adept

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Adjective

adept (comparative more adept or adepter, superlative most adept or adeptest)

  1. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.

Antonyms

Quotations

  • 1837-1839: Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
    Adept as she was, in all the arts of cunning and dissimulation, the girl Nancy could not wholly conceal the effect which the knowledge of the step she had taken, wrought upon her mind.

Noun

adept (plural adepts)

  1. One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
    • 1841: Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge
      When he had achieved this task, he applied himself to the acquisition of stable language, in which he soon became such an adept, that he would perch outside my window and drive imaginary horses with great skill, all day.
    • 1894-95: Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
      Others, alas, had an instinct towards artificiality in their very blood, and became adepts in counterfeiting at the first glimpse of it.

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An adept is an individual identified as having attained a specific level of knowledge, skill, or aptitude in doctrines relevant to a particular author or organization.

Authors

H. P. Blavatsky

Although Madame Blavatsky makes liberal use of the term adept in her works to refer to any caretaker of ancient occult knowledge, in her 1877 work Isis Unveiled she asserts the capabilities of the adept as being able to take active control of elemental spirits as well as the physical and astral conditions of non-adepts.

Alice Bailey

In Alice Bailey's body of writing she outlines a hierarchy of spiritual evolution and an initiatory path along which an individual may choose to advance. In her works an Adept is defined as a being who has taken five of the seven initiations.

Orders

Various occult organizations have steps in which an initiate may ascend in their own magical system. Some call these steps degrees or grades.

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See also:

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    Guide on how to evoke and invoke spirits using ritual magick with articles and resources on summoning spirits.
  • Articles on MagickArticles on Magick
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    Various writings concerning magick. Wide range of ethics and magick systems.
  • RealMagick: The Occult and Pagan LibraryRealMagick: The Occult and Pagan Library
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    A resource and library dedicated to fostering research and sharing of knowledge in areas such as Wicca, philosophy, parapsychology, and the paranormal.
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How can do you sit in the adept yoga position?
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A. Agree with LillyB; essentially it's just a matter of practice, and even then, it's not a guarantee. You can seek out suggested hip-opening poses in books and videos. Here's a sequence on youtube: I'd recommend poses such as: - Baddha Konasana (bound angle/cobbler's pose) ; - Upavistha Konasana (wide angle seated forward bend) ; - The leg portion of Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (one legged King Pigeon) ; - Hanumanasana (front-to-back splits) ; And, as Lakely alluded to, despite the frequent recommendations to mediatate in poses such as Padmasana (Full Lotus) or Siddhasana (Accomplished/Adept pose) and other similar poses, ultimately, it is the mind that meditates, not the body. Even a bed-ridden person unable to sit… [cont.]
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