Chapter 161
BOOK II. PART III.
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HPHE following inftru&ions are the principal and fum total of all we have faid, only we have brought it rather into a clofer train of experiment and pradtice than any of the reft ; for here you may behold the diftindt func- tions of the fpirits ; likewife the whole perfection of magical ceremonies is here defcribed, fyllable by fyllable.
But as the greateft oower is attributed to the circles, (for they are certain fortreffes,) we will now clearly explain, and fhew the compofition and figure of a circle.
The Compoftion of the Circle. — (For the figure of the Circle fee the Plate.)
The forms of circles are not always one and the fame, but are changed according to the order of fpirits that are to be called, their places, times.
