Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 2)

people hâve recognised its talismanic virtue, that is to say, its power as an instrument of the wilL But with many ikons and images, it is easy to steai their virtue. This can be done sometimes on a tremendous scale, as, for example, when ail the images of Isis and Horus, or similar mother-child combinations, were appropriated Wholesale by the Christians. The miracle is, however, of a somewhat dangerous type, as in this case, where enlightenment has corne through the researches of archaeologists. It has been shown that the so-called images of Mary and Jésus are really nothing but imitations of those of Isis and tiorus. Honesty is the best policy in Magick as in other lines of life. 138 —