Chapter Vii. Miscellaneous And Minor Processes. Part 06 : 3. CONCERNING THE EXPERIMENT OF INVISIBILITY We shall see later on that there are certain processes found in the Grimoires which do not connect with Black Magic otherwise than by their place in the Grimoires. There are also other processes which are not in themselves Gotic, but are objectionable...
Chapter Iii. Composite Rituals. Section 2 : 2. THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON The Lemegeton, or Lesser Key of Solomon, Rabbi and King, is a work of far more exalted pretensions, which deploys all the hierarchies and evokes spirits by milliards. About its antiquity there is no need for serious dispute; it claims to be translated from the Hebrew...
Chapter Iv. The Mysteries Of Goetic Theurgy. Part 04 : p. 202 Click to view THE SEAL OF MORAX XXI. MORAX, 1 a great earl and president, who appears like a human headed bull, and gives skill in astronomy and the liberal sciences, with good familiars. He knows the virtues of all herbs and precious stones. Click to view THE SEAL OF IPOS XXII. IPOS, 2...
Chapter Ii. The Initial Rites And Ceremonies. Part 08 : p. 154 2. A GENERAL INSTRUCTION CONCERNING THE INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED FOR THE ART Most Gotic rituals specify with considerable minuteness the instruments which are required for the operations, and in these respects, but with variations peculiar to themselves, and distinguishing them also from one...
Chapter Ii. The Rituals Of Transcendental. Part 05 : p. 24 CHAPTER II THE RITUALS OF TRANSCENDENTAL MAGIC 1. THE ARBATEL OF MAGIC THE term transcendental must not be interpreted in any exalted or philosophical sense when it is used, informally and conventionally enough, in such a connection as the present. It has not been adopted because it is...
Chapter Vii. The Method Of Honorius. Conjurati. Part 02 : CONJURATION OF THE BOOK 1 I conjure thee, O Book, to be useful and profitable unto all who shall have recourse to thee for the success of their affairs. I conjure thee anew, by the virtue of the Blood of Jesus Christ, contained daily in the chalice, to be serviceable unto all those who shall read...
Chapter Iv. The Mysteries Of Goetic Theurgy. Part 09 : Click to view THE SEAL OF VAPULA LX. VAPULA, a strong duke, comes in the form of a lion with griffin's wings. He gives skill not only in manual professions but also in philosophy and the sciences contained in books--I suppose, as distinguished from the secret sciences. Click to view THE SEAL...
Chapter V. Concerning The Mystery : p. 236 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...
Chapter Ii. The Initial Rites And Ceremonies. Part 05 : 5. CONCERNING VIRGIN WAX OR VIRGIN EARTH 1 The candles used in evocation or in other magical experiences, and the images required for bewitchment, must be composed of virgin wax or virgin earth--that is to say, the substances in question must not have been applied previously to another purpose. 2...
Chapter Iv. The Mysteries Of Infernal Evocati : 2. CONCERNING THE GENUINE SANCTUM REGNUM, OR THE TRUE METHOD OF MAKING PACTS There are two kinds of pacts, says the Grimorium Verum, the tacit and the manifest; but know at the same time that among the several kinds of spirits there are some which bind and some which do not bind, save only...
Chapter Iii. Composite Rituals. Section 6 : p. 89 6. THE HEPTAMERON The Fourth Book of Cornelius Agrippa was much too informal, and left too much to the discretion of the operator, to be satisfactory for a science so exact as that of Ceremonial Magic. A form of procedure which bequeathed nothing to the imagination and asked no other skill...
Chapter Vii. Miscellaneous And Minor Processes. Part 02 : 7. CONCERNING THE MIRROR OF SOLOMON, SUITABLE FOR ALL KINDS OF DIVINATION The following process is found in the "Grimorium Verum" and in some other compilations. It is a mode of divination akin to that given in the preceding section. It does not connect with Black Magic except by the use of blood...
Chapter Vii. Miscellaneous And Minor Processes. Part 03 : 6. CONCERNING DIVINATION BY THE WORD OF URIEL As there are many practices passing under the name of White Magic which are doubtful in character on the surface, while they are more than doubtful within, so there are experiences described in the Grimoires, or in the treasuries of secrets which...
Chapter Iii. Composite Rituals. Section 7 : 7. THE SACRED MAGIC OF ABRAMELIN THE MAGE The existence of this text had been known to students for a considerable period before it was made available in an English translation by the editor of the "Key of Solomon". The amateurs of occult science in the more dubious of its practical branches became...
Chapter Ii. The Initial Rites And Ceremonies. Part 04 : p. 169 6. CONCERNING THE SILKEN CLOTH 1 When all the instruments belonging to the Art have been properly consecrated and exorcised, they must be gathered into a costly cloth of silk, as Solomon ordains-says the testament whereby they may be preserved clean and pure and may thus be more efficacious...
Chapter Iv. The Mysteries Of Goetic Theurgy. Part 05 : p. 199 X. BUER, 1 a great president, who appears when the sun is in Sagittarius and teaches philosophy, logic, the virtues of herbs, &c. He heals all diseases and gives good familiars. XI. GUSION, 2 a mighty duke, who appears like a cynocephalus, discerns the past, present and future, answers all...
Chapter Iii. Composite Rituals. Section 3 : 3. THE PAULINE ART If the intimation of the last section be accepted as a working hypothesis in respect of the "Lemegeton", and if its third and fourth books be therefore set apart as accretions, there is possibly some colourable pretence for placing "The Pauline Art" among composite Rituals. It is...
Chapter Vii. Miscellaneous And Minor Processes. Part 07 : 2. CONCERNING VENEREAL EXPERIMENTS We have seen that the sorcerer of the Middle Ages was usually squalid and necessitous; hence he coveted treasures: he was usually despised, and hence he longed for mastery, for the prestige of mystery and the power of strange arts: he was usually lonely...
Chapter I. The Antiquity Of Magical Rituals : 3. THE UNPRINTED LITERATURE OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC For the purposes of the present, inquiry it will be convenient to consider the Rituals under the three heads of Transcendental, Composite and Black, subject, as regards the first, to some specific qualifications which will appear in the second chapter...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Talismans : TALISMAN VIII. Click to view "The characters should be graven on the outer side of the Ring". VIII. Gives invisibility, even to the eyes of genii, so that God alone shall witness the actions of the possessor. It is accompanied by the power of penetrating everywhere and passing through brick walls...
Chapter Ii. The Rituals Of Transcendental. Part 03 : p. 39 3. THE ENCHIRIDION OF POPE LEO We come now to the Enchiridion of Pope Leo III., which, as already indicated, is not a book of Ceremonial Magic; it is necessary, however, to include it in this notice, and to analyse it at some length, so as to establish its true character. Misconceptions...
Chapter Iii. Composite Rituals. Section 5 : 5. THE FOURTH BOOK OF CORNELIUS AGRIPPA It is a matter now almost of general knowledge that a Fourth Book of "Occult Philosophy" is attributed to Cornelius Agrippa, and that it is rejected as spurious. The authenticity of the famous three books has never been questioned and is indeed beyond...
Chapter Ii. The Initial Rites And Ceremonies : p. 182 9. CONCERNING THE TIME OF OPERATION When the sacrifice of the Art or its substitute has once been completed, the operator is in possession of all the materials that he will require "ex hypothesi" for the performance of Gotic works as described in the "Book of True Black Magic"...
Chapter Iv. The Mysteries Of Goetic Theurgy. Part 03 : Click to view THE SEAL OF FORAS XXXI. FORAS, 1 a great president, who appears in the form of a strong man and teaches the virtues of all herbs and precious stones, as well as logic and ethics; he makes men invisible, imparts wit, wisdom and eloquence, discovers treasures and restores things lost...
Chapter Ii. The Initial Rites And Ceremonies. Part 06 : 4. CONCERNING THE PEN AND INK OF THE ART Preliminary magical ceremonial seems to have as its chief object the personal consecration of every article, great or small, indispensable or occasional, which is connected with the several processes. The pen and ink with which characters and names p. 165...
Chapter Ii. The Initial Rites And Ceremonies. Part 02 : 8. CONCERNING ASPERSION AND CLEANSING In the preparation of the instruments, as already abundantly evident, and in the more important works which follow it. the ceremonies of aspersion and fumigation, that is, of purifying and consecrating, are continually enjoined. Sprinkling is performed with...
Chapter Iv. The Mysteries Of Goetic Theurgy. Part 07 : p. 195 CHAPTER IV THE MYSTERIES OF GOTIC THEURGY ACCORDING TO THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON THE KING 1 CONCERNING THE SPIRITS OF THE BRAZEN VESSEL, OTHERWISE CALLED THE FALSE MONARCHY OF DEMONS THE Gotic Art of Solomon 1 gives instructions for the evocation of the seventy-two spirits whom the King...
Chapter Vii. Miscellaneous And Minor Processes. Part 05 : 4. CONCERNING THE HAND OF GLORY No person who is familiar with the humours of Ingoldsby will have forgotten the wondrous legend of the Hand of Glory, which includes a transcript from the Grimoires. It is less generally known that there are two processes, serving distinct uses, and there can be...
Chapter Iii. Concerning The Descending Hierarchy. Part 02 : p. 184 CHAPTER III CONCERNING THE DESCENDING HIERARCHY 1. THE NAMES AND OFFICES OF EVIL SPIRITS IN all matters of ceremonial the inspiration of the Grimoires must be sought in the "Key of Solomon" proper, but for the names and offices of the demons it must be sought in the "Lesser Key"...
Chapter Iii. Composite Rituals. Section 1 : p. 58 CHAPTER III COMPOSITE RITUALS 1. THE KEY OF SOLOMON THE KING. BY far the most important class of Magical Rituals is that which incorporates elements both of Black and White procedure-so called. For convenience of treatment these are here termed composite. At the head of all, and, with...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Secti : 7. TALISMANS OF THE SAGE OF THE PYRAMIDS I. Serves for the conjuration of celestial and infernal powers. It should be embroidered in silver upon sky-blue p. 118 satin. The evoking words are SIRAS, ETAR, BESANAR, at which multitudes of spirits will appear. II. Gives the love and complaisance...
Chapter Iii. Concerning The Descending Hierarchy : 2. CONCERNING THE FORMS OF INFERNAL SPIRITS IN THEIR MANIFESTATIONS Having regard to the nature and antecedents of the Intelligences with which Black Magic professes to be concerned, it must be highly important that the operator should know the kind of apparitions which may be expected, when...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Secti. Part 04 : 4. THE GRIMOIRE OF HONORIUS Despite the iniquities of the "Pacta Conventa Dmonum", the "Grand Grimoire" has failed, however, to invoke upon itself such severe condemnation as the "Grimoire of Honorius the Great", otherwise Honorius the Third. It is scarcely too much to say that almost every...
Chapter Vii. The Method Of Honorius. Conjurations : CONJURATIONS FOR EACH DAY OF THE WEEK For Monday, to Lucifer This experience is commonly performed in the circle between eleven and twelve o'clock, or between three and four. Click to view [paragraph continues] Requisites: coal, and consecrated chalk to compose the circle, about which these words...
Chapter I. The Antiquity Of Magical Rituals. Part 02 : 2. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK MAGIC 1 Having considered the possible standpoints from which the Rituals may be regarded, we come now to the distinctions that are made between them, and, first and foremost, to that which has been already mentioned and is artificially instituted between...
Chapter I. The Preparation Of The Oper. Part 05 : p. 138 Click to view DEVIL FROM HEARNE'S PRINT OF THE "DESCENT INTO HELL." "Engraved by Michael Burghers", c. 1676. p. 139 CHAPTER I THE PREPARATION OF THE OPERATOR 1. CONCERNING THE LOVE OF GOD THE rites of so-called Transcendental Magic are, "ex hypothesi", divine and religious rites...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Talismans. Part 06 : p. 126 XV. Gives immunity from the most ferocious animals; gives the means of overcoming them; gives the knowledge of their language; and drives mad animals away. The talisman should be of deep green satin embroidered with gold. For the first three objects, say: HOCATOS, IMORAD, SURATER, MARKIL...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Talismans. Part 02 : VI. Sets to work enough genii for the immediate achievement of any work which the possessor may desire to undertake, and for the stoppage of any which may oppose him. The talisman should be of lilac satin with the figures embroidered in shaded silk. The magical words are ZORAMI, ZAITUX, ELASTOT...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Secti. Part 08 : 8. THE GOLD-FINDING HEN I must pass, however, to the incubation of the gold-finding hen, which is the head and crown of the proceedings. The grand Oromasis, the father of Zoroaster, was the first person who possessed one of these marvellous fowls, which are hatched from an egg in the following...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Talismans. Part 08 : XI. Sets the possessor in any desired house without the preliminary of entering and reads the thoughts of all persons, so that they can be helped or harmed at pleasure. The talisman is of light grey satin embroidered with gold. To know thoughts, place it on your head, breathe upon the ring...
Chapter Iv. The Mysteries Of Goetic Theurgy : LII. ALLOCEN, 2 a strong duke, appears in the form of a soldier, mounted on a great horse, his face like that of a lion, exceedingly red, his eyes flaming fire, his speech hoarse and loud. He teaches astronomy and the liberal sciences, and gives a good familiar. LIII. CAIM, a great president...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Secti. Part 02 : p. 113 6. THE BLACK PULLET The Black Pullet, the "Druid of Menapienne, Red Magic, or the Cream of the Occult Sciences", with derivatives from the first of these works, such as the "Queen of the Hairy Flies", the "Green Butterfly", &c., form a class by themselves, and, with one exception, they are...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Secti. Part 06 : p. 100 2. TRUE BLACK MAGIC The Grimoire entitled "True Black Magic" is simply an adapted version of the "Key of Solomon", with the same preambles, the same ritual, the same talismans, and characters which are analogous when they are not identical. With the moderately intelligible and religiously...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Talismans. Part 04 : XIX. Gives the power of directing all the infernal hosts against the enemies of its possessor. The talisman is of p. 129 greyish-white satin, shaded. It may be worn in any manner, and the words are: OSTHARIMAN, VISANTIPAROS, NOCTATUR. XX. Gives the knowledge of the counsels of Infernus...
Chapter I. The Preparation Of The Oper. Part 03 : 3. CONCERNING CONTINENCE AND ABSTINENCE The "Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy", referred to Cornelius Agrippa, but composite in character and spurious in attribution, as already seen, gives an exceedingly curious explanation of the rule of sanctity prescribed by all forms of Ceremonial Magic...
Chapter Vii. The Method Of Honorius. Conjurati : CONJURATION OF THE DEMONS In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Take heed! Come, all Spirits! By the virtue and p. 280 power of your King, by the seven crowns and chains of your Kings, all Spirits of the Hells are forced to appear in my Presence before this Pentacle...
Chapter Vii. Miscellaneous And Minor Processes : 8. CONCERNING THE THREE RINGS OF SOLOMON, SON OF DAVID One more experiment, which is only incidentally connected with Black Magic, may be cited here, as the complement of those given in the preceding sections. It is scarcely a complete process and is not intelligible as it stands in the "Grimorium...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Secti. Part 07 : p. 96 CHAPTER IV THE RITUALS OF BLACK MAGIC 1. THE GRIMORIUM VERUM THE four specific and undisguised handbooks of Black Magic, all in the French language, but in three cases, like so much of the Ceremonial literature, possessing Italian connections, real or imputed, are:-- I. GRIMORIUM VERUM...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Talismans. Part 09 : IX. Transports the possessor to any part of the world, and that without danger. The potent words are RADITUS, POLASTRIEN, p. 123 TERPANDU, OSTRATA, PERICATUR, ERMAS. The talisman is of puce-coloured satin embroidered with gold. X. Opens all locks at a touch, whatever precautions have been taken...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Secti. Part 03 : p. 110 5. MINOR AND SPURIOUS RITUALS OF BLACK MAGIC To distinguish in a mass of forged literature certain books as more spurious than others, seems at first sight a needless ingenuity of criticism. There are, however, some Rituals of Black Magic which are merely the knavish speculations...
Introduction : p. xxx Click to view THE TEMPTATION OF EVIL From Cdmon. p. xxxi INTRODUCTION THE mystic tradition in Christian Times is preserved, apart from all questions and traces of Instituted Mysteries, in the literature of Christian Mystical Theology; it is a large and exceedingly scattered literature; some...
Conclusion. Conclusion : p. 334 CONCLUSION THE ceremonial literature of White and Black Magic has now spoken for itself in the catholic sense of the words. We see exactly what the Rituals had to offer, by the hypothesis of their own claim, to those who followed in their putative practical courses. I presume once more th...
Chapter I. The Preparation Of The Oper. Part 02 : 4. CONCERNING THE EXTERNAL PREPARATION OF THE OPERATOR, AND FIRSTLY CONCERNING ABLUTION The rite of lustration, being the sacramental mark of inward cleanliness, is prescribed in all magical ceremonies, and is equally important in Gotic art. The ordinary daily ablution itself becomes symbolical...
Untitled : THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC BY ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE [1913] This book is the second edition of a work which in its first edition was titled, more provocatively, The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts. This book is an attempt to synthesize the procedures of all of the famous Grimoires. It draws...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Talismans. Part 05 : XVII. Gives all talents and a profound knowledge of every art, so that the possessor will outshine the toil-worn experts p. 127 though unqualified by scholarship. Her are the advantages of an art which--speaking generally concerning it--is nothing except practical and the quality of its claims is...
Chapter Vii. The Method Of Honorius. Chapter : p. 265 CHAPTER VII THE METHOD OF HONORIUS THE "Grimoire of Honorius" is perhaps the most frankly diabolical of all the Rituals connected with Black Magic, and yet, as we have already seen, its enormities have been much exaggerated. It suffers comparison, for example, with the Key of Solom...
Chapter Iv. The Mysteries Of Infernal Evocati. Part 02 : p. 241 CHAPTER VI THE MYSTERIES OF INFERNAL EVOCATION ACCORDING TO THE GRAND GRIMOIRE 1. THE RITE OF LUCIFUGE THE "Grand Grimoire" divides with the "Grimoire of Honorius" the darksome honour of an intelligible and unmutilated Ritual of Black Magic. Each after its own kind is indeed an exceedingly...
Chapter Ii. The Rituals Of Transcendental : 5. SUMMARY OF TRANSCENDENTAL MAGIC This concludes our examination of the Rituals of so-called Transcendental Magic, comprising all those to which any currency has been given. There are no doubt other treatises which exist only in manuscript and possess no literary history, but they scarcely come...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Secti. Part 05 : 3. THE GRAND GRIMOIRE The "Grand Grimoire" is the most fantastic of the cycle and is introduced with great pomp by its pretended editor, Antonio Venitiana del Rabina, a personage whose name indicates the Italian origin of the work. By reason of its rarity and the great request in which it is, we...
Chapter Vii. The Method Of Honorius. Conjurations. Part 02 : p. 283 CONJURATION OF THE KING OF THE EAST I conjure and invoke thee, O powerful King of the East, MAGOA", by my holy labour, by all the names of Divinity, by the same of the All-Powerful: I command thee to obey, and to come to me, or that failing, forthwith and immediately to send unto me...
Chapter I. The Preparation Of The Oper : 5. CONCERNING THE EXTERNAL PREPARATION OF THE OPERATOR, AND SECONDLY CONCERNING THE VESTMENTS The use of special garments in the ceremonies of Magic follows reasonably enough from the religious character ascribed to these operations. Peter de Abano recommends a priest's garment if possible, by...
Explanation Of Full Page Plates : p. xix EXPLANATION OF FULL-PAGE PLATES PLATE I FRONTISPIECE--The witch has shot a peasant in the foot with a magic hazel wand. The victim takes off his shoe when he feels his foot beginning to swell. If the peasant yields to the witch the spell will be lifted. (Ulrich Molitor was a medieval...
Chapter Vii. The Method Of Honorius. Universal : UNIVERSAL CONJURATION I, N., do conjure thee, O Spirit N., by the living God., by the true God., by the holy and all-ruling God, Who created from nothingness the heaven, the earth, the sea and all things that are therein., in virtue of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist, in the name of Jesus...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Talismans. Part 03 : IV. Discovers the most hidden secrets and enables its Possessor to penetrate everywhere unseen. The talisman p. 120 should be of violet satin, with the figures embroidered in silver. It must be held in the left hand, on which also the ring should be worn, and should be placed close to the ear...
Chapter Iv. The Rituals Of Black Magic. Talismans. Part 07 : XIII. Endows the possessor with every virtue and talent, as-well as with the desire to do good. All substances of evil quality can be rendered excellent by means of it. For the first p. 125 advantage, it is sufficient to raise up the talisman, having the ring upon the first joint of the third...
Chapter I. The Antiquity Of Magical Rituals. Part 03 : p. 1 PART I THE LITERATURE OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC p. 2 Click to view THE SERPENT OF THE GARDEN OF THE HESPERIDES. From a Greek Vase Painting. p. 3 CHAPTER I THE ANTIQUITY OF MAGICAL RITUALS 1. THE IMPORTANCE OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC THE ordinary fields of psychological inquiry, largely in possessi...
Chapter I. The Preparation Of The Oper. Part 04 : 2. CONCERNING. FORTITUDE The spiritual intention of the operator being thus determined, his next step was the acquisition of the mental attitude appropriate to his future work. We may picture him in the traditional state of the sorcerer--poor, proscribed, envious, ambitious, and having no capacity...
Title Page : THE BOOK OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC The Secret Tradition in Gotia, including the rites and mysteries of Gotic theurgy, sorcery and infernal necromancy. BY ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE "Alii damones malos virtute divinorum nominum adjuratos, advocare solent, atque hc est illa Necromanti species qu dicitur malefica:...
Chapter Vii. Miscellaneous And Minor Processes. Part 08 : p. 297 CHAPTER VIII MISCELLANEOUS AND MINOR PROCESSES 1. CONCERNING WORKS OF HATRED AND DESTRUCTION THE following process appears in several manuscript copies of the "Key of Solomon", but has been omitted by the English editor of that work, as others are also omitted, presumably as a Gotic...
Preface : p. xxiii PREFACE THE art which is called Gotic, being that of incantation, of sorcery, fascination and of the illusions and impostures connected therewith, has come somewhat arbitrarily to signify the last issue in diabolism of the more catholic and general art which is termed Practical Magic...
Chapter Ii. The Rituals Of Transcendental. Part 02 : p. 46 4. THE SEVEN MYSTERIOUS ORISONS SUNDAY Pater noster, grant me peace and health in Thy goodness; incline favourably unto me, Thy creature, by the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of Thy holy apostles, Peter, Paul, Andrew and of all the saints. Vouchsafe peace unto Thy creature...
Chapter Vii. Miscellaneous And Minor Processes. Part 04 : 5. CONCERNING THE VISION OF SPIRITS IN THE AIR For the Masters of Black Magic, as for the author of the "Comte de Gabalis", the air is the abode of far other beings than the bird and fly, but the process by which they are rendered visible is complicated through the exceptional nature of the p. 314...
Chapter Ii. The Initial Rites And Ceremonies. Part 03 : 7. CONCERNING THE VICTIM OF THE ART It is usually supposed that the offering of a bloody sacrifice is an essential condition of success in Black Magic and that the embrutement of the operator is the chief purpose of the ordination. It is true that such an offering is in most cases enjoined, but its...
Chapter Iv. The Mysteries Of Goetic Theurgy. Part 06 : p. 196 Click to view THE SEAL OF BAAL I. BAAL, a king ruling in the East, who imparts invisibility and wisdom. He appears with a human head, or with that of a toad or cat, 1 but sometimes with all at once. He speaks with a hoarse voice. 2 II. AGARES, a duke ruling in the East, who appears...
Chapter Iv. The Mysteries Of Goetic Theurgy. Part 02 : Click to view THE SEAL OF MALPAS XXXIX. MALPAS, a powerful president, appears at first like a crow, but afterwards, when so commanded, assumes a human form, speaking with a hoarse voice. He brings artificers swiftly from all parts of the world, destroys the desires and thoughts 1 of enemies, gives...
Chapter Ii. The Initial Rites And Ceremonies. Part 07 : 3. CONCERNING THE ROD AND STAFF OF THE ART The great mystery of practical magic is supposed to be centred in the Magic Rod, and liphas Lvi, who claims to have reconstructed the primitive ceremonial, but seems rather to have over-edited his materials, supplies a highly sensational account of its...
Chapter Iii. Composite Rituals. Section 4 : 4. THE ALMADEL I shall explain in the first place that this scheme of invocation derives its title from the conventional talisman on which p. 73 the process depends. It is made of white wax, and is inscribed as hereinafter appears. Click to view This figure is used for the four chief angels whose...
Chapter Ix. Concerning Infernal Necromancy : p. 323 CHAPTER IX CONCERNING INFERNAL NECROMANCY IT is only within recent times that the attempt to communicate with the dead has been elevated to the dignity of White Magic. Here it is necessary to affirm that the phenomena of Modern Spiritualism are to be distinguished clearly from those of old...
Chapter Iv. The Mysteries Of Goetic Theurgy. Part 08 : 2. CONCERNING THE RITE OF CONJURATION, FROM THE LEMEGETON In communicating with the seventy-two spirits, the age of the Moon should be observed, for it is affirmed on the authority of Solomon that all days are profitable save the second, fourth, sixth, ninth, tenth, twelfth or fourteenth of th...
Chapter Ii. The Initial Rites And Ceremonies. Part 09 : p. 150 CHAPTER II THE INITIAL RITES AND CEREMONIES 1. CONCERNING THE VIRTUES OF THE PLANETS THE "Key of Solomon the King" is the only ordinary Magical Ritual which regulates the operations of Magical Art in accordance with a formal attribution of certain hours in the day and night to the rule...
Chapter Ii. The Rituals Of Transcendental. Part 04 : 2. THEOSOPHIA PNEUMATICA In the year 1686, the "Arbatel" was translated into German, and in the same year--possibly in the same volume-appeared, also in German, a work entitled "The Little Keys of Solomon" or "Theosophia Pneumatica". 1 There are no examples of these editions in the British Museum...
