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THE TREE OF LIFE 25.5
endowed its plasticity and potentiality with an overwhelming
impetus in a given direction. It will follolv that with the partaking
of this substance which is the philosophical Mercury, impregnated
with an intelligence of dynamic spiritual energy capable of producing
within the confines of its sphere the desired change, co~nplete
and satisfactory fulfilment climaxes the aspiration of the Magician.
Conducted within a properly consecrated Circle, after a thorough
banishing, followed by a mighty conjuration of the divine force,
and the assumption of the appropriate God-form, the ceremony
may prove of incomparable power to open wide the Gates of the
Heavens. Using solely the Cup and the Wand as elemental weapons,
together with the mantram or the specialized rhythmic invocation,
the Mass can seldom fail of effect. This union of two different
magical weapons, far apart though they may have appeared in the
first instance, enhance the potency of each, since they combine in a
single operation the finest aspects and the greatest advantages of
both.