The path of a magician is not a uniform rise and improvement, it is a series of battles, a series of victories, but also - inevitably - a series of defeats. At the same time, the higher the magician rises in his victories, the greater heights he has to fall from

And if yesterday the world was filled with life, and the gods and spirits easily spoke to the magician, then the next moment he is surrounded by darkness, emptiness and ominous silence. This state of “abandonment by God,” or, more precisely, “abandonment by force”, is familiar to all travelers of the Force, regardless of their specific Path

Nevertheless, despite all the darkness and horror of such falls, despite the unimaginable pain of losses and sacrifices that accompany falls, they are a necessary element of development, that crucible in which everything superfluous, temporary and superficial is burned, and only what remains is what is truly worthy to be

In order to reduce the discouraging effect of falls, it is very important for the magician to stop harboring illusions of the “friendliness” of the world. He hoped for help - but they didn’t help him, and the pain of “betrayal” is added to the pain of the fall. But there was no betrayal; no one should have extended a helping hand to him. Only those who follow the same Path with him, only those who fight the same battles with him, can and should support him