The Book of ceremonial Magic
The Book of ceremonial Magic
The Book of ceremonial Magic
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Footnotes<br />
177:1 <strong>The</strong> mutilations <strong>of</strong> the Divine Names in the Grimoires are part <strong>of</strong> the distinguishing<br />
characteristics <strong>of</strong> these works, and hence they are preserved in the text. It may scarcely be<br />
necessary to inform the student that the words mentioned should read AHIH, ASHR,<br />
AHIH.<br />
177:2 <strong>The</strong> Key <strong>of</strong> Solomon <strong>of</strong>fers choice between a vessel <strong>of</strong> brass, <strong>of</strong> lead varnished<br />
within and without, and <strong>of</strong> earth.<br />
178:1 Psalm vi. and Psalm xlii. in the Vulgate.<br />
178:2 <strong>The</strong> plant here condemned is prescribed by the Key <strong>of</strong> Solomon.<br />
179:1 As these Psalms, lxxi. and cxvi. in the Vulgate, are widely separated from each<br />
other, and so also in the Authorised Version, it is difficult to determine those which are<br />
referred to in the text.<br />
180:1 <strong>The</strong> names given in the Key <strong>of</strong> Solomon are Adonai, Lazai, Dalmai, Aima, Elohi.<br />
180:2 A short way to <strong>Magic</strong> by means <strong>of</strong> perfumes is given by Nyrauld in his work on<br />
Lycanthropy. To discern future events, fumigate yourself with linseed and seed <strong>of</strong><br />
psellium, or with roots <strong>of</strong> violets and wild parsley. To drive away evil spirits and<br />
phantoms, make a perfume <strong>of</strong> calamon, peony, mint and palma Christi. To attract<br />
serpents, burn the windpipe <strong>of</strong> a stag; to expel them, burn a horn <strong>of</strong> the same animal.<br />
Make a perfume with gall <strong>of</strong> fish, thyme, roses and aloe wood. When kindled, sprinkle<br />
with water or blood, and presently the whole house will seem full <strong>of</strong> water or <strong>of</strong> blood, as<br />
the case may be. Add earth which has been turned up by a ploughshare, and the ground<br />
will appear to tremble. <strong>The</strong> enumeration might be continued almost indefinitely.<br />
§ 9. Concerning the Time <strong>of</strong> Operation<br />
When the sacrifice <strong>of</strong> the Art or its substitute has once been completed, the operator is in<br />
possession <strong>of</strong> all the materials that he will require ex hypothesi for the performance <strong>of</strong><br />
Goëtic works as described in the <strong>Book</strong> <strong>of</strong> True Black <strong>Magic</strong> or the Grimorium Verum. But<br />
as the first <strong>of</strong> these Rituals ordains that the preparation <strong>of</strong> the artist shall be made in<br />
accordance with certain planetary influences, so in like manner does it regulate the time<br />
<strong>of</strong> operation or accomplishment. <strong>The</strong> instructions still follow, and still in a confused<br />
manner, the authority <strong>of</strong> the Clavicle. It will be well to reproduce them here in a succinct<br />
analysis, though the piecemeal nature <strong>of</strong> the treatise attributed to Iroë-Grego leaves the<br />
rules without much practical value, while no attention is paid to them by other makers <strong>of</strong><br />
Grimoires:--