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away one of the said Spirits before the Six Hours during which he is on Guard
be expired, it sufficeth for you to make him some sign that he can go, and at
once he will obey. But when the Six Hours of their Guard be expired, the
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aforesaid Spirits will depart of their own accord without demanding your
permission, and the next in rotation will successively take the place (of his
predecessor). But if you have given one away (unto another person), you will
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employ one of the common kind in his place.
Chapter VIII. (To excite Tempests.)
If you should wish to excite Tempests, give the Signal above your head
(and touch the Symbol on the top); and when you wish to make them cease,
you shall touch it on the underneath side.
Chapter IX. (To transform Animals into Men, and Men into Animals,
etc.)
Let the being, whether Man or Animal, see the Symbol, and then touch
them suddenly with it, when they will appear transformed; but this will be
only a species of Fascination. When you wish to make it cease, you shall put
the Symbol upon the head (of the being) and strike it with the Wand, and the
Spirit will then restore matters to their former condition.
Chapter XI. (To cause all kinds of Books to be brought to one, and
whether lost or stolen.)
Our predecessors, from the commencement of the World, have written
many and divers excellent Books of the Qabalah, whose value surpasseth that
of all the riches of the World. These Books have been for the most part lost by
the Providence or Command of God, who hath not been willing that His
High Mysteries should be made public by such means; seeing that hereby
through such Books the Worthy and Unworthy can equally arrive at the
enjoyment and possession of the Secret things of the Lord. Some also have
been burned in fires, or swept away by the Waters, and other similar accidents
(have occurred) through the Evil Spirits, who are jealous of Man s possessing
such great treasures, and of being obliged to obey him. But this Third Part (of
this Book), that is to say the Sacred Magic, is that which hath not been entirely
lost, but the greater part hath been hidden and built up within a wall, and this
hath happened by order of the Good Spirits, who have not permitted this Art
to altogether perish, being willing that he who should (desire the same) should
employ honourable means to obtain the same from the True and only God,
and not from that Perfidious One and Deceiver, the Devil, and his following.
This Operation being completed in the proper manner, you will be able
to see and to read these Books; but it is not permitted unto you to copy them,
nor to keep them in your memory more than once. As for myself, I have made
every effort to copy them, but as fast as I wrote, the writing used to disappear
from the page; whence you may conclude that the Lord knowing our nature,
which is inclined unto Evil, doth not wish that such great Treasures should be
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employed to serve unto that end, and unto the destruction of the Human
Race.
Chapter XII. (To know the Secrets of any person.)
For this Operation it sufficeth to touch the Symbol, for at once the Spirit
doth whisper the reply in your ear; but should you comprehend by such a
means anything vile, whatever it may be, as you love the Grace of the Lord, see
that you keep yourself from making manifest that which (you have obtained
by the use of) the Symbol, seeing that by so doing you might work harm unto
your neighbour. Every time that you touch the Symbol you should mention by
name the person whose Secrets you desire to know.
Chapter XIII. (To cause a dead body to revive, and perform all the
functions which a living person would do, and this during a space of Seven
Years, by means of the Spirits.)
I can in truth both say and affirm that a man who hath just died is
divided into Three Parts, viz.: Body, Soul, and Spirit. The Body returneth
unto the Earth, the Soul unto God or unto the Devil, and the Spirit hath its
period determined by its Creator, that is to say, the Sacred Number of Seven
Years, during the which it is permitted to wander hither and thither in any
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direction; at length it taketh its decision, and goeth straightway unto the
place whence it came forth (at the beginning). To change the condition of the
Soul is impossible, but the Grace of the Lord, for many causes and reasons
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away one of the said Spirits before the Six Hours during which he is on Guard
be expired, it sufficeth for you to make him some sign that he can go, and at
once he will obey. But when the Six Hours of their Guard be expired, the
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aforesaid Spirits will depart of their own accord without demanding your
permission, and the next in rotation will successively take the place (of his
predecessor). But if you have given one away (unto another person), you will
125
employ one of the common kind in his place.
Chapter VIII. (To excite Tempests.)
If you should wish to excite Tempests, give the Signal above your head
(and touch the Symbol on the top); and when you wish to make them cease,
you shall touch it on the underneath side.
Chapter IX. (To transform Animals into Men, and Men into Animals,
etc.)
Let the being, whether Man or Animal, see the Symbol, and then touch
them suddenly with it, when they will appear transformed; but this will be
only a species of Fascination. When you wish to make it cease, you shall put
the Symbol upon the head (of the being) and strike it with the Wand, and the
Spirit will then restore matters to their former condition.
Chapter XI. (To cause all kinds of Books to be brought to one, and
whether lost or stolen.)
Our predecessors, from the commencement of the World, have written
many and divers excellent Books of the Qabalah, whose value surpasseth that
of all the riches of the World. These Books have been for the most part lost by
the Providence or Command of God, who hath not been willing that His
High Mysteries should be made public by such means; seeing that hereby
through such Books the Worthy and Unworthy can equally arrive at the
enjoyment and possession of the Secret things of the Lord. Some also have
been burned in fires, or swept away by the Waters, and other similar accidents
(have occurred) through the Evil Spirits, who are jealous of Man s possessing
such great treasures, and of being obliged to obey him. But this Third Part (of
this Book), that is to say the Sacred Magic, is that which hath not been entirely
lost, but the greater part hath been hidden and built up within a wall, and this
hath happened by order of the Good Spirits, who have not permitted this Art
to altogether perish, being willing that he who should (desire the same) should
employ honourable means to obtain the same from the True and only God,
and not from that Perfidious One and Deceiver, the Devil, and his following.
This Operation being completed in the proper manner, you will be able
to see and to read these Books; but it is not permitted unto you to copy them,
nor to keep them in your memory more than once. As for myself, I have made
every effort to copy them, but as fast as I wrote, the writing used to disappear
from the page; whence you may conclude that the Lord knowing our nature,
which is inclined unto Evil, doth not wish that such great Treasures should be
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126
employed to serve unto that end, and unto the destruction of the Human
Race.
Chapter XII. (To know the Secrets of any person.)
For this Operation it sufficeth to touch the Symbol, for at once the Spirit
doth whisper the reply in your ear; but should you comprehend by such a
means anything vile, whatever it may be, as you love the Grace of the Lord, see
that you keep yourself from making manifest that which (you have obtained
by the use of) the Symbol, seeing that by so doing you might work harm unto
your neighbour. Every time that you touch the Symbol you should mention by
name the person whose Secrets you desire to know.
Chapter XIII. (To cause a dead body to revive, and perform all the
functions which a living person would do, and this during a space of Seven
Years, by means of the Spirits.)
I can in truth both say and affirm that a man who hath just died is
divided into Three Parts, viz.: Body, Soul, and Spirit. The Body returneth
unto the Earth, the Soul unto God or unto the Devil, and the Spirit hath its
period determined by its Creator, that is to say, the Sacred Number of Seven
Years, during the which it is permitted to wander hither and thither in any
127
direction; at length it taketh its decision, and goeth straightway unto the
place whence it came forth (at the beginning). To change the condition of the
Soul is impossible, but the Grace of the Lord, for many causes and reasons
which it is not here permitted unto me to make manifest, hath been willing to [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]