very important that this transition from the World of People to the World of the Apprentice be
made smoothly and happen naturally, and not by force or against the will of the candidate. The
mind should not be suppressed, but transformed. Failure to do so may have dangerous
consequences.
If for the people of the World everything is measured in money and possessions, then for the
Magician the "currency" is the Energy, and the "personal possessions" are the personal Power. The
more Energy you have, the more Magical Operations you can take. The Magician realizes that the
Energy and personal Power are given to him to Serve, not for entertainment. Therefore, he is an
absolute miser when it comes to using his Energy and does not lose a single drop of it if it is not
necessary. There are no unnecessary meetings, unnecessary conversations, unnecessary travels in
the life of the Apprentice... Everything that does not fit into his Mission is ignored. If someone
seeks help from the Apprentice, but it is clear that he can help himself, the Apprentice will ignore
him. Only when the Apprentice has control over his Energy he will be able to help those who are
really in need - those who cannot help themselves.
Apart from doing nothing unnecessary, the question arises how can the Apprentice balance his
Energy and his personal Power? However, a large amount of Energy that is not balanced can be
harmful to the Apprentice. Personal Power is balanced through the regulation of the Five Proto-
Elements in the Apprentice. One of the methods is by adjusting the Pentagram of the Six
Fundamentals. The regulation of Energy is done by achieving Flawlessness in the Seven
Principles. Any defect in any of the Principles disturbs the balance of the Apprentice`s Energy.
Walking in the Correctness is what actually generates Energy in us, and Flawlessness is what
allows the Circle of Proto-Elements to rotate properly and thus not lose excess Energy.
THE GARMENTS
With his life in the Hidden, the Magician loses his emotionality and acquires the Emptiness of the
Flame. Emotions are like clothes - people attach great importance to them and constantly discuss
who is dressed well or not and what clothes they should buy. The Magician knows that man is not
his clothes - emotion can be dress and undress. It is not permanent. Whoever realizes this can
reproduce and imitate every emotion. He can also cause it in any person. This is because the person
constantly wears emotions as clothes on himself and therefore accepts them as a part of himself,
without ever actually taking off a given clothes-emotions and looking at what material they are
made of, what cut they have, etc.. Thus the man is forced to wear whatever garments he receives.
In The Art of Flawlessness, we look at how “disguise” takes place - the exchange of one emotion
for another. The Мagician has a different Approach than the Warrior. He does not practice
"dressing up", but "undressing" the emotional clothes until he is completely naked. The Apprentice
can do the following exercise: choose different movies - horror, drama, comedy. Comedies are the
best in this case. It's hard to stop laughing at something funny. When the moment comes when
everyone starts laughing, the facial muscles reflexively twist into a smile, the Magician summons
Intention and seeks to penetrate the Pyramid of Razaor, through the Flame. It becomes part of
Nothingness. His face is expressionless as if he is just waking up from sleep so the Magician
remains immersed in Nothingness and feels laughter like some kind of garment with which he was
simply clothed, but decided to leave. At the next stage, the Apprentice trains the exit of emotions
in real situations with other people - someone tries to make him laugh, to make him angry, to make
him sad... The Apprentice senses the appearance of emotion, but by summoning the Flame and
stopping the speech of the mind, he enters the Void. This exercise helps the Apprentice to develop