“...In this mystical circle, necromantic techniques such as graveside protestation were not always required to bring about impregnation of the soul of a departed saint into the body of a living counterpart. Elsewhere in his mystical diary, Vital relates that there were times when he heard voices speaking to him, which he did not know with certainty to those of visiting transmigrants. He even suspected the voices to be his own. In doubt, he consulted with a Damascene sorcerer, who in turn summoned a demonic spirit to appear in a looking glass, in order to respond to Vital's query. “He answered me,” writes Vital, “He [the 'ibbur] is the speaker, and not me. For his soul enclothes itself in my heart, and from there he raises the sound of his words to my mouth and he speaks with my mouth, then I hear...”