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MAGICK WITHOUT TEARS 
(Illustration: A popular leader is most successful when 
he forgets himself, and remembers only "The Cause." 
Self-seeking engenders jealousies and schism. When the 
organs of the body assert their presence otherwise than 
by silent satisfaction, it is a sign that they are diseased. 
The single exception is the organ of reproduction. Yet 
even in this case self-assertion bears witness to its 
dissatisfaction with itself, since it cannot fulfill its 
function until completed by its counterpart in another 
organism.) 
20. Man can only attract and employ the forces for which 
he is really fitted. 
(Illustration: You cannot make a silk purse out of a 
sow's ear. A true man of science learns from every 
phenomenon. But Nature is dumb to the hypocrite; for 
in her there is nothing false.5 ) 
21. There is no limit to the extent of the relations of any 
man with the Universe in essence; for as soon as man makes 
himself one with any idea, the means of measurement cease 
to exist. But his power to utilize that force is limited by his 
mental power and capacity, and by the circumstances of his 
human environment. 
(Illustration: When a man falls in love, the whole world 
becomes, to him, nothing but love boundless and 
immanent; but his mystical state is not contagious; his 
fellow-men are either amused or annoyed. He can only 
extend to others the effect which his love has had upon 
himself by means of his mental and physical qualities. 
Thus, Catullus, Dante and Swinburne made their love a 
mighty mover of mankind by virtue of their power to 
put their thoughts on the subject in musical and 
eloquent language. Again, Cleopatra and other people in 
authority moulded the fortunes of many other people 
5. It is no objection that the hypocrite is himself part of Nature. He is an 
"endothermic" product. divided against himself. with a tendency to break up. He 
will see his own qualities everywhere. and thus obtain a radical misconception of 
phenomena. Most religions of the past have failed by expecting Nature to 
conform with their ideals of proper conduct.