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by Joe Bandel |
 Magister Templi Part VI
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3rd Degree Magickal Initiation |
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Symbolic Freemasonry and this 3rd degree initiation as a Master Mason or Master Magician is simply the most profound and powerful that I know of. In my opinion this initiation gives what the "Blue Lodge" only promised.
The symbolic murder of the Master continues with a search in "all directions" for his body symbolizing that all paths must be taken before the right one can be found. This is echoed elsewhere by the sword that turns in all directions keeping Adam and Eve from returning to Eden and the story of Parsifal doomed to travel all roads before he can find salvation.
The metaphysical and occult secret of this is that once you step onto the path leading toward "God hood" and the reversal of the life force energy you will encounter this phenomenon over and over again. You will not be allowed to progress until you have given 125 %. The natural elasticity of the astral and the tendency of the universe to resist change will resist your efforts until you have given much more than needed.
Like Parsifal doomed to travel all roads, you can only advance when you have no where else to go. In many ways this is like trying to dam a river and plugging all the escape paths for the water until no escape routes exist and the water is allowed to build up behind the dam and gather power.
Once things change in your favor however, that same elasticity and tendency to resist change will work for you instead of against you.
Magickally this initiation shows how an astral body can be created by the initiate through the generation of intense physical effort. Envision the candidate struggling under a burden of heavy chains he or she can barely carry struggling forward widdershins in an enclosed magickal circle for nearly an hour to get a general idea. Then focus that entire generated physical energy back into the initiate as they are "raised" back from the dead as a "Master Mason".
An astral body is truly created although it is created of "group" energy mixed with the initiates and not "pure" energy as created in the "scarlet women/soul mate/seven brides" cycles of the higher degrees.
These Scarlet women/soul mate/seven brides cycles come later, first is the creation of an astral body out of "group" energy or "collective" energy.
The problem is that this merely gives the "illusion" of success through the creation of this astral body. The magickal link remains to be created and nothing of value will happen till the magickal link exists. As the initiate continues to generate more of this energy he or she will develop the magickal link and be drawn into a scarlet woman/soul mate/seven bride cycle. This will permanently establish his or her power in that particular energy.
There are two parts to magickal empowerment. They are the development of the magickal body and the development of the magickal link. Both are mechanical processes that simply require the physical body to generate a specific type of energy allowing it to accumulate until both are accomplished.
The development of a magickal body can be as described through the generation of energy within a magickally closed circle. The creation of the magickal link is to simply give out energy until it goes around the world and comes back to you. You give until you get back....This is what creates the magickal link. In the mundane world we call it simple competency.
In the creation of this astral body the initiate is truly able to experience that life and consciousness can and do exist independent of the physical body. This is the true gift of this initiation.
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