Magister Templi

The Grade of Magister Templi is described in "The Vision and the Voice". The essential Attainment is the perfect annihilation of that personality which limits and oppresses his true self. The Magister Templi is pre-eminently the Master of Mysticism, that is, his understanding is entirely free from internal contradiction or external obscurity; his word is to comprehend the existing Universe in accordance with His own Mind. He is the Master of the Law of Sorrow (dukkha). To attain further he must accomplish Three Tasks; the renunciation of his enjoyment of the Infinite so that he may formulate Himself as the Finite; the acquisition of the practical secrets alike of initiating and governing his proposed new Universe and the identification of himself with the impersonal idea of Love. Any person soever possesses the right to claim the grade of Magister Templi by taking the Oath of the Grade. It is hardly necessary to observe that to do so is the most sublime and awful responsibility which it is possible to assume.