This is an introductory guide written by Professor Eloise Jones (see The Eccles Incursion).
Introduction
It is with great pleasure I present some of my recent
research into the physical world and how that realm may be affected by those
intricate processes and procedures that the illiterate and uninitiated refer to
as the ‘occult’. Indeed, that epithet is
so far from being precise, as the various procedures set out plainly in this
slim volume will attest. For although
some of these do require a great depth of concentration, knowledge and what may
be called attunement, this author is confident that they can all be
achieved with correct degree of good-humoured, industrious endeavour.
Indeed, I myself, working with my team of able researchers
at the University, have already proven the efficacy of many of the formulae set
out herein. The practicality of others
is well supported by the well-known literature of the subject, witness for
example the Methods and Precepts of Mary Cavendish, et al. or the
many records left by the late and much-missed Mlle. Du Châtelet.
Nevertheless, and with a heavy heart, it must be admitted
that this represents quite the smallest selection of possible mechanisms for
affecting our rich, lived world, and the many others which surround it. And doubtless many other stratagems will be
discovered in the future through diligent research. My principal of selection has been,
throughout, to record those practical mechanisms which reveal most about the
fundamentals of natural philosophy and the universe. In that, I believe, I have at least partially
succeeded.
Finally, I must record my thanks to my family, and
particularly my husband Jonathon, for their abiding patience during the
compilation of this text, and the hours of painstaking proof-checking. And in the latter, I was ably aided by the Ms
Whites, without whose care there would be many more errors than those which, I
fear, remain. For which, as is
customary, I bear full responsibility
Prof. E. Jones,
University of Greater Lanark
Contents
A Note to Students: The various procedures in this
guide are arranged broadly in order of increasing complexity. Thus, each chapter should benefit from the
work carried out in the preceding matter.
However, as with all things, the ultimate level of challenge is
primarily set by the aptitude and stick-to-it-ivness of the assiduous
practitioner.
Finally, to students of the female gender, I strongly urge
the use of a garment currently unfashionable but supremely practical: to whit,
a dress with pockets!
1.
Detect Clockwork
2.
Static charge
3.
Absorb Elements
4.
Misty Step
5.
Blink
6.
Project Lightning
7.
Open Misty Step
8.
Clairvoyance
9.
Dimension Door
10.
Far Step
11.
Plane Shift
12.
Reverse Gravity
13.
Maze
14.
Time Stop
15.
Gravity Control
16.
Gate
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