First Order - Outer Order

• purify and learn deeply of the four elements
• understanding of the four elemental principles of nature. More importantly, the student must learn to realize and balance these four elements as indispensable ingredients of his or her own psychological and spiritual make-up

First Order Introduction—Neophyte 0=0 Zelator 1=10 (Earth) Malkuth Theoricus 2=9 (Air) Yesod Practicus 3=8 (Water) Hod Philosophus 4=7 (Fire) Netzach

1. Neophyte: The Wanderer
1. Stage: Wandering in the Wasteland, blindfolded.
2. State: Pre-initiation, living in ignorance, seeking the Path.
3. Symbolism:
4. The Fool (Tarot Trump 0)
5. The Dark Forest and the Veil of the Unknown.
6. The child who has potential to be hero
7. Key Practices: Preparation for initiation, aligning the will to seek Truth.
2. Nigredo: The Elemental Stage
1. Sphere Focus: Spheres 0-2 (Malkuth to Yesod).
2. Body: Lead Body (Physical Body).
3. Themes: Purification, breaking down illusion
4. Substructure:
5. 4 Elements: Earth, Water, Air, Fire.
• Associated with grounding, emotional cleansing, mental clarity, and transformation.
6. White Wedding: Inner unification, preparing for the next stage.
7. Correspondences:
8. Tarot: Minor Arcana (1-10 of each suit).
9. Kabbalah: The Four Worlds (Assiah - Action).
10. Alchemy: Calcination, dissolution, separation, and conjunction.
11. Key Practices:
12. Elemental rituals and pathworkings.
13. Building the foundation of magical discipline.
14. Experiences
15. rending the Veil.