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There can be no doubt that these directions are the work of a writer well acquainted with
the Lemegeton, or that the Liber Spirituum in question is identical with that mentioned by
Wierus. The forms assumed by the evoked Spirits differ
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somewhat from those of the Lesser Key, which, moreover, at least in its Goëtic portion,
has no planetary attribution. According to pseudo-Agrippa, the Spirits of Saturn usually
appear with a tall and lean body and an angry countenance, having four faces, of which
one is in the usual position, another at the back of the head, and two, with beaks, on either
side. They have also a face on each knee, of a shining black. Their motion is like that of
the wind, and it is accompanied with a kind of earthquake. Their sign is white earth,
"whiter than any snow." Their particular forms are a bearded king riding on a dragon; 1 an
old bearded man; an old woman leaning on a staff; a boy; a dragon; an owl; a black
garment; a hook or sickle; a juniper-tree. How the three last manifestations are provided
with the six visages is a perplexity which must be surrendered to occult commentators.
The Spirits of Jupiter appear with a sanguine and choleric body; they are of middle
stature; their motion is "horrible and fearful," but they are mild of countenance and gentle
in speech. They are of iron colour, which ought to have connected them with Mars; their
motion is that of flashing lightnings, and withal thunderous; their sign is the apparition of
men about the circle who seem to be devoured by lions. Their particular forms are a king
with drawn sword riding on a lion; 2 a mitred personage in a long vestment; a maid
crowned with laurel and adorned by flowers; a bull; a stag; a peacock; an azure garment;
a sword; a box-tree.
The Spirits of Mars have a tall body and choleric, a filthy countenance, brown, swarthy or
red in colour; they have horns like the hart, claws like a griffin and they bellow like wild
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