The Curriculum · The First Order: G.D.

1°=10□ Neophyte

Time

At least eight months.

The rite

Liber ThROA, performed in temple with officers; then, the keys given, Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos, worked alone.

Received

Liber VII, and the portfolio of Class D publications.

The reading ↓

The work of the grade

His oath: to obtain control of the nature and powers of my own being. Received by the rite of the grade, Liber ThROA, in a temple with officers; then, once given the keys, he works Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos alone. Eight months at the least. He must attain perfect control of the astral plane: to travel in the Body of Light, to test every vision, to banish every deceit. He is examined in Liber VI, theoretically and practically, and in the Four Powers of the Sphinx; he commits a chapter of Liber VII to memory, holding the Master’s birth-words by heart long before he can understand them; he begins a method of divination under Liber XCVI (Gaias) or Liber LXXVIII; and he constructs the magic Pantacle after Liber CDXII (A vel Armorum).

The Task of a Neophyte

0. Let any Probationer who has accomplished his task to the satisfaction of the A∴A∴ be instructed in the proper course of procedure: which is:— Let him read through this note of his office, and sign it, paying the sum of One Guinea for Liber VII which will be given him on his initiation, and One Guinea for this Portfolio of Class D publications, B-G. Let him obtain the robe of a Neophyte, and entrust the same to the care of his Neophyte. He shall choose a new motto with deep forethought and intense solemnity, as expressing the clearer consciousness of his Aspiration which the year’s Probation has given him. Let him make an appointment with his Neophyte at the pleasure of the latter for the ceremony of Initiation.
1. The Neophyte shall not proceed to the grade of Zelator in less than eight months; but shall hold himself free for four days for advancement at the end of that period.
2. He shall pass the four tests called the Powers of the Sphinx.
3. He shall apply himself to understand the nature of his Initiation.
4. He shall commit to memory a chapter of Liber VII; and furthermore, he shall study and practice Liber O in all its branches: also he shall begin to study Liber H and some one commonly accepted method of divination. He will further be examined in his power of Journeying in the Spirit Vision.
5. Beside all this, he shall perform any tasks that his Zelator in the name of the A∴A∴ and by its authority may see fit to lay upon him. Let him be mindful that the word Neophyte is no idle term, but that in many a subtle way the new nature will stir within him, when he knoweth it not.
6. When the sun shall next enter the sign 240° to that under which he hath been received, his advancement may be granted unto him. He shall keep himself free from all other engagements for four whole days from that date.
7. He may at any moment withdraw from his association with the A∴A∴, simply notifying the Zelator who introduced him.
8. He shall everywhere proclaim openly his connection with the A∴A∴ and speak of It and Its principles (even so little as he understandeth) for that mystery is the enemy of truth. Furthermore, he shall construct the magic Pentacle, according to the instruction in Liber A. One month before the completion of his eight months, he shall deliver a copy of his Record to his Zelator, pass the necessary tests, and repeat to him his chosen chapter of Liber VII.
9. He shall in every way fortify his body according to the advice of his Zelator, for that the ordeal of advancement is no light one.
10. Thus and not otherwise may he attain the great reward, YEA, MAY HE ATTAIN THE GREAT REWARD!

The Oath of a Neophyte

Liber CLXXXV, Liber Collegii Sancti, Publication in Class D, printed on loose sheets for the Order about 1909.

The reading

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1. Liber VI Liber O vel Manus et Sagittae from the Probationer list
2. Liber VII Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli
3. Liber XVI Liber Turris vel Domus Dei
4. Liber XXI Khing Kang King (The Classic of Purity)
5. Liber LVIII (Qabalah, from The Temple of Solomon the King)
6. Liber LXIV Liber Israfel
7. Liber LXXI The Voice of the Silence, with commentary by Frater O.M.
8. Liber LXXVIII, in its 1912 form: A Description of the Cards of the Tarot
9. Liber LXXXIV Liber Chanokh
10. Liber XCVI Liber Gaias (A Handbook of Geomancy)
11. Liber CI An Open Letter to Those Who May Wish to Join the Order
12. Liber CVI Concerning Death
13. Liber CLVII Tao Teh Ching (Crowley's translation)
14. Liber CLXV A Master of the Temple
15. Liber CCXVI Yi King (Crowley's translation)
16. Liber CCCXXV An Evocation of Bartzabal
17. Liber CCCLXXVI
18. Liber CDXII Liber A vel Armorum
19. Liber CDXV Opus Lutetianum (The Paris Working)
20. Liber CDLI
21. Liber CDLXXIV Liber Os Abysmi vel Daath
22. Liber CDLXXXIX One Star in Sight
23. Liber D Sepher Sephiroth
24. Liber DX named, not published
25. Liber DXXXVI Liber Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia
26. Liber DCLXVI Liber Artemis Iota (De Coitu Scholia Triviae)
27. Liber DCLXXI vel Pyramidos
28. Liber DCLXXI Liber ThROA (temple form of DCLXXI) named, not published
29. Liber DCCCXI Energized Enthusiasm
30. Liber DCCCLXVIII Liber Viarum Viae
31. Liber CMXIII Liber ThIShARB (Viae Memoriae)
32. Liber CMLXIII Thesaurou Eidolon (The Treasure House of Images)
33. Liber MCCLXIV The Greek Qabalah
34. De Natura Deorum (O.T.O. VII°) named, not published
35. Eroto-comatose Lucidity
36. Initiation in the Aeon of the Child (J. Daniel Gunther) a modern book, in print
37. Little Essays Toward Truth
38. The Angel and the Abyss (J. Daniel Gunther) a modern book, in print
39. The Heart of the Master
40. The Unknown God: W. T. Smith and the Thelemites (Martin P. Starr) 2003; reissued by Oxford University Press, 2024
41. The War of the Rose and the Cross (John-Peter Lund) 2023, a private edition of 100 copies