cannot exhaust the combinations of Lover’s Chess, but we may 
enumerate the principal gambits: the Bouquet, the Chocolatés, the 
Little Dinner, the Cheque-Book, the Poem, the Motor by 
Moonlight, the Marriage Certificate, the Whip, and the Feigned 
Flight. 
The Magical Link may be classified under three main heads; 
as it involves (i) one plane and one person, (2) one plane and 
two or more persons, (3) two planes. 
In class (1) the machinery of Magick — the instrument — 
already exists. Thus, I may wish to heal my own body, increase 
my own energy; develop my own mental powers, or inspire my 
own imagination. Here the Exorcist and the Démon are already 
connected, consciously or subconsciously, by an excellent System 
of symbols. The Will is furnished by Nature with an apparatus 
adequately equipped to convey and execute its orders. 
It is only necessary to inflame the Will to the proper pitch and 
to issue its commands; they are instantly obeyed, unless — as in 
the case of organic disease — the apparatus is damaged beyond 
the art of Nature to repair. It may be necessary in such a case to 
assist the internai “spirits” by the “purification” of medicines, the 
“banishing” of diet, or some other extraneous means. 
But at least there is no need of any spécial device ad hoc to 
effect contact between the Circle and the Triangle. Operations 
of this class are therefore often successful, even when the 
Magician has little or no technical knowledge of Magick. Almost 
any duffer can “pull hinself together”, devote himself to study, 
break off a bad habit, or conquer a cowardice. This class of work, 
although the easiest, is yet the most important ; for it includes 
initiation itself in its highest sense. It extends to the Absolute in 
every dimension; it involves the most intimate analysis, and the 
most comprehensive synthesis. In a sense, it is the sole type of 
Magick either necessary or proper to the Adept; for it includes 
both the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of the 
Holy Guardian Angel, and the Adventure of the Abyss. 
The second class includes ail operations by which the Magician 
strives to impose his Will upon objects outside his own control, 
but within that of such other wills as are symbolised by means of