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 INTRODUCTORY 
 
 This booklet is issued only in order that it may be 
 the means of giving information to those who are inter- 
 ested in what is known as the Higher Occult, or the true 
 Mystic, in its highest and deepest form. 
 
 It has nothing at all to do with those forms of the 
 mysterious which come under the head of trickery or of 
 fortune telling, and those other various doctrines which, 
 though called Occult and Mystic, are the damnation of 
 Religion, of Philosophy, of Science, and of souls them- 
 selves, because they claim to be what they are not, and 
 because they bring reproach upon that which is, and that 
 which is good. 
 
 Herein we indicate that which belongs to the legiti- 
 mate Occult and Mystic, that which is of the Soul, and 
 has the powers of the Soul. We give information of that 
 Mystic Fraternity which has existed ever since history 
 began, and which continues to exist. The Mystic Frater- 
 nity to which we refer, i,s based upon the fundamental truth 
 that man is, but that, aside from his physical being, there 
 is another being, called by us, the Soul, which, when de- 
 veloped, awakened, and Illuminated, is far greater in its 
 powers than is the power possessed by either body or mind 
 or even by body and mind combined. 
 
 We ask no one either to believe, or to have faith in, 
 the statements made. We do not appeal to the skeptic, 
 the materialist, nor even to the materialistic scientist. We 
 appeal only to those who are deeply interested in the truth, 
 
 Copyrighted 1914 by 
 The Philosophical Publishing Co, 
 

 2 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 and who are eager to learn. We desire to give informa- 
 ition only to those who are truly interested in the deeper 
 and more sublime things in life, ito tho,se who already be- 
 lieve in the powers of the Soul, and in the Immortality of 
 man. 
 
 THE AGES OF GREATEST ENLIGHTENMENT. 
 
 Let the materialist, the materialistic scientist, even the 
 religious fanatic, ask himself this question: "In what age, 
 or in what ages, has civilization reached it,s highest stage 
 of development?" That is, in what age or ages has man 
 been at his best? What religious faith and practice pre- 
 vailed when man was at his best, at his greatest power? 
 
 When we study the history of the ages gone by, when 
 we consider Egypt with its sublime civilization, we find 
 that art and culture, the love of the beautiful, and the 
 power of man was at its highest in that age in which the 
 Mystic Priesthood was at its height, when no man could 
 become King unless he had also become an Initiate, unless 
 he had been trained and taught by the Priesthood of Egypt. 
 In fact, Science, Art, Culture, Refinement, was at its very 
 highest when Egypt was ruled by its Initiate-Kings; and 
 the downfall of Egypt started only when the rulers of 
 Egypt were men who had not been taught in the Priest- 
 hood of Egypt. 
 
 Not even today has mankind reached anywhere near 
 the jState of development in any one line that Egypt had 
 reached. In the Arts we have much to say; but no man 
 yet has solved the mystery of colors used by the ancient 
 Egyptians. In buildings we have accomplished much; but 
 no man yet has been able to mix the cements so that they 
 will hold throughout the ages. And, ap to architecture, 
 we are very far from the ancients. 
 
 As in these things, so in many other things; and, 
 v/hen we enter the domain of religion and religious prac- 
 tices, then we may well shed tears of pity. In that age 
 
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 men believed and lived; while today there is neither faith 
 nor practice, but only words, words, which amount to noth- 
 ing, and accomplish nothing, because they are not of the 
 heart. 
 
 And, as to statecraft, no doubt we have great states- 
 men; but our statesmanship is not strong enough to offset 
 the evils of selfish interest which is ruling today, and which 
 give,s nothing to mankind generally, but takes all to itself. 
 
 But, in Egypt, as well as in Greece, they had a special, 
 and a very good way, of dealing with those statesmen who 
 betrayed the trust of the people. 
 
 In those countries, under the rule of the Initiate-Kings, 
 the statesman that proved false to his trust, that betrayed 
 bis constituents, was punished with death. It is needless 
 to say that this was seldom necessary. 
 
 Also, in like manner, the Priesthood and the Training 
 School for Initiates dealt with the Neophyte that proved 
 false. 
 
 It must not be understood, however, that, in the case 
 of the Neophyte, the Priesthood either put him to death 
 or saw that it was done. On the contrary, the Priesthood 
 had nothing whatever to do with it. According to the Oc- 
 cult Law, the Neophyte, by his own thoughts and acts, 
 metes out his own punishment. The Law of Punishment 
 is this. In the Halls of Mystery, when the Neophyte fol- 
 lows certain Invocations, which lead him to Mastership, 
 he ,sets into motion certain Forces; and these Forces, ter- 
 rible and sublime for good, are the very Forces that 
 react upon himself if he proves faithless to the Order 
 and its teachings. 
 
 This -every Neophyte understood at the time of en- 
 trance into the Temple as a Neophyte; and, if he proved 
 faithless, and thus sealed his own death warrant, he had 
 no one to blame but himself. 
 
 In the mighty Fraternities, certain instructions and 
 Sacred Mantrams are taught, which, if faithfully followed, 
 
4 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 will lead to Initiation and Soul Illumination, even to Im- 
 mortality, but which, if the Neophyte proves false to his 
 vows, will react upon himself, and end in death. It can 
 not be otherwise. And why should it be otherwise? For 
 every fair mind will admit that ito take the solemn obli- 
 gation that is taken when the Degree is conferred upon 
 the Neophyte who has found the Light, ,should forever 
 hold the Brother faithful to his most Sacred Vows, Vows 
 which do not interfere) with hi,s liberty, but which make 
 him one with the sublime Fraternity, and which he should 
 always hold most sacred. And it is safe to say that he 
 will always hold them ( sacred unless, through certain acts 
 and through dabbling with things profane, he is led ! to 
 degeneration and weakness of mind. It is but fair to 
 think, and to say, that no one entering the Temple and 
 taking the Vow, will prove faithless unless there is, within 
 his soul, within his make-up, a weakness that prevents him 
 from being a man in the true sense of the word. 
 
 Can we say, can we claim, that this great Law is un- 
 just? Did not God Himself say, "The soul that sinneth 
 it shall surely die." And is not the Law, when received, 
 2nd deliberately broken, sufficient to mete out full punish- 
 ment? Only he who is, in his own nature, unjust and 
 treacherous and unfaithful can claim that the Law is un- 
 just. 
 
 Moreover, what can be more utterly condemnable than 
 r for a man, knowing part of the truths concerning the Soul, 
 to obtain, through the virtue of hi t s most Sacred Vows, 
 instructions and books belonging to a Mystic Fraternity, 
 and then, after obtaining them on promise to work for 
 that Fraternity, deliberately to betray his trust, deliberately 
 to break his promise, and why? Simply because the Fra- 
 ternity and the Masters thereof do not see fit to do as he 
 wants done. Remember, the Fraternity and its teachers 
 can obey only the Hierarchic Powers, and not any man, 
 nor any member, no matter how great the member may 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 5 
 
 be. 
 
 But Egypt is not the only example of the mighty past. 
 When we turn from Egypt to Greece, we find still greater 
 development, in so far as man is concerned. There we 
 find perfection in the arts, perfection in man himself; for 
 man, physically, mentally, and socially, with his love for 
 the beautiful, had reached very near to the gods. And only 
 when selfi,sh interest began to usurp the love of the beau- 
 tiful, did Greece start to fall. 
 
 And in Greece, as in Egypt, it was during the time in 
 which the true Priesthood held sway that she was at her 
 greatest. With the fall of the Priesthood, came the fall 
 of the nation itself, just as had happened in Egypt. 
 
 Reference here is not made to a selfish priesthood, 
 which meddles in politics, and which would rule its adher- 
 ents with a rod of iron, taking from them their liberty and 
 freedom of thought. We refer to that Mighty Priesthood 
 cr Initiates, which ruled through knowledge and which 
 taught others, all its Neophytes, to "know themselves." 
 
 The remnant of this mighty Fraternity has continued 
 in existence throughout the ages, and it still continues to 
 exist, beginning once more to draw many to itself, many 
 who are now under training, in order that they may be- 
 come one with the Mystic Fraternity, and become teachers 
 and healers of mankind, teaching mankind the Divine Law, 
 the Law that shall make them free from fear, free from 
 the selfish self, which always ends in destruction. 
 
 Thus, a Mystic writer has .said : 
 
 "Universal history not only demonstrates an advance 
 of the human race in civilization, but still more in the de- 
 velopment of different intellectual powers in all directions, 
 in which the primeval ideas of truth and goodness, of beauty 
 and of truth, come forth from the subjective ground into 
 the objective revelation. The mightiest nations are always 
 those who, in general development, most purely and per- 
 fectly manifest a peculiar (Mystic) spirit, or the substance 
 
9 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 of some particular idea. People who have not impressed 
 upon them these primeval ideas in a permanent form are 
 destitute of history, and disappear like shadows on the 
 arena of the world." 
 
 This is certainly true. They have been many na- 
 tions; but most of them have been forgotten. Only of 
 those nations, those ages, in which there existed a mighty 
 Priesthood, truly called Occult, or Mystic, have we any 
 gieat record. Among these nations, we find the Egyptian, 
 the Grecian, and the Greco-Roman. 
 
 Further: "These people have raised themselves above 
 all others by their intellectual stamina, and with a charac- 
 teristic strength, and have planted on a certain elevation 
 of development the focus of an advanced knowledge, which 
 can never more vanish from history, but must forever pass 
 on to a fresh posterity, and be again brought forward by 
 it, but only in a new form, and more varied and entwined 
 with the roots of its peculiar ,strength of life." 
 
 This is true, and, America, once part of fthe ancient 
 Egyptian continent, bids fair to take up these ideas, this 
 training, of the Ancients, which made the ancient nations 
 such wonderful powers, and which helped them to reach 
 such a wonderful state of development in all lines that 
 enable man to become a better and a happier being. 
 
 Further: "When the human spirit possessed no high- 
 er wisdom than the earthly and the human, than that which 
 reason and the light of nature gave it, nature was a sealed 
 book — a Babel. Man had wholly fallen from his empires; 
 his sense and language were confused; no consciousness 
 of the real object of life remained to him, nor of the true 
 use of means. Man was blind, and deaf, and lame 1 , as 
 it regarded the kingdom of nature." 
 
 This is the state in which we find most of mankind 
 at the present day, knowing nothing of the Mystic, noth- 
 ing of the Soul, only a little of "that which belongs to the 
 J)ody. Thus Nature is a sealed book to him. 
 
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 Of another such age, Jacob Boehme, the mystic, wrote : 
 "But the soul of the old Adam lusted after the lord- 
 ship of the outer rule, and his will was sundered from 
 the unity of God, and carried away in the dominion of 
 this world; so that this wa,s converted into a monstrosity. 
 The true spirit withered; the light of God was extinguish- 
 ed ; and the divine idea became benumbed and dead to him. 
 To this spirit now came Jesus; and as he assumed human 
 nature, to restore it, he brought back again the light into 
 the darknes,s. In this light stands the soul again in orig- 
 inal fatherland, as in her first days, when the spirit of God 
 wrought in her. She stands there in vision, and may in- 
 quire into all things; and she understands the language 
 of nature, and works with her strength. In delusion — 
 that of Adam — there i,s no perfection; the spirit of God 
 in His Son (the Chri ( stos) must be the guide, otherwise he 
 stands in an outward mystery, as in the outward heaven of 
 the stars, but not in the Divine Magic School, which con- 
 sists only in a simple, childlike spirit. The outward guide 
 — theoretic reason — works only in a glass; but the inner 
 sense, directed of God, shines into the soul; and, therefore, 
 the choice stands with God; he who comprehends the 
 heavenly school will become a Magus — a creator out of 
 self-knowledge — without weariness running; and even if he 
 must greatly exert himself, yet is he penetrated by God, 
 and will be impelled by the Holy Spirit (the Illuminated 
 Soul.)" 
 
 This, we of the AEth Fraternity hold as a sacred 
 truth; and it is this building of the Illuminated Soul, with 
 all it,s native strength and power, that we would teach to 
 those who are truly and sincerely interested. 
 
PRELIMINARY TRAINING 
 
 The first, or preliminary, training in the AEth School 
 has been called the Healing Course. This, for the reason 
 that the power used in healing the ills' of mankind is the 
 very same power that is used for all other purposes, only 
 the power is used in another way when for any other than 
 a healing purpose. 
 
 The development of the mind, the body, and the soul 
 is the same in all cases. It, therefore, follows that the de- 
 velopment of power is also the same. 
 
 This AEth power in man can be brought forth only 
 through certain drills, exercises, modes of living, and, 
 above all, through the use of Sacred Mantrams, which 
 help the Neophyte to come into direct communication with 
 the AEth World, and therefore to receive the AEth Forces, 
 or the Divine Fire. 
 
 The old Philosophers well taught that the air, like all 
 things in nature, is double — that is, it is negative and posi- 
 tive, male and female — and it is in the knowledge of how 
 to breathe 'that man is able to draw in the AEth Forces, 
 vvhich give him all power. 
 
 The air that we breathe is double in all cases. It takes 
 upon itself the earth elements and makes man an entirely 
 carnal, lustful being, degraded, in many cases, and non- 
 immortal; and, on the other hand, the air will take on the 
 elements of the Heavenly Fires, and give man power, 
 strength, and Immortality. It is for the Neophyte to choose 
 which it shall be; and, as he chooses, he makes use of the 
 air according to his choice. 
 
 That the old Philosopher-Initiate's knew the secret that 
 js in ithe air, and knew of the power of the AEth, and how, 
 
{N THE SACRED SCIENCES 9 
 
 to take this so as to develop all power, can readily be seen 
 by those who read, and understand, these philosophers. 
 
 Thus we read: 
 
 "The air has it,s positive and negative, its male and 
 female. It takes up into itself all earthly elements, develops, 
 in eternal changes, all power in itself, and begets innum- 
 erable children in undiminished youth and beauty. Juno 
 is the sister and spouse of Jupiter. Amongst the natural 
 philosophers, Juno means the lower atmosphere, in which 
 the clouds float and the rainbow appears. She is the eldest 
 daughter of Kronos, and sister of Zeus (God). Oceanos 
 and Tethys brought her up, when the all-power Zeus 
 thrust Kronos under the earth; that is, the vapor, ascend- 
 ing from the |Sea, and the waters mix themselves in the 
 lower atmosphere. According to Ovid, Hera was swallow- 
 ed up by her father with the rest of his children, and again 
 vomited forth. The eagle soaring to the sun is the bird 
 of Jupiter; while the earthly, color-reflecting peacock is 
 the attendant of Juno. 
 
 "Vu'lcan, a son of Jupiter, received the lord,ship of the 
 subterrane. Like Fire, which at first appears as a feeble 
 jspark, was Vulcan at birth. He was weak, ugly, ailing, 
 slow and limping; but when grown up, and requiring 
 strength, possessed of a sinewy neck and strong chest. He 
 built a house for himself, which was imperishable, and 
 therein he had his workshop, with hi,s anvil and his bel- 
 lows, which without hands worked at his command. The? 
 Cyclops, the remnant of the original powers of nature, 
 children of Urania and Gaea, forged for Zeus lightnings 
 and thunderbolts, dwelling in the volcanic caves. Vulcan 
 appears amongst the Pelasgic gods, the Samothracian Ca- 
 biri, a ( s the symbol of electric power, and out of the com- 
 mon workshop of Hephaestos and Athene is Prometheus 
 said to have taken the life-giving power." 
 
 In the above is contained not only the mystery of crea- 
 tion, buifc the mystery of the soul, low born and weak, 
 
10 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 then gradually gaining strength until it knows the Mystery 
 of Fire, of Youth, and of Immortality. 
 
 Read this, time and again; and gradually you will 
 see the Mystery of the breath, that there are two forces 
 in the air, one that is earthly, giving life only to the body, 
 the other heavenly, divine, giving health, strength, power 
 and Immortality. 
 
 In the preliminary course in the AEth School, cover- 
 ing one year of training and development, and including 
 all Sacred Mantrams, the mystery of breath is fully taught, 
 and man receives information concerning the ABth World, 
 or Sphere, that Sphere wherein dwells the power for health, 
 for strength, for power, for youth, and for Immortality; 
 and the Neophyte is taught how to come into contact with, 
 and how to draw in, this AEth Fire, the Life-Giving 
 Power. 
 
 THE AETH WORLD. 
 
 This section of the instructions gives a statement as 
 to the foundation of the ABth Philosophy and the reason 
 for the AEth World, which may be considered as a sphere 
 filled with Vital Fire. The student is here taught how to 
 come into touch with this Sphere, and how to draw the 
 Life Fire to himself. 
 
 There is a Philosophy in the AEth Priesthood teach- 
 ings. No system can exist without a philosophy, because, 
 without such a philosophy, there is no foundation whereon 
 to build, and it is admitted that the Philosophy of the 
 AEth School' is the most sound of any philosophy known 
 to the student at this day. 
 
 Man can not reach Immortality after he passes to the 
 Eeyond. Man musit reach it while in the earth life. For 
 this very reason the earth life is given to him. 
 
 It is the same with the AEth World and its powers. 
 Man must come into contact with it, and draw therefrom, 
 NOW, and not some time after the reaper has taken hirn 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 11 
 
 and forwarded him to the Beyond. 
 
 It must not be thought by the student that, in these 
 lessons, only breathing is taught. Nothing could be far- 
 ther from the truth. In truth, the Neophyte is taught the 
 correct ,system of breathing, but that is only one part of 
 the work. Correct breathing, without knowledge and mak- 
 ing use of the Sacred Mantrams, would accomplish noth- 
 ing except possibly to strengthen the body. It is through 
 a correct system of living, breathing, and the Holy Invo- 
 cations that man can come into contact with, and draw 
 in, these AEth Fires. 
 
 The first three lessors are confined entirely to the 
 teachings of the Philosophy concerning the AEth World. 
 In these lessons are given the reasons and the wherefore. 
 Herein, also, are taught the philosophical beliefs; but, 
 more than this, practical instructions are given, instructions 
 as to how to live, how to breathe, and, above all else, the 
 Sacred Mantrams that are to be used during this time of 
 training. 
 
 THE MYSTERY OF THE AETH. 
 
 In the fourth lesson, the Mystery of the AEth is ex- 
 plained and further instructions are given. 
 
 The physical age, the mental age, these have passed, 
 and man has entered into the third and highest stage of 
 development. This is the Soul Age, the Age of Illumina- 
 tion; and it remains to be seen whether man will take up 
 the work belonging to this age and thus find Immortality 
 or whether he will, like different civilizations, pay no heed 
 to the time, and die out, as did past civilizations because 
 they could not, or would not, read the signs of the times, 
 so that the result was decay and death to such civiliza- 
 tions. 
 
 We, of the Brotherhood, believe that mankind, gen- 
 erally considered, is awakening very fast, and that it will 
 not miss the opportunities held out, but will grasp them 
 
12 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 and thus draw to itself all power, and end in Immor- 
 tality and the Sublime Millenium. 
 
 Lesson five continues the instructions concerning the 
 Mystery of the AEth. In this lesson there is an addi- 
 tional Sacred Mantram, which is to be u,sed in the work 
 in order that man may come closer to his God, by mani- 
 festing the powers and the virtues expressed by the God- 
 head. 
 
 THE AEiTH FORCE. 
 
 The AEth Force is the greatest force in the universe. 
 Jt is the greatest, highest, and most ,sublime force that 
 can be known to man. 
 
 The mysteries of magnetism, of electricity, have not 
 yet become known to man. These forces are now used 
 daily, they are harnessed and used; but man knows not 
 the power of these ,servants of his. 
 
 But even these forces are only the material side of 
 the greater AEth Forces. And, different from electricity, 
 different from magnetism, the Neophyte, through obedience 
 to the instructions of the School, is enabled to make use 
 of these forces and also to see them as he ,sees a fire; 
 and for this reason he is better prepared to handle them, 
 and to make use of them, than he is to make use of elec- 
 tricity. 
 
 Very little has been known of the Life Forces; and, 
 in late years, very few discoveries have been made that 
 give us light on the subject. All that is known today, and 
 much more, was known to many of the old philosophers; 
 and many of the life processes were made use of by them, 
 and these are lost to, or hidden from, the materialists of 
 the presest age. 
 
 God gave man certain powers; moreover, he gave 
 man the right to gain other powers. He gave man life, 
 and he gave him also the power to draw in still more of 
 this life force. If rnan does not use it, or if he remains 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 13 
 
 ignorant, then he has no one to blame but himself. 
 
 We, of the AEth School, hold that it is the subtle AEth 
 that underlies all life. We further hold that, through a 
 system of living and training, the body may be so prepar- 
 ed as to be enabled to draw in more of this AEth Force, to 
 draw it in and to store it up, so as to use it for whatever 
 purpose is desired; and w r e hold, further, that all men who 
 are willing to obey can accomplish this within a ,short time. 
 
 The Life Principle, the Spirit of God, never ceases 
 to exist, never becomes less. If man passes on, if he be- 
 comes ill and dies, it simply shows that he ha ( s ceased to 
 araw in, and to store, this Life Force. 
 
 In the AEth instructions, man is taught how continu- 
 ally to draw in this Life Force. He is taught how to 
 come into touch with the AEth Forces, and thus to gain 
 health, strength, and the power to accomplish. 
 
 But that which i,s of greater importance is the fact 
 that, just as he succeeds in doing this, he will also be build- 
 ing the Immortal Soul. 
 
 It is utterly impossible for the evil man to make use 
 of this power; for k is impossible for him to come into 
 touch with the Hierarchic Powers unless his desires are 
 pure. 
 
 It therefore naturally follows that whoever enters 
 into and heeds not only obtains more of life, but more of 
 goodness also, and with this comes the Immortalization of 
 the Soul. 
 
 Lesson seven in the series continues the explanation 
 and instructions concerning the AEth Force, and gives ad- 
 ditional Sacred Invocations, which will help the student on 
 the way, preparing him still further for the highest work 
 that can be given to any man by anyone. 
 
 We might go on indefinitely as to what this AEth 
 Force is, and concerning the training of the first year; but 
 we bdieve not much would be accomplished by so doing. 
 We therefore give only an outline of the work, stating 
 
14 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 the fact that there are 24 lessons in the preliminary course, 
 covering a period of one year, after which is taken up the 
 course in the Highest Work known to man in the Mystic 
 field. 
 
 GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE? AETH TRAINING 
 
 The AEth i,s a force in nature emanating from the 
 AEth World. The existence of the AEth Sphere near the 
 sun, and the wonderful potency of its emanations, were 
 known and understood by the Egyptian Priesthood many 
 centuries ago. Instructions regarding how to use the 
 AEth Forces were carefully guarded by the Priests of the 
 Temples, and were never imparted openly. 
 
 Only those qualified by ^sincere nobility and purity 
 ci purpose were admitted to the Inner Court in which the 
 AEth Philosophy was explained. The Laws of the AEth 
 Philosophy, handed down from the Highest Egyptian 
 Priesthood of Initiates, have been preserved in their purity, 
 and are now offered to you under the auspices of the AEth 
 Priesthood. 
 
 The AEth i ( s a power that may be employed accurately 
 and intelligently. The AEth is a power that may be em- 
 ployed in the healing of others, in the healing of the self, 
 and in furthering laudable interests in any work that may 
 be near and dear to the heart of man, provided such work 
 has nothing to do with the destruction of life or with hate 
 and malice. 
 
 It i,s a power that may be applied to the practical 
 needs of life in all its varied departments. It was this 
 AEth Force that the Master Jesus so well understood, and 
 so adeptly employed in his work as healer and teacher. 
 
 It must be emphasized that these lessons give not only 
 a philosophy, but practical instructions, instructions which 
 the Neophyte can follow. Their aim goes deeper than 
 merely to give facts and to impart knowledge. It i,s a 
 course of instructions and training that differs from other; 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 15 
 
 systems in that it has for its distinctive purposes the de- 
 velopment of greater power within the Neophyte, power 
 which can be used not only in healing the ills of others, in 
 ( self-healing, in the drawing in of health, strength, and 
 youthful vitality, but also for every other known purpose, 
 for every purpose for which the Mystic might use a mighty 
 power. It is not simply a healing course, a healer's train- 
 ing. It is so called, as already stated, ,simply because the 
 force used in true healing is the same force used for every 
 other Mystic or Occult purpose, but in a different manner. 
 Avail yourself of these lessons, and you will see for 
 yourself that they are specifically a system of personal 
 training — training calculated to develop power of mind, 
 body, and soul, calculated to establish your connection 
 with the AEth World; calculated to develop the ability to 
 take in, to absorb, and to retain the AEth Forces — the 
 ability to direct the AEth Vitality to the organism of 
 ethers or to the conditions of your own being. But, re- 
 member, the AEth Power, when once developed, is by no 
 means limited to the work of healing. It may be directed 
 effectively into any desired channel, and may be used for 
 any worthy purpose. 
 
 If you have ability as a nurse, this i,s an excellent sys- 
 tem of training, enabling you to impart hope, courage, 
 and healing vibrations to those to whom you minister. 
 Your opportunity is even greater in some respects than 
 that of the professional healer. Being with the patient at 
 a time of special need, when the body is sensitive to every 
 touch, when the mind is sensitive to every word and even 
 to every thought, you are in a position to give most potent 
 suggestions, and to be an avenue for the transference of 
 AEth Forces. 
 
 But heed well the fact that these instructions are not 
 limited to those who are to become healers and nurses by 
 profession. They are especially applicable to you if your 
 health is impaired, if you are yourself in need of build- 
 
19 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 ing up physical health and vitality. Remember, too, that 
 enrollment for these lessons entitles you to the personal 
 attention and advice of an AEth Priest and Healer, under 
 whose care you may consider yourself as long as treat- 
 ment is needed. The AEth Philosophy is founded on the 
 principle that physical health, strength, and vitality are 
 of fundamental importance to every one- Consequently, 
 it give's detailed attention to matters of diet, breathing, 
 bathing, exercise, thought control, and other requisites of 
 physical health, and adapts the instructions to your per- 
 sonal needs. If you are lacking in strength and vigor, the 
 AEkh Priesthood promises without the shadow of a doubt 
 to help you to establish conditions of health and strength. 
 
 Again, the AEth Philosophy will be of inestimable 
 value to any per,son that aspires to worthy service in any 
 department of life. Who does not wish to be efficient 
 and competent in whatever position he hoicks? 
 
 • Just as soon as this first year's preliminary course of 
 instructions is finished, then the student will be at once 
 started with the higher work and training. This training 
 will then be still more personal, still more individual, than 
 the first course, because it has to do absolutely and entirely 
 with himself and his own Soul and Soul Powers. 
 
 The work following the first course is that which has 
 been given to the Neophyte in the Egyptian, Grecian, and 
 other Temples of Initiation, and is the highest that can be 
 given to mankind. 
 
 It may here be stated that, when the Higher Work of 
 the Sacred Art is taken up, it is not supposed that the work 
 as taught in the first course should be given up. On the 
 contrary, all things taught regarding breathing, bathing, 
 exercise, etc., should be continued until they become fixed 
 habits of life, as each additional day these instructions, 
 this life, is followed, will add additional life and power. 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 17 
 
 THE AETH FORCES 
 
 P. B. Randolph once wrote these lines: 
 "Some people there be in this section of the 'civilized 
 area of the earth who can not imagine anything of magic 
 power or magnetic ability in the human soul, either latent 
 or active, nor indeed any other superior power or energies 
 at all, than such as find their field of use in heaping up 
 wealth through the diabolic magic of rascality on change, 
 in trade and elsewhere, or in seeking to gratify tastes 
 b: utal at their bases, and lusts foul enough to shame Satan." 
 That which Randolph wrote more than fifty years 
 ago is as true today a,s it was then ; and this booklet, giv- 
 ing information concerning the AEth Priesthood and its 
 AEth teachings, is not for such as believe in the type of 
 magic indicated above, but for those who believe that 
 there are more things in this world than the material mind 
 can know and understand, and for such as have, through 
 experiences of one kind or another, learned to know that 
 there are hidden potencies and energies in the human soul, 
 so great as to be unbelievable by those who have not yet 
 come to know. 
 
 INCREASING THE LIFE FORCES 
 
 One of the most important, because basic, teachings 
 of the Fraternity is that which has to do with the opening 
 up, the filling up, of the reservoirs of life. 
 
 That thijS has been the dream of the old philosophers 
 and Initiates, there is no longer any question, and that 
 many of them did actually find the secret of the prolonga- 
 tion of life, is also beyond question, for the reason that 
 many of them had life beyond the years usually allotted 
 to man. Moreover, we see many of them so weak as seem- 
 ingly not to be able to live another twenty-four hours; 
 but twenty-four hour,s thereafter they were as strong as 
 ever, and there were no signs of the cessation of life. 
 
 And why is this? Simply because they had learned 
 
18 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 the secret of being able to take in the AEth or Dynamic 
 Forces, or Energies, from the AEth Spaces, and had learn- 
 ed how to come into touch, or direct communication, with 
 the Hierarchic Powers, or that department of these Hier- 
 archic Powers which had guard over, or control of, the 
 AEth or Dynamic Life Forces. 
 
 SPECIFIC ENERGIES 
 
 Once the Dynamic Life Force,s or Energies are under 
 control to a certain extent, so that man knows that he is 
 taking in more of these energies than he is using up, there- 
 by assuring him of health and long life, the next important 
 \ thing necessary to him who is on the Path of Initiation is 
 
 the knowledge and the power not only to have specific 
 energies, but to prolong thi,s specific energy to such an ex- 
 tent that he is assured both of the knowledge of accom- 
 plishing this very thing and of the possession of a suffi- 
 cient degree of specific power to enable him to be success- 
 ful in the department of life in which he is interested. 
 
 The AEth Fraternity ndt only teaches its Neophytes 
 that there are such Specific Powers and Energies, but 
 teaches them how to develop such powers, how to store the 
 energy, having it when needed, so that, even while it is 
 being used, man has the power to draw in, through the Di- 
 
 ^ vine Secret of Breath, more energy and more power than 
 
 he is actually losing, thus assuring a surplus of this Dy- 
 namic Energy and Power. 
 
 This can not be accomplished by any man unless he 
 knows not only the secret of the Sacred Breath, but also 
 the Divine Mantrams, or Divine Invocations, with which, 
 or through which, he comes in touch with the Hierarchic 
 Powers of the AEth Spaces. 
 
 This the AEth Priesthood teaches. This it has al- 
 ways taught its Neophytes; and this it will continue to 
 teach as part of its work, 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 19 
 
 THE CHANGE OF NATURE 
 
 In this age, as in past ages, we find many who are a 
 contradiction within themselves. They dqsire one thing, 
 but are attuned to another; and thus their dual nature is 
 in constant conflict. 
 
 It is this fight continually taking place which forever 
 bars them from peace, happiness, and contentment; but, 
 when this is removed, and the dual nature is harmonized, 
 then they find ^strength, peace, happiness, and natural 
 powers. 
 
 This change can only be brought about through a pro- 
 cess of transmutation, changing the hostile part of the 
 dual nature, and harmonizing it with the harmonious na- 
 ture. Only through the Aereal influences, can this change 
 be brought about; and here it is again where the help of 
 the Hierarchic Forces are required, which can be had 
 through the proper understanding of the Law. 
 
 These Lawp are thoroughly taught by the Fraternity; 
 and it is through the understanding of these Laws that 
 many who were failures have been helped to success — a 
 success that is not alone material, but spiritual as well ; for 
 /success, to be real, must be of the threefold being, and this 
 can not be had so long as the dual nature is continually at 
 war. 
 
 THE SUBLIME LOVE NATURE 
 
 It is an admitted fact that the true love nature of man 
 almost universally is weak and degraded, that life, as it 
 has been lived the past many centuries, has had a tendency 
 to degrade the love nature, in many cases killing it out, 
 while making the carnal, the passion nature supreme. 
 
 It is also admitted that the love nature, often called 
 the God nature, because it is the Creative Nature, is the 
 Base, the very Foundation, of all >true and lasting power. 
 
 This the AEth Priesthood recognizes as true; and it 
 
20 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 is, therefore, one of the foundation teachings and training, 
 to develop this nature in man, bringing it to a natural, nor- 
 mal, Divine Potency. 
 
 It ha,s been said by many great teachers, "Where dwells 
 Love, there dwells God." The AEth Priesthood holds this 
 as a truism, so much so that it is fundamental with the Fra- 
 ternity ; and centuries of experience in teaching has proved 
 to the teachers the absolute truth of the statement made. 
 
 THE HELP OF THE SPACES 
 
 One of the greatest de,sires of the old teachers — one 
 which they made special effort to realize in the very begin- 
 ning of the Great Work — was, as they stated, to have "men- 
 tal dalliance with the Powers of Space." 
 
 New Thought, so-called, has been enabled to do much 
 good with its power of mind; but even New Thought is 
 only a glimpse of the vast power that can be used by man. 
 
 Mankind, at present, has been taught only the power 
 of his own mind when it is properly developed; but man- 
 kind is in total ignorance of the immense and awful power 
 that may be his to use for good, if he learns both to use his 
 own mind and mental powers properly and also to bring his 
 own mental forces into harmony, £0 as to use, not only his 
 own, but also the help and the assistance of the Powers 
 of the Spaces. 
 
 These powers of the Spaces, we, of the AEth Frater- 
 nity, have rightly termed the Hierarchic Powers. Not only 
 are they mental, but they include all the powers of nature, 
 all the Ruling Powers of every department of nature; and 
 therefore we call them the Hierarchic Powers. 
 
 The Neophyte is taught how he may come into touch 
 with these Hierarchic Powers and Forces, and how he may 
 have their powers to reinforce his own. 
 
 CULTIVATION OF WILL. 
 Much has been said concerning the cultivation of the 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 21 
 
 Will; but few have been enabled to teach the secret of 
 power. 
 
 We of the Fraternity, having at our command the 
 teachings of the old and the new masters, know that that 
 which has been taught elsewhere is not even a beginning of 
 that which is held by the Fraternity ; because the Fraternity 
 does not go into theory, but gives the Neophyte the ac- 
 tual practice, degree after degree, until he has learned the 
 three mighty powers, powers held as sacred by all Initiates 
 of the Fraternity, and rightly named Volantia, Decretism, 
 and Posi,sm. 
 
 Practice after practice follows, until the Neophyte has 
 mastered the different stages of the power, and has gained 
 not only the knowledge of how, but the ability to do. 
 
 SPECIAL POWERS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES 
 
 It has always been held by the Fraternity that there 
 resides a power in the true man, which, when developed 
 and understood, may be used in the Charging of certain 
 substances. These substances, being agents, will retain that 
 specific power, and will, when coming into contact with the 
 person that is negative or deficient in that special power, 
 become a part of him and strengthen him. 
 
 That thi,s power has been used by the old Priesthood 
 even in the Roman Church can not be denied, that it has 
 been practically lost, is also beyond contradiction. The 
 Fraternity holds that this power may be developed by all 
 men. The Fraternity further maintains that it has always 
 taught the principles of developing this power, and that it 
 now continues to teach them to its Neophytes. 
 
 This making use of the AEthae power is not new, but 
 has been one of the principles that has been possessed by 
 the AEth Fraternity ever since it,s foundation, long before 
 the Egyptian Empire was at its height. This principle of 
 developing and using the AEthic power by means of prop- 
 erly Charged substances, was employed by Pythagoras, by 
 
n AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 Paracelsus, by Von Helmont. It was used, in an inferior 
 form, by Mesmer; and, by means of it, Mesmer, though not 
 an Initiate, was enabled to make wonderful and almost 
 unbelievable cures. 
 
 But this power of Charging substances and beings is 
 not only of use in the cure of the ills of mankind, but it can 
 be used for every other purpose ; and it is this power which 
 can often be u,sed in the saving of a weak or erring otoe 
 from crimes and vices. Its application is unlimited. 
 
 THE ORIENTAL BREAST DRILL 
 
 Of the Oriental Breast Drill, nothing can be said in a 
 booklet of this nature, which, though placed only before 
 those who are interested in the Sacred Philosophy, is, never- 
 theless, for general circulation. 
 
 It may be stated, however, that, through the teachings 
 and the application of the teachings as given in these pri- 
 \ate instructions, many families have been saved from 
 disruption. Men who were growing away from their wives 
 have been reclaimed, and women who were growing away 
 from the husband and father have returned to the family 
 fold. And all this, not through the power Of external agen- 
 cies or force, but through the knowledge gained of their 
 own being, and through the power developed within them- 
 selves by means of the Sacred Breath Drill. 
 
 This secret is of Oriental origin, as the western mind, 
 though intellectual, is not of the, sunny nature as is the mind 
 of the Oriental people, and seldom discovers those secrets 
 of being which are the common knowledge of the high 
 caste Oriental. 
 
 It must not be understood that the AElh Philosophy 
 teaches an Oriental Philosophy pure and simple, or a Phil- 
 osophy of Negativism. Nothing of the kind; but, having 
 been founded in the Egyptian country, centuries ago, it 
 naturally follows that the AEth Philosophy retains the 
 teachings and the practices that have, throughout the ages 4 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 23 
 
 proved to be exact and constructive in results, although it 
 discards all negative and destructive tendencies prevalent 
 among Oriental philosophies. 
 
 THE PRACTICES OF POWER 
 
 Again, we refer to one who was of our own time, and 
 who said that this practice wa,s "to culture the power of 
 direct, impressive, magnetic presence, for general, affection- 
 al, or business purposes." 
 
 The higher culture includes the whole man, the three- 
 fold being; and it recognize^ the threefold man, when 
 equally developed, as the true, the complete man. 
 
 No man can be truly man whose affectional nature is 
 either imperfectly developed or cold. It is the Love Nature, 
 the Great Center, whence come the Magnetic Waves, which 
 constitute Magnetic Attraction. And, unless one has these 
 Magnetic Waves, success in no department of nature can 
 be perfect. And, unless this affectional being, this Love 
 Nature, is developed, normal, and natural, man is an im- 
 perfect being. 
 
 But the more fully this nature is developed, the more 
 fully and completely will the Great Center radiate the Mag- 
 netic, the Attractive, Waves. And, what is still more true, 
 and of greater importance, is the fact that, as this Great 
 Center, this Love Nature, is developed, man becomes more 
 truly man, more truly the being that God intended him to be. 
 
 "The 'true man is too much of a man to do anything 
 which is not manly." 
 
 But, if the affectional nature is developed at the ex- 
 pense of the physical and the Soul natures, there will be a 
 conflict, a weakness ; and man, though fully man as regards 
 his love nature, will be weak morally, because the physical 
 and the soul beings will not have the strength to resist the 
 desires of the affectional nature. Thereby, the affectional 
 nature becomes one-sided, and this may result in acts which 
 are not what they should be. Thus it is, that the AEth 
 
24 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 Fraternity insists on a threefold development, and follows 
 the system of training practiced by the Ancient Initiates, 
 which has always proved a success. 
 
 AFFILIATION OF WILLS 
 
 The most powerful of all practices, and that which 
 has, in part, already been referred to, is the affiliation of 
 the will of man, called the earth-will, with the Will- 
 assembly of the Spaces, with the Hierarchic Powers. It is 
 here where the highest form of Will has its beginning and 
 its ending; for the human will, well-trained, affiliated with 
 that of the Hierarchic Will-assembly, is proof against all 
 things, and man, through this affiliation, becomes as one 
 of the gods. 
 
 Nor do we utter anything profane when we make this 
 statement; for it has been uttered by our Initiates in all 
 ages. God Himself said, ''Man has become as one of the 
 goa>." 
 
 This training is not difficult to him who is truly will- 
 ing to try; but, to the weakling, to the one who desires 
 power without working for power, it becomes impossible. 
 
 Nothing is denied to him who truly WILLS. It there- 
 fore follows that he who is truly willing to will will also be 
 willing to act, to live, and whose lives will know the power 
 ov his specific form of living. 
 
 OTHER POWERS AND SPACES 
 
 It must not be understood that the Will alone has Spaces 
 in the AEth Spheres, and that there are Hierarchic Powers 
 over Will alone. On the contrary, just as there are Hier- 
 archic Powers of Will so there are Hierarchic Powers of 
 Divine Passion, of the Will-Love-Energy. There are Cen- 
 ters with their Hierarchic Powers over every department of 
 Life and in every Department of Nature ; and he who 
 knows can come into touch with these Centers, these Hier-s 
 grchic Powers. 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 25 
 
 AFFILIATION WITH CENTERS 
 
 The Fraternity has ever taught the possibility, and the 
 means, of drawing power and energy from the four Great 
 Centers. This is not altogether an Egyptian teaching, 
 but wa,s the secret of the Greek-Chaldaic people; and this 
 power of drawing verve from the four Centers was known 
 as the Greek-Chaldaic principle of Austro-fusion. 
 
 The,se Centers have to do with the nature of man — 
 that is, with his principal natures — and cover the four great 
 departments of life. Only a working knowledge and the 
 will to do is required by the Neophyte in order to make 
 use of this secret. 
 
 POSITIVENESS OF SOUL. 
 
 It may be stated as an absolute and uncontradictable 
 fact that no man can become an Initiate unless he is first 
 able to develop a positiveness of Soul. 
 
 This may be accomplished through purely mental 
 practices. But, like all mental powers, it is then a cold 
 power, and does not attract or draw to as it would if 
 Fositiveness of Soul is devoloped through the Love En- 
 ergies. 
 
 The AEth Fraternity teaches both of these system^. 
 But it holds that, as man's true love nature is a part of 
 the God nature, it is far better to develop all Soul Powers, 
 including positiveness of Soul, through the Love-ener- 
 gies, than it is to develop the Soul 1 through purely men- 
 tal practices. 
 
 The Soul that has gained Positiveness, especially if 
 it has been gained Ithrough the Love-energies, is practi- 
 cally invincible. Moreover, it is a great, powerful, sub- 
 lime attracting Center, a Center that attracts the good 
 and the true, as does the magnet attract the needle; and 
 this is desirable in every instance 
 
26 r AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 INTENSIFICATION. 
 
 It is an established fact that the man who is lukewarm 
 in his interests is not a man who accomplishes great 
 things. But the man who is intense in his desires, in his 
 love, and who, being intense (Polarized), is willing to 
 make any necessary sacrifice in order to accomplish — he 
 is the one who will accomplish. For there is no power 
 in heaven or on earth that can gainsay the Mighty Will 
 of him who says, "I Will" and who holds to that intense 
 resolution, no matter what may come, and who is willing 
 to make any sacrifice in order to accomplish- 
 
 It is such of whom Jesus, the Great Initiate, said : "He 
 dies but to gain his life ;" "He fails but to conquer." For, 
 though it may seem that, for the time, such an one loses 
 his all, and is reduced to the lowest ranks of existence, at 
 the moment he is so reduced the fates themselves will turn 
 to him and give him aid, and he will begin to climb up- 
 ward and upward until he has reached the summit. And 
 here is the Great Law : "Just as he had to sacrifice and suf- 
 fer in order to win, so will he, in like intensity, enjoy and 
 live; for the intenisty of suffering and the willingness to 
 sacrifice are but the measure of the possibility and the 
 capability of enjoying and succeeding." 
 
 It therefore follows that we can readily judge the 
 tree by its fruits. We can judge the possibility, or the 
 power, of good in a man by what he is willing to suffer, 
 willing to sacrifice, in order to obtain the thing he de- 
 sires. That is the law. And all the Hierarchies of the 
 Spaces are arrayed with the man who says, "I Will, and 
 who will do in spite of what comes; for the Hierarchic 
 Powers are ever with the man who promises to do and 
 who does as he promises. This is the law. 
 
 Nothing worth while in heaven or on earth is gained 
 without the making of some sacrifice. The things we buy, 
 for which we have ready money, never bring us the satis- 
 faction that do those things for which we had to save and 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 27 
 
 to suffer. We know the value of the things for which we 
 suffer. They are part of our lives; aye, part of our blood 
 is in them. 
 
 SECRETS OF THE SPACES 
 
 In spite of all that has been said against Clear-Seeing 
 there is such a thing as Clear-Seeing. 
 
 The very fact that a thing is counterfeited proves 
 that there i,s a thing that is genuine. 
 
 A Master has said that part of the powers belong- 
 ing to the Initiate are these : 
 
 "To penetrate the secrets of the lower Spacial Worlds, 
 a power called Suvoyance. 
 
 'To penetrate the formidable Sphere of the middle 
 Spaces, called Zorvoyance. 
 
 "To attain the road leading to the Ineffable Beyond, 
 called AEthaevoyance." 
 
 It is this last to which the true Initiate desires to 
 reach. And he doe,s reach to these Spaces when he be- 
 comes Master of the Soul Ceremonies, when he masters 
 the Sacred Mantrams that are taught by the Fraternity 
 
 This Hast is truly the secret religion of the Ancient 
 Initiates, because it teaches a Specific Form of Invocations, 
 which are at once powerful prayers of the highest and 
 most sublime form, and appeals to the Hierarchic Powers 
 of the Special Departments in the Universe in order to ob- 
 tain the help that is necessary. 
 
 Religion is of the Soul. So is all true and lasting 
 power. The work of the two therefore becomes one. 
 
 THE' LIFE SECRET 
 
 The 1 greatest secret possessed by Paracelsus, the great 
 healer, and the one who has given the modern physician 
 many of his most important medicines, was the secret of 
 Vitalizing foods, medicines, drinks, clothing, etc., with a 
 Specific, Dynamic Power which would, when taken by a 
 
28 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 person, endow that person with just so much power, the 
 full amount with which the specific article had been 
 Charged. 
 
 So great was the power of Vita'lization possessed by 
 Paracelsus that in many cases he instantly healed, with 
 one dose of medicine, diseases which had been of long 
 standing, and which had resisted the combined power of 
 many physicians. 
 
 Thi,s has justly been termed the Grand Life Secret, 
 because it is, in many instances, the means of saving life; 
 in others, it is the means of prolonging life for many years 
 and making the prolonged life greater than was the former 
 life. 
 
 THE DEFEAT OF NEGATIVISM 
 
 In the present age, when mankind has been taught, 
 and believes in, the destructive power over other minds, 
 is is well to know the laws that help man to build the Elec- 
 tric Auric Rixig, which, when thrown around one's self or 
 around another, is the means of turning away any adverse 
 or hostile influence that may have been cast against one. 
 The Positive Soul has no fear of such things, because 
 Fositiveness of Sou 1 ! is a protection in itself. But those 
 who fear this adverse or hostile force have no such pro- 
 tection, and cannot protect themselves. It is therefore 
 highly necessary that others should know how to protect 
 those who are fearful of hostile influences, in order to 
 free them from that which fear has placed upon them. 
 
 The filling of the air around one's self with the AEth 
 Forces is not a difficult matter, and such an Auric Ring 
 is a protection against every evil that may have been cast 
 forth by a mind that is full of hate and ma'lice. 
 
 Ihe Initiate does not fear these things, but, only the 
 few being Initiates, the millions will suffer through fear, 
 which is but a form of negativeness. 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 
 THE FACULTIES OF THE SOUL. 
 
 29 
 
 The whole work of Initiation, or training in the AEth 
 School, is to awaken, to train, and to develop the Soul 
 Powers- It is a process of practice, which will, degree 
 by degree, awaken the slumbering Soul, bring all its powers 
 iiitb manifestation and make it master of the AEth Pro- 
 cesses, step by step, until Mastership is reached. 
 
 And this process of self-development includes in it, 
 and develops harmoniously, the power to attract to one's 
 self innumerable AEthic, Aerial, and Invisible assistants. 
 This the modern school terms Hierarchic Invocation, or 
 Invocation of Hierarchic Powers. It was termed by the 
 Ancient School Ar ( saphism. 
 
 No Initiation is complete unless it accomplishes this, 
 and the AEth Fraternity claims to teach the methods. It 
 further claims that whoso lives and obeys the teachings 
 must come into the power that such 'living confers. This 
 it can well claim, for each and every man is no more and 
 no 'less than the life that he leads makes him to be. 
 
 SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE HIGHER OCCULT 
 TRAINING 
 
 THOUGHT 
 
 All Masters of the past have admitted and taught 
 that thought is the base of all true life; that Immortality 
 is not possible to man unless he first begins to think that 
 there is such a thing as Immortality, and then gradually 
 begins to work in harmony with the Divine Law, thereby 
 upbuilding, the Divine Spark within himself, and thus not 
 only having a body with which to move and act, but a soul 
 as truly conscious of its existence as is the body. 
 
 The AEth Fraternity in its instructions and training 
 does not go into theory, but it gives practical instructions 
 as to just what to do and how to do it. Thus, it teaches 
 the Neophyte that the first work in the Great Art is Image 
 
30 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 Formation, because by this process that which the Neo- 
 phyte desires to do or to accomplish is formed in his mind 
 as an image; and this is held to the exclusion of all el,se 
 until the desire has become realized. 
 
 To the novice this may seem to be a very difficult 
 matter, but in reality it is not hard to do, because the train- 
 ing and the instructions are so clear, so to the point, that 
 no mistake can be made by one who is sincere. 
 
 SECOND LOGOS 
 
 Image Formation is only the very first step in the 
 GreafArt It is but" the "a" in the Great Alphabet. Fol- 
 lowing the First Logos we have the Second Logos, which 
 is the work of Vivifying, or Giving Life to, the Image 
 formed, or the sending forth of the attracting power, which 
 will bring about desired results. 
 
 This is a 'little more difficult than is the first practice, 
 because it is the actual giving life tojm inanimate object, 
 to an image formed by the Soul and the actual seeing it 
 a--: it should be when it becomes materialized. 
 
 Previous training is necessary to qualify the Neophyte 
 to enter upon these exercises- It must not be thought that 
 these practices, thi,s higher training, is given to the begin- 
 ner. Long before these Drills are given, the student will 
 already have been taught the Sacred Mantrams whereby 
 he has developed the body and trained the mind in prep- 
 aration for this higher work. 
 
 Image Vivification is of the utmost importance, and 
 no man truly becomes an Initiate, a Priest of the Myster- 
 ies, until he has accomplisehd this work. And he can ac- 
 complish it if he is willing to do his part, willing not only 
 to read and study, but willing to practice and willing to act. 
 
 THIRD LOGOS 
 Once man has mastered the practice of Image Forma- 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 31 
 
 tion and Image Vivification, or giving life to the image 
 formed, then he is ready for the Third Logos, which is 
 that of the projec tion of the Imaged and Vivified Creation 
 of his mind. This is one of the most important parts of 
 the Great Work, though it is not so difficult as is that of 
 Formation and Vivification, because he will have become 
 more nearly the M'aster than he was before he started the 
 work, and, though apparently each step is more difficult 
 than the former one, to him it i,s not so difficult because he 
 has grown since the start was made by him, and as he nears 
 the goal the Work becomes easier. 
 
 These three Logi contain all power and all mastery. 
 Through these it is possible to influence all things, both 
 that which is near and that which is far away. Distance 
 cannot interfere with the influence of the mind. 
 
 SILENCE. 
 
 In the Hall of Silence man accomplishes the Great 
 Work. For this reason the old Masters and Initiates taught 
 that it is necessary to know, to will, to dare, and to keep 
 silent. Of these four, silence is as important as any of the 
 other three because it is in silence that all great work is 
 accomplished, and he who talks does not know, and he who 
 knows do^s not talk. 
 
 Silently must man begin the work, for it is a work that 
 concerns only himself. Only he himself should know what 
 he is about ; the world in general has nothing to do with it. 
 
 When Mastership has been reached, then it is that 
 he may use hi,s powers, his influences for good and for the 
 good of humanity, but even then it is not necessary for him 
 to talk concerning himself and the work, unless he is ap- 
 pointed in a position where he is to give information, not 
 otherwise. 
 
 All nature works silently and in secret, and he who 
 most clqsely follows nature is sure to have more of the 
 power and strength that is possessed by nature/ 
 
32 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 The Great Fraternity her t self is a proof of this fact. 
 For .centuries she had remained silent, and often men knew 
 not that she continued to 'exist, knew not that here and 
 there were men and women who, though following a spe- 
 cific profession, were also following the Great Work and 
 using their power and influence for the good of mankind 
 generally- 
 
 These men — these Initiates — did not care whether any 
 man knew of their work or not. It was sufficient to them 
 that they were fulfilling their destiny in spite of every- 
 thing to the contrary, and they found that their work, the 
 things accomplished, were complete recompense for the 
 sacrifices made, for the energy given and for the self-de- 
 nial necessary. Here let it be said that the greater the self- 
 denial made by the Neophyte or the Master, the greater 
 is the return in peace and power. For without labor and 
 without sacrifice nothing is accomplished in the Great Art. 
 
 THE HALL OF SILENCE. 
 
 Moreover, it is actually in the Hall of Silence that 
 the Soul of the Neophyte meet,s two worlds. It is there 
 where the one ends and the other begins. It is there where 
 he stands with one foot in the visible world and with the 
 ether in the so-called Invisible World. 
 
 There it is that the Soul first 'tastes of the Immor- 
 tal Fire. There that the eyes first behold the Mystery of 
 the Fire which burns on the Sacred Altar, and which is 
 reflected upon the screen through the medium of the Drill. 
 
 The Neophyte in this Hall needs patience; for just as 
 the rose plant needs careful watching and time to grow 
 before it will put forth a bud, and then gradually open 
 into a full-blown rose, ,so does the man need time and care- 
 ful watching in order that the Soul may grow and show 
 forth its Divine Fire. But he who has patience and who 
 is truly sincere will be fully rewarded for every sacrifice 
 made in order to attain. 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 33 
 
 MANIFESTATION 
 
 When once the first Three Logi are mastered, and 
 when these are practiced, then comes the manifestation, 
 or the gradual coming into existence of that which was 
 formed, vivified, and projected. 
 
 It must not be thought that this is accomplished in 
 a day, though it is possible where the Will of the Neophyte 
 is strong enough and where the Arts have been perfectly 
 mastered, to bring into immediate existence some things, as, 
 for instance, when the Neophyte desires to heal some one 
 who has faith. In that instance the perfect image of the 
 whole being may be formed; this may be Vivified with 
 perfect Life; this may be projected and manifestations 
 may take place at once. 
 
 There are other instances, other works, in which this 
 may be accomplished ; but where the desire is for the crea- 
 tion of a power or a faculty time may be required in order 
 that such power or such faculty may grow and develop. 
 
 However simple this work may seem it is yet a work 
 that needs great practice and careful watching, and the 
 Neophyte needs the guidance of the most nearly perfect 
 and the most interested instructor if he would succeed 
 fully. And not only does he need such an instructor, but 
 en his part it is necessary that he give full obedience to 
 the instructions given him in order that he may not fail 
 in the Work, and thus be delayed. 
 
 THOUGHT MAGIC 
 
 Because there have been men in times past and in the 
 present who could make use of these forces, and who could 
 bring about results that seemed miraculous, the term Magic 
 has been applied. 
 
 This term is a misnomer, because, in fact, there is no 
 such thing as a magical act. Magic is simply the knowledge 
 of Natural Laws, the development of the Soul Powers in 
 
34 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 man and the employment of these powers to work in har- 
 mony with Natural Law,s. This it is which brings about 
 these results. 
 
 Magic in its true sense is not a vulgar art. It is a 
 threefold religion of the Soul. Magic is the religion of the 
 Magi, including, as it does, Religion, Philosophy, and Sci- 
 ence. It has therefore nothing to do with vulgar prac- 
 tices; in fact, with no practices whatsover except with 
 those Sacred Mantrams and Invocations which bring man 
 nearer to God; and as he nears God ,so will his powers 
 increase in proportion, because no man can travel Godward 
 without increasing his powers and his capabilities to do 
 good, to be a creator, as is his Father a Creator. 
 
 Though Magic is therefore nothing more nor less than 
 the full use of the trained and developed mental faculties, 
 Using these for the good of mankind generally, whether 
 tc help a soul or to frustrate the evil designs of man. 
 
 REALIZATION 
 
 Anticipation is greater than Realization, we have been 
 taught. This is really true in so far as the external world 
 is concerned; but in the Inner World, the Soul World, this 
 is not true. 
 
 In the external world we imagine things, we desire 
 thi,s or that; but all of these things have to do with the 
 mortal, the material existence. There is nothing perfect on 
 this plane. Therefore, as the mind pictures ideal condi- 
 tions and feelings it naturally follows that the realization 
 is not so perfect as desired because the imperfect show ( s 
 even in the ultimate results. 
 
 But, on the Inner, the Soul, Plane, it is far different 
 because on that plane of ,being all things are perfect, and 
 when man looks forward to the realization of those things 
 which concern the Soul and its powers, he is not disap- 
 pointed, for the very good reason that as he trav^ 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 25 
 
 els the Path he also nears the goal of peace of 
 soul, and thus he seeks the Love World instead 
 of the sense world, and while all things may seem to 
 be wrong, while the Master might lose his all, there is yet 
 a great realization of peace and contentment, because the 
 real being, the real existence, is not touched by these things. 
 
 Thus it is that realization is the ultimate of the Great 
 Work, and where the heart is wholly true to the Great Art 
 there can be no disappointment when realization comes, 
 because then the Soul of man is blended with the Soul of 
 God, and man has actually reached Godhood and is at peace, 
 at One-ment, not only with God, but with all things that 
 exist, and at that moment he ceases to judge others or 
 the acts of others, realizing that they do nothing except 
 what they think is best for them to do. Then he realizes 
 why one great teacher taught : 
 
 "JUDGE NOT." 
 
 To judge is to be judged by the same judgment. This 
 is the Great Law. 
 
 THE OPERATION 
 
 The Operation in the Great Art is at once difficult and 
 not difficult. It is difficult for him who goe N s into it with 
 some secret reservation in the heart, some lack of faith, 
 some secret desire not belonging to the Art; but to him 
 who enters the Work heart-whole and with a true desire 
 it is not a labor, but a work of love, and each step adds 
 but a greater love for the Work and all things in general, 
 and it is this increasing love which helps to build, to draw 
 in, and to store, the great power possessed by the Master. 
 
 He who is most willing to give his all without ques- 
 tion, to tru^t the Hierarchic Powers most fully, he it is 
 who will reap the greatest benefits in the quickest time; 
 and for this reason Jesus taught men: "Take no thought 
 for the morrow," knowing full well that if the thought in 
 
36 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 the heart is pure and the trust is complete there can be no 
 failure in realization. 
 
 It is also for this very reason that we ,see men who 
 were rich and accustomed to the greatest luxuries in life 
 g:ve their all without question to the Great Art. Though 
 this seemed foolish and the direct means of suffering and 
 self-denial, yet they reaped almost immediately just as 
 much as they had given, though often in a different man- 
 ner; and the fact remains that none of them ever regret- 
 ted it, and they became the Masters of the ages, never to 
 be forgotten. 
 
 This we see not only in those who follow the Great 
 Art, but we find it a fact in all the arts. Thus we find the 
 artist who is an artist at heart. He enter,s his hovel, lives 
 on bread and water, devotes his energies to his art and 
 emerges a great and never-to-be-forgotten artist. 
 
 This man might, if he wished, go out into the world 
 and earn money in other ways, money enough to give him 
 the luxuries ; but his ,soul is not of that kind. Instead of 
 that, he lives for his art, gives hi,s whole body and soul to 
 it, denies himself everything and the results — the Hier- 
 archic Powers watch over him and he becomes the master 
 cf hi,s art and his soul is happy and contented and at peace 
 with God and man. 
 
 PRACTICAL DEfTAILS. 
 
 In such teachings it is not theory that the Neophyte 
 is to receive, but it is practical instructions and formulas 
 such as he can readily follow, and it is just such instruc- 
 tions, just such training, that the Neophyte receives from 
 the AEth Fraternity. 
 
 There are thousands of books that give theory, thou- 
 sands of books that give an idea of the Great Art, give de- 
 tails of that which has been accomplished by the old Mas- 
 ters and Initiates. 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 37 
 
 All these book,s, if written by Masters, are of great 
 importance to the Neophyte because they are the founda- 
 tion; but they are worthless as to practice, and it is in 
 practice only where direct help, the direct teaching, of the 
 guide and instructor is of benefit to the Neophyte. 
 
 For this one reason, if for no other, the Great Fra- 
 ternity has never found it possible to teach the highest 
 work to classes because every student is a distinct, separate 
 individual, and, as no two are alike, it is impossible that 
 that which meets the requirements of one will be able to 
 meet the requirements of the other. For thi,s reason each 
 student must be taught separately and as an individual, and 
 just as the ,student considers himself as such, applies the 
 teachings to himself and considers no one else, nor the 
 acts of any one else, will be able to succeed. 
 
 Here again we must bring in the Great Law as taught 
 b> the Master Jesus, when he said: 
 
 "JUDGE not:' 
 
 We find that in many instances where there is failure 
 on the part of the Neophyte it is directly traceable to the 
 breaking of this command. 
 
 Many Neophytqs, instead of giving their whole atten- 
 f tion to themselves and the Work, are prone to look beyond 
 I themselves, to watch the acts of other men and women, 
 even of other students, and to see what these others are 
 doing, trying to judge or to app l ly to themselves the ac- 
 tions and the experiences of another The minute this is 
 done there is a breakage in the Work, and this results ad- 
 versely to themselves, while in no way affecting the other. 
 No matter what other men may be doing, no matter 
 what they think, no matter even what a student in the 
 same school may be doing, this is neither the concern, not 
 even the thought, of the other student. Each student has 
 only to do with himself and himself alone, and in no way 
 is he concerned with the thoughts, habits, desires, or acts 
 Pi any; other living person. 
 
38 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 When once the Neophyte has reached the Mastery, 
 then it is that he can bring his powers into play and use 
 them in helping others, provided ,such others desire and re- 
 quest his help. Or he may use his powers in the preven- 
 tion of a wrong where he sees that it is clearly a thing 
 that may hurt another ; but even then the use of this power 
 must be silent and solely because he desires only that good 
 shall be done. 
 
 Realization can come only to him who works toward 
 that end, and until realization comes man must stand alone, 
 be free from thoughts concerning others and even be free 
 from caring for the insults, the condemnation, or the ig- 
 noring of others, which so often follow^ when the Neo- 
 phyte enters the path. 
 
 ARCANUM LODGE. 
 
 There are two distinct Churches, Lodges, or Temples- 
 One of these is the external place of meeting, where 
 members of a church or organization assemble together. 
 But there is another, a greater meeting place, and this is 
 within the individual The Master, the Initiate, becomes 
 a Lodge, or Temple, within himself, complete in every ap- 
 pointment, and when he attends the Temple meeting it is 
 within his inner self, and those present are none other than 
 the Hierarchies. 
 
 The AEth Fraternity has an outer meeting place or 
 Temple. But the first and mo,st important work is for 
 the Neophyte to develop himself and the Soul within him- 
 self so that he becomes a perfect universe, complete in all 
 his appointments, and then he is more ready for the exter- 
 nal organization where he can meet others who think and 
 do as he does. 
 
 Of the external organization it is not our desire to 
 speak here. Sufficient to say that, as time goes on, as Neo- 
 phytes enter the Fraternity and reach toward the summit 
 pf Initiation, it is proposed not only to confer the Exa'lted 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 39 
 
 Degrees in their external form, but once again to build such 
 Temples and have such sublime worship as had the an- 
 cient Egyptian Priest-Initiates. 
 
 THE IMPERIAL DEGREE 
 
 This \s not an outer or ceremonial degree, but refers 
 to the highest phase of development in which the Neophyte 
 can engage, and rapidly approaches the state of Initiation, 
 enabling the student to reach that stage of Illumination 
 which will make of him an Initiate-Priest, and thus enable 
 him to help in the Great Work. 
 
 This has well been called the Deific Degree, or the 
 Degree of the Great Breath, because in reality it is such. 
 
 ThUjS it is that "by coming into touch with this Deific 
 Degree of the Great Breath the man becomes a creator in 
 the real sense, and it lies in his power to create and estab- 
 lish real changes and tangible, material things in this life 
 and world-" So taught one of the Masters, so have held 
 the other Masters for the past many centuries. 
 
 CREATIVE INVOCATIONS 
 
 In this booklet, which is for the general seeker, it is 
 neither possible nor allowable to say much concerning this 
 part of the Great Art. Sufficient is it to say that if the 
 Neophyte has passed the other ,stages of the training he is 
 then taught the Sacred Invocative Work, which will give 
 him the real instruments for the accomplishment of the 
 Great Art. 
 
 These are not new, but are those of the most ancient 
 Initiates. Though given in new words, to meet modern 
 requirements, they are like the ancient work, as taught in 
 the most ancient Temple,s, and no one will deny that it was 
 then when the Holy Art was in its highest stage of devel- 
 opment, 
 
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 40 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 THE MASTER MYSTERY 
 
 The student is taught: 
 
 "It is the Great Breath which is the Matrix from 
 which are created all things existing. It is the Lesser 
 Breath from which the physical being is being daily cre- 
 ated. And it is from this same Matrix, or Lesser Breath, 
 that it is possible for you to create all things reasonable 
 this world which you desire." 
 
 In these Imperial Mysteries the Neophyte is taught 
 all the things that the Ancient Initiate taught, and which 
 gave them such power. The Neophyte who is obedient, 
 who practices the Work, must of necessity come to know 
 the power that is conferred on one so living, so practicing. 
 
 It is to be borne in mind that neither the Fraternity 
 nor any of its men make any clair^s whatsoever. They 
 simply give, teach, state, that which the Ancient Fraternity 
 claimed to be a fact, and which they proved to be a fact by 
 the works that they accomplished. 
 
 If in a booklet of this nature 1 we were to claim all that 
 the secret lessons themselves contain and make possible we 
 would at once be considered as stating many things that 
 are untruths. We therefore do nothing of the kind, but 
 simply indicate that which was claimed by the Fraternity 
 in the past, stating facts as they are, claiming nothing for 
 ourselves or what we may be able to do. At the same time 
 we frankly state that we cannot give a tenth part of that 
 which is claimed for the Sacred Art. 
 
 One of our Initiates once said that it would be well to 
 read the book,s written by Van der Narllen in order to get 
 an idea of the powers possessed by the Initiate, and that 
 of these books the best one i,s "On the Heights of Himt- 
 alay." 
 
 We believe that this is true, because then the seeker, the 
 would-be Neophyte, would get an idea a,s to what one may 
 do who is willing to learn, to know, to dare, and to keep 
 silent. 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 41 
 
 The lessons in their highest form, as given by the AEth 
 Fraternity, are such as will develop these powers in those 
 who will practice and live the teachings. 
 
 INVOCATIONS 
 
 Not only i,s the first Invocation taught the Neophyte, 
 but as he becomes master of the practice the Arch-Invoca- 
 tion of the Ancient Initiate is also taught him; and noth- 
 ing short of failure to master the work can prevent him 
 from being able to use these Invocations and reap results 
 therefrom. 
 
 THE SACRED AUM INVOCATION 
 
 Besides the two former Invocations, the Aum Invoca- 
 tion of the true Initiates of old India is also taught, and it 
 is safe to say that this Invocation is taught by no other 
 Fraternity now in existence. 
 
 For these reasons it i,s of such vast importance that 
 this Fraternity, in one way or another, should be enabled 
 to reach all those throughout the entire world who are 
 truly interested and who desire the Highest and Most Sub- 
 lime form of the Mystic and the Occult. 
 
 And it is the desire of the Fraternity to reach all such, 
 it's desire to train them thoroughly, and, when ,so trained 
 and found loyal to the Priesthood, then to have them teach 
 the Lesser Work to mankind at large, teaching them the 
 Divine Laws, which will help to bring peace on earth, 
 good will to all men and establish such a Priesthood, ,such 
 a School, that ignorance will give way to knowledge, and 
 as knowledge takes the place of ignorance then will crime, 
 sin, sickness, and suffering cease. This is the object and the 
 aim of the AEth Priesthood, nothing more, nothing less. 
 
42 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 THE SPIRIT AND FIRE DEGREE, CALLED THE 
 DEGREE OF CREATIVE LIFE 
 
 The ultimate of all Initiation is to find the source of 
 Life. Every true philosopher of the pa,st, every true In- 
 itiate has made a claim that this is possible, and with some 
 pf the old philosophers this was the whole theme. That 
 this is possible is now no longer doubted. That few have 
 found it we know ; that the many can find it we believe and 
 claim to be true. 
 
 But in order that this may be accomplished man must 
 be fully prepared. Preparation is effected only through a 
 training that considers the whole man. 
 
 Such a training the AEth Priesthood gives its Neo- 
 phytes, and when such training ha,s been completed it is 
 then that the Neophyte is given the instructions and the 
 training that are covered by the Degree of Fire. 
 
 Fire or heat is the underlying principle of all life. 
 V< r here heat leaves there will we fail to find life Just as 
 long as there is heat just that long does life remain. It is 
 therefore the whole problem to keep this heait ever going. 
 This idea was represented in the Ancient Temple by the 
 Virgin Vestals' ever watching the Sacred Fire, never al- 
 lowing it ito burn out, under penalty of death. 
 
 Of what this work consists it is not even our desire 
 to speak here. Sufficient is it to state that the work is fully 
 and completely taught, and that even in the present age it 
 has been proved that the work is founded on a sound basis 
 because, through it, has been accomplished the Regenera- 
 tion and the Rejuvenation of the whole man, from weak- 
 ness to strength, from approaching death to new life. 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 43 
 
 CRITICISM 
 
 We may be criticised, in fact have been criticised, for 
 taking this method of giving information concerning the 
 Sacred Art and concerning the AEth Fraternity, Jl being 
 stated, apparently with justice, that the Ancient Fraternity 
 look no such method of giving knowledge concerning its 
 work. 
 
 Freely do we admit that they did not ; but, on the con- 
 trary, they had a far more sensational method of allow- 
 ing the people to learn of their work than have we. 
 
 "And how?" will the sincere seeker ask. Easily an- 
 swered. The ancient Fraternity had its Feast Days and 
 its days of rejoicing. It wa,s on these public holidays that 
 the Priesthood, arrayed in its most costly and most beautiful 
 regalia, would appear in parade before a'll the people, fol- 
 lowed by its thousands of Neophytes and Devotees, and 
 through that method draw from the masses its brightest 
 and its richest youths, who would on entering give up title 
 and wealth in order to become one of the Priest-Initiates. 
 
 In our material age this is no longer possible. Insti- 
 tutions which were then the glory of the world are not now 
 possible. Men are not willing to give up their all, their 
 very life, in order that the Fraternity may reach the sub- 
 lime heights it then did. Therefore it is not possible for 
 the Fraternity of to-day to employ the methods used then. 
 The Fraternity of to-day must satisfy itself with taking the 
 best methods that present themselves in order that its sub- 
 lime work and teachings may be known to those who are 
 truly interested. It does not parade its work nor thrust 
 its literature before those who have no desire either for re- 
 ligion or for philosophy or for the SacredArts. 
 
 ITEMS OF INFORMATION 
 
 A Scholarship in the AEth Priesthood is for life. This 
 jn eludes the necessary text-books, the lessons of instruc- 
 
44 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 tions, the privileges of personal letters without limit, and the 
 personal training. 
 
 OTHER BOOKS 
 
 It is not required of the student that he should buy 
 other books, although if he so desires he is at liberty to do 
 jso. From time to time he will be informed of such books 
 as would be a help to him, though, as already stated, these 
 arc not absolutely necessary. 
 
 LOYALTY. 
 
 It is required of each and every student that he shall 
 be loyal to the Order and its instructions. To ,show dis- 
 loyalty, to speak ill of, or to do anything that might dishonor 
 the Order, wi'U cause the instructions and training to cease 
 automatically. The Order cannot harbor traitors within 
 its ranks. 
 
 THE NEOPHYTE'S DUTY 
 
 When the Neophyte enrolls with this School it is with 
 the distinctive understanding that he shall obey such teach- 
 ings and follow such instructions until he finds one of two 
 things — either that the teachings are correct or that they 
 are false. If he is sincere and faithful the instructions can 
 not fail to bring about the desired results. 
 
 The Fraternity cannot under any circumstances accept 
 or tolerate any criticism or judgment from any of its Neo- 
 phytes- Under the very nature of things, the one applying 
 for instructions considers that he has need of them. This 
 being granted, then it follows that, since the student is less 
 than the teacher, the student ,should receive and obey and 
 not take upon himself to attempt to criticise and to judge, 
 or to instruct, wherein he is ignorant and in need of in- 
 struction. 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 45 
 
 The attitude of the Neophyte must in all cases be that 
 of one who receives and is willing to obey. Moreover, it 
 is an absolute rule of the Fraternity that students shall fol- 
 low instructions and report. To do otherwise automati- 
 cally stops the instructions and the training, because the 
 Fraternity cannot allow a Neophyte to receive one lesson 
 v/hen the former one has not been mastered and reported 
 upon. 
 
 IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE 
 
 In all important matters in life we find that those who 
 desire to learn must, in the first place, be willing to obey. 
 This we find not only in all branches of learning, but in all 
 trades. 
 
 This being true, it is but natural that the Mystic Fra- 
 ternity, more than any other institution, must demand strict 
 obedience and absolute loyalty to it,s institution and its in- 
 structors. 
 
 Moreover, the student should be willing to give this 
 and toibe faithful until he, like his teachers, has reached 
 Initiation. 
 
 The vast number of Neophytes claim to be in advance 
 of other members of the common humanity. And as ad- 
 vancement always means loyalty we should naturally look 
 for loyalty and trueness of heart and greatness of soul ; bij : 
 in all ages it ha,s been found that in many instances instead 
 of loyalty and greatness of soul, there is a destructive ego- 
 tism which sets itself up as judge, and in consequence the 
 Neophyte thinks himself greater than the master or teach- 
 er, attempts to give instructions rather than accepting them 
 and, like Lucifer, is cast out forever. Thus it has even been. 
 Thus it must ever be. But the true Neophyte, he who is 
 faithful, will ever be the one who will win, and who will be 
 many times rewarded for his faithfulness just as men are 
 rewarded in all walks of life for faithfulness and sincerity, 
 
46 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 APPEALS FOR HELP 
 
 The Neophyte is at all times at liberty to appeal to the 
 Brotherhood for such help as it can give, and this help will 
 be given willingly, cheerfully, and without compensation. 
 Gifts, donations, etc., will be accepted and will be u ( sed in 
 spreading the work, especially its teachings of the Divine 
 Laws, which are for mankind generally. 
 
 TEACHERS 
 
 It is the desire of the Fraternity that those who reach 
 Initiation shall become healers and teachers. To those who 
 show sufficient interest, the Lesser Work is to be taught to 
 mankind generally. 
 
 OBLIGATION OF SILENCE 
 
 Although there is necessary an obligation of silence, 
 this obligation in no way interferes with the duties of life, 
 but has solely to do with the private books and lessons, 
 teachings which are to be considered at all times sacred and 
 secret, and not to be divulged to any one. As a necessary 
 feature of growth, silence is enjoined upon the Neophyte in 
 regard to experience^ and phenomena attefidant upon the 
 Drills and practices of the Sacred Art- These he reports 
 to his teacher alone. 
 
 THE PRIVATE BOOKS 
 
 On account of the nature of these books, it is fu'lly un- 
 derstood that .they are strictly private, for the use of the 
 student only, given to him as between teacher and ,student, 
 or physician -and patient, that they are printed, but not pub- 
 lished, and on no account are they for general use. 
 
IN THE SACRED SCIENCES 47 
 
 THE FEE 
 
 The fee paid at the time of enrollment is for a Life 
 Scholarship, and the student will not be called upon to pay 
 any additional fee. 
 
 It is to be clearly understood that this fee is not paid 
 for knowledge nor for instructions, because knowledge can 
 not be bought, but that it is paid only for the purpose of 
 meeting legitimate expenses connected with the work and 
 to help spread information concerning the Great Art and 
 for the promulgation of the Lesser Teachings, called Soul 
 Science, among the people generally. 
 
 ADDRESSING OF LETTERS 
 
 All letters and other matter must be addressed as indi- 
 cated at end of this booklet. All monies must also be made 
 payable in the same manner. No letter is to be addressed 
 directly to the Fraternity. Letters ,so addressed will not 
 be received. 
 
 THEf GOVERNING POWER 
 
 The governing body of the Fraternity is composed of 
 those who have thoroughly proven their worth, who have 
 proven that they are willing to give their very life for the 
 Sacred Work of the Fraternity. 
 
 These who so rule have sworn not to be governed by 
 the opinion of any one, not even by the most worthy of the 
 members, but to rule only as instructed by the Hierarchic 
 Powers. 
 
 This governing body and the men composing it are 
 therefore unknown, except to those few who have the work 
 in hand, and these few are under solemn oath not to betray 
 any of them. 
 
 As plenipotentiaries or agents with full powers are ap- 
 pointed by the Hierarchic ruling body, these may become 
 
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 48 AETH PRIESTHOOD TRAINING 
 
 known to ,students and even to those outside of the Frater^ 
 nity, but the,se must not be considered as of the governing 
 body, but only as workers for the Great Order. 
 
 Even to these, when known, no letters must be ad- 
 dressed, directly, nor must money be made payable to them, 
 but only to the special department of the Publishing Firm 
 which oversees the publication of private text-books and 
 such other printed matter as belongs to the Fraternity. 
 
 All such communications and monies will at once be 
 turned over to the proper parties and will have their im- 
 mediate attention- Address only : 
 
 THE PHILOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING CO., 
 Dept. C. ALLENTOWN, PA. 
 
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