The Equinox (Volume I, Number IX)

LIBER BATRACHOPHRENO- BOOCOSMOMACHIA SUB FIGURA DXXXVI Within His skull exist daily thirteen thousand myriads of Worlds, which draw their existence from Him, and by Him are upheld.—I.R.Q. iii. 43. o. Let the Practicus study the textbooks of astronomy, travel, if need be, toa land where the sun and stars are visible, and observe the heavens with the best telescopes to which he may have access. Let him commit to memory the principal facts, and (at least roughly) the figures of the science. 1. Now, since these figures will leave no direct impression with any precision upon his mind, let him adopt this practice A. A. Let the Practicus be seated before a bare square table, and let an unknown number of small similar objects be thrown by his chela from time to time upon the table, and by that chela be hastily gathered up. Let the Practicus declare at the glance, and the chela confirm by his count, the number of such objects. The practice should be for a quarter of an hour thrice daily. The maximum number of objects should at first be seven. This maximum should increase by one at each practice, provided that not a single mistake is made by the Practicus in appreciating the number thrown. 37