the figure of the world from the rising of the body of the Planet according to the succession of the Signes through the several degrees and out of the several degrees from the aspects of the Planet himself the calculation being made from the degree of the ascendant In the like maner are constituted the names of the Princes of the evil spirits they are taken under all the Planets of the presidents in a retrograde order the projection being made contrary to the succession of the signes from the beginning of these â—â—th House Now the name of the supreme highest intelligence which many do suppose to be the soul of the world is collected out of the four Cardinal points of the figure of the world after the maner already delivered by the opposite and contrary way is known the name of the great Daemon or evil spirit upon the four cadent Angles In the like maner shalt thou understand the names of the great president in spirits ruling in the Air from the four Angles of the succedant Houses so that as to obtain the names of the good spirits the calculation is to be made according to the succession of the signes beginning from the degree of the ascendantâ— and to attain to the names of the evil spirits by working the contrary way You must also observe that the names of the evil spirits are extracted aswel from the names of the good spirits as of the evil so notwithstanding that if we enter the table with the name of a good spirit of the second order the name of the evil spirit shall be extracted from the order of the Princes and Governours but if we enter the table with the name of a good spirit of the third order or with the name of an evil spirit a Governour after what maner soever they are extracted whether by this table oâ— from a celestial 〈◊〉 the names which do proceed from hence shall be the names of the evil spirits the Ministers of the inferiour order It is further to be noted That as often as we enter this table with the good spirits of the second order the names extracted are of the second order and if under them we extract the name of an evil spirit he is of the superiour order of the Governours The same order is if we enter with the name of an evil spirit of the superiour order If therefore we enter this table with the names of the 〈◊〉 of the third order or with the names of the 〈◊〉 spirits aswel of the good spirits as of the evil the names extracted shall be the names of the ministring spirits of the inferiour order But many Magicians men of no small Authority will have the tables of this kinde to be extended with 〈◊〉 letters so that by the same tables also 〈◊〉 of the name of any office or effect might be found out the name of any spirit aswel good as evil by the same maner which is above delivered by taking the name of the office or of the effect in the columne of letters in their own line under their 〈◊〉 And of this practice Trismegistus is a great Author who delivered this kinde of calculation in Egyptian letters not unproperly also may they be referred to other letters of other tongues for the reasons assigned to the â—ignes for truly he only in extant of all men who have 〈◊〉 concerning the attaining to the names of spirits Therefore the force secrecy and power in what maner the sacred names of spirits are truly and tightly found out consisteth in the disposing of vowels which do make the name of a spirit and wherewith is constituted the true name and right word Now this art is thus perfected and brought to pass first we are to take heed of the placing the vowels of the letters which are found by the calculation of the celestial figure to finde the names of the spirits of the second order Presidents and Governours And this in the good spirits is thus brought to effect by considering the stars which do constitute and make the letters and by placing them according to their order first let the degree of the eleventh House be substracted from the degree of that star which is first in order and that which remianeth thereof let it be projected from the degree of the ascendent and where that number endeth there is part of the vowel of the first letter begin therefore to calculate the vowels of their letters according to their number and order and the vowel which falleth in the place of the star which is the first in order the same vowel is attributed to the first letter Then afterwards thou shalt finde the part of the second letter by substracting the degree of a star which is the second in order from the first star and that which remaineth cast from the ascendant And this is the part from which thou shalt begin the calculation of the vowels and that vowel which falleth upon the second star the same is the vowel of the second letter And so consequently maist thou search out the vowels of the following letters alwaies by substracting the degree of the following star from the degree of the star next preceding and going before And so also all calculations and numerations in the names of the good spirits ought to be made according to the succession of the signes And in calculating the names of the evil spirits where in the names of the good spirits is taken the degree of the eleventh House in these ought to be taken the degree of the twelfth House And all numerations and calculations may be made with the succession of the signes by taking the beginning from the degree of the tenth House But in all extractions by tables the vowels are placed after another maner In the first place therefore is taken the certain number of letters making the name it self and is thus numbred from the beginning of the columne of the first letter or whereupon the name is extracted and the letter on whiâ—h this number falleth is referred to the first letter of the name extracted by taking the distance of the one from the other according to the order of the Alphabet But the number of that distance is projected from the beginning of his columne and where it endeth there is part of the first vowel from thence therefore thou shalt calculate the vowels themselves in their own number and order in the same columne and the vowel which shall fall upon the first letter of a name the same shall be attributed to that name Now thou shalt finde the following vowels by taking the distance from the precedent vowel to the following and so consequently according to the succession of the Alphabet And the number of that distance is to be numbered from the beginning of his own columne and where he shall cease there is the part of the vowel sought after From thence therefore must you calculate the vowels as we have
abovesaid and those vowels which shall fall upon their own letters are to be attributed unto them if therefore any vowel shall happen to fall upon a vowel the former must give place to the latter and this you are to understand only of the good spirits In the evil also you may proceed in the same way except only that you make the numerations after a contrary and backward order contrary to the succession of the Alphabet and contrary to the order of the columnes that is to say in ascending The name of good Angels and of every man which we have taught how to finde out in our third book of Occult Philosophy according to that maner is of no little Authority nor of a mean foundation But now we will give unto thee some other ways illustrated with no vain reasons One whereof is by taking in the figure of the nativity the five places of Hylech which being noted the characters of the letters are projected in their order and number from the beginning of Aries and thâ—se letters which fall upon the degrees of the said places according to their order and dignity disposed and aspected do make the name of an Angel There is also another way wherein they do take Almutel which is the ruling and governing stars over the aforesaid five places and the projection is to be made from the degree of the ascendant which is done by gathering together the letters falling upon Almutel which being placed in order according to their dignity do make the name of an Angel There is furthermore another way used and very much had in observation from the Egyptians by making their calculation from the degree of the ascendant and by gathering together the letters according to the Almutel of the eleventh House which House they call a good Dâ—â—on which being placed according to their dignities the names of the Angels are constituted Now the names of the evil Angels are known after the like maner except only that the projections must be performed contrary to the course and order of the succession of the signes so that whereas in seeking the names of good spirits we are to calculate from the beginning of Aries contrariwise in attaining the names of the evil we ought to account from the beginning of Libra And whereas in the good spirits we number from the degree of the ascendant contrarily in the evil we must calculate from the degree of the seventh House But according to the Egyptians the name of an Angel is collected according to the Almutel of the twelfth House which they call an evil spirit Now all those rites which are elsewhere already by us dilivered in our third book of Occult Philosophy may be made by the characters of any language In all which as we have abovesaid there is a mystical and divine number order and figure from whence it cometh to pass that the same spirit may be called by divers names But others are discovered from the name of the spirit himself of the good or evil by tables formed to this purpose Now these celestial characters do consist of lines and heads the heads are six according to the six magnitudes of the stars whereunto the planets also are reduced The first magnitude holdeth a Star with the Sun 〈◊〉 a Cross The second with Jupiter a circular point The third holdeth with Saturn a semicircle a triangle either crooked round or acute The fourth with Mars a little stroke penetrating the line either square straight or oblique The fifth with Venus and Mercury a little stroke or point with a tail ascending or descending The sixth with the Moon a point made black All which you may see in the ensuing table The heads then being posited according to the site of the Stars in the figure of Heaven then the lines are to be drawn out according to the congruency or agreement of their natures And this you are to understand of the fixed Stars But in the erecting of the Planets the lines are drawn out the heads being posited according to their course and nature amongst themselves When therefore a character is to be found of any celestial Image ascending in any degree or face of a signe which do consist of Stars of the same magnitude and nature then the number of these Stars being posited according to their place and order the sines are drawn after the similitude of the Image signified as copiously as the same can be done But the Characters which are extracted according to the name of a spirit are composed by the table following by giving to every letter that name which agreeth unto him out of the table which although it may appear easie to those that apprehend it yet there 〈◊〉 herein no small difficulty To wit when the letter of a name falleth upon the line of letters or figures that we may know which figure or which letter is to be taken And this may be thus known for if a letter falleth upon the line of letters consider of what number this letter may be in the order of the name as the second or the third then how many letters that name containeth as five or seven and multiply these numbers one after another by themselves and treble the product then cast the whole being added together from the beginning of the letters according to the succession of the Alphabet and the letter upon which that number shall happen to fall ought to be placed for the character of that spirit But if any letter of a name fall on the line of figures it is thus to be wrought Take the number how many this letter is in the order of the name and let it be multiplied by that number of which this letter is in the order of the Alphabet and being added together divide it by nine and the remainder sheweth the figure or number to be placed in the character and this may be put either in a Geometrical or Arithmetical figure of number which notwithstanding ought no◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the number of nine or nine Angles The Characters of good Spirits A simple point Round Starry Straight standing line Lying Oblique Line crooked like a bow Like waves Toothed Intersection right Inherent Adhering separate Oblique intersection simple Mixt. Manifold Perpendicular right dexter Sinister Neuter A whole figure Broken Half A letter inhering Adhering Separate The Characters of evil Spirits A right line Crooked Reflexed A simple figure Penetrate Broken A right letter Retrograde Invers'd Flame Winde Water A mass Rain Clay A flying thing A creeping thing A serpent An eye A hand A foot A crown A crest Horns A scepter A sword A scourge But the Characters which are understood by the revelation of Spirits take their vertue from thence because they are as it were certain hidden seals making the harmony of some divinity either they are signes of a Covenant entred into and of promised and plighted faith or of obedience And those Characters cannot by any other means be searched
out Moreover besides these Characters there are certain familiar Figures Images of evil Spirits under which forms they are wont to appear and yield obedience to them that invoke them And all these Characters or Images may be seen by the table following according to the course of the letters constituting the names of Spirits themselves so that if in any letter there is found more then the name of one Spirit his Image holdeth the pre-eminence the others imparting their own order so that they which are the first orders to them is attributed the head the upper part of the body according to their own figure those which are the lowest do possess the thighs and feet so also the middle letters do attribute like to themselves the middle parts of the body or give the parts that 〈◊〉 But if there happen any contrariety that letter which is the stronger in the number shall bear rule and if they are equal they all impart equal things Furthermore if any name shall obtain any notable Character or Instrument out of the Table he shall likewise have the same character in the Image We may also attain to the knowledge of the dignities of the evil Spirits by the same Tables of Characters and Images for upon what spirit soever there falleth any excellent signe or instrument out of the Table of Characters he possesseth that dignity As if there shall be Crown it sheweth a Kingly dignity if a Crest or Plume a Duke dome if a Horn a County if without these there be a Scepter Sword or forked Instrument it sheweth Rule and Authority Likewise out of the Table of Images you shall finde them which bear the chief Kingly dignity from the Crown judge dignity and from the Instruments Rule and Authority Lastly they which bear an humane shape and figure have greater dignity then those which appear under the Forms and Images of Beasts they also who ride do excel them which appear on foot And thus according to all their commixtures you may judge the dignity and excellency of Spirits one before another Moreover you must understand that the Spirits of the inferiour order of what dignity soever they be are alwaies subject to the Spirits of the superiour order so also that it is not incongruent for their Kings and Dukes to be Subject and Minister to the presidents of the superiour order The shapes familiar to the Spirits of Saturn ♄ THey appear for the most part with a tall lean and slender body with an angry countenance having four faces one in the hinder part of the head one on the former part of the head and on each side nosed or beaked there likewise appeareth a face on each knee of a black shining colour their motion is the moving of the winde with a kinde of earthquake their signe is white earth whiter then any Snow The particular forms are A King having a beard riding on a Dragon An Old man with a beard An Old woman leaning on a staffe A Hog A Dragon An Owl A black Garment A Hooke or Sickle A Juniper-tree The familiar forms to the Spirits of Jupiter ♃ THe Spirits of Jupiter do appear with a body sanguine and cholerick of a middle stature with a horrible fearful motion but with a milde countenance a gentle speech and of the colour of Iron The motion of them is flashings of Lightning and Thunder their signe is there will appear men about the circle who shall seem to be devoured of Lions Their particular forms are A King with a Sword drawn riding on a Stag A Man wearing a Mitre in long rayment A Maid with a Laurel-Crown adorned with Flowers A Bull A Stag A Peacock An azure Garment A Sword A Box-tree The familiar forms of the Spirits of Mars ♂ THey appear in a tall body cholerick a filthy countenance of colour brown swarthy or red having horns like Harts horns and Griphins claws bellowing like wilde Bulls Their Motion is like fire burning their signe Thunder and Lightning about the Circle Their particular shapes are A King armed riding upon a Wolf A Man armed A Woman holding a buckler on her thigh A Hee-goat A Horse A Stag A red Garment Wool A Cheeslip Shapes familiar to the Spirits of the Sun ☉ THe Spirits of the Sun do for the most part appear in a large full and great body sanguine and gross in a gold colour with the tincture of blood Their motion is as the Lightning of Heaven their signe is to move the person to sweat that calls them But their particular forms are A King having a Scepter riding on a Lion A King crowned A Queen with a Scepter A Bird A Lion A Cock A yellow or golden Garment A Scepter Candatus Familiar shapes of the Spirits of Venus ♀ THey do appear with a fair body of middle stature with an amiable and pleasant countenance of colour white or green the upper part golden The motion of them is as it were a most clear Star For their signe there will seem to be maids playing without the Circle which will provoke and allure him that calleth them to play But their particular forms are A King with a Scepter riding upon a Camel A Maid clothed and dressed beautifully A Maid naked A Shee-goat A Camel A Dove A white or green Garment Flowers The herb Savine The familiar forms of the Spirits of Mercury ☿ THe Spirits of Mercury will appear for the most part in a body of a middle stature cold liquid and moist fair and with an affable speech in a humane shape and form like unto a Knight armed of colour clear and bright The motion of them is as it were silver-coloured clouds For their signe they cause and bring horror and fear unto him that calls them But their particular shapes are A King riding upon a Bear A fair Youth A Woman holding a distaffe A Dog A Shee-bear A Magpie A Garment of sundry changeable colours A Rod A little staffe The forms familiar to the Spirits of the Moon ☽ THey will for the most part appear in a great and full body soft and phlegmatique of colour like a black obscure cloud having a swelling countenance with eyes red and full of water a bald head and teeth like a wilde boar Their motion is as it were an exceeding great tempest of the Sea For their signe there will appear an exceeding great rain about the Circle And their particular shapes are A King like an Archer riding upon a Doe A little Boy A Woman-hunter with a bow and arrows A Cow A little Doe A Goose A Garment green or silver-coloured An Arrow A Creature having many feet But we now come to speak of the holy and sacred Pentacles and Sigils Now these pentacles are as it were certain holy signes preserving us from evil chances and events and helping and assisting us to binde exterminate and drive away evil spirits and alluring the good spirits and reconciling them unto us
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
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
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
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