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The Book of ceremonial Magic

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THE SEAL OF DANTALIAN<br />

THE SEAL OF ANDROMALIUS<br />

LXXII. ANDROMALIUS, a great duke and earl, appears in the form <strong>of</strong> a man holding a<br />

serpent in his hand. He returns stolen goods, reveals the thief, discovers all wickedness<br />

and underhand dealing, as also hidden treasures.<br />

Such are the prime mysteries <strong>of</strong> Goëtia according to the tradition <strong>of</strong> the Lemegeton; such<br />

is the work which has been described in the interest <strong>of</strong> White <strong>Magic</strong> as distinct from the<br />

Key <strong>of</strong> Solomon, but highly important and valuable in its own department. 1 Viewed in the<br />

light <strong>of</strong> these two-and-seventy methods <strong>of</strong> accomplishing all abominations, it would seem<br />

that the three "analogical realms <strong>of</strong> occult philosophy" are the three kingdoms which we<br />

have known under other names from our childhood--as "the world, the flesh and the<br />

devil." It<br />

p. 220<br />

will be unnecessary after their enumeration to argue any longer upon the distinction<br />

between Black and White <strong>Magic</strong> as it appears in one <strong>of</strong> the oldest and best <strong>of</strong> the Rituals.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is no longer any need to inquire whether the operator is saved by his intention, for<br />

we are acquainted with the nature <strong>of</strong> the intentions which govern procedure in one <strong>of</strong> the<br />

most reputable memorials <strong>of</strong> White <strong>Magic</strong> which is now extant. <strong>The</strong> evocation <strong>of</strong> Lucifer<br />

and Astaroth, whatever the pretext, must be

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