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THE SEAL OF DANTALIAN<br />

THE SEAL OF ANDROMALIUS<br />

LXXII. ANDROMALIUS, a great duke and earl, appears in <strong>the</strong> form <strong>of</strong> a man holding a<br />

serpent in his hand. He returns stolen goods, reveals <strong>the</strong> thief, discovers all wickedness<br />

and underhand dealing, as also hidden treasures.<br />

Such are <strong>the</strong> prime mysteries <strong>of</strong> Goëtia according to <strong>the</strong> tradition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lemegeton; such<br />

is <strong>the</strong> work which has been described in <strong>the</strong> interest <strong>of</strong> White Magic as distinct from <strong>the</strong><br />

Key <strong>of</strong> Solomon, but highly important and valuable in its own department. 1 Viewed in <strong>the</strong><br />

light <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se two-and-seventy methods <strong>of</strong> ac<strong>com</strong>plishing all abominations, it would seem<br />

that <strong>the</strong> three "analogical realms <strong>of</strong> occult philosophy" are <strong>the</strong> three kingdoms which we<br />

have known under o<strong>the</strong>r names from our childhood--as "<strong>the</strong> world, <strong>the</strong> flesh and <strong>the</strong><br />

devil." It<br />

p. 220<br />

will be unnecessary after <strong>the</strong>ir enumeration to argue any longer upon <strong>the</strong> distinction<br />

between Black and White Magic as it appears in one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> oldest and best <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Rituals.<br />

There is no longer any need to inquire whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> operator is saved by his intention, for<br />

we are acquainted with <strong>the</strong> nature <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> intentions which govern procedure in one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

most reputable memorials <strong>of</strong> White Magic which is now extant. The evocation <strong>of</strong> Lucifer<br />

and Astaroth, whatever <strong>the</strong> pretext, must be

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