“As a school of the Western Mysteries, the initiation ceremonies of the Golden Dawn are based on a series of mystery plays or ritual dramas in which the officers reenact specific mythologies that are essential to the Western Esoteric Tradition. To effect a psycho-spiritual change in the awareness of the candidate, the ritual officers work as team in initiation ceremonies using the magical methods of divine theurgy. If the entire initiatory process is successful, the candidate will have been given an infusion of divine energy, in the hope that he or she will indeed attain the increased awareness that is needed to exalt the soul and achieve the completion of the Great Work. And while the initiating officers can provide the necessary magical impetus for this end, it is up to the individual student to travel the path of initiation “in essence as well as in form.” As the Hierophant tells the Neophyte, “Remember that God alone is our Light and the Bestower of Perfect Wisdom, and that no mortal power can do more than bring you to the Pathway of that Wisdom…”