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221:1 Numerous experiments of the alchemists are concerned with congealing and fixing
quicksilver, but there are also "cabalistic" processes by which this substance was
prepared expressly for the construction of talismans, and these must not be confused with
the more sober--if not more successful--recipes of Hermetic Art. On this point see Les
Secrets du Petit Albert. Lyons edition, 1775, pp. 63-65.
222:1 The chief consecrations of the circle are summarised by Francis Barrett in The Key
to Ceremonial Magic as follows: Therefore when you would consecrate any place or
circle, you should take the Prayer of Solomon used in the dedication and consecration of
the Temple; you must likewise bless the place by sprinkling with holy water and with
suffumigations, and commemorate in the benediction holy mysteries, such as these: the
sanctification of the throne of God, of Mount Sinai, of the Tabernacle of the Covenant, of
the Holy of Holies. . . . And by invocating all Divine Names which are significant to this.
225:1 I do not think that an intentional profanation of the sacraments and holy offices of
the Church was here intended. This would be ascribing a depth to the motive of the
Grimoires which they never possessed.
226:1 VARIANT: Amor, Amacor, Amides, Theodanias, Anitor; by the merits of the
angels, O Lord, I will put on the garment of salvation, that this which I desire I may bring
to effects through Thee, the Most Holy Adonai, Whose Kingdom endureth for ever and
ever. Amen.
CHAPTER V
Concerning the Mystery of the Sanctum Regnum, or the Government of
Evil Spirits; being the Rite of Conjuration according to the Grimorium
Verum
TH E preparations of the operator prescribed by the Grimorium Verum are fully
represented in the earlier chapters, but they may be summed here as follows: 1. An
austere fast of three days; 2. Retreat or isolation from human society; 3. Abstinence from
sexual intercourse; 4. The recitation of certain prayers and the performance of certain
ablutions; 5. The composition of the required instruments. He must further devote himself
to the invocations, lest memory fail him at the moment set apart for the work, and to
insure mastery of the practice. He should also recite the following prayer daily 1--at Prime
once, at Tierce twice, at Sext three times, at Nones four times, at Vespers five times, and
six times before going to rest. It is explained that these hours are planetary and unequal. 2
Prime is reckoned at the rising of the sun, Tierce at three hours after, Sext at mid-day,
Nones at three in the afternoon and Vespers at sunset.
p. 237
PRAYER 1