NAME_______________________________

Optional Minerval Study Program for Scarlet Woman Lodge

1. Memorize the full ritual obligation of a Minerval, and the Signs, Grip, and Word of
the Minerval Degree. Recite and demonstrate them for an initiator.
Initiator’s Mark and date:______________________
2. Attend a Minerval initiation or exemplification after the date of your own reception.
Initiator’s Mark and date:______________________
3. After reviewing the details of the ceremony with an initiator, write an essay on how
the Minerval Degree relates to a human soul’s “attraction to the Solar System.” Attach
a copy to this form.
4. Study “The Book” (part II, chapter XIII of Magick), and Liber E §I. Begin a magical
record, or continue keeping one already in progress.
5. Write a brief autobiography, with a detailed account of how you came to be involved
in OTO, and the purpose of your membership a) as you wrote it on your application,
b) as you gave it during the ceremony, and c) as you understand it now.
Include a copy in your magical record, and attach a copy to this form.
6. Memorize the “Adorations” from Liber Legis III:37-8, plus at least 11 contiguous
verses of your choice from elsewhere in the Book. Recite them for an initiator or your
Degree sponsor.

Auditor’s Mark and date:______________________

7. Perform the ritual of Liber Helios or another solar devotion four times daily for at
least a month. Document your work in your magical record.
When you have completed the first month’s work, demonstrate the ritual you have used.

Auditor’s Mark and date:______________________

8. Study Liber O §I-II, and familiarize yourself with the “Key Scale” of Liber 777, and
how it applies to the Tree of Life diagram (columns I & XII of 777, or 1 and 8 of
Appendix V of Book 4).
Draw a Tree of Life diagram and number the spheres and paths. Attach a copy to this form.
9. Write an essay on the topic of "Universal Freedom" or the "First Paradox of
Philosophy." Attach a copy to this form.
10. Perform “Will” over your main meal daily for at least a month.
Document your work in your magical record. Demonstrate the procedure.

Auditor’s Mark and date:______________________

11. Attend an OTO history class at Scarlet Woman Lodge.

Presenter’s Mark and date: ________________________

These tasks need not be performed in the numbered sequence, and completion of this program is not
required for advancement to further Degrees in Mysteria Mystica Maxima.
 NAME_______________________________

Optional First Degree Study Program for Scarlet Woman Lodge

1. Memorize the full Oath, and the Step, Sign, Grip, Word, and Ritual Catechism of the
First Degree.
Rehearse from memory the obligations and formal secrets of 0° and I° as examined by an initiator.

Initiator’s Mark and date:______________________

2. Attend a First Degree initiation or exemplification after the date of your own
Lustration.
Initiator’s Mark and date:______________________
3. After reviewing the details of the ceremony with an initiator, write an essay on the
First Degree perspective on birth. Attach a copy to this form.
4. After thorough study and reflection, write an essay on the symbolism of the robe and
the symbolism of the flag. Attach a copy to this form.
5. After thorough study and reflection, write an essay on the symbolism of the dagger
and the disk. Attach a copy to this form.
6. Study Liber O §IV. Learn the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram, and perform it at least
daily for a month or more.
Document your work in your magical record. When you have completed the first month’s work,
demonstrate the pentagram banishing for an initiator or your Degree sponsor.

Auditor’s Mark and date:______________________

7. Undertake an examination of your physical limitations as described in Liber E §VI.
Document your results, and attach a copy to this form.
8. Memorize Liber 777 columns II, III, VII, and XIV (Book 4, Appendix V, columns 2,
3, 11 and 14). Working entirely from memory, draw four diagrams of the Tree of Life, labeling each
appropriately with the contents of one of the four columns. Attach copies to this form.
9. Study “Yoga for Yahoos” (from Eight Lectures on Yoga) and Book 4, Part I, chapters
1-4. Study Liber E §III, select a posture for practice, and work with it for at least 15
minutes daily.
Document your work in your magical record. When you consider yourself ready for examination,
demonstrate your proficiency.

Auditor’s Mark and date:______________________

10. After thorough study and reflection, write an essay on how the Oath of the First
Degree affects your freedom as an individual. Attach a copy to this form.
11. Review OTO and Scarlet Woman Lodge rules and regulations with the Lodge Master.
Lodge Master’s mark and date:__________________________

These tasks need not be performed in the numbered sequence, and completion of this program is not
required for advancement to further Degrees in Mysteria Mystica Maxima.
 NAME_______________________________

Optional Second Degree Study Program for Scarlet Woman Lodge

1. Memorize the Oath, and the Step, Sign, Grip, Word, and Ritual Catechism of the II°.
Rehearse from memory the obligations and formal secrets of 0°-II° as examined by an initiator.

Initiator’s Mark and date:______________________

2. Attend a II° initiation or exemplification after the date of your own Consecration.
Initiator’s Mark and date:______________________
3. After reviewing the details of the ceremony with an initiator, write an essay on the
Second Degree perspective on life. Attach a copy to this form.
4. Write an original article on a topic of interest to Magicians, and submit it to be
included in an OTO publication (local, national, or international). If the editors decline to
publish your article, this task has still been satisfied. Attach a copy of the submitted article to this form.

Name and issuing body of publication:_________________________________________________

5. Spend one month studying the Book of the Balance (Liber 30). Read one verse each
day, and write down your reflections on its significance, in your magical record or as
a separate document. Collect your commentary into a single paper, and attach a copy to this form.
6. Memorize Liber Israfel or all four Elemental Prayers from Levi’s Transcendental
Magic or learn the five elemental Temple Openings from Liber Chanokh or the
Ritual of the Mark of the Beast from Liber V. Document your work in your magical record.
After continuous daily practice for at least a week, demonstrate the invocation(s).

Auditor’s Mark and date:______________________

7. Learn and practice a method of divination, such as Tarot, I Ching, geomancy, or
astrology. Document your work in your magical record. Demonstrate your proficiency to an initiator
or your Degree sponsor.

Auditor’s Mark and date:______________________

8. Memorize Liber 777 columns LXX, LIV, LV, LXIII, LXVII (Book 4, Appendix V,
columns 59, 60, 61, 62, and 64). Also learn the English and sephirothic attributions of
the Hebrew parts of the soul, as given in columns XCVII and XCVIII (82 and 84).
Working entirely from memory, draw four pentagrams in accordance with column LXX (59), labeling
each appropriately with the contents of one of the other four columns. Attach copies to this form.
9. Study Liber RV and Liber E §IV. Practice pranayama daily. Document your work in your
magical record. When you consider yourself ready for examination, demonstrate your proficiency.

Auditor’s Mark and date:______________________

10. After thorough study and reflection, write an essay on how you have applied, and
failed to apply, the principle of Balance in your life, and the results of both. Attach a
copy to this form.
11. Study the Intimation with Reference to the Constitution of the Order (Liber 194) and
take a written examination on its contents. Attach the completed exam paper to this form.

These tasks need not be performed in the numbered sequence, and completion of this program is not
required for advancement to further Degrees in Mysteria Mystica Maxima.
 NAME_______________________________

Examination in Constitutional Knowledge

for the Pleasure and Profit of Consecrated Magicians

Fill in the blanks, and circle the appropriate responses.

1. “With us, Government is ______________, and nothing else.”

2. The Parliament of Guilds stands before the face of

a) the O.H.O. d) the Supreme Grand Council.
b) the Supreme and Most Holy King. e) the Areopagus.
c) Baphomet.

3. The Knight of the East and West is vowed to devote his life to
a) the establishment of the Law of Thelema.
b) the welfare of the Order.
c) the enforcement of the decisions of authority.
d) study and practice the theurgy and thaumaturgy of the grade.

4. The full control of the affairs of the Men of Earth is vested in

a body of Eleven Persons, known as __________________________________.

5. A candidate for the office of O.H.O. must hold at least the ___________ Degree.

6. The natural stopping-place of the majority of men and women is the _________
Degree.

7. Appeal of a decisions rendered by the Grand Tribunal is

a) never permitted.
b) made to the Areopagus, with the sanction of a member of the Electoral College.
c) made to the Sanctuary of the Gnosis.
d) made directly to the Supreme and Most Holy King.
e) made to the Revolutionaries.

8. Bodies of the Rose Croix are known as

a) Lodges c) Chapters e) Guilds
b) Senates d) Sanctuaries f) Areopagi

9. The Three True Grades of our Holy Order are _______________________,

____________________, and ______________________.

10. The Senate lies between the ________ and ________ Degrees.

11. The Third Triad consists of the Degrees from ____________ to _________________.

NOTE: This exam is a part of the Optional Study Course for Consecrated Magicians at Scarlet Woman
Lodge, and is not a requirement for advancement to III° M∴M∴M∴

These tasks need not be performed in the numbered sequence, and completion of this program is not
required for advancement to further Degrees in Mysteria Mystica Maxima.
 NAME_______________________________

Optional Third Degree Study Program for Scarlet Woman Lodge

1. Memorize the full Oath, and the Step, Signs, Grip, and Words, of the Third Degree.
Rehearse from memory the obligations and formal secrets of 0°-III° as examined by an initiator.

Initiator’s Mark and date:______________________

2. Attend a III° initiation or exemplification after the date of your own Devotion.
Initiator’s Mark and date:______________________
3. After reviewing the details of the ceremony with an initiator, write an essay on the
Third Degree perspective on death. Attach a copy to this form.
4. Write an essay on the symbolism of the Oasis furniture: circular space, conical tent,
cylindrical altar, and cubical well. Attach a copy to this form.
5. Memorize the Tu Qui Es (i.e. “Thou who art I […] thy child” from The Ship or Liber
XV). Write an essay discussing its meaning, as you understand it. Attach a copy to this form.
Recite the anthem.
Auditor’s Mark and date:______________________
6. Read Magick in Theory and Practice, Chapter XIII; and “Notes for an Astral Atlas”
(Appendix III to Book 4). Read The Vision & the Voice as a most exalted paradigm of
success in the work described. Review Liber O §I, and study §IV-VI. Practice as
“Viator in Regnis Arboris” for a full ten weeks, with no more than three days between
practices. Document your work in your magical record. Discuss your results.
Auditor’s Mark and date:______________________
7. Study and practice the methods of gematria and analysis of magick formulae. (See
“Gematria” in 777 Revised or in The Temple of Solomon the King, and chapters III,
IV and V of Magick in Theory and Practice). Undergo the “Advanced Examination in
Qabalistic Knowledge,” and attach a copy of your answers to this form.
8. Memorize Liber 777 columns CXXXVII, CXXXVIII, and CXXXIX. (Book 4,
Appendix V, columns 90, 91, and 92). Working entirely from memory, draw three concentric
circles, with Aries at 9 o’clock and Cancer at 6 o’clock, labeling each circle accordingly with the
contents of one of the three columns. Attach a copy to this form.
9. Study Vivekenanda’s Raja Yoga and Crowley’s “Yoga for Yellowbellies” (in Eight
Lectures on Yoga). Study Liber E §V. Practice dharana daily for at least three weeks.
Document your work in your magical record. Discuss your results.

Auditor’s Mark and date:______________________

10. Explain the practical significance of each of the Seven Bonds of Brotherhood to an
initiator or Degree sponsor, using examples from real life.

Auditor’s Mark and date:______________________

11. Serve as an officer in any of the Oasis Degrees, OR present a class or workshop to the
Lodge.
Initiator’s Mark and date, or name and date(s) of class or workshop:____________________________

These tasks need not be performed in the numbered sequence, and completion of this program is not
required for advancement to further Degrees in Mysteria Mystica Maxima.
 NAME_______________________________

Advanced Examination in Qabalistic Knowledge

for the Pleasure and Profit of Master Magicians

Number and answer all problems on separate paper. Examiner must specify the blank in problem 1.

1. Name the _______ sephirah, in English, Hebrew, and transliterated Hebrew.

2. What is the correspondence of that sephirah in the Heavens of Assiah (English and
Hebrew)?

3. Give the gematria (numeric letter values and their sum) for the Hebrew name in
problem 1.

4. Suggest an explanation of how the total value derived in problem 3 relates to the
quality of the sephirah specified in problem 1.

5. List the basic elemental and astrological correspondences for each letter of the
Hebrew name in problem 1.

6. List the corresponding Tarot Trumps for each letter of the Hebrew name in
problem 1.

7. Analyze the Hebrew name in problem 1 as a magick formula, making use of the
correspondences in problem(s) 5 and/or 6.

8. Give the Hebrew letters for the paths that adjoin the sephirah in problem 1.

9. List the Tarot and astrological/elemental correspondences for the paths in problem 8.

10. Relate the paths in problem 8 to your proposed formula in problem 7.

11. Relate your proposed formula in problems 7 and 10 to the Law of Thelema.

NOTE: This exam is a part of the Optional Study Course for Master Magicians at Scarlet Woman Lodge,
and is not a requirement for advancement to IV° M∴M∴M∴

These tasks need not be performed in the numbered sequence, and completion of this program is not
required for advancement to further Degrees in Mysteria Mystica Maxima.
 NAME_______________________________

Optional Study Program in the Perfection Degrees at Scarlet Woman Lodge

1. Memorize the Oath and the Sign of the Lodge of Perfection.
Memorize the Oath and the Signs, Grip, Steps, and Word of the Royal Arch.
Memorize the Oath and the Signs, Grip, and Word of the Council of Perfect Initiates.
Rehearse from memory the obligations and formal secrets of IV° & PI° as examined by the Lodge
Master, and with the assistance of another Perfect Initiate.

Lodge Master’s Mark and date:______________________

2. Attend a IV° initiation or exemplification after the date of your own Exaltation.
Initiator’s Mark and date:______________________
3. Attend a PI° initiation or exemplification after the date of your own Annihilation.
Initiator’s Mark and date:______________________
4. After reviewing the details of the ceremony with an initiator, write an essay on the
significance of the Fourth Degree. Attach a copy to this form.
5. After reviewing the details of the ceremony with an initiator, write an essay on the
significance of the C.P.I. Degree. Attach a copy to this form.
6. Review Liber O §I and §V-VI. Practice as “Sagitta trans Lunam” daily for at least
thirty-three days. Document your work in your magical record.
Discuss your results with the Lodge Master, or another member of the Lover Triad.

Lover’s Mark and date:______________________

7. Select one of the following 777 columns: XX, XXII, XXXIV, XXXV or XXXVI; OR
construct a similar column completing the “Table I” Key Scale for a religious system
or mythology other than those in Liber 777. Write an analysis of the Word of the IV°,
so that your discussion embraces every entry in the column that you have chosen or
constructed. Attach a copy of the column and your full analysis to this form.
8. Attempt one or more of the exercises described in Liber Yod.
Document your work in your magical record. Discuss your results with a member of the Lover Triad.

Lover’s Mark and date:______________________

9. Study the Lodge of Perfection Degrees for one of the following: the Rite of
Perfection, the Cerneau Rite, the Scottish Rite, the Antient and Primitive Rite, the
Ancient Oriental Rite of Memphis, or the Ancient Oriental Rite of Mizraim. Learn, as
best you can, the outlines of their ceremonies, the appearance of their regalia, their
modes of recognition, and their catechisms. Write a paper describing how those
Degrees might be considered intermediate to our III° and IV°. Attach a copy to this form.
10. Study the Degrees conferred by name in a Council of Perfect Initiates for any one of
the rites mentioned in task number 9. Write a paper comparing and contrasting those
degrees to our C.P.I. Degree. Attach a copy to this form.
11. Learn the Song of the Perfect Initiate. Don’t sing the chorus by yourself!

These tasks need not be performed in the numbered sequence, and completion of this program is not
required for advancement to further Degrees in Mysteria Mystica Maxima.
 NAME_______________________________

Optional K.E.W. Study Program for Scarlet Woman Lodge

1. Memorize the K.E.W. pledge and obligation.

Rehearse from memory the K.E.W. pledge and obligation, as examined by the Lodge Master.

Lodge Master’s Mark and date:______________________

2. Attend a K.E.W. initiation or exemplification after the date of your own Initiation.
Lodge Master’s Mark and date:______________________
3. After reviewing the details of the ceremony with a Sovereign Grand Inspector
General, write an essay on the significance of the K.E.W. Degree.
Attach a copy to this form.
4. Discover or review what has transpired with the earliest candidates that you
sponsored for Minerval initiation. Additionally, discover or review how events have
passed for your own Minerval sponsors in the time since they have joined the Order.
5. Write a K.E.W. Thesis, describing the magical, social, and moral consequences of
initiation in the Man of Earth Triad. Support your position with citations of the ritual
and examples from your own experience.
Submit a copy of your thesis to the Lodge Master to be filed with the Electoral College.

Lodge Master’s Mark and date:______________________

6. Compose a ritual for regular private performance that incorporates all of the signs of
the Man of Earth Degrees. Demonstrate it for a member of the Lover Grade.
Lover’s Mark and date:______________________
7. Make a study of the life and works of a deceased member of the Order, or a saint of
the Gnostic Catholic Church, and write an overview of the same, emphasizing the
individual’s contribution to your understanding of the Law of Thelema. Alternatively,
research and write a proposal nominating some historical figure to the Order of the
Lion or the Order of the Eagle. Attach a copy to this form.

These tasks need not be performed in the numbered sequence, and completion of this program is not
required for advancement to further Degrees in Mysteria Mystica Maxima.