The Book of ceremonial Magic

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poniard or stiletto and the lancet should be made after the same manner on the day and in
the hour of Mercury, and the steel extinguished in the blood of a mole and the juice of the
herb Mercury. They should be fitted with horn handles, 1 shaped with a new sword in the
day and hour of Mercury, and should bear these characters upon the said handles.--
Fumigate as before, and use in their proper place as required.
The Grimorium Verum, which makes for simplicity, reduces the steel instruments to
three--namely, knife, graver and lancet. The two first should be made on the day and in
the hour of Jupiter, with the waxing Moon in the ascendant, which is at issue with the
previous authority. When finished, the following Prayer or Conjuration must, in each
case, be recited over them. The knife should be large enough to sever the neck of a kid at
one blow; it should be fitted with a haft of wood, made on the same day and in the same
hour, and graven with magical characters. The instrument should then be sprinkled,
fumigated and preserved for use as required.
CONJURATION
I conjure thee, form of the instrument, N., by God the Father Almighty; by the virtue of
Heaven and by all the stars Which rule; by the virtue of the four elements; by that of all
stones, all plants and all animals whatsoever; by the virtue of hailstorms and winds; to
receive such virtue herein that we may
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obtain by thee the perfect issue of all our desires, which also we seek to perform without
evil, without deception, by God, the Creator of the Sun and the Angels. Amen.
Recite the Seven [Penitential] Psalms, and add these words: DALMALEY, LAMECK,
CADAT, PANCIA, VELOUS, MERROE, LAMIDECK, CALDULECH, ANERETON,
MITRATON, most pure Angels, be ye guardians of these instruments, which are needful
for many things.
The lancet, which is mentioned but not described in the Book of True Black Magic,
should, according to the Grimorium Verum, be made in the day and hour of Mercury, the
Moon waxing, and should be conjured after the same manner as the knife and graver. If
assistants accompany the operator, each must be provided with his knife, and the like rule