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Preface by Edward James The appearance of this important work should serve to awaken renewed, and intelligent interest in the often discussed area of sexual magic in the Western tradition. On a more technical note, it reveals a clear relationship between Randolph's works and the writings of Franz Bardon. Fluid and solid condensers, flashing colors, and a complex use of magical mirrors were seldom, if ever, mentioned in occult literature in the eighty or more years dividing the two writers. It is also of interest to note the possible relationship between PBR, as he was known to his friends, and the emergence of the O.T.O., O.T.O.A., and lesser known magical orders, having Templar and Masonic involvements. John Yarker, a British Masonic leader, who held numerous documents giving him the authorization to grant charters for a number of Hermetic, Masonic and Templar type Lodges, granted a charter for the formation of a Templar Order to Karl Kellner, about the year 1887. Occult historian Francis King believed