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...which the soul of the operator desires 314

50 On certain celestial observations, and the practice of certain images of the same 315

51 On the characters which are fashioned according to the rule and imitation of the celestial bodies, and how they are derived from geomanticoriginal: "geomanticis." Geomancy is a method of divination that interprets markings on the ground or patterns formed by tossed handfuls of soil, rocks, or sand. figures, along with a table of the same 319

52 On the characters which are abstracted from the things themselves by a certain likeness 321

53 That no divination is perfect without astrology 324

54 On lot-casting, and when and from where the power of divination falls upon it 326

55 On the Soul of the Worldoriginal: "anima mundi." The philosophical concept that the entire universe is a single living organism endowed with a soul. and the souls of the celestial bodies, according to the traditions of the poets and philosophers 328

56 The same is confirmed by reason 329

57 That the Soul of the World and the celestial souls are rational and participate in the divine mind 331

58 On the names of the celestial souls, and their dominion over this lower world, namely, man 332

59 On the seven governors of the world—the planets—and their various names, serving in magical incantations original: "magicis sermonibus." Literally "magical speeches," referring to the specific words used in ritual or prayer. 335

60 That human imprecations naturally imprint their powers onto external things: and how the human soul ascends through individual degrees of dependency into the intelligible worldoriginal: "mundum intelligibilem." In Neoplatonic philosophy, this refers to the spiritual realm of pure thought and divine ideas, which exists above the physical and celestial worlds., and becomes like the higher spirits and intelligences 339

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LIST OF THE CHAPTERS OF BOOK III.

1 On the necessity, virtue, and utility of religion 346

2 On silence and the concealment of those things which are secret in religion 347

3 What worthiness is required so that one might emerge as a true magus and a worker of wonders 351

4 On the two supports of ceremonial Magic: religion and superstition 353

5 On the three leaders of religion, who lead us to the path of truth 357

6 How by these leaders the human soul climbs into the divine nature and is made an effector of miracles 359