Dr C. Jacques informs us of many details of the priestly initiation rite drawn from the "Leyden Magic Papyrus". To all appearances the readiness of the candidate was assessed on the basis of his esoteric knowledge rather than practical skills that could be developed later. Particular account was taken of his highest ability to commune with "the light of the beginning of beginnings". It was considered that this accomplishment in itself contained magic in its absolutely pure form. From the very outset the initiate had explained to him that every event which he encountered had its reflection in the "divine world". In other words, any event that took place on Earth was connected with events taking place on the "subtle plane". It was for that very reason that knowledge about the gods, theology, mythology, the creation of this and other worlds was considered of extreme importance.

The initiate had to grasp these principles and master them because during the ritual a man might, for example, come across his own id, which quite often took the form of some monster or evil genius. As soon as the future priest proved capable of establishing contact with that form of divinity to whose service he was dedicating himself, he automatically came into the protection and keeping of that divinity. [13].

All the above accords astonishingly well with the experience obtained today from conducting sessions of regressive hypnosis. A person leaving the body does indeed encounter some kind of white light - the selfsame "light of the beginning of beginnings". It is far from every person who manages to approach it and speak to it mentally. Any false step in your thoughts and it immediately disappears. During "astral flights" a person encounters various beings and can chose to make contact with any of them. It is important (with rare exceptions) that the desire to make contact is positively returned and in that case it can be continued. All that is needed is mutual consent and adherence to certain conditions. The being with whom contact is made will gladly provide advice, heal and warn of danger. The invitation to make contact as a rule takes the form of an "impulse", a shift of state. The person suddenly feels an attack of sleepiness or, on the contrary, an astonishing influx of energy. At the same time he/she senses a call or invitation from someone. Further contacts take place according to the scheme already established.