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 We had never heard of "high words" before reading this quote so we did some research and the results are very surprising.
-It is well known that the practice of magic is based on three false assumptions:
-#That natural substances possess moral and spiritual qualities or that such qualities can be imparted to them;
-#That God is capricious and that His laws are whimsical and easily circumvented;
-#That there are invisible beings who can be persuaded to aid men or injure them if certain gestures are made '''or if certain secret words are mumbled''', or if some object is worn, caressed or hung on the wall.
 In 1945, a collection of ancient papyrus codices were found near Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt.  The papyri are dated to the period between the 3rd and 5th century, AD, and contain in various degrees of preservation over 40 (mainly Gnostic) works, nearly all previously unknown.