Part I.

MAGNETISM.
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Genejis, it is not called by the etymology of blood, but is made remarkable by the name of a red fpirit.
Therefore, let thofe who would attain knowledge in thefe things, and be perfect in what we have fet before them, conftantly meditate and deflre that the Firft Caufe and Archetype of all things would gracioufly and mercifully illuminate their minds ; without which, they grope but in darknefs and uncer- tainty, and are fubjedt to the delufions of impure fpirits and devus, who are only to be put to flight by putting on the whole armour of God, in whom we all live, move , breathe , and have our being.
END OF MAGNETISM.
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THE CABAL A;
OR, THE
SECRET MYSTERIES
OF
CEREMONIAL MAGIC
ILLUSTRATED.
' SHEWING
THE ART OF CALCULATING BY DIVINE NAMES ;
The Rule, Order, and Government of
ANGELS, INTELLIGENCES, AND BLESSED SPIRITS ;
Holy Seals, Pentacles, Tables of the Cabala, Divine Numbers, Chara&ers and Letters Of Miracles, Prophecy, Dreams, &c. &c. See.
Embelliihed and beautified with a vaft Number of
RARE FIGURES, PENTACLES, CHARACTERS, &c. & c. &c.
Ufed in the
CABALISTIC ART,
Br FRANCIS BARRET
3TVDENT OF CHEMISTRY, NATURAL AND OCCULT PHILOSOPHY, THE CABALA, &CC,
CABALISTICAL MAGIC.
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CHAP. I.
OF THE CABALA^ &C.
'OT7 E fhall now turn our pen to the explaining of the high and myfterious fecrets of the Cabala, by which only we can know the truth ; and likewife how to prepare our mind and fpirit for the contemplation of the greateft and beft part of magic, which we call intelledual and divine, be- caufe it chiefly takes Goa and the good fpirits for its object ; and as the caba- liftic art opens many and the chiefefl myfleries and fecrets of ceremonial magic.
But in refped of explaining or publifhing thofe. few fecrets in the Cabala, which are amongft a few wife men, and communicated by word of mouth only, I hope the ftudent will pardon me if I pafs over thefe in fllence, becaufe we are not permitted io divulge fome certain things : but this we fhall do ; we will open all thofe fecrets which are neceflary to be known ; and by the clofe reading of which, you fhall find out, of your own head, to be both profitable and delightful.
Therefore, all we folicit is, that thofe who perceive thofe fecrets fhould keep them together as fecrets, and not expofe or babble them to the unworthy ; but reveal them only to faithful, difcreet, and chofen friends. And we would caution you in this beginning, that every magical experiment flies from the public, feeking to be hid, is ftrengthened and confirmed by filence, but is deftroyed by publication ; never does any complete effed follow after : likewife all the virtue of thy works will fuffer detriment when poured into weak, prating, and incredulous minds ; therefore, if thou would be a magi-
F cian,
THE CABALA ; OR,