The Count of Gabalis

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to command all of nature; God alone will be your Master, and the Sages alone your brothers. The highest beings will be proud to obey your desire; the devils will not stand before your face, and will tremble at your voice in the depths of the abyss; and all the invisible people, who inhabit the four elements In Western esotericism, the "four elements" (earth, air, fire, and water) were believed to be inhabited by specific spirits: gnomes, sylphs, salamanders, and undines., will count themselves happy to be the servants of your wishes. I adore you, O mighty God! that you have crowned man with so much glory, and made him the unrestricted master of every work of your hands.

He turned to me: "Do you feel, my son, do you feel this heroic ambition, which is the unerring mark of the children of Wisdom? Do you dare to wish to serve only God, and to rule over everything that is not God? Have you understood what it means to be a human being? And do you not bear the state of a slave with resentment, since you were born to rule? If you harbor these noble sentiments, of which the figure of your nativity A "nativity" is an astrological birth chart. The Count claims to have calculated the narrator's horoscope to determine his potential for occult mastery. leaves me in no doubt, then consider maturely whether you have the courage