(Illustration: It is my Will to inform the World of certain facts 
within my knowledge. I therefore take “magical weapons”, pen, 
ink, and paper ; I Write “incantations” — these sentences — in the 
“magical language” i.e. that which is understood by the people I 
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 of this book is 
thus an act of __ . 
MAGICK 
by which I cause Changes to take place in conformity with my 
Will* 1) 
IL POSTULATE. 
ANY required Change may be effected by the 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 préparé an ounce of Chloride of Gold. 
I must take the right kind of acid, nitro-hydrochloric and no other, 
in sufficient quantity and of adéquate 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 présent State of our knowledge and power some changes 
are not possible in practice ; we cannot cause éclipsés, 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. 1 
(Illustration: See “Définition” above.) 
i. By “intentional” I mean “willed”. But even unintentional actj 
so-seeming are not truly so. Thus, breathing is an act of the VŸ ill-to-Live. 
I. In one sense Magick may be dehned as the name given to Science 
by the vulgar. 
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