Lesser-Key-Of-Solomon

PART III: THE ART PAULINE OF KING SALOMON
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to him and those signs are to be observed in the West, They appear like Kings
having green and silver Robes, or like little children or women delighting in
hunting &C. [They are to be observed on] Saturdays. At the first and eighth
hours ofthe day and at night at the third and tenth hours, You are with privacy
to obtaine your desiers, directing yourselfe towards the West &C.
Thirdly those geniis that are attributed to II, ::=, & :::, are of the aeiry
[aerial] region, whose sovereign prince is called Raphael; who hath under
him 2 princes, weh are called Miel & Seraphiel. Therefore those genii we h
are attributed to him and those signs are to be observed towards the east,
on a wednesday, the first and eighth hours ofthe day and at night the third
& tenth houre. they appear like kings or beautiful young men cloathed in
Robes of divers collours, But most commonly like women Transcendently
handsome; by reason of their admirable whiteness and Beauty &C.
Fourthly & lastly Those genii that are attributed to $i, 1Il, & *are of the
watry [watery] region, and are governed by Gabriel, who hath under him 3
mighty princes, viz t Samae1, Madiel, & Mael. Therefore those genii which
are attributed to these signes that are governed by gabriel, and are to be
observed on a munday towards the north at the first & 8 th houres of the
day, and at night at the 3 d & 10 th houres; they appear like kings haveing
green and silver Robes or like little Children or women delighting in hunting
&C.
So in the next place wee are to consider Aobserve the season of the year
according to the constellations of the celestial Bodies, otherwise wee shall
lose all our labour, for ifthe genius be ofJyneal [Igneal 118 ] Hierarchy, its in
vaine to observe him in any other season but when the sun entereth those
signs which are of his nature, that is I, 51., & 1:
So if it be a geniis [genius] of the Earth he is to be observed when 0
entereth !:l, 11R, and v.>, and so the like in the rest.
Or otherwise thus [Another rule that may be observed instead is this]:
those geniis that are of the order of the fire, are to be observed in ye summer
quarter & those of the earthy in Autume [autumn], and those of the
ayr [air] in the spring, and those of ye water in the winter quarter-&c.
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118 52, 51, H.