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           Hespokeverycarefully,seemingalwaystobearinmindthatsomeofuswholistenedwereignorantoftheveryrootandnatureofsomethingstouchedupon,andexplainingthemtousashewenton:

           "Theexperimentwhichisbeforeusistotrywhetherornothereisanyforce,anyreality,intheoldMagic.Therecouldnotpossiblybemorefavourableconditionsforthetest;anditismyowndesiretodoallthatispossibletomaketheoriginaldesigneffective.ThatthereissomesuchexistingpowerIfirmlybelieve.Itmightnotbepossibletocreate,orarrange,ororganisesuchapowerinourowntime;butItakeitthatifinOldTimesuchapowerexisted,itmayhavesomeexceptionalsurvival.Afterall,theBibleisnotamyth;andwereadtherethatthesunstoodstillataman’scommand,andthatanass—notahumanone—spoke.AndiftheWitchatEndorcouldcalluptoSaulthespiritofSamuel,whymaynottherehavebeenotherswithequalpowers;andwhymaynotoneamongthemsurvive?Indeed,wearetoldintheBookofSamuelthattheWitchofEndorwasonlyoneofmany,andherbeingconsultedbySaulwasamatterofchance.HeonlysoughtoneamongthemanywhomhehaddrivenoutofIsrael;’allthosethathadFamiliarSpirits,andtheWizards.’ThisEgyptianQueen,Tera,whoreignednearlytwothousandyearsbeforeSaul,hadaFamiliar,andwasaWizardtoo.