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WORKS OF<br />
DARKNESS<br />
The altar should hold a single black candle in the center, the<br />
dagger and chalice in their usual places. Modern magicians often<br />
instruct whoever will listen that the altar and the Temple should be<br />
decorated with images of the specific desire. In this case, the Practitioner<br />
is advised to scatter money, coins and bills, around the Temple floor<br />
and on the altar, or even to pin such to the Temple walls. It is thought<br />
that doing so stimulates and amplifies the Operator's own desire for<br />
wealth an hypothesis which is undoubtedly accurate. However, the<br />
desire, which is ritualistically transferred to the symbols of wealth, is<br />
never fully released, such release being one of the greater keys of Magick.<br />
The coins and cash remain intact, as does the desire, never being set<br />
free to do its work.<br />
The Black Magician is Operating in a world far beyond and<br />
beneath this one. Money is not the end result - is not the object of the<br />
Working - but is only a means to the individual and unique fulfillment<br />
of his desire. Surrounding himself with images of money (which, if he<br />
is performing this ritual to begin with, he probably does not possess in<br />
amounts enough to litter his Temple with) will only distract his senses<br />
from the desire or the ache which drives him to light the black candle<br />
and begin the ritual.<br />
Just as no fingernail clippings or hair locks are needed to procure<br />
a lover, no dollars, yen, euros or marks are necessary to perform this<br />
ritual. The desire is guaranteed to already be present, and the<br />
visualizations and the ritual itself are sufficient to sustain it long enough<br />
for the desire to exist outside of its host and to move the seas to uncover<br />
the treasure.<br />
1. Open with the usual centering meditation, washing away<br />
thoughts and feelings which may interfere with its success.<br />
2. Light the black candle and gaze into the flame and return your<br />
hands to the surface of the altar. Let your mind become<br />
entranced by the dance of the flame.<br />
3. Bring to mind the image of yourself possessing money. See a<br />
picture of the bills folded in your wallet or playa scene in your<br />
mind of spending the money. Feel the emotional satisfaction of<br />
knowing that the money is yours, that it has come to you and<br />
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