A great majority of “spiritualists”, “occultists”, “Toshos- 
ophists”, are pitiable examples of repeated losses from this cause. 
The emotional type of religionist also suffers in this way. 
Dévotion projects the fine body, which is seized and vampirized by 
the démon masquerading as “Christ” or “Mary”, or whoever may 
be the object of worship. Complété absence of ail power to 
concentrate thought, to follow an argument, to formulate a Will, 
to hold fast to an opinion or a course of action, or even to keep a 
solemn oath, mark indelibly those who hâve thus lost parts of their 
soûls. They wander from one new cuit to another even crazier. 
Occasionally such persons drift for a moment into the surroundmgs 
of The Master Therion, and are shot out by the simple process 
of making them try to do a half-hour5s honest work of any kind. 
In projecting the Astral, it is a valtiable additional safe- 
gnard to perform the whole operation m a properïy con- 
secrated circle. 
Proceed with great caution, then, but proceed. In time your 
Body of Light will be as strong against the spirits as your other 
body against the winds of Heaven. Ail dépends upon the develop¬ 
ment of that Body of Light. It must be furnished with an 
organism as ramified and balanced as its shadowy brother, the 
material body. 
To recapitulate once more, then, the first task is to develop 
your own Body of Light within your own circle with out 
reference to any other inhabitants of the world to which it belongs. 
That which you hâve accomplished with the subject you may 
now proceed to do with the object. You will learn to see the 
astral appearance of material thingSj and although this does not 
properïy belong to pure clairvoyance, one may here again mention 
that you should endeavour to the utmost to develop and 
forîify this Body of Light. The hest and simpîest way to 
do this is to use it constantly, to exercise it in every way. 
In particular it may be employed in ceremonies of initiation or of 
invocation — wrhile the physical body remains silent and still. 
In doing this it will often be necessary to create a Temple on 
the astral plane. Il is excellent practice to create symbols. 
This one précaution is needed: after using them, they 
should be reabsorbed. 
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