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  AttheBritishMuseumreading?roomIoftensawamanofthirty?sixorthirty?seven,inabroweencoat,withagauntresolutefadanathleticbody,whoseemedbeforeIheardhisname,orkhenatureofhisstudies,afigureofromance.PresentlyIwasintroduced,whereorbywhatmanorwomanIdonotremember.HewasMacgregorMathers,theauthoroftheKabbalasUnveiled,&hisstudiesweretwoonly??magidthetheoryofwar,forhebelievedhimselfabornanderandallbutequalinwisdomandihatoldJew.HehadcopiedmanymanuscriptsonmagicceremonialanddoeiishMuseum,andwastoanymoreintiallibraries,anditwasthroughhimmainlythatIbegaainstudiesandexperiehatweretoviimageswellupbeforethemindseyefromadeepersourcethansciousorsubsemory.Ibelievethathismindinthoseearlydaysdidnotbeliehisfadbody,thoughinlateryearsitbecameunhinged,forhekeptaproudheadamidgreatpoverty.Oboxedwithhimnightlyhastoldmethatformanyweekshecouldknockhimdown,thoughMacgregorwasthestrongerman,andonlyknewlongafterthatduringthoseweeksMacgregorstarved.WithhimImetanoldwhite?hairedOxfordshireclergymapanic?stripersonIhaveeverknown,thoughMacgregorsintroduhadbeeesustothegreatadeptsofantiquity.Thisoldmantookmeasidethathemightsay??Ihopeyouneverinvokespirits??thatisaverydangerousthingtodo.Iamtoldthateventheplaaryspiritsturnuponusintheend.Isaid,Haveyoueverseenanapparition?Oyes,once,hesaid.IhavemyalchemicallaboratoryinacellarundermyhousewheretheBishopotseeit.OnedayIwaswalkingup&downtherewhenIheardanotherfootstepwalkingupanddownbesideme.IturnedandsawagirlIhadbeenihwhenIwasayoungman,butshediedlongago.Shewaokissher.

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