Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. That the Council claims to possess the Ancient Ritual of the Orders of the Magi, is not denied. It does still pos sess them, possesses all. Of the Sacred Mantrams, all of the Sacred Invocations, and all that belongs to the Great Philosophy. The M'agi do not unduly exalt the physical being; but they do, and without fear, place the physical just where it belongs, giving it equal importance with mind and soul, thereby upholding the holy trinity. But the Magi do claim this one thing as a truth; That person who develops the physical will reach the sum mit of spiritual perfection much sooner than he who pays no attention to the physical, believing falsely that mind, or soul, no matter which, is all important. Naturally, we can not give even a beginning of an exposition of our works, and our beliefs, and our teach ings, in a treatise as short as this; but this booklet will be sufficient as an introduction, giving to the interested World a foreword of what is to be.

That the Council claims to possess the Ancient Ritual of the Orders of the Magi, is not denied. It does still pos sess them, possesses all. Of the Sacred Mantrams, all of the Sacred Invocations, and all that belongs to the Great Philosophy. The M'agi do not unduly exalt the physical being; but they do, and without fear, place the physical just where it belongs, giving it equal importance with mind and soul, thereby upholding the holy trinity. But the Magi do claim this one thing as a truth; That person who develops the physical will reach the sum mit of spiritual perfection much sooner than he who pays no attention to the physical, believing falsely that mind, or soul, no matter which, is all important. Naturally, we can not give even a beginning of an exposition of our works, and our beliefs, and our teach ings, in a treatise as short as this; but this booklet will be sufficient as an introduction, giving to the interested World a foreword of what is to be.