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§ 8. Concerning the Three Rings of Solomon, Son of David One more experiment, which is only incidentally connected with Black Magic, may be cited here, as the complement of those given in the preceding sections. It is scarcely a complete process and is not intelligible as it stands in the Grimorium Verum, where the characters on which it depends are omitted. The scheme presupposes that the operator is in possession of a talisman inscribed with the Pentacles of Solomon, 1 when it is open to him to proceed in accordance with the following directions:-- Compose your circle, but before entering therein, perfume it with musk, amber, aloeswood and incense. When invoking, the perfume should be incense only. Take care also that p. 322 you have fire whensoever you make invocation, and fumigate only in the name of the Spirit whom you would call. When placing perfume on the fire, say: I burn this N. in the name and to the honour of N. When invoking, see that you hold the invocation in the left hand, having the rod of elder 1 in your right, while the ladle 2 and knife should be at your feet. These things being arranged, place yourself within the circle; if accompanied, your companions should hold each other by one hand. When within, trace the circle with the Knife of the Art, and take up the rods one after the other, saying the Fiftieth Psalm, namely, Miserere mei. The circle being composed, perfume and sprinkle the same with holy water. Then write the characters at the four corners; let the Spirit be forbidden in formal terms to enter, after which begin the invocations, which must be repeated seven successive times. When the Spirit shall have appeared, cause him to sign the character which you hold in your hands, promising to come always at your call. Ask for whatsoever you deem suitable, and you shall be satisfied. Dismiss him with these words: Go in peace unto your places, and peace be with you until you return at my call. In the name, &c. Amen. Footnotes 321:1 The grand pentacle, as given by the Grimoire of Honorius, will be found on p. 277. 322:1 See the method for the composition of the Magic Rod according to the Grimorium Verum in the second chapter of this part. 322:2 Not previously mentioned under this name. CHAPTER IX Concerning Infernal Necromancy
IT is only within recent times that the attempt to communicate with the dead has been elevated to the dignity of White Magic. Here it is necessary to affirm that the phenomena of Modern Spiritualism are to be distinguished clearly from those of old Necromancy. The identity of purpose is apt to connect the methods, but the latter differ generically. To compare them would be almost equivalent to saying that the art of physical Alchemy is similar to mercantile pursuits because the acquisition of wealth is the end in either case. To appreciate the claim of Modern Spiritualism would be to exceed the limits of this inquiry; it is mentioned only with the object of setting it quite apart. It should, however, be added that occult writers--with the indiscrimination which is common to their kind-- have sometimes sought ambitiously to represent the communication with departed souls by means of Ceremonial Magic as something much more exalted than mere Spiritualism, whereas the very opposite is nearer the truth. Ancient Necromancy was barbarous and horrible in its rites; it is only under the auspices of Éliphas Lévi and Pierre Christian that it has been purged and civilised, but in the hands of these elegant magicians it has become simply a process of auto-hallucination, having no scientific consequence whatever. The secret of true evocation belongs to the occult sanctuaries, by the hypothesis of those who are their spokesmen; it is not the process p. 324 of Spiritualism, and still less, so far as may be gleaned, is it that of the magical Rituals, nor would the secret at best seem respected by those who possess it, because the higher soul of man transcends evocation, and that which does respond ought to be beneath the initiate. The claim, however, is naturally one of delusion complicated by imposture. In any case, the Necromancy of the Rituals is, properly speaking, a department of Black Magic, and for this reason no doubt it was excluded from the theurgic scheme of the Arbatel; nor do even such composite works as the two Keys of Solomon and the Magical Elements contain any account of a process which was always held in execration. It was lawful apparently for the Magus to conjure and compel the devils, to rack the hierarchy of Infernus by the agony of Divine Names, but he must leave the dead to their rest. Where the process is given, as in the Fourth Book of Cornelius Agrippa, it is confined to the evocation of those souls who might be reasonably supposed to be damned, and it involves revolting rites. It assumes that the evil liver carries with him into the next world the desires which have depraved him here, and it allures him by his persistent affinities with the relinquished body. 1 In this way the use of blood came to be regarded as indispensable, because blood was held to be the medium of physical life; so also a portion of the body itself, whether flesh or bone, was prescribed in the rite. There is not any need to say that evocations involving the use of such materials belong to Black Magic, but they would not in any case offer a redeeming feature to the consideration of the informed student. "It is also to be understood," says pseudo-Agrippa, "that p. 325
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THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC The Se
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§ 7. TALISMANS OF THE SAGE OF THE
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§ 3. CONCERNING THE EXPERIMENT OF
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talisman with the monogram of Micha
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connection with the congeries of ar
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ehind Magic, or that even the occul
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THE TEMPTATION OF EVIL From Cædmon
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qualification of the soul's eternit
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and suffered and died, had risen an
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about the quest and its enthusiasm,
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that anything responds to its metho
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gold earth. There words and wishes
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ecommendation that it was a convent
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ejected, and it follows in this man
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position, but it is regrettable tha
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which usually terms itself Black, b
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convocation of all the "masters of
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the Sworn Book, while that entitled
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properly understood, is, however, a
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It is an open question whether all
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THE CHARACTER OF BETHOR The affairs
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THE CHARACTER OF PHUL Lunary concer
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30:2 This reference, taken in conne
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Footnotes 35:1 Claviculæ Salomonis
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of his great prosperity is acknowle
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specific difference between the pra
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for ever , Amen. May the blessing o
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worst, are scattered, all infirmiti
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p. 55 PLATE IV MYSTIC FIGURES OF TH
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Mr. Mathers' presentation of the Ke
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impostures of colportage; but in wh
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p. 65 for seventy-two chief devils
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The Ruler of the Eighth Hour is OSG
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Gabriel; for the Earthy Triplicity,
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with the entire hierarchy must comp
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empowered thee, whereunto I now adj
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Spirit which we intend to call. If
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There can be no doubt that these di
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naked maid; a she-goat; a camel--po
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Paris, but at the instigation of je
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Abramelin the Mage was an instructo
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IV. THE CONSTITUTION OF POPE HONORI
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combinations of characters, whereby
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process for the evocation of evil s
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Principem et ejus Angelos Conjurati
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104:2 La Clef des Grands Mystères.
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conjurations, all exceedingly brief
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p. 116 apparitions of blazing lamps
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The characters should be graven on
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TALISMAN VIII. The characters shoul
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I must pass, however, to the incuba
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THE APPARITION OF THE GRAND CABALA
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PLATE VI: THE SABBATIC GOAT DEVIL F
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p. 141 the book of True Black Magic
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one, and the other is a distant dan
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p. 147 strict, the meals being limi
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147:2 The statement is adapted from
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Hogos = Venus = ♀ = Friday. Cocao
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It will be seen from this table tha
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p. 155 shaping it with a new sword
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p. 159 poniard or stiletto and the
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it to your abode. You must next go
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The instruction continues---As it i
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Take your kid; place it on a block
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When you have skinned it, take salt
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This Aspergillus may be used on any
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SATAN BOUND. ON PRE-NORMAN CROSS SH
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THE SEAL AND CHARACTERS OF BEELZEBU
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CHARACTER OF MERSILDE MERSILDE can
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CHARACTER OF MORAIL MORAIL has the
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THE SEAL OF SYTRY THE SEAL OF BELET
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XX. PURSON, 4 a great king, who app
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THE SEAL OF BUNE XXVI. BUNE, a stro
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XLI. FOCALOR, a strong duke, appear
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command of the operator will make a
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THE SEAL OF OROBAS THE SEAL OF MURM
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FIRST CONJURATION I invoke and conj
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ind thee to remain affably and visi
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ASTRACHIOS, ASACH, ASARCA, ABEDUMAB
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THE IMP STATUE. LINCOLN. Footnotes
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operator shall rejoice in the honou
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THE GREAT CIRCLE OF WHITE MAGIC You
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