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with the inflexible laws of nature, and he becomes
nature's co-worker or hand-maid. To all such,
Nature makes obeisance, and delegates her powers,
and they become Masters. The real Master conceals
his power and uses it only for the good of
others. He works "without the hope of fee ,
or
reward."
Discerning that knowledge is power, designing
and evil men desire to possess both knowledge and
power for entirely selfish purposes. It may be readily
discerned that the more knowledge and power a
purely selfish man possesses, the more inimical to
humanity he becomes. He can do less harm if kept
in ignorance. This is especially the case in regard
to those deeper sciences which deal with mind, and
influence the thoughts and actions of others. Suppose
one were able to hypnotize large numbers of
persons at once, and compel them to do his bidding
and that his motives were not only selfish, but all
results injurious to his agents. Such a person would
be a Magician, and, as his motive would be purely
selfish, a "Black Magician." Modern Science,
purely materialistic in its aims and conclusions, has
always, till very recently, ridiculed the idea embodied
in Magic, and were it not for the fact that it
has been compelled to recognize, under the name