THE EQUINOX
We are going to state forthwith, in this last book, by
what means the true initiates have made themselves the
masters of life, how they have overcome sorrow and death;
how they work upon themselves and others the transforma-
tion of Proteus; how they exercise the divining power of
Apollonius; how they make the gold of Raymond Lully and
of Flamel; how in order to renew their youth they possess
the secrets of Postel the Re-arisen, and those alleged to have
been in the keeping of Cagliostro. In short, we are going
to speak the last word of magic.
CHAPTER I
OF TRANSFORMATION—THE WAND OF CIRCE—THE BATH OF
MEDEA—MAGIC OVERCOME BY ITS OWN WEAPONS—THE
GREAT ARCANUM OF THE JESUITS AND THE SECRET OF
THEIR POWER
Tue Bible tells us that King Nebuchadnezzar, at the
highest point of his power and his pride, was suddenly
changed into a beast.
He fled into savage places, began to eat grass, let his
beard and hair grow, as well as his nails, and remained in this
state for seven years.
In our Dogme et rituel de la haute magie, we have said
what we think of the mysteries of lycanthropy, or the meta-
morphosis of men into werewolves.
Everyone knows the fable of Circe and understands its
allegory.
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