Magister Templi is a Latin title meaning, “Master of the Temple”. The initiation into the degree of Magister Templi is the Knowledge and Conversation of your Holy Guardian Angel. This is the individual’s Spiritual Self. The individual must learn his\her life’s purpose and reason for incarnating. This experience follows the crossing of the Abyss, which is the end of the experience known as the “Dark Night of the Soul”. The individual must completely learn Compassion and also be able to act justly, becoming a Magickal Dragon\Teacher and Spiritual Leader. The individual must also lighten their karma. The individual must also learn to understand that everything in the physical world has a divine hierarchy that it is a part of. The individual must also learn how to stay on his\her unique path back to god in the midst of all these other paths. The individual must learn how to merge opposites within their being. Opposites are those things that seem different from us.
In Hermeticism and Spiritual Alchemy, the work of this degree corresponds to the step of Coagulation.
According to the Kabala, this degree corresponds to Binah on the Tree of Life.
In the Egyptian Mystery Tradition, this degree corresponds to Tepu-tu, Master of the Stone Mountain. This degree also corresponds to Tep-Het, Master of the Temple.
In Druidism, this degree corresponds to Ovate, the second degree in the system.
On the level of Practical Magick, personal intuition becomes stronger and more pure, and psychic abilities may also increase. The individual also learns to be more accepting of the views of others, while still maintaining their own.