midnight
But the mind must be first exercised and trained . Go to thy room , and sleep ; fast austerely , read no books ; meditate , imagine , dream , bewilder thyself if thou wilt . Thought shapes out its own chaos at last . Before midnight , seek me again ! '' It is fit that we who endeavour to rise to an elevation so sublime , should study first to leave behind carnal affections , the frailty of the senses , the passions that belong to matter ; secondly , to learn by what means we may ascend to the climax of pure intellect , united with the powers above , without which never can we gain the lore of secret things , nor the magic that effects true wonders . -- Tritemius `` On Secret Things and Secret Spirits . '' It wanted still many minutes of midnight , and Glyndon was once more in the apartment of the mystic .