chiefest good He is called Behemoth in the 40 Chapter of Job which signifieth an Ox for even as an Ox desireth hay so he with the teeth of his suggestions coveteth to destroy the upright lives of spiritual men And Leviathan in the same place which signifies an addition because the Devil always endeavours to add evil to evil and punishment to punishment He is also called in Revelation 15. Apollion signifying a rooter out for he rooteth out the virtues which God planteth in the soul. He is called a Serpent in the 12 of the Revelation by reason of his virulency A Lion in the 1 Epist. Peter and the last chapter which roareth about seeking whom he may devour He is called a cunning workman Is. 55. because by his malice the vessels that are elected and approved He is called Isa. 34. Onocentaurus Erynus Pilosus Syren Lamia Ulula Struthio And by David in the 90 Psalm an Aspe Basilisk and Dragon In the Gospel Mammon the Prince of this world and Ruler of darkness Castor Why therefore have the Divines declared that the Almighty hath given two kinds of Spirits unto men the one good the keeper and preserver of their lives the other evil resisting the good if they are all evil Pollux The holy Doctors do understand by the good Spirit a good Angel such as we read Raphael was to Tobias who bound the evil spirit Asmodeus in the wilderness of the furthest parts of Egypt that he might be the more safe Castor It had been more safe for every man to have been without the evil spirits what therefore was the will of the heavenly Father concerning them Pollux That by the assistance of the good spirits we might courageously wage continual war against the evil spirits but being cloathed with the harness of righteousness like valiant Soldiers we may gird our loins with truth and with the shield of faith resist and fight against all his darts Castor If we condescend unto this warfare of Spirits it seemeth good to enquire whether the Devils have power of doing hurt granted them by God or whether of themselves they can hurt as much as they please Pollux If the last where true who could compare the end of their hurtings but it is manifest that their authority from on high is of so great existancy that John the Evangelist doubteth not to name the Devils the princes of the earth Castor In what manner therefore do they hurt Pollux Although they be most mighty and powerful spirits yet they can do no hurt unless it be by permission or as Damacenus saith by dispensation And Chrysostome saith they have a limited power for truely without the will of God they cannot touch a hair of any mans head The Devil could not have deceived the Prophets of Ahab if he had not received power from God neither could he have brought any detriment upon Job either unto his body or his goods but by the power God had given him In the 7 of Exodus the Magicians made frogs and serpents by the power of the Devil permissively but lice they could not bring forth by reason of the greater power of God prohibiting them Neither in the Gospel could the Devils hurt the swine until Christ had given them leave Castor Therefore the Devil is not so much to be feared but the Lord our God that either he would not suffer him to rage against us or if at any time by his own determinate counsel he let loose his chains that then he would defend and mercifully preserve us Pollux Thou sayest well for even as a wild boar is not to be feared if he be bound and held with a strong chain by a powerful strong man who is able by his strength to restrain the fierceness of the boar but the man is to be feared and requested that he would not let loose the boar so also Satan is not to be feared being bound with the cords of the Almighty but the Almighty rather who holdeth him with a cord lest at any time he should let loose his cord for to execute his will against us Castor We know that the Devils after the incarnation of the word were called the Lords of the earth but I wonder where the word is not yet incarnate whether they have power also over men Pollux If it pleaseth God they have very much but take a demonstration thereof Castor from the Caldeans amongst whom the Devil raged with so much power and dominion that they made no esteem of the true God but worshiped the elements There needeth not â— demonstration of the Greeks for the fury of the Devil did so much reign amongst them that by his arguments they accounted Saturn for a very great God devouring their own proper children and Jupiter an adulterer and father of all filthiness they named to be the father of Gods and men Bacchus the most wicked example of all servitude and bondage they called a free father Venus a strumpet they termed a pure virgin and they worshiped Flora an harlot as a type or example of virginity There is no man that is ignorant that the Egyptians have been worse than the Greeks when they made peculiar Gods to themselves by the inanimate perswasions of the Devil for one worshiped a sheep another a goat another a calf very many did worship hogs crows hawks vultures eagles crocodiles cats dogs wolves asses dragons and things growing also as onions garlick and thorns as every one that is coveteous of reading shall find in Damascenus in his history of Josaphat and Barlaas and in Eusebius in the fourth book and first Chapter of Evangelical Preparations neither do I account the 〈◊〉 who glory in being the off-spring of their fâ—ther Abraham to have been better than the former when also by the instinct of the devil after their coming up out of Egypt with cruel hands they violently assaulted the Prophets and holy men of God whom at length they also slew that I may hold my peace how diligently they have brought into their religion the Gods or rather devils of the Gentiles Castor I perceive by these thy assertions that one Devil and another Devil hath been adored for Gods for thou hast now said that the Greeks by the madness wherewith the Devil possessed them have made unto themselves Saturn Jupiter Bacchus Venus and Flora for Gods which Lactantius in his fourth book De vera Sapientia also accounted for Devils Pol. Declare I pray thee the words of Lactantius Castor Mark them they are thus The same Devils are the Gods of the Gentiles but if any one will not believe these things of me then let him credit Homer who joineth the great Jupiter to the great Devils and the other Poets and Philosophers do call them sometimes Gods and sometimes Devils whereof there is one true and another false for the most wicked spirits when they are conjured do confess themselves to be Devils but where they are worshiped they declare themselves to be Gods
the seven Governors are called simply in that time day and hour wherein they rule visibly or invisibly by their Names and Offices which God hath given unto them and by proposing their Character which they have given or confirmed The Governor Aratron hath in his power those things which he doth naturally that is after the same manner and subject as those things which in Astronomy are ascribed to the power of Saturn Those things which he doeth of his own free will are 1. That he can convert any thing into a stone in a moment either animal or plant retaining the same object to the sight 2. He converteth treasures into coals and coals into treasure 3. He giveth familiars with a definite power 4. He teacheth Alâ—hymy Magick and Physic. 5. He reconcileth the subterranean spirits to men maketh hairy men 6. He causeth one to be invisible 7. The barren he maketh fruitful and giveth long life His Character He hath under him 49 Kings 42 Princes 35 Presidents 28 Dukes 21 Ministers standing before him 14 familiars seven messengers he commandeth 36000 legions of spirits a legion is 490. Bether governeth those things which are ascribed to Jupiter he soon cometh being called He that is dignified with his character he raiseth to very great dignities to cast open treasures he reconcileth the spirits of the air that they give true answers they transport precious stones from place to place and they make medicines to work miraculously in their effects he giveth also the familiars of the firmament and prolongeth life to 700 years if God will His Character He hath under him 42 Kings 35 Princes 28 Dukes 21 Counsellors 14 Ministers 7 Messengers 29000 legions of spirits Phaleg ruleth those things which are attributed to Mars the Prince of peace He that hath his character he raiseth to great honours in warlike affairs His Character Och governeth solar things he giveth 600 years with perfect health he bestoweth great wisdom giveth the most excellent Spirits teacheth perfect medicines he converteth all things into most pure gold and precious stones he giveth gold and a purse springing with gold He that is dignified with his character he maketh him to be worshiped as a Deity by the Kings of the whole world The Character He hath under him 36536 legions he administereth all things alone and all his spirits serve him by centuries Hagith governeth Venereous things He that is dignified with his character he maketh very fair and to be adorned with all beauty He converteth copper into gold in a moment and gold into copper he giveth Spirits which do faithfully serve those to whom they are adicted His Character He hath 4000 legions of spirits and over every thousand he ordaineth Kings for their appointed seasons Ophiel is the governor of such things as are attributed to Mercury his Character is this His spirits are 100000 legions he easily giveth familiar spirits he teacheth all Arts and he that is dignified with his character he maketh him to be able in a moment to convert Quicksilver into the Philosophers stone Phul hath this Character He changeth all metals into silver in word deed governeth Lunary things healeth the dropsy he giveth spirits of the water who do serve men in a corporal and visible form and maketh men to live 300 years The most general Precepts of this Secret 1. Every Governor acteth with all his spirits either naturally to wit always after the same manner or otherwise of their own free-will if God hinder them not 2. Every Governor is able to do all things which are done naturally in a long time out of matter before prepared and also to do them suddenly out of matter not before prepared As Och the Prince of Solar things prepareth gold in the mountains in a long time in a less time by the Chymical art and Magically in a moment 3. The true and divine Magician may use all the creatures of God and offices of the Governors of the world at his own will for that the Governors of the world are obedient to them and come when they are called and do execute their commands but God is the Author thereof as Joshua caused the Sun to stand still in heaven They send some of their spirits to the mean Magicians which do obey them only in some determinate business but they hear not the faâ—â—e Magicians but expose them to the deceits of the dâ—vils and cast them into divers dangers by the command of God as the Prophet Jeremiah testifieth in his eighth Chapter concerning the Jews 4. In all the elements there are the seven Governors with their hosts who do move with the equal motion of the firmament and the inferiors do always depend upon the superiors as it is taught in Philosophy 5. A man that is a true Magician is brought forth a Magician from his mothers womb others who do give themselves to this office are unhappy This is that which John the Baptist speaketh of No man can do any thing of himself except it be given him from above 6. Every Character given from a spirit for what cause soever hath his efficacy in this business for which it is given in the time prefixed but it is to be used the same day and Planetary hour wherein it is given 7. God liveth and thy soul liveth keep thy Covenant thou hast whatsoever the spirit shall reveal unto thee in God because all things shall be done which the spirit promiseth unto thee Aphor. 18. There are other names of the Olympick spirits delivered by others but they only are effectual which are delivered to any one by the Spirit the revealer visible or invisible and they are delivered to every one as they are predestinated therefore they are called Constellations and they seldom have any efficacy above 40 years Therefore it is more safe for the young practicer of Art that they work by the offices of the spirits alone without their names and if they are preordained to attain the art of Magick the other parts of the Art will offer themselves unto them of their own accord Pray therefore for a constant faith and God will bring to pass all things in due season Aphor. 19. Olympus and the inhabitants thereof do of their own accord offer themselves to men in the forms of spirits and are ready to perform their offices for them whether they will or not by how much the rather will they attend you if they are desired But there do appear also evil spirits and destroyers which is caused by the envy and malice of the devil and because men do allure and draw them unto themselves with their sins as a punishment due to sinners Whosover therefore desireth familiarly to have a conversation with spirits let him keep himself from all enormious sins and diligently pray to the most High to be his keeper and he shall break through all the snares and impediments of the devil and let him apply himself to the service of God and he
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 fiâ—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 nâ—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 calculâ—te the vowels themselves in their own
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 efficacy and power to work this effect which being put under his head when he goeth to sleep doth effectually give true dreams of what thing soever the mind hath before determined or consulted on The table of numbers do likewise confer to receive an oracle being duely formed under their own Constellations And these thou mayest 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 Almudel of Solomon and the table of the revolutions of the name Tetragrammaton And those things which are of this kind and written unto these things out 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 revelations and prophecies To the same effect do conduce holy prayers imprecations as well unto God as to the holy Angels and heros 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 Nebuchadnezzer if out of the new Testament of the dream of Joseph the husband of the virgin Mary of the dream of the three wisemen of John the Evangelist sleeping upon the breast of our Lord and whatsoever of the like kind can be found in religion miracles and revelations as the revelation of the cross to Helen the revelations of Constantine and Charles the great the revelations of Bridget Cyril Methodius Mechtild Joachim 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 exorcised and consecrated if he will then let him perfume the same with some convenient fumigation and let him anoint his temples with some unguent efficatious 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 through thâ—t sign which was in the ninth house of his nativity and also when she goeth through the sign of the ninth house of the revolution of his nativity and when she is in the ninth sign from the sign 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 inferior familiar spirits whatsoever do conduce to this effect and sometimes also evil spirits sensibly informing us intrinsically or extrinsically But if we would call any 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 the Planet and 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 Floods then let the the place be chosen in the shore and so of the rest Then let there be chosen a convenient time both for the quality of the air serene clear 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 unfortunate sometimes of the day and sometimes of the night as the stars and spirits do require These things being considered let there be a circle framed in the place elected as well for the defence of the invocant as for the confirmation of the spirit And in the circle itself there are to be written the divine general names and those things which do yield 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 do bear rule and are able to bind and constrain that spirit which we intend to call And if we will any more fortify and strengthen our circle we may add 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 the manner of numbers and figures of which in the second book of occult philosophy it is sufficiently spoken Furthermore 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 virtue and partly are exhibited to the spirit for religious and superstitious worship Then he must be furnished with holy and consecrated things necessary as well for the defence of the invocant and his fellows as also serving for bonds to bind and constrain the spirits such as are either holy papers lamens pictures pentacles swords 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 first place let him consecrate the circle and all those things which he useth which being performed with a conenient gesture and countenance let him begin to pray with a loud voice after this manner First let him make an oration unto God and then let him intreat the good spirits and if
haec nos subjugavit Cum autem apparuerint Spiritus tunc dicas Bene veneritis Spiritus vel reges nobilissimi quia vos vocavi per illum cui omne genu flectitur caelestium terrestrium et infernorum cujus in manu omnia regna regum sunt nec est quiae suae contrarius esse possit Majestati Quatenus constringuo vos ut hic ante circulum visibiles affabiles permanetis tamdiu tamque constantes nec sint licentia mea recedatis donec meam sine fallacia aliqua et veredice perficiatis voluntatem per potentiae illius virtutem qui mare posuit terminum suum quem praeterire non protest et lege illius potentiae non pertransit fines suos Dei scilicet altissimi regis domini qui cuncta creavit Amen Then command what you will and it shall be done afterwards license them thus †In nomine Paetris †Filii et †Spiritus sancti ite in pace ad loca vestra et pax sit inter nos et vos parati sitis venire vocati Visions and apparitions THESE things duly performed there will appear infinite Visions and Phantasms beating of organs and all kinds of musical Instruments which is done by the spirits that with the terror they might force the companions to go out of the Circle because they can do nothing against the Master After this you shall see an infinite company of archers with a great multitude of horrible beasts which will so compose themselves as if they would devour the fellows nevertheless fear nothing Then the Priest or Master holding his hand towards the pentacle shall say Avoid hence these iniquities by virtue of the banner of God and then will the spirits be compelled to obey the Master and the company shall see no more Then let the exorcist stretching out his hand to the pentacle say Behold the pentacle of Solomon which I have brought before your presence Behold the person of the exorcist in the middle of the exorcism who is armed by God and without fear and well provided who potently invocateth and calleth you by exorcizing come therefore with speed in the virtue of these names Aye Saraye Aye Saraye defer not to come by the eternal names of the living and true God Eloy Archima Rabur and by the pentacle here present which powerfully reigns over you and by virtue of the celestial spirits your Lords and by the person of the exorciâ—t being conjured make haste to come and yield obedience to your Master who is called Octinomos This being performed there wâ—â—l be â—issiâ—gs in the four parts of the world and then immediately you shall see great motions and when you see them say why stay you wherefore do you delay what do you prepare yourselves to be obedient to your Master in the name of the Lord Bathat or Vachat rushing upon Abrac Abeor coming upon Aberer Then they will immediately come in their proper form and when you see them before the Circle shew them the Pentacle covered with fine linen uncover it and say behold your confusion if you refuse to be obedient and suddenly they will appear in a peaceable form and will say ask what you will for we are prepared to fulfil all your commands for the Lord hath subjected us hereunto and when the spirits have appeared then you shall say welcome spirits or most noble Kings because I have called you through him to whom every knee doth bow both of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth in whose hands are all the kingdoms of Kings neither is their any that can contradict his Majesty Wherefore I bind you that you remain affable and visible before this circle so long and so constant neither shall ye depart without my licence until you have truely and without any fallacy performed my will by virtue of his power who hath set the sea her bounds beyond which these cannot pass nor go beyond the law of his power to wit of the most high God Lord and King who hath created all things Amen †In the name of the Father †and of the Son †and of the holy Ghost go in peace unto your places peace be between us and you be ye ready to come when ye are called These are the things which Peter de Abano hath spoken concerning magical elements But that you may the better know the manner of composing a Circle I will set down one scheme so that if any one would make a Circle in spring-time for the first hour of the Lord's day it must be in the same manner as is the figure following The figure of a Circle for the first hour of the Lord's day in Spring-time Varcan Rex Tus Andos Cynabal Michail Dardid Huratapel Talui Caracasa Cor Anâ—aliel Commissoros Spughguel Amaday Abraym Aguista Yayn Michel ✚ Adonay ✚ ✚ Eloy ✚ ✚ Agla ✚ ✚ Tetragrammaton Alpha et ω It remaineth now that we explain the week the several days thereof and first of the Lord's day Considerations of the Lord's day THE Angel of the Lord's day his Sigil Planet Sign of the Planet and the name of the fourth heaven MichaiÌ„l ☉ ♌ Machen The Angâ—ls of the Lord's day Michael Dardiel Huratâ—pal The Angels of the air ruling on the Lord's day Varcan King His ministers Tus Andas Cynabal The wind which the Angels of the air abovesaid are under the North-wind The Angels of the fourth heaven ruling on the Lord's day which ought to be called from the four parts of the world At the East Samael Baciel Atel Gabriel Vionatraba At the West Anael Pabel Ustael Burchat Suceratos Capabili At the North Aiel Aniel vel Aquiel Masgabriel Sapiel Matuyel At the South Haludiel Machasiel Charsiel Uriel Naromiel The perfume of the Lord's day Red Sanders The Conjuration of the Lord's day COnjuro confirmo super vos Angeli fortes Dei sancti in nomine Adonay Eye Eye Eya qui est ille qui fuit est erit Eye Abrâ—ye in nomine Saday Cados Cados Cados alte sedentis super Cherubin per nomen magnum ipsius Dei fortis potentis exaltatique super omnes caelos Eye Seraye plasmaâ—â—ris seculorum qui creavit mundum caelum 〈◊〉 mare omnia quae in eis sunt in primo 〈◊〉 sigillavit ea sancto nomine suo Phaa 〈◊〉 nomina sanctorum Angelorum qui domiâ—â—tur in qâ—arto exercitu serviunt coram poâ—â—â—issimo Salamia Angelo magno honorato 〈◊〉 pâ—r nomen stellae quae est Sol per signum 〈◊〉 pâ—r immensum nomen Dei vivi per nomina omnia praedicta conjuro te Michael angele magnâ— qui es praepositus Diei Dominicae per nomen Adonay Dei Israel qui creavit mundum quinquid in eo est quod pro melabores adimpleas omnem meam petitionem juxta meum velle votum meum in negotio causa mea And here thou shalt declare thy
that they may thrust men into errors and draw them from the worship of the true God through whom alone eternal death can be escaped Pollux It is expedient for me now to be more inquisitive in this discourse whether there be power given to the Devils to foretell things to come concerning which thing hitherto I have not been able to dart at the right mark for this question seemeth sufficiently doubtful unto me Castor St. Augustine in his book De Natura Daemonum dissolveth this Gordoneus knot saith that the damned spirits being filled full of all manner of impiety and wickedness do sometimes challenge to themselves power of foreseeing things to come because in the sense of their airy bodies they have a far more strong prevalent power of foreknowing than men of earthly bodies can have or because of the incomparable swiftness of their airy bodies which wonderfully exceedeth not only the celerity of men and wild beasts but also the flying of birds by which means they are able to declare things long before they come to be known which we by reason of the earthly slowness of our sense cease not to wonder at and admire or because of the benefit of their continual life they obtain this wonderful experience of things which we cannot attain to because of the shortness of our momentaneous life which is but as it were a bubble Poll. This last assertion of St. Augustine seemeth unto me to be more true than the rest because the series of many years doth cause great experience Cast. If any one shall deny these opinions of Augustine as erroneous Damascenus setteth a greater witnesâ— of these things without all exception before our eyes who in his second book of Orthodox faith saith thus That the devils cannot foreknow things to come for that belongs only unto God but so much as they are able to know they have from the disposition of the celestial and inferior bodies Poll. Why therefore do the Devils so willingly and of their own accord undertake Prophecies and to answer Oracles what benefit have they from hence Cast. Nothing but that hereby they seek to get great estimation and covet to be counted worthy of admiration and to be adored instead of Gods Poll. We know that the devil is the father of lyes Castor from whence we are piously to believe that those things which he foretelleth he extracteth from his own lyes Cast. Furthermore the Prophet Esaias saith thus Shew the things that are to come hereafter and tell us that we may know that ye are Gods And the Apostle Peter also saith The prophecie came not in old time by the will of man but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the holy Ghost Poll. No man therefore will deny that they do sometimes fortel things to come Cast. No man certainly but for what cause that it attained to Crysostome doth most clearly teach in these words It is granted he saith that sometimes the devil doth speak truth that he might commend his own lying with verity whereas if he should never tell the truth he could deceive no man neither would his lying suffice him to tempt with Thus far Chrysostome Notwithstanding If he understand that he hath not grace granted unto him of himself to foretel the truth he fortelleth things nevertheless but so obscurely saith St. Augustine that he always layeth the blame of the things by him so foretold upon the interpreter thereof Porphyrius in his book of Oracles although he be the greatest maintainer of Devils and the most expert teacher of diabolical Arts nevertheless he saith with the aforesaid Doctors that the foreknowledge of things to come is not only intricate to men but uncertain to the gods and full of many obscurities Poll. Thou hast said that the predictions of the devils are done in this manner that they may gain authority to themselves amongst the credulous people and be worshiped instead of Gods for what end do the evil spirits work miracles Cast. What is a Miracle Pollux Poll. A new and unwonted accident which cometh to pass contrary to its course and custom and draweth men into admiration thereof Cast. But do they work Miracles Poll. They do for whereby dost thou believe that Aesculapius was honoured in his consecration for a God but only by the means of a miracle when he conveyed a serpent from Epidaurus to Rome What gave so great authority to Juno but only the working of a miracle when her Image of wood was asked by Furius Camilluâ— whether it would be carried to Rome and it answered with a human voice It would Also from thence Fortune was made a Goddess because her Statua in the way of Latium in the hearing of many people not once but oftentimes spoke with a human voice In the 8 Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles we read of miracles done by Simon the son of Rachel and in Exod. 8. of the Magicians of Pharaoh who in the sight of many people brought forth frogs and serpents and turned the waters into blood Apuleus doth testify the power of men to be so great in Inchantments that the Devils do not only work miracles by the means of men but they are able also to subvert nature and with a Demoniacal Incantation make violent streams to stay their course to turn the winds to make the sun stand still to break the course of the moon to lay impediments upon the stars to prolong the day and to shorten the night as Lucanus excellently sheweth Cessaverre vices rerum dilataque longa Haesit nocte dies legi non paruit aether Torruit praeceps audito Carmine mundus The course of things did cease obstructed light Opprest stuck fast in dusky shades of night Amazed skies their usual laws forbear The world was scorch'd when it her charms did hear And Tibullus of a certain Demoniacal Charm Hanc ego de coelo ducentem sydera vidi Fulminus ac rapidi Carmine vertit iter Haec cantu funditque solum manesque sepulchris Elicit tepido devorat ossa rogo Cum libet haec tristi depellit lumina coelo Cum libet aestivo convocat orbe nives Her have I seen draw down nights sparkling eyes With a dead Palsie swiftest streams surprize Turn earth to water from a desart tomb Make the departed drowsy Manes come With charms she 'll muffle the sad skies in mist In Summer Winters snow bring when she list Cast. I do not any more wonder that Moses called God Wonderful that he doth so connive at this sink of wickedness and most wicked seducers that he granteth them power to act such things so freely Poll. Firmianus excellently sheweth why God doth so in his last book but one of the works of God De opificio Dei for he saith that virtue is not virtue unless it have some like in ruling whereof it may shew and exercise its power for he saith As Victory cannot stand without virtue so neither can virtue
subsist without an Enemy which virtue no sooner had the Almighty indued man withal but he forthwith added unto him an enemy lest that virtue should lose its nature being stupified with idleness He saith that a man cannot otherwise attain to the highest step unless he have always an active hand and that he shall establish and build up his salvation with a continual warfare and contention for God will not that mortal men shall come to immortal blessedness with an easy journey but he must wrestle and strive with sails and oars against the author and inventor of all evils and errors who causeth and worketh execrable things and miracles Cast. But sometimes it cometh to pass that by reason of the subtil snares and stratagems of the devil which he so craftily prepareth against us and especially against simple persons whom he intangleth with vain religions so that we cannot resist him or if we suppose our selves to be very able to withstand him yet nevertheless we shall be very much deceived by him as we read he oftentimes did to the good but almost foolish pastor of whom Tritemius maketh menâ—ion Poll. But what happened to this good Pastor and whom thou termest simple Cast. Tritemius saith Insomuch that he was not strong in faith therefore he made more account of the name of Saint Blaze and attributed more power and custody unto it than unto the name of God the best and greatest good Poll. In what manner Cast. He had in his walking staff or pastoral crook a Schedule inscribed with the name of St. Blaze by the power and virtue of which staff he did believe his swine were safely defended from the ravening of the wolves and he did attribute so great a deity to this Schedule that he would leave his herd of swine to feed in the fields alone notwithstanding a certain time coming when the pastor was absent from his flock and a certain man coming in the mean time saw the devil keeping them and he asked him what he kept here who is the worst persecutor of the salvation of men he answered I keep these swine The other replied By whose command the devil saith By the foolish confidence of the pastor for he included a certain Schedule in his staff unto which he ascribeth divine virtue or to the inscription of the name of St. Blaze and now contrary to his own law he believeth that his hogs are thereby defended from the injury of wolves inhering to me with a false superstition where when he hath been by me called again and again and hath not appeared I have taken this custody upon myself instead of St. Blaze for I always freely stand instead of God and his saints so also now most freely do I keep his swine for St. Blaze that I may magnify and confirm the foolish man in his vain confidence and thereby I may seduce him so that he may esteem this Schedule more than God Poll. This is a pleasant story but I do not wonder that the devil should impose so much upon so simple a pastor when he doth in many things prevail over the more wise if they do fit themselves to his opportunities which the Church contradicteth Poll. But are all things wrought and brought to pass by means of the devil which men call miracles Cast. No for we must give unto nature that which seemeth to belong unto her who is said to be the greatest worker of miracles as that which we have experienced in the stone Asbestos which as Solinus witnesseth being once set on fire cannot be quenched and the root Baara described by Josephus in the history of Jerusalem which he testified to be the colour of a flame of fire splendent shining in the night but so difficult to be taken that it always flies from under the hand of him that would take it and deceiveth his eyes so long until it be sprinkled with the urine of a menstruous woman and when it is retained by this means it may not be gathered or plucked up without danger for present death followeth him that gathereth or plucketh it up unless he shall be forâ—ifiâ—d with a presâ—rvative about his neck of the samâ— root For which cause they who want the same root do scarify it round about and having bound the root about with a bond they tye the â—ame to a dog and sudenly depart away Whereupon the dog too much endeavouring to follow after him drawâ—th up the root and as if the dog where to perform the turn of his master he forthwith dies and afterwardâ— the same root may be taken and handled without any danger to any man And the same Josephus teacheth that the same root is of such present force for expiations that also those who are vexed and tormented with unclean spirits are immediately delivered if they carry this root about them Notwithstanding there is nothing hindereth but that art also may imitate nature in the working of miracles as we may read in Aristotle of the Greek fire that would burn in water of which the said author in his singular treatise concerning this hath described very many compositions And concerning the fire which is extinguished with oil and kindled with cold water when it is besprinkled over therewith Poll. It sometimes happened that the devils do cloath themselves sometimes in more slender and sometimes in more gross habits that thereby they may very much affright and molest men with horrible phantasies and terrible sights with ghosts appearing in divers and several shapes aspects What cannot we be fortified with any thing to force and compel them to fly from us Cast. Origen in his book against Celsus saith that there is no way more certain than the naming of JESUS the true God For he saith he hath oftentimes seen innumerable spirits so driven away both from the souls and bodies of men St. Athanasius in his book de variis Quaestion testifieth that the most present remedy against the insultations of evil spirits is the begining of the 67 Psalm Let God arise and let his enemies be scattered Cyprian in his book Quod idola dii non sint commandeth that the devils should be conjured away by the true God Some men have declared that fire which is the most holy of all elements and the creed and also the instrument whereon the fire was carried were very profitable for this purpose from whence in their sacrifices about the sepulchers of the dead they diligently observed the use of lights or else from thence that Pythagoras did determine that God could in no wise be truly worshipped without lights burning Some others do bind swords for this intent and purpose taking the same out of the 11 Ode of Homer where he writeth that Ulysses when he offered a sacrifice to his mother had a sword drawn present by him wherewith he expelled and drove away the spirits from the blood of his sacrifice And in the sixth of Virgil when the Sybil led Aeneas into
hell she saith thus Procul O procul este profani Tuque invade viam vaginaque eripe ferrum Hence hence all ye profane do thou invade The way and from'ts confinement take thy blade Philostratus writeth that he compelled Apollonius a spirit obvious to him his companions to flight with contumelies and direful imprecations that the vision making a noise and with great horror vanished away from them Very many do much commend a perfume of Calamint Piony mint Palma Christi Parsley to be used in this case Many do keep present with them red coral mugwort hypericon rue or vervin for this purpose Some do use for this business the tinkling of keys sounding of consecrated bells or the terrible rattling of Armour Poll. I have sometimes heard from our Elders that they made them Sigils inscribed with Pentapentagones by virtue whereof the spirits might be expelled and driven away What sayst thou to these Cast. Averrois writeth against Algazelus affirmed such things to be almost nothing worth unless to them that have confederated with the spirits If therefore Averrois saith the truth how then can the dâ—vils kingdom stand divided against itself Poll. But we read that Solomom a singular man with God did make such Sigils Cast. We do read truly that Solomon did make them but it was at such time when he worshiped Idols and not when he was in the state of salvation Tertullian offered a more certain antidote than all the former and exhorteth us as Job the most strong champion of God to fight against all the assaults of temptation he admonisheth us to be cloathed with the silken garment of honesty the purple robe of modesty and shame-facedness and the cloak of patience and he perswadeth us to meditate upon all those things which the devil doth devise and invent to overthrow our integrity that his falling may be proved the glory of our constancy and that we be willing constantly to war against all machinations which are permitted by God for this end And the Prophet Jeremiah teacheth the same in these words The Lord of hosts is the approver of the just D. Maximus in his book de charitate commandeth us to bind and kill the devils He saith we do then bind them when by diligent observation of the Commandments of God we do diminish and quash those affections that do boil up in us and we are said to kill them when we so truly mortify our lusts that we cut him off from all occasions of accusing saying with the Prophet Depart O homicide the Lord the strong warrior is with me thou shalt fall and shalt be vanquished from me for ever Olympiadorus 10 cap. when he interpreteth the Ecclesiastical history saith that all sensual appetites are to be shut out and excluded so that the devil may not be admitted neither by the allurements of the eyes nor by itching ears nor by the petulancy and frowardness of an hurtful tongue for this he accounteth to be the most absolute seal against the power of the devils Some do admonish us in our going forth to war against the devil to use two sorts of weapons the one is pure prayer which may raise up our affections unto heaven and true and perfect knowledge which may communicate and fill our understandings with wholesome doctrines and may suggest unto us what we are to pray for that we may pray ardently according to St. James and not doubtingly In the Prophecy of Isaiah and the Epistles of St. Paul we may find the same things Isai. 59. Eph. 6. and 1 Thess. 5. which may be as a remedy against vain Ghosts that they may be expelled Poll. For a remedy against Ghosts dost thou conceive that a Ghost is diverse and different from a spirit Cast. I know not truly what I may think hereof for flowing in so spacious a sea of many opinions I am so led in doubt that I cannot easily attain to a certain Port of judgment for there are some which do suppose that these Ghosts are devils by reason of the great fear and terror wherewith they ragingly molest men by night in their houses and sometimes for their innate nature to do hurt There are others that do believe these spirits are deceitful fantasies deceiving those that are of evil belief who by their fallacious visions and Imaginations do deceive and frighten the Inhabitants in their houses and do deny that they are spirits indeed because the spirits have a body without hands or feet wherefore they can hurt no man nor make any tumult being ignorant that the Angel who also hath a body without hands and feet did carry Habakkuk with his whole dinner by the hair of his head into Babylon and afterwards brought him back again and set him in his own place neither considering that the spirit of the Lord also without a body snatched up Philip and carried him to Azotus that I may forbear to speak concerning a certain incorporeal spirit which did so disquiet the house of my grandfather that by the space of almost thirty years he caused it to be uninhabitable unless it were when a lamp was burning therein neither did that then sufficiently quiet the same for going out of the house they did so molest them with stones from above in the streets that the would cast out of their hands the hearts of Pine-trees which they used for torches Concerning the Ghost that haunted the house of Anthenodorus the Philosopher and the tumultuous spirit of C. Caligula there may more be spoken but thou hast understood the relations of them already in the foregoing discourse From all which we may easily convince the opinions of those who deny that the spirits can walk or make any motion but of how much truth we may hold the assertions of them who do suppose that these tumultuous spirits are neither devils nor phantasms but the souls of the dead now hearken unto Poll. Are there they who are of that opinion Cast. There are they who are of both opinions for they do declare that these are the souls of them who have departed from their bodies laden clogged in their sins which are therefore heard to be more or less turbulent in houses according as they have any sensible ardent spark of that sin more or less so that except in the mean time they are expelled and driven away from thence or expiated by Alms or intercessions they are compelled to a certain bound or liberty wandering thereabouts in expectation of the last Judgment Poll. Wherefore Cast. Because I believe that the souls of them which sleep in Christ do live with Christ do not wander about the earth and the souls of them who are oppressed and burthened with the grievous weight of their Sins since they are the members of Satan are bound with Satan in the chains of darkness expecting judgment in hell Poll. But Firmianus a Writer of no mean judgment thinketh the contrary in his Book which he hath written de devino
afterwards were vitiated and corrupted with human opinions and by the instigation of evil spirits who sow tares amongst the children of disobedience as it is manifest out of St. Paul Hermes Trismegistus There is no other manner of restoring these arts than by the doctrine of the holy spirits of God because true faith cometh by hearing But because thou mayest be certain of the truth and mayest not doubt whether the spirits that speak with thee do declare things true or false let it only depend upon thy faith in God that thou mayest say with Paul I know on whom I trust If no sparrow can fall to the ground without the will of the Father which is in heaven How much more will not God suffer thee to be deceived O thou of little faith if thou dependest wholly upon God and adherest only to him Aphor. 13. The Lord liveth and all things which live do live in him And he is truely 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 who hath given unto all things that they be that which they are and by his word alone through his Son hath produced all things out of nothing which are in being He calleth all the stars all the host of heaven by their names He therefore knoweth the true strength nature of things the order and Policy of every creature visible and invisible to whom God hath revealed the names of his creatures It remaineth also that he receive power from God to extract the virtues in nature and hidden secrets of the creature to produce their power into action out of darkness into light Thy scope therefore ought to be that thou have the names of the spirits that is their powers and offices how they are subjected and appointed by God to minister unto thee even as Raphael was sent to Tobias that he should heal his father and deliver his son from dangers and bring him to a wife So Michael the fortitude of God governeth the people of God Gabriel the messenger of God was sent to Daniel Mary and Zachary the father of John Baptist. And he shall be given to thee that desireth him who will teach thee whatsoever thy soul shall desire in the nature of things His ministery thou shalt use with trembling and fear of thy Creator Redeemer and Sanctifier that is to say the Father Son and holy Ghost and do not thou let slip any occasion of learning and be vigilant in thy calling and thou shalt want nothing that is necessary for â—hee Aphor. 14. Thy soul liveth for ever through him that hath created thee call therefore upon the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve This thou shalt do if thou wilt perform that end for which thou art ordained of God and what thou owest to God and to thy neighbour God requireth of thee a mind that thou shouldest honour his Son and keep the words of the Son in thy heart if thou honour him thou hast done the will of thy Father which is in heaven To thy neighbour thou owest offices of humanity and that thou draw all men that come to thee to honour the Son This is the Law and the Prophets In temporal things thou oughtest to call upon God as a father that he would give unto thee all necessaries of this life and thou oughtest to help thy neighbour with the gifts which God bestoweth upon thee whâ—ther they be spiriâ—ual or corporal Therefore thou shalt pray thus O Lord of heaven and earth Creator and Maker of all tâ—ings â—isible and invisible I though unworthy bâ— thy assiâ—â—ance call upon â—hee through thy only-begâ—tten Son Jesus Christ our Lord that thou wilt give unto me thy holy Spirit to direct me in thy truth unto all good Amen Because I earnestly desire perfectly to know the Arts of this life and such things as are necessary for us which are so overwelmed in darkness and polluted with infinite human opinions that I of my own power can attain to no knowledge in them unless thou teach it me Grant me therefore one of thy spirits who may teach me those things which thou wouldest have me to know and learn to thy praise and glory and the profit of our neighbour Give me also an apt and teachable heart that I may easily understand those things which thou shalt teach me and may hide them in my understanding that I may bring them forth as out of thy inexhaustable treasures to all necessary uses And give me grace that I may use such thy gifts humbly with fear and trembling through our Lord Jesus Christ with thy holy Spirit Amen The third Septinary Aphor. 15. They are called Olympick spirits which do inhabit in the firmament and in the stars of the firmament and the office of these spirits is to declare destinies and to administer fatal charms so far forth as God pleaseth to permit them for nothing neither evil spirit nor evil destiny shall be able to hurâ— him who hath the most high for his refuge If therefore any of the Olympick spirits shall teach or declare that which his star to which he is appointed portendeth nevertheless he can bring forth nothing into action unless he be permitted by the divine power It is God alone who giveth them power to effect it Unto God the maker of all things are obedient all things celestial sublunary infernal Therefore rest in this let God be thy guide in all things which thou undertakest and all things shall attain to a happy and desired end even as the history of the whole world testifieth and daily experience sheweth There is peace to the godly there is no peace to the wicked saith the Lord. Aphor. 16. There are seven different governments of the Spirits of Olympus by whom God hath appointed the whole frame and universe of this world to be governed and their visible stars are ARATRON BETHOR PHALEG OCH HAGITH OPHIEL PHUL after the Olympick speech Every one of these hath under him a mighty Militia in the firmament ARATRON ruleth visible Provinces XLIX BETHOR XXXII PHALEG XXXV OCH XXVIII HAGITH XXI OHIEL XIV PHUL VII So that there are 186 Olympick Provinces in the whole Universe where in the seven Governors do excercise their power all which are elegantly set forth in Astronomy But in this place it is to be explained in what manner these Princes and Powers may be drawn into communication Aratron appeareth in the first hour of Saturday and very truly giveth answers concerning his Provinces and Provincials So likewise do tâ—e rest appeâ—r in order in their days and hours Also every one of them ruleth 490 years The beginning of their simple Anomaly in the â—oâ—h yeâ—r before the Nativity of Christ was the beginning of the administration of Bethor and it lasted until the year of our Lord Christ 430. To whom succeeded Phalâ—g until the 920th year Then began Och and continued until the year 1410. and thenceforth Hagith ruleth until the year 1900. Aphor. 17. Magically the Princes of
with you If you draw these seven places of Scripture from the letter unto the spirit or into action thou canst not err but shalt attain to the desired bound thou shalt not err from the mark and God himself by his holy Spirit will teach thee true and profitable things he will give also his ministering Angels unto thee to be thy companions helpers teachers of all the secrets of the woâ—ld and he will command every creature to be obedient unto thee so that chearfully rejoicing thou mayest say with the Apostles That the Spirits are obedient unto thee so that at length thâ—â— shalt be certain of the greatest thing of all That thy name is written in heaven The fourth Septinary Apor 26. There is another way which is more common that secrets may be revealed unto thee also 〈◊〉 thou art unwitting thereof either by God 〈◊〉 Spirits whiâ—h have secrets in their power 〈◊〉 dreams or by strong imagination◠〈◊〉 or by the constellations of a nativity 〈…〉 knowledge After this manner are made heroick men such as there are many and all learned men in the world Plato Aristotle Hippocrates Galen Euclides Archimedes Hermes Trismegistus the father of secrets with Theophrastus Paracelsus all which men had in themselves all the virtues of secrets Hitherto also are referred Homer Hesiod Orpheus Pytagoras but these had not such gifts of secrets as the former To this are referred the Nymphs and sons of Melusina and Gods of the Gentiles Achilles Aeneas Hercules also Cyrus Alexander the great Julius Caesar Lucullus Sylla Marius It is a canon that every one know his own Angel and that he obey him according to the word of God and let him beware of the snares of the evil Angel lest he be involved in the calamities of Brute and Marcus Antonius To this referr the book of Jovianus Pontanus of Fortune and his Eutichus The third way is diligent and hard labour without which no great thing can be obtained from the divine Deity worthy admiration as it is said Tu nihil invita dices faciesve Minerva Nothing canst thou do or say against Minerva's will We do detest all evil Magicians who make themselves associates with the devils with their unlawful superstitions and do obtain and effect some things which God permitteth to be done instead of the punishments of the devils So also they do other evil acts the devil being the author as the Scriptures testify of Judas To these are referred all idolaters of old and of our age and abusers of fortune such as the heathens are full of And to these do appertain all Charontick evocation of Spirits as the work of Saul with the woman and Lucanus prophesy of the deceased Soldier concerning the event of the Pharsalian war and the like Aphor. 27. Make a Circle with a center A which is B. C. D. E. At the East let their be B. C. a square At the North C. D. At the West D. E. And at the South E. D. Divide the several quadrants into seven parts that there may be in the whole 28 parts and let them be again divided into four parts that there may be 112 parts of the Circle and so many are the true secrets to be revealed And this Circle in this manner divided is the seal of the secrets of the world which they draw from the only center A that is from the invisible God unto the whole creature The Prince of the Oriental secrets is resident in the middle and hath three nobles on either side every one whereof hath four under him and the Prince himself hath four appertaining unto him And in this manner the other Princes and Nobles have their quadrants of secrets with their four secrets But the Oriental secret is the study of all wisdom the West of strength the South of tillage the North of more rigid life So that the Eastern secrets are commended to be the best the Meridian to be mean and the East and North to be lesser The use of this seal of secrets is that thereby thou mayest know whence the Spirits or Angels are produced which may teach the secrets delivered unto them from God But they have names taken from their offices and powers according to the gift which God hath severally distributed to every one of them One hath the power of the sword another of the pestilence and another of inflicting famine upon the people as it is ordained by God Some are destroyers of Cities as those two were who were sent to overthrow Sodom and Gomorrha and the places adjacent examples whereof the holy Scripture witnesseth Some are the watch-men over Kingdoms others the keepers of private persons and from thence any one may easily form their names in his own language so that he which will may ask a physical Angel mathematical or philosophical or an Angel of civil wisdom or of supernatural or natural wisdom or for any thing whatsoever and let him ask seriously with a great desire of his mind and with faith and constancy and without doubt that which he asketh he shall receive from the Father and God of all spirits This faith surmounteth all seals bringeth them into subjection to the will of man The Characteristical manner of calling Angles succeedeth this faith which dependeth only on divine revelation But without the said faith preceeding it it lieth in obscurity Nevertheless if any one will use them for a memorial no otherwise and as a thing simply created by God for this purpose to which such a spiritual power or essence is bound he may use them wiâ—hout any offence unto God But let him bewâ—re lest he fall into idolatry and the snares of thâ— devil who with his cunning sorceries easily deceiveth the unwary And he is not taken but only by the finger of God and is appointed to the service of man so that they unwillingly sâ—rve the godly but not without temptations tribulations because the commandment hath it that he shall bruise the heel of Christ the seed of the woman We are therefore to exercise our selves about spiritual things with fear and trembling and with great reverence towards God and to be conversant in spiritual essences with gravity and justice And he which meddleth with such things let him beware of all levity pride covetousness vanity envy and ungodliness unless he will miserably perish Aphor. 28. Because all good is from God who is only good those things which we would obtain of him we ought to seek them by prayer in spirit and truth and a simple heart The conclusion of the secret of secrets is that every one exercise himself in prayer for those things which he desires and he shall not suffer a repulse Let not any one despise prayer for by whom God is prayed unto to him he both can and will give Now let us acknowledge him the Author from whom let us humbly seek for our desires A merciful and good Father loveth the sons of desires as
is twofold in its first division the one is of God which he bestoweth on the creatures of light the other also is of God but it is the gift which he giveth unto the creatures of darkness and this is also two-fold the one is to a good end as when the Princes of darkness are compelled to do good unto the creatures God enforcing them the other is for an evil end when God permitteth such to punish evil persons that magically they are deceived to destruction or also he commandeth such to be cast out into destruction The second division of Magick is that it bringeth to pass some works with visible instruments through visible things and it effecteth other works with invisible instruments by invisible things and it acteth other things as well with mixed means as instruments and effects The third division is There are some things which are brought to pass by invocation of God alone this is partly Prophetical and Philosophical and partly as it were Theophrastical Other things there are which by reason of the ignorance of the the true God are done with the Princes of Spirits that his desires may be fulfilled such is the work of the Mercurialists The fourth division is that some exercise their Magick with the good Angels instead of God as it were descended down from the most high God such was the Magick of Baalim Another Magick is that which exerciseth their actions with the chief of the evil Spirits such were they who wrought by the the minor Gods of the heathens The fifth division is that some do act with spirits openly and face to face which is given to few others do work by dreams and other signs which the ancients took from their auguries sacrifices The sixth division is that some work by immortal creatures others by mortal creatures as Nymphs Satyrs and such-like inhabitants of other elements Pigmies c. The seventh division is that the Spirits do serve some of their own accord without art others they will scarce attend being called by art Among these species of Magick that is the most excellent of all which dependeth upon God alone The second them whom the Spirits do serve faithfully of their own accord The third is that which is the property of Christians which dependeth on the power of Christ which he hath in heaven and earth Aphor. 39. There is a seven-fold preparation to learn the Magick Art The first is to meditate day and night how to attain to the true knowledge of God both by his word revealed from the foundation of the world as also by the seal of the creation and of the creatures and by the wonderful effects which the visible and invisible creatures of God do shew forth Secondly it is requisite that a man descend down into himself and chiefly study to know himself what mortal part he hath in him and what immortal and what part is proper to himself and what diverse Thirdly that he learn by immortal part of himself to worship love and fear the eternal God and to adore him in spirit and truth and with his mortal part to do those things which he knoweth to be axceptable to God and profitable to his neighbours These are the three first and chiefest precepts of Magick wherein let every one prepare himself that covets to obtain true Magick or divine wisdom that he may be accounted worthy thereof one to whom the Angelical creatures willingly do service not occultly only but also manifestly and as it were face to face Fourthly whereas every man is to be vigilant to see to what kind of life he shall be called from his mothers womb that every one may know whether he be born to Magick and to what species thereof which every one may perceive easily that readeth these things and by experience may have success therein for such things and such gifts are not given but only to the low and humble In the fifth place we are to take care that we understand when the Spirits are assisting us in undertaking the greatest business and he that understands this it is manifest that he shall be made a Magician of the ordination of God that is such a person who useth the ministry of the Spirits to bring excellent things to pass Here as for the most part they sin either through negligence ignorance or contempt or by too much superstition they offend also by ingratitude towards God whereby many famous men have afterwards drawn upon themselves destruction they sin also by rashness and obstinacy and also when they do not use their gifts for that honour of God which is required Sixthly The Magician hath need of faith and taciturnity especially that he disclose no secret which the spirit hath forbid him as he commanded Daniel to seal some things that is not to declare them in public so as it was not lawful for Paul to speak openly of all things which he saw in a vision No man will believe how much is contained in this one precept Seventhly In him that would be a Magician there is required the greatest justice that he undertake nothing that is ungodly wicked or unjust nor to let it once come into his mind and so he shall be divinely defended from all evil Aphor. 40. When the Magician determineth with himself to do any incorporal thing either with any exterior or interior sense then let him govern himself according to these seven subsequent laws to accomplish his Magical end The first Law is this That he know that such a Spirit is ordained unto him from God and let him meditate that God is the beholder of all his thoughts and actions therefore let him direct all the course of his life according to the rule prescribed in the word of God Secondly Always pray with David Take not thy holy Spirit from me and strengthen me with thy free Spirit and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil I beseech thee O heavenly Father do not give power unto any lying Spirit as thou didst over Ahab that he perished but keep me in thy truth Amen Thirdly Let him accustom himself to try the Spirits as the Scripture admonisheth for grapes cannot be gathered of thorns let us try all things and hold fast that which is good and laudable that we may avoid every thing that is repugnant to the divine power The fourth is To be remote and clear from all manner of superstition for this is superstition to attribute divinity in this place to things wherein there is nothing at all divine or to chuse or frame to ourselves to worship God with some kind of worship which he hath not commanded such are the Magical ceremonies of Satan whereby he impudently offereth himself to be worshiped as God The fifth thing to be eschewed is all worship of Idols which bindeth any divine power to idols or other things of their own proper motion where they are not placed by the Creator or by the order of
cause and business and for what thing thou makest this conjuration The Conjuration of the Lord's day I Conjure and confirm upon you ye strong and holy Angels of God in the name Adonay Eye Eye Eya which is he who was and is and is to come Eye Abray and in the name Saday Cados Cados Cados sitting on high upon the Cherubin and by the great name of God himself strong and powerful who is exalted above all heavens Eye Saray maker of the world who created the world the heaven the earth the sea and all that in them is in the first day and sealed them with his holy name Phaa and by the name of the holy Angels who rule in the fourth Heaven and serve before the most mighty Salamia an Angel great and honourable and by the name of his star which is Sol and by his sign and by the immense name of the living God and by all the names aforesaid I conjure thee Michael Oh! great Angel who art chief ruler of the Lord's day and by the name Adonay the God of Israel who hath created the world and all that therein is That thou labour for me and fulfil all my petitions according to my will and desire in my cause and business The spirits of the air of the Lord's day are under the north wind their nature is to procure gold gems carbuncles riches to cause one to obtain favour and benevolence to dissolve the enmities of men to raise men to honours to carry or take away infirmities But in what manner they appear is spoken already in the former book of magical ceremonies Consideration of Monday THE Angel of Monday his Sigil Planet the Sign of the Planet and name of the first heaven Gabriel ☽ ♋ Shamain The Angels of Monday Gabriel Michael Samael The Angels oâ— the Air ruling on Monday Arcan King His ministers Bilet Missabu Abuzaha The wind which the said Angels of the Air are subject to the West-wind The Angels of the first heaven ruling on Monday which ought to be called from the four parts of the world From the east Gabriel Gabrael Madiel Deamiel Janaek From the west Sachiel Zaniel Habaiel Bachanael Corabael From the north Mael Uvael Valnum Baliel Balay Humastrau From the south Curaniel Dabriel Darquiel Hanun Anayl Vetuel The perfume of Monday Aloes The Conjuration of Monday COnjuro confirmo super vos Angeli fortes boni in nomine Adonay Adonay Adonay Eye Eye Eye Cados Cados Cados Achim Achim Ja Ja Fortis Ja qui apparuit monte Sinai cum glorificatione regis Adonay Saday Zebaoth Anathay Ya Ya Ya Maâ—inata Abim Jeia qui maria creavit stagna omnes aquas in secundo die quasdam super caelos quasdam in terra Sigillavit mare in alio nomine suo terminum quem sibi poâ—uit non praeteribit per nomina Angâ—lorum qui dominantur in primo excercitu qui serviunt â—rphaniel Angelo magno precioso honorato per nomen stellae quae est Luna per nomina praedicta super te conjuro scilicet Gabriel qui es praepositus diei Lunae secundo quod pro me labores adimpleas c. As the conjuration of Sunday The Conjuration of Monday I Conjure and confirm upon you ye strong and good Angels in the name of Adonay Adonay Adonay Eye Eye Eye Cados Cados Cados Achim Achim Ja Ja strong Ja who appeared in mount Sinai with the glorification of King Adonay Saday Zebaoth Anathay Ya Ya Ya Marinata Abim Jeia who created the Sea and all lakes and waters in the second day which are above the heavens and in the earth and sealed the Sea in his high name and gave it bounds beyond which it cannot pass and by the names of the Angels who rule in the first Legion who serve Orphaniel a great precious and honourable Angel and by the name of his star which is ☽ and by all the names aforesaid I conjure thee Gabriel who art chief ruler of Monday the second day that for me thou labour and fulfil c. The Spirits of the air of Monday are subject to the west-wind which is the wind of the moon their nature is to give silver to convey things from place to place to make horses swift and to disclose the secrets of persons both present and future but in what manner they appear you may see in the former book Considerations of Tuesday THE Angels of Tuesday his Sigil his Planet the Sign governing that Planet and the name of the fifth heaven Samael ... ♂ ♈ â™ Machon The Angels of Tuesday Samael Satael Amabiel The Angels of the Air ruling on Tuesday Samax King His ministers Carmax Ismoli Paffran The wind to which the said Angels are subject The East-wind The Angels of the fifth heaven ruling on Tuesday which ought to be called from the four parts of the World At the east Friagne Guael Damael Calzas Arragon At the west Lama Astagna Lobquin Soncas Jazel Isiael Irel. At the north Rahumel Hyniel Rayel Seraphiel Mathiel Fraciel At the south Sacriel Janiel Galdel Osael Vianuel Zaliel The perfume of Tuesday Pepper The Conjuration of Tuesday COnjuro confirmo super vos Angeli fortes sancti per nomen Ya Ya Ya He He He Va Hy Hy Ha Ha Ha Va Va Va An An An Aie Aie Aie El Ay Elibra Eloim Eloim per nomina ipsius alti Dei qui fecit aquam aridam apparere vocavit terram produxit arbores herbas de ea sigillavit super eam cum precioso honorato metuendo sancto nomine suo per nomen angelorum dominantium in quinto exercitu qui serviunt Acimoy Angelo magno forti potenti honorato per nomen Stellae quae est Mars per nomina praedicta conjuro super te Samael Angele magne qui praepositus es diei Martis per nomina Adonay Dei vivi veri quod pro me labores adimpleas c. As in the Conjuration of Sunday The Conjuration of Tuesday I Conjure and call upon you ye strong and good Angels in the name Ya Ya Ya He He He Va Hy Hy Ha Ha Ha Va Va Va An An An Aia Aia Aia El Ay Elibra Eloim Eloim and by the names of him the high God who hath made the Sea into dry Land and by his word hath made the Earth and produced Trees and hath set his Seal upon the Plants of it with his precious honoured revered holy name and by the name of the Angels governing in the fifth House who are subservient to the great Angel Acimoy who is strong powerful and honoured by the name of the Constellation which is called Mars And I call upon thee Samael and the names above mentioned thou great Angel who presidest over the day of Mars by the name Adonay the living true God that you assist me in accomplishing my labours c. As in
the Conjuration of Sunday The Spirits of the Air of Tuesday are under the East-wind their nature is to cause wars mortallity death and combustions and to give two thousand Soldiers at a time to bring death infirmities or health The manner of their appearing you may see in the former book Considerations of Wednesday THE Angel of Wednesday his Sigil Planet the Sign governing that Planet and the name of the second heaven Raphaël ☿ ♊ ♠Raquie The Angels of Wednesday Raphael Meil Seraphiel The Angels of the air ruling on Wednesday Mediat or Modiat Rex Ministers Suquinos Sallales The wind to which the said Angels of the Air are subject The South-west-wind The Angels of the second heaven governing Wednesday which ought to be called from the four parts of the world At the East Mathlai Tarmiel Baraborat At the West Jerescue Mitraton At the north Thiel Rael Jariahel Venahel Velel Abuiori Ucirnuel At the south Milliel Nelapa Babel Caluel Vel Laquel The fumigation of Wednesday Mastick The Conjuration of Wednesday COnjuro confirmo vos angeli fortes sancti potentes in nomine fortes metuendissimi ben dicti Ja Adonay Eloim Saday Saday Saday Eie Eie Eie Asamie Asaraie in nomine Adonay Dei Israel qui creavit luminaria magna ad distinguendum diem à nocte per nomen omnium Angelorum deservientium in exercitu secundo coram Tetra Angelo majori atque forti potenti per nomen Stellae quae est Mercurius per nomen Sigilli quae sigillatur a Deo fortissimo honorato per omnia praedicta supet te Raphael Angele magne conjuro qui es praepositus diei quartae per nomen sanctum quod erat scriptum in fronte Aaron sacerdotis altissimi creatoris per nomina Angelorum qui in gratiam Salvatoris confirmati sunt per nomen sedis Ammalium habentium senas alas quòd pro me labores c. As in the Conjuration of Sunday The Spirits of the air of Wednesday are subject to the South-west-wind their nature is to give all metals to reveal all earthly things past present and to come to pacify Judges to give victories in war to re-edify and teach experiments and all decayed sciences and to change bodies mixt of elements coditionally out of one into another to give infirmities or health to raise the poor and cast down the high ones to bind or loose spirits to open locks or bolts such-kind of spirits have the operation of others but not in their perfect power but in virtue or knowledge In what manner they appear it is before spoken Considerations of Thursday THE Angel of Thursday his Sigil Planet the sign of the Planet and the name of the sixth heaven Sachiel ♃ ♠♓ Zebul The Angels of Thursday Sachiel Castiel Asasiel The Angels of the Air governing Thursday Suth Rex Ministers Maguth Gutrix The wind which the said Angels of the Air are under The South-wind But because there are no Angels of the Air to be found above the fifth heaven therefore on Thursday say the prayers following in the four parts of the world At the east O Deus magne excelse honorate per infinita secula That is to say O great and most high God honoured world without end At the west O Deus sapiens clare juste ac divina clementia ego rogo te piissime Pater quod meum petitionem quod meum opus meum laborem hodie debeam complere perfecte intelligere Tu qui vivis regnas per infinita secula seculorum Amen That is to say O wise pure and just God of divine clemency I beseech thee most holy father that this day I may perfectly understand and accomplish my petition work and labour thou who livest and reignest world without end Amen At the north O Deus potens fortis sine principio That is to say O God strong and mighty from everlasting At the south O Deus potens misericors That is to say O mighty and merciful God The perfume of Thursday Saffron The Conjuration of Thursday COnjuro confirmo super vos Angeli sancti per nomen Cados Cados Cados Eschereie Eschereie Eschereie Hatim ya fortis firmator seculorum Cantine Jaym Janic Anic Calbat Sabbac Berisay Alnaym per nomen Adonay qui creavit pisces reptilia in aquis aves super faciem terrae volantes versus coelos die quinto per nomina Angelorum servientium in sexto exercitu coram Pastore Angelo sancto magno potenti principe per nomen stellae quae est Jupiter per nomen Sigili sui per nomen Adonay summi Dei omnium creatoris per nomen omnium stellarum per vim virtutem earum per nomina praedicta conjuro te Sachiel Angele magne qui es praepositus diei Jovis ut pro me labores c. As in the conjuration of the Lord's day The Conjuration of Thursday I Conjure and confirm upon you ye holy Angels and by the name Cados Cados Cados Eschereie Eschereie Eschereie Hatim ya strong founder of the worlds Cantine Jaym Janic Anic Calbot Sabbac Berisay Alnaym and by name Adonay who created fishes and creeping things in the waters and birds upon the face of the earth and flying towards heaven in the fifth day and by the names of the Angels serving in the fixth host before Pastor a holy Angel and a great and powerful Prince and by the name of his star which is Jupeter and by the name of his seal and by the name Adonay the great God creator of all things and by the name of all stars and by their power and virtue and by all the names aforesaid I conjure thee Sachiel a great Angel who art chief ruler of Thursday that for me thou labour c. The spirits of the Air of Thursday are subject to the south wind their nature is to procure the love of women to cause men to be merry and joyful to pacify strife and contentions to appease enemies to heal the diseased and to disease the whole and procureth losses or taketh them away Their manner of appearing is spoken of already Considerations of Friday THE Angel of Friday his Sigil his Planet the sign governing that Planet and name of the third heaven Anaël ♀ ♈ ♎ Sagun The Angels of Friday Anael Rachiel Sachiel The Angels of the Air reigning on Friday Sarabotes King Ministers Amahiel Aba Abalidoth Blaef Tho wind which the said Angels of the Air are under The west-wind Angels of the third heaven ruling on Friday which are to be called from the four parts of the world At the east Setchiel Chedusitaniel Corat Tamael Tenaciel At the west Turiel Coniel Babiel Kadie Maltiel Huphaltiel At the north Peniel Penael Penat Raphael Raniel Doremiel At the south Porna Sachiel Chermiel Samael Santanael Famiel The Perfume of Friday Pepperwort The Conjuration of Friday COnjuro