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strict, <strong>the</strong> meals being limited to bread and water, with abstinence from all sin and<br />
repetition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> above prayer.<br />
Footnotes<br />
144:1 Here <strong>the</strong> Fourth Book <strong>of</strong> Occult Philosophy merely reproduces <strong>the</strong> instruction <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> genuine work. "Consecration is a lifting up <strong>of</strong> experiments, by which a spiritual soul,<br />
being drawn by proportion and conformity, is infused into <strong>the</strong> matter <strong>of</strong> out works<br />
according to <strong>the</strong> tradition <strong>of</strong> Magical Art rightly and lawfully prepared, and our work is<br />
vivified by <strong>the</strong> spirit <strong>of</strong> understanding. The efficacy <strong>of</strong> consecration is perfected by two<br />
things especially, viz., <strong>the</strong> virtue <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> person himself consecrating and <strong>the</strong> virtue <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
prayer itself. In <strong>the</strong> person are required holiness <strong>of</strong> life and a power to consecrate. The<br />
former, nature and desert perform, <strong>the</strong> latter is acquired by imitation and dignification."<br />
Book III. c. 62. The virtue <strong>of</strong> prayer derives from its institution by God, <strong>the</strong> ordinance <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> Church, or <strong>the</strong> <strong>com</strong>memoration which it may make <strong>of</strong> sacred things.<br />
144:2 So also in <strong>the</strong> Third Book De Occulta Philosophia, which is especially devoted to<br />
Ceremonial Magic, <strong>the</strong> student is directed to abstain "from all those things which infect<br />
ei<strong>the</strong>r mind or spirit," and above all from idleness and luxury, "for <strong>the</strong> soul being<br />
suffocated by <strong>the</strong> p. 145 body and <strong>the</strong> lust <strong>the</strong>re<strong>of</strong>, can discern nothing that is celestial," c.<br />
55. The fourth <strong>book</strong> merely says: "Let <strong>the</strong> man who would receive an oracle from <strong>the</strong><br />
good spirits be chaste, pure and confessed." Compare Peter de Abano: "The operator<br />
should be clean and purified for <strong>the</strong> space <strong>of</strong> nine days before beginning <strong>the</strong> work; he<br />
should be confessed also, and should receive <strong>the</strong> Holy Communion."<br />
145:1 Grand Grimoire, Book I. c. 2.<br />
146:1 An adaptation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Key <strong>of</strong> Solomon, Book II. c. 4.<br />
146:2 The following is added in <strong>the</strong> Clavicle, loc. cit.: O Lord God, Fa<strong>the</strong>r Eternal! O<br />
Thou Who art seated upon Cherubim and Seraphim, Who beholdest <strong>the</strong> earth and <strong>the</strong> sea!<br />
Unto Thee do I lift up my hands, and beseech Thine aid alone--Thou Who art <strong>the</strong><br />
fulfilment <strong>of</strong> good works, Who givest rest unto those who toil, Who humblest <strong>the</strong> proud,<br />
Who art Author <strong>of</strong> all life and Destroyer <strong>of</strong> death. Our rest art Thou, Protector <strong>of</strong> those<br />
who call upon Thee; do Thou guard and defend me in this undertaking, O Thou who<br />
livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen.<br />
§ 4. Concerning <strong>the</strong> External Preparation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Operator, and firstly<br />
Concerning Ablution<br />
The rite <strong>of</strong> lustration, being <strong>the</strong> sacramental mark <strong>of</strong> inward cleanliness, is prescribed in<br />
all <strong>magic</strong>al ceremonies, and is equally important in Goëtic art. The ordinary daily