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Indubitably, Magic Is One Of The Subtlest And Most Difficult Of The Sciences And Arts. There Is More Opportunity For Errors Of Comprehension, Judgment And Practice Than In Any Other Branch Of Physics.

I Must Make Magick The Essential Factor In The Life Of All. In Presenting This Book To The World, I Must Then Explain And Justify My Position By Formulating A Definition Of Magick And Setting Forth Its Main Principles In Such A Way That All May Understand Instantly That Their Souls, Their Lives, In Every Relation With Every Other Human Being And Every Circumstance, Depend Upon Magick And The Right Comprehension And Right Application Thereof.

The Quest Of The Holy Grail, The Search For The Stone Of The Philosophers-by Whatever Name We Choose To Call The Great Work-is Therefore Endless. Success Only Opens Up New Avenues Of Brilliant Possibility.

When You Have Proved That God Is Merely A Name For The Sex Instinct, It Appears To Me Not Far To The Perception That The Sex Instinct Is God.

You Must On No Account Attempt To Use The Squares Given In The Book Of The Sacred Magic Of Abramelin The Mage Until You Have Succeeded In The Operation. More, Unless You Mean To Perform It, And Are Prepared To Go To Any Length To Do So, You Are A Fool To Have The Book In Your Possession At All. Those Squares Are Liable To Get Loose And Do Things On Their Own Initiative; And You Won't Like It.