Ascension

Ascension is the process of raising one's toposophic level. It can also refer to the more granular processes of minor ascension including adolescent ascension, health ascension, and educational ascension.

All ascension is intrinsically risky. All ascension has a risk of causing tripping.

Faustery is the process of ascension either while not in a state of nobility or while in a state of nobility and not taking due dilligence to maintain that state

Apotheosis is the process of ascension where one maintains a state of nobility throughout it. Occasionally one can still trip while undergoing Apotheosis (apotheotic tripping) as ascension is an unpredictable process