Part I. MAGNETISM.

For which reafon, phyficians divide this fpirit into the implanted or mum- mial, and inflowing or acquired fpirit, which departs ; to wit, with the for- mer life and this influxing fpirit they afterwards fubdivide into the natural, vital, and animal fpirit -} but, we like wife, do here comprehend them all at once in one fingle word.
The foul therefore being wholly a fpirit could never move or ftir up the vital fpirit, (being indeed corporeal,) much lefs flefh and bones, unlefs a certain natural power, yet magical and fpiritual, did defcend from the foul into the fpirit and body.
After what fort, I pray, could the corporeal fpirit obey the commands of the foul, unlefs there fhould be a command from her for moving of the fpirit, and afterwards the body ?
But againft this magical motive faculty thou will forthwith objedt, that that power is limited within her compofed body, and her own natural inn : there- fore although we call this foul a magiciannefs, yet it fhall be only a wrefting and abufe of the name ; for truly the true and fuperflitious magic draws not its foundation from the foul ; feeing this fame foul is not able to move, alter, or exite any thing out of its own body.
I anfwer, that this power, and that natural magic of the foul which die exercifeth not of herfelf, by virtue of the image of God, doth now lie hid as obfcure in man, and as it were lie afleep fince the fall or corruption of Adam, and ftands in need of ftirring up ; all which particulars we fhall anon in their proper place prove ; which fame power, how drowfy and as it were drunk fo- ever, it otherwife remains daily in. us, yet it is fufficient to perform its offices in its own bodyf
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CHAP. VIII.
OF THE MAGICAL POWEE, &C.
THEREFORE the knowledge and power magical, and that faculty in man which adeth only per nutum , deeps fince the knowledge of the apple was eaten. ; and as long as this knowledge (which is of the flefh and blood, grofs and ma- terial, belonging to the external man and darknefs) flourifhes, the more noble magical power is lying dormant.
But becaufe in deep this outward or fenfual knowledge is fometimes dor- mant, hence it is that our dreams are fometimes prophetical, and God him- felf is therefore nearer unto man in dreams, through that effed, viz. when the more inward magic of the foul being uninterrupted by the flefh, diffufes itfelf on every fide into the underftanding ; even as when it finks itfelf into the infe- rior powers thereof it fafely leads thofe who walk in their deep by moving or conducting them, whither thofe that were awake could not furmount or climb.
Therefore we eftablifh this point, viz. that there is inherent in the foul a certain magical virtue given her by God, naturally proper and belonging to her, in afmuch as we are his image and engravement ; and in this refped fhe ads alfo in a peculiar manner, /. e. fpiritually on an objed at a diftance, and that more powerfully than by any corporeal affifhnce ; for feeing the foul is the principal part of the body, therefore all adion belonging to her is fpiritual, ma- gical, and of the greateft validity.
Which power man is able, by the Art of the Cabala, to excite in himfelf at his own pleafure, and thefe, as we have before faid, are called Adepts ; who are governed by the Spirit of God.
Thus we have endeavoured to lhew that man predominates over all other creatures that are corporeal, and that by his magical faculty he is able to fubdue the magical virtues of all other things j which predominance of man, or the
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