it
other wishes. That is to say, be it clearly understood, that by
repeating the will to be calm and peaceful, day after day, it will
assuredly begin to come of itself, even as a pigeon which hath been
"tolled" every day at a certain hour to find corn or crumbs in a
certain place, will continue to go there even if the food cease.
However, you may renew the first formula if you will. Then we may add
gradually the wish to be in a bold or courageous frame of mind, so as
to face trials, as follows:

"I _will_ with all my soul, earnestly and truly, that I may be on the
morrow and all the day deeply inspired with courage and energy, with
self-confidence and hope! May it lighten my heart and make me heedless
of all annoyances and vexations which may arise! Should such come in
my way, may I hold them at no more than their real value, or laugh
them aside!"

Proceed gradually and firmly through the series, never trying anything
new, until the old has fully succeeded. This is essential, for failure
leads to discouragement. Then, in time, fully realizing all its
deepest meaning, so as to impress the Imagination one may will as
follows:

"May my quickness of Perception, or Intuition, aid me in the business
which I expect to undertake tomorrow. I _will_ that my faculty of
grasping at details and understanding their relations shall be active.
May it draw from my memory the hidden things which will aid it!"

The artist or literary man, or poet, may in time earnestly will to
this effect:

"I desire that my genius, my imagination, the power which enables man
to combine and create; the poetic (or artist) spirit, whatever it be,
may act in me tomorrow, awakening great thoughts and suggesting for
them beautiful forms."

He who expects to appear in public as an orator, as a lawyer pleading
a case, or as a witness, will do much to win success, if after careful
forethought or reflecting on what it is that he really wants, he will
repeat:

"I will that tomorrow I may speak or plead, with perfect
self-possession and absence of all timidity or fear!"

Finally, we may after long and earnest reflection on all which I have
said, and truly not till then, resolve on the Masterspell to awaken
the Will itself in such a form that it will fill our soul, as it were,
unto which intent it is necessary to understand what Will really means
to us in its purity and integrity. The formula may be:

"I _will_ that I may feel inspired with the power, ai