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<strong>The</strong>re can be no doubt that these directions are the work <strong>of</strong> a writer well acquainted with<br />

the Lemegeton, or that the Liber Spirituum in question is identical with that mentioned by<br />

Wierus. <strong>The</strong> forms assumed by the evoked Spirits differ<br />

p. 84<br />

somewhat from those <strong>of</strong> the Lesser Key, which, moreover, at least in its Goëtic portion,<br />

has no planetary attribution. According to pseudo-Agrippa, the Spirits <strong>of</strong> Saturn usually<br />

appear with a tall and lean body and an angry countenance, having four faces, <strong>of</strong> which<br />

one is in the usual position, another at the back <strong>of</strong> the head, and two, with beaks, on either<br />

side. <strong>The</strong>y have also a face on each knee, <strong>of</strong> a shining black. <strong>The</strong>ir motion is like that <strong>of</strong><br />

the wind, and it is accompanied with a kind <strong>of</strong> earthquake. <strong>The</strong>ir sign is white earth,<br />

"whiter than any snow." <strong>The</strong>ir particular forms are a bearded king riding on a dragon; 1 an<br />

old bearded man; an old woman leaning on a staff; a boy; a dragon; an owl; a black<br />

garment; a hook or sickle; a juniper-tree. How the three last manifestations are provided<br />

with the six visages is a perplexity which must be surrendered to occult commentators.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Spirits <strong>of</strong> Jupiter appear with a sanguine and choleric body; they are <strong>of</strong> middle<br />

stature; their motion is "horrible and fearful," but they are mild <strong>of</strong> countenance and gentle<br />

in speech. <strong>The</strong>y are <strong>of</strong> iron colour, which ought to have connected them with Mars; their<br />

motion is that <strong>of</strong> flashing lightnings, and withal thunderous; their sign is the apparition <strong>of</strong><br />

men about the circle who seem to be devoured by lions. <strong>The</strong>ir particular forms are a king<br />

with drawn sword riding on a lion; 2 a mitred personage in a long vestment; a maid<br />

crowned with laurel and adorned by flowers; a bull; a stag; a peacock; an azure garment;<br />

a sword; a box-tree.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Spirits <strong>of</strong> Mars have a tall body and choleric, a filthy countenance, brown, swarthy or<br />

red in colour; they have horns like the hart, claws like a griffin and they bellow like wild<br />

p. 85

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