A∴A∴    PROBATIONER    EXAM

Provided to Wilfred Talbot Smith in May 1914

and Completed in February 1916

1. Write down the principal correspondences of the signs LEO and AQUARIUS, the PLANET JUPITER and the SEPHIRA TIPHAETH.

2. Make a study of all the multiples of the number 17 below 1000, and endeavour to trace a connection between them.

3. Make a study of the various methods recommended by the A∴A∴ and endeavour to classify them under as few heads as possible.

4. Give an interpretation of Tannhäuser, Adonis and Sir Palamedes the Saracen in terms of the Qabalah.

5. Write an essay on the mystical meaning of the Vesica Pisces, the Right-Angled Triangle and the Hyperbola.

6. Compare the mystical methods of Molinos and Lao Tse.

7. Give some account of the Hindu idea of the parts of the Body and the Soul.

8. Compare the Wands described by Eliphas Levi, Abramelin, the Author of the Goetia and Frater Perdurabo, stating which you prefer, and why.

9. Design a Pantacle to synthesize the number 666.

10. Write out a Ritual complete with Talismans, Plan of Temple, etc., for producing a thunderstorm.

11. Discuss the differences between Hinduism and Buddhism with regard to Atma, stating to which doctrine you incline, and why.

12. Give either (a) a full and careful comment of any 5 consecutive chapters in the "Book of Lies", or (b) a commentary and criticism on the "Psychology of Hashish" or The Training of the Mind, or "The Soldier and the Hunchback."

Note:—The Student may consult his works of reference in answering this paper. He should remember that a full and satisfactory reply would entitle him—so far as intellectual attainment is concerned—to the Grade of Exempt Adept, so that he should not imagine that too much is expected of him.

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