SCIENCE & SORCERY

     Science is a method of investigation that emphasizes the abstract
ideal of objectivity.  The experimenter attempts to approach objectivity
through close observation of the circumstances surrounding the
phenomenon in question (the mechanisms used to generate it and the
environment surrounding it) and by careful measurement of the salient
features of the phenomenon.  Objectivity is approached by the scientific
community by requiring that all results be replicable, able to be
reproduced by any competent researcher.
     
The medium that Sorcery attempts to investigate precludes total
objectivity.  What the Sorcerer investigates is the workings of spirit,
and the avenue to spirit is the Sorcerer's own mind.  The individual
spirits or demons within the the Sorcerer's personal unconsciousness,
the Sorcerer's ability to visualize and to concentrate his or her mind,
and the overall competency of the individual's understanding of external
forces and conditions will all influence results, and this quite apart
from any "objective" facts concerning the way spirit behaves.  Nor is
there any way other than a broad application of statistics to hang any
sort of measurement on one's "results".  Simply put, the experiments of
Sorcery can never be precisely replicable and the Sorcerer can never be
totally objective - his or her own mind being the principle instrument
for both the measurement of spirit and its manipulation.  The sorcerer
should always keep careful records of experiments, publish significant
findings in journals of the Art, and utilize the work of others in the
field as sources of inspiration or warning.  But the personal equation
must always be paramount.  To deny it in pursuit unreal ideals is to
deny spirit and mind and the Divine Source of all life, falling into the
trap of Scientific Materialism, which can only lead to sterility and