The Training & Work of an Initiate

Based on the original edition first published in 1930 and 1955, public domain. Shows how the initiation tradition has been handed down from adept to neophyte. Dion Fortune reveals both the broad outlines and underlying principles of these systems. This much-sought-after book gives details of the preparation for and degrees of true esoteric initiation, together with a description of the work to be performed and the training to be undergone by the candidate for the Higher Mysteries. Contents: Ethical Laying the Foundation; The Way of Initiation; Preparation; The Path of the Hearth-Fire; The Initiate s Ideal; Daily Life on the Path; Theoretical A Ground Plan of Illuminism; The Head-waters of Occultism; The Sources of the Esoteric Christian Tradition; The Alphabet of the Mysteries; Practical The Training of the Mind and Body; Initiation and Celibacy; and The Western Esoteric Systems.