Each man is the essence of Spiritual Power and he should know that he possesses Spiritual Power as well as the Physical force; that he possesses one kind of knowledge as well as another and if he does not find these powers by not applying himself he must not think that he does not possess them, for he has not proved himself capable or deserving of their being developed within him. Every soul should bear strictly in mind that the growth or capacity of his soul lies in the extent to which it developes Astral truth and power and not by basing every conclusion upon External teachings, for as stated in these writings, Materialistic things are an illusion. The writer in this volume has spoken of many things such as Spirits, Dreams and other secret things. He has also given valuable knowledge for the soul who believes or has some sort of belief in a future continuation of their soul. The other person, the writer cares nothing about, as it is not his idea to convert any man against his will, for he is as welcome to his belief and thoughts as he is to the air he breathes as far as he is concerned, because they harm no one but himself and the true student of Occultism and the true soul who desires to become a recipient of Divine Light and Sacred teachings pays no attention to the remarks or dictates of the Materialist because the same are oracle and dogmatic.

If this rare Volume and its teachings of wisdom make no impression upon their mind it is only because they fail to recognize the true light when it shines in their eyes, for True wisdom and absolute truth can only come to any man by a clear and positive knowledge of them for he cannot receive it and accept it through Materialistic theories or arguments.

Familiar Spirits

Though it should be an easy matter for you to employ Familiar Spirits to annoy your neighbor, seek to abstain therefrom, unless it were to repress the insolence of such as might attempt aught against you personally. Never keep the Familiar Spirits around you for curiosity, and should you wish to give one over unto any person, see that such person be distinguished and meritorious, for they love not to serve those of base and common condition. But should such person unto whom you give them have made some express Pact (with Spirits) in such case Familiar Spirits will fly in haste to serve him.

Licensing A Spirit To Depart

In our teachings of Art Magic great stress is laid on the importance of licensing a Spirit invoked on the Operation being completed to depart, and if he be unwilling, of even compelling him against his will to return to his place. It must remembered here, in these Operations of Magic that not only your Oratory but your bed-chamber also be kept pure and consecrated, and therefore it would be next to impossible for an Evil Spirit to break through to attach you. But in all Magical Evocations by the Circle, the Chela (Disciple) should never quit the same, without having licensed and even forced the Evil Spirits to depart; as cases are on record of the Operator experiencing sudden death. I, myself, was present in India on an occasion when in the Evocation by the Circle, the Chela incautiously having stooped forward and outward just over the limit of the Circle, received a shock like that from a powerful electric battery (the same being Astral Fluid Projected by Spirits) which nearly threw him down, struck the Magical Sword from his hand, and sent him staggering back to the center of the Circle. Compare also with this advice any Adept's experience in these strange operations when his hand accidentally goes beyond the limits of the Circle when he is replenishing his candles during an Evocation,