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CHAPTER EIGHT
GAINING THE DARK SIGHT
When the Neophyte begins to read or hear of the evocation of
"mons to astral or physical manifestation, of astral travel, or of the
"rious other Magickal phenomena that he may one day produce
....ough ritual, his mind often deludes itself (or is deluded by his source
of information) into a certain belief and supposed understanding of the
.iraculous manner by which these things are done. Even some of the
p-eatest textbooks on clairvoyant abilities either complicate the matter
[0 the point of inefficiency, or simplify it until it seems to be another
.~"5tical,
feel-good-philosophy without any base in reality or any height
of occult ability.
While demons may very well show themselves to the Black
Magician as cleady and substantially as any person could, while the
Sorcerer may rise from his body to soar through the worlds above and
brlow and return with perfect memory of the event, and while he may
produce to exact detail any manifestation that he desires, he first needs
to condition his senses to the detection, analysis, and intellectual
assimilation of the things that his mind cannot presently comprehend.
It is important to understand that none of the higher occult faculties
are "de\'e]oped ff or necessarily trained. The Practitioner has complete
DSe of his Dark Sight; he is fully capable of seeing that which is im'isible,
llearing the voices in the astral winds, and knowing that which should
IIOt known, even though he may not consciously recognize these
.abilities. The conscious mind and the intellect simply need to be
conditioned to accurately translate the raw, acausal impressions to the
pbysical senses in a linear, comprehensible pattern.
Although most occult disciplines will have the student stare at
a blank, white cloth or an empty black mirror for a set amount of time
each day, with the goal of one day opening the Third Eye and beholding
the secret wonders of the higher planes, such routines seem to be an
nercise more in patience than prescience. Set forth here, in a Work
that is most practical, with a Power that is meant to create, sustain,
destroy, and resurrect, the Black Magician must have his hands working
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