The Book of ceremonial Magic

of . . . . . . . . . that as the face of the one is contrary to the other, so the same may never
more look one upon another.
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Deposit the image in some place perfumed with evil odours, especially those of Mars,
such as sulphur and assafoetida. Let it remain there for one night, having duly asperged
it, observing the proper hour and time. Do likewise when the experiment is performed
with characters and names, by touching the lovers 1 with words, or by whatsoever other
manner. But when the experiment is made by giving something to be eaten, the same
must be performed on the day and hour proper to this work. All things being prepared,
place them before you, and say: Where are ye, SOIGNATORE, USORE,
DILAPIDATORE, and DENTORE; CONCISORE, DIVORATORE, SEDUCTORE, and
SEMINATORE? Ye Who sow discord, where are you? Ye who infuse hatred and
propagate enmities, I conjure you by Him who hath created you for this ministry, to fulfil
this work, in order that whensoever N. [naming the person] shall eat of like things, or
shall touch them, in whatsoever manner, never shall he go in peace.
Give then whatsoever you please to the person designated, but let it be in the hour of
Saturn or that of Mars, observing all things needful for such experiments.
Footnotes
299:1 This means that the experiment is for the occult consolation of a rival. It will be
seen, however, that there is a certain confusion, as the adjuration which follows will
exhibit.
§ 2. Concerning Venereal Experiments
We have seen that the sorcerer of the Middle Ages was usually squalid and necessitous;
hence he coveted treasures: he was usually despised, and hence he longed for mastery, for
the prestige of mystery and the power of strange arts: he was usually lonely and
libidinous, and hence he sought, by means of spells and philtres, to compel the desire of
women. To be rich in worldly goods, to trample on one's enemies and to gratify the
desires of the flesh--such are the ends, variously qualified and variously attained, of most
Ceremonial Magic; hence also the Rituals abound in Venereal Experiments.
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In such as the Grimorium Verum there is no attempt to hide their illicit nature; in the Key
of Solomon it is disguised, but the process for obtaining favour and love which occurs in
that work is not really a more lawful experiment than that Pour faire venir une Fille vous
trouver, si sage qu'elle soit. The Key of Solomon is reticent and the Grimoires are frank;
the one promises the fulfilment of the operator's desire without defining it; the others are