CHAPTER XI 
Of Our Lady Babalon and of the Beast 
Whereon she Rideth. 
Also concerning Transformations. 
I 
The contents of this section, inasmuch as they concern Our 
Lady, are too important and too sacred to be printed. They are 
only communicated by the Master Therion to chosen pupils in 
private instruction. 
II 
The essential magical work, apart from any particular operation, 
is the proper formation of the Magical Being or Body of Light. 
This process will be discussed at some length in Chapter XVIII. 
We will here assume that the magician has succeeded in 
developing his Body of Light until it is able to go anyy/here and 
do anything. There will, however, be a certain limitation to his 
work, because he has formed his magical body from the fine matter 
of his own element. Therefore, although he may be able to 
penetrate the utmost recesses of the heavens, or conduct vigorous 
combats with the most unpronounceable démons cf the pit, it may 
be impossible for him to do as much as knock a vase from a mantel- 
piece. His magical body is composed of matter too tenuous to 
affect directly the gross matter of which illusions such as tables 
and chairs are made.1 
I. The one really easy “physical” operation which the Body of Light 
can perform is “Congressus subtilis”. The émanations of the “Body of 
Desire” of the material being whom one visits are, if the visit be agreeabîe, 
so potent that one spontaneously gains substance in the embrace. There 
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