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turn himfelf towards the region of the fpirits ; then let him open the book un- der a due regiiler, and likewife invoke the fpirits by their oaths there de« fcribed and confirmed, and by the name of their character and image, to what- ever purpofe you defire, and if there be need conjure them by the bonds placed in the end of the book *. And having attained thy defired effedt licenfe them to
And now we proceed .0 fpeak of the Invocation of good as well as bad Spirits .
The good fpirits m-iy be invocated of us, or by us, divers ways, and they in fundry ihapes and manners offer themfelves to us, for they openly fpeak to thofe that watch, and do offer themfelves to our fight, or do infom us by dreams and by oracle of thofe things which we have a great defire to know. Whoever there- fore would call any good fpirit to fpeak or appear in fight, he muff particu- larly obferve two things ; one whereof is about the difpoftion of the invocant, the other concerning thofe things which are outwardly to be adhibited to the invocation for the conformity of the fpirit to be called.
It is necelfary therefore that the invocant religioufly difpofe himfelf for the fpace of many days to fuch a myilery, and to conferve himfelf during the time chaile, abilinent, and to abftradt himfelf as much as he can from all man- ner of foreign and lecular bufinefs ; likewife he ihould obferve failing, as much as ihall feem convenient to him, and let him daily, between fun-rifing and letting, being clothed in pure white linen, feven times call upon God, and make a deprecation to the angels to be called and invocated, according to the rule which we have before taught. Now the number of days of failing and preparation is commonly one month, i. e. the time of a whole lunation. Now, in the Cabala, we generally prepare ourfelves forty days before.
Now concerning the place, it mull be chofen clean, pure, clofe, quiet, free from all manner of noife, and not fubjedt to any Granger’s fight. This place muil firil of all be exorcifed and conl'ecrated ; and let there be a table or altar placed therein, covered with a clean white linen cloth, and fet towards the eail : and on each fide thereof place two confecrated wax-lights burning, the
* I have given an example of the book of fpirits, by which you may fee the method in which the charafters, &c
flame