The Brotherhood admits a man to its ranks only when he has fitted himself to pass the first of the great Initiations.
This entry into the Brotherhood of Those who rule the world may be thought of as the third of the great critical points in man's evolution.

The first of these is when he becomes man--when he individualizes out of the animal kingdom and obtains a causal body.

The second is what is called by the Christian "conversion", by the Hindu "the acquirement of discrimination", and by the Buddhist "the opening of the doors of the mind".

That is the point at which he realizes the great facts of life, and turns away from the pursuit of selfish ends in order to move intentionally along with the great current of evolution in obedience to the divine Will.

The third point is the most important of all, for the Initiation which admits him to the ranks of the Brotherhood also insures him against the possibility of failure to fulfil the divine purpose in the time appointed for it.