Step 4: Becoming Adept

The sole purpose of some men is to leave behind a magnificent structure in which future explorers will find themselves at the mercy of incredible genius and magnitude. Their cathedrals, buildings, shrines, and museum-like labyrinths render this magnificent power on to the beholder - if they are receptive. Fine-tuning your appreciation for original thinking emblazoned in a mighty structure is a simple process that makes all the difference.
Communication through symbol is the key. The spatial content of an architect's rendering is there to expand awareness. An important concept of the Alan Moore Graphic Novel "From Hell" is that buildings compose the reflection of everyone's sight, which condition the city to their works in a present sense and also continuously through time. This channeling of inspiration is what is called becoming 'Adept.' Adept derives from the Latin deponent verb Adeptus: "To Obtain." Obtaining new levels of insight from such wondrous domains will benefit the subtle framework of your own mind. That was the goal of the great Artisans and Craftsmen, who banded together in guilds and secret schools of teaching. 

The Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England, is one of most complex and remodeled buildings for its time. Since its design by the early Twelfth Century by Frenchman William of Sens, various Archbishops have mandated reconstruction to suit their interpretations of the heavens. The interior is incredibly massive, with brilliant shafts of light and glorious stained glass windows. One of the additions to the building is a massive underground crypt, a Christian interpretation of Labyrinth. In Eastern Religious schools, the Labyrinth is symbolic of attaining spiritual bearings on the physical world. According to the Secret Teachings of All The Ages by Manly Hall:

"Labyrinths were symbolic of the involvements and illusions of the lower world
 through which wanders the soul  of man in its search for truth. In the labyrinth
 dwells the lower animal man with the head of the bull, who seeks
to destroy the soul entangled in the maze of worldly ignorance"

The shift in conscious evolution is the recurring theme of being "Under the Temple." 

Another wildly brilliant Architect is none other than Frank Lloyd Wright. His Taliesyn structures, and the accompanying student-designed cabins, contain large drawing rooms and galleries of miniature models of energy-efficient coastline structures.

The waterfall-powered house of Frank Lloyd Wright is the perfect integration of land and man. The interdependency brings a new level of organization and thinking. However, a renegade architect, Alex Jordan, is the true revolutionary foundation-sowing craftsman. 

Located in Spring Green, Wisconsin, The House on the Rock is the pinnacle of wonder. Secluded, towering, and charged with artistic soul, Alex Jordan's house is a three-wing maze of amusements. Instruments playing themselves are only a piece of the picture. It must be explored for yourself.

"Alex Jordan believed that sights and sounds were the most effective means of stimulating the senses. He wanted guests to question his creation, to come to their own conclusions and to turn his world of dreams into their own."

Not only will you question his creation, you will be cast adrift in a flurry of amazement.
In the "Secret Teachings," Hall discusses the Ancient Druids of Rome. The process of becoming adept - absorbing genius through your surroundings - is especially true for these secretive peoples - whose tenets of belief called the "Welsh Triads" list 'obtaining' as the first step. The other steps will be discussed in the posts to come:

"The Welsh Triads tell us there are three objects of metempsychosis: to collect into
the soul the properties of all being, to acquire a knowledge
 of all things, and to get power to conquer evil."

There is much to explore. Navigate Greatly!

-SubTemplum