I invoke you, the one in the void spirit, terrible, invisible,

Almighty, God of Gods, bringer of decay and bringer of desolation, you who hate

a stable house, as you were cast out from Egypt and out of the

land.

original Greek: ΕΠΙΚΑΛΟΥΜΑΙ ΣΕ ΤΟΝ ΕΝ ΤΩ ΚΕΝΕΩ ΠΝΕΥΜΑΤΙ... This text is a variation of the "Bornless Ritual" or "Prelude to the Goetia," originally found in the Greek Magical Papyri (PGM V. 96-172).

You were named the one who breaks all things and is never conquered.

I invoke you, Typhon Seth! I perform your divinations, because

I invoke you by your own authentic name, in which you cannot

refuse to hear: IOERBETH, IOPAKERBETH, IOBOLCHOSETH, IOPATATHNAX,

IOSORO, IONEBOUTOSOUALETH, AKTIOPHI, ERESHKIGAL, NEBOPOUALETH,

ABERAMENTHOOUN, LERTHEXANAX, ETHRELYUOTH, NEMAREBA, AEMINA. All of you,

come to me and walk and cast down the terrible Mathers. With cold and

fire he himself wronged the man, and the blood of the Python

he poured out beside himself.

The inclusion of the name "Mathers" (ΜΑΘΕΡΣ) in the Greek text indicates this is a specific version of the ritual used by Aleister Crowley as a magical attack against his rival, S.L. MacGregor Mathers, during their schism in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.

For this reason, I make these things common.

Only Authorized Edition Extant.

WARNING. The student is warned, and most seriously admonished, to forbear from devoting his time to a study of cheap and inaccurate copies of this book which we understand are now being offered for sale. The price at which this book is sold is unquestionably a small one, and those who obtain it for less run the risk of becoming confused by studying a book which has not been properly translated and edited. This book has been published under the editorship of Dr. de Laurence, who, without doubt, is more competent for a task of this kind than any living man.
Lauron William de Laurence (1868–1936) was a prolific publisher of occult texts. He was notorious for "pirating" the works of British occultists like Mathers and Waite, often removing their names and inserting his own as the "editor."

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