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1The triumph of the human soul over the forces of matter, termed adeptship, does not refer to the attainment of immortality; since, as previously stated, the vast majority of mankind inherit immor¬ tality as the result of their humanity; although this is not completely assured until they have passed through the sixth state of the soul world. In this chapter we refer to those rare embodied human beings who are so organized and circumstanced as to be able to evolve the sixth and seventh states of consciousness; or, in other words, those who have the inborn ability to attain to the powers and blessings of their immortality, while yet living outwardly, upon the human plane of embodied existence.
2The literary world has been flooded with descriptions and explanations of adeptship. Definitions have even been attempted of the various degrees and grades of this exalted state; but so far, nearly all of such would-be expounders of states higher than themselves have (with one or two exceptions) failed most completely; for the very simple reason that, no human being can describe the nature and condition of a higher spiritual state of life than that to which his own spiritual nature has attained. Only two grades of individuals, therefore, can really describe adeptship. One is the adept himself, and the other is his accepted neophyte, his future successor, who has passed the third initiation, and is, thenceforward, in perfect magnetic rapport with the master to whose state he is to succeed when that master ascends unto a still higher sphere of spiritual life and power. To those real seekers of esoteric knowledge who aspire to know Truth, irrespective of the source, or claims of any literary or learned c iooqle THE TRIUMPH OF THE SOUL—ADEPTSHIP 163
3worldly authority, we offer the following elucidation of adeptship. It comes from one who has actually passed through the various realms and states of spiritual existence, necessary for the acquisition of such knowledge. Therefore, his statements are the result of personal experiences within the world of spirit. And should the writer be blindly charged with contradicting the previous teachings of the modem Theosophical authorities upon the subject; he desires to point out the fact that, very few (if any) of them are entitled to explain the lofty state they would set forth. If they do not know of their own experience, their descriptions are mostly inference and surmise, rather than conscious knowledge. In order to present the subject as clearly as possible to the student, we will consider first, the various grades of adeptship; second, the nature and functions of adeptship; and third, how adeptship is attainable. I THE VARIOUS GRADES OF ADEPTSHIP
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
1The triumph of the human soul over the forces of matter, termed adeptship, does not refer to the attainment of immortality; since, as previously stated, the vast majority of mankind inherit immor¬ tality as the result of their humanity; although this is not completely assured until they have passed through the sixth state of the soul world. In this chapter we refer to those rare embodied human beings who are so organized and circumstanced as to be able to evolve the sixth and seventh states of consciousness; or, in other words, those who have the inborn ability to attain to the powers and blessings of their immortality, while yet living outwardly, upon the human plane of embodied existence.
2The literary world has been flooded with descriptions and explanations of adeptship. Definitions have even been attempted of the various degrees and grades of this exalted state; but so far, nearly all of such would-be expounders of states higher than themselves have (with one or two exceptions) failed most completely; for the very simple reason that, no human being can describe the nature and condition of a higher spiritual state of life than that to which his own spiritual nature has attained. Only two grades of individuals, therefore, can really describe adeptship. One is the adept himself, and the other is his accepted neophyte, his future successor, who has passed the third initiation, and is, thenceforward, in perfect magnetic rapport with the master to whose state he is to succeed when that master ascends unto a still higher sphere of spiritual life and power. To those real seekers of esoteric knowledge who aspire to know Truth, irrespective of the source, or claims of any literary or learned c iooqle THE TRIUMPH OF THE SOUL—ADEPTSHIP 163
3worldly authority, we offer the following elucidation of adeptship. It comes from one who has actually passed through the various realms and states of spiritual existence, necessary for the acquisition of such knowledge. Therefore, his statements are the result of personal experiences within the world of spirit. And should the writer be blindly charged with contradicting the previous teachings of the modem Theosophical authorities upon the subject; he desires to point out the fact that, very few (if any) of them are entitled to explain the lofty state they would set forth. If they do not know of their own experience, their descriptions are mostly inference and surmise, rather than conscious knowledge. In order to present the subject as clearly as possible to the student, we will consider first, the various grades of adeptship; second, the nature and functions of adeptship; and third, how adeptship is attainable. I THE VARIOUS GRADES OF ADEPTSHIP
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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