Zelator Grade Work

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OVERVIEW PROBATIONER NEOPHYTE
ZELATOR PRACTICUS PHILOSOPHUS
Tree of Life for the Zelator Grade 
2=9

DEFINING THE GRADE: Purpose and Method

WEAPON: Construction of the Dagger and completion of the first operation (instruction).

RITUAL: Liber XLIV, The Mass of the Phoenix

 Liber CXX, Passing through the Tuat or alternatively use the Passing of the Long Night
A ritual of self-initiation as a method of ‘stability as change’, and this through the suppression of fear, the awakening of the whirling fire, and the immersion of the state of being resulting therein.

Planetary Adorations
Rituals designed and executed for five of the seven planets, and these to be selected by the Zelator.

MEDITATIONS: Burning Visions, Mastering Asana and Pranayama, additional instruction and the levels of accomplishments included specifically for the following:

 Liber CCVI, Liber RV Vel Spiritus

 Liber CCCXLI, Liber HHH (Chapters MMM and AAA).

MEMORIZATION: One chapter of Liber CCXX.

REQUIRED READING LIST: 

Liber IV, Liber ABA (Part I)
Straightforward and informative introduction of the basic forms of yoga. {Read, study, and practice.}

Liber IV, Liber ABA (Part II)
Straightforward and informative introduction of the tools employed in Ritual Magick. {Read}

Liber XXVII, Liber Trigrammaton
An account of the cosmic processes from the Trigrams of the Tao {Preliminary read}.

Liber CCXX, Liber AL Vel Legis, The Book of the Law
Having come to an understanding of the Law of Thelema and building the four-fold method of Will in the previous grades, the Zelator learns the structure of the book by methods of application. {Read, study, and memorize one chapter}.

Liber CCCXXXIII, The Book of Lies, falsely so-called
Recommended for general study. The Aspirant is to glean as much as is possible at any stage of development. Additionally recommended to the aspiring Qabalist. {Read and study}.

Liber DCCCXI, Energized Enthusiasm
Of particular help in attaining control of the Body of Light, intuition and Hatha-yoga (Read and study}.

Liber DCCCXIII, Vel Ararita
The true nature of the Hexagram {Preliminary read and used as an aid to accomplish the 28th pathway, if necessary}.

Liber CMLXIII, The Treasure-House of Images
A superb collection of Litanies appropriate to the Signs of the Zodiac. {Read}.

The Equinox of the Gods (Equinox III, Number 3)
Being an account by the Master Therion of the circumstances leading to the writing of Liber CCXX, Liber AL Vel Legis, The Book of the Law and its message and formula {Read}.

Fama Fraternitas 

Confessio Fraternitatis

The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL (found within The Equinox Volume 1):

Book Five | The Ladder | Liber CCCXXV 

Advancement: Self Initiation