The first part of this volume contains the Fourteen Rules for Group Initiation, an extension of the teachings given in the book, Initiation, Human and Solar, on the Fourteen Rules for Applicants. The second part of this volume is concerned with the nine initiations by which the disciple progressively liberates himself from the various forms of our planetary life. The possibility of group initiation is a development of the present era; this book emphasises the growth of the group idea - group service, group responsibility, group initiation and group absorption into the centre Hierarchy.97800853300236\\This book contains the Fifteen Rules for magic (for soul control) - the soul, the White Magician, becoming manifest through its own inherent "magical" powers. Man is essentially and inherently divine. The soul is the means whereby mankind evolves a consciousness of divinity, redeems gross matter and liberates the pure flame of spirit from the limitation of form. Read Less