Perspectives on Initiation
Published: 1946
A study of initiation and its various aspects.
Chapters
Ch. 1
Preface
Ch. 2
The Initiatic \& Mystical Paths
Ch. 3
Magic \& Mysticism
Ch. 4
Various Errors Concerning Initiation
Ch. 5
Conditions for Initiation
Ch. 6
Initiatic Regularity
Ch. 7
Synthesis \& Syncretism
Ch. 8
Against Mixing Traditional Forms
Ch. 9
Initiatic Transmission
Ch. 10
Tradition \& Transmission
Ch. 11
Initiatic Centers
Ch. 12
Initiatic Organizations \& Religious Sects
Ch. 13
Initiatic Organizations \& Secret Societies
Ch. 14
The Initiatic Secret
Ch. 15
Initiatic Qualifications
Ch. 16
Initiatic Rites
Ch. 17
Rite \& Symbol
Ch. 18
Myths, Mysteries, \& Symbols
Ch. 19
Symbolism \& Philosophy
Ch. 20
Rites \& Ceremonies
Ch. 21
Ceremonial Magic
Ch. 22
Psychic 'Powers'
Ch. 23
The Rejection of 'Powers'
Ch. 24
Sacraments \& Initiatic Rites
Ch. 25
Prayer \& Incantation
Ch. 26
Initiatic Trials
Ch. 27
Initiatic Death
Ch. 28
Profane \& Initiatic Names
Ch. 29
The Symbolism of the Theater
Ch. 30
'Operative' \& 'Speculative'
Ch. 31
Effective \& Virtual Initiation
Ch. 32
Initiatic Teaching
Ch. 33
The Limits of the Mental
Ch. 34
Initiatic Knowledge \& Profane 'Culture'
Ch. 35
Academic Mentality \& Pseudo-Initiation
Ch. 36
Initiation \& 'Passivity'
Ch. 37
'The Gift of Tongues'
Ch. 38
Rose-Cross \& Rosicrucians
Ch. 39
The Greater \& Lesser Mysteries
Ch. 40
Sacerdotal \& Royal Initiation
Ch. 41
Some Reflections on Hermeticism
Ch. 42
Transmutation \& Transformation
Ch. 43
The Notion of an Elite
Ch. 44
The Initiatic Hierarchy
Ch. 45
Traditional Infallibility
Ch. 46
Two Initiatic Devices
Ch. 47
Verbum, Lux, \& Vita
Ch. 48