book is therefore to be made of the mod: pure and clean paper, which is

generally called virgin paper ; and this book mud: be infcribed after this man- ner, viz. let there be drawn on the left fide of the book the image of the fpirit, and on the right fide thereof his character, with the oath above it,, containing the name of the fpirit, his dignity and place, with his office and power. Yet many magicians do compofe this book otherwife, omitting the characters and images ; but I think that it is much more efficacious not to negleCt any thing above mentioned in the forms.
There is likewife to be obferved the circumftances of places, times, hours, according to the ffars which thefe fpirits are under, and are feen to agree to ; with their fite, rite, and order, being applied.
Which book being fo written, is to be well bound, adorned, garniffied* embellifhed and kept lecure, with regifters and feals, led: it fhould happen after the confecration to open in fome part not defigned, and endanger the operator. And, above all, let this book be kept as pure and reverent as poffible ; for irreverance of mind, caufes it to lofe its virtue by pollution and prophanation.
Now this facred book being thus compofed according, to the form and manner we have delivered, we are to confecrate it after a two-fbldway> the firft is, that all and dngularly each of the fpirits who are written in the. book be called to the circle, according to the rites magical, which we have before taught, and place the book which is to be confecrated in a triangle on the outfide of the circle ; then read, in the prefence of the fpirits, ail the oaths which are contained and written in that book ; then the book to be confecrated being already'placed without the circle in a triangle there drawn, compel all the fpirits to impofe their hands where their images and cha- racters are drawn, and to confirm and confecrate the fame with a fpecial and common oath. This being done, let the book be fhut and preferved as we have fpoken before ; then licence the fpirits to depart according to due rite and magical order.
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