Initiation degrees of the Western Mystery Schools (School of Pythagoras, Plato, The Rosicrucian Order and Hermetic Schools) as patterned into the Ten Luminous Attributes of the Infinite Absolute Creator (Ten S’firot):
First Temple Degree (Zelator) = (Birth) = (Malkuth/Kingdom)
Second Temple Degree (Theoricus) = (Baptism/Mikvah Immersion) = (Yesod/Foundation)
Third Temple Degree (Practicus) = (Transfiguration) = (Hod/Glory)
Fourth Temple Degree (Philosophus)= (Crucifixion) = (Netzach/Victory)
Fifth Temple Degree (Adeptus Minor) = (Resurrection) = (Tiferet/Splendor)
Sixth Temple Degree (Adeptus Major) = (Ascension) = (Gevurah/Might)
Seventh Temple Degree (Adeptus Exemptus) = (Boddhisatva) = (Chesed/Mercy)
Eighth Temple Degree (Magistericus Templicated) = (Christhood/Messiahship) = (Binah/Understanding)
Nineth Temple Degree (Magus) = (Godhood/Apotheosis) = (Chochmah)
Tenth Temple Degree (Ipsissimus) = (Planetary Logos or Archetypal S’firot)
Freemasonry, however, expands on these degrees, which includes the 22 Hebrew letters and the hidden s’firah of Daat; building up 33" degrees of Initiation according to the 32 paths of Wisdom + The Hidden Sphere of Daat.
Entered Apprentice = Nefesh
Fellow Craft = Ruach
Master Mason = Neshamah“Open for me the gates of Righteousness; I will enter them and thank the Eternal One. This is the Gate of the L-rd, and the Righteous one shall enter through it.” ~ Book of Psalms
John 14:2 (Esoteric Explanation):
“In my Father’s house (Temple of Initiation/Lodges/Ashramas) there are many Palaces (in Hebrew, Heichalah, which in the language of the Kabbalah refers to the degrees of the S’firot); if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a Palace for you (as I initiate you into the Mysteries).”