Part I.

CEREMONIAL MAGIC,
41
We will here deliver unto thee a facred feal, efficacious againft any difeafe of man, or any griefs whatfoever, in whofe fore-fide are the four-fquared names of God, fo fubordinate to one another in a fquare, that, from the higheft to the lowed:, thofe molt holy names or feals of the godhead do arife, whofe intention is infcribed in the circumference ; but on the backlide is in- fcribed the /even-lettered name Araritha , and his interpretation is written about, viz. the verfe from which it is extracted, even as you may fee in the annexed plate, where A reprefents the former part, B the hinder ; but all this mu ft be done in moft pure gold, or virgin parchment, pure, clean, and unfpotted ; alfo with ink made of the frnoke of confecrated wax-lights, or incenfe and holy water. The operator muft be purified and cleanfed, and have an infallible hope, a conftant faith, and have his mind lifted up to the Moft High God, if he would furely obtain this divine power.
Now, againft the depredations of evil fpirits and men, and what dangers foever, either of journies, waters, enemies, arms, &c. in the fame manner as is above faid, thefe characters on the one fide vnm, and thefe on the other may, which are the beginnings and ends of the five firft verfes of Genejis , and reprefentation of the creation of the world ; and, by this liga- ture, they fay that a man ffiall be free from all mifchiefs, if that he firmly believes in God, the Creator of all things.
Now thefe being done on a fmall plate of gold, as before defcribed, (will be found to have the effeCt above mentioned) ; the figure of which you may likewife fee in the annexed plate, fig. C and D, where C fhows the for- mer part, and B the hinder.
Now let no one diftruft or wonder, that facred words and divine names applied outwardly, can effeCt wonderful things, feeing, by them, the Al- mighty created the heavens and the earth j for there is no name of God amongft us (according to Mofes the Egyptian) which is not taken from his works, befides the name Tetragrammaton, which is holy, fignifying the fubftance of the Creator in a pure fignification.