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Charles Stansfeld Jones Diary Entry Tuesday, 26 October 1915
Have had another busy evening. Initiated Brother H. into 0° and I° of M∴M∴M∴ It is now 12 Midnight and am really too tired to do much work. . . . In spite of tiredness have done a short astral journey. Used Banishing Ritual of Pentagram and Invoking Ritual of Water and Mercury. Made a false start and returned. Invoked again, and travelled to a star the surface of which was wave-like and unstable, of a golden-orange hue. Thereon was a man in a gilded boat. He was dark skinned like an American Indian. I asked if I might travel with him and he replied in the affirmative. I then inquired where he was going and he replied: "To the island." His name, he told me, BNOLA. On arrival at an island where I noticed some palm-trees, I further questioned his reason for taking me there. He replied something about going to a temple or shrine, and there he afterwards led me. On arrival, I immediately recognized the place as one I had visited on a previous astral trip. There was the square based building with four pillars and domed roof with a hole in the top, and beneath it the basin of clear water. I told him that I recognized the place, and he said "Yes, you have been here before." At this time I had no definite recollection as to just when and how.
On this occasion, at his advice, I plunged into the water, and down through it, into a passage, till I came to the sea again. I was now swimming alone, there being no boat, but a voice, out of a triangle, said that one could walk on that water. This I did, and then noticed I had winged heels. I made my way back to the island by this means and sought out my guide again. He said I should now understand that no boat was necessary, that by personal work one could walk over the unstable and this was the lesson to be learnt by the Practicus. I returned, using sign of Harpocrates.
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