E. A. Koetting - staticfly.net

CHAPTER SIX SERVANTS OF DARKNESS
although doing so will give the Evocator a better understanding of the
demon. Still, when the demon stands before you, welcoming you into
Darkness as you welcome it into this world, the line between Master
and Slave blurs beyond recognition. The Dark Adept and the demon
have in mind the same goal, the which is accomplished with every
Working, despite appearances of immediate triviality. The demon and
the Sorcerer are co-workers with Darkness.
DEMONIC POWERS
The Black Magician is able, given the knowledge, discipline,
and practice, to Operate upon the physical world without the use of the
medium of the body. He may cause the whole of his consciousness to
separate itself from the brain, allowing him to move freely about the
universe, observing events regardless of spatial or temporal restraints.
Thus freed, he may also leave this universe altogether, rising into
realms beyond the flesh, embracing that which does not die. Putting
into practice the things within this text, the Sorcerer may create a
whirlwind of power, beginning at the altar before him and sweeping
over the earth until his will is accomplished.
The Master of Black Magick can do anything and everything,
so long as he takes the necessary steps to bring himself into a being state
conducive to the precipitation of his will. Demons have quite the opposite
obstacle; they exist in a constant state of power, having to step down
from their dark thrones for a moment in order to communicate with
the Magician.
Demons are ancient. Before the atmosphere of this planet could
sustain life, they were here, hovering above the heat of the magma
and breathing the sulfurous air. Before the planets of this solar system
began to evolve from gasses, the demons were there, in the blackness of
space, watching and influencing events, preparing the way for the
Sinister Dialectic. Before man began to devise evil, evil existed.
Moving through the spaces between every atom, riding on the
astral winds through galaxies and empires, silently watching worlds
rise to glory and extinguish themselves in the fires of war, demons
bave learned the secrets of power. They have learned the most inner
workings of creation. They have learned how to flap the butterfly's
wing to cause a tempest that would devour the world.
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