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^ Picatrix ^
and builds the body and pleases the soul other than my oil.
I am the blessed that if any one picks any of my branches,
leaves and fruit and stored it in their homes they would
never see any poverty, grief or worries and that person
would live with his family for a whole that vear a very
blessed life away from any desolation or scruple or evil
thoughts. I am the blessed in that anyone who would hold
and hug me with his hands every day at sun rise, I would
give him happiness and joy all day and keep away anv
harms, worries, disability, sadness and bad evil thoughts.
I'm the tree of Saturn the heavy, the slow in motion- I am
its greatest and largest name, I am the company that even'
lonely one enjoys, I am the one that removes the
misfortunate and bad luck, I am the one that rebuilds the
ruins. Since the beginning my blessings with the regions of
Persia, Garamikah and Sudan were able to have the best
habitation, the oldest engravings, long lasting and most
solid fortifications, the biggest and longest rivers, the
coldest wind, the clearest directions, the highest orbits, the
longest tail and the best and mightiest place*.
Rawahty said that Daghreeth mentioned in his book
that there is a group among the ancients who would take
some of the olive trees fruit and leaves at the time that the
Sun is facing the head of Aries, the head of Cancer, the
head of Libra and the head of Capricorn and they put it in
their homes to be blessed with and they used it as a good
omen and for safer)' and they would live longer and be
healthy.
Then he also said that if at the time the Moon and
Mercury was in Gemini and you buried some citron as it is
in the root of the olive tree and you dug it deep till the
citron is touching the root of the olive tree and yofl
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