would keep these undesirable entities at a distance, we can do so most effectually by centering our thoughts on those things which we know from their nature cannot invite evil influences. Let us follow the apostolic advice, and "whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue and if there be any praise, think on these things" (Philippians 4:8). Then, however far the Law of Attraction may extend from us into the other world, we may rest assured that it will only act to bring us in touch with that innumerable company of angels and spirits of just men made perfect, of whom we are told in the twelfth chapter of Hebrews, and who, because they are joined in the same worship of the ONE Divine Spirit as ourselves, can only act in accordance with the principles of harmony and love.
Be Wary
I will not attempt the analysis of so important a subject in the short space at my disposal, but I would caution all students against tampering with anything that savours of ceremonial magic. However little acknowledged in public, it is by no means infrequently practised at the present day and, if on no other grounds, it should be resolutely shunned as a powerful system of autosuggestion capable of producing the most disastrous effects on those who employ it.
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