> The student *consciously* receives inner guidance/instruction much > sooner than that. With Step Four of IIH, the student learns the > "passive communication with their own guardian genius". And by Step > Eight, at the very latest, no further external instructor is required. > Bardon's second and third books were really written for the novice, not > the Step Nine initiate, and were meant to introduce the concepts and > practices they explained. By the time one completes Step Eight of IIH > (the prerequisite for beginning the work of PME and KTQ), both of these > books are unnecessary. > Had I thought that through a bit more I suppose I would have realized that. Or maybe not, never know. At any rate, thanks for clearing that up. I guess since I'm thinking from the context of the close to novice that it would make sense to wonder why no one had written the others. But now looking at, it almost seems as if Divine Providence wanted to clear up what magic is all about. IIH of course, being a crucial document, but the others, I suppose to really unmask the charlatans and what not. Thanks for the help there! -- Alan