Grade System of the O.T.O.A.

Students of the Monastery of the Seven Rays form the body of the O.T.O.A. that corresponds to the four years of the Monastery studies.

The Magical Grades of the O.T.O.A. and their cabalistic correspondences are as follows:

I Probationer, corresponding to MALKUTH.

II Novice,corresponding to YESOD.

III Student for Priesthood, corresponding to HOD.

IV Lay-Brother, corresponding to NETZACH.

V Initiate,corresponding to TIPHARETH.

VI Initiate Coën, corresponding to GEBURAH.
Consists of Tantric Magic and covers Mystic Masonry 1 through 5 .

VII Knight of the Rainbow, corresponding to CHESED.
Tantric Alchemy and covers Mystic Masonry 6 - 41. It is equivalent to subdeacon.

VIII Companion Coën, corresponding to BINAH.
Tantric Alchemy and Magic containing essentials of the kundalini yoga, within an esoteric system and Hoodoo tradition.

IX Knight of the Sun, corresponding to CHOKMAH.
Tantric Magic and Mystic Masonry 42 - 77. It is equivalent to diaconate.

X Master Coën, Sovereign of the white city of the central Sun, corresponding to KETHER.
Advanced Tantric Magic and Alchemy.

XI Templier Noir (Black Templar), oorresponding to KETHER-DAATH-CHOKMAH.
. Luciferian Gnosticism and Esoteric Engineering based upon Tantric Magic and Alchemy and Mystic Masonry 78 - 89

XII Adept Priesthood, corresponding to KETHER-DAATH-BINAH.
Advanced Esoteric Engineering and Tantric Magic and Alchemy.

XIII Templier Rouge (Red Templar), corresponding to DAATH.
Pure Magic and Gnosticism, exploration on the esoteric world on the back of the Tree of Life. Mystic Masonry 90 - 93.

XIV Reaux-Croix (Initiate), corresponding to Negative TIPHARETH.
It is equivalent to consecration to the episcopate. Techniques of Vudu-Tantric magic, or the Afro-Atlantean logic which explores the back of the tree of life.

XV Reaux-Croix (Companion), corresponding to Negative YESOD.
Mastery of the final lodges of wisdom and union in the Haitian rite "Chenu". Mystic Masonry 94 - 97.

XVI Reaux-Croix (Master), corresponding to Negative MALHUTH.
The ultimate Mastery of the Afro-Atlantean and Franco-Haitian Magical Laws.