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MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS 
wish to instruct. I call forth "spirits" such as printers, 
publishers, booksellers, and so forth, and constrain them 
to convey my message to those people. The composition 
and distribution is thus an act of-MAGICK-by which I 
cause Changes to take place in conformity with my 
Will.l) 
II. POSTULATE. 
ANY required Change may be effected by application of 
the proper kind and degree of Force in the proper manner 
through the proper medium to the proper object. 
(Illustration: I wish to prepare an ounce of Chloride of 
Gold. 
I must take 
the right 
kind 
of acid , 
nitro-hydrochloric 
and no other, in sufficient quantity 
and of adequate strength, and place it, in a vessel which 
will not break, leak or corrode, in such a manner as will 
not produce undesirable results, with the necessary 
quantity of Gold, and so forth. Every Change has its 
own conditions. 
In the present state of our knowledge and power 
some changes are not possible in practice ; we cannot 
cause eclipses, for instance, or transform lead into tin, 
or create men from mushrooms. But it is theoretically 
possible to cause in any object any change of which that 
object is capable by nature; and the conditions are 
covered by the above postulate.) 
III. THEOREMS. 
1. Every intentional act is a Magical Act.2 
(Illustration: See "Definition" above.) 
2. Every successful act has conformed to the postulate . 
3. Every failure proves that one or more requirements of 
the postulate have not been fulfilled . 
(Illustration: 
There may be failure to understand the 
case; as when a doctor makes a wrong diagnosis, and his 
1. By "intentional" I mean "willed." But even unintentional acts so seeming are 
not truly so. Thus, breathing is an act of the Wtll-to-Jive. 
2. In one sense Magick may be defined as the name given to Science by the 
vulgar.