Table of Contents
Contents 9
List of Illustrations 12
List of Tables 13
Acknowledgements 14
Introduction 15
A Preliminary Preparation & Prayers
The Secret of Secrets 34
Of the Angells & their Power 34
Man's Power over Spirits 36
Preface with Directions & Aphorisms 36
Astrological Timing of the Operation 38
That the Holy Angells may helpe thee in thyne occasions 40
Making a Pentacle to hold in thy hand 42
The figure of a Pentacle & how to keep it 42
An Narration to the 7 Planetary Angells of the 7 Planetary heavens 43
The Seales & Characters of Angells and Spirits & their Use 45
B Experiments
1 An Experiment to have thy owne proper good Angell 47
The Call for thy proper good Angell 51
2 An Experiment of 3 holy Angells: Ancor, Anacor, Analos 55
Consecration of the Crystall stone or glass 56
3 A most Noble Experiment for tire glasse or cristallomanticall Art 61
The Invocation Descend 62
Fumigation for thy selfe 63
4 A true Experiment of 3 Spirits: Durus, Artus, Æbedel 64
An Exhortation to the Artist 66
5 Another Experiment of the 3 horsemen sayd to be approved true 68
License to Depart 69
6 The Experiment of Birto the Spirit 71
License to Depart 72
Admonition to the Artist 73
C Astrological & Timing
Astrological Considerations 75
Directions for practise for gaining thy owne proper good Angell 75
Of Essentiall Dignities of the Planets 76
Of Essentiall Debilities of the Planets 78
Planetary Hours 79
Table of the Names of each houre in every Day & every Night 80
Table of the Day of the weeke, Planets, Angells & their Seales 81
Names of the 4 Seasons 82
Angells of the 4 Seasons 82
Angells of the Head of the Signe of the 4 Seasons 83
Names of the Earth in the 4 Seasons 83
Names of the Sun & Moon in the 4 Seasons 84
Briefe Table of the sequence of writing the Names in order 85
D Angels & Spirits
A Table of Hebrew Names of the 7 Angells set over the 7 Planets 87
Spirits of each of the 7 Planets 88
5 Angels & their offices or officiall Names 88
How long each of the 7 Planetary Angels rules the world 89
Things proper to be done in each houre of the Planets 89
Angels & Spirits of the 12 Signs 90
Angells of the 28 Mansions of the Moon 91
7 An Experiment of Askariell in a glass or cristall 93
E Fumigations & Incenses
Of Fumigations, Unguents, Collyries & Unctions causing Apparitions 97
A Fumigation for all 7 Angells together 98
A Table of the Fumigations for every Planet & Planetary hour 100
To Consecrate the Fumigation 101
Fumigations of Divers sorts 101
To gather Spirits together presently 102
To make Spirits dread thee & to see Secret Things 102
To Call all kinds of Spirits that you wilt 102
To have might to binde & loose Spirits 102
Another ointment to see Spirits 103
To see Spirits in the ayre 103
To have friendship of a Prince of Spirits of the Ayre 103
To hide Treasure 104
Of the power & vertue of Fumigations, Sacrifices & Unctions 105
When best to compound Fumigations 108
By what means does fumigation cause spirits to appear with bodys 109
What the Spirits appearing in this world are, according to Hermes 109
To gather Spirits of the ayre together 110
F Visions, Oracles, Images, etc.
For a Vision, in the night 111
Men shall see Visions 112
Directions for receiving an Oracle or Vision 112
To make the Ring of $$$ for receiving an Oracle or true dreame 113
A Ring of o for an Oracle 114
Another way to receive a true Oracle by the image of the Planets 115
Metalls, Trees, Stones and Herbs of each of the 7 Planets 116
Making of the Images of the Planets 118
To know when any degree of any Signe will come to the Ascendant 119
For an Oracle or true Dreame 122
8 Another true Experiment for a Vision in thy sleepe 125
G Mansions of the Moon
How to worke by the 28 Mansions 126
What the 28 Mansions of the Moon are 137
A Table of the 28 Mansions of the Moon 138
December's Observations (an insert) 140
Table of Houses for London, 1644 January-December 141
Table of Essential Dignities, Terms and Faces of the Planets 153
H Simple Rural Spells
To drive away & consume Locust & Wormes 154
To drive away Serpents, Dragons, & all creeping things & wild beasts 154
To drive away Wolves, Foxes and Cats 155
That Haile fall not in a place where you wouldest not have it fall 155
That the o appear & shyne forth openly on thee 155
To quench fire burning a house 156
That a thiefe enter not into thy house 156
I Magical Rings
Rings of the 7 Planets but for other purposes 157
This Ring of the o for honour and a swift horse 157
The Ring of the $$$ for waterworks, fighting ships & trees bearing fruit 158
The Ring of $$$ for castles & kings doing battle 159
The Ring of $$$ for skill at all kinds of play, favour of Lords & Judges 159
The Ring of $$$ for profit & delivering out of thrall 160
The Ring of $$$ for love & favour of men and women 160
The Ring of $$$ for binding tongues & slanderous speeche 161
Characters of the Angels called by the Rings according to the days 161
A Table of this Book (the original Contents table) 163
Bibliography 169
Index 177
