The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-14

reality directed mainly to one object-the
attainment of the necessary will power TO
enable them to become proficient in ny
pnousm But together with this object
their acts have another and an awful ex-
PLANTATION, the secret Of all the stories OF
the crimes and cruelttes OF black ma
giclans" that the past has left us.
It is a fundamental belief by persons of
this creed that absolute Wickedness Is
capable of effectlng salvation in JUST the
same way as absolute goodness. They
argue that the one necessity is strength
Of will; that the strong either IN good
ness or In evil are immortal; 1t Is only
the weak, the mediocre, who perish. The
object of the satanist Is to attain saliva
ton Cor eternal happness), by means or
evil TO this end he worships the powers
of evil. commits every crime that ne
dares and endeaVors to become a very in
carnation of vice and wickedness.
1t was one of the first maxlms OF the
writers on magic of the sixteenth and
earlier centuries that what the Hindoos
term Nlrvana can be attained in two ways.
Paracelsus mentions II, 50 DO Cofnellus
Agrippa, Jacob BOhme, Baptista Porta
and Martin Debo. The terrible books call
ed the "Grimoires' the rarest volume a
collector can Tor rather cannoD obtain,
are full Of the ceremonies which are nee
essary to "A brother OF the left Ihey
are absolutely unprintable nowadays
even a hint as to The acts which were
necessary to one who desired to attain
to knowledge and power in this way IS
II is enough to say that in these publica-
lions everything most filthy, desperately
wicked, cruel murderous and blasphem-
Gus is directed to the aspirant to the art
of "black" magic.
cause of Randolph's death. 1t is stated
that when he died he was engaged in his
practices of black magic. 1t is from one
who knew him that the writer obtained
the explanation of his decease, accepted
by his followers, viz, that he was engaged
in an attempt to Stay by magic methods a
person whom he had hated for years this
person being one who had endeaYor-
ed to prevent the practices Of the IL. b.
of l.. But, according to occultiSts, the
force that Is exercised, in order to blast
a human being invariably reacts, If in
sufficient to accomplish its purpose, upon
In the Press of two weeks ago some in
teresting instances of these practices were
related. Randolph had attempted task
beyond his power the man ne sought to
destroy being himself an occultist. though
not a "black magician" This may or may
not be believed by the generality Of per-
sons, but, at any rate, it is certain that
intelligent people are gradually becoming
more and more disposed to admit the hui
man possibility of practices which, in
former times, were included in the terms
"witchcraft."
The victim was said to cause the death
of her victim in the same manner as de-
scribed above. If the present sees a return
of these practices, ii may yet be found ne
cessary to suppress them in the same way
as in the past.
Although any description Of the practi-
ces of the satanists is, as has been mem
toned impossible, on account Of their ut
terly obscene character, we can give the
creed which is recited by an initiate into
their ranks 1t Is as follows:
To thee. Lucifer. I eonseerate myself, with
respect love and faith. Thou art the God
Of Good and l promise TO hate the God
of evil Thou are che Spirit of Truth,
and / shall hate falsehood, hypocrisy and
superstition. Thou are the eternal Light,
and / forswear darkness; and in thy
service 1 shall spend my last drop of
| blood. I give. myself to thee, body and
soul. o, Lucifer do with me as thou
| seest fit, to glorify thy name Accept my
humble prayer, and shed thy light upon
my way And when my last hour comes,
you viii find me calm and without ter
ror; ready to be transformed to thy eter-
nal fire. Amen.
Many Of the devil worshipers wear on
| their wrists bracelets, in which are cap
| sules covered with glass In this capsule
| they place a portion of a cOnseerated host
| which they have stolen during the service
| of the mass or sacrament. By a certain
| continuance minute nails are driven into