The journeyman spiritualist sifts through hidden books and ancient manuscripts. He seeks truth in the external - and to satisfy his egoic lust for knowledge. The man of faith hearkens to the voices of mother intuition and father conscience - through which he is reborn and initiated into great wisdom and knowledge. He works to sharpen the prism of his mind, the philosopher's stone, until he can make of himself a perfect reflection of its myriad teachings. A master comes to know high wisdom through embodiment, experience and becoming. He himself, his whole being, serves as the means through which great truths may wash upon the shore of the material planes. For the mystic - nature itself is the greatest of bibles. For the magician - he himself is the book, an empty page within which great wisdoms may naturally arise. Tabula Rasa. To be written upon by divinity itself. The hand of the Creator is best reflected upon a perfect mirror. Great thoughts dawn on great minds. And all great thoughts are pure. And only the purest hearts may keep them. ![[8C728181-6178-43E3-8E38-C1B4FC08CA4E.jpeg]]