Volume IV
Preface

Whenever I approach a new set of students, I always begin with my personal truths. There are two undeniable truths which exists and can not be changed. The first truth is that there exists all around us a force that is greater than us. It is all knowing and ever present. It can make any and all things possible and it can answer and offer to you anything that you might desire. The second truth is that I am not it. To those who come to me to make me their God I say to you to go away. I do not wish to be a God. I can not make all your dreams come true and I am not even going to try.

Perhaps this is not what you wish to hear. Although this is in fact exactly what new student’s need to hear. Unfortunate for many students, there are teachers out there who would gladly accept playing "God". They compose themselves as having all the answers and knowing all as well as being all. Yes, it is a wonderful ego trip. I’ve been there. It also gives the new beginner a warm and fuzzy feeling, after all it’s easier to have someone tell you everything you need to do or learn. As wonderful as it all is for the student as well as the teacher, the problem lies in that it is all untrue. Henceforth what is the truth? The truth is that teachers are not perfect and students should not be expected to be perfect as well. The truth is that the teacher is not there to teach information, but to teach the student how to find the answers for themselves. The truth is that students grow up to become just like their teachers and bad teachings produces bad teachers and the whole things procreates like a bad religion.

This Volume, 4^th in the series, is broken down into two interweaving sections. The first section is the information which are the fundamentals of magick. The second section which shall correspond to the informational sections focuses on the teaching aspect of how to properly instruct a student on such information. The goal of this volume is to lay down the guidelines of proper instruction on magick not so that it may become unchangeable laws, but rather as guidelines that others may refer to them as mere suggestions and recommendations.