1=10 Zelator
- 2=9 Theoricus
- 3=8 Practicus
- 4=7 Philosophus
- 5=6 Adeptus Minor
- 6=5 Adeptus Major
- 7=4 Adeptus Exemptus
- 8=3 Magister Templi
- 9=2 Magus
- 10=1 Ipsissimus
A∴A∴
Aleister Crowley, who formed the A∴A∴, restructured the majority of the Golden Dawn's system, in doing so rewrote the system using mostly Thelema. This system still holds to three forms of adept.
- Student
- Probationer
- Neophyte
- Zelator
- Practicus
- Philosophus
- Dominus Liminis
- Adeptus Minor
- Adeptus Major
- Adeptus Exemptus
- Babe of the Abyss
- Magister Templi
- Magus
- Ipsissimus
Temple of Set
The Temple of Set, calls their steps degree's, and places adept second. Its system is as follows:
- Setian ( First Degree )
- Adept ( Second Degree )
- Priest / Priestess ( Third Degree )
- Magister / Magistra Templi ( Fourth Degree )
- Magus / Maga ( Fifth Degree )
- Ipsissimus / Ipsissima ( Sixth Degree )
Illuminates of Thanateros
Also disinguished as degrees, the Illuminates of Thanateros, is a newer style of magic called Chaos Magic, which places adept closer to the top of their system.
- 4° Neophyte
- 3° Initiate
- 2° Adept
- 1° Magus
See also
External Links
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.