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thy table is complete (as in the Fig. D,) and fit for the calling of the fpirits; after which thou fhalt proceed to experiment, thus :
In what time thou wouldefl deal with the fpirits by the table and cryjlal , thou muft obferve the planetary hour ; and whatever planet rules in that hour, the angel governing the planet thou fhalt call in the manner following ; but, firfi, fay this fhort prayer:
“ Oh, God i wdio art the author of all good things, /Lengthen, I befeech thee, thy poor fervant, that he may fland fafl, without fear, through this deal- ing and work ; enlighten, I befeech thee, oh Lord ! the dark underflanding of thy creature, fo that his fpiritual eye may be opened to fee and know thy angelic fpirits defcending here in this cryflal : (Then lay thy hand on the cryjlal , faying,) and thou, oh inanimate creature of God, be fandtified and confecrated, and blefied to this purpofe, that no evil phantafy may appear in thee; or, if they do gain ingrefs into this creature, they may be conftrained to fpeak intel- ligibly, and truly, and without the leafl ambiguity, for Chrifl’s fake. Amen . And forafmuch as thy fervant here /landing before thee, oh. Lord ! defires neither evil treafures, nor injury to his neighbour, nor hurt to any living crea- ture, grant him the power of defcrying thofe celeflial fpirits or intelligences, that may appear in this cryflal, and whatever good gifts (whether the power of healing infirmities, or of imbibing wifdom, or difcovering any evil likely to afflidl any perfon or family, or any other good gift thou mayefl be pleafed to beflow on me, enable me, by thy wifdom and mercy, to ufe whatever I may receive to the honour of thy holy name. Grant this for thy fon Chrifl’s fake. Amen”
Then taking your ring and pentacle, put the ring on the little finger of your right hand ; hang the pentacle round thy neck ; [Note, the pentacle may be either wrote on clean virgin parchment, or engraven on a fquare plate of filver and fufpended from thy neck to the breafl), then take your black ebony wand, with the gilt characters on it and trace the circle, (Fig. 7. CDEFj) faying, “ In the name of the blefied Trinity, I confecrate this piece of ground for our defence ; fo that no evil fpirit may have power to break thefe bounds prefcribed here, through Jefus Chrifl our Lord,” Amen .
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Then place the veflel for the perfumes between thy circle and the holy table on which the crydal (lands, and, having fire therein, call in thy per- fumes, faying ,
“ I conjure thee, oh thou creature of fire 1 by him who created all things both in heaven and earth, and in the fea, and in every other place whatever, that forthwith thou cad away every phantafm from thee, that no hurt what- foever (hall be done in any thing. Blefs, oh Lord, this creature of fire, and fanflify it that it may be blefled, and that they may fill up the power and virtue of their odours ; fo neither the enemy, nor any falfe imagination, may enter into them; through our Lord Jefus Chrift. Amen”
Now, this being done in. the order prefcribed, take out thy little book, which mud be made about feven inches long, of pure white virgin vellum or paper, likewife pen and ink mud be ready to write down the name, charatter, and office, likewife the feal or image of whatever fpirit may appear (for this I mud tell you that it does not happen that the (ame fpirit you call will always appear, for you mud try the fpirit to know whether he be a pure or impure being, and this thou (halt eafily know by a firm and undoubted faith in God.)-
Now the mod pure and fimple way of calling the fpirits or fpirit is by a fhort oration to the fpirit himfelf,, which is more effedtual and eaiy to perform than compofing a table of letters ; for all celedial operations, the more pure and unmixed they are, the more they are agreeable to the celedial fpirits: therefore, after the circle is drawn, the book, perfumes, rod, &c. in readinefs, proceed as follows :
(After noticing the exad: hour of the day,, and what angel rules that hour,, thou (halt fay,.)
In the name of the blefied and holy Trinity, I do defire thee,, thou drong and mighty angel *, Michael, that if it be the divine will of him who i$ called Tetragrammaton, &c. the Holy God, the Father, that thou take upon thee fome (hape as bed becometh thy celedial nature, and appear to us vifibly here in tlxis cry dal, and anfwer our demands in as far as we (hall not tranfgrefs the