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 depth and breadth, is most admirable,—appreciable by those favored ones who are true seers and born mystics, as being immeasurably superior to anything of the kind seen since the days of the magi on the plains of Chaldea!—for great pains have been taken with the glasses, which act as protecting-shields to the material beneath,—on which material, the mode of its preparation, seasoning, application, and magnetic manipulation, and not upon the glass itself—their beauty and excellence wholly depends; albeit the highest art is brought to bear in the making and shaping of the crystal-shield, and in the construction of the frames in which they are mounted. The, or Mirror surface itself is the true, and well-factured bhatt from India, whence alone it can be procured even by the Mystic Brotherhood of Paris, France, where the mounting is done.

Due care is essential that they, like a child, be kept clean; to which end fine soap and warm soft water, applied with silk or soft flannel, is the first step; followed by a similar bath, whereof cologne, fresh beer, or liquor spurted from the mouth, are the three ingredients: the second for the sake, 1st, of the spirit; 2d, of the individual magnetism; and, 3d, the symbolism embodied in the ritual—so palpably as not to need further explanation. Write for other information on this delicate point.

"But why are these black-white, cuspic ovoids magnetic or magical in any degree? or, if they are, why may not we of Western Europe or America fabricate the same?" To which the reply is: You cannot! because you know not how to mingle the materials—even if you knew them, which you do not—that enter as elements into the mysteriously sensitive substance wherewith the shields are covered, and which alone constitutes the magnetic or magic film, of which and to which the lava-glass and frame are merely protective covers.

People of the West (Europe,—America) are not subject to the same extremes of passion (sexive) as are Orientals; and hence know not either its awful intensity, or its terrible penalties, because they dwell far more in the Brain than in the gender, wherefore they have less verve élan, and passional power than their brown brethren