Natural Magic (Magia Naturalis)

be seen; and how one may also see images or other things, shown to the mirror, as if they were flying; how one may draw down fire from the sun, and this not only by means of mirrors or crystals, but even with cold water alone; how one may see an image in the air outside of the mirror.

How one may read the smallest script at night without a light; how one may read a letter from several thousand paces; how one may make gold and silver glow red-hot by the sun; how one, when the sun shines, even if he were a mile’s distance away, may reveal his thoughts and will to another without any messenger or letter.