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Modern Magic
By M. Schele De Vere
Introduction
The main purpose of our existence on earth—aside from the sacred and
paramount duty of securing our salvation—is undoubtedly to make ourselves
masters of the tangible world around us, as it stands revealed to our senses, and
as it was expressly made subject to our will by the Creator. We are, however, at
the same time, not left without information about the existence of certain laws and
the occurrence of certain phenomena, which belong to a world not accessible to
us by means of our ordinary senses, and which yet affect seriously our
intercourse with Nature and our personal welfare. This knowledge we obtain
sometimes, by special favor, as direct revelation, and at other times, for reasons
as yet unknown, at the expense of our health and much suffering.