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science rests in the faculty of the higher regions of the 

 human soul to grasp spiritual truths which are beyond 

 the power of perception of the semi-animal intellect. 



Magic is a power which teaches the true nature of 

 the inner man, as well as the organisation of his outward 

 body. The superficial reasoner can comprehend nothing 

 but what he can perceive by his external senses ; but 

 the inner man has perceptive faculties transcending those 

 of his body. The spirit of man is not bound to any 

 locality ; it is as free as the wind which blows over the 

 sea. If spiritual consciousness has once been attained, 

 spiritual perception follows. During sleep the spirit is 

 capable to move more freely, and to visit distant places. 

 " You should know that man has the capability (latent 

 or active) to foresee future events, and to read the future 

 from the books of the past and from those of the present. 

 Man also possesses a power by which he may see his 

 friends and the circumstances by which they are sur- 

 rounded, although such persons may be a thousand miles 

 away from him at that time. This art is taught by 

 Gabalis (the spiritual perception of man). It is a power 

 which may become especially active in dreams, and that 

 which is seen in such dreams is the reflection of the light 

 of wisdom and prophecy in man. If a man in his waking 

 state knows nothing of such things, the cause of his igno- 

 rance is, that he does not understand how to search in 

 himself for the powers that are given to him by God, and 

 by which he can arrive at all the Wisdom, Reason, and 

 Knowledge concerning everything that exists, whether 

 it be near him or far away." 



He who seeks the truth for his own purposes, or to 

 adorn and glorify himself with it, will never find it. We 

 should not seek to possess the truth, but to let it become 

 manifested in us. 



" There are those who imagine that man obtains his 

 knowledge from his own self and from the stars, so that if 

 one is born under a favourable star he will know every- 



