It will be objected that this conjuration is derived by Levi himself from a source which he does not name, and as a fact part of it is found in the _Comte de Gabalis_.

Quite so, but my point is, that it has come to the Taxil documents through Eliphas Levi.

The proof is that part of the exorcisms are given in Latin and part in French, by the author of the _Rituel_, for arbitrary and unassignable reasons, and that _Les Soeurs Maconnes_ reproduces them in the same way.

It is evident, therefore, that we must receive Leo Taxil's "divulgations" with severe caution.

I may add that the proceedings of the Holy Inquisition in the trial of Count Cagliostro were published at Rome by order of the Apostolic Chamber, and they include some particulars concerning the Egyptian Rite, of which Cagliostro was the author.