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Method of Training 
Cara Soror, 
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 
The first and absolutely essential task for the Aspirant is to 
write his Magical Record. 
You know some elementary Mechanics-the 
Triangle of 
Forces, and all that. Well, if we have a body acted on by two 
equal forces, one pulling it East, the other South, it will tend 
to move in a South-Easterly direction. But if the "south" 
force is (say) twice as strong, it will move south of 
South-East. 
Now you, sitting in your study reading this letter, got 
there and were compelled to do that, as the result of the 
impact upon you of countless quintillions of forces of every 
kind. I don't expect you to discover all these and calculate 
and report them; but I want you to set down all the main 
currents. For so you should be able to get some sort of 
answer to the question, "Where do we go from here, boys?" 
I am not a guesser; and I cannot judge you, or advise you, 
or help you, unless and until I know the facts as thoroughly 
as you are able to allow me to do. 
The construction of this Record is, incidentally, the first 
step in the practice called Sammasati, and leads to the 
acquisition of the Magical Memory-the 
memory of your 
previous incarnations. So there is another reason, terrifically 
cogent, for writing this Magical Record as clearly and as fully 
as you can. 
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