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ind thee to remain affably and visibly before this circle, within this triangle, so long as I
need thee, to depart not without my license, till thou hast truly and faithfully fulfilled all
that I shall require.
THE LICENSE TO DEPART
O Spirit N., because thou hast diligently answered my demands, I do hereby license thee
to depart, without injury to man or beast. Depart, I say, and be thou willing and ready to
come, whensoever duly exorcised and con red by the Sacred Rites of Magic. I conjure
thee to withdraw peaceably and quietly, and may the peace of God continue for ever
between me and thee. Amen.
Go not out of the circle till he be gone, but make prayers to God for the great blessing He
has bestowed upon you by thus granting your desires and delivering you from the malice
of the enemy.
For these verbose and tiresome conjurations the Latin version of Wierus substitutes one
general form of citation, in the Name of the Christian Trinity, which is not really an
especial anachronism, for the compiler of the Lemegeton was acquainted at least with the
books of the New Testament. This is proved by the references in the Second Conjuration
p. 236
to the Living Creatures of the Apocalypse, and it leaves the attribution to Solomon in
precisely that state which our respect for a prince in Israel would naturally desire. No
doubt, however, the English editor of The Key Major of Magic would see no reason to
question the attribution and would explain the anachronism very simply as a late
interpolation.
HELL MOUTH AND THE DEVIL CHAINED.
From Cædmon.
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