Part 5
I do conjure thee, O thou Spirit N., by all the most glorious and efficacious names of the MOST GREAT AND INCOMPREHENSIBLE LORD GOD OF HOSTS, that thou comest quickly and without delay from all parts and places of the earth and world wherever thou mayest be, to make rational answers unto my demands, and that visibly and affably, speaking with a voice intelligible unto mine understanding as aforesaid. I conjure and constrain thee, O thou Spirit N., by all the names aforesaid; and in addition by these seven great names wherewith Solomon the Wise bound thee and thy companions in a Vessel of Brass, ADONAI, PREYAI or PRERAI, TETRAGRAMMATON, ANAPHAXETON or ANEPHENETON, INESSENFATOAL or INESSENFATALL, PATHTUMON or PATHATUMON, and ITEMON; that thou appearest here before this Circle to fulfil my will in all things that seem good unto me. And if thou be still so disobedient, and refusest still to come, I will in the power and by the power of the name of the SUPREME AND EVERLASTING LORD GOD WHO created both thee and me and all the world in six days, and what is contained therein, EIE, SARAYE, and by the power of this name PRIMEUMATON which commandeth the whole host of Heaven, curse thee, and deprive thee of thine office, joy, and place, and bind thee in the depths of the Bottomless Pit or Abyss, there to remain unto the Day of the Last Judgment. And I will bind thee in the Eternal Fire, and into the Lake of Flame and of Brimstone, unless thou comest quickly and appearest here before this Circle to do my will. Therefore, come thou! in and by the holy names ADONAI, ZABAOTH, ADONAI, AMIORAN. Come thou! for it is ADONAI who commandest thee.
If thou hast come thus far, and yet he appeareth not, thou mayest be sure that he is sent unto some other place by his King, and cannot come; and if it be so, invocate the King as here followeth, to send him. But if he do not come still, then thou mayest be sure that he is bound in chains in hell, and that he is not in the custody of his King. If so, and thou still hast a desire to call him even from thence, thou must rehearse the general curse which is called the Spirits’ Chain.
Here followeth, therefore, the Invocation of the King:[35]
THE INVOCATION OF THE KING.
O thou great, powerful, and mighty KING AMAIMON, who bearest rule by the power of the SUPREME GOD EL over all spirits both superior and inferior of the Infernal Orders in the Dominion of the East; I do invocate and command thee by the especial and true name of God; and by that God that Thou Worshippest; and by the Seal of thy creation; and by the most mighty and powerful name of GOD, IEHOVAH TETRAGRAMMATON who cast thee out of heaven with all other infernal spirits; and by all the most powerful and great names of GOD who created Heaven, and Earth, and Hell, and all things in them contained; and by their power and virtue; and by the name PRIMEUMATON who commandeth the whole host of Heaven; that thou mayest cause, enforce, and compel the Spirit N. to come unto me here before this Circle in a fair and comely shape, without harm unto me or unto any other creature, to answer truly and faithfully unto all my requests; so that I may accomplish my will and desire in knowing or obtaining any matter or thing which by office thou knowest is proper for him to perform or accomplish, through the power of GOD, EL, Who created and doth dispose of all things both celestial, aërial, terrestrial, and infernal.
After thou shalt have invocated the King in this manner twice or thrice over, then conjure the spirit thou wouldst call forth by the aforesaid conjurations, rehearsing them several times together, and he will come without doubt, if not at the first or second time of rehearsing. But if he do not come, add the “Spirits’ Chain” unto the end of the aforesaid conjurations, and he will be forced to come, even if he be bound in chains, for the chains must break off from him, and he will be at liberty:
THE GENERAL CURSE, CALLED THE SPIRITS’ CHAIN, AGAINST ALL SPIRITS THAT REBEL.
O thou wicked and disobedient spirit N., because thou hast rebelled, and hast not obeyed nor regarded my words which I have rehearsed; they being all glorious and incomprehensible names of the true GOD, the maker and creator of thee and of me, and of all the world; I do by the power of these names the which no creature is able to resist, curse thee into the depth of the Bottomless Abyss, there to remain unto the Day of Doom in chains, and in fire and brimstone unquenchable, unless thou forthwith appear here before this Circle, in this triangle to do my will. And, therefore, come thou quickly and peaceably, in and by these names of GOD, ADONAI, ZABAOTH, ADONAI, AMIORAN; come thou! come thou! for it is the King of Kings, even ADONAI, who commandeth thee.
When thou shalt have rehearsed thus far, but still he cometh not, then write thou his seal on parchment and put thou it into a strong black box;[36] with brimstone, assafœtida, and such like things that bear a stinking smell; and then bind the box up round with an iron wire, and hang it upon the point of thy sword, and hold it over the fire of charcoal; and say as followeth unto the fire first, it being placed toward that quarter whence the Spirit is to come:
THE CONJURATION OF THE FIRE.
I conjure thee, O fire, by him who made thee and all other creatures for good in the world, that thou torment, burn, and consume this Spirit N., for everlasting. I condemn thee, thou Spirit N., because thou art disobedient and obeyest not my commandment, nor keepest the precepts of the LORD THY GOD, neither wilt thou obey me nor mine invocations, having thereby called thee forth, I, who am the servant of the MOST HIGH AND IMPERIAL LORD GOD OF HOSTS, IEHOVAH, I who am dignified and fortified by His celestial power and permission, and yet thou comest not to answer these my propositions here made unto thee. For the which thine averseness and contempt thou art guilty of great disobedience and rebellion, and therefore shall I excommunicate thee, and destroy thy name and seal, the which I have enclosed in this box; and shall burn thee in the immortal fire and bury thee in immortal oblivion; unless thou immediately come and appear visibly and affably, friendly and courteously here unto me before this Circle, in this triangle, in a form comely and fair, and in no wise terrible, hurtful, or frightful to me or any other creature whatsoever upon the face of earth. And thou shalt make rational answers unto my requests, and perform all my desires in all things, that I shall make unto thee.
And if he come not even yet, thou shalt say as followeth:
THE GREATER CURSE.[37]
Now, O thou Spirit N., since thou art still pernicious and disobedient, and wilt not appear unto me to answer unto such things as I would have desired of thee, or would have been satisfied in; I do in the name, and by the power and dignity of the Omnipresent and Immortal Lord God of Hosts IEHOVAH TETRAGRAMMATON, the only creator of Heaven, and Earth, and Hell, and all that is therein, who is the marvellous Disposer of all things both visible and invisible, curse thee, and deprive thee of all thine office, joy, and place; and I do bind thee in the depths of the Bottomless Abyss there to remain until the Day of Judgment, I say into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone which is prepared for all rebellious, disobedient, obstinate, and pernicious spirits. Let all the company of Heaven curse thee! Let the sun, moon, and all the stars curse thee! Let the LIGHT and all the hosts of Heaven curse thee into the fire unquenchable, and into the torments unspeakable. And as thy name and seal contained in this box chained and bound up, shall be choken in sulphurous stinking substances, and burned in this material fire; so in the name IEHOVAH and by the power and dignity of these three names, TETRAGRAMMATON, ANAPHAXETON, and PRIMEUMATON, I do cast thee, O thou wicked and disobedient Spirit N., into the Lake of Fire which is prepared for the damnéd and accurséd spirits, and there to remain unto the day of doom, and never more to be remembered before the face of God, who shall come to judge the quick, and the dead, and the world, by fire.
Then the exorcist must put the box into the fire, and by-and-by the Spirit will come, but as soon as he is come, quench the fire that the box is in, and make a sweet perfume, and give him welcome and a kind entertainment, showing unto him the Pentacle that is at the bottom of your vesture covered with a linen cloth, saying:
THE ADDRESS UNTO THE SPIRIT UPON HIS COMING.
Behold thy confusion if thou refusest to be obedient! Behold the Pentacle of Solomon which I have brought here before thy presence! Behold the person of the exorcist in the midst of the exorcism; him who is arméd by God and without fear; him who potently invocateth thee and calleth thee forth unto appearance; even him, thy master, who is called OCTINIMOS. Wherefore make rational answer unto my demands, and prepare to be obedient unto thy master in the name of the Lord:
BATHAL OR VATHAT RUSHING UPON ABRAC!
ABEOR COMING UPON ABERER![38]
Then he or they will be obedient, and bid thee ask what thou wilt, for he or they be subjected by God to fulfil our desires and commands. And when he or they shall have appeared and showed himself or themselves humble and meek, then shalt thou rehearse:
THE WELCOME UNTO THE SPIRIT.
Welcome Spirit N., O most noble king[39] (or kings)! I say thou art welcome unto me, because I have called thee through Him who has created Heaven, and Earth, and Hell, and all that is in them contained, and because also thou hast obeyed. By that same power by the which I have called thee forth, I bind thee, that thou remain affably and visibly here before this Circle (or before this Circle and in this triangle) so constant and so long as I shall have occasion for thy presence; and not to depart without my license until thou hast duly and faithfully performed my will without any falsity.
Then standing in the midst of the Circle, thou shall stretch forth thine hand in a gesture of command and say:
“BY THE PENTACLE OF SOLOMON HAVE I CALLED THEE! GIVE UNTO ME A TRUE ANSWER.”
Then let the exorcist state his desires and requests.
And when the evocation is finished thou shalt license the Spirit to depart thus:
THE LICENSE TO DEPART.
O thou Spirit N., because thou hast diligently answered unto my demands, and hast been very ready and willing to come at my call, I do here license thee to depart unto thy proper place; without causing harm or danger unto man or beast. Depart, then, I say, and be thou very ready to come at my call, being duly exorcised and conjured by the sacred rites of magic. I charge thee to withdraw peaceably and quietly, and the peace of GOD be ever continued between thee and me! AMEN!
After thou hast given the Spirit license to depart, thou art not to go out of the circle until he or they be gone, and until thou shalt have made prayers and rendered thanks unto God for the great blessings He hath bestowed upon thee in granting thy desires, and delivering thee from all the malice of the enemy the devil.
Also note! Thou mayest command these spirits into the Vessel of Brass in the same manner as thou dost into the triangle, by saying: “that thou dost forthwith appear before this Circle, in this Vessel of Brass, in a fair and comely shape,” etc., as hath been shown in the fore-going conjurations.
Footnote 33:
Here interpolate the name of the Spirit desired to be invocated. In some of the Codices there are faint variations in the form of wording of the conjurations, but not sufficient to change the sense, _e. g._, “Tartarean abode” for “Tartarean seat,” etc.
Footnote 34:
In some “By the Seat of Adonai” or “By the Throne of Adonai.” In these conjurations and elsewhere in the body of the text I have given the divine names correctly.
Footnote 35:
It will depend on the quarter to which the Spirit is attributed, which of the four chief kings are to be invoked.
Footnote 36:
This box should evidently be in metal or in something which does not take fire easily.
Footnote 37:
In some codices this is called “the Curse” only; but in one or two the “Spirits’ Chain” is called “the Lesser Curse,” and this the “Greater Curse.”
Footnote 38:
In the Latin, “Bathal vel Vathat super Abrac ruens! Abeor veniens super Aberer!”
Footnote 39:
Or whatever his dignity may be.
EXPLANATION OF CERTAIN NAMES USED IN THIS BOOK LEMEGETON.
_Eheie._ _Kether._—Almighty God, whose dwelling is in the highest Heavens:
_Haioth._—The great King of Heaven, and of all the powers therein:
_Methratton._—And of all the holy hosts of Angels and Archangels:
_Reschith._—Hear the prayers of Thy servant who putteth his trust in Thee:
_Hagalgalim._—Let thy Holy Angels be commanded to assist me at this time and at all times.
_Iehovah._—God Almighty, God Omnipotent, hear my prayer:
_Hadonat._—Command Thy Holy Angels above the fixed stars:
_Ophanim._—To be assisting and aiding Thy servant:
_Iophiel._—That I may command all spirits of air, water, fire, earth, and hell:
_Masloth._—So that it may tend unto Thy glory and unto the good of man.
_Iehovah._—God Almighty, God Omnipotent, hear my prayer:
_Elohim._—God with us, God be always present with us:
_Binah._—Strengthen us and support us, both now and for ever:
_Aralim._—In these our undertakings, which we perform but as instruments in Thy hands:
_Zabbathi_ (should be Shabbathii).—In the hands of Thee, the great God of Sabäoth.
_Hesel_ (should be Chesed).—Thou great God, governor and creator of the planets, and of the Host of Heaven:
_Hasmalim_ (should be Chashmalim).—Command them by Thine almighty power:
_Zelez_ (should be Zedeq).—To be now present and assisting to us Thy poor servants, both now and for ever.
_Elohim Geber_ (should be Gibor).—Most Almighty and eternal and ever living Lord God:
_Seraphim._—Command Thy seraphim:
_Camael_, _Madim_.—To attend on us now at this time, to assist us, and to defend us from all perils and dangers.
_Eloha._—O Almighty God! be present with us both now and for ever:
_Tetragrammaton._—And let thine Almighty power and presence ever guard and protect us now and for ever:
_Raphael._—Let thy holy angel Raphael wait upon us at this present and for ever:
_Schemes_ (or Shemesh).—To assist us in these our undertakings.
_Iehovah._—God Almighty, God Omnipotent, hear my prayer:
_Sabäoth._—Thou great God of Sabäoth:
_Netzah_ (or Netzach).—All-seeing God:
_Elohim._—God be present with us, and let thy presence be now and always present with us:
_Haniel._—Let thy holy angel Haniel come and minister unto us at this present.
_Sabäoth._—O thou great God of Sabäoth, be present with us at this time and for ever:
_Hodben_ (should be Hod simply).—Let Thine Almighty power defend us and protect us, both now and for ever:
_Michael._—Let Michael, who is, under Thee, general of thy heavenly host:
_Cochab._—Come and expel all evil and danger from us both now and for ever.
_Sadai._—Thou great God of all wisdom and knowledge:
_Jesal_ (should be Iesod).—Instruct Thy poor and most humble servant:
_Cherubim._—By Thy holy cherubim:
_Gabriel._—By Thy Holy Angel Gabriel, who is the Author and Messenger of good tidings:
_Levanah._—Direct and support us at this present and for ever.
THE EXPLANATION OF THE TWO TRIANGLES[40] IN THE PARCHMENT.
_Alpha And Omega._—Thou, O great God, Who art the beginning and the end:
_Tetragrammaton._—Thou God of Almighty power, be ever present with us to guard and protect us, and let Thy Holy Spirit and presence be now and always with us:
_Soluzen._—I command thee, thou Spirit of whatsoever region thou art, to come unto this circle:
_Halliza._—And appear in human shape:
_Bellator_ (or Ballaton).—And speak unto us audibly in our mother-tongue:
_Bellonoy_ (or Bellony).—And show, and discover unto us all treasure that thou knowest of, or that is in thy keeping, and deliver it unto us quietly:
_Hallii._ _Hra._—And answer all such questions as we may demand without any defect now at this time.
AN EXPLANATION OF SOLOMON’S TRIANGLE
_Anephezeton._—Thou great God of all the Heavenly Host:
_Primeumaton._—Thou Who art the First and Last, let all spirits be subject unto us, and let the Spirit be bound in this triangle, which disturbs this place:
_Michael._—By Thy Holy Angel Michael, until I shall discharge him.
(HERE ENDETH THIS FIRST BOOK OF THE LEMEGETON, WHICH IS CALLED THE GOETIA.)
Footnote 40:
Evidently meaning both the Hexagram and the Pentagram of Solomon. (_See Figures 155 and 156._)
_Ye Conjuratiouns of ye Booke Goetia in ye Lemegeton which Solomoun ye Kynge did give unto Lemuel hys sonne, rendered into ye Magicall or Angelike Language by our Illustrious and ever-Glorious Frater, ye Wise Perdurabo, that Myghtye Chiefe of ye Rosy-Cross Fraternitye, now sepulchred in ye Vault of ye Collegium S.S. And soe may we doe alle!_
_ATTE YE BATHES OF ART._
Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo, et mundabor: Lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.
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_ATTE YE INDUYNGE OF YE HOLY VESTURES._
_In the mystery of these vestures of the Holy Ones, I gird up my power in the girdles of righteousness and truth in the power of the Most High: Ancor: Amacor: Amides: Theodonias: Anitor: let be mighty my power: let it endure for ever: in the power of Adonai, to whom the praise and the glory shall be; whose end cannot be._
_YE FYRSTE CONJOURATIOUN._
_I invoke and move thee, O thou, Spirit N.: and being exalted above ye in the power of the Most High, I say unto thee, Obey! in the name Beralensis, Baldachiensis, Paumachia, and Apologiae Sedes: and of the mighty ones who govern, spirits, Liachidae and ministers of the House of Death: and by the Chief Prince of the seat of Apologia in the Ninth Legion, I do invoke thee and by invoking conjure thee. And being exalted above ye in the power of the Most High, I say unto thee, Obey! in the name of him who spake and it was, to whom all creatures and things obey. Moreover I, whom God made in the likeness of God, who is the creator according to his living breath, stir thee up in the name which is the voice of wonder of the mighty God, El, strong and unspeakable, O thou Spirit N. And I say to thee obey, in the name of him who spake and it was; and in every one of ye, O ye names of God! Moreover in the names Adonai, El, Elohim, Elohi, Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, Zabaoth, Elion, Iah, Tetragrammaton, Shaddai, Lord God Most High, I stir thee up; and in our strength I say Obey! O Spirit N. Appear unto His servants in a moment; before the circle in the likeness of a man; and visit me in peace. And in the ineffable name Tetragrammaton Iehovah, I say, Obey! whose mighty sound being exalted in power the pillars are divided, the winds of the firmament groan aloud; the fire burns not; the earth moves in earthquakes; and all things of the house of heaven and earth and the dwelling-place of darkness are as earthquakes, and are in torment, and are confounded in thunder. Come forth, O Spirit N. in a moment: let thy dwelling-place be empty, apply unto us the secrets of Truth and obey my power. Come forth, visit us in peace, appear unto my eyes; be friendly: Obey the living breath! For I stir thee up in the name of the God of Truth who liveth for ever, Helioren. Obey the living breath, therefore continually unto the end as my thoughts appear to my eyes: therefore be friendly: speaking the secrets of Truth in voice and in understanding._
_YE SECOUNDE CONJOURATIOUN_
_I invoke thee, and move thee, and stir thee up O Spirit N. appear unto my eyes before the circle in the likeness of a man in the names and by the name Iah and Vau, which Adam spake and in the name of God, Agla, which Lot spake: and it was as pleasant deliverers unto him and his house and in the name Ioth which Iacob spake in the voice of the Holy ones who cast him down, and it was also as pleasant deliverers in the anger of his brother and in the name Anaphaxeton, which Aaron spake and it was as the Secret Wisdom and in the name Zabaoth which Mosheh spake, and all things of water were as blood; and in the name Asher Ehyeh Oriston, which Mosheh spake, and all waters were bringing forth creatures who wax strong, which lifted up unto the houses, which destroy all things and in the name of Elion which Mosheh spake, and it was as stones from the firmament of wrath, such as was not in the ages of Time the beginning of the Earth and in the name of Adni, which Mosheh spake and there appeared creatures of earth who destroyed what the big stones did not: and in the name Schema Amathia, which Ioshua invoked, and the Sun remained over ye, O ye hills the seats of Gibeon, and in the names Alpha and Omega which Daniel spake, and destroyed Bel and the Dragon: and in the name Emmanuel which the sons of God sang praises in the midst of the burning plain, and flourished in conquest: and in the name Hagios, and by the Throne of Adni, and in Ischyros, Athanatos, Paracletos: and in O Theos, Ictros, Athanatos. And in these names of secret truth, Agla, On, Tetragrammaton, do I invoke and move thee. And in these names, and all things that are the names of the God of Secret Truth who liveth for ever, the All-Powerful. I invoke and stir thee up, O spirit N. Even by him who spake it was, to whom all creatures are obedient and in the Extreme Justice and Anger of God; and by the veil(?) that is before the glory of God, mighty; and by the creatures of living breath before the Throne whose eyes are east and west; by the fire in the fire of just Glory of the Throne; by the Holy ones of Heaven; and by the secret wisdom of God, I, exalted in power, stir thee up. Appear before this circle; obey in all things that I say; in the seal Basdathea Baldachia; and in this Name Primeumaton, which Mosheh spake, and the earth was divided, and Korah, Dathan, and Abiram fell in the depth. Therefore obey in all things, O spirit N., obey thy creation. Come thou forth: appear unto my eyes; visit us in peace, be friendly; come forth in the 24th of a moment; obey my power, speaking the secrets of Truth in voice and in understanding!_
_YE CONSTRAYNTE._