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MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS 
From the above it ought to be clear to you that I have said 
all that really needs to be said in explaining the whole of 
Magick as the science and art of extending, first in oneself, 
one's own faculties, secondly in external nature their hidden 
characteristics. 
Before closing the subject entirely I think it well to point 
out that there are quite a number of worlds on which a good 
deal of work remains to be done. In particular I cannot 
refrain from mentioning the work of Dr. Dee and Sir Edward 
Kelly. My own work on this subject has been so elaborate 
and extensive that I shall never sufficiently regret that I never 
had an opportunity 
of completing it, but I should like to 
emphasize that the obtaining of a book like Liber 418 is in 
itself so outstanding an achievement that it should serve as an 
encouragement to all Magicians. 
In the case of many worlds, in particular that of Abra 
Melin, of the greater and lesser Keys of Solomon, of Pietro di 
Abano, of Cornelius Agrippa, while we have perfectly 
adequate information as to the methods we have very meagre 
examples of the results, especially so far as refers to the 
technical side of the work . 
I must conclude with a warning. So many of these 
branches of magick are so fascinating that anyone of them is 
liable to take hold of the Magician by the short hair and 
upset his balance completely. It should never be forgotten for 
a single moment that the central and essential work of the 
Magicians 
is the attainment 
of the Knowledge and 
Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. Once he has 
achieved this he must of course be left entirely in the hands 
of that Angel, who can be invariably and inevitably relied 
upon to lead him to the further great step-crossing of the 
abyss and the attainment 
of the grade of Master of the 
Temple. 
Anything apart from this course is a side issue and unless 
so regarded may lead to the complete ruin of the whole work 
of the Magician.