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shaping it with a new sword forged thrice as above in the fire. When made and perfected,
recite over it this
PRAYER OR CONJURATION
I conjure thee, O form of this instrument, by the authority of God the Father Almighty, by
the virtue of Heaven and the stars, by the virtue of the Angels, by that of the elements, by
that of stones and herbs, and in like manner by the virtue of snowstorms, thunder and
winds, that thou receive all power unto the performance of those things in the perfection
of which we are concerned, the whole without trickery, falsehood or deception, by the
command of God, Creator of the ages and Emperor of the Angels. Amen.
The ensuing salutations must then be pronounced over the instrument: Domine, Deus
meus, in te speravi; Confitebor tibi, Domine, in toto corde meo: Quemadmodum
desiderat cervus ad fontes aquarum, 1 &c., adding the following words: DAMAHII,
LUMECH, GADAL, PANCIA, VELOAS, MEOROD, LAMIDOCH, BALDACH,
ANERETHON, MITATRON, most holy angels, be ye wardens of this instrument,
because I shall make use of it for several necessary works.
Place it in a new wrapper of red silk, making suffumigation with odoriferous perfumes, as
will be hereinafter set forth. Take care not to perfect the instrument otherwise than on the
day of Venus, and in the hour thereof, when also the needle and other like instruments
may be prepared.
Subsequently, on the day of Venus, the Moon being in the sign of Capricorn, or otherwise
of the Virgin, 2 if the same be
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possible, thou shalt make the first knife and shalt steep it in the blood of the mole 1 and
the juice of the pimpernel. Let the Moon be in an acute time of course and light, the
operation beginning in the first hour of Venus and ending at the ninth hour of the same
day. Fit the knife with a handle of white wood cut at a single stroke with a new sword or
knife, and on this handle engrave the following characters:--
Fumigate as before, and with this knife do all things needful to the Art, the circle
excepted. But if such a knife be too difficult to manufacture, procure one of the same