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A26563	Henry Cornelius Agrippa's fourth book of occult philosophy and geomancy magical elements of Peter de Abano : astronomical geomancy : the nature of spirits : and Arbatel of magick / translated into English by Robert Turner ...; De occulta philosophia. Book 4. English.	Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486?-1535.; Turner, Robert, fl. 1654-1665.; Petrus, de Abano, ca. 1250-ca. 1315. Heptameron, or magical elements of Peter de Abano.	1655 (1655)	Wing A785A; ESTC R40727	133,640	309

delectable experiments of the sacred deities So that as by the reading of our other books of Occult Philosophy thou mayest earnestly covet the knowledge of these things even so with reading this Book thou shalt truely triumph Wherefore let silence hide these things within the secret Closets of thy Religious Breast and conceal them with constant Taciturnity This therefore is to be known That the names of the intelligent presidents of every one of the Planets are constituted after this manner that is to say by collecting together the letters out of the figure of the World from the rising of the body of the Planet according to the succession of the Signs 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 manner 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 Signs from the begining of the seventh house Now the name of the supreme and 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 manner already delivered and 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 manner shalt thou understand the names of the great presidential 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 signs begining from the degree of the ascendant 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 as well 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 Governors 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 Governor after what manner soever they are extracted whether by this table or from a celestial figure the names which do proceed from hence shall be the names of the evil spirits the Ministers of the inferior 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 superior order of the Governors The same order is if we enter with the name of an evil Spirit of the superior order If therefore we enter this table with the names of the Spirits of the third order or with the names of the ministering Spirits as well of the good Spirits as of the evil the names extracted shall be the names of the ministering Spirits of the inferior order But many Magicians men of no small Authority will have the tables of this kind to be extended with Latin Letters so that by the same tables also out of the name of any office or effect might be found out the name of any spirit as well good as evil by the same manner which is above delivered by taking the name of the office or of the effect in the column of letters in their own line under their own star And of this practice Trismegistus is a great Author who delivered this kind of calculation in Egyptian letters not unproperly also may they be referred to other letters of other tongues for the reasons assigned to the signs for truly he only is extant of all men who have treated concerning the attaining to the names of spirits Therefore the force secrecy and power in what manner the sacred names of spirits are truly rightly found out consisteth in the disposing of vowels which do make the name of a spirit wherewith is constituted the true name right word Now this art is thus perfected and brought to pass first we are to take heed of placing the vowels of the letters which are found by the calculation of the celestial fi●ure to find the names of the spirits of the second order Presidents and Governors 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 remaineth thereof let it be projected from the degree of the ascendant and where that number endeth there is part of the vowel of the First letter begin therefore to calculate the vowels of these 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 find the part of the second letter but 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 mayest thou search out the vowels of the following letters always 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 successions of the signs And in calculating the n●mes of the evil spirits where in the names of the good spirits is taking 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 signs by taking the beginning from the degree of the tenth house But in all extractions by tables the vowels are placed after another manner In the first place therefore is taken the certain number of letters making the name itself is thus numbered from the beginning of the column of the first letter or whereupon the name is extracted and the letter on which 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 column and where it endeth there is part of the first vowel from thence therefore thou shalt calcul●te the vowels themselves in their own

number and order in the same column and the vowel which shall fall upon the first letter of a name the same shall be at●ributed to that name Now thou shalt find 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 column and where he shall cease there is 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 your own letters are to be attributed unto them if therefore any vowel should 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 spirits 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 columns that is to say in ascending The name of good Angels and of every man which we have taught how to find out in our third book of Occult Philosophy according to that manner 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 those letters which fall upon the degrees of the said places accord●ng 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 star 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 calculations 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 Damon 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 manner except only that the projections must be performed contrary to the course and order of the succession of the signs 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 delivered 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 or a cross The second with Jupiter a circular point The third holdeth with Saturn a semicircle a triangle either crooked round or accute 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 of 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 Stars Heads lines joined to the heads I. ☉ ✚ ✚ II ♃ ○ ○ ○ III ♄ IIII ♂ ✚ ◊ □ ◊ □ V ♀ ☿ VI ☽ When therefore a character is to be found of any celestial Image ascending in any degree or face of a sign 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 lines 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 easy to those that apprehend it yet there is 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 the 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 not to exceed the number of nine or nine Angels 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 Adherent separate Oblique intersection simple Mixt. Manifold Perpendicular right dexter Sinister Neuter

nature which things many false wicked Magicians fe●gn Sixthly All the deceitful imitations and affections of the devil are also to be avoided whereby imitateth the power of the Creation and of the Creator that he may produce things with a word that they may not be what they are Which belongeth only to the Omnipotency of God and is not communicable to the creature Seventhly Let us cleave fast to the gifts of God of his holy spirit that we may know them and diligently embrace them with our whole heart and all our strength Aphor. 41. We come now to the nine last Aphorisms of this whole Tome wherein we will the divine mercy assisting us conclude this Magical Isagoge Therefore in the first place it is to be observed what we understand by Magician in this work Him then we count to be a Magician to whom by the grace of God the spiritual essences do serve to manifest the knowledge of the whole universe and of the secrets of nature contained therein whether they are visible or invisible This description of a Magician plainly appeareth and is universal An evil Magician is he whom by the divine permission the evil spirits do serve to his temporal eternal destruction and perdition to deceive men and draw them away from God such was Simon Magus of whom mention is made in the Acts of the Apostles and in Clemens whom St. Peter commanded to be thrown down upon the earth whereas he had commanded himself as it were a God to be raised up in the air by the unclean Spirits Unto this order are also to be referred all those who are noted in two Tables of the Law and are set forth with their evil deeds The subdivisions and species of both kinds of Magick we will note in the Tomes following In this place it shall suffice that we distinguish the Sciences which is good which is evil whereas man sought to obtain them both at first to his own ruin and destruction as Moses and Hermes do demonstrate Aphor. 42. Secondly we are to know That a Magician is a person predestinated to this work from his mothers womb neither let him assume any such great things to himself unless he be called divinely by grace hereunto for some good end to a bad end is that the Scriptures might be fulfilled It must be that offences will come but woe be to that man through whom they come Therefore as we have before oftentimes admonished With fear and trembling we must live in this world Notwithstanding I will not deny but that some men may with study and diligence obtain some species of both kinds of Magick if it may be admitted But he shall never aspire to the highest kinds thereof yet if he covet to assail them he shall doubtless offend both in soul body Such are they who by the operations of false Magicians are sometimes carried to Mount Horeb or in some wilderness or defarts or they are maimed in some member or are simply torn in pieces or are deprived of their understanding even as many such things happen by the use thereof where men are forsaken by God delivered to the power of Satan The seventh Septinary Aphor. 43. The Lord liveth and the works of God do live in him by his appointment whereby he willeth them to be for he will have them to use their liberty in obedience to his commands or disobedience thereof To the obedient he hath proposed their rewards to the disobedient he hath propounded their deserved punishment Therefore these spirits of their free will through their pride and contempt of the Son of God have revolted from God their Creator and are reserved unto the day of wrath and there is left in them a very great power in the creation but notwithstanding it is limited they are confined to their bounds with the bridle of God Therefore the Magician of God which signifies a wise man of God or one informed of God is led forth by the hand of God unto all everlasting good both mean things and also the chiefest corporal things Great is the power of Satan by reason of the great sins of men Therefore also the Magicians of Satan do perform great things and greater than any man would believe although they do subsist in their own limits nevertheless they are above all human apprehension as to the corporal and transitory things of this life which many ancient histories and daily examples do testify Both kinds of Magick are different one from the other in their ends the one leadeth to eternal good and useth temporal things with thanksgivings the other is a little sollicitous about eternal things but wholly exerciseth himself about corporal things that he may freely enjoy all his lusts and delights in contempt of God and his anger Aphor. 44. The passage from the common life of man unto a Magical life is no other but a sleep from that l●fe and an awaking to this life for those things which happen to ignorant and unwise men in the●r ●●mmon life the same things happen to the willing and knowing Magician The Magician understandeth when the mind doth meditate of himself he deliberateth reasoneth constituteth and determineth what is to be done he observeth when his cogitations to proceed from a divine seperate essence and he proveth of what order that divine seperate essence is But the man that is ignorant of Magick is carried to and fro as it were in war with his affections he knoweth not when they issue out of his own mind or are impressed by the assisting essence and he knoweth not how to overthrow the counsels of his enemies by the word of God or to keep himself from the snares and deceits of the tempter Aphor. 45. The greatest precept of Magick is to know what every man ought to receive for his use from the assisting Spirit and what to refuse which he may learn of the Psalmist saying Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way in keeping thy word O Lord. To keep the word of God so that the evil one snatch it not out of the heart is the chiefest precept of wisdom It is lawful to admit of and exercise other suggestions which are not contrary to the glory of God and charity towards our neighbours not inquiring from what Spirit such suggestions proceed but we ought to take heed that we are not too much busied about unnecessary things according to the admonition of Christ Martha Martha thou art troubled about many things but Mary hath chosen the better part which shall not be taken from her Therefore let us always have regard unto the saying of Christ Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you All other things that is all things which are due to the mortal Microcosme as food raiment and the necessary arts of this life Aphor. 46. There is nothing so much becommeth a man as constancy in his words

and deeds and when the like rejoiceth in his like there are none more happy than such because the holy Angels are conversant about such and possess the custody of them on the contrary men that are unconstant are lighter than nothing and rotten leaves We chuse the 46 Aphorism from these Even as every one governeth himself so he allureth unto himself spirits of his nature and condition but one very truly adviseth that no man should carry himself beyond his own calling lest that he draw unto himself some malignant Spirit from the uttermost parts of the earth by whom either he shall be infatuated and deceived or brought to final destruction This precept appeareth most plainly for Midas when he would convert all things into gold drew up such a Spirit unto himself which was able to perform this and being deceived by him he had been brought to death by famine if his foolishness had not been corrected by the mercy of God The same thing happened to a certain woman about Franckford at Odera in our times who would scrape together and devour money of any thing Would that men would diligently weigh this precept and not account the histories of Midas and the like for fables they would be much more diligent in moderating their thoughts and affections neither would they be so perpetually vexed with the spirits of the golden mountains of Utopia Therefore we ought most diligently to observe that such presumption should be cast out of the mind by the word while they are new neither let them have any habit in the Idle mind that is empty of the divine word Aphor. 47. He that is faithfully conversant in his vocation shall have also the spirits constant companions of his desires who will successively supply him in all things But if he have any knowledge in Magick they will not be unwilling to shew him familiarly to converse with him and to serve him in those several ministeries unto which they are addicted the good Spirits in good things unto salvation the evil Spirits in every evil thing to destruction Examples are not wanting in the histories of the whole world and do daily happen in the world Theodosius before the victory of Arbogastus is an example of the good Brute before he was slain was an example of the evil Spirits when he was persecuted of the Spirit of Caesar and exposed to punishment that he slew himself who had slain his own Father and the Father of his country Aphor. 48. All Magick is a revelation of Spirits of that kind of which sort the Magick is so that the nine Muses are called in Hesiod the ninth Magick as he manifestly testifies of himself in Theogony In Homer the genius of Ulysses in Psigiogagia Hermes the Spirits of the more sublime parts of the mind God revealed himself to Moses in the bush The three wise men who came to seek Christ at Jerusalem the Angel of the Lord was their leader The Angels of the Lord directed Daniel Therefore there is nothing whereof any one may glory For it is not unto him that willeth nor unto him that runneth but to whom God will have mercy or of some other spiritual fate From hence springeth all Magick and thither again it will revolve whether it be good or evil In this manner Tages the first teacher of the Magick of the Romans gushed out of the earth Diana of the Ephesians shewed her worship as if it had been sent from heaven So also Apollo and all the Religon of the Heathens is taken from the same Spirits neither are the opinions of the Sadduces human inventions Aphor. 49. The conclusion therefore of this Isagoge is the same which we have already spoken of That even sa their is one God from whence is all good and one sin to wit disobedience against the will of the commanding God from whence comes all evil so that the fear of God is the begining of all wisdom and the profit of all Magick for obedience to the wi●l of God followeth the fear of God and after this do follow the presence of God and of the holy Spirit and the ministery of the holy Angels and all good things out of the inexhaustable treasures of God But unprofitable and damnable Magick ariseth from this where we lose the fear of God out of our hearts and suffer sin to reign in us there the Prince of this world the God of this world begineth and setteth up his kingdom instead of holy things in such as he findeth profitable for his kingdom there even as the spider taketh the fly which falleth into his web so Satan spreadeth abroad his nets taketh men with the snares of covetousness until he sucketh him and draweth him to eternal fire these he cherisheth and advanceth on high that their fall may be the greater Courteous Reader apply thy eyes and mind to the sacred and profane Histories and to those things which thou seest daily to be done in the world and thou shalt find all things full of Magick according to a two-fold Science good and evil which that they may be the better discerned we will put here their division and subdivision for the conclusion of these Isagoges wherein every one may contemplate what is to be followed and which to be avoided and how far it is to be laboured for by every one to a competent end of life and living Sciences Good Theosophy Knowledge of the Word of God and ruling ones life according to the word of God Knowledge of the government of God by Angels which the Scripture calleth watchmen and to understand the mystery of Angels Anthrosophy given to man Knowledge of natural things Wisdom in human Things Evil Cacosophy Contempt of word of God and to live after the will of the devil Ignorance of the government of God by Angels To contemn the custody of the Angels and that their companions are of the devil Idolatry Atheism Cacodaemony The knowledge of poisons in nature and to use them Wisdom in all evil arts to the destruction of mankind and to use them in contempt of God and for the loss and destruction of men FINIS An INDEX of all the principal Matters contained in this BOOK OF Geomancy Page 5 Figures of greater and l●sser Fortune Page 7 The four Matres Page 11 The Secondary Matres Page 12 Theme of Geomancy Page 13 The Twelve Houses Page 16 The first House Page ibid. Fortuna Major Page 18 Minor Page 20 Via in the third Asterism after Page ibid. Populus in the next Asterism before Page 21 Acquisitio Page 23 Letitia Page 25 Puella Page 27 Amissio Page 29 Conjunctio Page 30 Albus Page 32 Puer Page 34 Rubeus Page 36 Carcer Page 38 Tristitia Page 40 Magical Ceremonies the 4th Asterism after Page 40 Celestial Characters Page 46 Characters of good Spirits Page 48 Characters of evil Spirits Page 49 Shapes familiar to the Spirits of Saturn Jupiter and Mars Page 52 Shapes familiar to the Spirits of the Sun and V●nus Page 53 Th● f●miliar forms of the Spirits of Mercury and the Moon Page 54 Observations for the Operator before he begins to work from Page 55 to 92 Heptameron or Magical Elements Page 93 De●cription of the Circle Page 94 Names o● the hours and the Angels ruling them Page 96 Names of the Times Page 97 Benediction of the Circle Page 98 Garment and Pentacle Page 99 Manner of Working Page 100 Exorcism of the Spirits of the Air. Page 105 A Prayer to be said in the Circle Page 108 Visions and Apparitions Page 112 Figure of the Circle Page 115 Consideration of the Lords day Page 116 Conjuration of the Lord's day Page 117 Consideration of Monday Page 119 Conjuration of Monday Page 120 Consideration of Tuesday Page 121 Conjuration of Tuesday Page 122 Consideration of Wednesday 1st Ast. after Page 122 Conjuration of Wednesday 2d Aster after Page ibid. Consideration of Thursday Page 123 Conjuration of Thu●sday Page 125 Consideration of Friday Page 126 Conjuration of Friday Page 127 Consideration of Saturday Page 128 Conjuration of Saturday Page 130 Tables of the Angels of the Hours according to the Course of the Days Sunday and Monday the 1st Asterism after Page 130 Tuesday and Wedn●sday the 2d after Page ibid. Thursday and Friday the 3d. after Page ibid. Saturday the 4th Asterism after Page ibid. Discourse between Castor and Pollux Page 131 Astronomical Geomancy Page 185 The Position of the Twelve Signs Page 187 Questions of the First House Page 188 of the Second House Page 192 of the Third House Page 193 of the Fourth House Page 194 of the Fifth House Page 195 of the Sixth House Page 199 of the Seventh House Page 201 Questions of the Eighth House Page 210 of the Ninth House Page 211 of the Tenth Eleventh House Page 213 of the Twelfth House Page 214 Arbatel of Magick containing 7 Septinaries Page 215 The First Septinary Page 217 The Second Septin●ry Page 220 The Third Septina●y Page 226 The Fourth Septin●●y Page 241 The Fifth S●●tin●r● Page 246 The Sixth S●pt●n●●● Page 250 The Seventh Septinary Page 259 FINIS * Pliny lib. 30 Nat. Hist. * Ac●ipe gl●dium san●tum 〈◊〉 a Deo in quo 〈◊〉 adv●r●●r●●●●opuli m●● I●rael § Ego primu● 〈◊〉 v●vus su● mortuus ●●c s●o v●v●n● in s●●ula se●ulorum habe● 〈◊〉 mortis inferni * 〈…〉 | Super aspidem basiliscum ambulabis c. * Sanctum sanctorum † Qui habet duas tunicas c. ‡ Accippe v●bus gladios bis ac●u●os § Liber S●iritum * Hexagonus | Pentagonus * Psalm 119. * A Character with five Corners