receive an Oracle being duly formed under their own Constellations And these things thou mayst know in the third book of Occult Philosophy Holy Tables and Papers do also serve to this effect being specially composed and consecrated such as is the Almadel of Solomon and the Table of the Revolution of the name Tetragrammaton And those things which are of this kinde and written unto these things out of divers figures numbers holy pictures with the inscriptions of the holy names of God and of Angels the composition whereof is taken out of divers places of the holy Scriptures Psalms and Versicles and other certain promises of the divine Revelation and Prophecies To the same effect do conduce holy prayers and imprecations as well unto God as to the holy Angels and Heroes the imprecations of which prayers are to be composed as we have before shewn according to some religious similitude of Miracles Graces and the like making mention of those things which we intend to do as out of the Old Testament of the dream of Jacob Joseph Pharaoh Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar if out of the New Testament of the dream of Joseph the husband of the blessed virgin Mary of the dream of the three Wise-men of John the Evangelist sleeping upon the brest of our Lord and whatsoever of the like kinde can be found in Religion Miracles and Revelations as the revelation of the Cross to Helen the revelation of Constantine and Charles the Great therevelations of Brilges Cyril Methodius Mechtild Joa him Merhir and such-like According to which let the deprecations be composed if when he goeth to sleep it be with a firm intention and the rest well disposing themselves let them pray devoutly and without doubt they will afford a powerful effect Now he that knoweth how to compose those things which we have now spoken of he shall receive the most true Oracles of dreams And this he shall do observe those things which in the second book of Occult Philosophy are directed concerning this thing He that is desirous therefore to receive an Oracle let him abstain from supper and from drink and be otherwise well disposed his brain being free from turbulent vapours let him also have his bed-chamber fair and clean exercised and consecrated if he will then let him perfume the same with some convenient fumigation and let him anoint his temples with some unguent efficacious hereunto and put a ring upon his finger of the things above spoken of let him take either some image or holy table or holy paper and place the same under his head then having made a devout prayer let him go unto his bed and meditating upon that thing which he desireth to know let him so sleep for so shall he receive a most certain and undoubted oracle by a dream when the Moon goeth thought that signe which was in the ninth House of his nativity and also when she goeth through the signe of the ninth House of the Revolution of his nativity and when she is in the ninth signe from the signe of perfection And this is the way and means whereby we may obtain all Sciences and Arts whatsoever suddenly and perfectly with a true Illumination of our understanding although all inferiour familiar Spirits whatsoever do conduce to this effect and sometimes also evil Spirits sensibly informing us Intrinsecally or Extrinsecally But if we would call an evil Spirit to the Circle it first behoveth us to consider and to know his nature to which of the Planets it agreeth and what Offices are distributed to him from that Planet which being known let there be sought out a place fit and proper for his invocation according to the nature of the Planet and the quality of the Offices of the said Spirit as near as the same may be done as if their power be over the Sea Rivers or Flouds then let the place be chosen in the Shore and so of the rest Then her there be chosen a convenient time both for the quality of the Air serene clean quiet and fitting for the Spirits to assume bodies as also of the quality and nature of the Planet and of the Spirit as to wit on his day or the time wherein he ruleth he may be fortunate or infortunate sometimes of the day and sometimes of the night as the Scars and Spirits do require These things being considered let there be a Circle in the place elected aswel for the defence of the 〈◊〉 as for the confirmation of the Spirit And in the Circle it self there are to be written the divine general names and those things which do yeild defence unto us and with them those divine names which do rule this Planet and the Offices of the Spirit himself there shall also be written therein the names of the good Spirits which bear rule and are able to binde and constrain that Spirit which we intend to call And if we will any more fortifie and strengthen our Circle we may adde Characters and Pentacles agreeing to the work then also if we will we may either within or without the Circle frame an angular figure with the inscription of such convenient numbers as are congruent amongst themselves to our work which are also to be known according to maner of numbers and figures of which in the second book of Occult Philosophy it is sufficiently spoken Further He is to be provided of lights perfumes unguents and medicines compounded according to the nature of the Planet and Spirit which do partly agree with the Spirit by reason of their natural and coelestial vertue and partly are exhibited to the Spirit for religious and superstitious worship Then he must be furnished with holy and consecrated things necessary aswel for the defence of the Invocant and his fellows as also serving for bonds to binde and constrain the Spirits such as are either holy Papers Lamens Pictures Pentacles Sword Scepters Garments of convenient matter and colour and things of the like sort Then when all these things are provided and the Master and his fellows being in the Circle in the fâ—rst place let him consecrate the Circle and all those things which he useth which being performed with a convenient gesture and countenance let him begin to prâ—â—wiâ—h a loud voice after this manner First let him make an Oration unto God and then let him intreat the good Spirits and if he will read any Prayers Psalms or Gospels for his defence the ought to take the first place After these Prayers and Orations are said then let him begin to invocate the Spirit which he desireth with a gentle and loving Inchantment to all the coasts of the World with the commemoration of his own Authority and power And then let him rest a little looking about him to see if any Spirit do appear which if he delay then â—et him repeat his invocation as abovesaid unti he hath done it threetimes and if the Spirit be pertinacious obstinate and will not appear then let him begin to
And these pentacles do consist either of Characters of the good spirits of the superiour order or of sacred pictures of holy letters or revelations with apt and fit versicles which are composed either of Geometrical figures and holy names of God according to the course and maner of many of them or they are compounded of all of them or very many of them mixt And the Characters which are useful for us to constitute and make the pentacles they are the Characters of the good Spirits especially and chiefly of the good spirits of the first and second order and sometimes also of the third order And this kinde of Characters are especially to be named holy and then those Characters which we have above called holy What Character soever therefore of this kinde is to be instituted we must draw about him a double circle wherein we must write the name of his Angel and if we will adde some divine name congruent with his Spirit and Office it will be of the greater force and efficacy And if we will draw about him any angular figure according to the maner of his numbers that also shall be lawful to be done But the holy pictures which do make the pentacles are they which everywhere are delivered unto us in the Prophets and sacred Writings as well of the old as of the new Testament Even as the figure of the Serpent hanging on the cross and such-like whereof very many may be found out of the â—isions of the Prophets as of Esaias Daniel Esdras and others and also out of the revelation of the Apocalypse And we have spoken of them in our third book of Occult Philosophy where we have made mention of holy things Therefore when any picture is posited of any of these holy Images let the circle be drawn round about it on each side thereof wherein let there be written some divine name that is apt and conformed to the effect of that figure or else there may be written about it some versicle taken out of part of the body of holy Scripture which may desire to ascertain or deprecate the desired effect As if a pentacle were to be made to gain victory or revenge against ones enemies aswel visible as invisible The figure may be taken out of the second book of the Macchabees that is to say a hand holding a golden Sword drawn about which let there be written the versicle there contained To wit Take the holy Sword the gift of God wherewith thou shalt stay the adversaries of my people Israel Or also there may be written about it a versicle of the fifth Psalm In this is the strength of thy arm before thy face there is death or some other such-like versicle But if you will write any divine name about the figure then let some name be taken that signifies Fear a Sword Wrath the Revenge of God or some such-like name congruent and agreeing with the effect desired And if there shall be written any Angular figure let him be taken according to the reason and rule of the numbers as we have taught in our second book of Occult Philosophy where we have treated of the numbers and of the like operations And of this fort there are two pentacles of sublime vertue and great power very useful and necessary to be used in the consecration of experiments and Spirits one whereof is that in the first chapter of Apocalypse To wit a figure of the Majesty of God sitting upon a Throne having in his mouth a two-edged Sword as there it is written about which let there be written I am Alpha Omega the beginning and the end which is and which was and which is to come the Almighty I am the first and the last who am living and was dead and behold I live for ever and ever and I have the keys of death and hell Then there shall be written about it these three versicles Manda Deus virtuti tuae c. Give commandment O God to thy strength Confirm Oh God thy work in us Let them be as dust before the face of the winde And let the Angel of the Lord scatter them Let all their wayes be darkness and uncertain And let the Angel of the Lord persecute them Moreover let there be written about it the ten general names which are El Elohim Elohe Zebaoth Elion Escerchie Adonay Jah Tetragrammaton Saday There is another pentacle the figure whereof is like unto a Lambe slain having seven eyes and seven horns and under his feet a book sealed with seven seals as it is in the 5. chap. of the Apocalypse Whereabout let there be written this versicle Behold the Lion hath overcome of the Tribe of Judah the root of David I will open the book and unloose the seven seals thereof And one other versicle I saw Satan like lghtning fall down from heaven Behold I have given you power to tread upon Serpents and Scorpions and over all the power of your enemies and nothing shall be able to hurt you And let there be also written about it the ten general names as aforesaid But those Pentacles which are thus made of figures and names let them keep this order for when any figure is posited conformable to any number to produce any certain effect or vertue there must be written thereupon in all the several Angles some Divine name obtaining the force and efficacie of the thing desired yet so nevertheless that the name which is of this sort do consist of just so many letters as the Figure may constitute a number or of so many letters of a name as joyned together amongst themselves may make the number of a Figure or by any number which may be divided without any superfluity or diminution Now such a name being found whether it be onely one name or more or divers names it is to be written in all the several Angles in the Figure but in the middle of the Figure let the revolution of the name be whole and totally placed or at least principally Oftentimes also we constitute Pentacles by making the revolution of some kinde of name in a square Table and by drawing about it a single or double Circle and by writing therein some holy Versicle competent and befitting this name or from which that name is extracted And this is the way of making the Pentacles according to their several distinct forms and fashions which we may as we please either multiply or commix together by course among themselves to work the greater efficacie 〈◊〉 extension and enlargement of force and vertue As if a deprecation should be made for the overthrow and destruction of ones enemies then we are to minde and call to remembrance how God destroyed the whole face of the earth in the deluge of waters and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha by raining down fire and brimstone likewise how God overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red-Sea and to call to minde if any
to flow out of the cheek-tooth of the jaw-bone of an ass and likewise how God hath made waters the instrument of his mercy and of salvation for the expiation of Original sin also how Christ was baptized in Jordan and hath hereby sanctified and cleansed the waters Moreoâ—er certain divine names are to be invocated which are conformable hereunto as that God is a living fountain living water the fountain of mercy and names of the like kinde And likewise in the consecration of fire we are to commemorate how that God hath created the fire to be an instrument to execute his justice for punishment vengeance and for the expiation of sins also when God shall come to judge the world he will command a conflagration of fire to go before him And we are to call to remembrance in what manner God appeared to Moses in the burning bush and also how he went before the children of Israel in a pillar of fire and that nothing can be duely offered sacrificed or sanctified without fire and how that God instituted fire to be kept continually burning in the Tabernacle of the Covenant and how miraculously he re-kindled the same being extinct and preserved it elsewhere from going out being hidden under the waters and things of this sort Likewise the Names of God are to be called upon which are consonant hereunto as it is read in the Law and the Prophets that God is a consuming fire and if there be any of the Divine names which signifies fire or such-like names as the glory of God the light of God the splendor and brightness of God And likewise in the consecration of Oyl and Perfumes we are to call to remembrance such holy things as are pertinent to this purpose which we read in Exodus of the holy anoynting oyl and divine names significant hereunto such as is the name Christ which signifies anoynted and what mysteries there are hereof as that in the Revelation of the two Olive-trees distilling holy oyl into the lamps that burn before the face of God and the like And the blessing of the lights waâ— and lamps is taken from the fire and the altar which containeth the substance of the flame and what other such similitudes as are in mysteries as that of the seven candlesticks and lamps burning before the face of God These therefore are the Consecrations which first of all are necessary to be used in every kinde of devotion and ought to precede it and without which nothing in holy Rites can be duely performed In the next place now we shall shew unto you the consecration of Places Instruments and such-like things Therefore when you would consecrate any Place or Circle you ought to take the prayer of Solomon used in the dedication of the Temple and moreover you must bless the place with the sprinkling of Holy-water and with Fumigations by commemorating in the benediction holy mysteries such as these are The sanctification of the throne of God of mount Sinai of the Tabernacle of the Covenant of the Holy of holies of the temple of Jerusalem Also the sanctification of mount Golgotha by the crucifying of Christ the sanctification of the Temple of Christ of mount Tabor by the transfiguration and ascension of Christ and the like And by invocating divine names which are significant hereunto such as the Place of God the Throne of God the Chayr of God the Tabernacle of God the Altar of God the Habitation of God and such-like divine names of this sort which are to be written about the Circle or place to be consecrated And in the consecrations of instruments and of all other things whatsoever that are serviceable to this Art you shall proceed after the same manner by sprinkling the same with Holy-water perfuming the same with holy Fumigations anoynting it with holy Oyl sealing it with some holy Sigil and blessing it with prayer and by commemorating holy things out of the sacred Scriptures Religion and Divine names which shall be found agreeable to the thing that is to be consecrated as for examples sake in consecrating a sword we are to call to remembrance that in the Gospel He that hath two coats c. and that place in the second of the Macchabees That a sword was divinely and miraculously sent to Judas Macchabew And if there be any thing of the like in the Prophets as that place Take unto you two-edged Swords c. In like maner you shall consecrate experiments and books and whatsoever of the like nature as is contained in writings pictures and the like by sprinkling perfuming anointing sealing and blessing with holy commemorations and calling to remembrance the sanctifications of mysteries As the sanctifying of the Tables of the ten Commandments which were delivered to Moses by God in Mount Sinai The sanctification of the Testaments of God the Old and New The sanctification of the Law and of the Prophets and Scriptures which are promulgated by the holy Ghost Moreover there is to be commemorated such divine names as are fit and convenient hereunto as these are The Testament of God The book of God The book of life The knowledge of God The wisdom of God and the like And with such kinde of Rites is the personal consecration performed There is furthermore besides these another Rite of consecration of wonderful power and much efficacy And this is out of the kindes of superstitions That is to say when the Rite of consecration or collection of any Sacrament in the Church is transferred to that thing which we would consecrate It is to be known also that Vowes Oblations and Sacrifice have the power of consecration aswel real as personal and they are as it were certain covenants and conventions between those names with which they are made and us who make them strongly cleaving to our desire and wished effect As when we dedicate offer and sacrifice with certain names or things as Fumigations Unctions Rings Images Looking-glasses and things less material as Deities Sigils Pentacles Inchantments Orations Pictures and Scriptures of which we have largely spoken in our third book of Occult Philosophy There is extant amongst those Magicians who do most use the ministery of evil spirits a certain Rite of invocating spirits by a Book to be consecrated before to that purpose which is properly called A book of Spirits whereof we shall now speak a few words For this book is to be consecrated a book of evil spirits ceremoniously to be composed in their name and order whereunto they binde with a certain holy Oath the ready and present obedience of the spirit therein written Now this book is to be made of most pure and clean paper that hath never been used before which many do call Virgin-paper And this book must be inscribed after this maner that is to say Let there be placed on the left side the image of the spirit and on the right side his character with the Oath above it containing
before described covered with pure fine linen which is not to be opened until the end of these days of the Consecration You shall also have in readiness a precious perfume and pure anointing oyl and let them be both kept consecrated There must also a Censer be set on the head of the altar wherein you shall kindle the holy fire and make a perfume every day that you shall pray You shall also have a long garment of white linen close before and behinde which may cover the whole body and the feet and girt about you with a girdle You shall also have a veil of pure clean linen and in the fore-part thereof let there be fixed golden or gilded Lamens with the inscription of the name Tetragrammaton all which things are to be sanctified and consecrated in order But you must not enter into the holy place unless it be first washed and arayed with a holy garment and then you shall enter into it with your feet naked And when you enter therein you shall sprinkle it with holy water then you shall make a perfume upon the altar and afterwards with bended knees pray before the altar as we have directed But in the end of these days on the last day you shall fast more strictly and fasting on the day following at the rising of the sun you may enter into the holy place using the ceremonies before spoken of first by sprinkling your self then with making a perfume you shall signe your self with holy oyl in the forehead and anoint your eyes using prayer in all these Consecrations Then you shall open the holy Lamen and pray before the altar upon your knees as abovesaid and then an invocation being made to the Angels they will appear unto you which you desire which you shall entertain with a benign and chaste communication and license them to depart Now the Lamen which is to be used to invoke any good spirit you shall make after this maner either in metal conformable or in new wax mixt with species and colours conformable or it may be made in clean paper with convenient colours and the outward form or figure thereof may be square circular or triangular or of the like sort according to the rule of the numbers in which there must be written the divine names as well the general names as the special And in the centre of the Lamen let there be drawn a character of six corners in the middle whereof let there be written the name and character of the Star or of the Spirit his governour to whom the good spirit that is to be called is subject And about this character let there be placed so many characters of five corners as the spirits we would call together at once And if we shall call onely one spirit nevertheless there shall be made four Pentagones wherein the name of the spirit or spirits with their characters is to be written Now this table ought to be composed when the Moon is increasing on those days and hours which then agree to the Spirit And if we take a fortunate star herewith it will be the better Which Table being made in this manner it is to be consecrated according to the rules above delivered And this is the way of making the general Table serving for the invocation of all good spirits whatsoever Nevertheless we may make special Tables congruent to every spirit by the rule which we have aboâ—e spoken of concerning holy Pentacles And now we will declare unto yâ—â— another Rite more easie to perform this thing that is to say Let the man that is to receive any Oracle from the good spirits be chaste pure and confess'd Then a place being prepared pure and clean and covered everywhere with white linen on the Lords day in the new of the moon let him enter into that place clothed with clean white garments and let him exorcize the place and bless it and make a Circle therein with a sanctified cole and let there be written in the vttermost part of the Circle the names of the Angels and in the inner part thereof let there be written the mighty names of God and let him place within the Circle at the four angles of the world the Censers for the persumes Then let him enter the place fasting and washed and let him begin to pray towards the east this whole Psalm Beati immaculati in via c. Blessed are the undefiled in the way c. by perfuming and in the end deprecating the Angels by the said divine names that they wil daign to discover and reveal that which he desireth and that let him do six days continuing washed and fasting And on the seventh day which is the Sabbath let him being washed and fasting enter the Circle and perfume it and anoint himself with holy anointing oyl by anointing his forehead and upon both his eyes and in the palms of his hands and upon his feet Then upon his knees let him say the Psalm aforesaid with Divine and Angelical names Which being said let him arise and let him begin to walk about in a circuit within the said Circle from the east to the west until he is wearied with a dizziness of his brain let him fall down in the Circle and there he may rest and forthwith he shall be wrapt up in an ecstasie and a spirit will appear unto him which will inform him of all things We must observe also that in the Circle there ought to be four holy candles burning at the four parts of the world which ought not to want light for the space of a whole week And the maner of fasting must be such that he abstain from all things having a life of Sense and from those things which do proceed from them and let him onely drink pure running water neither let him take any food till the going down of the sun And let the perfume and the holy anointing oyl be made as is set forth in Exodus and the other holy books of the Bible It is also to be observed that always as often as he enters into the Circle he have upon his forehead a golden Lamen upon which there must be written the name Tetragrammaton as we have before spoken But natural things and their commixtures do also belong unto us and are conducing to receive Oracles from any spirit by a dream which are either Perfumes Unctions and Meats or Drinks which you may understand in our first book of Occult Philosophy But he that is willing always and readily to receive the Oracles of a Dream let him make unto himself a Ring of the Sun or of Saturn for this purpose There is also an Image to be made of excellent efficacie and power to work this effect which being put under his head when he goeth to sleep doth effectually give true dreams of what things soever the minde hath before determined or consulted on The Tables of Numbers do likewise confer to
be spoken in their proper places Now let us take a veiw of the names of the times A year therefore is fourfold and is divided into the Spring Summer Harvest and Winter the names whereof are these The Spring Talvi The Summer Casmaran Autumne Ardarael Winter Farlas The Angels of the Spring Caratasa Core Amatiel Commisseros The head of the Signe of the Spring Spugliguel The name of the earth in the Spring Amadai The names of the Sun and Moon in the Spring The Sun Abraym The Moon Agusita The Angels of the Summer Gargatel Tariel Gaviel The head of the Signe of the Summer Tubiel The name of the earth in Summer Festativi The names of the Sun and Moon in Summer The Sun Athemay The Moon Armatus The Angels of Autumne Tarquam Guabarel The head of the signe of Autumne Torquaret The name of the earth in Autumne Rabianara The names of the Sun and Moon in Autumne The Sun Abragani The Moon Matasignais The Angels of the Winter Amabael Ctarari The head of the sign of Winter Altarib The name of the Earth in Winter Geremiah The names of the Sun and Moon in Winter The Sun Commutaff The Moon Affaterim The Consecrations and Benedictions and first of the Benediction of the Circle WHen the Circle is ritely perfected sprinkle the same with holy or purging water and say Thou shalt purge me with hysop O Lord and I shall be clean Thou shalt wash me and I shall be whiter then snow The Benediction of perfumes THe God of Abraham God of Isaac God of Jacob blesshere the creatures of these kindes that they may fill up the power and vertue of their odours so that neither the enemy nor any false imagination may be able to enter into them through our Lord Jesus Christ c. Then let them be sprinkled with holy water The Exorcisme of the fire upon which the perfumes are to be put THe fire which is to be used for suffumigations is to be in a new vessel of earth or iron and let it be exorcised after this manner I exorcise thee O thou creature of fire by him by whom all things are made that forthwith thou cast away every phantasme from thee that it shall not be able to do any hurt in any thing Then say Bless O Lord this creature of fire and sanctifie it that it may be blessed to set forth the praise of thy holy name that no hurt may come to the Exercisers or Spectators through our Lord Jesus Christ c. Of the Garment and Pentacle LEt it be a Priests Garment if it can be but if it cannot be had let it be of linen and clean Then take this Pentacle made in the day and hour of Mercury the Moon increasing written in parchment made of a kids skin But first let there be said over it the Mass of the holy Ghost and let it be sprinkled with water of baptism An Oration to be said when the Vesture is put on ANcor Amacor Amides Theodonias Anitor by the merits of thy Angels O Lord I will put on the Garment of Salvation that this which I desire I may bring to effect through thee the most holy Adonay whose kingdom endureth for ever and ever Amen Of the manner of working LEt the Moon be increasing and equal if it may then be done and let her not be combust The Operator ought to be clean and purified by the space of nine daies before the beginning of the work and to be confessed and receive the holy Communion Let him have ready the perfume appropriated to the day wherein he would perform the work He ought also to have holy water from a Priest and a new earthen vessel with fire a Vesture and Pentacle and let all these things be rightly and duly consecrated and prepared Let one of the servants carry the earthen vessel full of fire and the perfumes and let another bear the book another the Garment and Pentacle and let the master carry the Sword over which there must be said one mass of the Holy Ghost and on the middle of the Sword let there be written this name Agla and on the other side thereof this name On And as he goeth to the consecrated place let him continually read Letanies the servants answering And when he cometh to the place where he will erect the Circle let him draw the lines of the Circle as we have before taught and after he hath made it let him sprinkle the Circle with holy water saying Aâ—â—erges me Domine c. The Master therefore ought to be purified with fasting chastity and abstinency from all luxury the space of three whole dayes before the day of the operation And on the day that he would do the work being clothed with pure garments and furnished with Pentacles Perfumes and other things necessary hereunto let him enter the Circle and call the Angels from the four parts of the world which do govern the seven Planets the seven dayes of the week Colours and Metals whose name you shall see in their places And with bended knees invocating the said Angels particularly let him say O Angeli supradicti estote adjutores meae petitioni in adjutorium mihi in meis rebus petitionibus Then let him call the Angels from the four parts of the world that rule the Air the same day wherein he doth the work or experiment And having implored specially all the Names and Spirits written in the Circle let him say O vos omnes adjuro atque contestor per sedem Adonay per Hagios o Theos Ischyros Athanatos Paracletos Alpha Omega per haec tria nomina secreta Agla On Tetragrammaton quòd hodie debeatis adimplere quod cupio These things being performed let him read the Conjuration assigned for the day wherein he maketh the experiment as we have before spoken but if they shall be partinacious and refractory and will not yeild themselves obedient neither to the Conjuration assigned to the day nor to the prayers before made then use the Conjurations and Exorcismes following An Exorcisme of the Spirits of the Air NOs facti ad imaginem Dei dotati potentia Dei ejus facti voluntate per potentissimum corroboratum nomen Dei El forte admirabile vos exorcizamus here he shall name the Spirits he would have appear of what order soever they be imperamus per eum qui dixit factum est per omnia nomina Dei per nomen Adonay El Elohim Elohe Zebaoth Elion Escerchie Jah Tetragrammaton Sadai Dominus Deus excelsus exorcizamus vos atque potenter imperamus ut appareatis statim nobis hic juxta Circulum in pulchra forma videlicet humana sine deformitate tortuositate aliqua Venite vos omnes tales quia vobis imperamus per nomen Y V quod Adam audivit locutus est per nomen Dei Agla quod Loth
the name of the spirit and his dignity and place with his office and power Yet very many do compose this book otherwise omitting the characters or image but it is more efficacious not to neglect any thing which conduceth to it Moreover there is to be observed the circumstances of places times hours according to the Stars which these spirits are under and are seen to agree unto their â—ite rite and order being applied Which book being so written and well bound is to be adorned garnished and kept secure with Registers and Seals lest it should happen after the consecration to open in some place not intented and indanger the operator Furthermore this book ought to be kept as reverently as may be for irreverence of minde causeth it to lose its vertue with pollution and profanation Now this sacred book being thus composed according to the maner already delivered we are then to proceed to the consecration thereof after a twofold way one whereof is That all and singular the spirits who are written in the book be called to the Circle according to the Rites and Order which we have before taught and the book that is to be consecrated let it be placed without the Circle in a triangle And in the first place let there be read in the presence of the spirits all the Oathes which are written in that book and then the book to be consecrated being placed without the Circle in a triangle there drawn let all the spirits be compelled to impose their hands where their images and characters are drawn and to confirm and consecrate the same with a special and common Oath Which being done let the book be taken and shut and preserved as we have before spoken and let the spirits be licensed to depart according to due rite and order There is another maner of consecrating a book of spirits which is more easie and of much efficacie to produce every effect except that in opening this book the spirits do not always come visible And this way is thus Let there be made a book of spirits as we have before before set forth but in the end thereof let there be written Invocations and Bonds and strong Conjurations wherewith every spirit may be bound Then this book must be bound between two Tables or Lamens and in the inside thereof let there be drawn the holy Pentacles of the Divine Majestie which we have before set forth and described out of the Apocalypse then let the first of them be placed in the beginning of the book and the second at the end of the same This book being perfected after this maner let it be brought in a clear and fair time to a Circle prepared in a cross way according to the Art which we have before delivered and there in the first place the book being opened let it be consecrated to the rites and ways which we have before declared concerning Consecration Which being done let all the spirits be called which are written in the book in their own order and place by conjuring them thrice by the bonds described in the book that they come unto that place within the space of three days to assure their obedience and confirm the same to the book so to be consecrated Then let the book be wrapped up in clean linen and buried in the middle of the Circle and there fast stopped up and then the Circle being destroyed after the spirits are licensed depart before the rising of the sun and on the third day about the middâ—e of the night return and new make the Circle and with bended knees make prayer and giving thanks unto God and let a precious perfume be made and open the hole and take out the book and so let it be kept not opening the same Then you shall license the spirits in their order and destroying the Circle depart before the sun rise And this is the last rite and maner of consecrating profitable to whatsoever writings and experiments which do direct to spirits placing the same between two holy Lamens or Pentacles as before is shewn But the Operator when he would work by the book thus consecrated let him do it in a fair and clear season when the spirits are least troubled and let him place himself towards the region of the spirits Then let him open the book under a due Register let him invoke the spirits by their Oath there described and confirmed and by the name of their character and image to that purpose which you desire and if there be need conjure them by the bonds placed in the end of the book And having attained your desired effect then you shall license the spirits to depart And now we shall come to speak concerning the invocation of spirits as well of the good spirits as of the bad The good spirits may be invocated of us divers ways and in sundry manners do offer themselves unto us For they do openly speak to those that watch and do offer themselves to oursight or do inform us in dreams by oracle of those things which are desired Whosoever therefore would call any good spirit to speak or appear in â—ight it behoveth them especially to observe two things one whereof is about the disposition of the invocant the other about those things which are outwardly to be adhibited to the invocation for the conformity of the spirits to be called It behoveth therefore that the invocant himself be religiously disposed for many days to such a mystery In the first place therefore he ought to be confessed and contrite both inwardly and outwardly and rightly expiated by daily washing himself with holy water Moreover the invocant ought to conserve himself all these days chaste abstinent and to separate himself as much as may be done from all perturbation of minde and from all maner of forraign and secular business Also he shall obserâ—e fastings all these days as much as shall seem convenient to him to be done Also let him daily between sun-rising and sun-setting being clothed with a holy linen garment seven times call upon God and make a deprecation to the Angels to be called according to the rule which we have before taught Now the number of days of fasting and preparation is commonly the time of a whole Lunation There is also another number observed amongst the Caballists which is fourty days Now concerning those things which do appertain to this Rite of Invocation the first is That a place be chosen clean pure close quiet free from all maner of noise and not subject to any strangers sight This place must first be exercised and consecrated and let there be a table or altar placed therein covered with clean white linen and set towards the east and on each side thereof let there be set two consecrated wax-lights burning the flame whereof ought not to go out all these days In the middle of the altar let there be placed Lamens or the holy paper which we have
conversant or for some alliance alluring those souls into their forsaken Body or for some kinde of affection in times past impressed in them in their life drawing the said Soul to certain places things or persons or for the forcible nature of some place fitted and prepared for to purge or punish these Souls Which places for the most part are to be known by the experience of visions mighty incursions and apparitions and such-like prodigies seen Therefore the places most fitting for these things are Church-yards And better then them are those places wherein there is the execution of criminal judgements And better then these are those places in which of late yeers there have been some publike slaughters of men Furthermore that place is better then these where some dead carkass that came by a violent death is not yet expiated nor ritely buried and was lately buried for the expiation of those places is also a holy Rite duly to be adhibited to the burial of the bodies and oftentimes prohibiteth the souls to come unto their bodies and expelleth them far off unto the places of judgement And from hence it is That the Souls of the dead are not easily to be raised up except it be the Souls of them whom we know to be evil or to have perished by a violent death and whose bodies do want a right and due burial Now although we have spoken concerning such places of this kinde it will not be safe or commodious to go unto them but it behoveth us to take to what place soever is to be chosen some principal part of the body that is relict and therewith to make a perfume in due maner and to perform other competent Rites It is also to be known That because the Souls are certain spiritual lights therefore artificial lights especially if they be framed out of certain competent things compounded according to a true rule with congruent inscriptions of Names and Seals do very much avail to the raising up of departed Souls Moreover these things which now are spoken of are not alwaies sufficient to raise up Souls because of an extranatural portion of understanding and reason which is above and known onely to the Heaven and Destinies and their power We ought therefore to allure the said Souls by supernatural and coelestial powers duely administred even by those things which do move the very harmony of the Soul aswel imaginative as rational and intellectual as are Voices Songs Sound Inchantments and Religious things as Prayers Conjurations Exorcismes and other holy Rites which may very commodiously be administred hereunto The end of the fourth book of Agrippa Heptameron OR MAGICAL ELEMENTS OF PETER de ABANO PHILOSOPHER IN the former book which is the fourth book of Agrippa it is sufficiently spoken concerning Magical Ceremonies and Initiations But because he seemeth to have written to the learned and well-experienced in this Art because he doth not specially treat of the Ceremonies but rather speaketh of them in general it was therefore thought good to adde hereunto the Magical Elements of Peter de Abano that those who are hitherto ignorant and have not tasted of Magical Superstitions may have them in readiness how they may exercise themselves therein For we see in this book as it were a certain introduction of Magical vanity and as if they were in present exercise they may behold the distinct functions of spirits how they may be drawn to discourse and communication what is to be done every day and every hour and how they shall be read as if they were described sillable by sillable In brief in this book are kept the principles of Magical conveyances But because the greatest power is attributed to the Circles For they are certain fortresses to defend the operators safe from the evil Spirits In the first place we will treat concerning the composition of a Circle Of the Circle and the composition thereof THe form of Circles is not alwaies one and the same but useth to be changed according to the order of the Spirits that are to be called their places times daies and hours For in making a Circle it ought to be considered in what time of the year what day and what hour that you make the Circle what Spirits you would call to what Star and Region they do belong and what functions they have Therefore let there be made three Circles of the latitude of nine foot and let them be distant one from another a hands breadth and in the middle Circle first write the name of the hour wherein you do the work In the second place Write the name of the Angel of the hour In the third place The Sigil of the Angel of the hour Fourthly The name of the Angel that ruleth that day wherein you do the work and the names of his ministers In the fifth place The name of the present time Sixthly The name of the Spirits ruling in that part of time and their Presidents Seventhly The name of the head of the Signe ruling in that part of time wherein you work Eighthly The name of the earth according to that part of time wherein you work Ninthly and for the compleating of the middle Circle Write the name of the Sun and of the Moon according to the said rule of time for as the time is changed so the names are to be altered And in the outermost Circle let there be drawn in the four Angles the names of the presidential Angels of the Air that day wherein you would do this work to wit the name of the King and his three Ministers Without the Circle in four Angles let Pentagones be made In the inner Circle let there be written four divine names with crosses interposed in the middle of the Circle to wit towards the East let there be written Alpha and towards the West let there bewritten Omega and let a cross divide the middle of the Circle When the Circle is thus finished according to the rule now before written you shall proceed Of the names of the hours and the Angels ruling them IT is also to be known that the Angels do rule the hours in a successive order according to the course of the heavens and Planets unto which they are subject so that that Spirit which governeth the day ruleth also the first hour of the day the second from this governeth the second hour the third the third hour and so consequently and when seven Planets and hours have made their revolution it returneth again to the first which ruleth the day Therefore we shall first speak of the names of the hours Hours of the day Hours of the night 1. Yayn 1. Beron 2. Janor. 2. Barol. 3. Nasnia 3. Thami 4. Salla 4. Athar 5. Sadedali 5. Mathon 6. Thamur 6. Rana 7. Ourer 7. Netos 8. Thamic 8. Tafrac 9. Neron. 9. Sassur 10. Jayon 10. Aglo 11. Abai 11. Calerva 12. Natalon 12. Salam Of the names of the Angels and their Sigils it shall