The sixth grade is the continuing work. It has no count, no test and no further title. The patron is the planetary god who rules the Ascendant of the Magister Aionis’s own chart by traditional rulership.
4chapters of Ritual Praxis and Instruction, 63,313 words
Nonetests in this grade
Each yearthe renewal of the Natal Blueprint Invocation
For lifethe continuing work, with no count
Grade 6, under the planet that rules the Ascendant of the chart
The work of the Magister Aionis
The patron of the sixth grade is the planetary god who rules the Ascendant of the Magister Aionis’s own chart, found by the traditional rulership of the Ascendant’s sign. It is the planet through which the whole chart is read. The modern rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces keep their places as co-rulers in the chart.
Part VIII of Ritual Praxis and Instruction, The Return of the Double, is read and tested in the second grade and lived from the sixth grade on, in continuous correspondence.
Grade 6: the practice
The practice, count by count
Each count below is a rule of the School, stated in Ritual Praxis and Instruction, Chapter 1, with the chapter and section where the practice is taught.
every birthday
The annual renewalThe Natal Blueprint Invocation renewed in the same form on the day the Sun returns to its degree at birth.RPI Ch. 57 · Ch. 61, §61.8
weekly at best, monthly at least
The transitsThe sky watched against the nativity.RPI Ch. 58 and 59
for life
The yoga and the daily riteThe cornerstone of the practice.RPI Ch. 5 and 33
continuing
The life of the HermitThe matured theurgist who lives the work (Chapter 35, §35.5).RPI Ch. 35, §35.5
The sixth grade has no further title, no count and no test. Each year the Sun returns to the degree it held at birth, and the Natal Blueprint Invocation is renewed on that day.
1
The annual renewal
The Natal Blueprint Invocation renewed in the same form on the birthday, as the Sun returns to its degree at birth.
RPI §1.9 · §61.8
2
The transits
The sky followed against the nativity, weekly at best and monthly at least.
RPI §1.9 · Ch. 58
3
The yoga and the daily rite
The cornerstone of the practice, kept for life.
RPI §1.9
4
The Hermit
The theurgist drawn into the theurgic life is the figure of the Hermit of the Tarot, who stands for concentration under Virgo.
RPI §35.5
5
The Divine Election engine
The engine opens to the Magister Aionis. The theurgist states the purpose of the operation and gives a range of dates, and the engine selects the day within that range on which the sky is most favorable for it.
RPI §1.14
Grade 6: the reading
The reading, chapter by chapter
The chapters of Ritual Praxis and Instruction that the Magister Aionis performs or lives, with their length and their time at 200 words a minute. They are read and tested in the second grade.
Ritual Praxis and Instruction, Part VIII: The Return of the Double
4 chapters, 63,313 words, about 5.3 hours in the reading hour. Read and tested in the second grade.
Chapter 60Yielding to the Gods in Ordinary Life and the Will of the Gods16,278 wordsabout 1.4 hours
Chapter 61State Recognition, Decoupling and the Unbinding of Fate19,943 wordsabout 1.7 hours
Chapter 62The Luminous Vehicle Recovered: Photagogia and the Union with the Double11,851 wordsabout 1 hour
Chapter 63Theurgic Quantum Solar Salvation: The Double Answers15,241 wordsabout 1.3 hours
In the Backoffice
The Backoffice opens the program one step at a time. In this grade it holds:
The reading of each step, opened when the step before it is marked complete
Mark complete with the date and time of the performance, and an optional tally of performances
Divine Election, which opens to the Magister Aionis
Divine Timing: the annual renewal on the birthday and the continuing transits
The Head Master’s audio journal of each step, from his own passage through the same step
The journal stays with the student. At the end of each of the first five grades its pages are scanned with a phone into one PDF and sent from the Backoffice, and the Head Master returns his notes with the title of the grade. The examination of a journal takes weeks, and no table counts them.
We test what can be tested, careful reading and a practice that has been kept. No student is tested magically, and no title is given for an experience, a vision or a power.
The Mystery School takes students from the Summer Solstice 2027.