The Postulants of the outer circle have been accepted as students, and study for the Postulants of the middle circle. As they advance in understanding of reality itself, they gradually move up in the ranks until they become members of the middle circle. The middle circle teaches the Postulants of the outer circle and study the deepest secrets of reality. Right now there are four members of the inner circle. To become a Postulant at the Pyramid a mage has to be accepted by a tutor, usually a member of the middle circle but rarely a member of the inner circle.
Study is usually a mixture of experimentation and demonstrations of profound magicks.
It is said that no book have ever succeeded in holding the sheer power of Prime at this level, so the highest mysteries have never been written down in the tomes of the libraries. Most of the Postulants of the outer circle spend much time studying all the manifestations of Quintessence and the different kinds of being they form. Later they move on to study Paradox and reality itself. Even the least of the Postulants is a tremendously powerful mage. They have left their traditions and the Ascension War behind them to pursue their quest for ultimate knowledge and power.