(1) Once the candle is poured, place it in a jug of cold water

so that the candle may cool, but no water may enter the mold.

(a) When thoroughly cold, tip out the candle, trim the

wick, and burnish the candles with a piece of cotton dipped in

vegetable oil.

5. It is customary not to blow out magic candles.

a. Candle snuffers are preferred to the use of wet fingertips or <

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[1] Through direct experience the candidates would

learn that they could live freely without their physical bodies, and

that the gods they worshipped were perfectly real.

[a] Then they would return to earth fully convinced

of their own immortality and prepared to meet death fearlessly,

knowing it is the gate to freedom and the souls true home.

6. As a descendant of Dion

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(a) Since they were originally expressions of natural

forces on earth, they are bound to it and serve as caretakers for the

earth until humankind is wise enough to care for it without their

help.

(b) Because they were actualized on this plane by the

strength of human thought, they owe a debt of brotherhood to the human

race and will appear and help those humans who learn how to summon

them.

3. Confronting the twin mysteries of Birth and Death, early

humanity was forced to consider the existence of a Supreme Being <

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