The Initiatic Tradition
"And so long as you have not grasped this — Die and become! you are but a dim guest upon the dark earth." - Goethe, Selige Sehnsucht, from West-östlicher Divan "Adam, our first Parent, created after the Image of God, the great Architect of the Universe, must have had the Liberal Sciences, particularly Geometry, written on his Heart; for even since the Fall, we find the Principles of it in the Hearts of his Offspring." - James Anderson, The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (1723)
Book IX traces the Mystery School as the vessel of initiation: from ancient rites and temple schools, through chivalric, Rosicrucian, Masonic, and occult orders, into the Royal Art as a holistic Mystery School for the modern seeker.
- The Mystery School: Path of Initiation
- I. The Gate of Mysteries
- II. Initiation
- III. Paideia and the Education of the Whole Person
- IV. The Temple Builder and Sacred Craft
- V. Ancient Mysteries and the Question of Lineage
- VI. The Knights Templar and Chivalric Orders
- VII. Freemasonry and the Building of the Temple
- VIII. Rosicrucianism and Universal Reformation
- IX. Rosa Mystica
- X. Enlightenment, Romanticism, and the Modern Zeitgeist
- XI. The Occult Revival and Modern Orders
- XII. Arcana and the Language of Symbols
- XIII. The Modern Crisis of Initiation
- XIV. The Royal Art and the Living School
The Mystery School: Path of Initiation
I. The Gate of Mysteries
The Castle of the MysteriesThe Mystery SchoolThe MysteriesInitiates of the MysteriesUnknown Superiors, Secret Chiefs & Ascended MastersFrom the Secret Temple to the Open Mystery SchoolII. Initiation
InitiationInformation, Knowledge, Initiation, AttainmentThe Universal Initiatic MythAscending to God: The Immortal QuestThe Mountain of InitiationMystery Plays, Initiation CeremoniesInitiation & Death by Tommy WestlundInitiations of the Body, Soul & SpiritSelf-InitiationThe 7 Steps of InitiationThree Degrees, Three Baptisms…PalingenesisThe Rite of the PhoenixThe Cocoon of SilenceThe Greater & Lesser MysteriesThe Page, the Squire, the Knight, the Prince & the KingDying-and-rising godKatabasis: The Journey to the Underworld
Immortality: Physical & Spiritual
Light ConceptionTrue IdentityCycles of LifeThe Invisible Nature of ManFully Human, Fully DivineGarments & BodiesThe SoulThe 13th StepThe 7 Stages of the Incarnation of Consciousness in MatterThe Work of the IncarnationThe Great Initiation: Death, Rebirth & the Restoration of the Divine HumanIII. Paideia and the Education of the Whole Person
PhilosophyFoundations of PhilosophyThe True, The Beautiful, & The GoodHaving a clear and comprehensive cosmology, metaphysics, ….The Questions of PhilosophyYour Own Understanding of the Universethe two-level ontology and the two-level truth criterionWhat is Intelligence?True EducationA Classical EducationPaideiaThe Laws of ExistenceHermeneuticsPaideia and Initiation: The Education of the Whole Human BeingIV. The Temple Builder and Sacred Craft
The Temple Builder: From Sacred Architecture to the Living SchoolThe Western Way: GuildsThe Guild / Sacred Craft TraditionSacred Geometry, The Building of the Temple & the Perfection of the StoneThe Mystery of the CathedralsThe Cathedral: Theology in StoneNaometria: Temple MeasurementTemplumThe FoundationBuilding The Temple in The KingdomV. Ancient Mysteries and the Question of Lineage
Pythagoras: Pythagorean Mysteries
The Essenes: Children of the Light
Greek and Hellenistic mystery traditions
Historical Lineage and Initiatic LineageVI. The Knights Templar and Chivalric Orders
The Knights Templar: The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of SolomonThe Survival and Continuation of the Knight’s Templars after 1312The TempleisenKyot: Grail PoetKnightly Chivalric OrdersChivalric Occult OrdersTemplar RitesThe Templar Roots of FreemasonryThe Cathars & AlbigensiansThe BaphometRosslyn ChapelVII. Freemasonry and the Building of the Temple
FreemasonryFreemasonry: Reimagining the Hebrew Temple MysteriesHermes, Pythagoras And FreemasonryThe Lost Word of MasonryThe Legend of Hiram AbiffThe Royal ArchMasonic Identification: Sign, Grip, & WordThe York & Scottish RitesFreemasonic GlossaryEgyptian Roots of FreemasonryThe Sacred Vault of EnochThe Emerald Tablet of Hermes — found after the Flood in the Valley of HebronHebrew & Hermetic TraditionThe Two Pillars of Hermes"The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone"G: The Great Architect of the UniverseA Mythic Fable of FreemasonryThe Well of SoulsTemple Cosmology: The Temple as MicrocosmThe Third Temple: The Temple of the Holy SpiritJachin & BoazThe Tau CrossThe Double-Headed EagleThe Acacia SprgSon of the WidowTubal CainConnection between Knights Templar and FreemasonryThe Weeping Virgin, Father Time, and the Broken ColumnHand Grips
