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402 TALKS ON ^ AT THE FEET OF THE MASTER i? the Holy Communion, the Eucharist, as it is more often called in the English Church. Now there is attached to that a definite reservoir of force, which is drawn upon by certain definite w5rds and actions on the part of one who is authorised to say these words and to undertake these actions. When he does that he lets loose, as it were, a flood of spiritual power. That is a definite act, which has a perfectly definite result on several planes simultaneously. For the purposes of that act it does not matter what kind of man the priest is. I do not say it is not important, because, if he is a good and earnest and devout man, then in addition to the unlocking of the portals and letting out forces, he adds to that a vast force coming from his own devotion—his own earn^stness, his own feeling of love. But the tapping of that reservoir is not a matter which is concerned with his character or feeling at all, it is a definite act which he performs by turning the tap. The tap is turned equally whether he is a good man or a bad man, whether he thinks of what he is doing or whether he does it casually. So you must always bear in mind that these particular services are, as it were, certain acts of magic—of the higher magic, the white magic, and they were ordained to produce particular results. Many people object to ceremonies and say that they are surrounded by so much that is objectionable. That may be true, but it does not alter the definite